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Elliotte Friedman's update on the current state of affairs - sounds like a long way to go if and when a deal is to be made.
Dallas Stars prospect Cristopher Nihlstorp has been lights out over the past few weeks and seems to have unseated Jack Campbell for the startging gig with the Texas Stars.
Nihlstorp could play his way into a backup role behind Kari Lehtonen in the near future (Richard Bachman currently holds the position).
He stopped 24 of 25 shots against the Admirals last night, and has won six of his last eight starts. In his last nine appearances, he has a stellar .933 save % to go along with a 1.84 GAA.
Cody Eakin leads Texas in scoring with 13 points in 20 games - the team has struggled a bit out of the gate, but they are playing much better of late.
Here is a good piece on Josh Harding from Sportsnet.
I am curious to see what comes out of Edmonton regarding Ryan Nugent-Hopkins' shoulder. They wouldn't have brought him in to Edmonton if it was nothing. I have a hunch it is more serious than they are letting on.
Alternatively, this could be there way of delaying his World Junior decision to see what transpires at the NHL meetings this week. If the NHL resumes in late January, the Oilers won't want their top line center playing in Ufa, Russia along with the rest of team Canada.
Speaking of shoulders, Derek Roy is right on track for a return in a few weeks. He is going to begin practicing with the AHL's Texas Stars very soon. I am curious to see how he does – he hasn't been fully healthy in almost two years (he played with the shoulder issue last year, and didn't have his usual speed after tearing a quad muscle the season before).
"I think it depends on his four days of practice there. I think he's getting real close," said Nieuwendyk. "We've been skating with him in Frisco and he's partaking a little bit in our alumni skates. He's getting stronger every day."
Is Malcolm Subban Canada's next great goaltender?
You have to go back to probably 2007 and Carey Price as the last true #1 goalie who went the distance for Canada. Everyone remembers the tournament he put on, especially in defeating the USA in a shootout en route to a gold medal and tournament MVP honours.
Subban has certainly made a good case to assume that role going into the selection camp. He was the best goalie in the summer Canada-Russia Challenge, winning all of his starts and was also impressive in his play in the recent Subway Super Series.
Claude Giroux remains in North America, but he is doing well recovering from a neck injury. He has recently returned to the gym and started skating lightly, too. I'm not really sure if the injury is that serious, or if Giroux/Flyers are being extra cautious because of the concussion he suffered last season.
Portland Winterhawks rookie Oliver Bjorkstrand has made a quick adjustment to the WHL.
A 5-foot-10.5, 167-pound right wing, Bjorkstrand leads all first-year Western Hockey League players with 14 goals, and is tied for the top spot in points with 27. His four power-play goals are tied for second on the Winterhawks, and he has a plus-20 rating in 28 games.
It always impresses me when 16 and 17-year-old kids make such a quick adjustment to not only a new league, but a new country and culture after coming over from Europe. Really speaks volumes to their maturity.
Minnesota Wild prospect Mikael Granlund is ready to return to the Houston Aeros lineup after missing 12 games with an ankle injury. The Aeros next game is on Friday night.
My latest fitness posts:
Five Ways to Burn Fat at the Gym
And some thoughts on Gluten-Free Diets
Looking for Christmas present ideas? Here is a comprehensive list of the best hockey books out there. My favorite hockey book is 'Tropic of Hockey.'
This book, better than any other I have read, shows why the sport of hockey has captivated so many people. Fans fall in love with the game without knowing the slightest rule or fact about it, and players all around the world (literally everywhere) are united by one thing – their love of a fresh sheet of ice, a puck, and a stick.
It is going to be really interesting to re-do projections for players if we do indeed end up with a 40-60 game season. Who does this favor? Do players who have been resting/working out have the edge because they are less fatigued, or will their rust be noticeable for a lengthy period of time?
Congrats (again) to Bowlercoaster, who captured his second straight DobberHockey contest with a fantastic poem submissionn. Here is what he wrote on "the greatest goaltender of all time."
Canada's Bogeyman
Drafted very late, as legends often are,
Chicago had no clue, they had a future star.
Maybe that is why, they traded him away,
For one Stephan Beauregard, and one Eric Daze.
He quickly became the starter, replacing coked out Fuhr.
It was obvious to all, a franchise goalie was here.
Up front there was Peca, Lafontaine and the nameless rest;
But in goal is where the Sabres shone, it's where they had the best.
Ted Nolan came in to coach the team, he won at the awards show,
But the goalie couldn't stand him, so Nolan had to go.
In ninety-nine the Sabres went deep, so close to the cup.
But cheating Hull scored in the crease and the window to win was shut.
Tired of doing everything, all on his own,
The goalie went to Detroit, and made it his home.
Stevie Y and Nick Lidstrom, truly an all star team!
Assembled with a budget Darcy Regier would never see.
Finally the cup was his, carried over his head,
Later he'd steal Cujo's job, and his career would soon be dead.
Six Vezinas and two Harts, just some window dressing,
The reason he is the best can be a bit depressing.
The year was ninety-eight, NHLers in Nagano,
Team Canada the favourite, all ready to go.
Staying up to watch the game, who could possibly sleep?
Hasek is our bogeyman, he made the nation (and Wayne) weep.


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Get ready for spring with these 3 apps for gardening
Even if it's still cold out, it's almost time to start planning a spring garden. Whether you have a full backyard garden you eat from all summer or just a few tomatoes and herbs on the porch, these apps will have you make the most of your garden
Garden Tracker
This app can take gardeners from seeds to final harvests for years.
The app has options ranging from "Mini farm" to "window box" and lets users select their initial plantings by selecting and placing squares. Throughout the growing season, the app lets users schedule different treatments, like fertilizing and harvesting, for the different squares. The app also tracks yields for different crops, creating a record of which varieties and methods were and were not successful.
The app is available for $2.99 in Apple and Android stores.
Garden Plate
If you spend spring and summer working in the garden, you'll need some new recipes for all that produce.
Use Garden Place to browse vegetarian, vegan, raw or gluten-free ways to bring more vegetables into your meals.
After selecting a recipe, the app provides shopping lists for the garden or the grocery store.
The app's basic version is available for free in the Apple store.
Tomato Match
Instead of just buying whatever tomato seedlings are available at the green house, use Tomato Match to find the perfect plant.
The app, run by a database of 99 tomatoes, lets users select what they'd like in a tomato -- acidic or sweet, hybrid or heirloom -- and Tomato Match recommends varieties.
Tomato Match is available for free in the Apple store.
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For Android users without a green thumb, there is Christmas MyRose.
The $1 app allows users to grow a virtual plant in 15 days.
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Smartphone kill switches are coming
Smartphones need kill switches. It's a relatively easy solution to the pricey (and irritating) problem of smartphone theft. But who would have thought that the big carriers would team up with Apple, Google, Microsoft, Nokia, Samsung and lots of other manufacturers to voluntarily begin adding the technology by July 2015? The cooperative spirit! It makes so much sense!
Why do wolves howl?
Of all the myths that dog the wolf, none is more widely accepted than the idea that wolves howl at the moon. Images of wolves with their heads upturned, singing at the night sky, are as unquestioned as a goldfish's three-second memory or a dog's color-blindness (both also myths).
Biggest student loan profits come from grad students
This week, the Congressional Budget Office projected that the federal government would earn roughly $127 billion from student lending during the next 10 years.
