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Thursday, April 24, 2014
By PAUL KANE and ED O'KEEFE The Washington Post
WASHINGTON - Leading lawmakers dealt bipartisan rejection Sunday to President Obama's request to strike Syrian military targets, saying the best hope for congressional approval would be to narrow the scope of the resolution.
During appearances on five Sunday talk shows, Secretary of State John Kerry predicted Congress will approve military strikes in Syria.
The Associated Press
A look at Syria developments around the world
The United States is considering launching a punitive strike against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, blamed by the U.S. and the Syrian opposition for an Aug. 21 alleged chemical weapons attack in a rebel-held suburb of the Syrian capital of Damascus. The U.S. said the attack killed 1,429 people, including at least 426 children. Those numbers are significantly higher than the death toll of 355 provided by the aid group Doctors Without Borders.
President Barack Obama said he has decided that the United States should take military action against Syria but is seeking congressional authorization for the use of force in a vote expected after Congress returns to work Sept. 9.
Here's a look at key Syria developments around the world Monday amid heightened tensions over potential military action:
Obama will host Sen. John McCain at the White House, hoping his opponent in the 2008 presidential election will help sell the idea of a U.S. military intervention in Syria to a nation scarred by more than a decade of war. The Obama administration is trying to rally support for the strike among Americans and their congressman and senators.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the information the U.S. showed Moscow to prove that Syrian regime was behind an alleged chemical weapons attack was "absolutely unconvincing." He said Monday "there was nothing specific" in the evidence: "no geographic coordinates, no names, no proof that the tests were carried out by the professionals." He did not say what tests he was referring to.
The head of the U.N. refugee agency in Syria said 7 million Syrians, or almost one-third of the population, have been displaced by the country's civil war. Tarik Kurdi told The Associated Press on Monday that 5 million of the displaced are still in Syria while about 2 million have fled to neighboring countries. More Syrian refugees crossed the border at Cilvegozu in southern Turkey. Before the outbreak of the conflict, Syria had a population of about 23 million people.
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault is scheduled to meet with the leaders of Parliament's defense and foreign affairs committees. The prime minister's office said Ayrault will give the lawmakers an update on Syria and show them a declassified report on Syria's chemical weapons to back up France's claim that the Assad regime was responsible for the attack.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said his country urged the U.S. not to take unilateral action against Syria in response to last month's chemical weapons attack against civilians. He said Washington briefed Beijing about the matter and that China is concerned about chemical weapons use but that the country opposes the U.S. acting alone. Hong didn't address the possibility of the U.S. acting together with France's government, which supports a strike, although Beijing would almost certainly be opposed to any action.
Australia offered moral support for a military strike in Syria. Patrick Low, Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr's spokesman, said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called last week and that Australia supports the U.S. taking action. He said Kerry didn't ask for military assistance and Australia didn't offer it. Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott defended his controversial weekend comments on the Syrian civil war. He had described both sides in the conflict as "baddies versus baddies."
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said his country needs more information after Kerry reached out for support in a call to New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully over the weekend. Key said New Zealand wants to assess all steps taken ahead of a strike before stating its position.
Chancellor Angela Merkel and her challenger in Germany's upcoming election said late Sunday they wouldn't participate in military action against Syria. Merkel said there needs to be "a collective answer by the U.N." to the use of chemical weapons in Syria as she faced center-left rival Peer Steinbrueck in a televised debate. Steinbrueck said he wouldn't participate in military action as chancellor and would "greatly regret it" if the U.S. strikes alone without an international mandate.
From the Democratic dean of the Senate to tea party Republicans in their second terms, lawmakers said the White House's initial request to use force against Syria will be rewritten in the coming days to try to shore up support in a skeptical Congress.
But some veteran lawmakers expressed doubt that even the new use-of-force resolution would win approval, particularly in the House.
"I think it's going to be a very tough sell," said Rep. Tom Cole, Okla., who is often a key crossover Republican in compromises with the White House. For now, Cole said he is "leaning no" on approving any use of force against Syria.
His remarks came after a more than 2 1/2-hour classified briefing that drew nearly 100 lawmakers to the Capitol, flying in from across the country on 24 hours' notice for a rare Labor Day weekend meeting.
The closed-door briefing, run by five senior national security officials, began the administration's all-out effort to win support for what Obama has said would be a limited strike against military targets to punish Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime for carrying out a chemical attack.
White House officials have less than two weeks to secure backing in the House and the Senate, which will not formally return from their regular end-of-summer break until Sept. 9. They are expected to then immediately begin debate on military authorization, with votes by mid-September.
Secretary of State John Kerry, who has been talking to his former colleagues in the Senate, predicted victory during appearances on five Sunday talk shows.
Lawmakers from both parties said Sunday that the administration has presented convincing evidence that Assad's government carried out the attack, citing Sunday's briefing and other classified presentations that they received in the past week. The key stumbling block, they said, was the concern that a limited strike would not be an effective deterrent and would only draw the U.S. military deeper into Syria's civil war.
"I don't think there's a lot of doubt that the regime undertook this attack. There's a great deal of skepticism that a limited strike is likely to be effective," said Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., a member of the House Intelligence Committee.
The uncertain outcome is rooted in a Congress that has proved deeply factionalized and dysfunctional. With Democrats running the Senate and Republicans the House, the two sides have fought to a near legislative standstill on almost every major issue. A proposal to stiffen background checks for gun buyers died in the Senate this spring, despite having the support of 90 percent of the public. A comprehensive overhaul of immigration laws, also backed by a majority of voters, has stalled.
