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LAKE NORMAN, N.C. -- A new Lake Norman citizens group is opposing the state's plans to build Interstate 77 toll lanes from Charlotte to Mooresville, and it has gained support from several Cornelius commissioners.
The group, called Widen I-77, wants the state Department of Transportation to explore other funding options for adding lanes to the interstate.
Kurt Naas is a Charlotte business owner from Cornelius who leads the group. He said the state should consider, for instance, using the savings from Interstate 485 and other Charlotte-area road projects that have come in under budget due to the poor economy .
Otherwise, he said, Lake Norman commuters to Charlotte will bear much of the cost of the toll lanes, since they'll be the biggest users. They'll also be paying for improvements in the Brookshire Freeway area that have nothing to do with easing traffic in the lake area, he said.
"A toll road would be an additional tax on north Mecklenburg and Iredell County residents who need to use I-77 for their daily commute," Cornelius commissioner Jeff Hare said in an email interview. "These citizens will likely not use the toll lanes, as the expense on a daily basis would be cost-prohibitive."
Costs vs. benefits weighed
Since 2011, the state Department of Transportation has planned to convert I-77's high-occupancy vehicle lanes to toll lanes in the next few years, saying it otherwise doesn't have the money to expand the interstate.
The lanes would be the first privately operated toll lanes in North Carolina, but the citizens group cites a state document that concludes toll lanes would do little to reduce congestion on I-77's general purpose lanes.
Toll lanes also would be more expensive than general purpose lanes, Naas said, in part because of the $2 million a year needed to operate them. The private contractor also would expect a profit from managing the lanes, he said.
The project calls for adding two toll lanes on both northbound and southbound I-77 between the Brookshire Freeway in Charlotte and Exit 28 in Cornelius. Cars with at least three occupants would avoid a toll to use the lanes.
One toll lane in each direction would continue between Exit 28 and Exit 36 (N.C. 150) in Mooresville. The causeways over Lake Norman aren't wide enough to accommodate two high occupancy toll lanes in each direction north of Exit 28, former DOT engineer Barry Moose has said.
The project calls for building all toll-lane segments from Charlotte to Mooresville at the same time. Toll rates would vary throughout the day depending on traffic volume. No toll booths would berequired; drivers would pay electronically. Cameras would spot whether toll-lane drivers had enough occupants to avoid a toll. Violators would be mailed a bill.
State Highway Patrol troopers also would look out for violators at unannounced times, transportation officials have said.
The state is scheduled to select a company in August 2013 to build and operate the toll lanes, Huntersville Transportation Planner Bill Coxe told the Lake Norman Regional Transportation Commission Wednesday night. Construction is set to begin in summer 2014, with some segments opening in 2016, state transportation officials have said.
But residents still have a say, DOT spokesman Steve Abbott told the Observer, "as no final alternative plan has been selected and we have not finalized any document that sets everything in stone as yet. We expect to have another public meeting on the project in early/spring 2013 to get even more feedback beyond the three public meetings held last year."
The overall project cost hasn't been set. Coxe has told the Huntersville Board of Commissioners that it could total $513 million.
A one-time taxpayer subsidy of $25 million to $110 million could be required, Moose has said. He said the toll revenues might not be enough to finance the entire project.
Any subsidy would come from DOT funds and wouldn't require legislative approval, said Mitch Abraham, a former Mooresville commissioner and former member of the Lake Norman Regional Transportation Commission.
'A snowball's chance'
The Widen I-77 group has addressed Lake Norman area clubs and organizations in the hopes that enough opposition will force the state to reconsider the project, although Coxe said he gives that prospect "a snowball's chance in global warming."
But the group already has the ears of some Cornelius commissioners.
Commissioner Dave Gilroy said he agrees the state should ditch the idea of toll lanes for I-77.
In a resolution he introduced at the Dec. 3 Cornelius Board of Commissioners meeting, Gilroy said he favors general purpose lanes. The state Department of Transportation pays for such lanes.
"There is no question at all that the crux of the problem is Exit 23 (Huntersville) to Exit 28 (Cornelius) and that simply adding one or two general purpose lanes to this segment would dramatically reduce the agony faced by today's commuters," Gilroy said in his resolution, which has yet to come to a vote. "Two general purpose lanes is the ideal solution, period. We need local government, both municipal boards and transportation-focused agencies, to drive toward the best answer and pursue funding aggressively and creatively, rather than simply 'sleep-walking' toward tolls."
Cornelius commissioner John Bradford said he also supports general purpose lanes. "I absolutely prefer General Purpose lanes over toll lanes," Bradford said in an email to the Observer on Thursday. "I just want to ensure all viable options for GP lanes are legitimately explored in lieu of the toll lanes. That said, though, I will support either type of expanded lanes over no lane expansion whatsoever."
Hare, a fellow commissioner, said he questions claims the state can't afford to build more general purpose lanes. Lake area population growth over the past two decades "has provided millions in taxes to the federal and state governments, those entities charged with providing roads," Hare said.
"Gasoline taxes are higher than neighboring states, we have a high personal income tax in North Carolina and pay personal property taxes on vehicles, but we still somehow have a shortfall in funds available to pay for needed infrastructure, like the widening of I-77."


