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Elizabeth Taylor Double-Headed Lion Necklace (1965), along with a matching
bracelet, was commissioned by the actress. It featured a clasp made with
cabochon and circular-cut emeralds, circular-cut diamonds, gold and platinum,
joined to two strands of cultured pearls.
dazzling creations of David Webb (1925-1975) are bold, adventurous, and
decadent -- and not for the faint of heart. His extravagant and exotic jewelry
has been worn by the rich and famous for more than six decades, from Jacqueline
Kennedy and Estee Lauder, to Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner and Beyonce.
jewelry designer's work is the subject of an exhibition at the Norton Museum of
Art in Palm Beach, Fla.
CBSNews.com senior producer David Morgan
Credit: Ilan Rubin/Courtesy of David Webb
Credit: Courtesy of David Webb
The Elizabeth Taylor Makara Bracelet (designed in 1957), featured
cabochon emeralds, circular-cut diamonds, platinum and gold. Inspired by an Indian sea-monster, it was the
first animal bracelet David Webb designed, one of which was purchased by
Elizabeth Taylor.
The Webb Zebra Bracelet (1963), featuring black and white
enamel, circular-cut diamonds, cabochon rubies, platinum and gold. Each of Webb's
zebra designs featured unique stripe patterns.
Peltason, author of the book, "David Webb: The Quintessential American
Jeweler," told Altschul he became what she called a well-known secret:
"The ladies who lunch started to hear about David Webb, and so, they'd
come downtown in their chauffeured limousines."
long Webb's pieces were gracing the cover of Vogue and dripping from Hollywood
Twin Frog Bracelet (1964), one of the first of Webb's animal
bracelets, featuring green enamel, cabochon rubies, circular-cut diamonds,
platinum and gold.
really was the right man at the right place at the right time," Peltason
said of Webb. "It was breakthrough jewelry. It was large.
It spoke volumes. The rings are
big. The jewelry has presence. I mean, this is jewelry for women who are
independent-minded, who know their own style."
Leopard Brooch (1964), featuring
collet-set diamond and black enamel quatrefoil spots, circular-cut diamonds,
cabochon rubies, platinum and gold.
largely avoided the spotlight and was rarely photographed. He died in 1975,
without ever becoming a household name.
to a well-kept archive of some 40,000 sketches he left behind, a team of
jewelers carries on Webb's legacy, producing pieces that sell from $5,000 into
the millions -- worth every penny for those looking to shine in the spotlight.
Ceremonial Elephant Brooch (1964), made from mabe pearl,
carved rubies, circular-cut diamonds, carved and circular-cut emeralds,
off-white enamel, platinum and gold.
Seahorse Brooch (1966), featuring carved coral, circular-cut
diamonds, cabochon emeralds, platinum and gold.
Dappled Blue Horse Bracelet (1966), featuring stippled blue
enamel, circular-cut diamons, cabochon emeralds, platinum and gold.
Heraldic Maltese Cross Necklace (1967), with circular-cut
diamonds, platinum and reeded gold cross with a reeded gold oval link chain.
This Asheville Clematic Brooch (1968) features 105
circular-cut rubies (totaling nearly 40 carats), 159 circular-cut diamonds (totaling
8.34 carats), platinum, and white and yellow gold.
The Marisa Berenson Ring (1969) features a cushion-cut
sapphire weighing approximately 9.79 carats, circular-cut diamonds, scored rock
crystal, white enamel, platinum and gold.
The chased gold Nail Ring (1971).
David Webb's 1971 Tire Ring was redesigned in 2012 with
circular-cut diamond collets, rectangular coral, white enamel, platinum and
David Webb's Slice Cuff (designed in 1971), with pave-set
diamonds, diamond collets, white enamel, platinum and gold; the Buckle Bracelet (1975), featuring pave-set
diamonds, white enamel, platinum and gold;
and the Rickrack Cuff (1972), with diamond collets, white enamel and
hammered gold.
Credit: Steve Granitz/WireImage
Credit: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Faceted rock crystal open drops, decorated with circular-cut
diamonds, with white gold and platinum in David Webb's Cross River Ear Pendants
design from 1973; and in his 1975 design featuring diamond frames and black
Credit: AP Photo/Matt Sayles
Juno Bracelet (1973), featuring four chased gold octagonal links
joined by pave-set diamond links, platinum and gold.
Credit: CBS News
Fantasy Object (1975), with hints of a Ch'ing dynasty
mythical creature, features carved lapis lazuli, carved and cabochon rubies,
circular-cut diamonds, cabochon emeralds, jade bi disks, scored rock crystal,
white enamel, platinum and gold.
Credit: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
Twilight Pearl Tassel Necklace (1979), featuring 64 baroque
cultured pearls, black onyx links, circular-cut diamonds, black enamel,
platinum and gold; with emerald and ruby beads and pearls.
think David Webb's legacy, for one thing, is being an American jeweler,"
said Ruth Peltason. "Born in this country, rags-to-riches, making it here,
coming to New York, hiring a crew of people from all over the world, and
working with them to make this one vision.
I think that is such an American story."
Leopard Bracelet (fashioned in 1980), made with gold, black
enamel, circular-cut diamonds, cabochon emeralds, and platinum.
exhibition "David Webb" Society's Jeweler" runs at the Norton
Museum of Art in Palm Beach, Fla., through April 13, 2014.
more info:
"David Webb: The Quintessential American Jeweler" by Ruth Peltason (Assouline

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We are having a case to insert a record manually to an Ext.data.Store for a grid panel. The calling method is Ext.data.Store.insert(index, records). The record gets inserted without a problem. However, when you click on any row below the newly inserted record, the one above the clicked row gets highlighted.
We debugged into the code behind and found that each item in store.data.items has a property called "index". After insertion, this "index" property is not re-calculated in case the store is not sorted (store.requireSort == false).
Even though Ext.4.1.3 does the same thing without re-indexing, it actually calls store.indexOf(record) in response to the click event, so there is no problem.
However for Ext 220.127.116.119, it calls getAt(index) in response to the click event, so that the problem above occurs.
The workaround below works for us, but we do not believe it is an ultimate fix:
Code:Ext.override(Ext.data.Store, { insert: function(index, records) { var me = this; me.callParent(arguments); if (index >= 0 && records && records.length > 0 && !me.requireSort) { for (var i = index; i < me.getCount(); i++) { me.data.items[i].index = i; } } } });


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ESA closes in on the origin of Mars' larger moon
European space scientists are getting closer to unravelling the origin of Mars' larger moon, Phobos. Thanks to a series of close encounters by ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, the moon looks almost certain to be a 'rubble pile', rather than a single solid object. However, mysteries remain about where the rubble came from.
Unlike Earth, with its single large moon, Mars plays host to two small moons. The larger one is Phobos, an irregularly sized lump of space rock measuring just 27 km x 22 km x 19 km.
During the Summer, Mars Express made a series of close passes to Phobos. It captured images at almost all fly-bys with the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC). A team led by Gerhard Neukum, Freie Universität Berlin, also involving scientists from the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), is now using these and previously collected data to construct a more accurate 3D model of Phobos, so that its volume can be determined with more precision.
In addition, during one of the nearest fly-bys, the Mars Express Radio Science (MaRS) Experiment team led by Martin Pätzold, Rheinisches Institut fuer Umweltforschung at the University of Cologne, carefully monitored the spacecraft's radio signals. They recorded the changes in frequency brought about by Phobos' gravity pulling Mars Express. This data is being used by Tom Andert, Universität der Bundeswehr Muenchen and Pascal Rosenblatt, Royal Observatory of Belgium, both members of the MaRS team, to calculate the precise mass of the martian moon.
Putting the mass and volume data together, the teams will be able to calculate the density. Eventually, this will be a new important clue to how the moon formed.
Previously, radio tracking from the Soviet Phobos 88 mission and from the spacecraft orbiting Mars in the past decades had provided the most accurate mass. "We can be ten times more precise in our frequency shift measurements today," says Rosenblatt.
The team's current mass estimate for Phobos is 1.072x1016 kg, or about one billionth the mass of the Earth.
Preliminary density calculations suggest that it is just 1.85 grams per cubic centimetre. This is lower than the density of the martian surface rocks, which are 2.7-3.3 grams per cubic centimetre, but very similar to that of some asteroids.
The particular class of asteroids that share Phobos' density are known as D-class. They are believed to be highly fractured bodies containing giant caverns because they are not solid. Instead, they are a collection of pieces, held together by gravity. Scientists call them rubble piles.
Also, spectroscopic data from Mars Express and previous spacecraft show that Phobos has a similar composition to these asteroids. This suggests that Phobos, and probably its smaller sibling Deimos, are captured asteroids. However, one observation remains difficult to explain in this scenario.
Usually captured asteroids are injected into random orbits around the planet that gravitationally tie them, but Phobos orbits above Mars' equator – a very specific case. Scientists do not yet understand how it could do this.
In another scenario, Phobos could have been made of martian rocks that were blasted into space during a large meteorite impact. These pieces have not fallen completely together, thus creating the rubble pile.