Pennsylvania won't take action following Ohio ruling on quakes, fracking
Pennsylvania officials plan no action despite new Ohio rules on drilling that affect a seismically active area near the state line.
VIDEO: Boston bomb scare defendant appears in court
The man accused of carrying a backpack containing a rice cooker near the Boston Marathon finish line on the anniversary of the bombings was arraigned Wednesday. He's being held on $100,000 bail.
Consumer spending on health care jumps as Affordable Care Act takes hold
Nancy Beigel has known since September that she would need hernia surgery. She couldn't afford it on her $11,000 yearly income until she became eligible for Medicaid in January through President Barack Obama's signature health care law.
The case for separate beds
The other night I slept on a twin bed in the guest room of the house I share with my husband and our two kids.
It was the best night's sleep I've had in years.
Raw oysters spike U.S. rise in bacterial infections, CDC reports
Raw oysters, so good with hot sauce, increasingly can carry something even more unsettling to the stomach: A bacteria linked to vomiting, diarrhea and pain.
To sleep well, you may need to adjust what you eat and when
Sleep. Oh, to sleep. A good night's sleep is often a struggle for more than half of American adults. And for occasional insomnia, there are good reasons to avoid using medications, whether over-the-counter or prescription.
Doctors to rate cost effectiveness of expensive cancer drugs
The world's largest organization of cancer doctors plans to rate the cost effectiveness of expensive oncology drugs, and will urge physicians to use the ratings to discuss the costs with their patients.
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Hi All,
First of all I am so glad I found this forum. As a new homeowner every single issue that comes up seems to impose a challenge.
I just noticed that the anti-siphon valve on my front yard that is surrounded by a tree and brushes leaking. I took the cap off to find out it is a rain jet RASV-100. Can some one help me find out what would work as a replacement part and how I can get two.
Thanks very much in advance,
Any suggestions at all? I've been searching internet with no luck.
Post a photograph(s) of the valve, and you will get an answer.
These should not be too difficult to locate. Have you looked in the irrigation departments of hardware stores? Are there not irrigation supply companies in your area? May not find the same brand, but anti siphon faucets are pretty common.
I will post a picture as soon as I get home. I've been to Lowes and they have rain bird caps but I didn't find it compatible.
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Jordan Henderson completed his meteoric rise from Sunderland benchwarmer to £16 million Liverpool midfielder when Kenny Dalglish paid top dollar to lure him away from Wearside in June 2011. Just two years earlier, Henderson had been recuperating after a broken metatarsal cut short a loan spell at Championship side Coventry, but after battling back from injury and breaking into the Sunderland first-team, the midfielder's reputation began to grow.
He became a regular fixture for the Wearsiders from November 2009 onwards and an impressive display in a 4-3 defeat to Manchester City - in which he scored one and created another - underlined his status as a potential star of the future. He continued to develop and emerged as Sunderland's best player in the 2010-11 season, pulling the strings and creating goals aplenty for his team-mates. Reports of interest from Manchester United and Liverpool soon arrived and it was the Merseysiders who eventually followed it through at the end of the campaign.
At international level, Henderson had scored six goals in six games for England before this summer's European Under-21 Championship, proving prolific for the Young Lions, though he has struggled to find the net with any regularity at club level. A debut for Fabio Capello's senior side came against France in November as a reward for his consistent showings for Sunderland.
Strengths: Excellent delivery from set-pieces and in open play and a fantastic football brain; he is equally as dangerous when advancing with the ball at his feet
Weaknesses: As yet unproven at the highest level and Kenny Dalglish will also be hoping the midfielder can add more goals to his game; four strikes in 71 Premier League games for Sunderland was not a great return.
Career high: Winning his first full England cap against France at Wembley.
Career low: With the media spotlight on him, Henderson failed to produce any performances of note at the European Under-21 Championship as England crashed out at the group stage.
Style: A playmaker whose ability to create goals for others has made him a real creative asset.
Quotes: "Jordan is very mature for his age. He is respectful and his principles and everything else on and off the pitch are exemplary. Not only is he a talented footballer, he's a really good person as well. He loves his football and he is very appreciative of what Sunderland have done for him." Kenny Dalglish, June 2011.
Trivia: Henderson was responsible for creating 82 goalscoring opportunities for his team-mates in 2010-11 - 39 more than any of his team-mates and the fourth best total in the Premier League.


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Taste Testing at Skinny Bob's
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
Wow, Friday came fast this week! It probably had a lot to do with the three day Memorial Day weekend we all enjoyed. Who's complaining about a short "work" week though…not us and hopefully not you either!
So check it out, tonight at 6:30 PM (just less than 4-hours away) we'll be hanging with the good folks at Skinny Bob's Billiards in Round Rock for a taste testing of our three most popular brews: the Yellow Armadillo Wheat, the Thirsty Goat Amber, & the Buckethead IPA!
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The City of Phoenix regularly updates its Water Resources Plan. These regular updates ensure that optimal water supplies and infrastructure are available to meet current and future demands -- in normal as well as drought conditions.
The 2011 Water Resources Plan shows that, for most foreseeable scenarios, Phoenix has sufficient water supplies for the next 50 years and beyond. These supplies will likely be stretched even further, through planned conservation and infrastructure enhancements.
As a thriving desert city, Phoenix has long faced the challenges of rapid growth and a dry climate. Effective supply management, a well-diversified portfolio, and significant conservation achievements over the years have enabled Phoenix residents to enjoy a lifestyle abundant with high-quality water for drinking and other important uses.
Even with the significant growth and dry periods Phoenix has experienced in recent decades, the City has not had to restrict your water usage due to supply shortages, and it doesn't expect to do so any time soon. The City is prepared for the future and remains dedicated to delivering the water needed to meet your demand.
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Partnering with the IRS, Farm Bureau, UT Extension Services, the Tennessee Department of Revenue, the Upper Cumberland Chapter of the TSCPA, the statewide TSCPA organization, and others, the department is currently planning the following CE events for 2013-2014
8/19/2013 (8 hours of CE) 8:15 AM – 5:00 PM. Tennessee Business Tax Seminar presented by TDOR (T=8 hrs).
Location/Meals/Refreshments: TTU College of Business Johnson Hall, Room 218. Lunch & snacks provided.
Cost/Registration: $150 if registered by 8/12/2013, $165 thereafter. https://epay.tntech.edu/C20205_ustores/web/store_main.jsp?STOREID=21
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1/7/2014 (2 hours of CE) 1:00 - 3:00 PM. Church/Clergy Tax Seminar presented by Richard Skidmore (T= 2 hrs).
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Obama administration announced a decision to withdraw one million acres of land surrounding the Grand Canyon from new hardrock mining claims, for 20 years. The region is believed to be rich in uranium deposits. Following is a statement from NEI's Senior Vice President for Governmental Affairs, Alex Flint:
"The administration's decision prevents mining for some of the nation's best high-grade uranium deposits. There is no scientifically verified threat to the environment of the Grand Canyon National Park from uranium mining.
"This decision will further increase our dependence on imported sources of energy. Thirty years ago, reactors here used U.S. mined uranium for 100 percent of electricity production.
"The United States has the fourth-largest uranium deposits in the world behind Australia, Canada and Kazakhstan. Our nation's ability to realistically pursue energy independence hinges in part on our ability and willingness to produce uranium supplies domestically."
