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Evening Primrose Oil 100% Pure Unrefined product is Unrefined, which means it is in the purest form that it can possibly be in.
The Native Americans and European settlers used primrose, a wildflower that grows in eastern and central North America, for food. The seeds of the flower are gathered and cold pressed for their oil.
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The Quilt History list was created to provide a forum for people around the world who are interested in antique quilts and related textiles to discuss the historical aspects of quilting. We discuss all aspects of antique quilts - fabrics, design, color, etc. - as well as the stories behind them. We also share our experiences with the more practical aspect of antique quilts - finding, washing, researching, restoring and even reproducing.
Some buying, selling and swapping is allowed, but our primary focus is on learning from each other by exchanging stories, research, tips and techniques. We are a very open and sharing group composed of scholars, writers, teachers, collectors, quilt appraisers, restorers, librarians, museum curators, and other professionals. We report findings, review books and articles, and share information about exhibitions, collections, publications, and conferences. General as well as such specific topics as quilt documentation projects, textile history, oral history projects, and quilter biographies are welcomed. The list open to everyone with an interest in the documentation and study of quilts, quilters, and quilting history. To join the list, click here.
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textile discussion group on the Internet."
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Brady and Patriots Chasing History
Today in sports it's not easy to achieve success and almost impossible to sustain it. Only a few special teams over the last decade or so have achieved "dynasty" status. In basketball the Lakers won three straight titles from 2000-2002, adding two more in 2009 and 2010. Meanwhile, the Spurs won four Larry O'Brien Trophies during a nine year stretch.
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2013 Style Icon: Phoebe Tonkin Lily Collins Allison Williams
On the (Chic) Horizon: 6 Style Stars to Keep Tabs on in 2013
On the (Chic) Horizon: 6 Style Stars to Keep Tabs on in 2013
When it comes to predicting "the next big thing," we've got a pretty good hunch about these six starlets, especially where acting and styling chops are concerned. Our sartorial guess? This is going to be the year of Allison Williams, Lily Collins, AnnaSophia Robb, Alicia Vikander, Phoebe Tonkin, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. From silver-screen excellence to street-style cred, each offers up a style all their own, and we're more than a little excited to see what's in store for us (and them) this year. Will Girls' Allison Williams continue her reign as a red-carpet gown classicist? Are we going to fall for AnnaSophia Robb's younger Carrie Bradshaw in the Sex and the City prequel, The Carrie Diaries? Is Phoebe Tonkin going to show Hollywood that Aussie women are a stylish force to be reckoned with? All questions have yet to be answered, but you can bet we've got our eye on all six of them, as they promise to impress us with their on- and offscreen panache all year long. Click on for a closer look at what's on tap for these leading ladies in 2013.


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Those with a penchant for nature need no introduction to Mackay. Famed for its unique encounters with Australian wildlife, it's a region smothered by some of the most jaw-dropping natural sceneries and adventures in the sunshine state.
Mackay is popping up on the bucket lists of travellers who want to get up close with nature and wildlife, camp out under the stars, wet a line and hang with some friendly locals. You'll want to be an early bird to catch sunrise with the wallabies who frolic (or jump) along the beach at Cape Hillsborough National Park. Venture down the coastline to the waters of Clairview, south of Sarina, is a designated Dugong sanctuary and a top spot to spy the mermaid of the sea. Spot a platypus in Eungella National Park or take a river scuba with them – yep, this is a real thing!
Think of Mackay as Mother Nature's playground and let the great outdoors entertain you. On a hot day, you can't beat the rock pools of Finch Hatton Gorge. If you've got little ones with you, park up and take the short bushwalk to the bottom where most of the family's hang out; keen walkers can hit up the more challenging Araluen Cascades and Wheel of Fire tracks to work up a sweat. If a hike's what you like, witness the epic view from the Sky Window walk of Eungella National Park. Off the mainland, Keswick Island is the place to be if you want to fill your day with beautiful beaches, snorkelling and reef adventures on the Great Barrier Reef with day trips available via boat or seaplane.


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[Intro - Beanie Sigel]
Honor, Trust, Respect
Devotion, Friendship, Loyalty
Karma, Team, Us, ROC
Solid, tha 'eagle, bang
[Verse 1 - Beanie Sigel]
Wit no union, and no benefits no dental plans
I can't eat off no hundred grand
I got cavities dat need fillin'
You can't feed a nigga Peanut Chews
Now put ya feet up in a nigga' shoes
A lack of green'll give a nigga blues
A sip of purple make a nigga rude
Make a drunk person sing a sober tune
(I can't go on this way)
Fuck dat, I can't do it man
We make these tips off this gift that we cursed wit
But then my mind drift, am I defeatin' the purpose?
Cuz you feel like shit when you miss your son's first shit
But who gon pay the bills? supply the meals? no surplus
My baby mama give me drama on the daily
Like she making it barely and my kids is eating rarely
(I can't go on this way)
I'm stressed out going through it I can't do it
If you put puppies in the oven, do that make 'em biscuits?
Put hungry dogs in the kitchen, will they eat the kittens?
Do you hear me or you listening? there's a big difference
Do you catch the lines and the hooks or are you still fishin'?
These a couple questions that I need to be answered
Like is these Backwoods and weed givin' me cancer
(I can't go on this way)
I'm stressed out going through it I can't do it
My momma say I got her nerves stressed
Got her waking up in cold sweats
I'm hard-headed and iron
What make it worse my lil brother behind me
Blood pressure running like Harriet
She can't handle it
I got her screaming Lord Jesus like Mahalia
Son I'm tellin ya please don't let me bury ya
(I can't go on this way)
I'm stressed man, I'm goin through it
I was taught trust in the Lord but still tie up your camel
Use your tongue as your sword and your books as your ammo
But when them bullets start flying and you got pussies around you
And who you rely on, let them niggas surround you? shit
And make me feel like young Tinner, from the start I was finished
How a nigga start wit a finish and begin wit a endin' ?