So the question remains, where did the original material come from – Mars' surface or the asteroid belt? The MARSIS radar on board Mars Express has also collected historic data about Phobos' subsurface. This data, together with that from the moon's surface and surroundings gathered by the other Mars Express instruments, will also help put constraints on the origin. It's clear though that the whole truth will only be known when samples of the moon are brought back to Earth for analysis in laboratories.
This exciting possibility might soon become reality because the Russians will attempt to do this with the Phobos-Grunt mission, to be launched next year. To land on Phobos, they will require the precise knowledge of the mass as measured by the MaRS Experiment in order to navigate correctly, and are also making use of the HRSC images to select the landing site.
Note for editors
Many more Phobos pictures are accessible following this link.
Between 23 July and 15 September 2008 Mars Express performed a series of eight fly-bys of the martian moon Phobos, at distances ranging between 4500 and 93 km from the centre of the moon, conducting some of the most detailed investigations of the Moon to date. In observing Phobos, Mars Express benefits from its highly elliptical orbit which takes it from a closest Mars approach of 270 km above the surface up to a maximum of 10 000 km from the planet's centre, crossing the 9 400 km orbit of the moon. Like our Moon, Phobos always shows the same side to the planet, so it is only by flying outside the orbit that it becomes possible to observe the far side. The other spacecraft presently orbiting Mars do so at much lower altitudes, and therefore only see the planet-facing side of the moon.
The High-Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) collected pictures of the moon's surface with the highest resolution possible, in colour and in 3-D, and provided images of areas never glimpsed before. By September, also the Super Resolution (SRC) Camera, part of the HRSC experiment, collected plenty of images. During the second fly-by, all efforts were concentrated on accurately determining the mass of the moon using the MaRS experiment.
The Visible and Infrared Mineralogical Mapping Spectrometer, OMEGA, the Planetary Fourier Spectrometer, PFS, and the Ultraviolet and Infrared Atmospheric Spectrometer, SPICAM, gathered details on the surface composition, geochemistry and temperature of Phobos.
The MARSIS radar collected information on the topography of the moon's surface and on the structure of its interior. The Energetic neutral atoms analyser, ASPERA studied the environment around Phobos, in particular the plasma that surrounds the moon and also the interaction of the moon with the solar wind.
For more information
Gerhard Neukum, HRSC Principal Investigator, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Email: gneukum @ zedat.fu-berlin.de
Martin Pätzold, MaRS Principal Investigator, Rheinisches Institut fuer Umweltforschung, University of Cologne
Email: Paetzold @ geo.uni-koeln.de
Pascal Rosenblatt, MaRS science team, Royal Observatory of Belgium
Email: Pascal.Rosenblatt @ oma.be
Tom Andert, Universität der Bundeswehr Muenchen, Germany
Email: Tom.Andert @ unibw-muenchen.de
Agustin Chicarro, ESA Mars Express Project Scientist
Email: Agustin.Chicarro @ esa.int


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Employment in Northern Illinois has received a temporary boost as Byron Generating Station's refueling outage begins today.
BYRON, Ill. - Employment in Northern Illinois has received a temporary boost as Byron Generating Station's refueling outage begins today. More than 1,700 additional workers will join the 850 permanent Byron Station employees in helping Exelon complete scheduled maintenance and upgrades on the facility. Byron Station will spend $13 million in contracted labor - non-Exelon employees - for the outage and will also pump nearly $7 million into the bottom lines of local vendors.
Most local motels, restaurants and shops from Rockford to Rochelle and many places in between see an increase in customers during Byron Station outages. "Many of our businesses see increased sales during the refueling outages at the nuclear facility," said Deanna Mershon, executive director of the Byron Area Chamber of Commerce. "The extra workers that come through our area buy gas, food and other goods. It can help the bottom line of a business even if for just a few weeks or months." Workers at Byron Station will refuel the Unit 2 reactor, perform more than 12,000 inspections and maintenance activities, and refurbish the Unit 2 cooling tower's interior structure. Many of the activities performed during the outage cannot be done while the unit is operating.
"This is our second consecutive outage with a larger than normal schedule of work," said Byron Station Site Vice President Russ Kearney. "The cooling tower work, along with our other planned maintenance activities, demands a larger supplemental workforce than usual. It means many temporary jobs and an uptick in local business receipts." Residents should be aware of the increased traffic in towns near the plant. While the unit is down, residents should be aware that one of the cooling towers will not produce any water vapor cloud. This is normal during when a unit is taken offline. Byron's Unit 1 will continue to supply clean electricity to Exelon customers during the Unit 2 outage. With both units at full power, the site produces almost 2,300 megawatts, enough electricity for 2.3 million homes. Byron Generating Station is in Ogle County, Ill., about 25 miles southwest of Rockford.


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Frequent Links
BFI London Film Festival
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The BFI London Film Festival (also known as just the London Film Festival) is the UK's largest public film event, screening more than 300 features, documentaries and shorts from almost 50 countries. The festival (the LFF), currently in its 58th year, is run every year in the second half of October under the umbrella of the British Film Institute. The Festival showcases the best of world cinema to champion creativity, originality, vision and imagination, and presents the finest contemporary international cinema from both established and emerging film-makers. Set in the Autumn, the festival hosts high-profile awards contenders, screens recently restored archive films, champions new discoveries and combines curatorial strength with red carpet glamour. It also provides an extensive programme of industry events, public forums, education events, lectures, masterclasses and Q&As with film-makers and film talent.
In 1953 a group of film critics including Dilys Powell of the The Sunday Times, raised the notion of a film festival for London. They reasoned that with Cannes and Venice having their festivals, as did Edinburgh, so surely London should too. However their aim was to pitch the new festival squarely at the public - giving audiences an opportunity to see movies which might not otherwise appear in British cinemas. Originally aiming to be a 'festival of festivals', it focused on screening a selection of strong titles from other European film festivals, including Cannes and Venice. The first London Film Festival was conceived by the then BFI British Film Institute Director James Quinn, and took place at the NFT (National Film Theatre, now renamed BFI Southbank) from 16–26 October. It was launched the day after the inauguration of the new NFT on its current site under Waterloo Bridge. It screened only 15-20 films from a renowned selection of directors, including Akira Kurosawa, Satyajit Ray, Yasujirō Ozu, Luchino Visconti and Andrzej Wajda. While the programme still retains the 'festival of festivals' feel, it also now shows new discoveries from "important and exciting talents" in world cinema. Whilst it continues to be first and foremost a public festival, it is also attended by large numbers of film professionals and journalists from all over the world. Importantly, it offers opportunities for people to see films that may not otherwise get a UK screening along with films which will get a release in the near future.
The festival is "topped and tailed" by the Opening and Closing galas which have now become major red carpet events in the London calendar and are world premiere screenings, which take place in large venues in central London, attended by the cast and crew of the films, and introduced by the Festival director and the film's directors or producers, and often the actors themselves.
Previously a number of festival awards were presented at the Closing gala, but in 2009, with the aid of some funding from the UK Film Council, a stand-alone awards ceremony was introduced.
Other than these events the screenings at the Festival are quite informal and similar to the normal cinema experience except for two things; some films are accompanied by Q&A sessions which give the audience unique access to the film-maker and/or a member of the cast and offer insight into the making of the film and occasionally an opportunity for the audience to engage directly and ask questions; and the second aspect is that people generally stay and watch the credits.
The festival is divided into themes which cover different areas of interest - in 2009 these were; Galas and Special Screenings, Film on the Square, New British Cinema, French Revolutions, Cinema Europa, World Cinema, Experimenta, Treasures from the Archives, Short Cuts and Animation. In 2009 the Festival, whilst focused around Leicester Square (Vue West End, Odeon West End and Empire) and the BFI Southbank in central London, also screened films across 18 other venues – Curzon Mayfair, ICA Cinema on The Mall, The Ritzy in Brixton, Cine Lumière in South Kensington, Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank, David Lean Cinema in Croydon, the Genesis Cinema in Whitechapel, The Greenwich Picturehouse, the Phoenix Cinema in East Finchley, Rich Mix in Old Street, the Rio Cinema in Dalston, the Tricycle Cinema in Kilburn, the Waterman Art Centre in Brentford and Trafalgar Square for the open air screening of short films from the BFI National Archive. The 2009 Festival featured 15 world premieres including Wes Anderson's first animated feature, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Sam Taylor-Wood's feature début Nowhere Boy, about the formative years of John Lennon, as well as and the Festival's first ever Archive Gala, the BFI's new restoration of Anthony Asquith's Underground, with live music accompaniment by the Prima Vista Social Club. European premieres in 2009 included Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Micmacs, Scott Hicks' The Boys Are Back and Robert Connolly's Balibo, as well as Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni's The Well and Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson's Mugabe And The White African.