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Stop Selling Yourself Short When Applying for College
Find your inner voice and use it to tell colleges what they need to know about you.
Selling yourself to a college is easy. You just have to convince the admissions committee that you're one in 2 million. That's roughly the number of applicants that four-year schools will be sifting through this year. So let go of the notion that the fat envelope would already be in the mail if you could just crack the admissions code. "It would be a lot easier if there was a magic formula," says David duKor-Jackson, associate dean of admissions at Bucknell University, "but there isn't." There's no magic essay topic, either. Says Annalee Nissenholtz, an independent college counselor in St. Louis: "If I hear about one more kid who's saving the poor ... ! The first kid or two who did it—they were really interesting, and then everyone heard that must be the trick. There really is no trick. It's digging deep and trying to figure out what makes you interesting."
That's good news. Instead of trying to decipher what they want, your task is to tell your story—to convey, in today's college app watchwords, a sense of your passion and commitment. Colleges are trying to understand something: "Who is this person, and why would we want him or her to join this community?" says Jennifer Delahunty, dean of admissions and financial aid at Kenyon College. Use each part of the process to accentuate your positives and show how you will contribute to the greater good. "We no longer are just looking to pick up students," says Jed Liston, assistant vice president of enrollment services at the University of Montana-Missoula. "We're looking for citizens."
Making the grade. The first thing colleges look at is your high school transcript. "If you're not in the ballpark, extracurriculars aren't going to get you in," says Jim Jump, academic dean and director of guidance at St. Christopher's School in Richmond, Va.—"unless you've won the Nobel Prize or have your own sitcom." But beyond the A's, B's, and C's, admissions staffs like to see academic risk takers. "Students ask us, 'Is it better to get an A in a regular class or a B in an AP class?' " says Keith Gramling, director of undergraduate admissions at Loyola University New Orleans. "Well, it's better to get an A in an AP class. But we are looking for students who have challenged themselves."
Still, piling on classes to impress your dream college can backfire. "Oftentimes I find myself trying to talk students off the AP ledge," says Rick Bischoff, director of admissions at California Institute of Technology. "I see students who are doing all they can to keep up with the work and don't have time to keep up with the learning. We're not counting APs. Has this student taken a rigorous curriculum? Has it prepared them? ... It's that engagement that's central." Adds Stephen Farmer, associate provost and director of undergraduate admissions of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: "What we want for students is the feeling that they're looking for the next great thing they need to know. We like to see a sense of joy and curiosity."
Express yourself. If the goal is helping colleges picture who you are, the essay, as one longtime admissions officer says, is "the peek through the curtain." Applicants often assume that the peek should reveal not a subtle landscape but a dramatic perspective. "Students feel, 'I need to find that exotic thing that sells,' " says Tony Cabasco, dean of admission and financial aid at Whitman College. In truth, he says, what you write about "doesn't have to be a week in Africa. It can be you were a clerk at Safeway for the summer and that changed the way you view race relations or the environment." Adds Ted O'Neill, the former dean of admissions at the University of Chicago, "Turning points in their lives are kind of premature for kids of this age." Delahunty's idea of a "truly exceptional essay" at Kenyon: one in which "a student travels in a few swift paragraphs from one perspective to another and has seen the deeper meaning, learned the lesson, or found the humor."
"We're looking for a thoughtful, earnest presentation that shows complicated interests and thinking," says O'Neill. This can be achieved in stories reflecting on life's smaller slices—why you like helping your dad fix up old cars on the weekend, being the only boy in a family of seven girls, why you like to write birthday limericks. Liston at Montana-Missoula recalls reading one student's answer to the question "What was the most significant invention of all time?" It was "a very elegant essay on the spork," he says. "You left saying, 'That was quirky, that was funny, but that was well thought out.' "

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Howzit bru? Let's waai possie and gooi a dop (and other strange South Africanisms)
A truly laduma moment. Photo courtesy colm.mcmullan Officially, South Africa has 11 languages, second only to India, with 22. Many more languages are spoken in the country besides, from Greek to Gujarati and a number of local creoles and pidgins. There are, however, some sayings that are commonly used and understood across our country, despite (or perhaps because of) its polyglot nature. Here's a brief introduction to some South Africanisms adapted from local languages.


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Nov. 13, 2007
Kenneth R. Miller was among those interviewed by PBS' NOVA for a show, "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial," which aired on Tuesday. Miller talked about science and religion and the work of Sir Isaac Newton.
Read a Q&A with Miller or hear his presentation at SMU.
Kenneth R. Miller, author of several science textbooks and a professor of biology at Brown University, will speak at SMU on Thursday, Nov. 15, on the long-accepted definition of science as a tool for testing and understanding what can be observed in the physical world.
