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Green Commodities Programme
"It always seems impossible until its done"
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UNDP established the Green Commodities Programme (GCP) in 2009, as a small unit within UNDP's global network to transform agricultural production and trade around the world through multi-stakeholder collaboration and the establishment of effective national enabling environments in producer countries.
Agricultural commodities are the engine of economic growth in rural areas of emerging markets (where 70% of the world's poor live). Agricultural commodities account for 10% of developing countries' gross domestic products.
It is broadly recognized that innovative strategies are needed in order to implement improved agricultural practices, increase supply chain efficiencies, combat poverty, maintain ecosystem services and biodiversity, strengthen rural economic development and ensure the long-term supply of commodities to global markets.
UNDP's Green Commodities Programme (GCP) combines public and private sector efforts to transform a commodity sector. GCP is a neutral broker with strong technical expertise, bringing together the various stakeholders of the targeted commodity sector at country level to address underlying structural problems. GCF focuses on highly traded commodities with substantial environmental and social impacts. It has initiated programs on beef, cocoa, coffee, beef and dairy, palm oil, pineapple and soy.
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First Plenary Session of the Ghana Cocoa Platform
The first plenary session of the Ghana Cocoa Platform was held last week in Accra. The Platform has been created to enhance public-private dialogue and joint action planning to support the scale up of sustainable production in the cocoa sector. More
Deforestation-free supply chains
Andrew Bovarnick, Global head of UNDP's Green Commodities Programme, moderates an interesting session at the Oslo REDD Exchange 2013 about "voluntary efforts to remove deforestation form supply chains" More
Unifying palm oil certification
The agreement signed by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) earlier this month is strategic for promoting sustainable palm oil because their cooperation is designed to eventually unify the certification of sustainable palm oil, thereby removing confusion, economizing physical resources and reducing costs. More
Dominican Republic: Sustainable Cocoa Livelihoods
The government of Dominican Republic, supported by UNDP and Mondelez, are launching a National Cocoa Platform to improve the livelihoods of smallholder producers by increasing economic opportunities and development in areas of the country where cocoa is produced, while improving environmental performance of this activity More
Costa Rica: The National Platform for Responsible Production and Trade of Pineapple
The Platform has produced a National Action Plan for responsible pineapple which is now ready for implementation. More
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---- — PLATTSBURGH — Catherine D. Stone, 86, of Flaglar Dr. died Monday, Jan. 21, 2013 at CVPH Medical Center. Mrs. Stone was born in Plattsburgh on June 17, 1926, the daughter of William and Gladys (Defore) Dwane.
She married Carl Stone in 1947 and they shared 62 happy years together. Carl died in 2009.
Mrs. Stone graduated from St. John's Academy and then Plattsburgh Business Institute. During World War II Catherine worked for the Federal Government and later for Field Oil Co.
She enjoyed decorating, sewing, cooking, her flower garden and especially bridge games with "the girls".
Survivors include her sister, Patricia Bock and her family of Calabash, N.C.; three special nieces, Judith Wright of Andover, Mass., Jean Field of Johnston, RI, and Susan Treash of Bradenton, Fla.
There will be no public calling hours. A Mass of Christian burial will be held Friday, Feb. 1, at 10 a.m. at St. Peter's Church followed by a gathering in the Emmaus Room.
Burial will be in St. Peter's Cemetery in the spring.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Peter's Church Memorial Fund.
Online condolences may be made to www.rwwalkerfh.com.
Arrangements are in care of the R.W. Walker Funeral Home 69 Court St. Plattsburgh.

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Barcelona soccer team's 2009 wins led to slight baby boom
In May 2009, Spain's Football Club Barcelona tied a major game and went on to win a league championship. Nine months later birth rates appear to have risen 16 percent in parts of Catalonia.
Media reported up to a 45 percent spike in new births in February 2010. Similar claims, such as birth rate hikes as a result of the 1965 New York City blackout, have been disproven. An analysis of birth records from 2007-2011 at two Bages hospitals shows a 16 percent increase in birth rates nine months after FC Barcelona's big wins. The city of Barcelona, however, had only a 1.2 percent increase, researchers report December 17 in the British Medical Journal.
The researchers note their support of FC Barcelona as a potential source of bias. The Bages region, however, does have more FC Barcelona supporters than the city of Barcelona, which suggests the apparent baby boom is real, the authors argue.
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After his second place during the downhill on Wednesday, Marion Rolland ends third of the Super G during the finals of Schladming. These good results in Austria expect beautiful things for the next year, on the slope where will take place the next World championships.
"It is really incredible! In descent I had big envy for podium but I didn't think it was possible in Super G. It is really brilliant, I took advantage to have a small number, good conditions and I had a little of luck also that Lindsey Vonn makes a big mistake! I hope in any case that my first podium yesterday was the click"
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Within Auroville itself there are many diverse approaches, beliefs, attitudes and ideologies about both the nature of health and how it can be achieved. Individual Aurovilians have experienced many different health care approaches and systems, coming as they do from diverse cultural backgrounds. As a result there is a wide range of health promoting activities which includes a number of experimental approaches based on different hypotheses and philosophies in health.
Health and Integral Yoga
The subject of health was addressed extensively by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on many different levels of the individual being, from the physical to the mental to the psychic/spiritual levels. 'Health' is an important aspect of the Integral Yoga which has the aspiration towards the transformation of the body being guided by evolutionary forces. In this light, health crises of various sorts can sometimes be perceived as part of the transformatory process. For the individual, the maintenance of his or her health and dealing with health crises can be perceived as an opportunity to learn more about physical/mental/psychic balance on the spiritual path, one more aspect of the unending education one submits oneself to in Auroville.
Nurturing of awareness
More formally in the schools here, the physical side of developing young bodies is balanced with the development and nurturing of awareness of this development and the meaning this has for the individual.
Health of the community at large
The question of how this city of Auroville is to manifest is central to the health and wholeness of the individuals who live there. The way we feed ourselves, the way we balance our work with other aspects of our lives, the kind of physical environment we create, the way we communicate and support each other are the subject of intense discussion within the community. The decisions that are taken (or not) about each of these issues have considerable implications for the health of the community and the individuals within it, and to a larger extent for the entire bio-region in which Auroville is situated.