(I can't go on this way)
I'm stressed out, I can't take it no more
I'm moving ass backwards with no forward progress
Feel asthmatic like treadmill FIFA jogging
Stagnant, running in place is tragic
My heart in the faith I don't practice
I still pray Allah, forgive me for my actions
Cuz I spit gangsta, think Muslim, and act Kaffir
(I can't go on this way)
I gotta still feel feed my young'n's, so keep huggin
[Verse 2 - Freeway]
I can't wait until the rain turn to sunshine
Cuz I hate to spend my life, my life, my life, my life
Stuck in one time, Free patrol the block
Get avoided by the government avoid the spot
Can't wait til rain turn to sunshine
Cuz I hate to spend my life, my life, my life, my life
Stuck in the box
(I can't go on this way)
[Verse 3 - Young Chris]
Straight from the ghetto
The ghetto I'm from the youngest be the ghettoist ones
Tryna make just as much as we could
Tryna make it but they gon make it hard as much as they could
That's why, that's why I hate 'em man
Them crackers ain't nothing without paper
They look at us it's nothing and uh
(I can't go on this way)
Came too far and I ain't going backwoods for nothing
I ain't being distracted by nothing
Midget-size to Dikembe, I ain't backed up from nothing
Ma I'm still stressing
It ain't the kid it's the bills stressing, she hold it down on her own
She hold me down at the crib, hold me down while I'm gone
She hold me down as a kid, hold me down while I'm grown
(I can't go on this way)
I choose not, refuse not, down on my own
Now off the streets, runnin wit the hottest label in the industry
The hottest label got a nigga lot of enemies
So now when I go in baseline
A nice-size ratchet to throw in wasteline
I gotta make mine
My bills ain't getting paid in, kids ain't situated
(I can't go on this way)
Ya'll better make a decision before us
Cuz the way that we living ain't all good
Ran away wit them hating ass niggas don't like us
Despite them, we gon do it regardless
But all this commotion they causing, I ain't with it
(We ain't with it)
They can get it all it take is a column
My dogs'll be down if the rounds gotta unlit it though
(I can't go on this way)
Someday got to forget it though
Consequences for my sentence, got to forgive us though


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Man dangling from balloon prompts 911 calls
LONGMONT, Colo. >> Dan Vinson did, indeed, have a wild ride over Longmont, but not the kind that required the assistance of rescuers.
In the hour or so that Vinson was in the air dangling from a hot air balloon and filming a promotional video for his workout product, Longmont dispatchers fielded a media phone call and four 911 calls from people who were worried that he needed help.
"I was working out," Vinson said.
He and his business partner, Dave Hunt, are launching a Kickstarter fundraising campaign for their invention, Monkii Bars, and were filming a video Tuesday showing an extreme use of the product as part of planned promotions. The men founded a company called The Wild Gym, based in Fort Collins. The portable lightweight bars can be used to create makeshift gymnastics-type suspension workouts by threading line over solid objects and through the bars to create hand grips. From there, the bars can be used for pull-ups or other body weight exercises.
On Tuesday morning, Vinson used the Monkii Bars to do more than 30 pull-ups while dangling from the hot air balloon to film a video to promote the project.
"It was hard," he said, noted that when he pulled up the balloon would dip a bit.
Hunt said they heard people on the ground who were watching them.
"We thought people were cheering us on," he said. And it is certainly possible that those folks were cheering while others called 911. "Dan is a professional wild man."
Longmont police released 911 calls to dispatchers from people who saw Vinson and worried about him.
"There is a hot-air balloon on the north end of town and there is a guy hanging from it," a caller told a 911 dispatcher. "I don't know if he is supposed to be or if he is in trouble."
Longmont Police Officer Mike Nelson caught up with the balloon and saw Vinson dangling from it before it landed.
From his vantage point, he couldn't tell if Vinson had been pulled from the ground while trying to stabilize the balloon and needed help. He caught up with the crew near Martin Street and Ken Pratt, where the balloon landed around 9:30 a.m.
As more calls came in, dispatchers began to reassure callers that the man they saw was harnessed in.
When officers confirmed to dispatchers that Vinson was filming a promotion, a dispatcher asked if they could put a sign on him reading "I'm OK."
Hunt and Vinson said they did not consider that anyone would worry that Vinson was in trouble and were surprised at the police attention.
"We wanted to show our passion," Vinson said. "We wanted to spread the word."


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Hello everyone,
It's well known that every collection of subsets of a set X which is closed both under intersection and reunion is also a distributive lattice (the order relation being sets inclusion of course). However, if I suppose the collection to be intersection closed only, the result is no longer true; but the collection is still a lattice. Does anybody know when such a lattice is distributive ?
Thank you,


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2015 Jaguar F-Type S Coupe Review
Here in the big empty spaces far to the west of Barcelona, the 2015 Jaguar F-Type coupe is pretty much the only vehicle on the road that isn't a tractor. As the people in the ancient villages turn and stare, we feel obligated to give a sort of polite, royal wave, as if we were the King of Spain. Ah, yes, we're on important business, you know.
Only this Jaguar sports car is nothing like the refined GT car that you might imagine it to be. The F-type coupe is tough, fast, and even a little bit angry. It asks whether you measure up, and it's not inclined to make excuses if you lack the requisite professional skills. And it is not always an altogether pleasant place to be.
As we find our way up a rocky defile on a narrow road, we see the grand house perched on a hillside where Jaguar has arranged for us to stop for lunch. It is actually Ferrer-Bobet, the newest, finest winery in Spain, yet it looks exactly like the lair of some villain in a James Bond movie. Apparently Jaguar isn't kidding about making itself over by embracing the most glorious expressions of being bad.
Not just the F-type convertible with a hat on
The Jaguar F-type convertible is a nice car, perfect for taking a quick drive for ice cream if you want to get to the ice cream store really, really quickly. The 2015 Jaguar F-type coupe isn't much different than the convertible in the way that it's put together, yet it's more than just an F-Type wearing a hat.
It is, of course, a very nice hat. We love the sweeping arc of the roof, especially when it's matched with the optional, panoramic moonroof. The hatchback and the swelling rear fenders evoke the spirit of the sensuous Jaguar E-type of the 1960s, and yet this is a modern car, not a retro one. Wayne Burgess, the director of Jaguar's design studio for production vehicles, points out the distinctive graphic of the side glass in the pillarless coupe and the way the car seems to sit on its rear wheels, as if poised to leap ahead.
The roof increases the torsional rigidity of the all-aluminum chassis by 80 percent, and when you see the naked aluminum, you appreciate just how stout this car's bones are, notably the big torque boxes beneath the cockpit, the complex cross brace between the B-pillars (if this car had B-pillars, which it doesn't), and the high-strength, hydro-formed aluminum beam in the roof rails.
Once clothed in its aluminum bodywork, the F-Type coupe looks thick and tough, and there's nothing sleek about the impression it makes on its 103.4-inch wheelbase. It's a Jaguar, and yet not the Jaguar you expect.
Obsessed with power in every way
The roads across the western fringes of Catalonia far from Barcelona resemble those in the best parts of California, winding adventurously through dry, narrow valleys and then across ridges marked by naked rock. You pass by olive groves and almond orchards that are struggling to survive the parched climate.
We're driving the F-type S coupe with its 380-hp, supercharged 3.0-liter V-6, which is a half step up from the standard F-Type coupe with its 340-hp, supercharged 3.0-liter V-6. The car is plenty fast, as you'd expect from a 3514-pound package, and the V-6 has a unique warble as you wind it up. The ZF-built eight-speed automatic transmission delivers crisp, quick shifts. A rear wing deploys at 70 mph.
The rest of the hardware performs with equally muscular intensity. The brakes are big and powerful, with 15.0-inch rotors in front and 14.8-inch rotors in the rear. (Carbon-ceramic rotors are an option.) This S-model's standard 19-inch wheels carry 245/40R-19 front, 275/35R-19 rear Pirelli PZero tires, and you can feel them hunting their way across changes in road camber. The car rocks from side to side on its suspension as the adaptive dampers and anti-roll bars snub down body roll, and while the ride is compliant, actual suspension travel feels limited. The fast-ratio, electric-assist steering feels awfully aggressive at times; we use the F-Type coupe's driver-adjustable chassis tuning to dial out the heavy steering effort when the rest of the car is in Dynamic mode.