The lecture – "Time to Abandon Darwin? What the Collapse of "Intelligent Design" Means for Science & Faith in America" – will be at 5 p.m. in the Ballroom of Hughes-Trigg Student Center. There will be a reception at 4:30 p.m. in Hughes-Trigg. The lecture is free and open to the public,
Miller, who was a lead witness in the 2005 trial on evolution and "Intelligent Design" in Dover, Pa., opposes diffusing the role of science by including religious and supernatural beliefs advocated by the "Intelligent Design" movement. He will advocate that the evolutionary theory fully explains the wonders we see around us every day. He also will discuss the appeal of "Intelligent Design" to peoples' sense of unease about science and technology, and how science and religious faith are not on opposing sides.
A staunch defender of the theory of evolution, and an eloquent explainer of the scientific evidence that supports it, Miller has for 25 years debated creationists and "Intelligent Design" advocates and presented pro-evolution arguments in interviews with outlets such as National Public Radio and The New York Times, as well as essays in Discover, Technology Review and Cell.
"There are a lot of ways to define science but I think the best way is one that I have seen several states adopt for their K - 12 educational programs and that is that science is the human activity of seeking natural explanations for what we see in the natural world," Miller told NOVA for "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial," which aired on PBS on Tuesday, Nov. 13. "What science isn't very good at is answering the questions that also matter to us in a big way, which is the meaning and purpose of things."
"What intelligent design does is it pretends to be in the tradition of Newton," Miller told NOVA. "What intelligent design actually is, to be perfectly honest, is they are in the tradition of the Middle Ages, where they stop investigation by saying we cannot answer this mystery. It is the work of God the designer."
Miller served as the first witness in the Pennsylvania court case filed to prevent the Dover school board from requiring high school biology teachers to read a statement to their students that attacks evolution. Miller also served as a witness in a federal trial in Georgia, where a group of parents were appealing a school districts decision to place stickers on a high school biology textbook, co-authored by Miller, which labeled evolution as a theory rather than a fact. In both cases, the school boards decisions were reversed.
Through state teachers associations and scientific societies, Miller delivers more than 20 major talks each year to public school science teachers across the country on the importance of, and challenges to, science education. Miller has received the Walter H. Annenberg Distinguished Professor of the Year Award given by Brown University, the Presidents Citation Award given by the American Institute for Biological Sciences, and the Public Service Award given by the American Society for Cell Biology.
After graduating from Brown with a biology degree, Miller earned his doctorate at the University of Colorado and went on to teach at Harvard University. In 1980, he returned to Brown, where he teaches Bio 20, an introductory undergraduate biology course. The course which includes readings from Walt Whitman and James Watson is one of the most popular on campus.
Miller is also the author of three biology textbooks for high school and college students. Together, the textbooks have sold nearly 4 million copies and are used in every U.S. state. His popular book, Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground between God and Evolution, addresses the scientific status of evolutionary theory and its relationship to religious views of nature.
Thursday's lecture is sponsored by SMU's departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Anthropology, Geological Sciences, and Physics; the Institute for the Study of Earth and Man; the dean of Dedman College, University Chaplain William M. Finnin Jr.; Women in Science and Engineering; the Minority Association of Pre-Health Students; the Chemistry Society; and the Society of Physics Students.
For more information, please contact Pia Vogel of SMU's Department of Biological Sciences at 214-768-1790 or firstname.lastname@example.com
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NORMAN — Dorothy Finch, 95, of Norman, died Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, at the Noble Health Care Center. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at the Wilson-Little chapel. Arrangements are by Wilson-Little Funeral Home.
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RALEIGH — Police on Tuesday charged 33-year-old Calvin Delonta Watson with cocaine trafficking and manufacturing crack cocaine in a Raleigh Housing Authority home.
Police also charged Watson, with possession of a stolen Ruger handgun and possession by a felon because of a 2006 cocaine-trafficking conviction, maintaining the apartment and a 2004 BMW X5 as places to keep and sell drugs, and misdemeanor marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Watson was arrested at a house at 1014 Harp St. Tuesday afternoon, an arrest report said.
A warrant for his arrest listed that as his address, but he told booking officers that he lives at 820 New Bern Ave. now.
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NORMAN — Norman High was just a few minutes away from victory. The Tigers had slowed the Lions' offense and had made a few big plays, including a backdoor pass for an and-one from Sam Blodgett to Daniel Harper, to retake the lead at 40-36 with four minutes remaining.
58 seconds later, things had changed drastically.
Moore hit a pair of 3- pointers and forced two Tiger turnovers under their own basket, and what had been a four-point NHS lead was suddenly a 44-40 Lions advantage. After that surge, the Tigers could not climb out of the hole, and never got within a possession again in Moore's 53-47 victory.
"That's what our guys can do," Moore coach Aaron Howell said. "Norman tried to slow us down a lot, but we were able to execute our gameplan."
That gameplan involved forcing the tempo and attacking the basket, something that worked very well for the Lions on Tuesday night. Despite being pegged as a jump-shooting team, Moore was able to attempt 25 free throws in the game, and hit 17 of them. NHS, meanwhile, got to the line only 14 times.
That was the biggest difference in a back-and-forth game that saw the lead change hands a number of times before Moore was able to pull away in the fourth quarter.