In 2009, directors travelling to London to introduce their latest work included Michael Haneke (Cannes Palme d'Or winner, The White Ribbon), Atom Egoyan (Chloe), Steven Soderbergh (The Informant!), Lone Scherfig (An Education), Ang Lee (Taking Woodstock), Jane Campion (Bright Star), Gaspar Noé (Enter The Void), Lee Daniels (Precious), Grant Heslov (The Men Who Stare At Goats), and Jason Reitman (Up In The Air). In addition to Fantastic Mr. Fox and Up In The Air, George Clooney supported his role in The Men Who Stare At Goats. The Festival also welcomed back previous alumni such as John Hillcoat (The Road), Joe Swanberg (Alexander The Last) and Harmony Korine (Trash Humpers), whilst also screening films from Manoel de Oliveira (Eccentricities Of A Blonde-Haired Girl), Jim Jarmusch (The Limits Of Control), Claire Denis (White Material), Ho-Yuhang (At The End Of Daybreak), Todd Solondz (Life During Wartime), and Joel and Ethan Coen (A Serious Man).
London Film Festival team
- Artistic Director: Clare Stewart
- Film Programmers: Michael Blyth, Laure Bonville
- Producer: Emilie Arnold
- Head of Projects and Development: Anne-Marie Flynn
- Deputy Head of Festivals: Tricia Tuttle
- BFI Director: Amanda Nevill
The categories highlight both emerging and established talent.
- The Sutherland Trophy – for the most original and innovative first feature in the London Film Festival. Named after the BFI's patron, this award boasts recipients as noteworthy as Bertolucci, Fassbinder, Godard and Antonioni.
- The Grierson Award – for the best feature-length documentary in the festival. This award is given jointly by the LFF and the Grierson Trust which commemorates the pioneering Scottish documentary-maker John Grierson (1898–1972), famous for Drifters and Night Mail. The Grierson Trust has a long-standing tradition of recognising outstanding films that demonstrate integrity, originality and technical excellence and social or cultural significance.
From 2009, a new standalone awards ceremony was launched which included the following awards:
- Best Film – celebrates creative, original, imaginative, intelligent and distinctive film-making.
- Best British Newcomer Award – celebrates new and emerging British film talent and recognises the achievements of a new writer, producer or director who demonstrates real creative flair and imagination with their first feature.
- BFI Fellowships – the Festival showcases both the work of new film-makers and established ones, and presenting two Fellowships provides a fitting contrast to those Awards recognising new talent.
- The Sutherland Trophy
- Tarnation, dir. Jonathan Caouette
- 7th FIPRESCI International Critics Award
- Aaltra, dir. Gustave de Kervern and Benoit Delepine
- The Alfred Dunhill UK Film Talent Award
- A Way Of Life, dir. Amma Asante
- 9th Annual Satyajit Ray Award
- The Woodsman, dir. Nicole Kassell
- TCM Classic Shorts Award
- Nits, dir. Harry Wootliff
- The Sutherland Trophy
- For the Living and the Dead, dir. Kari Paljakka
- 8th FIPRESCI International Critics Award
- Man Push Cart, dir. Ramin Bahrani
- The Alfred Dunhill UK Film Talent Award
- Producer Gayle Griffiths
- The 10th Annual Satyajit Ray Award
- Pavee Lackeen, dir. Perry Ogden
- The Grierson Award for Best Documentary
- Workingman's Death, dir. Michael Glawogger
- TCM Classic Shorts Award
- Happy, dir. Jane Lloyd
- The Sutherland Trophy
- Red Road, dir. Andrea Arnold
- 9th FIPRESCI International Critics Award
- Lola, dir. Javier Rebollo
- The Alfred Dunhill UK Film Talent Award
- Producer Mark Herbert
- The 11th Annual Satyajit Ray Award
- The Lives of Others, dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- The Grierson Award for Best Documentary
- Thin, dir. Lauren Greenfield
- TCM Classic Shorts Award
- Silence Is Golden, dir. Chris Shepherd
- The Sutherland Trophy
- Persepolis, dir. Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
- 10th FIPRESCI International Critics Award
- Unrelated, dir. Joanna Hogg
- The Alfred Dunhill UK Film Talent Award
- Sarah Gavron, director of Brick Lane
- The 12th Annual Satyajit Ray Award
- California Dreamin', awarded posthumously to director Cristian Nemescu
- The Grierson Award for Best Documentary
- The Mosquito Problem and Other Stories, dir. Andrey Paounov
- TCM Classic Shorts Award
- À bout de truffe, dir. Tom Tagholm
- The Sutherland Trophy
- Tulpan, dir. Sergey Dvortsevoy
- 11th FIPRESCI International Critics Award
- Three Blind Mice, dir. Matthew Newton
- The 13th Annual Satyajit Ray Award
- Mid-August Lunch, dir. Gianni Gregorio
- The Grierson Award for Best Documentary
- Victoire Terminus, dir. Florent de la Tullaye and Renaud Barret
- TCM Classic Shorts Award
- Leaving, dir. Richard Penfold and Sam Hearn
In 2009, a new annual standalone awards ceremony was launched to showcase the work of imaginative and original film-makers and to reward distinctive and intriguing work.
The Awards took place at the Inner Temple on 28 October 2009 and were hosted by Paul Gambaccini. Winners of the Sutherland Trophy, Best British Newcomer and Best Film received the inaugural Star of London award designed by sculptor Almuth Tebbenhoff.
- Best Film
- Un prophète, dir. Jacques Audiard
- The Sutherland Trophy
- Ajami, dir. Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani
- Best British Newcomer Award
- Jack Thorne, writer of The Scouting Book For Boys
- The Grierson Award for Best Documentary
- Defamation, dir. Yoav Shamir
- BFI Fellowships
- Filmmaker - Souleymane Cissé
- Actor - John Hurt
- Best Film: Anjelica Huston, John Akomfrah, Jarvis Cocker, Mathieu Kassovitz, Charlotte Rampling, Iain Softley
- The Sutherland Trophy: Paul Greengrass, David Parfitt, Matt Bochenski, Gillian Wearing, Molly Dineen, Mark Cosgrove, Kerry Fox, Sara Frain, Michael Hayden, Sandra Hebron
- Best British Newcomer Award: Lenny Crooks, Christine Langan, Tessa Ross, Tanya Seghatchian, Michael Hayden, Sandra Hebron
- The Grierson Award: Nick Broomfield, Ellen Fleming, Christopher Hird, Michael Hayden, Sandra Hebron
- Best Film
- How I Ended This Summer, dir. Alexei Popogrebski[1]
- The Sutherland Trophy
- The Arbor, dir. Clio Barnard
- Best British Newcomer Award
- Clio Barnard, director of The Arbor
- The Grierson Award for Best Documentary
- Armadillo, dir. Janus Metz
- BFI Fellowship
- Filmmaker - Danny Boyle
- Best Film
- We Need to Talk About Kevin, dir. Lynne Ramsay[2]
- The Sutherland Trophy
- Las Acacias, dir. Pablo Giorgelli[2]
- Best British Newcomer Award:
- Candese Reid, actress in Junkhearts[2]
- The Grierson Award for Best Documentary
- Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life, dir. Werner Herzog[2]
- BFI Fellowships
- Filmmaker - David Cronenberg[2]
- Actor - Ralph Fiennes[2]
Pawel Pawlikowski, best known for his films My Summer of Love and Last Resort, won the Best Film award for his black and white social drama Ida, his first film shot in his native Poland. Pawlikowski, at the time, was a visiting tutor at the National Film and Television School in Buckinghamshire and one of his pupils there, Anthony Chen, picked up the Best First Feature prize for Ilo Ilo.[3]
Leviathan was named the Best Film at the London Film Festival Awards on 18 October 2014, at a ceremony where the main prizes went to Russia, Ukraine (Best First Feature, The Tribe) and Syria (Best Documentary, Silvered Water), three countries at the centre of long-running conflicts. The winning film-makers all said they hoped that culture could help to restore peace to their countries.[4]
See also
- ^ London film festival: British director Clio Barnard wins best newcomer, The Guardian. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f Brown, Mark (26 October 2011). "We Need to Talk About Kevin scoops top prize at London film festival". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
- ^ "Master and Pupil Honoured by LFF on the Same Night". UK Screen. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ^ "International Politics Creeps Into LFF Awards". UK Screen. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
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- 1 Release Review
- 2 User Interface
- 2.1 UI Summary
- 2.2 WikiText Editor
- 2.3 Workspace Preferences
- 2.4 Workspace
- 2.5 Task Editor Extension
- 3 Architecture
- 4 Review Notes
Release Review
A release review must occur for Mylyn/Incubator/WikiText to come out of incubation. This page provides materials for discussion related to the release review.
User Interface
This section is provided as the basis for discussion around the User Interface of Mylyn/Incubator/WikiText. The UI portion of the release review is tracked with bug 257593.
UI Summary
WikiText provides the following UI components:
- Eclipse preferences page
- Context menu contributions
- File editor with outline
- TaskEditorExtension implementation
WikiText Editor
The WikiText editor is enabled for all files whose content type extends wikitext.