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Aldon SmithApr 17 09:32p
The San Francisco 49ers do not plan on releasing LB Aldon Smith this offseason. Smith is expected to be suspended at the beginning of the season, but the length [ More ]
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New York Jets RB Chris Johnson (knee) said he expects to receive medical clearance to resume football activities in the near future. He underwent knee surgery in January but [ More ]
Sebastian VollmerApr 17 08:42p
New England Patriots OG Logan Mankins said OT Sebastian Vollmer (leg) has looked good this offseason while he recovers from the broken leg he suffered during the 2013 season.
Chris SneeApr 17 07:32p
New York Giants OG Chris Snee (hip, elbow) is expected to participate when offseason workouts begin next week even though he is not 100 percent.
Rolando McClainApr 17 06:02p
The Baltimore Ravens reinstated LB Rolando McClain from the reserve/retired list Thursday, April 17.
Russell AllenApr 17 05:02p
The Jacksonville Jaguars released LB Russell Allen, WR Jabin Sambrano and DEs Will Pericak and D'Aundre Reed Thursday, April 17.
Chad JohnsonApr 17 02:22p
Free-agent WR Chad Johnson (Patriots) signed with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League Thursday, April 17.
Brian CushingApr 17 01:32p
Houston Texans LB Brian Cushing (knee) was medically cleared Thursday, April 17.
LaMichael JamesApr 17 10:04a
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Mike BrownApr 16 11:33p
Jacksonville Jaguars WR Mike Brown signed his exclusive-rights free agent deal Wednesday, April 16.
Eli ManningApr 16 11:33p
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Sidney RiceApr 16 08:03p
The Seattle Seahawks are re-signing WR Sidney Rice to an undisclosed one-year deal Wednesday, April 16, according to sources.
Dwayne BoweApr 16 07:03p
Kansas City Chiefs WR Dwayne Bowe pleaded guilty Wednesday, April 16, after being arrested last November for marijuana possession. He pleaded guilty to lesser charges of littering and defective [ More ]
Arian FosterApr 16 04:53p
The Houston Texans may consider selecting a running back during the middle rounds of the 2014 NFL Draft that could become RB Arian Foster's backup in the future.
Chris JohnsonApr 16 04:43p
The New York Jets signed RB Chris Johnson to a two-year deal worth $8 million, with another $1 million in incentives available.
Terrelle PryorApr 16 04:33p
The Oakland Raiders hope to trade QB Terrelle Pryor before the start of the offseason program Monday, April 21.
Clay MatthewsApr 16 04:13p
Green Bay Packers LB Clay Matthews (thumb) said he likely will be limited during offseason workouts because of his surgically repaired thumb.
Chris JohnsonApr 16 03:53p
The New York Jets will use RBs Chris Johnson and Chris Ivory as a tandem this upcoming season and have them split carries. RB Bilal Powell will be the team's No. 3 running back.
Dan SkutaApr 16 03:33p
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Gus BradleyApr 16 02:53p
Jacksonville Jaguars general manager Dave Caldwell and head coach Gus Bradley watched Georgia QB Aaron Murray participate in his pro day Wednesday, April 16.
Reggie BushApr 16 02:13p
Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi said RBs Reggie Bush and Joique Bell likely will receive similar workloads this upcoming season than they did during the 2013 season. Bush [ More ]
Cheta OzougwuApr 16 01:53p
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Mike JamesApr 16 12:53p
Tampa Bay Buccaneers RB Mike James (ankle) said he is happy with the progress he has made in his recovery from an ankle injury and that he has been [ More ]
Carson PalmerApr 16 12:43p
Arizona Cardinals QB Carson Palmer said he would understand if the team selects a quarterback during the 2014 NFL Draft, because he knows the team has to think about [ More ]
Josh FreemanApr 16 12:23p
The New York Giants have agreed to terms with free-agent QB Josh Freeman (Vikings). Terms of the contract were not disclosed.
Rolando McClainApr 16 12:13p
Updating previous reports, retired LB Rolando McClain failed his conditioning tests during his workout with the Baltimore Ravens. The test consisted of six timed 150-yard runs.
Golden TateApr 16 10:53a
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Rolando McClainApr 16 12:03a
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Pre-season preparations continued for the Chelsea Under-21 and Under-18 squads this midweek with one playing in Derbyshire and the other hosting Derby.
There was also the chance for Dermot Drummy to work with his players at the FA's new training headquarters near Burton-on-Trent.
'In the last few days the Under-21s played two teams with ex-Chelsea players as manager,' explains Chelsea Academy manager Neil Bath. 'They played Colywn Bay who are managed by Frank Sinclair and Ilkeston who are managed by Kevin Wilson, and it is important we try to support them and have an affiliation with our former players.
'But with one of the clubs in North Wales and one in the Midlands, we decided to spend a few days between the games training at St George's Park.'
The sessions concentrated on individual improvement according to plans worked out between each player and the staff throughout the year. There were some interested spectators too.
'Clubs visiting and supporting the national centre gives an opportunity for the coaches there to see the talent available,' says Bath.
'For instance Noel Blake, the England Under-19 coach, watched Dermot's training session and it was also an opportunity to have some discussions with those coaches.
'The two games the Under-21s played were very well supported by the local communities and the hospitality was first class.'
This week's match against Ilkeston ended in a 5-1 Chelsea win, with the Blues adding to two first-half goals with a third 10 minutes into the second half before the Northern Premier League team pulled one back. The Chelsea fourth came 10 minutes later with the scoring completed with quarter-of-an hour left to play.
'We are performing at a really pleasing level,' reports Under-21 manager Drummy.
'We are playing two teams in each game but the endeavour and style of football is there from the boys, and we are scoring goals.
'It was tough opposition put out by Kevin Wilson and [coach] Darren Caskey and it was a good performance. Lewis Baker (pictured above) scored a wonderful goal with a little lob with the outside of his boot and John Swift who also scored now has five goals in pre-season.
'Overall it has been a really pleasing trip away and boys are conducting themselves very well and working hard.'
In Wednesday afternoon's Under-18 game against Derby at Cobham, Adi Viveash's side won 3-1. The starting line-up was an older one than had played against Stevenage at the weekend with only one schoolboy in the initial 11.
George Cole (pictured below) opened the scoring in Saturday's game and after having an early free-kick saved, with the rebound not quite falling to Dean Conroy, he did so again but this time from the penalty spot. Chike Kandi was fouled and the No.10 slotted the spot-kick into the bottom corner.
Dominic Solanke had a shot saved from a chance made by Charly Musonda before Anjur Osmanovic, another scorer against Stevenage, stroked in a free-kick impressively to make it 2-0 right on half-time.
It was a much-changed and much younger team in the second half and Derby pulled one back from a set piece, but schoolboy Tammy Abraham made it 3-1 with a nicely worked goal. The visitors missed a good chance near the end but it also needed a good save to prevent Kandi adding to the Chelsea total.


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Blasdell >Food & Dining > Ilio Dipaolo's Restaurant
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Best down to earth Italian food – Excellent food.. What more could you expect from a down home style place. comfortable , VERY nice staff. Food Quality is Excellent. The Dipaolo Family makes sure your visit is one you expect. Not many Restaurants where the owner comes to you and asks you how your dining experience was. Why pay higher prices by going to the north town suburbs to the Bistro's/cafes.Where your only treated like a number and paying twice as much for they skimpy Retro -Chef dishes. When I go out to dine I expect a plate of food, not something that looks like a piece of artwork from some Culinary Institute. Want a great meal, at a fair price,,,,,,Head to Ilio Dipaolo's
Food and experience is way over-rated. The house spaghetti sauce is nothing special - quite pedestrian.