The Tigers jumped out to an 11-4 advantage behind nine early points from Blodgett and were able to build a 15-6 lead by the end of the first quarter. But then Moore's up-tempo guard play began to dominate the game, and the Lions found cracks in the Tiger defense to penetrate the paint and kick it back out to their three-point shooters.
Sam Blodgett led NHS with 13 points and 11 rebounds to record a double-double.
Dorian Gigger paced Moore with 15 points. Jaylon Wilson added 12 points off the bench.
The Lions kept their win streak alive when it 3-0 over the weekend at the Tahlequah Tournament. They defeated Coweta 71-59 in the championship game Saturday to run its record to 5-1 heading into this week.
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Officials with the Indianapolis Indians have announced the return of the annual Youth Baseball Clinic as well as Boy and Girl Scout overnight campouts for the 2013 season.
Troops, dens, and packs can pack Victory Field for a full night of activities during the Tribe's Boy and Girl Scouts overnight campout events. After a regularly scheduled Indians game that is followed by a fireworks show, campout participants can remain in the ballpark after the game and are treated to popcorn and a movie on the videoboard. Scout groups will also have the opportunity to take to the Tribe's outfield to set up their tents for the evening, with the event being capped off by breakfast on Saturday morning.
Overnight Boy Scout campouts are set for June 7 when the Indians take on the Durham Bulls at 7:15 p.m., and June 28, as the Tribe battles the Rochester Red Wings at 7:15 p.m. The Girl Scout Campout is scheduled for June 21, immediately following the 7:15 p.m. contest between the Tribe and the Charlotte Knights.
Reservations for the Boy and Girl Scout Campouts, which historically sell out, may be made by calling the Victory Field Box Office at 269-3545.
The 2013 Youth Baseball Clinic will also offer fans an exclusive on-field experience as participants will receive one-on-one instruction from the Indianapolis Indians' coaches and players. The clinic, which is set for 5 p.m. June 6, includes several skills stations that will focus on various throwing, fielding, and pitching drills. Youth ages 14 and younger may participate in the event and admission is included with the purchase of a single-game ticket to Thursday night's game between Indianapolis and the Durham Bulls.
Those interested in participating in the 2013 Youth Baseball Clinic are not required to register for the event, and only need to buy a June 6 game ticket and arrive at Victory Field by 5 p.m.
Groups of 25 or more patrons will receive a $3 discount off the ticket price, and those with 100 or more participants will be granted $4 off of game day admission.
To book a group outing for the 2013 Youth Baseball Clinic, fans can call the Victory Field Box Office at 269-3545.


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Captain Phillips
Captain Phillips is a multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. It is - through director Paul Greengrass's distinctive lens - simultaneously a pulse-pounding thriller, and a complex portrait of the myriad effects of globalization. The film focuses on the relationship between the Alabama's commanding officer, Captain Richard Phillips (two time Academy Award®-winner Tom Hanks), and the Somali pirate captain, Muse (Barkhad Abdi), who takes him hostage. Phillips and Muse are set on an unstoppable collision course when Muse and his crew target Phillips' unarmed ship; in the ensuing standoff, 145 miles off the Somali coast, both men will find themselves at the mercy of forces beyond their control.
Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener, Max Martini, Chris Mulkey, John Magaro
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there is an old H/K 730 amp available in my area for 60 bucks. Is it worth buying and re-capping? Does anyone know anything about it or worked on one before?
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there is an old H/K 730 amp available in my area for 60 bucks. Is it worth buying and re-capping? Does anyone know anything about it or worked on one before?
Well - I don't know if it's worth it to you, but I think it's an excellent receiver; it's the big brother of the popular hk430. The hk730 (like the 430) has completely separate power supplies for each channel (two power transformers, too). Rated at 45 wpc; the tuner section will win no awards for its RF performance, but it is a very good sounding tuner - and the amplifier section is very, very good. The weak spot in these is said to be the preamp section, but there are jumpers - I think - on the back panel so that can be rectified if need be :-)
Also - and my tastes may not align with yours, of course! - the design aesthetics of the hk330c, 430, and 730 are among my very favorite - ever. Extremely elegant and timeless looking receiver IMO.
I'd jump all over one in working condition for sixty smackers.
You can download the owners manual from hk:
I don't think I have a handy scan on the hk730, but coametically it is virtually identical to its 25 wpc little brother (the aforementioned hk430) with the addition of one little pushbutton switch on the front panel (display lighting dimmer), if memory serves.
These things sound great powering vintage Polk Audio "Monitor Series" loudspeakers... just sayin'...
(the keen-eyed will notice that the photo shows a different Philips tt than the GA-312 advertised with this particular system)
EDIT: FWIW, here's a not-too-good photo of my rather beat-up hk430 en rack :-)
The amplifier just above and to its right is the hk A402, which is essentially the amplifier section of the hk730 (again, FWIW).
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all the best,
The weak spot in these is said to be the preamp section, but there are jumpers - I think - on the back panel so that can be rectified if need be :-)
i'm not sure what you mean by this. i found a picture of it and can see the jumpers. are you saying that it makes for a lousy sounding pre-amp?
any idea how many caps would have to be replaced? i've never worked on a ampflier/rx before.