As a driver, you're always aware that there's a lot of power coiled within the F-type coupe, and an undercurrent of sound and vibration keeps you on alert status. The cockpit feels confined, the driver's sight lines are troubled, and the aggressive, thinly padded sport seats are supportive but not actually comfortable. The F-type coupe is a serious sports car, not just a snappy ride to the airport. (Better pack light, because the cargo capacity of 11.0 cubic feet works out to be smaller than it looks.)
Giving it room to run
We didn't really get comfortable with the F-type coupe until we got behind the wheel of the F-Type R. This seems crazy, since the F-Type R has a 550-hp supercharged V-8, but we were turning left onto the back straightway at the Motorland Aragon race track at the time, and the pavement ahead was as wide as a runway and almost as long, stretching into the distance a mile away. Finally, there seemed to enough room for this car to run.
It didn't stay comfortable for long. The F-type R is such a beast that it makes even a racetrack meant to accommodate 200-mph Formula 1 cars seem daunting, and the braking markers on the long, long straightaway come up pretty fast at a little north of 150 mph (top speed is limited to 186 mph).
If you like, you can analyze your driving with information from the R-type's electronic sensors on the 8-inch video screen on the dash, just as you'd expect in a car that's seen plenty of development at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Even so, we knew without looking that when you have so much car at your disposal, you don't jump on the throttle, lay into the brakes, or yank on the wheel. Instead, you need to work as hard as you can to make smooth, deliberate transitions between inputs. This F-Type R feels heavier than its 3638 pounds, and it's best not to make it angry.
When the surface is rainswept and slick, you'll appreciate that a brake-type torque vectoring system helps tug the front end toward the apex of a corner, while an electric-type limited-slip differential puts down the power evenly through the rear wheels as you accelerate away. Altogether, the F-Type R is the kind of car in which you should have some clue about your intended direction of travel when you get into the gas, and a straight path is generally recommended.
This is not your mama's Jaguar
Here in the U.S., we've been working with a certain image of Jaguar that has come down to us from the 1950s, when assorted advertising executives in New York City would park their XK120s on Madison Avenue. But we forget that in England, the Jaguar E-type of the 1960s was a flash car that was the choice of the bad guys who masterminded the Great Train Robbery in 1963.
So maybe we shouldn't be surprised that the 2015 Jaguar F-Type coupe is a sports car, not a grand touring car. While it's generally civilized, the car always remains a pretty tough proposition -- a little noisy, a little uncomfortable, and a little more than you bargained for.
The miracle here is that you can have your 2015 Jaguar F-type coupe in three different trims: the $65,000 F-type with a V-6, the $77,000 F-type S with a high-performance V-6, or the $99,000 F-type R with a high-performance V-8.
Let us leave you with this thought. You know the Jaguar badge on the front of the F-Type coupe, the one known as the Growler? Well, this should be an indicator that the Jaguar guys aren't kidding around with this car.
2015 Jaguar F-Type S Coupe
- Base Price: $77,895 (including destination)
- Powertrain
- Engine: 3.0-liter supercharged DOHC V-6
- Power: 380 hp @ 6500 rpm
- Torque: 339 lb-ft @ 3500-5000 rpm
- Transmission 8-speed automatic
- Drive: Rear-wheel
- Chassis
- Steering: Electronically assisted rack-and-pinion
- Front suspension: Control arms, coil springs, gas dampers, anti-roll bar
- Rear suspension: Multilink, coil springs, gas dampers, anti-roll bar
- Brakes (front/rear): Ventilated discs, ABS
- Tires: 245/40R-19 front, 275/35R-19 rear
- Measurements
- L x W x H: 176.0 x 75.7 x 51.5 in
- Wheelbase: 103.2 in
- Track F/R: 62.8/64.9 in
- Weight: 3514 lb
- Cargo Volume: 11.0 cubic feet
- EPA Mileage: 19/27/22 mpg (city/highway/combined)
- Top Speed: 171 mph (electronically limited)


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The entire collection of electronic books (eBooks) and proprietary online databases to which the Snead Library subscribes are available to all patrons. Access on any campus computer is direct from "VIRGIL" and authenticated by IP address. Use of eBooks or proprietary databases from off campus requires logging in to VIRGIL with a library account.
The username for the library account will be the student's/employee's "S" Number and the default password for the library account will be "userpass". Once logged in, a user may either search for eBooks using the quick search bar or select the "EBSCO eBook collection (off-campus) link from the "Choose Resources" drop down menu. When a desired resource is located, the user can simply follow the on-screen prompts to view the full-text of the eBook on their computer.
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In addition to being able to access and read the Snead eBook collection of over 50,000 items on computers, patrons may also download any of our eBooks to any of the portable devices listed above.
To do so, a user needs to first establish an Adobe account and download Adobe Digital Editions on their computer as well as the Bluefire Reader app on their mobile device. The Bluefire Reader page gives a good description of how the process works with Apple devices as well as Android devices. Once the software is downloaded, the portable device/devices must be authenticated using the created Adobe account and the Adobe Digital Editions software.
Once authentication is complete, the user then can search for our eBooks using VIRGIL or the EBSCO link mentioned above. When an eBook is located for download, the user can click a link and will then be directed to login to EBSCOhost. If it is the user's first time to download an eBook, they must create an EBSCOhost account. Once logged in to EBSCOhost, the user will then be prompted through the download process. Next, the user should be able to find the downloaded item/items within Adobe Digital Editions on their computer. The portable device should be attached to the computer with a USB cable and should also show up within the Digital Editions interface. From this point it is simply a matter of dragging and dropping the downloaded eBook to the portable device within the Digital Editions interface.
The eBooks & Audiobooks Support Center at EBSCOhost has multiple FAQs, help sheets, user guides, and tutorials that carry the user through the entire eBook process on any device. If you have any problems with downloading eBooks, contact the library.
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James Bond finally is getting back into action.
The new management at MGM, along with Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, announced Tuesday that the 23rd film in the spy franchise will arrive in theaters Nov. 9, 2012.
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That will mark a four-year hiatus for Bond since his last adventure, 2008's "Quantum of Solace." The franchise had been on hold amid MGM's financial troubles, with the company now trying to start over after filing for bankruptcy protection and restructuring last November.
Daniel Craig returns for his third outing as British super-spy Bond. Sam Mendes ("American Beauty," ''Road to Perdition") is directing, with production expected to start late in 2011.
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One of the perks of being wealthy is the ability to follow passionate impulses to collect wine, art, watches or whatever else tickles the fancy.
But when ultra-high net worth individuals scratch the itch for luxury goods, the costs can go well beyond the sticker price. Besides insuring the value of the luxury objects, liability protection must often be purchased.
"I always marvel at the time put into identifying what [ultra-high net worth individuals] want to acquire but not into protecting themselves," said Gary Raphael, senior vice president of risk consulting for ACE Private Risk Services.
Some of the items on our list of must-have luxury goods certainly come with a liability quotient. Consider the hot tub boat and the potential for a range of nautical disasters.