Editor Overview
- fonts show how markup will render
- content assist
- markers for warnings and errors
Editor Outline
- editor has outline view that shows headings
- outline selection follows caret position in the editor
- outline is always expanded
Content Assist
- editor content-assist suggestions are adjusted depending on cursor position
Editor Preview
- editor has tabs at the bottom
- the Preview tab shows a rendered version of the markup using the browser
Editor And Markers
- editor uses markers
- markers of course are visible in navigator views, in the editor and in the problems view
Editor Context Menu
- editor uses context menu for setting markup language to a non-default value
- setting is persisted
Cheat Sheet
- pressing 'F1' in the editor causes the cheat-sheet pop-up to be displayed
- cheat-sheet is specific to the markup language setting of the editor
- pressing the question mark help icon at the bottom of the pop-up causes WikiText help to be displayed
Workspace Preferences
- workspace preferences are available for setting fonts/styles in the editor
- shown with context-help visible
WikiText Files
- have the content-type 'wikitext'
- have an icon
Context Menus
- available for converting wikitext files to HTML, DocBook, Eclipse Help
- on wikitext files only
Project Settings
- for enabling wikitext validation
Task Editor Extension
WikiText provides a task editor extension for each markup language
Repository Settings
- each option in the the 'editor' section is contributed by WikiText
Task Editor
- the task editor behaves much the same as the wikitext editor with the extension enabled
- editor preview is rendered by a StyledText
Artefact Organization
WikiText is organized into 14 plug-ins and 1 feature. Source code makes use of standard Java and Eclipse naming conventions. Package structure makes use of *.internal.* naming convention for indicating public versus internal APIs.
Extension Points
WikiText defines some extension points so that it can be extended both internally and by 3rd parties:
Core Extension Points
- markupLanguage a means of registering a markup language
- markupValidationRule a means of registering a validation rule against a specific markup language
UI Extension Points
- cheatSheet associate a 'cheat sheet' (help content) with a specific markup language
- contentAssist associate content assist with a specific markup language
Help Content
A user guide and a developer guide are provided. The user guide is connected to the context help system.
WikIText provides the following via API
- an extensible parser framework
- an output framework following the Builder design pattern
- implementations for HTML, DocBook, DITA, Eclipse Help
- a validation framework
- a SourceViewer for viewing HTML and WikiText documents
- Ant tasks
- 5 markup language implementations
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Code coverage of core framework classes is excellent. Every notation and language construct implemented by markup languages has at least one JUnit test.
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The Philly Cream Cheese Agency Shift Took a While
Roberts + Langer DDB had pursued the brand since the fall
Kraft Foods' shift of creative responsibilities for Philadelphia Cream Cheese came after months of meetings between Kraft executives and new agency Roberts + Langer DDB, according to sources.
The meetings began in the fall and culminated today with Kraft's confirmation of the shift, which comes at the expense of mcgarrybowen in Chicago.
Media spending on Philadelphia Cream Cheese exceeded $62 million last year—twice as much as the $31 million that was spent in 2011, according to Nielsen. Those figures don't include online spending.
Mcgarrybowen had handled the brand since 2009. The agency's most recent ads focused almost entired on the product and bore the tagline, "The Philadelphia standard."
For Roberts + Langer, Philadelphia Cream Cheese represents its first piece of Kraft. The bulk of the New York shop's business comes from Johnson & Johnson brands such as Neutrogena, Lubriderm, K-Y, Rembrandt and Aveeno.
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You'll see one big difference in Kinja 1.2, apart from the improvements in the loading of pages. On most news sites there is a divide between the original piece and the comments; a chasm between author and readers. In the latest release of Kinja, by contrast, the base unit of content is not a standalone article but an exchange between the author and the most insightful of the readers.
Messaging applications are the standard for personal communication: swift, stripped down and lively. Kinja is an effort to apply the same qualities to public sites whether from Gawker writers, partner publishers or solo bloggers. It is a collaborative journalism platform with the following feature at its heart, what we call the group chat.
Each group chat has an instigator, typically but not necessarily the blog owner or one of their authors. The instigator can launch a topic with a news or opinion piece with a headline; or just with a question to another user.
Even a long and exhaustive article should be just a starting point. Sites on the latest Kinja template display subsequent discussion with the same graphical treatment and respect as the author's starter post. The exchange should read like a question-and-answer session, the classic web chat format. We believe this conversational format will encourage the story to develop and the truth to be tested.
Conversation requires intimacy and trust, and carefully managed participation — even if the result of the conversation is open to the wider public. To avoid the tragedy of the comments, participants in each group chat are limited to the author, those readers with whom the author has interacted, and one degree of separation beyond that. This is the author's circle.
A person outside the author's circle can establish their own circle, linked from the main conversation and also viewable on their personal blog. Each circle is manifested in a corresponding group chat. Each of these discussions should feel as if between friends — with friends of friends chiming in too. Or think of it as a party, to which invitees can bring a plus-one; if you're not invited, you can start your own.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Oct. 28, 2013) – The current U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team Weekly update released on Oct. 28 includes briefs on U.S. players.
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- Contact: Bill Kauffman
FOLLOW THE USA PLAYERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Have you ever wondered what it is like for the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team to compete overseas in the club season where they may be the only American on the team and away from family and friends for months at a time? You can get that inside peek into the players' lives by checking out the USA Volleyball's social media page by clicking here. As U.S. middle blocker Lauren Gibbemeyer (St. Paul, Minn.) writes in her blog (laurengibby.blogspot.com), "Living abroad in an unfamiliar country can be really fun and exciting, but it can also take its toll on a person." Find out what she does to make herself feel more comfortable and happy when overseas by reading her blog. Rachael Adams (Cincinnati, Ohio), another U.S. middle blocker, has a blog that touches on subjects such as driving in a foreign country, favorite things to feel at home, cuisine in other countries, and of course, how her season is going in Poland. To catch up on her blog, visit rachadams.com. Many of the players go to Instagram and Twitter to post images and 140 characters of their life overseas, such as how they are getting ready for Halloween in countries all over the world or their personal motivational statements.
LARSON-BURBACH WITH DINAMO KAZAN IN RUSSIA: Jordan Larson-Burbach (Hooper, Neb.), an outside hitter with the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team, is competing once again for Dinamo Kazan in the Russia Super League. In a battle of the last two undefeated teams in the Russia Super League, Dinamo Kazan defeated Omichka 26-24, 25-15, 27-25 on Oct. 27 in the sixth round of the regular season. Larson-Burbach turned in seven kills on 19 attacks and a block for eight points. She added a 67 positive percent and 47 excellent percent on 15 reception chances. Kazan started the CEV Champions League Pool F with a 25-18, 25-12, 25-18 victory over Volero Zurich on Oct. 24. Larson-Burbach totaled a match-high 16 points that included 13 kills on 23 attacks and just one error, two aces and a block. She scored the match winner with a kill off the Volero block. Larson-Burbach contributed a 59 positive reception percent on 17 attempts. Dinamo Kazan returns to CEV Champions League action on Oct. 31 versus Tauron MKS Dabrowa Gonicza, which includes U.S. middle blocker Rachael Adams.
HARMOTTO WITH ECZACIBASI IN TURKEY: Middle blocker Christa Harmotto (Hopewell Township, Pa.), a 2012 Olympic Games silver medalist, is competing for Eczacibasi VitrA Istanbul in the Turkish professional league. Eczacibasi toped Eregli Bld 25-10, 25-16, 25-16 on Oct. 27. Hamotto was near perfect offensively with nine kills on 12 errorless attacks and six blocks for a match-high 15 points. Eczacibasi (2-0), one of four undefeated teams through the first two weekends, will challenge Bakirkoy Bld Yesilyurt on Nov. 3 in its next match. In CEV Champions League action, Eczacibasi defeated Agel Prostejov 25-15, 25-14, 25-21 on Oct. 24 in the opening match of the first round. Harmotto started the match and produced six points with a team-high four blocks and two kills on eight errorless attacks. Eczacibasi continues Pool D action on Oct. 30 against Schweriner SC.
HOOD WITH ILBANK IN TURKEY: Outside hitter Regan Hood (Dallas) is playing for Ilbank of the Turkish League this winter. Ilbank blanked Canakkale Bld 25-23, 23-25, 25-19, 25-21 on Oct. 27. Hood scored 10 points with eight kills on 20 attacks and two blocks. She added a 61 positive reception percent with a team-high 36 reception attempts. Ilbank, now 2-0 to start the season, returns to Turkish League action on Nov. 11 versus Galatsaray (1-1).
ALISHA GLASS WITH FENERBAHCE IN TURKEY: Setter Alisha Glass (Leland, Mich.) is competing this winter with Fenerbahce in Turkey. Fenerbahce (2-0) was idle this past weekend. Fenebache returns to Turkish League action on Nov. 3 versus VakifBank (2-0) in a battle of undefeated teams.The squad opened CEV Cup action on Oct. 23 with a 25-20, 25-19, 25-13 victory over Bursa BBSK. Match statistics are unavailable. The two teams will meet again on Oct. 29 to conclude the home-and-home series with the winner advancing to the 8th Final Round.