Some folks think its preamp's not so hot - I think it's perfectly OK.
all the best,
I have to agree with mhardy above. I own both the 430 and the 730. The 730 does have jumpers so you can bypass the pre as mentioned. But I also, do not find the pre to be problematic and for 40+ watts per channel the HK pounds well above that wattage, well above! Has really weighty bass and does the rest well too.
DEFINITELY worth 60! A steal at that price. Can't help you with the recapping, not my thing. I have a guy who does such work--been in the business over two decades and does not charge an arm and a leg. Actually my 730, I believe, is still original and sounds pretty good.
Have fun!
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I was very impressed by the 730. Very robust sound, full if you will. I never had any reservations about it's sound quality.
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Recapping a piece of ss equipment with PC boards is tedious but easy - it sounds like the OP knows the drill.
FWIW, my three tips (offered strictly 'as-is', YMMV, and all that rot) - don't overheat the solder joints when desoldering (the hk PC traces seem, in my somewhat limited experience, to be more sensitive than average to lifting when over-cooked!), make sure electrolytics are installed with proper polarity (duh!) and don't mess with the tuner section unless it's not working. IMO one will likely do more harm than good futzing with tuned circuitry (i.e., I am chicken to do too much, and I have a half-a-clue as to what's going on in an FM radio).
As a gratuitious aside :-) I've always been sort of amused (and bemused) by my observation that a vacuum-tube, push-pull stereo integrated amplifier might have, say, eight capacitors in it (not counting tone and EQ networks), and an equivalent, solid state amp probably has about seventy-three of 'em! :-P
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all the best,
so i got e hk 730 for nothing. the preamp section is toast but the power amplifier section works as i have my audioengine d1 connected directly to the amp in section and it is working. does anyone know how to star tshooting the preamp section of this amp?
okay. the amp works. all of it. feeling guilty. just really dirty. and most of the fuse lamps are burnt out too.
the big question i have now is not how to a ts hoot the pre-amp section ( thankfully) but how clean pots without removing them. waaayy too much work if not necessary.
CAIG DeOxit is very fluid (low viscosity and good wetting properties, too); IMO, virtually all controls will "take" some DeOxit if it is gently squirted into some gap in the control housing. E.g., there's usually a gap on a pot between the metal shield and the phenolic insulator that sticks out and holds the contacts to which the pot's wires are soldered. A gentle flow (just barely depress the can's sprayer, so the product just kind of "oozes") will wick down through that gap and at least a bit of it will wick down to the pot itself. I prefer several rounds of treatment with small-ish portions of cleaner, rather than flooding the pot and/or its surroundings. Work each pot and switch liberally and repeat the cleaning as needed.
The 730 is a very, very nice piece of hardware by vintage or (yes) even modern standards.
Well worth a little sweat equity; especially for a freebie. If you dig around teh webs a bit, you should be able to find the service manual for it - which might come in handy if a more substantial tear-down ends up being necessary.
all the best,
thanks. so far it sounds nice with headphones. after some more work i can't wait to connect them to some decent sounding speakers. looking forward to the project.
i don't suppose there is a good cleaner for this case of this old h/k. looks like something was spilled on the side and it sort of hardened on there.
its metal covered with some kind of plastic stick on stuff.
I like windex. If you go to stronger things, you might attack that weird laminated stuff on the hk case... you could try GooGone... but start somewhere inconspicuous :-)
all the best,
so i've been listening to it mostly through headphones with pre-amp bypassed and...not bad. full sounding is right! bassy but not overdone. good clarity and that is with stock components! i don't think i would have spent more than 60 bucks due to how much money and time re-capping this sucker will take. maybe tomorrow i'll start doing an inventory of how many caps i need to buy.
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NORMAN — The free Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners held in Norman and Oklahoma City don't happen without our neighbors stepping forward with donations and volunteer time.
Thursday's community dinner will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Norman High School, 911 W. Main. Sponsors are Food and Shelter Inc., the United Way of Norman, City of Norman, Salvation Army and Community Action of Central Oklahoma.
Volunteers are still needed. Donations can be sent to Food and Shelter Inc., Box 5537, Norman, 73070. More information is available by calling 360-4954, extension 103.
On Christmas Day, the 26th annual Norman Free Community Dinner, will be held at the high school cafeteria from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Last year, Bob Magarian and his loyal crew served nearly 2,000 meals.
In Oklahoma City, the annual Red Andrews Christmas Dinner was temporarily shelved for lack of donations. The hat was quickly passed and the dinner's back on.
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Last night the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences hosted its annual discussion with the filmmakers of the Oscar nominated animated short films. Incredibles and Ratatouille director Brad Bird hosted the event, which spotlighted shorts Dimanche (Sunday), The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, Pixar's La Luna, A Morning Stroll, and Wild Life. Clips from all the shorts were presented, followed by an extensive conversation between Bird and the filmmakers. Watch the entire panel after the jump! [Read more...]
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Rare Riojas up for auction at Bonhams
- Monday 26 November 2012
Marques de Murrieta Castillo Ygay 1925, Marqués de Riscal 1946, 1950, 1964 and 1982, Viña Tondonia 1961, 1964 and 1970 form part of the Fine and Rare wine sale on 6 December.