Add to that mix a heated debate on something as consequential as war and its constitutional underpinnings, and the atmosphere on Capitol Hill could grow even more toxic.
The most difficult hurdle comes in the House, which has been incapable this year of approving what in the past were considered perfunctory measures. The farm bill, usually a bipartisan celebration of agriculture policy, failed in late June.
Aware of the growing bloc of Republican isolationists, senior Republican aides warned Sunday that a large number of Democrats will have to support the use-of-force resolution for it to have any chance.
Obama's allies said the first order of business will be to work with the administration to redraft the resolution, which was sent to Capitol Hill on Saturday night and barely filled one page. It had no prescriptions for what type of military action could be carried out or its duration.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the dean of the Senate and chairman of the Judiciary Committee, told reporters that the resolution is "too open-ended" as written. "I know it will be amended in the Senate," he said.
Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., a former Senate staffer who inspected chemical weapons attacks by Saddam Hussein's government against its own citizens in Iraq in the 1980s, said he will push to add language that would limit the length of the mission and prohibit putting U.S. troops on the ground in Syria.
Such provisions could gain support from lawmakers who want to rein in the Obama administration, without hampering the goals of the mission -- which the president has said should be limited to missile strikes against military targets.

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- Witnessing the African Slave Trade
- What does a slave rebellion look like?
- Was 1807 really the end of the slave trade?
- Remembering victims of the slave trade
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- How proud can Britain be?
- How powerful were slaves?
- How important were Africans to the Atlantic slave trade?
- Childhood slavery in North Africa
- 3 doors into 33,000 voyages
Witnessing the African Slave Trade
This lesson sequence for Year 8 students was written by Stephen John Roberts from The Queen Katherine School in Kendal.
Overall enquiry question
What would a traveller to the West African coast during the late 17th and 18th centuries have witnessed?
Learning objectives
Students will acquire and/or practice the following skills:
- Interpreting original sources
- Forming and testing hypotheses
- Producing narratives and explanations based on evidence
- Working independently and collaboratively
Students will acquire the following knowledge:
- Geographical and cultural history of West Africa during the late 17thC and early 18thC
- Why Europeans went to West Africa and what they did when they got there
- How Africans and Europeans interacted
- Why forts were used
- How slaves were acquired and transported
- How the slave trade affected people
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What Are the Old Testament Historical Books?
Why Is Imagery Important when Reading the Book of Revelation?
How Do Grace, Faith, and Works Make up the Process of Salvation that Paul Describes in Ephesians 2:8-10?
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. (Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha)


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THE young sales assistant has become an internet hit for all of the right reasons after he gave his Neknomination a positive twist.
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Fight Club
Fight Club centers on a nameless narrator whose job it is to determine whether or not recalls are necassary for a major car manufacturer. He's generally unhappy with his life, and with how consumerism has forced him to be exactly like everyone else. His body responds to his mental (maybe spiritual) anguish by inflicting him with a severe case of insomnia, which he discovers he can treat by attending support groups for various fatal/life-changing illn...
A handful of aspiring writers see the same advertisement: that promises, if one chooses to engage in a "retreat," the facilities to work on the stories that these writers have been waiting to finish, but for whatever reason haven't. The different writers are simultaneously wildly diverse and incredibly mysterious; however, the mystery does not last long. These writers are brought by bus to an old theatre and locked inside by an elderly man in a whe...
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I have a nice little bluetooth mouse, but there is one problem. When it is not used for awhile (I primarily use keyboard) it turns off. Fine, so I have to turn it back on by pushing the button. But when I do I find that it does not get recognized by Ubuntu again until I click "connect" for that device specifically under the bluetooth-applet. I have a bluetooth touchpad+keyboard combo that I use with another Ubuntu computer that des not have this issue. Is there any reason mwhy this might be the case? It's very annoying.
Bluetooth settings are controlled from configuration files in
Other timeouts that can be set in
I appear to have solved my problem, and perhaps yours as well. After going through troubleshooting steps, here's I what have working now:
I was really wracking my brain on this, fearing I would ultimately have to write an F-ing script to ping my mouse via Bluetooth. However, after trying out different combinations of settings in the
I hope this helps you.
Note: It doesn't matter if you have USB mice or USB keyboards connected to your computer.
The setting which helped me was the
the mouse connects in about 2 seconds after either the notebook or the mouse wake up. This is on Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise) on MacBook Air with a Logitech bluetooth mouse.
(The other settings mentioned in the previous answer mostly affect device pairing but won't help in re-establishing a connection with an already paired device.)


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Description: A sensitive treatment of a difficult topic, Lisa shares real insights from her own journey. While offering understanding and compassion, with a good dose of humor, she tackles issues that most women avoid. Learn 7 secrets to a happy marriage and successful family and homeschool life. This workshop offers frank answers to difficult issues many women face. (Room 115/116)


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This is what my Visual Basic terrain engine currently looks like. It generates a random height-map and tiles it with textures. The textures are chosen on the basis of how high the tile is, and how steep it is, as well as the tiles next to it. This results in rocky tiles on the steep parts, snow tiles on the high parts, and sand tiles on the low parts. Each tile has four textures applied to it: the base texture, and parts of the three neighboring textures in order to blend the borders between tiles.