Holistically healthy environment
It is commonly understood that if true health is to be achieved, the health of the individual and of the community must support and complement each other, and that the well-springs of health for the individual are more easily accessed and activated in a holistically healthy environment. We're working on this!
Wide variety of treatments
Within Auroville there are at present many different treatment modes available. These are not exclusively for Aurovilians, but also provide for those living in the bio-region as well as visitors, some of whom come specially to take advantage of what is offered. The treatments range from the allopathic model to various alternative and complementary therapies which are provided within a range of different settings.
Health in Auroville is, however, a dynamic process with not only new and experimental treatment approaches but also a wide range of activities that foster a physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually healthy life and enable individuals to reach the source of all health within.
Some available activities in Auroville
HATHA YOGAIn these classes we learn the technique of the basic classical Hatha Yoga postures in combination with directed breathing. Using a firm and dynamic approach, we learn to mold our body and create greater flexibility and awareness while stimulating and harmonizing organs, glands and nerves.
The Holographic Body: a dance and movement sessionWe combine dance techniques, hatha yoga, postural concentration, meditative alignments of subtle energy and breath control in concentrated yet playful sessions which develop increased bodily awareness.
ACUPUNCTUREIt is based on the ancient Chinese knowledge of the meridians, or energy pathways through the body. By inserting ultra fine needles into points along the meridians energy blockages can be cleared and energy flow stimulated allowing for the treatment of a wide range of problems.
Free FlowQuiet's version of the therapy variously known as Watsu, Aqua balancing, etc. Done in a shallow tank, in warm water, the therapist (standing) cradles and manipulates the patient (floating) through a series of gentle movements and stretches inducing (frequently) a profoundly blissful state of both physical and mental relaxation. This state greatly facilitates the releasing of various blockages which are both cause and effect of much ill health.
RESONANCE (with bicom machine)
All the body's cells emit electro- magnetic vibrations. During illness or injury these vibrations become disharmonious. The bicom machine can "read" these vibrations and transmit to the body the complimentary vibrations required to reestablish harmony. Thus it can be utilized for both diagnosis and treatment .The bicom machine contains computerized programs for The therapist tests to make an energetic diagnosis and to determine which therapy programs are appropriate specific symptoms, organs and meridians..
INTEGRAL MEDITATIONIn Integral Meditation we reenter and reactivate the intelligence that knows how simultaneously to compress itself into matter , condense itself into energy , expand itself as love and diffuse itself as light –all pervading.
Breathing, initiative, faith and the body's alignments are coordinated for the purpose of establishing peace and silence in body, heart and mind.
YOGA NIDRAThrough Yoga Nidra we can reclaim, within moments, a concentrated, calm, sensitive state of being, which ordinarily takes many hours of sleep, meditation and exercise to reach.
A simple method: coordinating breathing, the attention of the mind and sensory currents of awareness. While lying on our backs, we enter and engage deeper levels of our being to an energy that fills, repairs and recharges the body's substances and structures, as well as the auric field.
REIKIThe initiated Reiki practitioner serves as a channel for the universal healing power whose efficacy, through the "laying on of hands", to comfort, relieve pain and heal has been recognized throughout the ages.
Instruction and initiation is available for those wishing to become Reiki practitioners.
COUNSELINGThis approach relates to our difficulties, dilemmas, challenges, confusion, frustration, and error in terms that allow for observation, analysis and the encouragement that stimulates a true connection with myself. Through this connection with our center we come to understand our freely chosen goals and the means by which we strive to realize them.
HOMEOPATHYA system of medicine that views disease as the manifestation of a misbalance of the vital force and employs remedies delivered in (materially) infinitesimal doses to stimulate the patient's own immune mechanisms in order to gently restore health.
FACIALEach session runs approximately one and a half hours and includes massage of face and neck, application of special herbal / clay packs and treatment with colored polarized light which is said to have a regulating and regenerating effect on the skin cells.
POLARITY THERAPYA powerful healing approach that processes imbalances, blockages and distortions simultaneously on the material, energetic, emotional and mental levels. The technique combines deep massage, light soothing touch, stimulation and redirection of subtle energies through the meridians, chakric and auric fields along with m ovement therapy, verbal counseling and regenerative trance.
PRANIC HEALING / CRYSTAL HEALING / SOUND BEDThis is a technique which uses "Prana", or vital energy to remove disharmonious energy from the patient's aura and chakras. It also transfers fresh vital energy to the affected areas of the body. Pranic Healing is also effective in the treatment of emotional and mental aliments and when applied regularly acts preventively. The healing work does not require physical contact and is done directly on the energy field. Crystals , especially various precious and semi precious gemstones, have the ability to focus characteristic energies, and are sometimes used in conjunction with pranic healing.
With the sound bed one is, essentially, lying on the sounding board of a giant veena-like instrument (tuned to the harmonic frequency of the earth) and being played. Definitely a consciousness altering experience.
FOOT MASSAGE / FOOT REFLEXOLOGYSimply described: an hour of bliss consciousness (and it's good for you too).
AYURVEDIC MASSAGE/AYURVEDIC KALARI MASSAGEThis method works primarily to stimulate, relax and balance the whole body-mind continuum alleviating many complaints such as muscle pain, headaches and digestive disorders, structural problems such as sciatica, spinal difficulties such as shoulder and neck pain. Treatment involves the generous use of special oils and a thorough and rhythmic process of tracing, kneading, stretching and twisting manipulations.
FULL BODY MASSAGE (DEEP TISSUE or RELAXING MASSAGE)Fragrant oils are used and the entire body is massaged producing deep relaxation and relief from mental and physical stress. While essentially a gentle technique, the therapist may work more deeply depending on the condition (or preference) of the patient. This technique improves blood circulation, boosts the immune response and the endocrine, muscular, digestive and lymphatic functions.
LYMPH DRAINAGEThis massage employs a very soft rhythmic touch that acts directly on the lymphatic system. It specifically removes edema- swelling due to over accumulation of fluids in body tissue, thereby detoxifying the whole internal milieu.
SHIATSUShiatsu is a meditative massage technique based on the ancient Taoist knowledge of Yin/Yang and the five elements.