"Most people don't get in a hot tub for mind clarity," said David Spencer, senior vice president for premier client services for ACE Private Risk Services.
"Everyone knows how much to insure an item for" if it were to be destroyed, he said, but too many don't think about liability insurance. And considering the sticker price of such coverage, it's a major oversight.
It only costs "several hundred dollars per year for $5 million of liability insurance" to protect family assets in the event of an accident, Spencer said.
But liability is not the only area in which luxury-goods buyers fall short. Raphael noted that research showed that 40% of collectors don't insure some of their items, and that a third don't update their policies every year as recommended to ensure that increases in value are covered.
One reason for insuring only parts of a collection is the emotional connection to some items.
"When they are passionate about it, they focus on things they love," Spencer said.
Another reason is that collectors mistakenly believe items like antique furniture or high-end jewelry are covered under a homeowner's policy. Unfortunately, that coverage might not be enough. High-value items should be insured separately.
Spencer notes that specialty insurers like ACE and its competitors offer services aimed at the UNHW crowd. Those insurers offer teams that do on-site evaluations of items to ensure they are properly insured.
With Spencer's comment that "people get to decide what [they] purchase" in mind, check out 10 Luxury Items the Super Wealthy Must Have. The items and accompanying photos are courtesy of americanluxurymag.com.
1. Aston Martin DB9 Volante
Car buffs like to talk about torque and horsepower when they compare driving machines. With this one-of-a-kind Aston Martin, which was auctioned off for charity this month, you can take the cowboy theme farther with its equestrian themed interior. There's no word on how much the car went for, but an off-the-lot DB9 goes for about $200,000.
2. Designer Surfboard
If driving an Aston Martin to the beach isn't enough showing off, there's always this surfboard designed by Roy Stuart that has a price tag of a cool $1.3 million. Handmade with Paulownia wood and crafted to make turning and riding the waves as smooth as possible, the board is covered in 23-karat gold. Cowabunga, indeed!
3. Putin iPhone 5s
If your friends and colleagues aren't quite sure who is really in charge, this designer iPhone should give them a heads up. Boasting a drawing of the Russian strongman and covered in gold, the Italian company Caviar is asking $4,340 for the mobile device.
4. Firstcall Chair
If you need a place to relax while doing business on your Putin iPhone, you might try this this $3,970 chair shaped like a phone designed by Dutch designer Ruud van Wier and produced by Easy NoiseControl. The chair is designed to keep sound from escaping, ensuring privacy. Customers can choose from 32 colors.
5. Starfleet Machine
Does anyone know what time it really is? Does anyone care? Well, any UNHW Trekkie who shells out about $32,000 for the clock by MB&F and L'Epee. The brass coffee-table piece is mad of palladium-treated brass and is covered with 48 jewels will know. Only 175 were produced.
6. Grieb & Benziger Blue Merit Watch
When you aren't within sight of the Starfleet Machine, this watch will keep you on time for all your appointments. Costing $530,000, the watch had a production run of 200 in the mid-1990s. It boats a platinum case and blue platinum and rose gold decorations.
7. Polaris Slingshot Three-Wheel Motorcycle
At $19,999 for the base model and $23,999 for the premium model, this motorcycle comes with backup camera, LCD screen, high-end audio system and a 174 horsepower engine.
8. Ciclotte Exercise Bike
If three wheels are too many and you'd like to get some exercise, this $12,000 device might be more your speed. Designed by Luca Schiepetti, and industrial designer, the bike features pedals positioned closer to the seat than on most bikes to make working out tougher.
9. V8 Wet Rod Jet Ski
For $49,000, you'd expect to get more than just a pedestrian jet ski. Strand Craft's Wet Rod includes space for luggage and a cooler for beverages. Options include GPS, a sound system and custom paint. Oh, and this jet ski flies at 65 mph, 30% faster than other craft in its class.
10. Hot Tub Boat
If a jet ski is too fast for your vision of relaxing, this electric boat built in Seattle that can accommodate six adults might be more your speed. It is powered by an electric motor that can get the boat moving at 5 mph for 10 hours before it needs to be recharged. Twin pop-up speakers add to the ambiance and a joystick accessible from the hot tub steers the craft. You'll have to contact the company to get the price. The boats are also available on a rental basis.
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The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief is a point-and-click adventure that debuted earlier this year for the PC, and just recently made the jump to Xbox LIVE arcade. Brought to you by Nordic Games and KING Art Games, this detective thriller comes in three episodes for $9.99 each. The first episode, The Eye of the Sphynx, has two mysteries for the player to solve: a robbery (or potential robbery) on board the Orient Express, and a murder on the high seas. It has a colorful cast of characters: the cynically famous Inspector LeGrand, the retired detective novelist Lady Westmacott, the extremely astute German Dr. Gebhardt, an overweight and opulent Baroness with her dry butler, James, and of course, the Swedish constable Jakob Zellner. All of their stories have subtle and complex ties that could only exist in a mystery novel. The best part about The Raven is that it was clearly written by someone with a deep love for the mystery genre. The Raven follows the unmistakable tropes, and is loaded with nods for fellow detective enthusiasts to pick up on.
The titular Raven was a master thief, a smuggler with a penchant for getting his name in the papers by stealing the world's most priceless artifacts. He was famous for his amazing heists, and well-loved by the public for never hurting a soul in his entire career, which ended abruptly when he was fatally shot by the young Inspector LeGrand. But now another thief is using all of The Raven's signature touches, although this Raven has no regard for anyone's life. The papers are calling this new thief "The Raven's Heir" but there are those who believe that The Raven is still alive and up to his old tricks.
No, you will not be playing as the young Inspector LeGrand. Instead, you take the reins of Jakob Zellner, the portly Swedish constable. In all my years of gaming, I have never played a middle aged constable with a heart condition, so, that was a new experience. Unfortunately, there's not a lot in going on in The Raven that is new and exciting.
What really hampers The Raven is its gameplay. I'm not sure if something was lost in the translation from PC to console, but the controls are borderline unusable. Instead of the traditional point-and-click interface, you walk around the environment looking for objects to interact with. The problem is, constable Zellner handles like a broken grocery cart, so good luck getting him in the right spot to interact with anything. Most of my time was spent having Zellner pace up and down, trying to find the right spot to trigger the interaction icon. This is somewhat mitigated by the fact that the right thumbstick is used to cycle between available icons, so it's easier to choose between them. The problem is, it's still difficult to position yourself to interact with most of the objects in the first place.
In order to find clues, you basically have to play a game of Marco Polo. You navigate Zellner around the screen, hoping to trip an interaction icon. If you are having a difficult time finding anything, you can press the X button to reveal every possible clue on the screen- but there's still the problem of moving Zellner close enough to interact with it. What's worse is that there are two instances in the game where you have to do this with a pitch-black screen. Imagine that you're blindfolded in a supermarket and someone tells you to collect all the ingredients for a cake, and they'll let you know if you're hot or cold. This handicap on top of the poor control scheme makes for an extremely boring and frustrating experience. Thankfully both sections are over quickly.