Right now the only thing you can do is fly your little 3DS model around the terrain. Currently there are no trees or anything, although this would be simple to add since the billboarding code is already done. The physics engine however works (the vehicle can go faster downhill than uphill, friction and air resistance are accounted for, etc…)


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The Body and Human Progress
The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World Since 1700
According to family lore, my father's mother, Rebecca Kapalovich, arrived at Ellis Island on the day that President William McKinley was shot, September 6, 1901. Sixteen years old, standing less than five feet tall, slim in build, she had left an impoverished village in Russia to seek a better life. Cousins took her into their tenement flat and she soon began sewing clothes in a dark, airless sweatshop on Rivington Street. She and other immigrants on the Lower East Side were exposed to tuberculosis, diphtheria, and pertussis. Subsistence wages made a healthy diet impossible, and disorders like rickets that stunted growth were not uncommon.


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And I somehow passed enough English and history courses, begged for enough extensions on overdue papers, and, in one eventful night, wrote enough poetry between midnight and 9 a.m. to earn a Colby degree. I didn't know I had made it until I was not pulled out of line at commencement.
I do still have very real nightmares about running into professors on the Colby campus (for some reason it's usually Patrick Brancaccio appearing from around a corner to demand an overdue paper). But I was happy to be at Colby, if not academically engaged by Colby. At the end of my five years—including 18 credits and three gyms my last semester—I was grateful to have made it through.
And following 25-plus years of occasional reflection on this topic, below I offer a couple of the lessons I did learn, with kudos to some of the professors and administrators who taught them to me.
Lesson 1: Colby was committed to me. I gave the College plenty of academic reasons to get rid of me, but Colby remained steadfast in its commitment. I always got the sense from the deans (e.g., Earl Smith and Jim Gillespie) that the College was trying to find a way—any way, really—for me to succeed. Colby would not give up on me despite the fact that I appeared to have given up on myself.
Colby's commitment has influenced the type of manager, husband, father, and friend I am today. I try to be loyal when loyalty is due—but without strings, conditions, or caveats. This trait has been most useful in raising kids, where loyalty and support is so much the better strategy than continuous "helpful" criticism. The same has been true in the corporate world. When someone is not meeting my expectations, I feel the spirit of "Dean G" rise up in me, arguing for calm guidance, kindness, and humanity. I try to find out why there is a problem; I don't give up on people.
Lesson 2: I was graded but not judged. My professors, when faced with my academic mediocrity, found things to like in my work, and in me, even when it was quite difficult to do so.
Grading an English exam on a book I had not bothered to read, covering ideas I had not bothered to attend class to discuss, Phyllis Mannocchi once wrote something like: "Next time please find time to read the book—I wouldn't have assigned it if I didn't think it was worth your time. But nevertheless I was highly entertained by your creative argument, although it was unrelated to the question I asked. Come talk to me about this."
For Ira Sadoff I once submitted a semester's portfolio of my original poetry, half of which had clearly been written in the wee hours prior to the deadline. I did not receive, nor did I deserve, a decent grade, but nevertheless Ira's comments sought to point out and encourage things he liked in my writing. "While your portfolio doesn't show much progress from beginning to end (in fact, it regresses), in these last poems there are several strong images that need to be more fully developed. I like your Thelonius Monk poem, though it is really just an idea. You need to keep writing." He could have blown me away with a single sentence, but instead he chose kindness.
In the end, Phyllis and Ira taught me to seek out what is good in people. A little bit further down the road, other people and institutions taught me the hard lessons I had deflected at Colby—the editor-in-chief of the magazine where I first worked comes to mind, as do several mentors from the management consulting world.
I do look for people like me in Colby, but I don't find them. That's understandable. By showcasing the College's stars, this publication does a good job of advancing Colby's distinctive brand in the hyper-competitive arena of higher education. But to accurately reflect the full Colby brand experience—and even to honor it—this magazine's readers should know that tonight there will be a student on Mayflower Hill playing poker with friends until the first beams of morning light hit the Sloop Hero. He's making a really smart decision to check and raise, as well as a really dumb decision to blow off studying for a history exam. Things will work out for him, as they have for many of us former slackers, thank you very much.
Chris Schmidt '83 is director of corporate communications for an international management consulting firm.


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What began as a blizzard watch for the Boston area has now been upgraded to a blizzard warning.
The National Weather Service issued the warning for the majority of Eastern Massachusetts Thursday afternoon, as it anticipates about 2 feet of snow to descend upon the area Friday into Saturday.
"White out conditions are anticipated as roads become snow-covered by the Friday evening commute," the warning states. "Strong north-northeast winds are anticipated with gusts up to around 60 miles per hour, resulting in blowing and drifting of snow. Damage to trees and structures along with scattered power outages are anticipated."
Residents can expect the potential of snow falling at 3-to-4 inches per hour and wind gusts of more than 20 miles per hour.
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They started the rescue shelter Saints of the West in 1995 and it has grown into the largest facility for the breed on the West Coast.
Lori first became familiar with Saint Bernards in the seventh grade when she was given one.
"My mom introduced me to this family with about eight kids and she thought I'd really like playing with the kids, but they had two Saint Bernards and I was more interested in playing with the dogs," Lori said. "The family ended up moving and couldn't take the dogs so they gave one to me and he became my best friend. I was totally in love with him."
There was no doubt in Lori's mind that she wanted a Saint Bernard when she moved to Nevada in 1982. After buying a Saint from a backyard breeder, she decided to become involved in breeding and showing dogs.
Soon after, the Juenkes joined the Saint Bernard club of Sacramento, where Lori said they met other dog lovers and an older couple who had been into Saints for about 50 years and ran a shelter for them.