A Shiatsu massage relaxes body and mind while invigorating and harmonizing the body's energies. It releases tension, alleviates stiffness, improves respiration and circulation and has a general toning effect on the nervous and muscular/ skeletal systems.
THAI MASSAGEThe traditional massage of Thailand is a full body experience in which a variety of elements (stretching, bending, kneading, acupressure, etc.) are employed and every part of the body from scalp to toes to internal organs receives attention. Its debt to ancient Chinese medical knowledge is evident in the attention paid to the meridians and to removing blockages in these energy pathways.
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Giants expect more magic from Barry Zito in 2013
Veteran's postseason effort has him hoping he can finish career in San Francisco
Published: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 3:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 9:59 a.m.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Barry Zito scurried from drill to drill on day one with a smile and a pep that showed he's a new man heading into the final year of his mega contract.
He even seemed to enjoy the simple process of shadow throwing, with only a towel in hand and no ball, as San Francisco's pitchers and catchers began spring training on a gorgeous, cool day in the desert at Scottsdale Stadium.
Zito suddenly has some nice momentum, not to mention the swagger that carried over from his comeback 2012 season.
Manager Bruce Bochy has no doubts Zito will stay on a roll after the left-hander delivered two crucial wins during last fall's run to a second championship in three years for the franchise: a victory in Game 5 of the NL championship series at Busch Stadium facing elimination, then in the opener at home of a World Series sweep against the Detroit Tigers.
Zito hopes this year is even better. He would love to stay put beyond this season if all goes well.
"Oh, yeah, this is where I want to be," Zito said. "I would love to play baseball in San Francisco until I'm happily riding off into the sunset. I think last year was a big reconnection with me and with the fans. And I think that's the beauty of the game, and that's why people come out here and fill up the seats, because the game is so unpredictable. One day there could be a countdown to when you're going to be leaving the team and the next day they might want you back.
"My heart and soul is in the Bay Area, it always has been," he added. "How could you not want to be a part of this? This is as special of a situation as there is in professional sports."
General manager Brian Sabean hasn't ruled that out, especially if Zito can deliver another year like the last. Zito, 34, went 15-8 with a 4.15 ERA in 32 starts and 184 1-3 innings before his impressive playoffs. And this is the same guy who was left off the roster for all three rounds during the club's 2010 run to a World Series title.
The 2002 AL Cy Young Award winner with Oakland, he has an $18 million option for 2014 with a $7 million buyout.
"He's done a lot for the organization and especially if you're talking about the young pitchers in this organization," Sabean said. "Especially in the rotation through the years, with the teammate he is, how up front he is, the work ethic. His coming
There has been scrutiny from every angle, on every high-priced pitch he throws.
"I don't think I'm ever past that," Zito said. "As a professional athlete, as somebody that has been in the game for a long time, there's always going to be expectations, there's always going to be naysayers, all that stuff. The factor for me is how much credence I give that stuff, and how much do I let it affect me personally and on the field."
He sure turned things around in a hurry early last season. It surprised Bochy and the rest of the San Francisco brass.
"This guy really had so much confidence last year and really believed that he could get back on track, which he did," Bochy said. "I go back to last spring, and it was awful. He'll tell you that. The way that he figured it out is one of the more impressive things I've seen in this game. Going back to the first start of the season, when we didn't know what we would get. With the terrible spring that he had, he goes out there and throws a shutout at Colorado, and of course what he did down the stretch and in the postseason there's no reason why he wouldn't carry this into this year."
Zito has trained himself to stay "steady" through the many trials since joining the Giants before the 2007 season on a $126 million, seven-year contract.
Still, the boos in his own ballpark
"I mean I'm human, so there's always that factor," Zito said. "It's just trying to make sure I keep my priorities straight and remember what's important."
While Zito will throw his first bullpen session today, Tim Lincecum hopped on the last available mound Wednesday morning and let it fly to reigning NL MVP and batting champion Buster Posey.
The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner has changed his approach, his preparation and even his look entering 2013 as he tries to re-establish himself as an elite starter after last season's struggles. He said all went well Wednesday.
Zito has played a big part in that process for Lincecum, as a mentor, teammate and friend.
And Lincecum was among the players most happy to watch Zito's resurgence.
"I feel like it's hard not to be inspired by him and what he's been through here in general," Lincecum said. "Coming from a really good career over there in Oakland and not coming up to the expectations he probably felt like he should have, but taking it in stride and coming out on top and not letting people take him down."
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Valparaiso opened the Pioneer Football League portion of its schedule on Saturday afternoon, dropping a Homecoming contest to Morehead State 38-14 at Brown Field.
Eric Hoffman (Manitowoc, Wis./Lincoln H.S.) threw for a career-high two touchdowns and as well as 277 yards in offense for Valpo, but the Eagles' Zach Lewis answered with 335 yards and four scores.
"Our defense played better today and put our offense in position to score some points," head coach Dale Carlson said. "We were inside the 25 yard line numerous times and only scored two touchdowns. We need to find that consistency inside the 25."
Morehead State found the scoreboard first on its opening drive of the game. Lewis found Cory Jackson from four yards out on a pass to the right side for the game's first touchdown.
Valpo answered less than a minute later, needing just four plays. A tipped pass was caught by Game Ali-El (Randallstown, Md./Polytechnic Institute H.S.) for 27 yards down at the Morehead State 10-yard line. A play later, Hoffman connected over the middle with Cole Anderson (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Valor Christian H.S.) for his first collegiate catch, tying the game at seven.
The game stayed tied until the Eagles struck three times in the second quarter to take a 28-7 lead into the break. Kevin Thomas scored on a two-yard run up the middle before Lewis found Desmond Cox from 12 yards out on a swing pass. Lewis added his third touchdown pass of the game at the 6:52 mark, a 26-yard score to Thomas.
Donte Sawyer made a 12-yard scoring grab in the right corner of the end zone on Morehead State's opening drive of the second half to increase the advantage.