Not only are the controls in The Raven terrible, but it is rife with animation glitches. Every action Zellner takes has a predestined location. So if he talks to someone, he has to stand a certain spot; if he walks through a door, he has to take a certain path. This meant that almost every time I had to interact with someone or something, it involves Zellner repositioning himself. Granted, this isn't anything game breaking, but it got old really fast. The worst glitches by far are when the speaking animations went awry. Every once in a while, as I was speaking to someone, their jaw would dislocate itself and spin around inside their head. There was also the time when a man's mustache seemed to gain sentience, reaching for me as if it were hungry for blood. I only experienced this glitch once while playing The Raven, but I have seen it in my nightmares ever since. To The Raven's credit, although I found a lot of glitches, they only last a second and largely don't effect the game. I only found one glitch where I had to restart it, but it autosaves so often that it wasn't much of a setback.
While the animation glitches and gameplay of The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief are downright infuriating, the story and relationships between the characters are compelling. The first act takes some time to gain steam while you get accustomed to the controls and meet the cast, but the storyline takes an unexpected left turn throwing the portly constable into action. If you are willing to wade through the plentiful rough patches, you'll make it to an exciting cliffhanger and a promise for more in episode two.
While the animation glitches and gameplay of The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief are downright infuriating, the story and relationships between the characters are compelling. The first act takes some time to gain steam while you get accustomed to the controls and meet the cast, but the storyline takes an unexpected left turn throwing the portly constable into action. If you are willing to wade through the plentiful rough patches, you'll make it to an exciting cliffhanger and a promise for more in episode two.
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I've spent an embarrassing percentage of my life planted in front of a screen. I'm pretty sure I know the layout of Planet Zebes better than my own home town, and most of my social life in high school revolved around Halo 2 and Super Smash Brothers. When I wasn't on a console I was playing every ROM I could get my mitts on.
These days I spend most of my time with games made by small studios, because they tend to make what I'm interested in playing. I love developers that experiment with new mechanics, write challenging and immersive narratives, and realize that a game's aesthetics are more than it's graphics. So long story short-you'll see a lot of posts from me about Kickstarter campaigns and Early Access debuts.
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There's nothing more frustrating than a locked box. Acclaimed Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse's "Sa Ka La" clearly has something inside it — over the play's brief running time, we frequently hear the subtext rattling around — but director/translator Sarah Cameron Sunde can't, or won't, open up Fosse's family drama to show us what it is. Only after the show is over, when there's a chance to sit and ponder the dying mother, the empty birthday party and the hidden infidelities, do Fosse's finer points eventually reveal themselves like flowers finally shoving out through cracked gray concrete.
In fairness to Sunde, this concrete is not of her pouring: Fosse's writing is Pinter-ish in its economy and in its sense of place (Norway), and Sunde's task — finding exactly the right American English word for every carefully considered Norwegian word in the script — is frankly impossible. She could have counterbalanced the translation's inevitable shortcomings with detailed direction, though, and that's where the play trips up.
Best in the cast is Frank Harts as Johannes, one of two sons-in-law (the other is Henning, played by Raymond McAnally) having a party for their overbearing-but-sweet mother-in-law (Kathryn Kates). Mom has suffered a stroke and is slowly expiring in the hospital, attended by her daughters Nora (Marielle Heller) and Hilde (Birgit Huppuch).
In his first scene, Harts' character discovers he and Henning have both been sleeping with the family's closest friend, Trine (Anna Gutto). They agree she's "quite a lady," and Gutto lives up to expectations — her Trine is dishy and innocent without affectations. Added to this, everyone is worried Mom's only son Ola (Noel Joseph Allain) will show up.
And then nothing happens.
The party continues uninterrupted, despite the efforts of Hilde and Nora; Mom edges closer to death; Trine and her husband Karsten (Mike Caban) enter and make uncomfortable small talk. Mom makes noises that can't be translated or understood. The inevitable takes place. The play ends.
The next morning, some scattered epiphanies might start to bloom in your imagination: Hilde and Nora's efforts to communicate Mom's dying state to Henning and Johannes bear a striking resemblance to Mom's efforts to communicate… well, something to Hilde and Nora. Like the sisters, Karsten can sense there's something amiss when Trine giggles too loudly at Henning's jokes: It's a sound that communicates a state of abnormality, but it's not communication, so Karsten is as frustrated as Mom's daughters when they hear her say "Sa! Ka! La!"
And, in the production's crowning irony, it's the way we in the audience feel as the play progresses without us, speaking and sometimes shouting in familiar-sounding words clearly meant to communicate a state of urgency — words that, ultimately, can't travel that space between the mouth and the ear quickly enough to keep us engaged.


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Appearing on the Alex Jones Show today, Michigan attorney Kurt Haskell said he plans to file a civil lawsuit against the government in the underwear bomber case now that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab has suddenly reversed course and decided to plead guilty.
"Abdulmutallab's reversal now means that Detroit Attorney Kurt Haskell's contention that the plot was, as in almost every other terror case made public, a product of government entrapment, and that the US intelligence establishment was involved in the aborted attack, will now remain buried, at least for the time being," Paul Joseph Watson wrote earlier today as news of the reversal was reported.
Abdulmutallab entered a plea of not guilty eight months ago at the start of his trial on charges he attempted to use of a weapon of mass destruction, conspired to commit an act of terrorism and attempted murder.
The corporate media immediately attempted to cover the government's effort to shut down the case and prevent Haskell from testifying by claiming Abdulmutallab had changed course in order to have the opportunity to read a six-minute speech to the courtroom in which he said that his crimes had been a payback for U.S. military killings of people in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere.
Kurt Haskell said the lawsuit will allow him to subpoena witnesses and ask questions. He told Alex Jones he is primarily interested in getting "some more truth" out of the case now that the government has moved to shut down the release of further information, in particular the identity of the well dressed Indian man who escorted Abdulmutallab to the flight in Amsterdam on Christmas day, 2009.
Alex noted that it is now government policy to murder suspects like the underwear bomber's alleged handler and Pentagon dinner guest, Anwar Awlaki, instead of bringing them to trial.
Because of this and the government's habitual lies and deception, lawsuits like the one Kurt Haskell will file against the government are of particular importance, Jones explained.
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So we have this large collection of Santa's on our mantle. Every year we get a new Santa and it's kind of a fun thing, looking for the perfect NEW Santa to sit on the mantle with the others.
But our Santas have a dark past.
You see, they are in fact HOSTAGES from the past.
Once upon a time I had a friend who moved in and out of my house more than once. This friend was likeable and affable but not terrible responsible nor practical.
He once ate five pounds of cheese. Out of my refrigerator. That he did not pay for.
I mean, in GENERAL it wouldn't be a problem if someone over time ate all the cheese. If you live in my house I love you like family and you're welcome to eat my food.
But, it's sort of bizarre at best that you might not EXPECT especially after just having purchased said cheese.
But that's not the point. The last time he moved out and moved on to his new life adventure, he left behind a small collection of santas.
They seem to like it here. They're happy living comfortably in boxes most of the year but they get to come out and be the decorative focal point (aside from the tree) of our Christmas living room.