"This couple needed to retire and while other breeders took (the shelter) over, they didn't have enough time for it and asked me if I was interested," Lori said.
The Juenkes set out to find a property, did their homework on dog licensing and found a perfect location 25 miles north of Reno.
"A lot of people complain about the drive, but it is hard to put 30 Saint Bernards in town," Lori said. "Out here we are 40 acres away from neighbors. Many dogs come in and don't understand why they are here so they bark and it would be an issue in town."
Saints of the West is a nonprofit and runs solely on adoption fees, donations and fundraisers. The money raised is used to pay vet fees and Pedigree donates dog food. Ken is a computer engineer while Lori works two part-time jobs in addition to caring for the dogs.
"I keep very busy," Lori said. "In the morning I sweep the kennels, give treats and talk to the dogs and midday I am out there again making sure everyone is OK. Evening time it is feeding time again and i am scrubbing pans and giving vitamins. It is basically a doggy spa."
It costs $300 to adopt from Saints of the West, which includes all shots, a heartworm check, a spay or neuter, a microchip, a bag of Pedigree dog food and a free obedience class donated by local trainer Guy Yeaman. There also is a two-week guarantee to make sure the adoption will work.
According to the the official website of the Saint Bernard Club of America, www.saintbernardclub.org, if you are looking for protection, Saints are not guard dogs by nature.
"The Saint's size and bark will discourage most intruders, yet he will learn to recognize your friends and receive them cordially," the site states. "If an intruder gets by the size and barks, your Saint may decide to lead him straight to the family silver since he would much prefer to be a friend. The one exception to this is when a member of the family is being threatened. The Saint's instinct to protect those he loves becomes very apparent at this time."
While being a part of a rescue shelter can be tough, Lori said she takes pride in successful adoptions and the progress dogs can make.
Lori said her favorite success story is about Mo, whose owner put him in the back of a truck when he was a puppy and he fell out and severed his shoulder muscles. The owner did not amputate Mo's leg and gangrene set in.
"He became vicious because he was in pain and we took him in and adopted him to one of our good homes in California," Lori said, "and yes, he has three legs, but he goes on the school bus every day to check and make sure its OK for his little girl to get on the bus. He greets her every day and is the talk of the community. Seeing success stories like these keep me going."
The hardest thing about running a rescue is the people because they don't do their homework or think about what they are getting into, Lori added.
"Saints aren't dogs you can just leave in the backyard, come home to, feed twice a day and go to bed," Lori said. "They want to go with the family."
A new fundraiser, Saint-A-Palooza, will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. April 3 at Red's Old Grill in Carson City. An all-you-can-eat buffet will be featured as well as door prizes, raffle items, a silent auction featuring a stay at Harrah's and a VIP set of tickets to the Reno Air races. To purchase tickets, find adoptable dogs or to give donations, visit www.saintsofthewest.com, or call 475-0420.


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SARASOTA, Fla – And so ends the strange offseason saga of pitcher Jair Jurrjens, who arrived at the Orioles' spring training facility Saturday after finalizing the minor league contract that started out as a major league contract.
It's not all that complicated. Jurrjens agreed to a major league deal three weeks ago worth $1.5 million that included incentives that could have boosted the value to $4 million, but club officials obviously weren't satisfied with the results of his physical and renegotiated the contract down to a minor league deal with a major league invite to spring training.
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So, you might expect him to be a bit miffed with the Orioles and more than a bit unhappy with the Atlanta Braves — the team that released him after a difficult 2012 season even though he had been one of that organization's brightest young pitchers and made the National League All-Star team just two seasons ago.
And you would be wrong.
Jurrjens just kind of shrugged off the strange contractual gymnastics, seeming to understand why the team had some serious misgivings about the strength of his right leg following 2010 knee surgery and the struggle he had last year to pitch with a quadriceps injury.
"It was a big league deal and they adjusted it because of the concern and made it a minor league deal,'' he said. "If I'm out there and can stay on the mound, I know what I can do. A lot of people know what I can do. I'm just going to come here and show everybody that i'm healthy and I can pitch again."
He was just as understanding with the decision by the Braves to give up on him, even though he had three very good seasons for them during his five years in Atlanta.
"You could say they gave up on me, but that's part of the business,'' he said. "They've got young guys in the system they wanted to give a chance. They're cheaper. Everybody's trying to be cheap this year. No hard feelings. It's part of the business. You keep moving. You keep trying to do your thing with another team."
It's hard not to be impressed with an attitude like that, but it's also hard to figure out just what's really going on here. We're talking about a guy who was 13-6 with a 2.96 ERA in 2011. He was 14-10 with a 2.60 ERA in 34 starts two years before that. There's no question that he has had trouble staying healthy for a full season, considering he's only done that twice in the last five years, but he obviously has a ton of talent and he's only 27.
That's why he is the prototypical Dan Duquette acquisition.
Low risk. High upside. The perfect I-told-you-so pitcher.
"The kid's a winning pitcher, and we're going to see if we can get him back to the form that helped him win over 50 games,'' Duquette said Saturday. "Made the All-Star team just a year ago in 2011. We'll see if we can help him regain the form that made him a good pitcher. He's a sinkerballer, plus he has a good changeup. He's young, he's 27, so there's a chance he could learn how to pitch effectively and manage the situation with his right knee."
That's nice, but if you're trying to calculate the odds of him actually helping the Orioles at the major league level this year, you have to take something else into account. The Braves are a team known far and wide for their ability to evaluate pitchers. If they think somebody's done, you have to consider the strong possibility that the guy is done.