A big pass play set Valpo up for its second touchdown late in the third quarter. Hoffman found Sean McCarty (Waukesha, Wis./West H.S.) for 53 yards, on a third-and 15 play, setting up the Crusaders in a goal-to-go situation. On the next play, Hoffman connected with Kevin Becker (Cincinnati, Ohio/Anderson H.S.) across the middle from nine yards out to make it 35-14.
Rainer Duzan added a fourth quarter field goal from 33 yards out to close out the scoring for the Eagles.
The Crusaders had several other chances to score in the game, but went just 2-for-4 in the red zone and were 2-of-17 on third down tries.
"Our special teams played as well as they have all year and our defense tackled better today," Carlson added. "We just need to put points on the board."
Morehead State (2-3, 1-1 PFL) ran 99 plays for 555 yards of total offense, including 371 through the air. Lewis finished 38-of-55 for the 335 yards. Valpo posted 328 yards with Hoffman completing 25-of-51 passes for the 277 yards throwing the football.
Ali-El led Valpo with 12 carries for 67 yards on the ground while Cox rushed 21 times for 131 yards for the Eagles. Tanner Kuramata (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Claremont H.S.) had five catches for 52 yards while Eric Slenk (Holland, Mich./Christian H.S.) made five grabs for 45 yards to pace the Crusaders.
Valpo forced the Eagles to punt 11 times while John Edwards (Saint Louis, Mo./Cardinal Ritter H.S.) made a career-high 16 tackles.
"Edwards did a good job of wrapping up guys today and had a lot of stops," Carlson added. "We forced them to punt more than they have all year as well."
Valparaiso (0-4, 0-1) will remain home next Saturday afternoon, entertaining San Diego. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. at Brown Field.
Game Notes: Morehead State leads the all-time series 14-3 and has won five straight meetings … the Eagles lead the NCAA I-FCS in total offense, averaging 550 yards per game … Becker's touchdown reception was his first of the season and third of his career … Hoffman has thrown for three scores this year … Cody Gokan (Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein H.S.) made 12 tackles while Pat Derbak (Schaumburg, Ill./Schaumburg H.S.) had 11 stops … Nikko Carson (Lockport, Ill./Lockport Township H.S.) made two sacks … the Crusaders entered the game without a sack on the season and had three on Saturday … there were no possessions in the game which lasted longer than 3:59.
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Bloodmobile makes stops in county
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The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be set up at the American Legion, Post 8 on Jeffress Blvd., South Boston on Monday from 1:30 to 7 p.m., and on Tuesday from noon until 6 p.m., the Bethel Community Ruritan Club will sponsor the Halifax community drive set up at the Mary Bethune gym in Halifax.
Donors, volunteers and recipients can inspire others by sharing what blood donation means to them via redcrossblood.org/summer, using social media or by handwriting their story on a summer postcard available in the donor refreshment areas at the drive.
Handwritten stories will be posted in donation centers for others to see.
To encourage donations near summer holidays, all presenting blood and platelet donors will have a chance to win an American Express Gift Card. From July 1-15 five $3,000 gift cards will be available for Independence Day and from Aug. 26-Sept. 9 five $1,000 gift cards will be available for Labor Day.
Visit www.redcrossblood.org/summer for details.
The Bethel Community Ruritans, the Red Cross, Bloodmobile volunteers and this newspaper extend thanks for helping spread the word about the need for summer donors. Blood donors at the Monday and Tuesday blood drives will receive a complimentary American Red Cross ball cap.


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Happy Birthday, Jim.
With Christmas a day away, the Seattle Seahawks delivered what amounted to a lump of coal in the stocking of the San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, who celebrated his 49th birthday on Sunday.
"I hope he enjoyed his gift," quipped Richard Sherman, when told about his former Stanford coach's big day.
After scoring a combined 108 points the past two weeks, Seattle's offense lit up the scoreboard again in a 42-13 manhandling of NFC West Division rival San Francisco.
Even more impressive, Seattle's effort came against perhaps the best defense in the NFL, the 49ers, amid a steady drizzle at CenturyLink Field.
Coach Pete Carroll and his Seahawks exorcised some demons in a nationally televised game. Carroll earned his first win as an NFL coach against Harbaugh, and is now 1-3 against his former college rival.
And the Seahawks got their first win over San Francisco since the 2010 season opener, after four straight losses.
With the victory, the Seahawks clinched at least a wild-card berth, and a likely date in January with the Dallas-Washington winner next week, the game for the NFC East championship.
The Seahawks also still have an outside shot at the NFC West crown and a first-round bye in the postseason.
At 10-5 this season, the Seahawks trail the 49ers (10-4-1) by a half game. If the Seahawks take care of business at home against St. Louis in the regular-season finale, and San Francisco stubs its toe at home against Arizona, then the Seahawks would win their second NFC West crown in three seasons.
Along with those results, the Seahawks would need Green Bay (11-4) to lose at Minnesota to earn a first-round bye.
But for a day, the Seahawks will celebrate one of the most impressive, dominant victories over a good team at home in recent memory.
The Seahawks are on a tear historically, scoring 150 points in the past three games. The only team with more in a three-game span was the 1950 Rams, who scored 165, according to Elias Sports Bureau.
Seattle improved to 7-0 at home, and has a chance to finish undefeated at CenturyLink Field for the first time since the team's 2005 Super Bowl season.
"We're doing what we do," Seattle defensive end Red Bryant said. "We're going to play tough. We're going to play physical. We're going to execute, and whatever the score is, that's the score."
After forcing San Francisco into a 3-and-out to start the game, the Seahawks grabbed great field position after Leon Washington's 15-yard punt return was advanced 15 more yards because of a personal foul call on San Francisco's Tramaine Brock.
The Seahawks then took the lead early, on a two-play 35-yard drive. After a 10-yard reception by tight end Zach Miller, Marshawn Lynch ran down the left sideline 25 yards for the score, giving Seattle a 7-0 lead just over a minute into the game.
Lynch rushed for more than 100 yards for the ninth time this season, finishing with 111 yards on 26 carries.
Lynch has now rushed for more than 100 yards in four games against the 49ers since the 2008 season. San Francisco has only allowed that to happen nines times over the time span.
The Seahawks rushed for 176 yards as a team. The Niners came into the contest only giving up 91 yards a contest – No. 3 in the league.