No. You can't have them back. YOU MADE YOUR CHOICE CHEESE EATER!
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Facebook has sent out invites to media and bloggers to an event on April 4 at its place in Menlo Park, California. It is unclear what the event is going to showcase, however, the email invite reveals that the company will be showing off its "new home on Android."
The possible guesses at the moment would be that Facebook is either launching a new refreshed Android app or a Facebook-specialized Android operating system.
According to a report by TechCrunch, it is said that Facebook will unveil smartphone software based on Google's Android operating system. The software will have "extra Facebook functionality built in." Also, the reports indicate that the software will run on hardware made by HTC.
It is known that Facebook and HTC have been working on a marketing campaign for the phone. Back in 2011, HTC released a phone that had Facebook branding included with specialized Facebook software. However, the phone received poor reviews after it was released to consumers.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated that the company is more focused on mobile, however, he denied the existence of "Facebook Phone." Back in 2012, Zuckerberg shot down rumors about a Facebook smartphone by stating, "There are a lot of things you can build in other operating systems as well that aren't really taking, that aren't really like building out a whole phone, which wouldn't make much sense for us to do."
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At a hearing titled "Confronting the Looming Fiscal Crisis," held by the Senate Committee on Finance on Tuesday, testimony focused on substantial changes to Medicare, the tax code and retirement. Among the proposals was changing the tax treatment of retirement plans.
Testimony from Pete Domenici, former Republican senator from New Mexico, and former Congressional Budget Office (CBO) director Alice Rivlin, who also headed of the Office of Management and Budget in the Clinton administration, addressed changes they said were needed to avoid the "fiscal cliff" approaching at the end of the year through automatic spending cuts and tax increases. The combination of massive changes has led the CBO to predict that lack of attention to the impending cuts and increases could put the U.S. into a recession in the first half of 2013.
In their joint testimony, Rivlin and Domenici advocated changes to Medicare that would create Medicare exchanges and limit government costs, as well as changing the way those costs are delivered. The two also proposed substantial changes to the tax code that included, among other things, raising additional revenue—something that was not popular with Republican attendees.
Rivlin and Domenici proposed a two-bracket tax structure of 15% and 28%, with no standard deduction or personal exemptions. The corporate tax rate would be reduced to 28%. Capital gains and dividends would be taxed as ordinary income, excluding the first $1,000 of realized net capital gains or losses.
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) would be replaced by a flat refundable per-child tax credit of $1,600, which is higher than currently allowed, and a refundable earnings credit similar to the Making Work Pay credit.
In addition, itemized deductions would be replaced by a flat 15% refundable tax credit for charitable contributions and for up to $25,000 per year, not indexed, mortgage interest on a primary residence.
The deduction for state and local taxes would be eliminated. In addition, a flat 15% refundable tax credit or a deduction, for those in the higher bracket, for retirement savings account contributions—which would only be allowed up to 20% of earnings or a maximum of $20,000—was proposed.
Included in taxable income would be 100% of Social Security income, but with a nonrefundable credit for Social Security beneficiaries equal to 15% of the current standard deduction and a nonrefundable credit equal to 15% of an individual's Social Security benefits.
The plan also proposes capping in 2015 and phasing out over the next 10 years the tax exclusion for employer-sponsored health insurance benefits; allowing the deduction of medical expenses in excess of 10% of adjusted gross income, the same as presently; and allowing a deduction of miscellaneous itemized deductions in excess of 5% of AGI.
The American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) issued a statement against the proposed change in retirement savings account contributions, saying that it would cause a disproportionate amount of harm to the retirement savings of Americans.
Pointing out that the retirement savings tax incentive is a deferral, not a permanent exclusion, ASPPA said that data from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) shows that reduced limits result in lower account balances at retirement for all income groups. ASPPA added that younger workers in the lowest income quartile in small-business plans would be hardest hit, and could expect a 14% reduction in account balances at Social Security normal retirement age if the proposal becomes law.


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I grew up with sewing and patchwork around me and have sewn for many years, I also knit and crochet with occasional forays into journaling. Now retired I spend all my spare time at Patchwork & Quilting. I love to design quilts and have some designs published and I also help others to learn this great pastime. I run both social and sewing groups locally and organise coach trips to quilt shows. I have a gorgeous little Shih Tzu called Honey who keeps me fit and makes me get up from my machine frequently! I am also a proud GrannyPatch to one year old Tiare.
Update. Sadly the lovely Honey died in 2015 and I now have little Holly who joined me last August. She is often poorly but a great dog with a big heart. My granddaughter is now nearly 3 years old which just shows how long it is since I've looked at this info. Not much else has changed although I have spent the past 2 months working with a group of friends to make some great Quilts for Project Linus. I really must update my photo.


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No insult is meant, of course, and "25%" is simply meant as a carelessly-discarded gauntlet. I would particularly like to see the appearance of true "compile-time checking" in Perl, within the scope of this limited and optional (but, by now, well-defined) context. I'd like to see what would basically be the equivalent of "recoding a whole bunch of stuff in XS," but instead doing it within the main-line compiler/interpreter itself: expanding the perlguts of the thing. Yes, expanding the scope of what is "the Perl language," but doing it in the most pragmatic way possible. There would be none of the "gee, I think this-or-that would be Cool" thinking that torpedoed the last attempt. This is the target, and we have thousands of proven tests that show what that target is, and we are going to expand the core-language implementation itself: both to optimize the runtime characteristics of this, and to facilitate compile-time checking of types, calls and so-forth to detect errors much sooner than we can now do. We are not going to change this at all. We are going to provide an entirely-optional fast track, and we are going to break absolutely nothing in the process of doing it.
Instead of debating endlessly about some –er" re-making of Perl into what it is not, why don't we focus our efforts on streamlining a part of the system that is right now in regular daily service, and in improving our system's ability to detect source-code errors sooner than at-runtime. This goal is fully-defined (and fully testable) right now, it has reasonable scope, and it has ROI.
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This is the current back, showing where the battery plugs in (central) where the SIM plugs in (middle, lower) and the microSD socket, which is under the SIM socket.
The USB socket is approximately a centimetre to the right of the edge of the void the battery fits in.
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- Stylus holder
- AA or AAA battery power options.
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A lot of trouble: Could Amtrak parking lot stymie new rail service?
West Main Street restaurant owners and City planning officials aren't the only ones upset about the unwillingness of two local developers to pave the gravel Amtrak parking lot. Now they've raised the ire of Meredith Richards.
"The condition of the parking lot at the West Main Street station has caught the attention of the State Rail Department and Amtrak, and they are concerned about its potential to disrupt their plans to extend the Cardinal service seven days a week," CvilleRail founder and chairman Richards told a group of UVA and County policy makers, reports NBC29.
According to Richards, Amtrak has to present new service request to Congress, outlining the pros and the cons. The gravel parking lot, she said, would definitely be a con.
