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American Idol – 02/27/08
Oddly enough, Big Brother and American Idol are on at the same time on Tuesday and Wednesday. Yet Big Brother won the votes last night and American Idol won tonight. Don't ask me why. I have no answers.
It's ladies night on AI (that's American Idol, but much quicker to spell). I've been on top of my AI watching, and it's pretty much sucked. The auditions weren't fantastic. Hollywood week wasn't devastating enough. And now the finalists are all losers. At least we only have five hours a week with the losers. Wait, five hours? Screw that.
Carly is up first, and she's singing Heart. I don't think you can do better or worse than Heart when singing Heart. It's not like the vocals are fantastic to begin with, and they aren't going to get any better when anyone else sings it.
You can download the worst performance of the night on iTunes immediately after the show. In case you like to flush you money down the internet hole
Syesha is an "actress†and can cry like a baby. Which is good for a certain kind of fetishist. She sings a song called Mr. Jones. Assumedly. It isn't the Counting Crows. Luckily.
Brooke is a beauty school drop out, a badge that is worn on her head every day. She decides to hide behind a guitar for half the song, and squeak a terrible performance out of her doughy face. Not doughy as in fat, but doughy as in white and unremarkable. Tee heeeee. The judges like it though, so what the heck do I know?
Ramiele knows how to Polynesian dance. You might remember another idol who did that. His name was Sanjaya. Oh man, I'm so bored by this show. Maybe if I press on my eyes really hard it will be like I'm watching another show.
Kristy Lee Cook, who can only be addressed by all three names, is a farm girl and tomboy. Entertainment Weekly thinks she's going to win. I think they just like a pretty face. Which is fine, but this is a singing competition. And she doesn't have the vocal goods. At least her hair isn't that of a beauty school dropout.
We're halfway through the girls tonight, but 41 minutes into the show. When the time comes, I will amass an army and wage a war against filler.
Amanda Overmyer is called original, which is odd because she is just a Janice Joplin copy cat. And now she's doing a terrible rendition of a Kansas song. Maybe America will send her ass packing tomorrow. Wow, this was worse than karaoke. Luckily, the judges agree. And Simon trashed her stupid hair.
Alaina doesn't like her food touching. There is no reason I need to know this. And you aren't watching Toys. I'm hopelessly devoted to this boring and pitchy song. Or, wait, what's the opposite of "hopelessly devote?†Maybe angrily stabbing.
By the way, Randy Jackson's watch is huge!
Alexandrea sings some Chicago. And when I wrote "sing,†I was being generous. Very generous. Simon is being much more brutal. Fatality!
Wow, more Heart. I'll try to understand, try to understand, try try try to understand this song choice. Better luck next time, Kady. If there is a next time.
Then Asia'h wrapped up the night. I didn't watch, because my cat wasn't peeing in his litter box. Seriously, cat? The plastic next the litter box? Just move over an inch! But Simon clued me in to how she was. Terrible.
Man, AI is grating on me.
Big Brother: 'Til Death Do You Part
If you haven't been watching this season of Big Brother, you do not like entertainment. Yes yes, I know. That's a sweeping generalization. But really, what are you doing? Listen, they trapped all these horrible people in one house and the constantly fight! It's like watching hornets trapped in a jar of broken dreams.
The shows starts off where Sunday's nomination ceremony took off. Annoying Amanda and complacent Alex are up on the block along with whoseit and whatsit. Did you know that Amanda is from Fridley, MN? That means I can drive down the street and punch her in the face when she gets back. Not that I would, but I'm close enough to.
Sheila feels shafted by Allison, which is ironic considering they both faked being lesbians. Whiny Sheila feels abandoned now that Allison is safe from going home. Hold on, Allison needs an adjective. Whiny is taken. So is annoying. Come on, thesaurus. What do you have for me? Caustic? Naw. We'll go with irritating.
Alex and whatsit are confronting pink haired James, who isn't taking any guff. Not that any of them would use the word "guff." Unless they were 80. Which they are not. Which leads us into the veto competition where the houseguests fight to remove their head from the block. It's a confusing game which is no fun to watch. And the people who didn't need to veto won. Good work.
Things came to a head with Sheila and Allison later, when voices were raised. I actually watched this action live on the internet, and they was about a half hour longer with a lot of talk about yeast infections. Thanks, TV, for saving me from hearing about Sheila's yeast infection again.
And that's when the bodily waste hit the windmill. First, Allison ran to the diary room after having an allergic reaction to some unknown allergen. Her tongue was swelling, from what we heard, and they needed to use an EpiPen. And then, at the same time, Amanda fainted from a lack of sugar and started seizing.
Medical units were swooped in. Amanda was taken out on a stretcher! Everyone ends up alright and comes back to the house, but everyone is now really nice to Amanda who they hated not more than one day ago. Drama drama drama!
All in all, a great episode of Big Brother. And with less female problems than the live feeds. And that's just fine with me.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles – The Demon Hand
Boy, it's been a while. How are you doing? You look great. Niceties aside, let's get on with the TV.
For my return to the world of television, you have chosen Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Just so you know how fickle I am, my Tivo recorded the first episode of this show but not the second. So I threw my hands in the air and said "screw it†and deleted the first episode.
So I was done with the show without seeing it. But here we are, watching it. Well, you might not be watching it. Not that there is anything on in the wasteland that is Monday night television. Let's go!
As a reminder to everyone, everything here is written on the fly. Complete thoughts are such a bother, don't you think? So as the show plays, I write.
"Previously†tells me there is a chess playing robots that can kill everybody. Or will, in the future. This show is about fighting the future, like every other show out there. Especially Golden Girls.
There is a girl cop bending metal with her hands. Until further notification, I will assume she is a robot. Oh, but she shut down the power grid to a city. That's a specifically human trait. So, she's a human. Wait, she punched a door in. Robot. Hold on, digging through files. Human.
So we have a robot digging through files, surprisingly slowly for a future robot, and this Sarah Condor (or something like that) taking care of her son and brother.
The FBI has the hand of a future robot. I have a hard time believing they'll know what to do with it. Unless it has to do with illegal wire tapping. Then they're all over it. That's probably more the CIA's deal.
A FBI agent who lied about having the future robot hand, from now on referred to as the FDR, is watching tapes of Sara Concord in a mental institution ranting about the future and death. And where did he file the FDR? In his own freezer, of course. Don't mistake it for a pot pie or it will kill you.
Ceira Konner broke into the FBI agent's house to find info about FDR. What she finds is his files on her. Hold on, the friendly robot is doing ballet. The instructor just told her she is acting mechanical. Oh, the irony.
This is a lot of writing for only 17 minutes of show. I'm putting way too much effort into this.
Talk talk talk talk talk. I'm about ready for some action here. Maybe something to do with "fighting†and "future.†There are a lot of guns, but they aren't being fired. There are a lot of robots, but they aren't fighting. There are a lot of fists, but they aren't punching.
John Connor is watching Sarah's (I got tired of spelling her name wrong) mental institution tape. Can't see any good coming from that. It's nice to know that, even though the future is at stake, John still has to go to school. Knowledge is power, but then what use are all those guns?
Nosey FBI agent is talking to Sarah's old psychologist in his woodland home. There are no raccoons doing his dishes. That would be charming. And disease-tastic! Hey, guess who drugged the FBI agent? What's up, doc?
Robot kicked some fool. That's all.
The doc thinks the FBI agent is a robot from the future. To test this theory, there was a little leg stabbage. And there was blood. Doc thinks Sarah's psych ward ramblings line up with the book of Revelations. Now he's recapping Sarah's escape from Terminator 2. Been there, doc. Get on with it.
Now John and the guy I assumed was Sarah's brother are having a heart to heart. He's just some guy from the future. Or an uncle. I don't really care. But boy does he hate robots.
Guys are getting out of pitch black car, towards there apartment where the robot is. But she got the info she wanted, so she walked right on by as they killed the Russian chess family. That's not action! But the doc is burning the FBI agent. That is, sort of, action. Then Sarah punched the doc and took the robot arm. That's more action-ish. And that's all we got.
I could go for some more serious talking right about now. Hey, we're in luck! Blah blah blah feelings blah blah. Why is so many relationships developing when killer robots are involved? You hear me, Transformers?
The FBI agent who the doc tried to kill put the doc in the psych ward he originally worked in. I'm not impressed with this full circle. Also, FDR got all burnt up.