A case of Castillo Ygay Reserva Especial 1925 is expected to fetch £3,000–£3,600, while lots of Ribera del Duero's Vega Sicilia dating back to the 1950s have estimates of £500-£600 per three bottles.
Also in the sale are 22 cases of Lebanon's Chateau Musar, dating back to 1979 and expected to fetch around £300 per case.
Fine Italian wines are well represented, with Sassicaia, Masseto, Brunello di Montalcino from Argiano and Biondi-Santi, Barolo and Barbaresco from Ceretto, Gaja and Elio Grasso.
The top lots of Sassicaia are three cases of the 1997 vintage, expected to fetch £1,400-£1,600.
Burgundy lots come from domaines such as Chevillon, Dujac, Fourrier with the top lot in the sale a case of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 1988, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, estimated at £70,000-£90,000.
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I've been on a spree of reading books by Maggie Stiefvater of late. In her Books of Faerie series, the first book is Lament. Stiefvater introduces us to Deirdre Monaghan, a very gifted musician (she plays the harp), but a girl who is also painfully shy. In preparing to perform at a musical festival, Dee meets Luke Dillon, another gifted musician who is just a little different - in a lot of ways. Right after meeting Luke, strange things start happening to Dee. Not only is she seeing things, but she's finding clover all over. Dee falls hard for Luke, not knowing that her best friend, James Morgan, has really fallen hard for her.
As it turns out, Dee is a cloverhand - a human who has the power to summon faeries and even control them. Luke was sent by the Faerie Queen to find and kill Dee but, instead, he falls in love with her and can't kill her. But when the faeries capture James and Luke both, Dee has to make a decision: just who is she going to save?
Now is a good time for me to say SPOILER ALERT. If you don't want to know what happens in "Lament," stop reading now. Simply go to your nearest library or book seller and pick up the book. Okay . . . for those of you still with me . . . we'll carry on.
Dee has a heavy choice to make - save the life of James, her best friend of nine years who has recently just admitted to her that he's in love with her, or save the life of Luke Dillon, a soulless faerie assassin who was sent to kill her. Luke has actually found and saved James . . . well, "saved" as in made sure that the fae haven't killed him yet. Dee chooses James. She trades Luke's life for James's. When the fae destroy the Queen and "elect" a new Queen to take her place, the new Queen, Eleanor, gives Luke back his soul. (The old Queen had captured Luke's soul and used it to control him and force him to kill for her.) Luke, newly gifted with his soul once again, is allowed to live, but he joins the faeries who are music. Once a year (at the summer Solstice) he can appear and be with Dee. Otherwise, he's invisible in the faerie world and Dee is without him.
Okay, so, somewhat happy ending, yes? Luke has a soul again and he's alive - both good things! And James's life was restored - another good thing! But, let's face it, Dee's still heartbroken. She traded the life of the guy she loves for the life of her best friend. Both are still alive, but she can only have one of them - James - in her life on a day to day basis.
Now we get to book two: Ballad. Whereas "Lament" was told from the perspectives of Luke and Dee, "Ballad" is told from the points of view of James and Nuala, a muse. Nuala can only live by taking years from her marks. In exchange, she grants them inspiration . . . and also maybe possibly drives them mad. Nuala has chosen James - a very talented and gifted piper (as in bagpipes) - as her next mark. He will be the last before she burns. She only lives for 16 years and then, on Halloween, must throw herself into a bonfire and burn alive. She is then "reborn," sans any memory of her previous lives or marks.
James is still recovering from the accident caused by the faeries in "Lament" and is still smarting from being rejected (as a love interest) by Dee. Both he and Dee have enrolled at Thornking-Ash school - a high school for musically gifted kids. And it's pretty clear right from the first day that things are not quite normal. As a cloverhand, Dee has drawn the faerie realm to Thornking-Ash and they are all gathering there for Halloween. Estranged from her best friend and separated from the guy she loves, Dee is quickly spiraling down . . . but James doesn't really seem to notice. He's licking his own wounds and nursing his own ego . . . oh, and falling in love with Nuala, too.
Again, I'm calling SPOILER ALERT. I'll be releaving more of what happens in "Ballad" and surely will not be offended if you stop reading now.
So then, this time it's Dee that the faerie have captured and James is the one who must save her. The new Queen, Eleanor, plans to cut out Dee's heart and insert it into the heard of Karre, her consort, to create a new King of the Faerie. Unfortunately for James, all this is going down at exactly the same time that Nuala is burning and he has promised to stay, watch her burn and repeat her name seven times uninterrupted so that she can be reborn a human.
Now, I understand. I get it. He's in lust with Nuala and desires her. He's been hurt by Dee and feels resentful towards him. But when James reluctantly leaves Nuala in order to save Dee from having her heart cut out, I can't say that I support his acting like a petulant child. I kind of wanted to smack him upside the head and say, "Um, hey, remember a few months back when Dee, you know, your best friend of nine years, gave up the guy she loved so that you could live? Maybe now's a good time to repay that favor without saying the words, 'you owe me and you know you owe me.'" I'm just saying! So, yeah, yeah, Dee is saved, Nuala's reborn and James is "doing all he can" to help Dee recover from the trauma and events that she's just been through. But I can't help feeling upset with James and his behavior - it just feels to me like he pushed his best friend aside because she couldn't love him back the way he wanted to be loved. A friendship that long-lasting and close shouldn't just be dropped - not even for romance. But, hey, maybe that's just me.