Jurrjens' velocity has dropped significantly over the course of the last two seasons. He was very effective in 2011 after coming back from knee surgery, but only made 23 starts and was showing significant signs of decline down the stretch. His fastball — which once was clocked regularly at about 91 mph — dropped to an average of just over 88 mph last year, and his ERA blew up to 6.89 in only 11 major league appearances.
He chalks all that up to the quad injury and says that his leg is much stronger now, but that wasn't obvious to the Orioles medical staff or he probably would have gotten that major league contract.
"The knee is fine,'' Jurrjens said. "No setbacks this offseason. I was able to do everything I wanted to do. It felt good. I'm really happy with the way the offseason went. The physical was different and more stressful than I wanted it to be, but I feel good."
There's no telling how this experiment is going to turn out, but it certainly should be interesting. Jurrjens enters a very crowded competition for one of the final slots in the major league starting rotation, but he has the best statistical track record (53-37, 3.62 career ERA) of any of the dozen or so starting pitchers in camp.
His checkered medical history makes him a longshot. The minor league contract, which will allow the team to send him to Triple-A Norfolk if he doesn't force his way onto the major league roster, makes him an attractive value play with little downside.
Duquette could end up looking like a genius, or Jurrjens could go the way of Dontrelle Willis or Dana Eveland.
We'll find out soon enough.
Jurrjens is just happy for the opportunity to compete for a spot on a contending team.
"Seeing this team get to the playoffs last year, especially after a good run, it's like, why not?,'' he said. "To be around young guys who are hungry ... I'm young and I'm hungry, too. Just trying to prove something again."
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Due to major water line repairs, the Avalon entrance of Patapsco Valley State Park on South Street (Elkridge, MD) will be closed on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, sunrise to sunset from January 6, 2014 through January 20, 2014 and then again from February 3, 2014 through February 24, 2014. The park will remain open with an alternate entrance off of Levering Avenue. Follow the detour signs on Route 1. No vehicular, bike or foot traffic will be permitted through the South Street entrance, during the closures.
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The Avalon entrance road will be under construction due to water main work. The work will be starting before the end of September and will continue with good weather until February 28, 2014. No road closures will occur, however traffic will be limited to one lane with flaggers in place. For further information please contact 410-461-5005.
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Baltimore County Department of Public Works is currently in the final design phase for planning for the replacement of Bridge# B-0347 Dogwood Road over Dogwood Run in Baltimore County, Maryland. This project will require minor impacts to the Patapsco Valley State Park. Construction of the proposed project is expected to begin in July 2014. During construction Dogwood Road will be closed and traffic will be detoured via signed, detour routes. It is anticipated that construction will take five to six months. For more information, please refer to the attached Public Notice and associated detour map.
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Please be advised that Baltimore Gas and Electric will be performing preventative vegetation management through areas of Patapsco Valley State Park. For information on this type of trimming work, refer to the following wepage: http://www.bge.com/safetyreliability/reliability/treetrimming/pages/default.aspx
Sediment Temporarily Impacts Fishing Below Bloede Dam
Ellicott City, Md. (March 30, 2012) - Since the removal of Simkins Dam, sediment has made its way down the Patapsco River and is now filling deeper holes and pools below Bloede Dam. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds recreational anglers that this is only temporary. The occurrence is an expected and natural process that was accounted for during initial planning.
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As the saying goes, "What doesn't get measured might not get done." And that is certainly true when trying to determine a design project's verification progress, or trying to answer the question "Are we done?" Whether your simulation methodology is based on a directed testing approach or constrained-random verification, to understand your verification progress you need to answer the following questions:
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22 E. State Street
Redlands, CA 92373
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Dining Style:
Casual Elegant
(909) 792-1162
Hours of Operation:
Dinner: Tuesday- Saturday, , 5pm - 9pm.
Payment Options:
AMEX, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
Contemporary American, Organic
Executive Chef:
Roberto Argentina
Dress Code:
Smart Casual
Accepts Walk-Ins:
Additional Details:
Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Beer, Counter Seating, Farm to Table, Gluten-free Menu, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Personal wines welcome, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Private Room, Wheelchair Access, Wine, Wine Bar
Please contact roberto argentina at (909) 792-1162 for catering and private dining room special arrangements.
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Private room hosts 25.
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Special Events & Promotions:
Monthly wine dinners and beer dinners.
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Parking available on the street. Public parking available on Citrus Street, just parallel to State
A word from Farm Artisan Foods
Located in historic downtown Redlands Farm Artisan focuses on local produce and meat procurement. Our vision is to supply our restaurant with products received within the range of a gallon of gas. We focus on locally available produce. We produce all our pastas, breads, desserts, cured meats, pates,
Half of our menu is vegan and many choices are gluten free
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ordered filet which usually with
filets I order medium but decided for medium well. meat was tough (had to use serious force to cut), rubbery and nothing special as far as taste goes. my love ordered the halibut and very bland and again nothing special. I felt it was very over priced for the quality and taste of food. I would have said something about the food but the waitress was so nice and I didn't feel like complaining and ruining a nice valentine evening. overall a waste of time and money. however good concept though with obtaining organic food within a close proximity of the restaurant."
Dined on 2/14/2014
food portions were very small and
wife's meat was little overcooked. Expected more quality desert selection."