Dear Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, I am not a fan. Your truly, Aric McKeown.
The Strike is Over, MMWTV is Back
The Writers Guild of America voted yesterday to end their strike, which is fantastic news. This means the writers will be getting their fair cut of the new media profits, instead of zero cuts from new media. And while the strike has ended, your scripted shows will not be back with new episodes until late March or early April.
But that doesn't mean we can't enjoy what we have. Make Me Watch TV is back, as promised, watching all the horrible reality and game shows that you want! Voting will begin again on Monday the 18th.
Let's continue to enjoy and not enjoy TV together. Big Bang Theory is out of episodes, right? Sweet.
Support the Writers
These shenanigans by the AMPTP have gone on far too long. With The Office now in reruns because the writers can't get a fair shake, my heart isn't into this TV watching business. I certainly can't support the forced watching reality show filler and forced reruns.
Make Me Watch TV will come back once the AMPTP comes to their senses and gives the WGA what they deserve for creating the entertainment that we love.
Click on the banners in this post for up to the date information on the strike. Information is power, or something like that.
My temperature has been 100.(variable) over the past two days, so I don't much feel like being a smart ass. Let's just say I'll be back next week, with sickness and Thanksgiving and all. Oh man, I sure hope I'm not too sick for turkey. And horns of plenty.
Alias: Reckoning
We pick up where we left off last time. Sydney and pal accidentally blew up a gang of CIA fellas. And inhalers. Now Syd is going to show us what emotions sort of look like if you squint really hard.
Syd's father, who works for the CIA and is spying on SD-6, was investigated by the FBI for possibly stealing secrets. The FBI agents was named Bentley, like the car. His new name will be VW Bus. Also, he died in a car crash with Syd's mom. The VW Bus isn't a very safe vehicle.
Bah. More emotions. Maybe once we get to the next scene…oh. More emotions.
Whoops. Hello, used DVD. You seem to have stopped. Ahhhh, there we go.
SD-6 is going after a group called FTL. They do not deliver flowers. But they do hide codes in birthday cards. SD-6 will be going after the special decoders.
Time for some Syd disguises. She is wearing a dark wig and a piece of carpet. I wonder how much that dress costs per foot.
It's a good thing guards never look up. Syd would have been dead long ago then. Really, though, what is up that's ever worth looking at? Stars? Yeah. Been there, done that.
There is some sub-plot about singing and another one about Will investigating the murder of Syd's fiancé.
The greeting cards were decoded by DNA. Time to dig up a body! After finding it, of course. Through disguises.
When you leave an apartment in a state of disrepair, who leaves the fridge door open? That seems a little much.
Syd is in a foreign mental institution. Sure, it's dirty and dank. But it's universally covered! It looks like the guards are on to her. Come one, electroshock!
Cliffhanger! You folks better vote for Alias again next week!
Women's Murder Club: The Past Comed Back to Haunt You
I have never heard anything bad about the Women's Murder Club. However, I have heard only one good thing. Who is right, nothing or one thing? Or me? Let's see!
A building just went up and exploded. Then there was a fake commercial for Double Cross, a book by James Patterson. The face commercial was pretty funny. But let's get serious here. Someone is in jail for something.
Uh oh, I think there are clues and references from pervious episodes all up in here. Concentrate, Aric! You're working at a disadvantage here.
Jamie, son of a death row murderer, escaped this exploding building. Either someone tried to kill him or he caused the explosion to cover his allegedly murderous tracks.
Do you know what doesn't help your case? Running from the cops. Do you know what really doesn't help your case? Murder.
So Paul, death row resident, was seen by the murdered Ben Cooper leaving another murdered person's apartment. And Paul's son, Jamie, is accused of murdering Ben Cooper.
They're trying to solve to cases. Also, there are a bunch of women trying to solve these cases.
Halfway through, I have deemed this show stupid. Will it get stupider or better in the next 30 minutes?
And one of these women might be pregnant. You know what I don't want to deal with? Murder and women's problems.
And why do people drag people into bathrooms for private conversations? Need to talk in secret? Let's go into a room with several other mini rooms in it that are far from soundproof and a good place for people to hide!
It looks like they have whitey on the run! I hate whitey so much! Actually, he is the district attorney who is something something with somebody and also might something to somebody something.
Guess who isn't pregnant? Me!
You know what doesn't stop executions? Protesters.
Guess who is the murderer! The former roommate! Tsk tsk, blaming whitey.
Execution stopped. Mysteries solved. Mouth stretched into a yawn. I could have used a larger helping of women's issues. Just kidding. Women are stupid.
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Company: SwitchEasy
Website: www.switcheasy.com
Model: Capsule
Price: €20 (approx. $24 USD)
Compatible: iPod nano
SwitchEasy Capsule for iPod nano
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Published: Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Category: Cases - iPods + Accessories, iPod nano
Pros: A sleek-looking two-piece hard plastic shell for the iPod nano, available in five color combinations, and offering nearly comprehensive protection. Included matching colored lanyard and Click Wheel protector.
Cons: The iPod nano must be fully removed in order to use its Hold switch or Dock Connector port. The Hold switch can be damaged if the iPod isn't inserted properly into the case's bottom half, and the tinted clear plate that comprises a case's front surface tends to scratch fairly easily.
A relative newcomer to the iPod accessory market, SwitchEasy made their debut with the PivotDock for iPod shuffle (iLounge rating: B/B-), and is now entering the iPod case space with their new Capsule Accessory System for iPod nano. Why does SwitchEasy call their new case an Accessory System? It really sounds more elaborate than it is: SwitchEasy soon plans to introduce a la carte options, allowing users to mix-and-match replacement Lens Caps (Capsule's clear plastic front faces) and Stickies (Click Wheel protectors) of various colors.
With several key reservations regarding its design, explained in full detail below, we mostly liked and are willing to recommend the SwitchEasy Capsule.
The SwitchEasy Capsule for iPod nano consists of two pieces of color-matched polycarbonate resin. One opaque piece covers the iPod's back and sides, and the other covers the iPod's screen and front face (minus the Click Wheel). The two halves mate together with a locking tab on the Capsule's bottom edge. The case's only two holes (for the Click Wheel and headphone port) align properly with their respective components well, and no manufacturing defects are visible.
However, the case's transparent front surface is easily scratched, a fact that will eventually detract from the case's good looks as well as the usability of the iPod's screen. For this reason, we'd strongly recommend that the Capsule not be carried in a pocket or bag along with spare change or keys.
The Capsule's design provides usable access to only three of the iPod's 5 key access areas - the Click Wheel, screen, and headphone port - leaving the Dock Connector and Hold switch covered full-time. Hold switch coverage, we don't mind, but the headphone port is limited in its utility - the hole is too small for any headphone plug larger than that found on Apple's packed-in earphones.
The iPod's screen visibility is also dependent upon which color case you've purchased: each one tints the iPod's display a bit, and the black model unsurprisingly but unfortunately dims it quite significantly. The impact on screen readability is even more profound outdoors. With the included Click Wheel protective sticker, which varies in color based on the case you select, scrolling remains maximally responsive, and the protector's matte finish feels good to the touch.
Although it's very tricky to attach - a problem which confounded two iLounge editors - it's a nice touch that SwitchEasy includes a color-matched lanyard for mounting through one of two of the Capsule's eyelets. There's one in the center of the iPod's bottom, best for around-the-neck use, and one in the iPod's bottom-left corner, better for hand carrying.
Additionally, we award a point for Capsule's offering of at least five color combinations, each of which look great, and include matching Click Wheel protectors.
If the user chooses to utilize the Capsule's included Click Wheel protector, the case offers nearly comprehensive protection, leaving exposed only the small area for the iPod's headphone port. The Click Wheel protector is easily removable and can be reapplied several times.
In the discussion of protection, however, we should also discuss one important - though not fatal - design flaw that potential Capsule users need to be aware of: the nano has a fairly tight fit in the included tray, and there's no explicit recessed area for the iPod's Hold switch. If you don't install the iPod nano top-first into the tray, it's entirely possible that you will knock the Hold switch right off the iPod. Two iLounge editors had the exact same experience while testing the case, leading us to deduct from the case's otherwise good score (one point here, and one on value). In our view, there should be a deliberate Hold switch cut-out, or a label inside the case showing proper insertion, but keep this insertion process in mind and the iPod nano will be fine.