Regardless, I'm totally looking forward to the next book in the series; Requiem is scheduled for release in 2013.


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Bus driver charged in Passaic man's death pleads not guilty
A 65-year-old New Jersey Transit bus driver pleaded not guilty at her arraignment this morning in state court to a vehicular homicide charge after she allegedly struck and killed a man in Passaic while driving recklessly.
Passaic resident Catherine Collier entered the not-guilty plea to one count of second-degree vehicular homicide, as well as to motor-vehicle warrants issued from Passaic Municipal Court for reckless driving, failure to observe a traffic signal and failure to yield to a pedestrian at a crosswalk. State Superior Court Judge Marilyn C. Clark referred the matter to a grand jury for further action.
Collier, who is free on $50,000 bail, faces up to 10 years in state prison if convicted. She would have to serve 85 percent of that term before becoming eligible for parole.
She was arrested Thursday following an investigation into the incident by the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office. She has been relieved of her duties as a bus driver with NJ Transit since her arrest, though attorneys could not immediately confirm whether she has been suspended, reassigned or terminated.
Authorities say she was driving the route 74U passenger bus in Passaic at 6:30 a.m. on Sept 27 when Joseph Currier, a 49-year-old Passaic resident, exited the bus near the intersection of Main and Brook avenues. Currier then entered the crosswalk to cross Main Avenue when he was struck by Collier's bus, authorities say.
A passenger on the bus recalls Collier accelerating as the traffic signal turned from yellow to red and running the red light, investigators said. The passenger also saw the victim's face hit the windshield as Collier proceeded through the intersection, traveling an additional 40-50 yards beyond the impact before she stopped, authorities said. Passengers on the bus and a man banging on the outside of the bus shouted for her to stop, authorities said.
A motorist who was waiting at the intersection on Brook Avenue to make a left hand turn onto Main Avenue, was unable to make the turn when her light turned green because Collier's bus entered the intersection, according to police. Although she did not witness the impact, she did see the victim underneath the bus, and called 911.
Several relatives present in the courtroom this mornting both for the victim and for the defendant declined comment.
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Mark Pershing Lemons, age 95, retired machinist and WW ll Veteran, joined his Heavenly Father on October 15, 2013. In death, he follows his wife, Naomi, who he married December 27, 1941 and with whom he shared 66 years of loving marriage.
Mark was born to Sarah and John English Lemons in Oktaha, OK on September 13, 1918. He grew up and was educated in Oktaha and at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, OK. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in the Rome-Arno Campaign in Italy during the European Theater of WW ll . Mark was proudly part of the forces resupplying fuel for General Patton's brigade during his relief effort of troops involved in the Battle of the Bulge. He was a life-time employee of H.B. Egan Mfg. Co., where he worked as a machinist and tool and die maker in Muskogee. Mark and his wife were members of the First United Methodist Church in Muskogee for 60 years. He enjoyed his family, bowling, oil painting, gardening and building birdhouses for his family.
He will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by a family who loved and appreciated his kindness and quick smile. Mark was preceded in death by his parents John and Sarah Pearle Lemons; four brothers, Hubert Lemons, George Lemons, Herman Lemons and Paul Lemons; three sisters, Pricilla Collier, Sybil Barnes, and Naomi O. Lemons. Mark is survived by three daughters and one son, Jean Ann Allen and husband, Bill, of Coweta, Linda Gilliam and husband, Ronnie of Ft. Gibson, Peggy Boothe and husband, Perry of Morrilton, AR and Mark Lemons, Jr., and wife, Dee, of Denton, Texas; grandchildren, Sandy Massey, Mike Phillips, Samantha French, Leslie Spicer, Greg Phillips, Mark Lemons, lll, Benton Lemons; and thirteen-great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Gravesides services will be at 10:30 Friday, October 18, at Memorial Park Cemetery Mausoleum, in Muskogee, OK, under the direction of Wright Funeral Home, Coweta OK., and officiated by Danny Gandara, Pastor of First Baptist Church of Fort Gibson, OK. Contributions to the American Cancer Society will be appreciated.


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Are you shocked that local law enforcement officers can arrest 80 or 100 people in a single roundup of drug peddlers and users?
Don't let the news and the large amount of faces staring back at you in the paper burst your bubble about the goodness of Cullman County. Every county across the state and nation has its share of drug problems, and there's no indication that the drug culture is scaling back.
The legalization of marijuana in several states is alarming to many Americans, celebrated by others, and may well be an issue faced by every state in the not-so-distant-future. While legalized marijuana creates a great deal of concern, the drugs that are illegal, and those that are legal but misused, raise even greater worries.
Methamphetamine stands as the largest wart in many communities, and Cullman County is no exception. The drug's highly addictive and destructive qualities ruins countless lives day by day across otherwise pleasant communities.