Dined on 2/15/2014
We were a party of six and of
various appetites. We spent three hours drinking, eating and visiting and at no time did we feel rushed. Two of us had the Prix Fixe 5 course dinner and the other four had two or three courses. In addition to choosing one of their wine selections, we brought a special bottle of our own. They gladly decanted our wine and served it along with the purchased bottle. It was not the first visit for any of us, but surely not our last, as we have come to expect great food, great service and pleasant surroundings in a rare, these days, unhurried atmosphere."
Dined on 2/15/2014
Our family of four visited for
Valentines Day. Though the food was good, healthy and artfully presented, the portions were small for the prices and we were underwhelmed. My NY Strip was cooked fine, but the quality of meat was less than I expected and not as good as similar cuts at alternative restaurants."
Dined on 2/14/2014
Outstanding food! Lobster and
cauliflower bisque is a must have. Extensive wine and beer list. House made desserts. Go for small plates and drinks or NY cheesecake if you can't make it for dinner. Our server RJ was great, ask for him and follow his recommendations"
Dined on 2/14/2014
The food is always exciting here.
They only use fresh local ingredients cooked really well in.a unique and adventurous style that just works. Avery good restaurant, highly recommended."
Dined on 2/14/2014
Recently dined at the Farm. Its
been a while, but food and service were as excellent as my previous experiences. Highly recommended."
Dined on 2/11/2014
We had dinner here with friends
and ate the set menu. It was delicious and very good value. We had very attentive aervice from two charming waitresses and thoroughly enjoyed our evening. Would go again."
Dined on 2/6/2014
I loved this restaurant. The
service was excellent, food delicious, and even met the owner who was extremely warm and pleasant. Highly recommend this restaurant."
Dined on 2/6/2014
One of the best restaurants in
Redlands. The true gem. The food is inspired and seasonal. Every time I've eaten there it is a gastronomical journey. So good."
Dined on 2/5/2014
They do a beer dinner often. This
was a Belgian beer dinner and was paired really well with the food we had. The portions were perfect, and enjoyed each course with each pairing. (I even enjoyed the asparagus quiche). Roberto had me enjoying something with asparagus in it. We have already reserved our spot for the next beer dinner, and look forward to many more dinners at the Farm in Redlands."
Dined on 1/16/2014
Farm Artisan Foods is a continual
sourc of inspiration for those who seek locally sourced, heartfelt, and rustic cuisine. Every visit makes me want to get in the garden and the kitchen. Thank you chef for running such a special restaurant."
Dined on 1/17/2014
Good food -- almost felt like
homemade. Great attention to freshness and quality ingredients."
Dined on 1/17/2014
I rave every time! It's tough not
to when things are near-perfect all the time. The chef continues to innovate, surprise, and please. Farm Artisan never gets old. Thank heaven it's close to home."
Dined on 12/31/2013
Called ahead and set up a five
course chef's tasting, upon seating, our waitress asked if we had any dislikes, allergies, or special requirements, told her no and to let the chef freestyle whatever he wanted. The quinoa lobster salad was amazing, but the seared duck breast on polenta was phenomenal, as were the other courses, desert was banana cake with a salted caramel sauce (WOW!!!!) and a chocolate mousse cake and a glass of port. My wife had the wine pairing flight with her dinner that our waitress matched perfectly with each dish. This is one of our favorites for a fine night out."
Dined on 12/19/2013
I dined here with a friend for our
annual Christmas splurge. Our entrees were good. I had the Halibut with potatoes and peas--excellent. We shared two appetizers: the three cheeses were fine but the beet salad had only a few slivers of beet. My friend had the cookie plate for dessert. It had only four small, uninspired cookies,. My banana molasses cake was very good but they must have cut the slice with a laser to make it so thin . The service was slow. About the ugly: the art work on the walls. There was a rather disturbing painting of a black bird with a large eye looming over our table Bottom line: I recommend this restaurant because of several unique, outstanding dishes , but don't go if you want generous portions."
Dined on 12/19/2013
Finally a place in Redlands that
offers delicious vegan choices! Others in my group had excellent "menu of the day" choice with good-size portions. Excellent value! We were also lucky that they had a "beer tasting" along with the food items for just $10 more. We will definitely frequent this restaurant again!"
Dined on 12/4/2013
I have been here twice- the first
time a friend and myself tried the 7 course sampler. I felt that that dishes were hit and miss for my pallet. But, I could also understand that some people enjoy some things more than others. Each portion was prepared very well. We came back a second time- because we absolutely LOVED the duck. We did not prefer the sides the duck typically comes with- but the staff was very friendly in allowing us to change the sides to mashed potatoes and vegetables. They. Were. Awesome. We also started our meal off with the wild mushrooms and polenta- it's absolutely perfect and not one thing I would change about it. The only complaint I have it that they do not keep their beverages well stocked."
Dined on 11/29/2013
Food was bland and overpriced. I
ordered the beet and goat cheese salad which was bland. My table had no salt or pepper on it which may have helped this pathetic tasting salad, and the server was no where to be found to ask for either. I ate it because I was so hungry. Btw the server talked me into the salad saying it was delicious! Not good! The filet mignon was cooked to a perfect rare but was over salted. The mashed potatoes were also bland and almost tasted like they came from a box. The mushrooms were sitting in a pool of oil. My boyfriend ordered the flank which was dry. We asked for a dessert menu then 15 minutes later the server comes over to ask us if we wanted dessert. By then we were over it! So, we won't be back anytime soon."