The Capsule's selling price of €20(approx. $24 USD) is slightly better than today's average price for a standard iPod nano case, and as such we would award it an extra point above our fair-price score. We also generally liked its design and feature package. However, because we were a bit disappointed by its Hold switch issue and third party headphone compatibility, our "reviewer's tilt" kicks in to adjust the score back to 5.
Given the variety of color choices available, sleek looks, reasonable pricing, and generally excellent level of protection, the Capsule is an attractive choice for many pocket-carrying iPod nano owners. Other than its documented Hold switch issue and limited headphone compatibility - issues which together conspire to keep it from receiving our standard recommendation - the major problem facing Capsule is distribution. At the time of this writing, SwitchEasy has yet to acquire an American distributor for Capsule, which is currently available only from select companies based in Europe, Japan, and Singapore. If you can find a way to buy it, use Apple's standard headphones, and are careful to avoid damaging your nano's Hold switch, it's worthy of your consideration.
A Note From the Editors of iLounge: Though all products and services reviewed by iLounge are "final," many companies now make changes to their offerings after publication of our reviews, which may or may not be reflected above. This iLounge article provides more information on this practice, known as revving.
Editors' Note: iLounge only reviews products in "final" form, but many companies now change their offerings - sometimes several times - after our reviews have been published. This iLounge article provides more information on this practice, known as revving.

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DURHAM — One person was killed and three others were hospitalized following a two-car crash on the Durham Freeway on Tuesday night, according to Durham police.
The crash happened about 9 p.m. in the northbound lanes, between the ramps of the freeways U.S. 15-501 interchange, according to Sgt. E. Peterson.
Police had confirmed one fatality, but didnt know the condition of the three people who were hospitalized, Peterson said.
Northbound lanes of Durham Freeway, also known as N.C. 147, were blocked for an hour after the crash, according to police.
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I-476 Northbound
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is warning drivers traveling northbound on the northeast extension (I-476) between the Mid-County and Lansdale Interchange of single lane traffic tonight, Sept. 11, from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. on Wednesday morning.
Construction crews will be closing the right lane between mile post A22 and A23 while crews work on the mainline bridge where is crosses Jolly Road in Whitpain Township, according to the Turnpike Commission.
The peed limit through the work zone is posted at 40 MPH and will be lifted at 4 a.m. on Wednesday morning.
I-476 Northbound
Motorists traveling on the Northeast Extension from Lansdale to the Mid-County should be prepared for bi-directional single-lane traffic patterns overnight, Sept. 11 from 8 p.m. until Wednesday at 6 a.m.
Construction crews will establish single-lane patterns, closing the southbound left lane from 8 p.m. until 5 a.m. and the northbound lane form 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. to make temporary barrier adjustments between mile marker A31 to A29.


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Looking forward to the spring small striped bass typically begin arriving in many Cape Cod fishing spots during late April. I would imagine there is a good chance that we will see bass a bit earlier than normal this season-maybe around mid April.
The majority of these first fish will be on the small side, between 12 and 20 inches. The best places to target these early season striped bass are around bait filled estuaries inside Buzzard's Bay and on the Cape's southside. I've always had fantastic luck fishing the Weweantic and Agawam Rivers in Wareham early in the season with super light tackle.
Many of the creeks and estuaries from Falmouth to Hyannis also have the potential to produce good fishing in April, and are great Cape Cod fishing spots to target. Of course Nantucket and the Vineyard are great places to try for the first striped bass of the season if you don't mind riding the ferry.Once May rolls around the bigger bass will return to Cape Cod and the Islands.
Buzzard's Bay has, over the past few seasons, produced phenomenal top water plugging for the boating crowd. The key is to locate the flocks of birds feeding alongside the bass by using radar. If you start hearing great fishing reports trickling in from Buzzard's Bay, consider fishing the Cape Cod Canal, especially during breaking tides.
Often times the biomasses of Buzzard's Bay bass will move through the Canal a few days after anglers find them feeding in the Bay. They'll stick around in the Canal for a day or two before moving north into Cape Cod Bay and beyond.
Then a new batch of fish will move in from Buzzard's Bay a few days to a week later (at least that is the theory!).
Cape Cod Striped Bass Fishing with Mackerel
Having a live-well full of atlantic mackerel is a great first step to boating that first big bass of the season. Small bass can be caught in Cape Cod Bay usually during the first week of May.
By the second week of May the schoolie fishing is generally pretty steady, with bigger fish filtering in with each passing day. The middle of May is when I start thinking about targeting keeper size bass in the Canal and in Cape Cod Bay.
Fishing with live mackerel can be a lot of fun during May. Macks infiltrate Cape Cod Bay early in the season and are generally pretty easy to find and catch.
Trolling and drifting with live macks is a blast and an awesome way to catch truly big stripers. I can still remember watching a 32 pounder inhale a live mackerel last season right off the stern of the Miss Loretta. That was one sight I will not soon forget!
I am hoping that 2013 will be another banner year for Cape Cod Bay, and for live mackerel fishing. Last year's mackerel showing was incredible compared to past seasons-at least for yours truly.
Needless to say the anticipation is building for me, even with this weekend's impending snowstorm. If you are like me then spring cannot get here soon enough!
Tight lines,


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To say that Lake Tahoe is a photographer's dream come true is an obvious understatement. Spring, summer, fall, and winter, this Sierra Nevada gem presents unsurpassed photographic opportunities. My favorite times to take pictures are fall and winter. The stark winter landscape, simplified by layers of snow, presents a challenging study in contrasts for the photographer. Fall's splashes of color, complemented by deep blue Lake Tahoe and the evergreen forests filling the Lake Tahoe Basin, make for some spectacular photographic possibilities. Photography is only one of the many recreational options at Lake Tahoe.
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Friends and family remember developer Nathan Benderson for his gruff, frugal approach to business and life, but deeply rooted compassion for helping others.
"He was the toughest and sweetest guy we will ever know," Rabbi Brenner Glickman said.
Benderson died April 7 at the age of 94 at following a stroke. He was buried April 11 in Buffalo and family held a memorial service Wednesday at in Sarasota.
A crowd packed the pews at the temple and had to be seated in the overflow social hall.
"So many people are here today," marveled Shaun Benderson, Nathan Benderson's grandson from Randy Benderson. "I know my grandfather's hoping the temple's charging for parking."
Benderson learned how to get by on very little and make the best of it thanks to his Depression-era upbringing finding a way to start a business at 16 from selling old bottle caps. For a man who dropped out of high school, he found a way to never forget those in need while operating his billion-dollar Benderson Development in Buffalo and soon in Manatee County and Sarasota when he moved the company here in 2004.
His company's presence is undoubtedly marked with 19 shopping centers and plazas in Sarasota and Bradenton, including the 8,000-employee company's headquarters in University Park.
"Leadership was as natural to him as breathing was to others," said Randy Benderson, Nathan's youngest son and the president of Benderson Development.
Oh, and his father never let him forget who was the leader of the house and business.
"Never forget I'm still the CEO," Randy said his father told him.
Benderson was known for peppering his employees, and friends and family, with questions to make sure they're doing the right thing for themselves and others.
"I was scared to hear his questions, answer his questions or ask him questions," said Keith Leonard, who is married to Benderson's granddaughter Cyndi.
Leonard received calls from Benderson on Sunday nights for the last 15 years to catch up with family and update him on how the business is going, "but not until after 9 p.m. because the minutes were free."
Sometimes Benderson's best moments came during late night phone calls to colleagues.
During one of his routine night owl calls, Nathan Benderson would phone Peter Fleischmann, who helped with Benderson's philanthropic endeavors.
Recently, Benderson met with the Israeli Red Cross and had agreed to donate a high-tech ambulance, Fleischmann said. The great potential for serious violence in Israel had struck a nerve with Benderson, so the call came to Fleischmann.
Donate another ambulance, Benderson told him.
Benderson was always the competitive businessman even when playing board games with his grandchildren.
When Sarah Benderson, daughter of Randy Benderson, was 6, she had a spirited Monopoly match going with Nathan Benderson. She managed to get Park Place and Boardwalk at a hefty price, but her grandfather showed how she could make money off her smaller properties, too.
"When he landed on my property, I was thrilled to collect his rent just like we would from collecting from his tenants," the high school senior said.
And at work, when Benderson was in his finest, those looking to make a deal with discovered his salty tongue.
"Bankers were shocked in the middle of a board meeting that a man who never finished high school spoke fluent French," Fleischmann joked.