MIYASHIRO, HAGGLUND WITH VILSBIBURG IN GERMANY: Libero Tamari Miyashiro (Kaneohe, Hawaii), a libero on the 2012 U.S. Olympic silver-medal team, and setter Jenna Hagglund (West Chester, Ohio) are playing for Rote Raben Vilsbiburg in the German league this winter. In addition, Americans Dominique Lamb and Michelle Bartsch are competing on the squad. Vilsbiburg cruised past Aachen 25-17, 25-14, 25-18 on Oct. 26 to improve to 3-0 on the season. Hagglund set Vilsbiburg to a 41 kill percent and a .291 hitting efficiency (35-10-86) while adding an ace and block for two individual points. Miyashiro handled nine receptions with a 67 positive percent. Bartsch tallied 10 points with nine kills on 25 attacks and an ace. Vilsbiburg, which has not lost a set in three regular season contests, takes on Thuringen on Nov. 2 in its next German league match. Vilsbiburg opened CEV Cup action with a 25-20, 23-25, 25-14, 25-18 victory over ZOK Jedinstvo Brcko on Oct. 23. The two teams conclude the home-and-home series on Oct. 30 with the winner advancing to the 8th Final Round.
ADAMS WITH TAURON MKS DABROWA IN POLAND: Rachael Adams (Cincinnati, Ohio), a middle blocker on the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team, is playing in Poland this winter with Tauron MKS Dabrowa Gornicza. Tauron MKS Dabrowa Gornicza was on the wrong side of a thrilling five-set match with Polski Cukier Muszynianka Fakro Bank BPS, which won 29-31, 25-21, 27-25, 16-25, 16-14 on Oct. 27. Adams started and played in just the opening set, contributing one kill on six attacks. Her squad resumes national league action on Nov. 3 versus BKS Aluprof Bielsko Biala. Tauron MKS Dabrowa defeated Stiinta Bacau 25-21, 25-15, 25-18 in its CEV Champions League Pool F opening match on Oct. 23. Adams contributed four kills on eight attacks, two blocks and an ace for seven points. Tauron MKS Dabrowa challenges Dinamo Kazan, which includes Adams' U.S. teammate Jordan Larson-Burbach, in the second leg of the CEV Champions League first round on Oct. 31. Adams is maintaining a blog during her travels, and is open to the public at rachadams.com.
HILL WITH ATOM TREFL SOPOT IN POLAND: Kim Hill (Portland, Ore.), an outside hitter with the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team, is competing this winter with Atom Trefl Sopot in the Polish Oren Liga. Atom Trefl Sopot blanked BKS Alurpof Bielsko Biala 25-20, 25-20, 28-26 on Oct. 26. Hill, who came off the bench in the opening set and started the final two sets, pocketed seven points with six kills on 19 attempts and one ace. She added a 57 positive reception percent on 14 chances. Atom Sopot resumes league action on Nov. 3 versus Imprel Wroclaw. Atom Trefl Sopot opened the CEV Champions League with a 20-25, 25-17, 25-17, 25-23 victory over Dinamo Romprest Bucuresti on Oct. 23. Hill started the match and provided three kills on 10 attacks and a 50 positive reception percent on 12 attempts. Atom Trefl Sopot challenges Gent Dames on Oct. 29 in the second leg of the first round.
HILDEBRAND WITH AMIL IN BRAZIL: Kristin Hildebrand (Orem, Utah), an outside hitter with the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team, is playing this winter with Volei Amil in the Brazil Super League. Amil defeated Rio Do Sul 21-14, 21-19, 21-13 on Oct. 22 as Hildebrand did not suit. Amil won its second match of the week with a 21-9, 21-10, 21-9 victory over Minas Tenis Clube on Oct. 25. Hildebrand started and provided eight points via six kills on 11 attacks while adding nine digs. Amil faces E.C. Pinheiros on Oct. 28 in its next league match.
KIM GLASS WITH BANANA BOAT/PRAIA CLUBE IN BRAZIL: Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.), a 2008 U.S. Olympic silver medalist, is playing in the Brazilian Super League this winter with Banana Boat/Praia Clube. Banana Boat/Praia Clube was edged by E.C. Pinheiros 21-18, 21-18, 17-21, 21-10 on Oct. 22. Glass scored a match-high 18 points with 16 kills on 36 attacks and two blocks. Banana Boat Praia Clube won a thrilling 21-17, 18-21, 21-16, 17-21, 15-11 victory over Barueri on Oct. 25. Glass contributed 19 points with 15 kills on 40 attacks, in addition to 15 digs and nine excellent receptions on 24 chances. Banana Boat moves into the fifth round to play Sesi Sao Paulo on Oct. 28. To follow her blog, click here.
SCOTT WITH BRASILIA IN BRAZIL: Danielle Scott (Baton Rouge, La.), a five-time U.S. Olympian playing middle blocker, is competing in Brazil this club season with Brasilia Volei. Brasilia captured a 21-19, 14-21, 21-19, 21-14 victory over Maranhao Volei on Oct. 22 as Scott totaled nine points. Brasilia lost to Sao Bernardo Volei 21-18, 15-21, 21-16, 17-21, 15-12 on Oct. 26. Scott was credited with nine kills and a match-high six blocks in the loss. Brasilia looks to return to the win column on Oct. 29 as it takes on Sao Cristovao Saude.
BERGSMA WITH MINAS IN BRAZIL: Alaina Bergsma (Chandler, Ariz.), who trained with the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team in the summer of 2013 after winning the 2012 AVCA Division I National Player of the Year, is playing in Brazil this season with Minas Tenis Clube. She tallied five points in a 21-15, 21-14, 21-18 loss to Sesi Sao Paul on Oct. 22. Bergsma did not play in a 21-9, 21-10, 21-9 loss to Amil Volei on Oct. 25. Minas Tenis Clube returns to action on Oct. 28 versus Molico/Nestle.
AKINRADEWO, BANWARTH, JACKSON WITH RABITA IN AZERBAIJAN: Middle blocker Foluke Akinradewo (Plantation, Fla.), a 2012 U.S. Olympic silver medalist, libero Kayla Banwarth (Dubuque, Iowa), Cursty Jackson (Los Angeles) and Brittnee Cooper are part of Rabita Baku for the 2013-14 club season. Rabita Baku held off Omichka Omsk 25-16, 20-25, 25-19, 23-25, 15-13 in the opening match of the CEV Champions League Pool A on Oct. 24. Match statistics are not available. Rabita Baku plays its second leg of the first round on Oct. 29 versus Beziers Volley.
WILSON WITH IGTISADCHI IN AZERBAIJAN: Arielle Wilson (Broadview, Ill.), a middle blocker with the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team, is competing for Igtisadchi of the Azerbaijan Super League in 2013-14. Igtisadchi handled Crvena Zvezda Beograd 25-15, 25-16, 25-23 on Oct. 22 to open CEV Champions League Pool B. Wilson did not play in the match, while 2008 U.S. Olympic silver medalist Kim Willoughby subbed into the match in the third set and provided one kill. Igtisadchi resumes Pool B action in CEV Champions League on Oct. 29 versus Dinamo Moscow.
GIBBEMEYER WITH LOKOMOTIV BAKU: Middle blocker Lauren Gibbemeyer (St. Paul, Minn.) is playing for Lokomotiv Baku in the Azerbaijan Super League. Lokomotiv Baku started CEV Cup action with a 25-20, 25-12, 25-17 victory over Kralovo Pole Brrno in the 16th Final Round home-and-home series. The series concludes on Oct. 29 with the winner advancing to the 8th Final Round. To follow her blog throughout the year, visit laurengibby.blogspot.com.
LLOYD WITH CONEGLIANO IN ITALY: Setter Carli Lloyd (Bonsall, Calif.) is competing for Imoco Volley Conegliano in the Italian Serie A league for this winter season. Conegliano topped Igor Gorgonzola Novara 25-17, 25-18, 25-13 on Oct. 27 to improve to 2-0 during the regular season. Lloyd set Conegliano to a 49 kill percent and .372 hitting efficiency (42-10-86) in the match. She notched one ace and one block for two individual points scored. Conegliano returns to action on Nov. 24 against Robur Tiboni Urbino after a bye week in the third round. In the meantime, Conegliano starts the Italian Serie A1 Cup on Nov. 10 against Ihf Volley Frosinone.
DAVIS WITH DINAMO ROMPREST IN ROMANIA: Libero Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.), a two-time Olympic Games silver medalist with the U.S., is playing for Dinamo Romprest Bucharest in Romania this winter. Dinamo Romprest swept CSV 2004 Tomis Constanta 25-12, 25-10, 25-8 on Oct. 26 to improve to 4-0 on the season. Dinamo Romprest started strong versus Atom Trefl Sopot in the first CEV Champions League match on Oct. 23, but could not maintain the momentum in a 20-25, 25-17, 25-17, 25-23 loss. Davis was credited with an 83 positive reception percent (75 excellent percent) on 12 reception chances. Dinamo Romprest will seek its first Champions League victory on Oct. 31 versus VakifBank Istanbul.
HODGE, FAUCETTE WITH EVERGRANDE IN CHINA: Megan Hodge (Durham, N.C.), a 2012 Olympic silver medalist, and Juliann Faucette (San Diego) are playing in China this winter with Guangdong Evergrande, which is under the direction of 2008 U.S. Olympic head coach "Jenny" Lang Ping. Evergrande, which finished with the bronze medal at the FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship on Oct. 12, does not start its China National League regular season until Nov. 30. Evergrande is in Pool II with Beijing BAIC Motors, Shanghai Guohua Life, Jiangsu ECE, Shandong Laishang Bank and Henan.