Ambience isn't swanky at all, but if you hero-worship Jim Kelly like its 1992, you'll want to go home and redecorate your garage or basement bar after your visit to Ilio DiPaolo's.
Nowhere to go in Blasdell after your meal....except the Thruway on-ramp to go somewhere else.
dependable – been there many times and never disappointed - great Italian dishes with a wide variety menu - the fish fry is very good on Fridays - recommend a reservation as they tend to get busy on weekends - restaurant started by a Buffalo legend and continued by his two sons - worth a visit
Editorial Review – This longtime family-run favorite gives western New Yorkers reliably good, hearty Italian meals in a friendly setting since 1965.
Great Food and Service – Excellent food and Great service!!! They have the best of all types of food appetizers, entrees and a wonderful dessert selection!
ILIO DI PALO'S – I don't usually care to eat out, however, this restaurant is great! It's like eating at home, but you don't have to cook. It is family owned and everyone is friendly, even the owner. The food is delicious. The place is very inexpensive for such a nice restaurant.
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Gators jump to No. 18 in both polls after thumping Florida Atlanticby Jason Lieser
A year ago, Florida's season-opening win over Miami (Ohio) was so unimpressive that the Gators dropped in the polls. Last week's 41-3 win over Florida Atlantic was received very differently.
The Gators stood at No. 18 in both the Associated Press media poll and the USA Today coaches' poll when the new rankings came out today.
In the pre-season, Florida was No. 22 in the AP and 23rd in the USA Today poll.
Florida State remains the highest ranked team in the state at fifth in the AP and sixth in the coaches' poll.
In total, six SEC teams were ranked in the AP poll: No. 2 LSU, No. 3 Alabama, No. 12 South Carolina, No. 14 Arkansas, No. 16 Mississippi State and No. 18 Florida. If you count Texas A&M, the Aggies are No. 7.
Oklahoma maintained the No. 1 spot, followed by LSU, Alabama, Boise State and Florida State.
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There are only a few moves here and there as the season enters the stretch run, but one team's drop is particularly difficult to figure out
No movement this week after a fairly uneventful slate. If you disagree with any of my rankings, let me know in the comments. 1. Alabama Crimson Tide Although Auburn is ranked higher and has...
Not a whole lot of movement this week because South Carolina at Mizzou was the only major conference game. If you disagree with any of my rankings, let me know in the comments. 1. Alabama Crimson...
1. Alabama Crimson Tide Kentucky kept things close against the Tide for a quarter, but the rest of the game was all Alabama. Not much to talk about there. 2. LSU Tigers Very good showing for LSU...
Ranking the best teams in the SEC, from top to bottom.
Disagree with my rankings? Tell me about it in the comments. 1. Alabama Crimson Tide Fortunate to leave College Station with a win, but championship-caliber teams have to win a few games like...
Mark Fox's Georgia Bulldogs men's basketball team has managed to win two of its last three SEC games. Is this cause for confidence or a dead cat bounce?
The Southeastern Conference produced its seventh straight BCS college football national champion, but how do the remaining SEC teams stack up against one another in the country's toughest and most competitive league?
The college football regular season is behind us, but the fun is just beginning as the Georgia Bulldogs and the Alabama Crimson Tide prepare to square off in the SEC Championship Game with a national title shot on the line.
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Ocean cold snap paused warming in 70s: study
Thursday, 23 September 2010
A cold snap in northern oceans around 1970 may have caused a dip in world temperatures that briefly interrupted a trend of global warming, say scientists.
Researchers uncover dance moves to impress
Thursday, 9 September 2010
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God no longer has any place in theories on the creation of the universe due to a series of developments in physics, according to a new book by Stephen Hawking.
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Thursday, 26 August 2010
A British beekeeper claims he may have discovered a strain of honey bee immune to a parasite that has been gradually wiping out populations of the vital insect worldwide.
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Tuesday, 24 August 2010
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Witnesses say Gray, who was running for his life when he was shot, did not have a gun. "Stay down, or we'll shoot you again," police said once Gray had been hit, according to The New York Times.
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Throughout the year with the help of my ad staff we use this space to tell readers what we think is newsworthy in the business community. These tidbits include things like new product lines, new hires, employee milestones and business anniversaries. We're all about promoting our businesses while keeping you enlightened.
Because this is typically a slow news week, indulge me as I once again to do a little bragging about the great staff my wife, Keri, and I have had the pleasure of knowing and working with for the better part of our lives — the unconditionally dedicated, hardworking and highly skilled individuals who bring you these award-winning newspapers each and every week.
Companywide, our 82 employees have amassed an impressive 798 years of combined local newspapering experience. Imagine the kind of reminiscing we can share with one another around the water cooler and at company gatherings.
Once again, here's an inside look at our extended family: I start with the older ones …oops, I always misspeak, I meant to say senior staffers… while blending in the others in their departments. Some of the years of service have simply been put in parentheses in avoid some repetitiveness.
Kevin Mallory, our vice president in charge of administration, computer technology and serves on the company's board of directors, leads in longevity with 31 years. But, he had to wait his turn for the honors for others ahead of him to retire (Hi Diane Kleine and Barbara Hall, hope you two are enjoying yourselves, we miss you).
Right behind him is our Production Manager Tom Forney with 30 years of service. He and his able crew, Mark Jennings (9 years), Andrew Stites (7) and Shane Openshaw (4-in his second tour of duty here) make sure your paper is crisp, clean and sparking with vibrant colors.
Skillfully handling the responsibilities associated with managing our advertising and marketing department for 29 years is Sherri McConnell. Assisting her working with their business clients are advertising consultants: Cheri McIntire, an anchor for us in Chester for 16 years; Michael Peters (5) in Graeagle/Portola; Quincy's Karen Kuhn and Kay Moss, and Val Chisholm in Chester, who are each approaching five years.
Eva Small likes to remind us that when she started here 29 years ago she was kid less and without a single grey hair! She has done a superb job running our graphics and typesetting department. Sharing the responsibility of designing display ads and building award-winning newspaper pages are Carrie Curran, who has got it nailed with 22 years and Rose Torres and Sara Barrett, both working on their five-year pin.
And Patsy Dingel says when she was hired this job was just a "stepping stone" for her. Gee, that was 28 years ago and it hasn't deterred her from producing top-notch products for our print shop customers. Tony Ringo has worked in the printing division for 18 years. He also acts as the company's unofficial tour guide, enlightening and entertaining the guests of all ages who visit our plant.
For 23 years, Randy Stratton has been a reliable constant in our preprint-inserting department. Our bulk mail and postal guru is Marvin Bowersox — another two-timer — with 17 combined years. The department is aptly managed by Dale Thomas (9) and includes Randy Nesbit (9), Kerri Franklin, Mark Lillard and Jon Holmes each working on the first five years.
Another one of our key company leaders is taskmaster Cobey Brown, a getter' done, go-to kind of guy. There isn't much he hasn't tackled for us in his 22 years. Cobey is vice president of operations and the print division manager. He is also on the board of directors for the corporation.