But despite all the squeezing of pennies, including driving a Ford Taurus instead of opting for a Bentley, his money wasn't used to live as lavishly as he could, but to help those in need whether human or animal.
Benderson's mark can be found at the All Faiths Food Bank, Nate's Place Dog and Cat Sanctuary, the Benderson Family Skilled Nursing and Rehab Center, to name a few organizations and endeavors Benderson helped.
He could also be seen regularly enjoying his outdoorsy and still evolving sports endeavor, with bike rides.
"There he was 94, my father was vigorous and full of life," Randy Benderson said. "Even on his last day, he rode his bike to work."
Now that he has passed, his giving will continue in the form of endowments and a new fund, The Buffalo News reported:
"Mr. Benderson set up a trust with the funds to go to charities upon his death, said Jordan Levy, chairman of the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp., and a lifelong friend of the Benderson family.
The Benderson Family Life Insurance Legacy Initiative is in excess of $130 million and will go to whatever charities the family decides to support, Levy said.
"It all has to go to charity," Levy said.
"What people don't know is 90 percent of his life the last 25 years was all about charity," Levy said, "but he wasn't the kind of guy to get up and have a press conference to talk about it."
And the basis of such charity is simple to Nathan Benderson, Randy Benderson said.
"If we don't give to the less fortunate, who will?" he said. "… Nathan Benderson is a great man, and his greatness will never die."
Nathan Benderson's charity work started when his wife asked her husband to chair a muscular dystrophy association in Buffalo, Ronny Benderson said.
He was never the same since, always getting involved with some organization to help, spending 70 hours-plus a week on work and philanthropy and getting up early on the weekends to solicit donations.
Why would he get up instead of sleep in, Ronny Benderson had asked his father.
"There was no detail that was too small," Ronny Benderson said.
Benderson was not forgotten in Buffalo. Numerous articles were written about his passing and life accomplishments by Buffalo area media, and an overwhelming turnout touched the family, Glickman said.
"The entire city was present because he was Mr. Buffalo," he said.
Behind the peppered questions, the gruffness and the charity, there was always a lesson from Nathan Benderson.
"He just wanted everyone to be better people," Leonard said.


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Greek Food Basics
- Discover Greek Food & Culture
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- The Greek Cook's Shopping & Gift Guide
- Greek Holiday Traditions
- Health & Nutrition
- Ancient Greek Foods
- Glossary of Greek Cooking Words, Terms, and Pronunciation
- Dining at a Greek Restaurant
Discover Greek Food & Culture
Perhaps more than any other country, the foods of Greece are indelibly intertwined with its political and social history. Explore the evolution of the Greek cuisine and regional differences, and learn why and how to bring the benefits of Greek food to your table.
- Introduction to Greek Food
- Eat Greek, Get Noisy!
- Filoxenia: More Than Hospitality
- Basics of Traditional Greek Cooking
- How Greek Foods Are Cooked
- How to Build a Greek Meal
- The Tselementes Effect on Greek Cooking
- Greek Cooking Schools
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Learn about the ingredients used in cooking Greek foods, what they look like, how to use them, and where to find them.
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- Greek Cheeses
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- Greek Spices
- Seasonal: Fruit, Vegetables, and Herbs
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- Seasonal: When to Make Spoon Sweets (Preserves)
- Shortcut: Using Canned (Dried) Beans
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Stocking the Kitchen
Everything you need to turn your kitchen into a Greek cook's paradise, from items and ingredients to keep in the pantry, to utensils and pots and pans.
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- Before You Buy Greek Olive Oil
- Buying & Storing Feta Cheese
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Much Greek menu planning is based on the calendar of Greek Orthodox holidays and festivals. Recipes have hardly changed over centuries, and setting a "holiday table" is considered by many to be a sacred act, where strict guidelines are observed about food types, courses, and even down to the time certain dishes are prepared.
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Volumes have been written about the Greek diet and, before that, the Cretan diet. Based on a healthy lifestyle, the Greek diet makes the best use of natural and organic ingredients cooked without a heavy reliance on saturated fats and processed foods.
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Information and facts about ancient Greek foods and the history of some of our modern foods. What did the Ancient Greeks eat and how did they cook it? Find the answers here.
- Greek Food & Culture Through History
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- The Foods of Old Athens
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Glossary of Greek Cooking Words, Terms, and Pronunciation
Find definitions, explanations, and a pronunciation guide for ingredients, foods, techniques, and other words to help increase your understanding of Greek food and cooking.
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- Greek Cheeses Glossary
- Greek Herbs Glossary
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- Greek Orthodox Easter & Lent Glossary
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The 12th Annual Silver Strand Half Marathon & 5K is Sunday, November 11, 2012. Run along the Strand from Coronado to Imperial Beach! Coronado is located across the bridge from downtown San Diego. Imperial Beach is located twenty miles south of downtown San Diego.The 5K Run/Walk starts and finishes at the Imperial Beach Pier Plaza at 7:00 a.m. Run the 5K and then enjoy the post race festivities while watching the half marathoners cross the finish-line.
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My story, Chicken Little, is the closing novella, and it's my take on The Space Merchants: a darkly comic story about a man whose job is to come up with products to sell to immortal quadrillionaires who've speciated from the human race proper and now live as sovereign states in vats that supply their life-support.
Additionally, Gateways features essays about Pohl and his work by Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois, Connie Willis, Robert J Sawyer, Robert Silverberg, Joan Slonczewski, Emily Pohl-Weary (Fred's granddaughter and the Hugo-winning co-author of Judith Merril's wonderful memoir, Better to Have Loved) and editor James Frenkel.
This is truly a smashing volume, a testament to the impact that Pohl has had on several generations of sf writers and readers (he continues to write, of course, and his blog, The Way the Future Blogs is up for the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writing!). It was edited by Fred's wife, Elizabeth Anne Hull, who did yeoman duty on it while nursing Fred through several serious health crises in the past two years.
I'm so proud to be in this book. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
13 Responses to "Gateways: Tribute to Fred Pohl with stories by Bear, Benford, Brin, Bova, Gaiman, Harrison, Haldeman and me!"
jmcgarry says:
Nice. Adding this to my ever growing "to read" list.
straponego says:
That is an amazing lineup. Absolutely a must have.
Anonymous says:
Hmmm …. So forward thinking that there is no Kindle version? Shame!
S2 says:
Been waiting for this since Cory mentioned it here over a year ago. My first Pohl book (co-authored with Williamson) was Reefs of Space, ca. '64 or so, and what a lucky break that was — combined with early work from Brunner and Herbert I was effectively innoculated against the insiduous catalog of Space Opera schlock…. Congrats to every author in this volume! I'll p'bly never get to be a NeoGeshel radical homorph, or cast a bobble, or elude the Plan of Man aboard a reactionless-drive flying Shmoo, but at least I can read about it ;-)
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It would be great if you could get enough control that the Kindle edition doesn't end up being significantly more expensive that the paperback version. It's annoying, and makes me not want to buy the book. If the electronic version is priced reasonably (that is, LESS than the paperback which clearly costs something for printing and handling a shipping, so I know I'm paying a reasonable amount rather than getting gouged for using the Kindle), then I'm going to be much more enthusiastic about buying it.
PBryden says:
Very much looking forward to reading this.
Congratulations Cory, it's nice to see the little Canadian kid who worked so hard at his craft to be recognized as a contemporary with this great group of sf writers.
scifijazznik says:
This looks awesome. Funny enough, I'm on a short story collection bender. I'm making my way through "Wastelands" currently and just read "Sysadmins" for the first time last night.
When I first read "Gateway" it had the same effect on me that reading "Rendezvous With Rama" had on me nearly a decade earlier. It just seemed so completely plausible.
Suffice it to say, I'm looking forward to this. Congrats, Cory.
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Mr. Pohl lives about 10 minutes away from me. After reading Gateway for the first time and turning to the back in the "About the Author" section I was stunned to see my small town listed. Sure enough, he's well known in town. I've been sorely tempted to bring my battered Gateway copy over and tell him thank you for writing a great book and ask for an autograph, but it seemed a bit too stalker-y.
Looking forward to picking up a copy of this book. I've heard lots of good things about it for a bit.
farrellmcgovern says:
Frederik Pohl is a GOD.