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Well here we have another example of someone who uses the guise of doing nothing but good for the city and then not willing to fulfill the promise. Gabe is a nice guy but no follow through and his partner Gagne lives in San Francisco and wouldn't spend a dime to help Charlottesville. This is similar to Halsey Minor who loves his community enough that he can go spend money elsewhere (at least say he is doing so) and leave Charlottesville high and dry. Neither of these "do gooders" gives a damn about Charlottesville.
would anyone be happy if they put in an automatic sprinkler system to keep the dust down or would that freak out the water wonks?
Slate has miniscule dust and buckingham slate is right down there in buckingham county...
"What Liberal stands in line to hand away public resources or use the power of government to make great deals for pathetic developers? That's what conservatives do."
No it's not. Liberals do this all the time and use rhetoric to transfer blame to conservatives not in power to do what they're accused of. I haven't been down to the courthouse at 315 E. High St to research this lot but I have researched others and published that research, much to the chagrin of city leaders.
According to the Historical Society, this West Main parking lot is the site of Jefferson School 1866-1894. Surely liberals value history. Huh, no historical marker? Huh, no mention of this history by liberals who value history and who have been informed of this history? Huh.
Antoinnette, does your research confirm this parking lot as a former location of Jefferson School? Or has the Society, infiltrated by liberals, made a mistake?
The Jefferson School record, well researched in the recent past by the indefatigable Gayle Schulman for Magazine of Albemarle County History, puts its late-1865 establishment by the Freedmans Bureau in the Delevan Building (aka the Mudwall because of its construction style),then on the property of Gen. John Hartwell Cocke.
Gen. Cocke had built the structure shortly after U.Va. opened as a temperance hotel, hoping to give the young men of the school he had helped found somewhere to gather without the temptation of alcohol. During the war years, it served as an adjunct of the multi-facility Charlottesville General Hospital. Then, in 1868, two years after Gen. Cocke's death, it was purchased by the local African-American congregation founded in 1864. And it remained that congregation's sanctuary until the current First African Baptist Church was completed in 1883.
I don't know (though someone may) exactly where the Mudwall stood reletive to the current church, Seventh Street, and the current station house. But I do know that the railroad and some depot structure had been in place there for over a decade before war broke out. The fact that Charlottesville was served by not just one but two rail lines was the reason, of course,that Confederate hospital facilities were set up here.
You asked about my research. When I look at the current train station lot, the history that my own work conjures most vividly is that of July 22, 1865. The Battle of First Manassas had been fought the previous day. By early the next morning, train cars loaded with wounded -- both Confederate and Federal -- had spread its bloody residue far to the south of Bull Run.
Anyone who has seen the movie version of "Gone With the Wind" will remember the scene that begins in the railyard of a falling Atlanta. At first, the camera frames only a single wounded man and a doctor. Gradually, however, it draws up and up and back and back until it reveals a sea of bodies -- some frantically busy, many chillingly still. Well, that scene played out here on that rainy Monday morning when blood and mud and misery mingled at Union Station.
Antionette you know this who debacle is why I die lauging when folks try and call the City run by Liberals. What Liberal stands in line to hand away public resournces or use the power of government to make great deals for pathetic developers? That's what conservatives do. And time and again the City and the Taxpayers get burned- residents and business owners.
I think the City Market is an example of how the City can do something for a profit, and actually benefit the community. This is just one more reason why I am absolutely opposed to the nonsense of giving away McIntyre park to the Y, or any other group.
Yeah, I would like the Transit system to be better about getting over to Amtrak, so I can ride it more. We have already proven there is a real demand for train service out of C-ville, and my bet is it will grow. If it's there, and reasonably accessible, people will use it.
It's time for this City and the County to stop rolling over the developers.
@Antoinette, you are correct that Silverman/Cadgene bought the property for dirt cheap. Might I add that despite getting the property for that price and doing essentially nothing to it, the owners now have the property on the market for $13.5 million - the most expensive property selling in the City. Sure, it's legal. But that doesn't mean it's ethical.
@Cville Eye, interesting article. So it costs $300,000+ to pave the lot, which is no small price. But as I just mentioned, the owners are selling the lot for almost 20x what they bought it for. I wonder if (a) the lot would be much more likely to sell if paved, and (b) the lot's asking price will go up if it gets paved. Just some thoughts...
Yes, I remember. Then the City refused to build a parking deck solely for the sole use of the on-site tenants. Then, the delapidated buildings were renovated, at what cost I don't know; however, I doubt if that project has been a money-making venture for the owners. That's probably one of the reasons why it's up for sale. So far the renovation/revitalization of West Main Street has been a disaster
I suspect like many owners of West Main St. properties, these folks are just placekeeping until a huge offer for the property comes along and why should they spend a fortune paving the lot when it'll all go out with the bathwater when they sell. Look at all the other properties allowed to deteriorate while rented out to "no name" businesses or used for parking. The bets are in that West Main will be gold. People may not like it, but it's legal to do it. I'm not so sure that street will end paved with gold though. The country wide economic haircut we're getting (and will continue to get in years to come) may mean glitzy development may not happen in "geologically meaningful" time frame.
Dr. Richards is exactly right in her condemnation of this "parking lot." The resistance to civic improvements by some on this blog is astonishing. Tax payments can make Charlottesville a better place to live for all, even the cheapskates who resent paying anything. For the official record "BB", Meredith Richards has contributed her personal funds and her professional time and energy to advance improved passenger rail service in Virginia. We'll leave it to you and "eveningbat" to improve the Ukraine.
why do they block off the back entrance to that lot? i tried to pick up a friend last night and they had a chain across the 8th st. entrance. i figured they were charging for parking at the other end, but c'mon! last time i tried getting in through the 7th st. entrance to get to amtrak it took me a 1/2 an hour! not everyone is looking to pay $10 to park and go drink at maya!
You say this parking lot is nasty? Oh, you should have seen the ordinary roads in Ukraine and even the main streets in some towns. Those are nasty beyond words.
This parking lot should be "The Joke of the Century". I stopped going to the business's around there. I wear a suit and tie to the restaurants and before I can get to the place of business its covered with dust and then the sneezing begins......gheeeezzzz what a joke. But I'm not laughing!
"Perhaps a fund can be drawn up by those who would benefit most directly from a paved lot?"
Art, we in Charlottesville like to spend other people's money. As for Council members, I believe that Virginia Daugherty, Meredith Richards, Blake Caravati, Maurice Cox and David Toscano were in involved. Staffers were Gary Overrun O'Connell and Judith Mueller. They also got the city involved in selling Greyhound bus tickets at its bus station in the 300 block of West Main Street. I also believe it was reported that the Greyhound deal is not self-supportive.
It seems it was a foolish mistake to have arranged that deal for Silverman and Cadgene in the first place and in such a way that there is little recourse. Which elected official(s) made that decision, and where are they now? I hate to say it, but sometimes mistakes have consequences that cannot be avoided.
That said, Silverman and Cadgene should be continually pressured by citizens to clean up the lot. Perhaps a fund can be drawn up by those who would benefit most directly from a paved lot?
Actually, I do know where the earliest versions of the Jefferson School were located because I have a photocopy of Gray's 1877 New Map of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia. It shows the Delevan building very close to Main Street but well east of the Telegraph Office set right at the point where the two incoming rail lines pass close, then diverge again. And it also shows a building labeled School House south of the tracks a little west of the Delevan site.