Assiduously chronicling and packaging the county's news is under the talented and extremely competent leadership of Managing Editor Delaine Fragnoli (5). Her skilled team includes seasoned veteran Indian Valley Editor Alicia Knadler, clearly covering that portion of the county's news for 17 years. Chester Editor Kate West (6) has kept the north end well informed, while her counterpart in Portola, Diana Jorgenson (4), has done likewise on the eastern end.
Shannon Morrow, our sports and recreation editor, has had the formidable task of covering the entire county's sports scene for 10 years. Will Farris (11) keeps his eye on the news in the Feather River Canyon; Josh Sebold (3) thoroughly enjoys covering some of the action beats like
cops, courts and supervisors; and the wordsmith for the group is Copy Editor Mona Hill, heading towards five years. She is looking forward to the new role she assumes next week as a reporter and feature writer. Her replacement, Ingrid Burke, begins her second stint with us next week.
Linda Randall (12) is our photo editor but is currently out on medical leave. Her replacement, Jenny Lee (6), is doing a remarkable job. Michael Condon came out of Forest Service retirement three years ago to become our website editor and manager.
Accomplished graphic artist, designer and special projects coordinator Juliet Beer — another in her second stint —has logged 16 years.
John Kleine, a well-known longtime Quincy resident, has been with us in various capacities for 14 years following a distinguished career in the automotive body repair business.
Last, but certainly not least is our office staff. We'll put our congenial and knowledgeable frontline folks up against anybody, anytime! Leading by example is the infectious Manager Sandy Condon, also our human resources director. In nine short years, Sandy has proven herself as a key company administrator. Mary Newhouse — never without a smile or kind word for customers and co-workers alike — has been managing the classified and circulation departments for just shy of five years. Also just shy of five is our ever-tenacious, yet affable Accounting Manager Elise Monroe.
Sharing their smiles in Portola is Julie McBurney, while Dawn Curtis and Carrie Warren warmly greet customers in Chester. All are pushing the five-year mark.
Part of the general office duties includes delivering the papers in a timely fashion to the newsstands. Bill Weaver has diligently done the Portola are for 10 years; Martha Vaughan (8) handles the Indian Valley stores for and Wilbur Kaster (5) and recent hire Jolene Perry handle the Chester-lake Almanor areas.
That's the Plumas operation. Another 30 employees work at the Lassen Co. Times in Susanville and two at the Westwood PinePress. Collectively they share 257 combined years of service. Four have been with us there between 20-30 years and nine are hovering somewhere between 10-19 years of service.
Keri and I began our newspaper careers in 1974. From the very onset, we knew we wanted to nurture and grow a family business, surrounding ourselves with employees who shared in a philosophy that is our business' mission statement: Pride and Ownership. Being committed to constant and never ending improvement.
Mission accomplished, but far from over.
Keri and I believe we've surrounded ourselves with the very best. Each of you has our deepest gratitude and utmost respect for all you do for the community and for each other.
Small newspapers, like ours, play a vital role in the communities they serve and will continue to do so for decades to come.
We look forward to the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead, and hope our papers will continue to be a welcomed guest in your home.
From our family to yours, may we all have a healthy, safe and prosperous new year!
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- Family of man killed by deputy seeking damages
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'RuPaul's Drag Race' Drops Transphobic Segment
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The show recently found itself in lots of trouble.
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Derrick Gordon Becomes First Openly Gay Men's Big Time College Basketball Player
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Laverne Cox and the 'Magical Negro' Trope With Glitter
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The public comment period will be open until Sept. 22 for the water quality certification and until Sept. 23 for the Clean Water Act application. Local citizens, government agencies and stakeholders, such as Fish and Wildlife Services, have the opportunity address any part of Phase 2, which covers the 4.5 mile stretch from Clean Water Way to South Meadows Parkway.
Temporary impacted wetlands during the project cover 13.51 acres and permanent impacts will cover 11.23 acres covered under Waters of the U.S., including wetlands in or adjacent to Steamboat Creek. Although some wetland area will be permanently impacted by the SEC, the RTC plans to reconstruct more wetland area than it affects when the project comes to a close, which includes 19.13 acres of mitigation wetlands and 2.38 acres of open water.
"It is extremely complex because there are all different types of quality of wetlands we are impacting," SEC Project Manager Garth Oksol said Wednesday. "The high-quality water we are impacting we replace at a three-to-one ratio for every acre. For the agriculture ones, it will be done at two to one and the others that are white top (poor quality) will be done at one and a half to one.
"At the end of the day, we are proposing a two-to-one ratio in the overall project for the permit. However, we have flood volume mitigation and the vegetation also has potential to become additional wetlands. At the end of the day, the ratio could be as high as 15 to one."
Oksol said he hopes to have a decision from the USACE by the end of the calendar year. Once the comment period has ended, the RTC will analyze the comments and possibly adjust its plans for Phase 2 before handing the final permit and project plans to the USACE for approval and beginning any kind of construction on the project.
"There are opportunities to potentially start early construction, but a lot of it is going to depend on what our weather is like this year, the timing of the permit and a few other things," Oksol said.
RTC officials said Wednesday that the public comment period is a vital stage for this, and any project, because it gives a chance to hear concerns or questions from the public, which often leads to clearing up misconceptions.
"You hear a lot in the public comment that the picture painted is that we are coming through with a giant bulldozer and blazing over the entire segment," Oksol said. "But in reality, if you look at our corridor, it is 1,000 acres encompassed in Phase 2. Of that, 173 are called Waters of the U.S. Come down to that, we are permanently impacting 11 acres.
"Then we are going to put back 22 plus an additional up to 150. When you really look at in terms of the permanent impact to Waters of the U.S., it is extremely small."
Construction continues on Phase 1 of the SEC, which began in February at the intersection of Sparks Boulevard and Greg Street in Sparks and encompasses construction of a bridge over the Truckee River, meeting up with Phase 2 at Clean Water Way. While much of the construction cannot be seen from roadways, Oksol said Phase 1 is moving as planned.
"Construction on Phase 1 is going very well," Oksol said. "We are on schedule for a late summer/fall 2014 completion. We have steel girders arriving on site to start building the bridge across the river. The intersection is very close to opening up. We have a few more weeks of landscaping and turn signal replacement. We are still progressing on Phase 1 and we will continue to do that until we have a decision by the court."
The court decision refers to a lawsuit filed against the SouthEast Connector project, proposing construction of Phase 1, and inevitably the entire project, be stopped until a complete Environmental Impact Statement could be done. RTC Public Information Officer Michael Moreno said the USACE did not require the RTC to do the impact statement for Phase 1 and he added that the agency awaits the court's decision when it convenes in October.
Public comments concerning the water and wetland impacts can be sent to the USACE office at 300 Booth Street in Reno, room 3050. Comments cannot be sent directly to the RTC concerning the permits.
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Pyramid/395 Connection
The Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Pyramid Highway/395 Connection project is available for review online through the RTC and Nevada Department of Transportation. The public comment period will open Sept. 13 and close Nov. 13, and public hearings will be held beginning at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 9 and 10 at Truckee Meadows Community College and Shaw Middle School, respectively.