Lynch also had a 9-yard reception later in the opening quarter, giving Seattle a 14-0 lead.
But the play of the game came with 14:05 remaining in the half.
San Francisco drove deep into Seattle territory, but had to settle for what looked like chip-shot, 21-yard field goal by kicker David Akers.
However, as he executed so well last season, Bryant bulled his way through the middle of San Francisco's offensive line and got his right hand up, blocking the kick.
Sherman quickly pounced on the loose ball and raced 90 yards for his second touchdown of the season, giving Seattle a commanding 21-0 lead.
Sherman, who missed two days of practice this week to attend his appeal hearing contest his four-game suspension for an alleged violation of the league's performance-enhancing substance policy, also corralled his team-high seventh interception.
"That was an enormous moment," Carroll said. "I think the bell kind of rung there, and we had a chance to beat these guys on this night."
Bryant said he had one thought in his mind has he watched Sherman sprint toward the end zone.
"I'm like, 'Run, brother, run,' " Bryant said.
Rookie quarterback Russell Wilson continued his impressive streak, completing 15 of 21 passes for 171 yards, four touchdowns and one interception.
The Seahawks converted 11 of 13 third downs.
Wilson has 25 touchdowns passes this year, one short of the rookie record of 26 set by Peyton Manning in 1998.
Wilson has thrown for 17 touchdowns and two interceptions in his past eight games. And Wilson has spearheaded an offense averaging 50 points in its last three games.
Easy, right?
"It's definitely not easy," Wilson said. "Especially against a very good football team like that, it's definitely not easy. You have to work at it during the week. The separation is in the preparation, and we really did that all throughout the week."
Wilson's favorite target was Doug Baldwin, who finished with four catches for 53 yards and two scores. Baldwin, also of Standford, and Sherman defeated their former coach for the first time as a pro.
"They played well, both of them," Harbaugh said. "They made a lot of big plays."
The most touchdown passes in a quarterback's rookie season:
Player, team, yearTD passes
Peyton Manning, Colts, 199826
Russell Wilson, Seahawks, 201225
Charlie Conerly, N.Y. Giants, 194822
Cam Newton, Panthers, 201121
Dan Marino, Dolphins, 198320
Andy Dalton, Bengals, 201120
Andrew Luck, Colts, 201320Eric D. Williams: 253-597-8437 eric.williams@ thenewstribune.com blog.thenewstribune.com/seahawks @eric_d_williams


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A request for funding from the Virginia Coalition is up for discussion at tonight's monthly meeting of South Boston Town Council.
The meeting is set to get underway at 7 p.m. at council chambers on Yancey Street.
The Virginia Coalition, a group founded to keep the ban on uranium mining in Pittsylvania County and Virginia as a whole, has received two contributions of $5,000 each from the Town of South Boston the past year to assist it in its ongoing efforts against lifting the ban.
It is again asking the town for financial support in its efforts to fight lifting of the ban, with town council agreeing at its work session last month it needed more information before making a decision.
In a letter addressed to Town Manager Ted Daniel, Virginia Coalition Chairman John Cannon wrote the anti-uranium group needs to raise $150,000 to continue its education and lobbying support.
Also on the agenda for tonight's meeting is a public hearing on a request from the new owners of Somerset Assisted Living Facility, DECCA Group LCA and LGCK Inc. to rezone one tax parcel and a two-acre portion of another from R-1 Low Density Residential to B-2 General Business District.
The new owners of Somerset Assisted Living Facility want to expand, but to do so requires the rezoning of the property and the adjoining two acres from R-1 Low Density Residential District to B-2 General Business District.
Somerset is located at 435 Hamilton Boulevard. Nursing homes and convalescent homes are a permitted use in B-2 Districts.
The purpose of the rezoning is to accommodate the sale and transfer of both parcels to Commonwealth Assisted Living from DECCA and LGCK Inc.
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I run my ass off. The more I play MW3, the bigger it gets.
you should try dead island, I just bought it and love playing it co-op
I think it is.
Assplay is a wonderful thing.
When I get frustrated or tired of COD, i just play more COD and get even more frustrated.
all good games!!
At some point they decided that, hey!
Let's try to appeal to the asian market by adding the "assview camera"!
That was Rainbow Six: Not Really Rainbow Six But We'll Use the Name to Sell More: Advanced Warfighter
Then they added assview camera to a cover system to the Rainbow Six: Vegas series too.
Originally, Rainbow six was painfully realistic and was always and only first person.
Skyrim, Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3, MGS Peace Walker
Peace Walker is awesome, I have never seen so much content on the PSP, and the weapon variety is second to none, and the story is just plain amazing. Did you by chance get to battle the hidden bosses?
Work . sleep, hang out with the family.........
I have some other games around i've wanted to get into. One in particular is rockmaster. I never liked guitar hero etc because I wanted something more realistic.. well, now I have it. But every time I sit down to play a video game it just seems so much easier to start playing cod than to get out rockmaster and hook everything up.
Imagine that. I dont play a different video game because I'm too lazy.
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The public was invited to hear Heuertz several times during the week of services. The admission free services were conducted on Tuesday, Jan. 28, at 10 a.m. in Reardon Auditorium and again at 7 p.m. in Park Place Church of God. Heuertz spoke again on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 7 p.m. in Park Place Church of God and finished his visit to Anderson with a morning service on Thursday, Jan. 30, at 10 a.m. in Reardon Auditorium and an evening service at 7 p.m. in Park Place Church of God.
Chris Heuertz graduated from Asbury College in 1994 with a BA in Missiology and Theology and a minor in Ancient Biblical Languages. His undergraduate work also included a semester at the Institute of Holy Land Studies in Jerusalem where he studied Hebrew, Archeology, Islamic thought and practice and Jewish thought and practice.
In 1994, Chris returned to India and began to work toward starting a home for children with leprosy and AIDS through Word Made Flesh. Within three months the vision became a reality as the Lord worked through Chris to bring together a nine member Board of Directors, the constitution, memorandum and by-laws of the India ministry. A second Word Made Flesh childrens home in Madras, India was initiated in Fall of 1995. From 1994-1996 Chris served as Field Director in India and the Madras Servant Team Coordinator facilitating teams interested in spending two weeks to six months with the poorest of the poor in South Asia. In April of 1996 he married Phileena Bacon.