I remember reading Gateway back in grade 9 reading it…a friend of mine at the time, Jeff, used a model of a Bell Cobra gunship to make a fairly good replica of one of the ships on the cover. Another wonderful books is Pohl's "The Way the Future Was", which is a must read for anyone interested in the History of Science Fiction Fandom. I also loved "The Space Merchants".
I *MUST* get this book, since it has works by some of my favourite SF writers, writing in tribute to one of my favourite SF writers!
jeligula says:
I must have a copy.
Laurel L. Russwurm says:
What heady company you're in… you've made the pantheon. Congrats Cory!
And of course regards to Fred. :D
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Just received my first copy of the Space Merchants. I bought and Love Gateways based on the BB post, and started making some purchases, with TSM as the first one. I am an avid SF fan, have read lots of Pohl, but somehow I may have not yet read this one. W00t. I'm not done with Gateways, but so far, great collection. I feel like I'm at a long-running dinner honoring the man. Cheers!


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The film portrays the experience of a single human soul, portrayed by Williams, through various incarnations. Williams is the only common actor throughout the stories that span man's history on Earth.
An attempt on director-screenwriter Bill Forsyth's part to depict by visual means the ordinariness of life throughout the ages, Being Human is deliberately slow in its pace in order to emphasize how slow life often is. The structure is one of vignette-like character studies of one man (actually at least four distinct men, all with the same soul) who never gains complete control of situations around him, but who perseveres nonetheless.


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Update as of 9:15 p.m.
According to unofficial results, Robert Godfrey has reclaimed his seat in the 110th District. Here are the vote totals, according to those unofficial results:
- Godrey: 3,282
- DeMuth: 1,184
The original report follows:
Scott DeMuth, a Danbury Republican, has his hands full in Tuesday's race against Robert Godfrey.
Godfrey is running for the 13th time in the 110th Assembly District, and he appears to be hard to beat.
While in this post, Godfrey has championed gun control, an issue that has cost many politicians their jobs. He was worked his way into a leadership position (Deputy Speaker,) and he was recognized as an outstanding legislator by the AFL-CIO.
Scott DeMuth, who ran for the Danbury City Council and lost, worked at Keller Williams Realty in Ridgefield, and he studied at the University of Colorado.


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Director Mark Jackson's drama is a chilly study in grief starring Catherine Keener as a war-zone photographer shattered by her experiences in Libya.
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Dwayne Johnson tries, but he's surrounded by poor CGI and a terrible adaptation of yet another comic book. Ian McShane steals what little movie there…
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
Patrice Leconte's "Monsieur Hire" is a tragedy about loneliness and erotomania, told about two solitary people who have nothing else in common. It involves a…
A report on Comic-Con 2014 and "Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton."
"Life Itself" screens at The Virginia Theatre in Champaign-Urbana from July 28th to August 1st.
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An appreciation of James Shigeta, best known for playing Joseph "Joe" Takagi in the original "Die Hard."
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"Hugo" is unlike any other film Martin Scorsese has ever made, and yet possibly the closest to his heart: a big-budget, family epic in 3-D, and in some ways, a mirror of his own life. We feel a great artist has been given command of the tools and resources he needs to make a movie about — movies. That he also makes it a fable that will be fascinating for (some, not all) children is a measure of what feeling went into it.
In broad terms, the story of his hero, Hugo Cabret, is Scorsese's own story. In Paris of the '30s, and schooling himself in the workings of artistic mechanisms. That runs in the family. Hugo's uncle is in charge of the clocks at a cavernous Parisian train station. And his father's dream is to complete an automaton, an automated man he found in a museum. He dies with it left unperfected.
Rather than be treated as an orphan, the boy hides himself in the maze of ladders, catwalks, passages and gears of the clockworks themselves, keeping them running right on time. He feeds himself with croissants snatched from station shops and begins to sneak off to the movies.
His life in the station is made complicated by a toy shop owner named Georges Melies. Yes, this grumpy old man, played by Ben Kingsley, is none other than the immortal French film pioneer, who was also the original inventor of the automaton. Hugo has no idea of this. The real Melies was a magician who made his first movies to play tricks on his audiences.
Leave it to Scorsese to make his first 3-D movie about the man who invented special effects. There is a parallel with the asthmatic Scorsese, living in Little Italy but not of it, observing life from the windows of his apartment, soaking up the cinema from television and local theaters, adopting great directors as his mentors, and in the case of Michael Powell, rescuing their careers after years of neglect.
The way "Hugo" deals with Melies is enchanting in itself, but the film's first half is devoted to the escapades of its young hero. In the way the film uses CGI and other techniques to create the train station and the city, the movie is breathtaking. The opening shot swoops above the vast cityscape of Paris and ends with Hugo (Asa Butterfield) peering out of an opening in a clock face far above the station floor. We follow his Dickensian adventures as he stays one step ahead of the choleric Station Inspector (Sacha Baron Cohen), in chase sequences through crowds of travelers. Hugo always manages to escape back to his refuge behind the walls and above the ceiling of the station.
His father (Jude Law), seen in flashbacks, has left behind notebooks, including his plans to finish the automaton. Hugo seems somewhat a genius with gears, screws, springs and levers, and the mechanical man is himself a steampunk masterwork of shining steel and brass.
One day Hugo is able to share his secret with a girl named Isabelle (Chloe Grace Moretz), who also lives in the station, and was raised by old Melies and his wife. She is introduced to Hugo's secret world, and he to hers — the books in the cavernous libraries she explores. These two bright kids are miles apart from the cute little pint-sized goofballs in most family pictures.
For a lover of cinema, the best scenes will come in the second half, as flashbacks trace the history and career of Georges Melies. you may have seen his most famous short film, "A Trip to the Moon" (1902), in which space voyagers enter a ship that is shot from a cannon toward the moon; the vessel pokes the Man in the Moon in the eye.
Scorsese has made documentaries about great films and directors, and here he brings those skills to storytelling. We see Melies (who built the first movie studio) using fantastical sets and bizarre costumes to make films with magical effects — all of them hand-tinted, frame by frame. And as the plot makes unlikely connections, the old man is able to discover that he is not forgotten, but indeed is honored as worthy of the Pantheon.
Not long ago, I saw a 3-D children's film about penguins. I thought it was a simpleminded use of the medium. Scorsese uses 3-D here as it should be used, not as a gimmick but as an enhancement of the total effect. Notice in particular his re-creation of the famous little film "Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat" (1897), by the Lumiere brothers. You've probably heard its legend: As a train rushes toward the camera, the audience panics and struggles to get out of its way. That is a shot which demonstrates the proper use of 3-D, which the Lumieres might have used had it been available.
"Hugo" celebrates the birth of the cinema and dramatizes Scorsese's personal pet cause, the preservation of old films. In one heartbreaking scene, we learn that Melies, convinced his time had passed and his work had been forgotten, melted down countless films so that their celluloid could be used to manufacture the heels of women's shoes. But they weren't all melted, and at the end of "Hugo, " we see that thanks to this boy, they never will be. Now there's a happy ending for you.
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So right, in fact, that Leakey's view would prevail and most anthropologists would eventually accept Homo habilis as a legitimate member of the human family, though not necessarily as the direct ancestor of Homo sapiens. Inspired by his father's work on human origins, third son Richard Leakey has achieved fame for his own fossil discoveries. In late September 1972, Richard flew down to Nairobi from his research site at Lake Rudolf (now Turkana) to show his father his team's latest find, a large-brained skull thought at the time to be 2.6 million years old. The specimen was named 1470.
"It's marvelous," exclaimed Louis. "But they won't believe you." Remembering his own experience with the skeptics, Louis was looking forward to the fight over whether 1470 was a species of Homo, which Richard argued it was. As Richard recalled the encounter, the skull "represented to [Louis] the final proof of the ideas he had held throughout his career about the great antiquity of quite advanced hominid forms."
But on October 1, a few days after holding the fossil in his hands, Louis Leakey died of a heart attack on a visit to London. Thirty years later, the debate that he anticipated continues.


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Researchers rediscover a giant insect, thought to have gone extinct a century ago, and plan to reintroduce it to its native island off the coast of Australia.
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8 Simple Ways to Save Money When Renting
Sharing costs and negotiating rent top the list.
Rent is usually the biggest item on everyone's budget. The average American renter spends about 35 percent of their gross income on rent and rent-related expenses. Fortunately, you don't have to break the bank to keep a roof over your head. Here are eight simple ways to save money when renting.