Proposed improvements for the project include providing a limited-access freeway facility within the Pyramid Corridor from either Disc Drive or Sparks Boulevard to just north of Eagle Canyon Road along one of three alternative alignments; and providing a limited access freeway connector facility from Pyramid Highway to US 395 along one of two alternative alignments. The proposed connector facility would provide connections in the area of Pyramid Highway/Disc Drive to the east and US 395/Parr Boulevard to the west, with potential access to the connector to/from the Sun Valley area at either Sun Valley Boulevard or to the west in the area of the planned future West Sun Valley arterial roadway.
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Pickup locations include Reed High School in Sparks, the RSCVA Convention Center parking lot C the RTC 4th STreet Station and drop off will be at Rancho San Rafael Park in Reno.


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Discussing software, the web, politics, sexuality and the unending supply of human stupidity.
We are approaching peak beard. Shoreditch: consider this the final warning.
Why Every Straight Man Needs A Gay Best Friend. And by "friend", the author means "romantic comedy-based stereotype". Still, it is nice that we can be accessories for straight men as well as women now. Such liberation. Maybe at some point we might collectively amount to being the progenitor in the cultural story rather than the camp wisecracking sidekick.
The opposite of "onboarding" is "walking the plank". Silicon Valley douchebags, take note and Amazon Prime yourself a cutlass and blindfold.
The gay marriage law is pissing off hardline Muslim nutjobs. So that's a good thing.
In a desparate effort to defend herself from her own previous statements, Jenny McCarthy quotemines herself. Even though Google exists. What a moron.
The US government are warning people about the Heartbleed bug. It's very distressing for them: it might make it so people who aren't the NSA or GCHQ might be able to see what you are doing on the web.
Jim'll Paint It is hands down the best blog you will ever read or your money back.
Why people should be worried about NHS Care.Data: because it turns out Boris Bike data may be deanonymisable fairly trivially. If you can deanonymise data of people riding around London on a bike, just wait until some drunk contractor accidentally leaves your medical records on an unencrypted USB stick on a train.
David Cameron: "Jesus invented the Big Society 2,000 years ago. I just want to see more of it."
Oh, do fuck off Dave, you insufferably pious, smug little prick.
Another study showing that homeopathy doesn't work. I'm sure the government will be responsible and discontinue any NHS funding for homeopathy. Maybe even before Peppa Pig joins the Red Arrows.
It's 2014 and I'm still using line-oriented text formats and sed to do 'Big Data'. And I'm stilling having to tell the database the difference between an zero-length string and a NULLed int or double.
In spite of fifty years of computer science and software engineering research, I'm still having to do completely moronic shit to get data from one place to another.
Why can't we have properly self-describing data in a tightly-compressed binary file with a clear and simple way to turn that back into a simple text format so I can read it? Hell, I'd settle with something like JSON (with an attached schema) gzipped.
You know how the Pope is lauded by progressives for being awesome and everything? It's still all bullshit, but that won't stop people from wanting to believe in Tinker Bell.
Homophobia is a thing of the past here in modern, tolerant Britain. Oh wait, no, not quite.
A web service I use now has a Chrome app, but I can't use the Chrome app in Firefox. The fact that this sentence even makes sense means the whole web app thing is fucked to hell already.
"The Right Honourable Member"… and with these two foundational lies, a pattern of lies is instituted.
Facebook: where breastfeeding photos were repeatedly removed but a page where people celebrate the murder of gay Ugandans is just fine.
I have to say, this whole Firefox boycott is quite amusing to watch. I haven't been participating, not because I don't think Eich's actions are disturbing (they are) but because I have very good reasons to use Firefox mostly around needing certain extensions in order to be able to use my computer without experiencing agonising physical pain.
Anyway, the protest isn't one I think that will be effective (but I do think that Eich having to squirm uncomfortably because of Mozilla's complete PR incompetence is no bad thing), but it's interesting to watch anyway. Primarily because it's interesting to see the backlash to such a protest.
If you listen to the libertarian wing of the technology industry—of which there are a substantial chunk—boycotts and societal shunning are an important part of how a future libertarian society would operate. If, advocates of such free market principles suggest, you just get out of the way, cut government away, then injustices will be remedied by the market, by individual players who can make the decisions as to whether or not they wish to do business with specific people and organisations. This is how libertarianism is sold to people: okay, well, we aren't going to ban X (pornography, drinking alcohol, the current rather arbitrary set of banned narcotic drugs) but you are free to shun the people who do X.
Okay. Except when people try that, the self same people throw an absolute shit fit about how it's terrible and intolerant to make a decision on what product to use based on the personal ethics of the person running the company that makes said product.
Witch-hunts and boycotts are bad… except when they are a key part of a libertarian ideological project that seeks to excuse the transfer of power in liberal democratic societies so that billionaires can run the world more fully than they already do.
The best thing about the Mozilla boycotts, and all the drama around Google and the NSA is that it might remind people that the technology business isn't some radical messianic project to make the world a better place, it's just a business. No more or less ethical than any other.
rms.sexy is a website which shows a continuous loop of pictures of Richard Stallman. Enjoy.
The only thing that would make it better would be the Free Software Song.
One lone nutter waving a bible on Whitehall about the same-sex marriage law. Sucks to be him today, as it probably does everyday.
I am just watched one of the first same-sex weddings from outside Islington Town Hall. At the stroke of midnight, a wedding took place. A funny time for a wedding perhaps, but the cold weather could not undermine the warmth of feeling and the happiness of the occasion.
To quote Obama: they said this day would never come.
There was one lone soul proclaiming that this would be the end of all of civilisation. But in general there were good spirited people wishing well of the couple.
This morning England and Wales wakes to find itself a little freer. There are still struggles ahead for LGBT people. The closet must be dismantled for good. Discrimination must end for good. But today is a better day. Today is a day many of us couldn't imagine happening growing up.
To Peter and David, and to the thousands of couples around the world who now have the freedom to get married but only recently did not: have a happy and wonderful marriage.


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Luxembourg Palace
|Luxembourg Palace
|Palais du Luxembourg (French)
Luxembourg Palace façade
|General information
|Paris, France
|Current tenants
|French Senate
|Construction started
|Design and construction
|Salomon de Brosse
The Luxembourg Palace (French: Palais du Luxembourg, pronounced: [pa.lɛ dy lyk.sɑ̃.buːʁ]) in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, north of the Luxembourg Garden (French: Jardin du Luxembourg), is the seat of the French Senate.
The formal Luxembourg Garden (French: Jardin du Luxembourg) presents a 25-hectare green parterre of gravel and lawn populated with statues and provided with large basins of water where children sail model boats. In the southwest corner, there is an orchard of apple and pear trees and the théâtre des marionnettes (puppet theatre).
Early history[edit]
The palace was built as a royal residence for Marie de Médicis, mother of king Louis XIII of France and of Gaston, duc d'Orléans, just near the site of an old hôtel particulier owned by François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Piney-Luxembourg, which is now called the Palais du Petit-Luxembourg (see below), home of the president of the French Senate.
Marie de Médicis desired to make a building similar to her native Florence's Palazzo Pitti, and to this effect had the main architect Salomon de Brosse[1] send architect Clément Metézeau to Florence to obtain drawings.[2][3][4][5] Marie de Médicis bought the structure and its fairly extensive domain in 1612 and commissioned the new building, which she referred to as her Palais Médicis,[6] in 1615. Its construction and furnishing formed her major artistic project, though nothing remains today of the interiors as they were created for her, save some architectural fragments reassembled in the Salle du Livre d'Or.[7] The suites of paintings she commissioned, in the subjects of which she expressed her requirements through her agents and advisors, are scattered among museums.