In September of 1996 Chris was appointed Executive Director of Word Made Flesh and, within six years, a struggling organization with a USA staff of three grew to a vibrant, spontaneously expanding community of more than one hundred staff members and board of directors. In May of 1997 Chris was ordained as a minister through the Association of Evangelical Churches and Ministries (AECM). Later that year Chris became an adjunct professor at Lakeview Bible College and Seminary (formerly Madras College of Evangelism), in Chennai, India. Since 1997 Chris has taught courses on poverty issues, missions, development, and urban ministry.
Word Made Flesh was started in 1991, as a non-profit 501(c) (3) organization that exists to serve the poorest of the poor around the world. In 1994, Word Made Flesh initiated its first children's home in Madras, South India for abandoned babies with a primary focus on pediatric AIDS care. In 1995, another home was established for severely mentally and physically disabled girls who have been abandoned, left on the streets to die.
Word Made Flesh operates a concurrent ministry among destitute women. These are women who have struggled to escape lives of prostitution, or who are HIV positive, widowed, divorced or victims of domestic violence. Word Made Flesh trains these women as care-givers and provides them with a family atmosphere, Christian discipleship, and economic stability.
Word Made Flesh currently serves in Bolivia, Brazil, India, Nepal, Peru, Romania and Thailand, working with foreign nationals to make Jesus, the living Word, flesh among the poorest of the poor. Our current projects include pediatric AIDS care, rehabilitation for abused and destitute women, residential care for mentally and physically disabled children, advocacy for street children, housing and rehabilitation for street children, and protection and prevention for sexually exploited women and children.
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Bridge City's Lady Cardinals were too much for West Orange-Stark's Lady Mustangs on Tuesday night.
The Lady Mustangs grabbed a 1-0 lead after the top of the first yet the Lady Cardinals moved to 1-0 in District 21-3A play with a 16-1 win in three innings.
Bridge City did it with hitting, pitching and being opportunistic Tuesday.
Annelise Borg and Kelsey Fults powered the Lady Cardinals offense against the Lady Mustangs.
Fults blasted a three run home run in the second inning and finished with five RBI and two runs scored to also go with a double.
Borg got her bat going in her last two at-bats with a RBI triple, a RBI double and then scored the game's final run off a wild pitch.
Kellyn Cormier notched the win on the mound after hurling three innings. She gave up one hit and one run with four strike outs and no walks.
Mar'Kia Davis scored the Lady Mustangs only run after Tia Edwards hit a RBI single to center.
Bridge City responded with four runs in the bottom of the first inning.
Kasey Fredrick and Skylar Kahla each had RBI singles while Fults hit a RBI double. Kahla later scored on a wild pitch.
The Lady Cardinals stormed out for 10 runs in the second inning on six hits.
Fults had her three-run homer while Cormier had a RBI bunt single and Baili Thibodaux had a two-run single in the second. Borg added a RBI triple in the inning as eight different Lady Cardinals scored in the second inning.
Cormier then struck out two of the three batters she faced in the third inning to set up the 15-run-rule as the Lady Cardinals came up to bat.
Thibodaux then led off with a walk before Borg slapped a RBI double to right-centerfield. Borg moved to third on a single by Hannah Faulk and then came home to end the came on a wild pitch.
Bailee Bacon scored twice for the Lady Cardinals while Kaleigh Clark added three runs.
Bridge City returns to action Friday with a trip to Orangefield for a showdown against the rival Lady Bobcats.


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Bruce Irons Joins Oakley Surf Team
FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif. (January 3, 2007)
Oakley is proud to announce that effective immediately, free surf innovator Bruce Irons has been named to our global eyewear team.
"Bruce plays a key role in the progression of the Oakley Eyewear Team," announced Sports Marketing Manager of Surf, Ronny Nelson. "At Oakley we base our surf team on innovation and Bruce's creative approach to surfing will fit right in with our existing athletes Chris Ward, Nathan Fletcher and Dustin Barca. We look forward to a lifelong relationship with Bruce."
Raised on the North Shore of Kauai, Bruce started surfing at age seven, charging Pipeline at a very young age which would prove vital as his career developed. He enjoyed a successful amateur career in the States, finally going pro after graduating high school. In the first part of his professional career, the Pipeline Masters would prove to be his first big showing with a second place in 1998. This set the stage for his placing third in 2000 and finally taking home his first WCT win in 2001 when he defeated eight-time world champion Kelly Slater.
Some may wonder, how do you follow up such a 'coming out' party – winning Pipeline Masters? Well, Bruce had just the answer in 2004 at The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational. An event considered by many as the most prestigious in all of professional surfing, which took place in forty-foot surf at Waimea Bay, Bruce took down all competition and captured the event in front of 20,000 people.
"I'm really excited to be a part of the Oakley team," said Bruce Irons. "Oakley has always prided themselves on their technology and top of the line athletes like Lance Armstrong, Shaun White, James Stewart, Ricky Carmichael and Ryan Sheckler. So, when Oakley approached me to be my eyewear sponsor, it was a huge honor that they would want to put me in the same class with those athletes. I am super stoked to be on board."
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Say you're a conservative radio host who's losing advertisers left and right for saying some deeply misinformed and misogynistic things about the lifestyle of a highly-educated single woman, and now you need to change the conversation. How do you do that? If you're Rush Limbaugh, you do it by attacking a different woman on the basis of her singleness, youth and education.
Limbaugh spent the entire first hour of his program today discussing "The American Way of Eating," a new book by journalist Tracie McMillan, who logged almost a year working low-paying jobs at Wal-Mart, Applebee's and other places to learn about the food industry. Despite the backlash he's faced for branding law student Sandra Fluke a "slut" and "prostitute," Limbaugh didn't shy away from the matter of McMillan's sex. On the contrary, he referred to her as an "authorette" and attempted to tie her to a broader trend of "all these young single white women" who are threatening Americans' freedoms.
Here's the context of that latter quote, according to the show's official transcript:
What is it with all of these young single white women, overeducated — doesn't mean intelligent. For example, Tracie McMillan, the author of this book, seems to be just out of college and already she has been showered with awards, including the 2006 James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism. Social justice journalism. This woman who wrote the book on food inequality, food justice, got an award for social justice journalism.