[See the best personal finance stories from around the Web at the U.S. News My Money blog.]
Before you sign a lease or renew your lease, take the time to talk to your landlord and try negotiating. Oftentimes if you are willing to sign a longer lease, your landlord may be willing to reduce your monthly rent. If he or she doesn't seem receptive to lowering your monthly rent, try getting him or her to include utilities or parking in your rent.
Have Roommates
A foolproof way to save money on rent is to have a roommate or two. Take advantage of Craigslist or Roommates.com and find a couple roommates. Living with roommates is much cheaper than renting your own studio or one bedroom apartment.
Find out if your landlord will give you a rent reduction if you help him or her find a new tenant. Sometimes landlords will reduce your rent for a month if you help them fill a vacant apartment.
DIY Decorating
Make your apartment feel like a home by decorating frugally. If you enjoy photography, grab your camera and go take some pictures. Then use them as decorations around your apartment. Or, if you enjoy pottery, showcase your creations in your apartment.
Furnish on the Cheap
When you start the process of furnishing your apartment, take advantage of sites such as Freecycle or Craigslist to find free or cheap furniture. Also, reach out to family and friends who may be trying to get rid of their unwanted furniture. There is no reason to buy new furniture for your place when you can save money by taking advantage of other people's unwanted couches, chairs, tables, or whatever else you may need.
Share Food With Your Roommate
With the price of groceries rising, a great way to save money is to share food with your roommate. Invest in a membership to Sam's Club or Costco, set up shopping days with your roommates, and buy in bulk. Then, just split the bill. Or, switch off cooking dinner every night. Cooking in bulk tends to be less expensive than just making one meal at a time. (See also: Ultimate Guide to Bulk Buying Groceries)
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Watch Your Utilities
Utilities can add up quickly and be a total budget drainer. When leaving a room, turn off the lights. Don't leave the water running when you are brushing your teeth. Invest in energy efficient lighting. By making small changes to your utility usage, you can save big time.
Take Advantage of Apartment Facilities
Does your apartment have a gym onsite? If so, cancel your monthly gym membership! There is no need to spend money on outside facilities when you can use onsite facilities included in your rent.
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The two predominant types of Sherry are Fino (very dry with a lighter-body) and Oloroso (still dry, but much richer in both flavor and body). If the winemaker is going for Fino, alcohol is added (fortification) until it reaches just over 15%; however, if Oloroso is the goal then alcohol is added to reach an 18% alcohol content.
Now the fun begins, while the wines remain in their casks they are permitted contact with air in the top portion of the cask. A layer of yeast, called "flor" forms a coating on the surface of the Sherry, keeping the wine from over oxidizing - these wines will become Finos as their lower alcohol content is what allows the yeast to grow in the first place. Olorosos on the other hand do not support the growth of flor due to their higher alcohol content. Olorosos are permitted to oxidize intentionally, producing a darker, and richer wine, with more body than a Fino.
Sherry wines must go through a solera system for adequate aging. This system is essentially a blending system of casks that hold wines of varying ages. The oldest casks are the ones that are bottled in a given year and the next casks are arranged in such a way that the youngest Sherries are blended into a series of casks holding progressively older Sherries. The blending off of younger Sherry into older Sherry results in very consistent, high quality wines that all share a portion of the oldest, original vintage of Sherry made at the bodega. Sherries do not have a vintage date, per se, as they are really a blend of many years.
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Alameda County is in the same spot as a lot of other local governments this year, attempting to balance their budgets without much help from the state.
"Currently, we're using a Ouija board to figure this out," said Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty at a luncheon for business leaders at the in Pleasanton on Tuesday.
Alameda County is facing a $135 million shortfall in its $2.4 billion budget for the 2011-12 fiscal year, he said. And with the state looking for $15.4 billion to balance its own budget, that means more bad news for local governments.
Even so, Haggerty said the county is trying not to touch its $2 million reserve. Cuts likely will come from, among other things, public safety, health and social services — things people do not want to lose. There could be many layoffs in the coming years.
"The government is always last to lay off, but that has to happen at some point," Haggerty said, noting that he thinks 2012 and 2013 will be even worse.
"It's very painful."
Haggerty did say, however, that he would want to jump into the county's reserve budget if it meant saving public safety workers.
County officials will present their proposed budget to the Board of Supervisors on June 9. The board is expected to adopt it by June 24.
Haggerty also talked about plans to extend BART to Livermore and the recent petition to stop the commuter train from snaking through Livermore's downtown area.
An organization called Keep BART on 580 circulated a petition recently to stop current plans for the $4 billion transit project by putting the issue on the November ballot. The group has gathered about 7,200 signatures, Haggerty said.
The organization wants to put BART stations along Interstate 580, much like the Pleasanton and Dublin BART stations, but Haggerty said there has to be some room for compromise.
"You have to have stations within a half-mile of where people live so they'll ride — you have to have the ridership," he said. "By putting it downtown, you would achieve that."
However, he said he was open to looking at other options and perhaps finding an alternate route rather than going all the way into downtown. But countywide, he said, people want BART in Livermore.
The current option is to build a BART extension from I-580 through the Airway-Portola region to downtown Livermore and perhaps continue it to Vasco Road, where it would hook up to transportation hubs in eastern Contra Costa County.
"Then you have a whole network," Haggerty said, also noting that he would like to see a high-speed rail system go through the Altamont Pass area. That would piggyback on the already existing BART system.
"Perhaps the answer is at least building to Isabel (Avenue) and doing it in phases," he said.
Haggerty also talked about getting congestion off Interstates 680 and I-580 by widening Highway 84 to four lanes. The problem, however, is the state is broke.
"If we were to get it to four lanes, we're in a position to relieve I-580 and I-680 for 15 years," he said, noting that many people in the Tri-Valley would like to see other arterials widened before Highway 84.
When officials talked about this before, the Sierra Club opposed it and plans didn't go far. That likely would happen again, he said.
In related news, Haggerty said the county is about to embark on an intensive study of ways to relieve congestion on I-580 and I-680. As chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the supervisor said he would like to see people from the Tri-Valley area attend meetings on this issue.
Haggerty talked about an upgrade to Stanley Boulevard that he said was long overdue — new paving, about 3,000 new bushes and reconfigured bike lanes.
"It's one of the ugliest roads in California and yet it sits between two beautiful cities," he said. "We needed to upgrade that road."
He also talked about an I-680 toll lane that, despite a lot of criticism, is doing its job alleviating congestion.
"I do get emails from people saying it saves people a good 10 or 15 minutes per day."
Haggerty said he wants the poles gone and the power lines underground — all part of the plan.
He also referred to the repaving of westbound lanes of I-580 as a past-due project.
"We've been very insistent that this gets done quickly."


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Jason Schaefer
The Valdosta Daily Times
While guests who attend the Moody Air Force Base Open House this weekend will be greeted by heart-stopping stunts, the mission of the Thunderbird Demonstration Squadron is far more than aerobatics.
Take the case of Maj. Blaine Jones, the Opposing Solo pilot in plane 6 for the squadron. His career with the Thunderbirds has brought him full-circle, serving with the very team that inspired him to become a pilot.
"A long time ago, I saw the Thunderbirds fly," Jones said. "I didn't join the military right off the bat, but they inspired me to take a flight at the local airport on Sept. 8, 2001, then Sept. 11 happened."
Jones sat in his office, absorbing the sour news and made his decision "right there" to join the Air Force. He had flown once before, and decided to become a fighter pilot.
"Up until that point, I had been working for myself, for my own personal gain, not for a cause," Jones said. "If I had never seen the Thunderbirds, I never would have taken that first flight."
This is the true mission of the team of F-16s — to inspire. Decked out in bright and patriotic red, white and blue, the squadron, nicknamed "America's Ambassadors in Blue," Thunderbirds air shows are
intended to demonstrate the power and maneuverability of the planes, but also the strength of the Air Force, the U.S. military and the airmen and servicemen serving across the globe.
"I never thought of them that way when I first saw them," Jones said, "so if I can inspire someone, wherever they are in their life, one guy or one gal, it's worth it."
Jones' job with the team is unique, as are all positions. Like a highly-trained athletic squad — or perhaps more like a troupe of ballet dancers — each of the six demonstration pilots serve in a niche capacity.
The first four serve as lead, left and right wing and slot position — the rear plane — in formation flights. These pilots fly impressively close to one another as they careen across the air field in front of onlookers, showing the precision military pilots are expected to have.