Marie de Médicis installed her household in 1625, while work on interiors continued. The apartments in the right wing on the western side were reserved for the Queen and the matching suite to the east, for her son, Louis XIII, when he was visiting (floor plan).
A series of twenty-four triumphant canvases commissioned from Peter Paul Rubens were installed in the Galerie de Rubens on the main floor of the western wing.[8] A series of paintings executed for her Cabinet doré ("gilded study") was identified by Anthony Blunt in 1967.[9] Construction was finished in 1631; the Queen Mother was forced from court shortly after, following the "Day of the Dupes" in November 1631. Louis XIII commissioned further decorations for the Palace from Nicolas Poussin and Philippe de Champaigne.
In 1642, Marie bequeathed the Luxembourg to her second and favourite son, Gaston d'Orléans, who called it the Palais d'Orléans, but by popular will it was still known by its original name.[10]
Upon Gaston's death, the palace passed to his widow, Marguerite de Lorraine, then to his elder daughter by his first marriage, Anne, duchesse de Montpensier, La Grande Mademoiselle. In 1660, Anne de Montpensier sold the Luxembourg to her younger half-sister, Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans, duchesse de Guise who, in turn, gave it to her cousin, king Louis XIV, in 1694.
In 1715, the palace became the residence of Marie Louise Elisabeth d'Orleans, Duchess of Berry (1695-1719). The widowed Duchess was notoriously promiscuous, having the reputation of a French Messalina, relentlessly driven by her unquenchable thirst for all pleasures of the flesh. The Luxembourg palace and its gardens thus became stages where the radiantly beautiful princess acted out her ambitions, enthroned like a queen surrounded by her court. In some of her more exclusive parties, Madame de Berry also played the leading part in elaborate "tableaux-vivants" that represented mythological scenes and in which she displayed her appetizing young person impersonating Venus or Diana. According to various satirical songs which scurrilously evoked her amours "the Lady of the Luxembourg" hid several pregnancies, shutting herself up from society when about to give birth. Her taste for strong liquors and her sheer gluttony also scandalised the court.[11] On 21 May 1717, Madame de Berry received Peter the Great at the Luxembourg. She welcomed the visiting Tsar splendidly dressed in a magnificent sack-back gown which showcased her voluptuous bosom as well as her mischievous face but also helped conceal her growing corpulence for she was then in an "interesting condition".[12]
On 28 February 1718, the Duchess of Berry threw a magnificent party for her visiting aunt, the Duchess of Lorraine. The entire palace and its gardens were elaborately illuminated. The lavish banquet was followed by a masked ball. Madame de Berry made a dazzling appearance before her guests. She was then in the full splendor of her youthful beauty and pride and acted as if she were the very incarnation of the goddess of love, mirth, beauty and sensual pleasures.[13] However, just over one year after this magnificent moment of festive glory, the Luxembourg palace became the stage of a shameful tragicomedy which ended in the harrowing demise of the haughty princess. The tempestuous life of Madame de Berry, the "Venus of the Luxembourg Palace", soon met a premature end. On 2 April 1719, after a grueling four-day labour, shut up in a small room of her palace, the young widow was delivered of a stillborn baby-girl, supposedly fathered by her lieutenant of the guards, the Count of Riom. Ill-prepared by her debauchery and raucous behavior, Berry's delivery was extremely troublesome and almost killed her. The Church refused her the Sacraments thus adding moral infamy to the physical tortures of the labouring woman. Saint-Simon wrote a very sarcastic description of this scandalous childbirth. Hoping to regain her health and undeceive the public that she had been confined, Madame de Berry left Paris and the Luxembourg palace. She died in her castle at La Muette on 21 July 1719 and, according to Saint-Simon, was found to be again pregnant.[14]
In 1750, the palace became a museum—the forerunner of the Louvre—, and was open two days a week until 1779.[15] In 1778, the palace was given to the comte de Provence by his brother Louis XVI. During the French Revolution, it was briefly a prison, then the seat of the French Directory, and in 1799, the home of the Sénat conservateur and the first residence of Napoleon Bonaparte, as First Consul of the French Republic..
Palace as parliament[edit]
From 1799 to 1805 the architect Jean Chalgrin transformed the palace into a legislative building. He demolished the grand central staircase (escalier d'honneur), replacing it with a senate chamber on the first floor, which incorporated and destroyed Marie de Médicis' chapel on the garden side of the corps de logis. Chalgrin also enclosed the flanking terraces, making space for a library. At the same time he created a neo-classical escalier d'honneur in the west wing, a single monumental flight enclosed by an ionic colonnade and covered with a coffered barrel vault, the construction of which resulted in the destruction of the long gallery that had formerly housed the cycle of paintings by Rubens.[16]
Beginning in 1835 the architect Alphonse de Gisors added a new garden wing parallel to the old corps de logis, replicating the look of the original 17th-century facade so precisely that it is difficult to distinguish at first glance the old from the new. The new senate chamber was located in what would have been the courtyard area in-between.
The new wing included a library (bibliothèque) with a cycle of paintings (1845–1847) by Eugène Delacroix. In the 1850s, at the request of Emperor Napoleon III, Gisors created the highly decorated Salle des Conférences (inspired by the Galerie d'Apollon of the Louvre), which influenced the nature of subsequent official interiors of the Second Empire, including those of the Palais Garnier.[16]
During the German occupation of Paris (1940–1944), Hermann Göring took over the palace as the headquarters of the Luftwaffe in France, taking for himself a sumptuous suite of rooms to accommodate his visits to the French capital.
His subordinate, Luftwaffe Field Marshal Hugo Sperrle, was also given an apartment in the Luxembourg palace, and spent most of the war enjoying the luxurious surroundings. "The Field Marshal's craving for luxury and public display ran a close second to that of his superior, Goering; he was also his match in corpulence", wrote armaments minister Albert Speer after a visit to Sperrle in Paris.[citation needed]
The palace was a designated "strong point" for German forces defending the city in August 1944, but thanks to the decision of Commanding General Dietrich von Choltitz to surrender the city rather than fight, the palace was only minimally damaged.
From 29 July to 15 October 1946, the Luxembourg Palace was the site of the talks of Paris Peace Conference.
The Petit-Luxembourg[edit]
To the west of the Luxembourg, and communicating with it through interior courts, the sixteenth-century original hôtel of the duc de Piney-Luxembourg was rebuilt during the same years, the smaller palace now called the Petit-Luxembourg; it is composed of two main blocks, or corps de logis separated by a courtyard that is entered through a grand convex portal flanked by Tuscan columns. Since 1958, the Petit-Luxembourg has been the official residence of the President of the French Senate (président du Sénat).
Marie de Médicis passed it to the Cardinal de Richelieu, who occupied it while his own grand palace, the Palais-Cardinal, (which became the Palais-Royal after Richelieu deeded it to the Crown), was constructed in the rue Saint-Honoré. Once there, he ceded the Petit-Luxembourg to his niece the duchesse d'Aiguillon. By inheritance it passed to Henry III Jules de Bourbon, prince de Condé,[18] whose widow Anne, princesse palatine de Bavière, made it the habitual residence of her widowhood, making adjustments to suit her status that included the grand staircase and salon by Germain Boffrand (1709–1713)[19] and adding another hôtel for her household, with her kitchens and stables, on the other side of rue de Vaugirard; an underground passage linked the two residences.