U.S. PRELIM ROSTER SET FOR FIVB WORLD GRAND CHAMPIONS CUP: The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team has announced its 20-player preliminary roster for the 2013 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup that will take place Nov. 12-17 in Nagoya and Tokyo, Japan. The U.S. has selected six outside hitters, five middle blockers, three setters, three opposites and three liberos to fill out its 20-player preliminary roster for the FIVB World Grand Champions Cup. Outside hitters are Kristin Hildebrand (Orem, Utah), Kim Hill (Portland, Ore.), Megan Hodge (Durham, N.C.), Regan Hood (Dallas), Jordan Larson-Burbach (Hooper, Neb.) and Cassidy Lichtman (Poway, Calif.). The middle blockers on the roster are Lauren Gibbemeyer (St. Paul, Minn.), Christa Harmotto (Hopewell Township, Pa.), Cursty Jackson (Los Angeles), Lauren Paolini (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Danielle Scott (Baton Rouge, La.). The opposites are Juliann Faucette (San Diego), Nicole Fawcett (Zanesfield, Ohio) and Kelly Murphy (Wilmington, Ill.). The setters are Alisha Glass (Leland, Mich.), Jenna Hagglund (West Chester, Ohio) and Courtney Thompson (Kent, Wash.). The liberos are Kayla Banwarth (Dubuque, Iowa), Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.) and Tamari Miyashiro (Kaneohe, Hawaii). The 20-player roster will be reduced to a 14-player competition roster prior to the start of the tournament. Each team can only suit 12 players for each match, but the roster composition can change each day as long as the players were submitted on the 14-player competition roster. To read the team's press kit with photos, tournament preview, player information, season review, click here. For the full story, click here.


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EPA Announces Plan to Address Environmental Concerns for North Birmingham Communities
Release Date: 10/01/2012
Contact Information: James Pinkney, (404) 562-9183, firstname.lastname@example.com
Atlanta, GA -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today its plans to characterize and assess environmental concerns in the north Birmingham communities of Collegeville, Fairmont, and Harriman Park. EPA intends to complete its assessment as quickly as possible to address potential environmental contamination in the area and protect the health of community members.
The plan will include a coordinated effort using Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) authorities to focus on environmental conditions in the area.
RCRA was enacted to ensure that facilities which treat, store, or dispose of waste, clean up contamination resulting from current and past releases. As part of these efforts, using its RCRA authorities, EPA has entered into an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) with Walter Coke, Inc., for its facility located in north Birmingham. Under the AOC, which became effective on September 24, 2012, Walter Coke has agreed to conduct RCRA Corrective Measures Studies for numerous Solid Waste Management Units and Areas of Concern on its property, and implement EPA-approved site restoration and/or cleanup remedies for those areas. The AOC is designed to be a roadmap for an effective site-wide cleanup and is available for viewing at http://epa.gov/northbhamproject/.
In addition, EPA will use its CERCLA authorities (also known as Superfund) to assess nearby communities. A Superfund assessment will allow EPA to determine the possible presence of pollutants based on sound science, identify potentially responsible parties, and determine appropriate next steps in the community. The EPA will begin its assessment by seeking access to residential properties in the Harriman Park neighborhood, followed by the Fairmont and Collegeville communities.
The AOC and Superfund assessment support EPA's overall mission to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment.
EPA will establish a presence in the community in the near future to work with residents to obtain the needed access agreements to carry out the assessment.
The EPA continues to gather and review information relating to air, water and health concerns in north Birmingham and will continue to ensure that the affected community, businesses, local, state and federal officials are well informed and have the opportunity to work with us. The EPA will also provide environmental education opportunities to help community members understand the risks associated with possible exposure to identified pollutants in the area, as well as the regulations governing them.
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REAL ESTATE- ON THE BLOCK- Dig it: Modern Quarries spread rocks!
Address: 5220 Havenwood Lane
Neighborhood: The Quarries, Schuyler
Asking: $349,900
Assessment: $313,600
Year Built: 2007
Size: 2,744 fin. sq. ft.
Land: 5.04 acres
Agent: Kevin Quick Re/Max Prime 434-286-7777
Curb Appeal: 8 out of 10
Looking for a greener life? This might be it. It's more of a commitment than just living in any neighborhood but less dramatic than moving to a commune. In this eco village of 43 lots, formerly part of a soapstone quarry, rules are flexible, but buyers have the satisfaction of knowing that their neighbors are like-minded folk.
Schuyler is half an hour south on 29 and commutable for those who really want to live in the sticks. The town's main claim to fame is being home to the Waltons. Beyond that, the closest town is Scottsville. Although buyers pass the "Welcome to Nelson" sign en route, this house is actually in Albemarle.
Construction is newish, but trees have been preserved, and it feels very much like a home in the wilderness for frontier types looking to roll up their sleeves and get dirty making stuff from scratch. A fenced-in herb garden, chicken coop, screened gazebo, and fire pit contribute to that feeling. Here, any plantings or garden beds need a barrier from those undisturbed fauna. Shared walking trails meander around the community.
The front of the house actually faces the rear of the property and away from the road. Around the other side of the house— the true rear— a picturesque vegetable garden is delineated by stones that give it a country kitchen-garden look.
The entrance opens to a main-level great room with living/dining space on one side of a wall and the kitchen on the opposite. A separate entrance through a mudroom and access to the garage expedite access to the kitchen. A spiral staircase offers access to the second level.
Here the full bath is home to the only tub in the house; upstairs, it's standup showers only. The tub was not a part of the original plan, but the owners added it, realizing it would be important feature for some folks, especially families with children.
Surprisingly, this level feels cool although only the second level has AC. Indian slate tiles, southern exposure and cool air moving downwards keep these rooms comfortable.
The rustic kitchen has a six-burner stove with a water tap, convenient for hardcore cooks. The fridge and pantry tucked away in an alcove off the kitchen are not a focal point. The plan fits the style of the rest of the house since technology is downplayed everywhere. The soapstone counters were mined locally at the Alberene quarry. An apron-front sink and wood-burning stove continue the rustic motif.
Upstairs, the flooring is all white oak salvaged from a church near Lexington. The cavernous master suite (including a walk-in closet and full bath) actually has two entry doors and is open and big enough to fit some chunky furniture. Across from the master an office could work as a small bedroom.
Two additional bedrooms share a Jack-and-Jill bath. A large multipurpose area above the garage (with roughed-in bath) was designed with the option to convert into a suite for in-laws.
This house is a sort of modern homestead for people who value a certain way of life. Locally sourced materials have been used where possible. Its efficient design and systems keep utility costs low year 'round. While the environmental impact of the long commute somewhat offsets any "green" value of the construction, for retirees or people with home businesses, this could be an attractive alternative to a closer-in and more densely packed subdivision.
Each week, a brave local seller invites the Hook to provide an impartial, warts-and-all look at their real estate listing. E-mail yours today!


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Recently in Woodhaven there was much activity with the filming of the comedy "The Sitter" at the Forest Park carousel.
It was sad knowing that after seeing the carousel and its regal horses for the first time in two years we knew that after filming the gates would come down and again it will go unused and unavailable to our communities and our children.
It is time for New York City Parks and Recreation to treat the Forest Park Carousel as the treasure it is. It is time to engage a professional artisan for its care and repair, and find someone with a passion for carousels to be the concessionaire.
In this way they will create an atmosphere that will preserve the carousel and make it a financial success as well as an enjoyable and entertaining destination for Queens and New York City. To do this, the "lowest bidder" procedure has to be waived.
This procedure will only lead to an abusive uncaring individual winning this bid as we have seen in the past. This is not just another plastic "Merry Go Round", this is a historic treasure- our Forest Park Carousel, our jewel. The Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation has been trying for the last 15 years to have it be designated a Historic Landmark, and we have submitted all the necessary documentation so that this may be accomplished.
In this way it could be protected and preserved for future generations. I hope Commissioner Robert B. Tierney is reading this letter, for now is the time!
Maria A. Thomson
Executive Director
Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation


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Their companies, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd and JSW Steel Ltd, are in competing talks to buy parts of insolvent Italian steelmaker Lucchini, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Pope Francis earlier this month called for those in power to use their "creativity" to resolve Lucchini's problems. Italy's second-largest steelmaker has tried to sell itself for years but has so far failed to attract investors, forcing it to recently begin idling capacity and putting at risk up to 4,000 jobs.
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With Italy still struggling to emerge from its longest postwar recession and unemployment running at 13 percent, the highest level since at least 1977, the shutdown of another piece of industrial infrastructure would underline the deep problems facing the euro zone's third-largest economy.
For the Jindals, Lucchini would give them an opportunity to accelerate an expansion of their operations outside of India where steel demand growth has been soft.
And they might not even have to fork out a fraction of the $5 billion that Forbes said the Jindal family is worth; heavy liabilities and a need to protect jobs mean Lucchini could be sold for just one euro, Italian media reports say.
Formerly owned by Russia's Severstal, Lucchini was declared insolvent in 2012 and later placed under "special administration" - a procedure designed to save large firms and avoid heavy job losses. It fell victim to the 2008 recession that has cut Europe's steel demand by about a quarter.