The glimmer of hope showing in Cullman County is that the aggressive approach of local law enforcement officials is apparently making a dent in the meth problem. The primary indicator that something good is happening rests in the fact that the number of complaints received by local authorities is decreasing. This news comes after hundreds of arrests of residents who have been manufacturing the vile drug, as well as many users.
The arrests give the community and the abusers a chance for a better day. The options of incarceration and the county judicial system's drug court program make enforcement meaningful in Cullman County.
After careful evaluation, some of those accused of dabbling in the meth trade can go through the carefully monitored drug court program and come out with a new lease on life. Others receive jail time. Both approaches can be effective, which means Cullman County has an opportunity to seriously curb the drug trade.
While the news that so many people are involved with meth and other drugs is unpleasant, the fact that law enforcement is aggressively acting on tips from law-abiding citizens and making arrests should be appreciated by everyone who values their community.


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RB Matt Forté — One of the few bright spots for the Bears Sunday, Forté led the team in rushing and receiving for the second week in a row. Forté, who is seeking a contract extension, accounted for more than two-thirds of Chicago's total yards vs. the Saints, and he probably should have had more than the 20 touches the Bears gave him, although he had an effective carry on only one of his 10 rushes — 42 of his 49 rushing yards came on one carry.
PK Robbie Gould and P Adam Podlesh — The Bears' specialists have been very solid through two games. Gould actually has been perfect on field goals, making all five of his attempts, including two Sunday, and he's keeping kickoff returners at bay for the most part. Seven of his 10 kickoffs have resulted in touchbacks and the average return against him is only 19 yards. Only one punter has made more punts than Podlesh, who had eight of them on Sunday, and the average return against Podlesh is only 2.2 yards.
WR Dane Sanzenbacher — Sanzenbacher had one of the few highlights for the Bears Sunday, scoring the team's lone touchdown. He dropped a pass on third down that would have given the Bears a first down in the third quarter, so it was far from a flawless performance, but the Bears are giving him a lot of playing time and he was a long shot to even make the team as an undrafted free agent. Sanzenbacher was actually targeted one more time (seven) than Johnny Knox was (six) vs. New Orleans. Through two weeks, Sanzenbacker has as many catches as Devin Hester and Roy Williams (four).
Offensive line — Aside from one long Forté run, the front five failed to clear holes and it was overmatched against the Saints' blitz-heavy defense. New Orleans' swarming pass rushers sacked Jay Cutler six times and they were credited with 10 hits on him, although it seemed like even more, and the Bears may have lost first-round pick ORT Gabe Carimi for the forseeable future. He left the game in the second quarter, did not return and reports indicate he suffered a dislocated right kneecap. It's a concern for a team that had to play with a completely different right side of the O-line than it opened the season with one week ago. ORG Lance Louis suffered an ankle sprain in the second quarter of Week One and hasn't returned. Chris Spencer and Frank Omiyale could start at the ORG and ORT spots, respectively, vs. Green Bay.
Offensive coordinator Mike Martz — Things started off pretty well for Martz and the offense, but he completely abandoned a fundamental principle for this team — keeping a balance between the pass and run — after the first quarter. Forté had three carries in the final three quarters and the Bears had two rushing attempts — one carry to Forté and one to RB Kahlil Bell — in the second half. It's true that the running game was sputtering for the most part, but throwing over and over again played right into the Saints' hands. The game was still close in the second and third quarters, so there no need to become one-dimensional. With no threat of a running game, New Orleans teed off on Cutler. The Bears need to block better, but Martz can't get pass-happy. This team isn't built for that.
DT Henry Melton — After his outstanding performance in Week One, Melton vanished against the Saints. He literally disappeared from the stat sheet and wasn't credited with so much as a tackle or a hit on Drew Brees after racking up two sacks and seven QB hits vs. the Falcons. It was a bad day for the defensive line as a whole, but Melton was particularly quiet against a very good Saints interior O-line.


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Two Puyallup men suspected of burglarizing approximately 100 residences from King County to Thurston County were arrested on Sunday, Jan. 27 after they broke into a Mercer Island home and thought they had made a clean getaway, according to a Mercer Island Police news release.
Detectives working on a regional investigation team from Bellevue, Mercer Island and several other agencies arrested the men at 5:10 p.m. (A Mercer Island Police report credits Bellevue Police with the actual arrest).
The two men, ages 20 and 24, had completed a burglary on Mercer Island in the Mercer Island Estates neighborhood. The burglars had broken into a home on the 7600 block of 85th Place SE at 2:45 p.m., within two hours of their arrest, taking jewelry and silver items. They entered the home by smashing a second story sliding door with a brick, which has been a common mode of entry, according to Mercer Island Police.
The team has been investigating this particular group for several weeks and is in the process of tying them to 100 or more burglaries in the area.
Mercer Island Police Cmdr. Leslie Burns said the burglaries are scattered across at least six different jurisdictions.
Mercer Island Police say they believe two men arrested on Sunday are responsible for over 20 burglaries on Mercer Island alone.
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