McMillan was in San Francisco on her book tour when Limbaugh set her in his crosshairs. She had no advance warning that her book was going to be featured on "The Rush Limbaugh Show," and only became aware, she tells me, when someone tweeted at her to say he was talking about it. "It's totally bizarre," she says. "I had no idea that Rush Limbaugh knew that I existed. My grandmother would be thrilled, because she's a fan of his."
Less thrilling to her was Limbaugh attacking her for being female, single and educated. "It just didn't really occur to me that my being single would have any bearing on whether whether my book was valid," she says. "It seems to be a way to dismiss my intelligence or capacity to do the work."
McMillan grew up working class in a rural area outside Flint, Michigan. It was Limbaugh country, she says.
"It's interesting — I grew up listening to Rush Limbaugh and we actually watched his talk show in my high school [back when it was televised] for a class on current events. So I'm familiar with the politics. I certainly don't think they're foreign or alien or weird.
"But this really intense dismissal of women by someone like Rush Limbaugh, who's considered an authority by a lot of people — that, to me, is distressing. I just wasn't expecting anybody to say flat out that my work wasn't valid because I'm a single woman."
She also takes exception to Limbaugh's calling her "over-educated." "I only have a B.A. I don't have an advanced degree," she says. "Maybe he thinks women shouldn't go to college at all?"
when did it become a bad thing not to be?
When klein = small people like you started out with your ill-natured immature and totally illogical comments
I just want to hear one reporter ask Rick Santorum what Trade or Technical school he plans to send HIS kids to.
Anon = Klein has a valid point. When did it become a BAD thing NOT to be college educated?
Your snide, hateful, racist comment in reply shows that you are a small individual with self-esteem issues. If you cannot answer the question, do not attack the questioner….EDUCATE yourself, then answer properly.
It was not all that long ago that having a College Education was sought after. However, it was reserved for those who came from money, and had never worked a real job in their lives.
Today, it is treated as some kind of minimum. Yet, the education quality, and marketability has diminished to the point of repugnance.
Anyone with a "Degree" in Liberal Arts, is essentially saying they HAVE a Degree, but it is useless. BUT, they have a degree.
As far as "Higher" Education being someone's opinion. Very much so. Standards have been thrown out the window, lest they offend a minority who cannot pass the test. Tests have been DOWNGRADED to allow anyone willing to get into debt for a "student loan", to get a "degree". Most of whom are looking to never pay back the loan.
Tell me how a Psychology/Sociology/Liberal Arts "Degree" could be anything BUT an "Instructor's" opinion?
Aren't these the same one's who told us…You MUST use tough love on children? Less than 15 years later it turned into…You cannot EVER spank your children. Now, it has morphed into it is ILLEGAL for a PARENT (The one who has the child's best interest at heart) to even RAISE THEIR VOICE to their own child in public without the Law stepping in. However, the POLICE (who have ZERO vested interest in the child) Can BEAT YOUR CHILD INTO SUBMISSION, and it is PERFECTLY LEGAL.
Liberals have played out the "victim" card on everything they can. It is high-time (No, not time to get high) that the Liberals were denied access to media to spread their own hatred, and ludicrous thinking.
Perhaps your dismissal of someone's viewpoint, without giving any reason behind your dismissal, is due to your inflated sense of self-worth gained at a Community College during your run for a basket-weaving degree, at the expense of taxpayers on a Government Grant.
It seems very strange to me that the gurus of Liberals calling for an attack on the wealthy in this Country, are 9 out of 10 times, celebrities……..who ARE the wealthy.
The school of life teaches more than any College Campus ever will. That is the reason the Liberals used "going to College" to dodge the Draft.
It became a bad thing to be educated, when the education shifted to a strict, Liberal, SINGULAR way of thinking. Innovations are NOT made by those who were "Educated" in Colleges. Innovations come from those who were NOT educated in Colleges, and by those who OVERCAME their "education", and decided to look at the situation from their OWN, DIFFERENT, point of view. When you apply what has been TAUGHT to you, you get the same result each time. When you apply the premise of QUESTIONING what was taught to you, you come up with new ideas, new procedures, and actual results.
Or do you thin we should just go ahead and FOLLOW those "Educated" people? You know the ones. They are POSITIVE. It has been PROVEN. There is NO QUESTION. The World IS flat!
Good to know that BUSH is responsible for the Education system, and the failure that it is. Amazing, in his 8 years as President, he walked Education right into the hands of the pot-smoking hippie "Educators" of the 60′s. He single-handedly CHANGED to way of hard work=good life. He too it from the Generation who was born in the early 1900′s, working their ENTIRE lives, to provide for their family, and changed it in only 60 years. Bush is the person who holds sole responsibility for FORCING the "Flower-power" Generation to get fat, lazy, hooked on drugs, and RELY on the Government to GIVE them a living.
As soon as yoiu start playing the "It's HIS fault", "RACIST", or "EQUALITY" card, you have lost all creditability and shown your true lack of self-worth.
College dropout, draft evader, obese, drug abuser and prescription shopper, internet porn afficianodo, afraid of the young, independent women, liberals, constitutiionalists, muslims…Angry, abusive and self centered….. the perfect Conservative.
Actually….wouldn't that make him the Perfect Liberal?
Draft Evader = Went to College, couldn't be Drafted while I am learning Basket-weaving.
Obese = Are you saying Rosanne Barr is a Conservative?
Drug abuser / Prescription shopper = California Liberals, you know LEGAL marijuana for "health" reasons.
Internet Porn Affic = You mean the ones who HATE any kind of censorship? (Unless it stops a differing, conservative, opinion)
Fearful of Constitutionalists?? Huh? The CONSERVATIVE Party believes in The CONSTITUTION. The LIBERAL Party believes in REDEFINING the Constitution through INTERPRETATION, to CHANGE it.
Angry/Abusive/Self-Centered = You just described the "Hollywood Elite" (Who are by and LARGE a Liberal rant group)
You are showing your Liberal Skin through your Sheep Costume.
when is one considered an "expert" and write a book after going to school for 4 years and working 1 year at walmart? talk about pompous.