Lucchini's main facilities include a 2.5 million-tonne-per-year steel complex in the Italian town of Piombino equipped with a blast furnace, and a wire rod mill in Lecco in the north of the country.
"Our interest is very preliminary as of now but they have some mills that look interesting," said a source at Jindal Steel. "I don't think we will be too keen on their blast furnace."
A second Jindal Steel source confirmed the company's interest in the Lucchini facilities.
JSW too is looking at the properties and its senior management could visit Italy next week, a company source and an industry source told Reuters.
Mirko Lami, of Italian union CGIL FIOM, said that they have been informally notified by Lucchini's special administrator Piero Nardi about a meeting between JSW, Lucchini, the government and the unions. But Lami did not know when the meeting would take place.
A source close to Lucchini said the person had no knowledge about a meeting taking place with JSW in coming days.
The sources could not say when a sale decision was likely and that at least Jindal Steel has yet to appoint a financial adviser.
All the sources declined to be named because they are not authorised to talk to the media. A Lucchini spokesman declined comment while a Jindal Steel spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.
A JSW spokesman when contacted said that "as part of its growth strategy, the company looks to evaluate opportunities for growth, both organically and inorganically".
Apart from Jindal Steel and JSW, Swiss-based trader Duferco had also shown an interest in the facilities before pulling out last month. The world's top steel trader said it had decided not to bid for the Piombino complex because it could not commit to maintaining full employment and keeping the Piombino blast furnace running.
Jindal Steel is controlled by lawmaker Naveen Jindal while JSW's chairman is his elder brother Sajjan. JSW's No. 2 shareholder, Japan's JFE Steel, is the world's ninth-largest steel company.
JSW already owns a plate and pipe mill in the United States while Jindal Steel earlier this week started a 2 million-tonne-per-year plant in Oman.
This is the second time in recent months that the brothers have been pitted against each other on acquisitions, following their rival bids to buy the Indian iron ore assets of UK trader Stemcor. A deal on that has yet to materialise.
India's steel consumption inched up just 0.6 percent to about 74 million tonnes in 2013/14, the lowest in four years, according to the steel ministry. The brothers' new-found interest in competing for assets reflects the market situation and the strong desire to grow their empires, said analysts.
"In a growing competitive environment, both companies shall be inevitably pitted against each other on asset sales internationally," said Ashima Tyagi, senior consultant at research and consulting firm InfralineEnergy.


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Crew hits quality pitches in big inning against Lynn
Righty features good stuff, but can't hold lead as Molina stays hot
MILWAUKEE -- For Cardinals starter Lance Lynn, assessing his Tuesday outing was quick and easy.
"We lost. Wasn't good," Lynn said.
The Brewers strung together five singles around a Lynn error in a five-run fourth inning and former Cardinal Kyle Lohse quieted the St. Louis bats for a 6-3 Brewers win, evening the three-game set at a game apiece at Miller Park.
Despite having what he called good stuff, Lynn was frustrated by a Brewers rally that saw seeing-eye singles, similar to the ones the Cardinals used a day earlier in the eighth inning of Monday's 8-5 win.
Was it as disappointing a loss as Lynn has suffered this season?
"You can say that," Lynn said. "When you have that kind of stuff and you give up five runs on all singles -- they don't get any extra-base hits -- it's tough to swallow."
The Brewers entered the inning with one hit off Lynn and exited with six, flipping a 3-0 deficit into a 5-3 lead. Lynn labored through 24 pitches in the frame, many of which Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said were quality ones.
"[Lynn] actually had good stuff," Matheny said. "Came out of the cage with some real good life to his fastball, working ahead, doing everything. He had his breaking ball, his cutter. He had good stuff."
The rally started with a Jonathan Lucroy sinking line drive that rolled out of the glove of a diving Jon Jay in center field. Aramis Ramirez followed with a ground ball through the left side of the infield and Khris Davis tapped a chopper back to Lynn, who could not corral it for an error to load the bases.
Scooter Gennett shot an RBI single up the middle two pitches later, and Sean Halton tied the game at 3 with another line drive through the middle to score Ramirez and Davis.
Logan Schafer then threw his bat at a 2-2 low-and-away changeup and flared it over shortstop Daniel Descalso's head for an RBI single and a 4-3 Brewers lead. Lohse bunted the runners to second and third, and Norichika Aoki capped the scoring with a sacrifice fly.
"The fourth rolled around, and it got started with a sideways flying liner that Jonny just couldn't come up with," Matheny said. "Then they started snowballing a little bit."
Lohse's bunt, which popped into the air and landed in front of a hesitant David Freese at third base, helped turn the momentum. Freese made the out at first, but Matheny said he could have had more.
"You'd like to see that caught," Matheny said. "When it goes in the air, you think it's a caught ball, and it ended up costing [Lynn] an extra run, as well."
Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said he also thought Lynn had good stuff, but Lohse pointed to the killer instinct of the Brewers during the fourth-inning rally as the difference.
Lynn has 13 wins on the year, but in his losses, it is the big inning that hurts him.
"We were very opportunistic there and took advantage of some pitches," Lohse said. "Like I told a couple of guys, that's what you've got to do with Lynn if he starts missing a couple of spots. You have to get on him right away, and we did."
Asked if there was a difference between his first three scoreless innings and the fourth, Lynn said, "No, they just had better placement."
Matheny agreed.
"If it looks like he's walking the house and he just has zero control, and he's leaving balls in the heart of the plate, it's one thing," Matheny said. "But when he's getting the ground balls and they're making their way through, there's not a whole lot to do. Now, we'll take another look and see how it looked on film, but he was making pretty good pitches. And he finished up pretty strong, too.
"It's just that one inning got him, and there's not really a great explanation for it."
"Just one of those innings where things are dropping, not going our way," Cardinals second baseman Kolten Wong said after he went 3-for-5. "Unfortunately, they scored the majority of their runs in that inning. That's baseball. That's just how it's going to be. One team's going to get some breaks here and there."
Milwaukee's rally spoiled another big day from Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina, who is 6-for-9 in the series with two doubles, a home run, three RBIs and three runs scored.
Molina finished 2-for-4 Tuesday with a double and a two-run home run that gave the Cardinals an early 3-0 lead.
Molina, who also hit a double and scored in the second, took a 2-1 Lohse sinker into the Brewers' bullpen in left-center field in the fourth inning for his 10th home run.
"[The pitch] was right where we wanted it," Roenicke said. "So, I don't know. That guy, he's a pain to get out. Kyle thought he made a good pitch, and he ends up hitting a home run on him."
Halton padded the Milwaukee lead with his second RBI single up the middle off Lynn in the fifth inning.
Matt Adams drove in the first St. Louis run in the second inning with a single up the middle, scoring Molina from second.
Lynn threw six innings, allowing six runs (four earned) on nine hits (all singles), while walking three and striking out two. He threw 112 pitches, 69 for strikes. Lohse tossed six innings, allowing three earned runs on six hits, walking two and striking out four. He threw 111 pitches, 69 for strikes. Lynn dropped to 13-7 on the season, and Lohse jumped above .500 to 9-8.
"He competed, he always does," said Matheny of Lohse, who won 16 games for the Cardinals last year. "No surprise, we've seen that guy many times."


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UBS Settles Libor Claims
UBS will pay $1.5 billion to settle accusations by regulators that the bank tried to rig benchmark Libor rates. Arrests are expected to follow. WSJ's David Enrich reports. Photo: Reuters
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Mariners Notebook: M's give roster another shuffle
The Seattle Mariners did some more roster shuffling Friday.
Right-hander Hector Noesi and left-hander Bobby LaFromboise were called up from Triple-A Tacoma.
Blake Beavan, who was being used as a long man out of the Mariners' bullpen, was sent to Tacoma. He will join the rotation there.
Thursday's starter Erasmo Ramirez was sent to Single-A Everett. This isn't punishment for Ramirez's dismal outing during which he allowed seven earned runs in 4 2/3 innings when making his 2013 debut Thursday.
Rather, it's to keep Ramirez working over the All-Star break on something close to his regular schedule.
Mariners manager Eric Wedge said Ramirez will rejoin the club after the All-Star break.
Noesi and LaFromboise provided instant help for a worn down bullpen that pitched 15 1/3 innings in the last three games because of the struggles from starting pitchers.
The club will once again see what Beavan can offer as a starter during his time in Tacoma.
"He has to continue to be more consistent with his fastball," Wedge said. "When he's at his best, he spots his fastball. Moves it in and out, up and down, when he's missed bad, that's when he gets in trouble."
Beavan was 0-2 with a 6.13 ERA in 12 games (two starts) with the Mariners this year.
Record stolen from Bay
Jason Bay played his second full Major League season for a woeful Pittsburgh Pirates team back in 2005.
Bay was having a good year. He was an All-Star who hit .306 with 32 home runs and 101 RBIs.
He was also on point on the bases. By the time game 160 rolled around that season, Bay was 21-for-21, tying Kevin McReynolds' National League record for consecutive stolen bases in a season without being caught.
Sept. 30 against the Brewers, Justin Lehr walked Bay with two outs in the bottom of the sixth. He was poised to break the record.
Rob Mackowiak was on third. Bay had been sensible, and a bit lucky, all season to reach that point. He picked his spots. But, twice he decided to go on the first move from a left-hander, who picked him off. Both times he ended up safe.