Dined on 11/9/2013
...and Loud Groups. Got both some
appetizers and the price fixe 3-course menu. The overall quality was good, albeit with small portions, particularly of the pulled pork entree. The beet and goat cheese salad as well as the mixed dessert including a house-made chocolate chip cookie and some chocolate mousse were equally good and equally small. Perhaps because of the presence of two large groups (one in the private dining room in the back) the overall noise level was loud for a relatively small number of diners; this is contributed to by the hard surfaces of the floor and walls, although they do put up some local artwork which is nice. Overall, a nice but not extraordinary dining experience that could be improved by some small changes."
Dined on 11/9/2013
Had a wonderful meal in the great
downtown setting of Redlands, CA. Pricey, but well worth it!"
Dined on 11/8/2013
Celebrated a birthday at Artisan
Farms. Experience was incredible, server was exceptional!. Food choices are limited, but great choices. I had the chicken breast with polenta and veggies, perfectly done and very tasty. The birthday girl had the Portabello Wellington and it was divine. Others at the table had the salmon and the filet and raved how delicious their meals were. Location is in the historic center of Redlands, ambiance was delightful, very trendy and open. Outside dining available, however, we sat inside. I give this restaurant the highest rating in all areas. The fact that their ingredients are organic and they offer healthy choices is well worth the visit. Try their flour less chocolate cake or the cheesecake yummy!!"
Dined on 11/2/2013
The service and ambiance were
really great and perfect for sitting outside and watching the Farmers Market on Thursday. The wine list is small but very good. The fresh bread was amazing, the scallops were cooked and seasoned perfectly, everything else we ordered - the pasta, the polenta dish, the cheese plate - we're better than average but not as good as we had hoped. We will definitely try this place again and taste some different items next time because even though we weren't wow'd by the food I think it was just an off night in the kitchen."
Dined on 10/24/2013
Wow is this restaurant overrated.
The food here was underwhelming. I had the special corn, tarragon, and cauliflower soup which lacked in flavor and in tarragon. I asked for salt and pepper to bring some flavors to the dish. Then I had the special pasta, basil tomato which was a homemade wide-square pasta which was undercooked and tasted like raw flour and again was bland in flavor. I finished with a dry flavorless chicken breast which was served with an overcooked and sticky risotto. The best thing I ate that night was one of the roasted carrots that accompanied the chicken breast. Service was decent. This is not somewhere fit for foodies or anyone who enjoys flavorful well cooked food."
Dined on 10/4/2013
We attended on a friday evening
about 6 pm - not very crowded. We had a reservation and was ushered towards the back. The outside dining area looked more inviting but since it was our first time we thought we would "go with the flow." The service was great, with the staff explaining the different entrees. The only real disappointment was a major lack of vegatarian-type foods. The steak and seafood were very good The wine list was extensive enough that something could be paired with the food in a variety of price ranges."
Dined on 9/27/2013
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Release: 05/31/2012
Willie Randolph served as the director of Central Michigan's track and field and cross country programs from 2009-13.
Under Randolph, the Chippewas produced 19 individual MAC titles, 47 All-MAC performers, 32 NCAA outdoor preliminary qualifiers, five NCAA indoor provisional qualifiers, five NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifiers, three NCAA Indoor Championships qualifiers and four All-Americans. A total of 22 school records were broken in Randolph's four years at the helm. In addition, Raeanne Lohner earned All-Region honors for cross country in 2010.
The 2012-13 track and field seasons were highlighted by several standout performances. Junior Parker Scott won the MAC title in the 400m with a personal best time of 51.77, earning him First Team All-MAC honors. Freshman Devene Brown shattered the school record in the discus, throwing a 168-04 at the Grand Rapids Open. Senior Alex Rose broke the national Samoan record in the discus and, at the same time, qualified for the World Championships, registering a record-setting throw of 59.83. A total of 10 Central Michigan track and field athletes earned berths to the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Preliminary Championships.
The cross country teams fared well in the fall of 2012, with the men finishing second at the MAC Championship for the second consecutive year, placing three runners in the top 15. The women's squad came in fourth.
Randolph's teams enjoyed success during the 2011-12 cross country and track and field seasons, with NCAA National Championships qualifiers in all three seasons. Both the men and the women finished runners-up in the MAC Cross Country Championships, with Tecumseh Adams taking the MAC Championship and qualifying for the NCAA National Championships. The women earned three All-MAC honors, and the men had two All-MAC. The men finished seventh overall at the Great Lakes Regional meet, and the women finished eighth.
Randolph led an experienced, veteran men's team and a young, developing women's team into the winter indoor track and field season and the spring outdoor season, with great success in each. The men's team set five new school records (3000m run, 5000m run, hammer throw, heptathlon, 4x400m relay), and Holly Anderson added one for the women in the 5000m run. At the MAC Championships, the men finished third with three individual MAC Champions and the women 10th. Senior thrower Kevin Mays qualified for the NCAA National Championships with his school-record weight throw mark of 71-11, where he finished with second-team All-America honors.
The records continued to fall in the spring season, with the men's hammer throw and women's javelin school records falling twice apiece. The men finished the MAC Championships third overall with three individual champions and the Outstanding Field Performer (Ryan McCullough), and the women improved to ninth. Eight Chippewas qualified for the NCAA Championships East Preliminaries in a school-record-tying nine events. McCullough and women's javelin thrower Milica Kulidzan advanced to the NCAA National Championships. McCullough earned second-team All-America honors, while Kulidzan was named honorable mention All-America.