The last two pilots in planes 5 and 6, the lead solo and opposing solo positions, show the individual ability of the jets to perform outstanding maneuvers of speed and power. Because the lead solo plane spends most of its time in the air upside-down, the number 5 is inverted on the plane as well as the pilot's uniform.
As the opposing solo pilot, Jones is one of this pair. He flies directly above the inverted number 5 plane in a maneuver called the Calypso, he said. And in another maneuver, he and the number 5 pilot will approach one another from two miles away, passing each other at close quarters at about 1,000 miles per hour.
Even in these impressive stunts, Jones said he doesn't get nervous — not anymore.
"It's less of a show of performance and more just trying to be in the right spot at the right time and doing the correct maneuver," Jones said. "It's a normal job, but it's a lot of fun."
For example, when Jones sees the lead solo pilot off of his wing tip two miles off, and they cross each other in six seconds, he feels a sort of zen-like peace, he said.
"Time kind of slows down and you make small adjustments, and do everything that you can to make the pass look perfect," Jones said. "It's a very relaxing, very methodical kind of thing."
But for all of the excitement and all the gut-wrenching power of a high-G turn, the flying is not his favorite part of the job.
"It's a lot of fun on the team, but the real joy is traveling around the country and around the world, and talking to folks from all walks of life and hopefully opening their eyes up to the opportunities here," Jones said. "You can do whatever you want in the country. We have so many folks around the world, so many airmen, and to be able to represent and show what they can do is great for us."
Only six pilots comprise the Thunderbirds squadron in the air, but it takes 120 to put the show together, Jones said. The shows demonstrate not only the pilots, but the career fields on the ground that perform support services for the USAF.
The pilots will hold a 40-minute performance, during which they will do about 40 maneuvers in formation and solo.
"It will show the pride and precision of the Air Force, showcasing the workhorse of the squadron," Jones said. "There will also be an ensemble of musician and narration."


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By Jeanne LeFlore
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McALESTER —
The January shooting death of a Stuart man has been ruled a homicide, according to an official autopsy report.
In March Joseph Henry Harden, 22, of Calvin was charged with first-degree manslaughter in connection with the shooting death of a Michael Eric Morris, 21, of Stuart.
The autopsy report by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner was Tuesday.
The report states the type of death as "violent, unusual or unnatural."
Harden was arrested immediately after the incident.
The report states Morris shot on the left side of his head, just below the ear within an intermediate range of fire.
Prosecutors in the case said the medical examiners report did add to the case.
"This confirms what we already knew," said District 22 Assistant District Attorney Trish Smith.
Harden was charged for "unlawfully, willfully and feloniously, without a premeditated design to effect death, did cause and effect the death of (Morris) ... while engaging in the crime of reckless handling of a firearm, did cause the death of (Morris) by discharging the revolver striking Morris in the head and inflicting a mortal wound ..." according to court documents.
The case was investigated by the Hughes County Sheriff's Department and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
Harden was originally held on a $100,000 bond which was later reduced to $45,000. Harden was released from Hughes County Jail after he posted bond after serving 16 days.
In January, officials were called to the scene of the death after a 911 call, according to an affidavit by OSBI Special Agent Adam Whitney.
"In a 911 call to the Hughes County sheriff, Harden said he had killed his 'best friend' but it was an accident and he had been drinking alcohol," the affidavit states.
Morris and Harden were among guests at a party at a home near Calvin. Most had left before the incident took place at about 6:15 a.m., according to Whitney.
Morris, Harden and another man were talking in the kitchen when Morris went outside and retrieved a .38 caliber revolver and brought it inside with a box of ammunition, the affidavit states.
Whitney's affidavit alleges that as Morris sat on a kitchen counter, Harden stood nearby holding the revolver, the gun discharged, hitting Morris in the head. Morris slumped forward and there was "a lot of blood coming from Morris's head ... and he fell to the floor."
The affidavit also alleges that Harden told Hughes County Sheriff Kenny Snyder that Morris held the gun under his chin and told Harden to pull the trigger, but did not know the gun was loaded.
OnWednesday during a hearing Harden waived his right to a preliminary hearing and is now set for arraignment on June 28, at 9 a.m. at Hughes County District Court
If convicted of first degree manslaughter, Harden faces a minimum of four years in prison.
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- Season chicken with salt. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat; brown chicken in oil, about 5 minutes each side. Add garlic, bay leaf, thyme and pepper and mix well, then stir in tomatoes, olives, wine and broth.
- Reduce heat to low and simmer, uncovered, for 45 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and juices run clear. Remove garlic and bay leaf and serve.
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Our family and dinner guests enjoyed this dish last night with steamed rice. I had to prepare the dish early, so I browned the chicken, then put everything together and let it cook in a crock pot on high for 4 hours. During the last hour, I added fresh thyme, and it was wonderful! Thank you.
This was ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS! I give it 5 stars, cause seriously, I was really nervous making it... I didn't see how the olives would be good mixed with tomatoes and wine, but it was exquisite! Will definitely make again, and I have already forwarded the recipe to my sister! One thing I changed... only had 3 breast, which was plenty for my husband and I, but kept other measurements the same. Also used one can of diced tomatoes... drained it and added 2 fresh tomatoes quartered. Delicious.. As recommended, I served it over Saffron rice, what a great idea.. TOO GOOD!
Like others I found this way too bland as written and I honestly think 45 minutes is way too long to cook the chicken as it ends up turning out rubbery. The second time I made this I doctored it up with loads more garlic, lots of fresh basil and oregano and substituted heavy cream for the chicken broth. I also removed the chicken breasts after browning them, made the sauce, brought that to a simmer then re-added the chicken and simmered it for 20 minutes. It turned out much better for my tastebuds.
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Amount Per Serving (8 total)
- Calories
- 276 cal
- 14%
- Fat
- 8.4 g
- 13%
- Carbs
- 11.7 g
- 4%
- Protein
- 30.7 g
- 61%
- Cholesterol
- 69 mg
- 23%
- Sodium
- 1013 mg
- 41%
Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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Eight year old Simone is a sweet and simple lady looking for a quiet place to call her own. She has lived with other animals in the past but may prefer to live with older mellower ones. Simone has an independent streak and will let you know when she would like some time to herself. Otherwise, she is a sweet and affectionate lap cat! Simone is ready for a place to call her own; come and meet her!
Simone's adoption fee is $35, which includes a collar, ID tag, microchip, cat carrier, free vet examination, one month of pet health insurance, and plenty of information. All pets at the Oregon Humane Society are spayed or neutered and subject to prior adoption. Visit Simone at 1067 NE Columbia Blvd., or call 503-285-7722 for more information.


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Are You Ready for a Haunted Hotel?
An overnight stay in one of the world's haunted hotels can make for an unforgettable experience. Sleeping -- or trying to sleep -- up close and personal to a few restless spirits can make or break your belief in the supernatural. There are plenty to choose from, haunted by all manner of restless ghosts from young children to crotchety old men. Before you book a stay in a haunted hotel, read on for some advice that may make your stay less "fright"ful.
Is it possible to take real pictures of ghosts? Some people think so. "Orbs" that can't be seen with the naked eye, but can be captured with just about any type of camera. With a little time and patience, you can take your own ghost pictures. Don't believe it? Take a look at a few that brave haunted hotel survivors have submitted.
Staying in a haunted hotel seemed like a good idea when I planned it, sitting in my office in the middle of the day. Once I checked in (alone), I had second thoughts. A lot of them. Somehow, I managed to brave my way through several haunted hotels. Here's what I found.
- Spending the night in the most haunted room of the Napa River Inn
- Braving a possessed doll and a ghost chair at the Queen Anne Hotel
- Ghost tour at the Queen Mary Hotel
- Searching for Kate Morgan's ghost at the Hotel del Coronado
Ready to try a night in a haunted hotel for yourself? Chances are you can find one near you. Castles, mansions, former private residences and historic hotels that claim to be haunted (and sometimes, deny it) can be found throughout the world.


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This weekend Parachute Market brings together makers from around the Valley and beyondin LA's Arts — a stone's throw from the future Ace Hotel Downtown LA. The new quarterly presented by Storefront, is themed Psychedelic Summer, harkening to the hippie roots of West Coast craft.