Conservatives have convinced themselves that universities are bastions of liberal ideology; in their minds colleges are something akin to communist re-education centers.
The end result is this: If an educated person makes a statement that conservatives don't like, they can simply say "He or she is an over-educated elite and simply out of touch with real life America." By classifying education as liberal indoctrination, they eliminate the need to debate ideas fairly.


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Nintendo's new home gaming system: Wii U
Nintendo revealed its new home gaming system at the e3 Expo today. It's called the Wii U and has a tablet-like controller with a massive, 6.2-inch touch-sensitive screen in the middle of it. The controller also includes a microphone, speakers, accelerometer, gyroscope and an inward-facing camera.
No price was announced, but Nintendo executives said the system will be a "product to look forward to next year." Some of the technical specifications for the new console include high-definition video output up to 1080p, internal flash memory for storage, USB 2,0 ports and a media bay that supports proprietary discs.
A video showing off different uses of the new console included a scene with a game being played on a television that jumped to the screen on the Wii U controller when someone walked into the room and wanted to watch television. Gamers will also be able to play board-game-like minigames directly on the controller, draw on its screen using a stylus and video chat through its screen. The controller also supports motion-gaming features like moving objects in a game by waving it around.
"It's a system we will all enjoy together but also one that is tailor-made for you," Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo's president in North America, said during the event. "It's different from anything you've played before. It is infinitely complex yet simple all at the same time. It can change the way you game personally, and it can change the way you interact with family and friends."
Satoru Iwata, president and CEO of Nintendo, noted that the new system will provide high-definition video. He stressed, however, that although the controller looks like a portable device like a Nintendo 3DS, it is just a conduit for the TV-connected game system, with video wirelessly transmitted to the peripheral with no latency, he said. Iwata also noted that the controller will be backwards compatible.
"We want to create a strong bond beyond games, your TV and the Internet," he said. "It's a new structure for home entertainment."
Wii U games teased to during the presentation include a version of "Smash Bros.," "Tekken," "Batman Arkham City," "Assassin's Creed" and "Darksiders 2."
John Riccitiello, CEO of Electronic Arts, took to the stage at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles during Nintendo's e3 presentation to testify to the Wii U's virtues. Executives said players should expect versions of Madden NFL and Battlefield 3, two popular franchises from EA, to appear on the WiiU.
Nintendo executives repeatedly stressed during the presenation that the company's goal was to provide games that would appeal to wide, casual audiences while still charming dedicated gaming enthusiasts.
"For Nintendo, the goal of innovation is to serve every player," Iwata said.
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Wow. Looks interesting. I wonder how much those controllers are gonna cost.
Can't wait for minecraft to get ported to this.


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The proposed ice rink/recreation center/pool project that has been proposed for the Promenade Shops at Evergreen Walk could cost up to at least $600,000 more than its initial $10.5 million price tag.
Indeed, according to Town Attorney Dwight Johnson in a Nov. 8 letter to the Town Council, the project would "probably" require the payment of prevailing wages to construction workers, which could drive up the labor costs of construction by 20 to 30 percent.
In an interview on Nov. 15, Town Councilor Kevin McCann said that labor costs would be about 30 percent of the cost of the project, and the prevailing wage would add about 20 percent the labor. That would mean about 6 percent - or roughly $600,000 - added to the project. The labor cost could be higher by a couple hundred thousand dollars more, depending on the calculations of the prevailing wages.
Johnson's comments were in response to several questions submitted to him by Mayor Tom Delnicki and Town Councilor Kevin McCann concerning the legalities of the project, which would be constructed near the Old Navy at the lifestyle mall.
Among the highlights of the other responses provided by Johnson are the following:
- The town charter permits the use of a 63-20 corporation to construct the project, in Johnson's opinion, without the need for a referendum for the town to enter into a lease with that corporation.
- A simple majority - five town councilors out of the nine - would be needed to approve the project as proposed, according to Johnson. "Six votes is required to approve an expenditure of more the $25,000 if the expenditure is not provided for in the annual budget," Johnson wrote. "In this case, a vote of five members would be sufficient provided that the Town is not expending its own money on the project. If the Town were to enter into a lease for all or a portion of the use of the facility, the annual appropriation of the lease payments would be included in the annual budget. Expenditures by a properly formed 63-20 corporation would not be considered an expenditure by the Town for these purposes."
- It does not appear that competitive bidding is necessary for the project because the 63-20 corporation would be handling construction.
- Johnson estimates the cost for the town to defend against a legal challenge to the project to run between $25,000 to $100,000, depending on how far in the process a lawsuit went. The $100,000 figure is an estimate in the unlikely event that the matter went to trial.
Efforts to reach Delnicki for comment were unsuccessful.
The proposal calls for the creation of a 63-20 not-for-profit corporation, which would obtain federal tax-free bonds to construct the following:
- a 35,000 square-foot community center for youths that will have classrooms and an aquatic center comprising an eight-lane pool, therapy pool and diving pools.
- Two - one indoor, one outdoor - ice skating rinks; the indoor rink alone will be 38,000 square feet and will be under the same roof as the Community Center, while the outdoor rink would be about 22,000 square feet.
- An extensive multi-use trail and bike path system that would connect the Promenade Shops at Evergreen Walk with the Town Center. The new paths would provide safe connections for pedestrians and cyclists.
The corporation would then lease the use of the rinks, pool and recreation center to the town, according to the plan.
The project, brought before the Town Council last month, has generated some controversy and more than a little conversation in South Windsor.
Some residents have said that the project would be a much-needed asset that would alleviate space problems at the Charles N. Enes Community Center, provide a source of recreation in town and give the Promenade Shops at Evergreen Walk a shot in the arm in a challenging economy. Members of the biking and high school swimming and diving community have also expressed their support for the project.
more than the projected $600,000 annual lease payment that was submitted to the Town Council. Furthermore, others have said that there is no need to build a new ice hockey rink when one already exists in the town - South Windsor Arena.
[Correction: the original piece stated that prevailing wage could drive up the cost of the project by several million dollars. South Windsor Patch regrets the error.]


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