Randolph's second year as director of track and field/cross country started strong in the fall as the women's cross country team finished second at the Mid-American Conference meet, an improvement of two places from the previous year. The men's team took eighth. Four individuals earned All-MAC honors. The cross country season concluded at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships as the women's team took eighth of 33 teams and the men took 19th.
Success followed Randolph into the winter and spring months as track and field began. Throughout the indoor and outdoor seasons, four school records were broken and three individuals earned All-MAC honors. Eleven underclassmen contributed to the third-place finish at the MAC Outdoor Championships by scoring points, a testament to Randolph's recruiting. Four Chippewas qualified for regionals, including Alex Rose who also placed fifth in the discus at nationals, earning All-America honors. His effort also earned CMU a top-50 finish at nationals.
In his first year at CMU, Randolph saw four Maroon and Gold teams finish fourth or higher in the Mid-American Conference meets. The Chippewas saw immediate results in the fall as the men's cross country team finished third while the women took fourth at the MAC Championships. The women capped their campaign with an impressive ninth-place finish at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional while the men finished 11th.
The Maroon and Gold continued laying a championship foundation during the track and field seasons. The women's squad finished runner-up at the 2010 MAC Indoor Championships, its highest placing since 2004, and took fourth at the MAC Outdoor Championships. Both meets saw a CMU athlete earn individual recognition from the conference as Erika Schroll was named the MAC Most Outstanding Field Performer during the indoor season and Raeanne Lohner earned the MAC Most Outstanding Track Performer award outdoors.
After the conclusion of the 2010 NCAA season, CMU sent four student-athletes to the USA Track and Field Championships and saw Alex Rose qualify for the International Association of Athletics Federations World Junior Championships in the discus. In 2011, two current and one former Chippewas competed in the USA Junior and Senior Track and Field National Championships.
Central's success carried over to the classroom as well, with 19 Academic All-MAC selections and one CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District pick. On a team level, the men's and women's cross country squads each earned the team academic award from the US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. In 2011, the women's cross country team ranked 14th nationally with a grade-point average of 3.62.
Randolph was hired on May 7, 2009 as Central's first director of men's and women's track and field/cross country. He came to CMU from the University of Louisville, where he worked directly with sprinters and hurdlers.
Randolph was part of a coaching staff that enjoyed a significant amount of success at Louisville. In 2008, the Cardinals' women's team won its second straight Big East Conference Outdoor Championships title, while the men finished in second place, just one-half point behind champion Notre Dame. It marked the second straight runner-up finish for the Louisville men outdoors. The coaching staff was named Big East Women's Coaching Staff of the Year for the second consecutive season.
Louisville's men's squad captured the Big East outdoor title in 2007, while the women's team finished runner-up. The coaching staff was named Big East Men's Coaching Staff of the Year in 2007.
Randolph coached 10 All-Big East performers, six NCAA provisional qualifiers and eight NCAA Mideast Regional qualifiers while at Louisville, and the sprinters and hurdlers set 15 school records under his tutelage. Some of his most noteworthy performers included Big East indoor and outdoor 200m champion Elisabeth Slettum, two-time Big East champion Heather Trimiew and 100m school-record holders Saravia Richardson and Edmond Yeboah.
Off the track, Randolph worked closely with the school's academic program and was instrumental in guiding the women's track and field team to the all-academic team recognition it received from the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association in 2007, when the Cardinals' 3.41 team grade-point average ranked 17th nationally.
The USTFCCCA named eight Cardinals to its all-academic team in 2009. In 2008, seven Louisville student-athletes were named to the all-academic team, and the Cardinals also swept the Big East Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence awards for men's and women's track and field. The awards are given to one student-athlete in each conference sport based on academic credentials, athletic accolades or performances and volunteer service to the community.
Prior to his stop in Louisville, Randolph oversaw a combined program as the head men's and women's track and field coach and head cross country coach at the University of New Orleans. In three seasons at UNO, Randolph coached 10 NCAA regional qualifiers, 30 All-Sun Belt Conference performers, 10 Sun Belt Conference Track and Field champions, 15 Academic All-Sun Belt selections and an individual cross country Sun Belt champion. UNO broke 56 school records, including two Sun Belt Conference records, under his guidance.
Randolph served as an assistant coach for the cross country and men's and women's track and field teams at Vanderbilt University for two years before his stop in New Orleans. He was also the recruiting coordinator at Vanderbilt. Randolph worked directly with two-time All-America heptathlete Josie Hahn, and the hurdlers and middle distance runners he coached broke 12 school records in his two seasons.
Randolph's collegiate coaching career began at Belmont University in 1999. He spent four seasons with the Bruins and coached one NCAA national qualifier, one Junior National Championships qualifier and three Atlantic Sun Conference champions. Randolph also mentored 14 student-athletes who earned academic all-conference honors.
During his time at Belmont, Randolph also founded and coached the Nashville Elite Track Club. He was named USA Track and Field Club Coach of the Year after guiding his squad to a 2001 USA Track and Field Club national championship. Randolph helped coach Jeremy Taylor to a top-10 world ranking in the 200m in 2001, and another of his club athletes, Xavier James, advanced to the semifinals in the 100m at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
Randolph is a USATF Level I and II certified coach in jumps, sprints and hurdles. He also is a USATF certified meet official.
Randolph also serves as a member on both the Division I Track and Field Committee and the USTFCCA Coaches Committee.
Randolph, a native of Saginaw, Mich. and graduate of Carrollton High School, earned a bachelor of applied arts degree in organizational and public communications from CMU in 1998. He was a two-year letterman for the Chippewas' track and field program as a hurdler.


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