Bay was ready to go again on the first move from the right-handed Lehr. After all, Mackowiak had already stolen a base earlier that inning.
Lehr kicked his leg, Bay took off and Lehr faked a throw to third. He pivoted and Bay was dead meat. Streak over on a first-to-third move.
"I was really mad at myself," Bay said. "I had gotten to that point being smart. I wasn't sure when I was going to get another opportunity; it was toward the end of the year. So, I kind of felt like I kind of pushed it when I shouldn't have.
"All the work I had done leading up to that point — that's a full season's worth of trying to be smart — ultimately, one bad decision kind of wiped it all out."
Lehr threw just 34 2/3 innings that year and 148 1/3 over three years in the Majors.
Another quirk of that game? Current Mariners reliever Oliver Perez was the starting pitcher for the Pirates.
Bay would have lost the record a few years later. Philadelphia's Chase Utley went 23-for-23 in 2009.


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As expected, a round of showers moved through southeast Texas on Thursday and into this morning.
Parts of Houston received only very light rain, other areas received 1 inch or more, and a small region near Magnolia Park and Gulfgate received in excess of 4 inches. That is the nature of these storms, which have the potential to provide large amounts of rain where they stall.
Pulling back a little bit, here's a map of rain totals across southeast Texas, showing an arc of very heavy showers from Bryan to Huntsville to Port Arthur.
As you can see, areas near Huntsville received in excess of 8 inches of rain and areas near Beaumont were under a flash flood warning this morning.
Forecasters with the National Weather Service believe there will be two more rounds of showers that accompany this rain-making system. One should move into the area later this morning and afternoon, and the other later tonight, closer to the coast, possibly bringing heavier rain to the Matagorda Bay area.
Most areas within the Houston region can expect accumulations of 0.5 to 1 inch of rain during these storms, but as we saw last night they have the potential to produce larger amounts of rain over smaller areas. There is also a slight risk of damaging winds and hail with these storms.
Forecast models now indicate the cold front will move through Houston on Saturday, and thus rain chances should taper off during the day.
Mother's Day looks clear and pleasant, with mostly sunny skies and a high around 80 degrees. As it should be.


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Reviewed By: Larry Lansdowne on 6/11/15
I bought two of these,but, have found they really need those three bolt mount's. If you can fit them where you want them, and work out a system to bind them down, they work well.
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The Anything Cage is an extra-large and open wide bottle cage that can holds lightweight, roundish objects such as insulated Nalgene bottle holders, small drybags, sleeping pads and shelters. The three bolt attachment is designed to work easily with Salsa's own forks (e.g., on the 2011 Fargo) or on any bicycle with 3-bolt cage mounts. Includes 2 475mm nylon straps; stuff sack pictured in enlargement is not included.
The Anything Cage DOES NOT mount to water bottle cage bosses with only two bolt holes.
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I bought two of these,but, have found they really need those three bolt mount's. If you can fit them where you want them, and work out a system to bind them down, they work well.
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I like to have my stove kit handy to whip out for coffee, soup or a quick lunch, works great
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I used this 96 ounce holder on the Great Allegheny Passage at the end of October. This held all the water that I needed. This also will hold my tent or sleeping bag too. Very good quality and the cinch down straps are very useful. I used a 10" bungee cord to "fix" the 96 ounce bottle in the holder; 64 ounce bottles work just as well. I may get another for my rear rack. Great Product--Glad I purchased it from you and I've received many questions about where others can get one!
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The workplace is a natural place for people to strike up a romance with co-workers. But office romances can create legal issues for employers, says James J. McDonald Jr., managing partner of Fisher & Phillips, which has an office in Irvine.
"Office romances can often lead to lawsuits, particularly if they end badly," he says. "Employers can protect themselves from litigation by taking some precautions."
Here are McDonald's four Valentine's Day tips:
• A policy against fraternization should be in the employee handbook, but employers can only go so far toward legislating who can fall in love and who can't. Employers must decide what the consequences for noncompliance with company policy will be and enforce them without bias.
• Employers should implement a policy that prohibits managers and subordinates from engaging in romantic relationships. The risk is that supervisors who have office affairs with subordinates may become the subject of a sexual harassment lawsuit if the subordinate later claims to have been coerced or pressured into the relationship for fear of his or her job.
• When co-workers fall in love and have legitimate relationships, a growing number of companies require them to sign consensual relationship agreements, which state that the relationship is voluntary, thus reducing the employer's exposure to harassment claims.
• If the boss is dating an employee, the boss must not manage the subordinate when it comes to promotions, raises or evaluations. In these cases, bosses are advised to request that another manager take those roles to eliminate the perception of favoritism.
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Non-Player Cities (NPC)
In the World of Aragon there are many non-player character cities. These are major cities in the World of Aragon that provide much of the commerce, and action, that you will encounter as you adventure. Some of them are friendly, and some are not so friendly, depending on the race you've chosen to play.
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St George's most complete outdoor specialty store, The Desert Rat was established in 2008 by a couple of kindred spirits who's mission was to offer locals and our welcomed visitors a place to gather and celebrate quality gear, good beta and trade stories about their latest adventure.
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Your desert rat is basically just another poor bare forked featherless biped, like the rest of us, but he has certain distinguishing features: a permanent squint, a hide well pricked with cactus acupunctures, the big toes all purple and dead from kicking stones, and inside the skull hardly any viable brains left.
The desert rat loves water but prefers to live, like his four-footed cousin the kangaroo rat, where water is rare as uranium. The rarity makes it precious, therefore lovable. For this rat the finest of all music is the tinkle of seep water trickling into a tin cup, the periodic drip of unseen waterdrops falling in the shadows upon tympanic stone.
He is tolerably adapted to intense heat, constant glare, sand in his eggs, scorpions in his shoes, kissing bugs in his bedroll. He doesn't mind a landscape composed mostly of naked rock with some scrubby-looking plants creeping cautiously out of the cracks; in fact he tends to find green pastures and grassy lawns and trees -- especially the fat sort with bushy green foliage -- stifling, even claustrophobic. Which brings us to space, outer-inner space, and the desert rat's special fetishes.
He loves all forms of life, even people. But though he loves people (in moderation), he does like to see them, just like trees and bushes, spaced well apart. At a comfortable spitting distance from one another -- say two miles, with a sawtooth hogback monocline about a mile high in between for a fence.
This is not meant to suggest that the desert rat is necessarily tougher than other rats. He is certainly not nearly so tough, for example, as the Rattus rattus urbanus, that highly specialized breed that thrives or at least survives on cement and steel, clamor and crime, lethal gasoline fumes and the deadly double dry Martini. Compared to him the desert rat is a delicate, fastidious epicene, tender as a water lily. But the desert rat carries one distinction like a halo: he has learned to love the kind of country that most people find unlovable. Call the desert barren, harsh, bitter, dreary and gloomy, acrid and arid, lifeless, hopeless, ugly as sin, foreboding as the gates of Hell -- he will happily agree with you. Because in his heart lies the secret belief that the awful desert is really sweet and lovable, that the ugly is really beautiful, that Hell is Home. And if others think he's crazy so much the better; he is reluctant to share his love anyway.
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The Vegetarian Option: Carlton Park Delivers on its Simple, Seasonal Promise
Dining out meat-free.
The words "local" and "seasonal" get thrown around a lot these days. When a friend recommended Carlton Park in Prospect Heights, which freely uses those terms and more on its website, I was a bit skeptical. The menu looked good, sure, but it's hard to judge anything on those buzzwords anymore. And until 4 PM the restaurant runs a juice bar. How good could the food be at a juice bar? The answer, as it turns out, is pretty darned good.
I stand on the record as someone who doesn't enjoy raw tomatoes, but Heirloom Tomato Salad ($10) seemed like a good benchmark dish to determine just how seasonal the restaurant could be. I was surprised to see the chef carefully select two large, ripe heirlooms from a tray on the counter for my order; indeed, they're served at room temperature. These are tomatoes that have never been in a refrigerator. They come paired with creamy, cool burrata cheese and a jolt of heat from black pepper. This is a tomato dish even a raw tomato hater could love.
Truffle Pea Ravioli ($18) came swimming in a brown butter and lemon sauce, and topped with copious amounts of Parmigiano Reggiano. The deceptively simple filling of mashed green peas managed to assert itself nicely among the other ingredients. Lemon cuts the richness of the butter, with accents of truffle worked directly into the pasta dough.
The menu also offers a nice selection of vegetarian side dishes at $6 each. I decided on the sautéed greens, which in this case were tender young spinach leaves. They were cooked in a generous amount of oil and given a little bit of salt, and each leaf was only barely wilted, so that you could still taste how fresh they were.
Carlton Park has one wall made up of garage-style doors, a la Barbuto, so during the summer they open up and make every seat in the restaurant feel like it's outdoors. Although I was looking out onto noisy Flatbush Avenue, it was easy to feel transported once I started eating. The restaurant is a pleasurable reminder of what seasonal cooking can actually deliver. I, for one, will never think of a tomato the same way again.
Carlton Park
636 Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11238 (map)
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