Under Napoleon, the Conseil d'Etat (Council of State) was seated at the Petit-Luxembourg from 25 December 1799.
Assorted views[edit]
In fine weather, Parisians fill the Jardin du Luxembourg
Napoleonic marble plaque inserted in 18th-century boiserie at the Petit-Luxembourg
- ^ The history of the Luxembourg Palace is discussed in R. Coope, Salomon de Brosse (London, 1972).
- ^ Concrete by Peter Collins, Kenneth Frampton, Réjean Legault, p.166
- ^ The Architecture of the Renaissance by Leonardo Benevolo, p.706
- ^ Ayers 2004, p. 130.
- ^ Design on the land by Norman T. Newton p.163
- ^ Remarked upon in correspondence of the Florentine resident Giovanni Battista Gondi, in Deborah Marrow, "Maria de' Medici and the Decoration of the Luxembourg Palace" The Burlington Magazine 121 No. 921 (December 1979), pp. 783–788, 791.
- ^ Marrow 1979.791.
- ^ They are conserved in the Louvre.
- ^ Blunt, "A series of paintings illustrating the History of the Medici Family executed for Marie de Médicis", The Burlington Magazine 109 (1967), pp. 492–98, 562–66, and Marrow 1979.
- ^ Dicken's Dictionary of Paris, 1882, p. 143.
- ^ Carré, Henri. Mademoiselle. Fille du Régent. Duchesse de Berry 1695-1719, Paris, Hachette, 1936.
- ^ E. de Barthélémy (ed.), Gazette de la Régence. Janvier 1715-1719, Paris, 1887, p.180. The Duchess of Berry was heavily pregnant at the time of Peter the Great's visit. She secretly gave birth a few weeks later in her castle at La Muette where she had secluded herself until the time of delivery. In spite of all efforts to conceal it, Madame de Berry's maternity was well known. It inspired the satirists who lampooned Berry's penchant for lovers writing up a long list of all possible fathers for her secret baby
- ^ Mémoires complets et authentiques du Duc de Saint-Simon sur le siècle de Louis XIV et la régence, Volume 15, Paris, 1829, pp.404-405.
- ^ Pevitt, Christine, Philippe, Duc d'Orléans: Regent of France Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1997
- ^ Andrew L. McClellan, "The Musée du Louvre as Revolutionary Metaphor During the Terror", The Art Bulletin, vol. 70 (June, 1988), pp. 300–313 (300).
- ^ a b Ayers 2004, p. 131.
- ^ "Le Petit Luxembourg" at the website of the Conseil d'État.
- ^ Contemporary references call it the Petit-Bourbon to distinguish it from the Hôtel de Bourbon.
- ^ dates from Wend von Kalnein, Architecture in France in the Eighteenth Century (Yale University Press) 1995:39; see also Ayers 2004 p. 132; "Welcome to the French Senate".
- Ayers, Andrew (2004). The Architecture of Paris. Stuttgart; London: Edition Axel Menges. ISBN 9783930698967.
- Hustin, Arthur (1904). Le Palais du Luxembourg. Paris: P. Mouillot. Listings at WorldCat. View at Google Books.
See also[edit]
- List of works by James Pradier Sculpture
External links[edit]
- Media related to Luxembourg Palace at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 48°50′54″N 2°20′14″E / 48.84833°N 2.33722°E
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My house currently has a gas furnace, water heater, and clothes dryer. I would like to add a gas kitchen range. The drawing below shows the proposed piping layout. Segments AB, BH, HF, and HG are existing 3/4" black pipe. Right now, before adding the range, Segment BD is 1/2" CSST. I am considering installing a tee fitting at point C, replacing Segment BC with 3/4" CSST, and running 1/2" CSST to the new range. Segment CD would remain 1/2" CSST.
The distance from the meter, point A, to the farthest appliance, point D, is 41 feet. The total demand from all appliances is 227 CF/HR. From reading some sizing tables I gather that the pipe for Segment AB ought to be at least 1" diameter. I don't want to replace it right now, however, because the entire plumbing system is going to be redone next summer as part of a major remodeling; replacing that section of pipe would be a lot of work that would be nullified in a few months. I would prefer to wait to install the new range as part of the remodeling, too, but our existing electric range is dying right now and I'd rather not pay to have it repaired.
My question: what would be the potential consequences of leaving the undersized pipe at Segment AB? Let's say that the furnace and water heater are both running, there's a load of clothes in the dryer, the oven is at 450 degrees, and four burners are lit. There won't be enough capacity in gas line. How will the various appliances respond? Is there a potential safety hazard? Is the situation manageable if we just pay attention to how much demand we're placing on the system at any given time, and cut back as necessary?
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UAB Strategic Plan
UAB's vision for the 21st century is to be an internationally renowned research university — a first choice for education and health care—thus the name UAB21 for the strategic plan that carries us through 2015.
This plan is complemented by and coordinated with two significant, related activities: UAB Health System's AMC21 plan, envisioning ours as "the preferred academic medical center of the 21st century," and a strategic plan for the School of Medicine's mission of outstanding teaching, research and patient care http://www.uab.edu/medicine/magazine/fall2010/cover/turningpoints.
UAB is internationally renowned for its intensely collaborative culture that has—for more than four decades—produced continual breakthroughs in education, healthcare, research and service. That spirit of collaboration also produced UAB's Strategic Plan in 2002, as students, faculty and staff engaged in a campus-wide discussion on shared goals, objectives and metrics. Now that collaborative process continues, as the Strategic Plan is refined to forge an even brighter future for UAB, for Birmingham and the state of Alabama in today's global, knowledge economy.
UAB21, the 2010-2015 revision of the Strategic Plan, was discussed in draft form in 2010 at campuswide town hall meetings and via emailed comments from the campus community. As finalized, none of the goals is a radical departure from the original; they have been refined and more targeted to current aims. Each goal is followed by the rationale for the revision—the circumstances or challenges that demand our best, targeted efforts. Following the rationale is a section on UAB's readiness to accomplish the new goal—all that we've achieved together that positions us to have an even greater impact. Next are refined objectives that will enable UAB to indeed strengthen our impact in each area and thereby accomplish each new goal. Finally, because "what gets measured gets done," updated scorecards propose targets to help us track progress and remain accountable.
The UAB Vision
UAB's vision is to be an internationally renowned research university — a first choice for education and health care.
The UAB Mission
UAB's mission is to be a research university and academic health center that discovers, teaches and applies knowledge for the intellectual, cultural, social and economic benefit of Birmingham, the state and beyond.
The UAB Values
- Academic freedom
- Accountability
- Caring and responsive service
- Collaboration
- Commitment to excel
- Community involvement
- Diversity
- Entrepreneurial/can-do attitude
- Ethical conduct
- Shared governance
- Unity of purpose


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Jun 11, 2009
Solidarity messages from the UK to paraguay
by JannekeBruil — last modified Jun 11, 2009 01:55 PM
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Local groups of Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland show their solidarity with Sobrevivencia/Friends of the Earth Paraguay in their campaigns against agribusiness and for Food Sovereignty.
Here is a short film showing the action. Spanish starts after 42 seconds!