Lindy and Grundy's Amelia Posada brings home the bacon from local family farms to discerning Angelenos with cofounder and partner Erika Nakamura. Amelia brings her journalist's eye, activist's passion, floral designer's aesthetic and educator's ethos to the butcher's art. She's also one of the curators at Parachute Market, so we asked her for a few words on craft, pigs and self-sufficiency.
Talk about the ever-increasing inclination toward keeping it close to home and doing it yourself.
Everywhere you look these days, we see actual craftsmen/women opening butcher shops, leather boutiques, urban farms, small batch ice cream… At my butcher shop, I get tons of people coming in who want to learn how to grind their own meat at home, make sausages for their families. I have friends putting bee hives and chicken coops in their back yards. We've become so disconnected with food and agriculture — and those of us who have grown up in urban areas have been conditioned to shop at massive chain stores — that it's wonderful to see so many people who are tired of handing their hard-earned money to giant corporations instead seeking out specialists, farmers markets and artisans, and supporting their own local economies. I think we all crave that sense of community. It's exciting and inspiring to be a part of this.
What are most excited about this weekend?
Eating too many "sausage snuggies" and Mexican street corn pies from my favorite baker, The Pig & Pastry Pie Company. And I'm totally looking forward to getting up at 4am to start roasting the pig, ha!
If you had to trade in the cleaver for some other tool what would you choose?
I'd pick up my floral shears and knife again. My first love has always been floral design.
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AET - Alert Steel Holdings Limited - Trading Statement for the year ended 30
AET AET AET - Alert Steel Holdings Limited - Trading Statement for the year ended 30 June 2011 and CEO`s newsletter ALERT STEEL HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number 2003/005144/06) JSE code: AET ISIN: ZAE000092847 ("Alert", "group" or "the company") TRADING STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2011 AND CEO`S NEWSLETTER This is the first in what is intended to be a regular series of newsletters designed to keep our shareholders and others with an interest in the company informed about developments at Alert Steel in the intervals between our results reports. I hope you find it useful. Trading statement for the year ended 30 June 2011 In accordance with paragraph 3.4(b) of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, companies are required to publish a trading statement as soon as they become reasonably certain that the financial results for the reporting period will differ by more than 20% from those of the previous corresponding period. Shareholders of Alert are therefore advised that the loss per share for the year ended 30 June 2011 is expected to be between 52.90 cents and 56.90 cents per share (2010: loss of 39.80 cents per share) and the headline loss per share for the year ended 30 June 2011 is expected to be between 45.70 cents and 49.70 cents per share (2010: loss of 25.50 cents per share). The information on which this trading statement is based has not been reviewed and reported on by Alert Steel`s auditors. Restructuring The restructuring process announced in March this year is progressing well and developments in this regard such as the redesigning of the group`s corporate identity and relaunching of our branches are explained more fully elsewhere in this newsletter. As previously announced a circular setting out the restructuring was posted to shareholders on 29 August and a rights offer circular will be posted to shareholders on 19 September. Operational update Trading conditions remained tough since we reported our interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2010. Recovery in the demand for steel remains depressed and our performance during the month of July was further impacted by the National Union of Metalworkers` (NUMSA) strike action, which considerably affected the supply of steel to our operations. The lower sales during June and July were not solely due to the industrial action over this period as the process of exiting non-core product lines and introducing new ones aligned to our core business also affected the sales function to some degree. The new product lines have seen significant growth in the past two months and we are very confident that these products will substantially contribute to the future growth of Alert. The launch of the Alert Express container project has also exceeded our expectations and will enhance the group`s market penetration. Group sales will have to improve continuously over the next few months to ensure that Alert sustains the turnaround budgeted results for 2012. To this effect, we have introduced customer satisfaction and employee relationship surveys to gather insights into the factors which matter most to our staff and our clients in a bid to help improve motivation and productivity as well as to assist us in improving our service standards. These surveys will be conducted by an independent research company and will be used to identify and promote areas of excellence, and to effect remedial measures where necessary. Branding changes and branch relaunches We decided to make a visual statement of the current transformation of the group through a redesign of our existing logo and the development of a new slogan. The design of the new logo picks up on the shape of a construction bolt which gives the feeling of strength and power. The bolt metaphor also highlights the key attributes of Alert Steel - strength, support, connectivity and reliability. The new slogan, strength through service, is intended to give a message that Alert Steel sells dependable products and is committed to providing great service. To complement the redesigned logo and to give effect to our strategy of refocusing on our core business, we relaunched our branches based in East Lynne Pretoria, Brits, Klerksdorp, Tshwane, Burgersfort, Lephalale, Polokwane, Tzaneen, Louis Trichardt, Thohoyandou, Mokopane, Lichtenburg, Wonderboom and Randfontein. We also used this exercise as an opportunity to explain to our customers the changes taking place within the group and to introduce our expanded product lines and new value added services. We have seen a marked improvement in revenue in the relaunched branches and anticipate that this will enhance the growth of the company substantially during the next few months. Expanded distribution network We have also identified an opportunity to significantly expand our distribution network through the deployment of small mobile retailing units in rural areas as well as areas where we currently have no presence. Known as the Alert Express container project, these retailing centres are converted shipping containers with a floor area of 36mSquared. One half of the floor space will be used to stock long length products while the other half will be used to stock steel related items and will also serve as the retail floor. The containers will stock all fast moving products as identified by the nearest Alert store and customers will also be able to place orders for items not carried. The first six containers have been commissioned in Maboloka near Brits; Zebediela near Mokopane; Lebowakgomo near Polokwane; Mofolo near Randfontein; Abbotspoort near Lephalale and Itsoseng near Lichtenburg. We intend to dispatch 50 Alert Express containers within the current financial year ending 30 June 2012 and each container is projected to sell approximately 24 tonnes of material per month. Prospects A recovery in the demand for steel looks likely to remain slow in the short term, as growth in the construction and manufacturing sectors, which accounts for some 75% of all the domestic steel produced, continues to stay muted. Looking ahead, we expect infrastructural growth in the sub-Saharan region to continue in the next five to ten years given that its population is expected to reach 340 million by 2020. We therefore believe that investors should take a long-term view of Alert Steel, as a well-managed African-based steel business with value-added propositions, a large geographic spread and a diversity of steel products, will therefore offer a relatively low risk investment. 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Birthdate: Sept. 16, 1980
Residence: Kailua, Hawaii
Hometown: Kailua, Hawaii
Occupation: Touring Professional
Marital Status/Children: Single
Hobbies: Cooking, hiking, snowboarding, surfing
On the Course:
Home Golf Course: Mid-Pacific Country Club, Kailua, Hawaii
Collegiate Golf Experience: University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
Strongest Part of Game: Short game
Favorite Club: Putter
Dream Foursome: Annika Sorenstam, Tiger Woods and her father
More About Bridget Dwyer:
Although she was tempted to go to Notre Dame, Bridget accepted a golf scholarship to UCLA because she loved the campus and was closer to home. She was a three-time National Golf Coaches Association All-Scholar selection and was voted Most Inspirational Athlete at UCLA in 2004. In addition, she was a two-time Academic All-American with a major in Economics and minor in Japanese.
The UCLA golf team wasn't ranked in the top-50 programs her freshman year but they won the NCAA championships her senior season. A key to the rebuilding effort was players had to qualify in practice to represent the Bruins in tournaments. Bridget feels that the weekly pressure made her a better player.
While in college, she would go to breakfast in the same restaurant as legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden and would occasionally converse with the "Wizard of Westwood."
Earlier in 2006 on the Duramed Futures Tour she fired a final-round 66 to finish tied for sixth, both lows for her on the developmental circuit. A focused and driven individual, she strives to live her motto: "Act like a champion in all you do."
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Charlotte Radiology is committed to quality, accurate reads and participates in the American College of Radiology's (ACR) quality initiative programs. As a result we are actively involved in understanding and weighing the benefits and risk of our imaging procedures.
Radiation Exposure Risks in Black & White
The descriptions below outline some common imaging procedures and the radiation risks associated with them; while we provide examples of comparable risks, each modality's radiation dosage varies by study (imaging the head vs. the chest, etc.).
MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging does NOT use radiation to image patients. There is no radiation risk involved in this study.
Questions for Patients & Physicians to Ask
Both Charlotte Radiology and the ACR urge patients and physicians to review the following questions, taken from the "Radiology Safety" section of the ACR web site:
Charlotte Radiology's Efforts to Limit Radiation Exposure
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