According to the documentation by which the later Jefferson School building on Commerce Street was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places, the school building south of the tracks -- which would have been on property now completely taken up by Walker Square -- was built in 1869 to accomodate the growing student population of the initial Freedmen's Bureau school in the Delevan building. And it was also the first incarnation of that school to bear the name Jefferson.
So it would appear that neither the initial Freedmen's Bureau school nor the subsequent Jefferson School was on the current Amtrak parking lot property. But that fact doesn't leave that lot's owners any dearth of ghosts to lay along with that damaging gravel "dust."
I did not fail to mention anything relevant and do not appreciate being so accused by yet another e-masked commentator. The subject I addressed was not the many and various errors the city assessor's records include. My point was that those reocrds are unclear in respect to the train station lot. To mention all such errors would far, far exceed the Hook's comment word limit.
N.B. My house, which easily traceable records prove to have been built by 1852, was recorded as having been built in 1910 until I asked for a correction based on solid documentation. But, again, that is not the matter at hand.
@Antoinette W. Roades, you are quite right about the inadequacies of the assessor's records but you failed to mention the problem of inaccuracies. For example, my 1925 house is listed as being built in 1957.
I am surprised that the conversation is about paving rather than using a pervious surface for the lot.
Thanks for including the information that the lot has been subdivided. I had no idea. Maybe all of the subdivisions are bundled up in the price.
Folks: Before saying over and over "this lot," you might want to consult the public record -- incomprehensibly ineptly kept as it is by the city assessor's office. What the city pressured Norfolk Southern to sell was one big chunk of land with, as several posters have correctly noted, dilapidated structures thereon. Since the city-engineered (pun intended) transfer of that railroad right-of-way to Silverman and Cadgene, however, the property has been subdivided into several discrete lots. Consequently, it's a tad tough to know exactly what's actually being offered for $13-plus million.
I'd be more than happy to summarize the results of that subdivision if the online record made that possible. But it doesn't. Characteriscially, it's contradictory and muddled. So anyone who really, really cares will have to spend time in City Court Clerk Paul Garrett's loftily-governed, below-stairs fiefdom over at Circuit Court on High Street.
And speaking of kingdoms: The e-moniker-masked maker of claims who dubs him or herself "King Ralph" should try living in, walking in, doing business in, ad inf., the rather large area directly affected by Silverman and Cadgene's callous non-maintenance of what they got as a gift. Real people -- old, young, and in between -- plus real businesses and real live passersthrough are being adversely affected daily by serial selfishness that elected officials consistently enable. This is, in fact, a pressing problem.
@Anthony "...and doing essentially nothing to it..." Actually quite a bit of money went into renovating the two delapidated buildings that were on the property. One building now has been reinforced so that it can have a rooftop restaurant. "But as I just mentioned, the owners are selling the lot..." No, they are not. They can't sell it at that price if there are no buyers. Rent from the small station and the restaurant will come nowhere close to servicing that loan.
@ "What Liberal stands in line to hand away public resournces..." Dumb ones or those suffering from delusions of grandeur believing that they are playuing with the big boys. "Yeah, I would like the Transit system to be better about getting over to Amtrak..." Buses travel by there all day long. The most frequent are Route 7 and the Trolley (every 15 minutes).
The city did not own the railroad station property. But the city pressed Norfolk Southern to sell that property to Silverman and Cadgene (t/a Union Station Partners LLC) in 1997 for $707,838 -- a minuscule amount relative to the spread's size and location. At the same time, the City also secured a Federal grant of more than $700,000 for improvement of the lot.
The expectation at the time was that the property would be developed as a true city transit center connecting at one site local public transit, intercity bus service, and train service. Such an alleged "center" was subsequently built at great expense in front of City Hall -- which is, of course, far from convenient by most folks' standards to the Greyhound and Amtrak depots.
@dumbo, When did the city ever own this property?
Some may be interested in reading this article: http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2010/nov/20/amtrak-lot-cant-support-p...
Why no mention by on how these two...... came to "aquire" this parcel. Was it sold on the open market? Did the city give them a "deal" because of promised development?
I suspect that the owners know that if they pave the parking lot, the city will raise their real estate taxes by thousands of dollars. Also, if they pave it, their storm water bill due to the impending TMDL compliance will add hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees to the city.
@Dave, you must be a very poor driver if it took you 1/2 hour to park your car. I recently rode with an 86 year old to the train station and it took maybe three minutes to negotiate.
@Tim Brown, your driving around town with a buzz may get you into trouble.
What high wind raises in tornado-like, sky-blackening billows from the lot that Gabe Silverman and Allan Cadgene were essentially given by the City is not "dust" as in loose, dry soil. It is fine, sharp gravel. And it doesn't just dirty what it lights on. It pits paint on buildings and cars,grates the eyes of passersby, and undoubtedly scars the lungs of all forced to breathe it.
The New York Times reported not long ago on the special vulnerability of the elderly to such particulate matter. The area surrounding the station is home to a high number of seniors. One assumes that children are also highly susceptible to damage, and many of them live nearby as well. I live several blocks from the lot and regularly find its grit on my windowsills. I'm sure I've taken an equal amount internally.
We talkin bout roads in Ukraine... What are we talkin bout? Roads in Ukraine? Nah nah nah not Amtrak, not the parkin lot here in town, we talkin bout roads in Ukraine... You see me come into that lot, go eat at Wild Wings, you seen me right? I eat everything on my plate, get a buzz, then hop in my v8 custom sled and drive over them bumpy pot holes and destroy my suspension, but we in here talkin bout roads in Ukraine right now. Not the parkin lot here in town, we talkin bout roads in Ukraine. Roads in Ukraine? What are we talkin bout? Roads in Ukraine? C'mon man, how silly is that?
Irate over an unpaved parking lot? STFU mcgoof and you suit wearin db. Go park somewhere else.
good grief. Please proofread your stories Hook. It should be "ones" not "one's".
That parking lot is a joke.
Meredith Richards will be wanting me to subsidize it like I am the rail service. If she want it let her put HER money into it for a change instead of my tax dollars.
I take the Amtrak to NYC fairly regularly. That parking lot is just "nasty." When I do - and I try not to - park there... I have to go to the car wash on the way home!!! Nasty, nasty -- way too cheap, and tacky for a town like this! Also, come on Gabe, spend some of those bucks for a town that has been quite good to/for you, bud! You are way too uptight with -profits--! It is an embarrassment. Notice, I didn't even mention potholes and incompetent personal. Oh gosh, I guess I just did!


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Long's Gap road. Lived in a place there before I moved into town with the folks.
Have you written up your experiences about the place yet?
I've mentioned it on the boards here, and I'm going to be including it in a future vlog post, along with some of my other paranormal experiences.
ok, can't wait.....
I'll be shooting it closer to Halloween and incorporating some of the places where the incidents occur, just to give viewers an idea of the location. I'm particularly looking forward to doing both the cemetery incident and the trail incident.