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Now that we are clearing the campaign signs from our street corners, let's get back to the business of watching California's 10th largest city beat itself to death every other Tuesday night. In light of the new and improved Council structure, a number of us determined to begin keeping a closer eye on what is happening. Here is my head's up for tonight's meeting, others will be reporting in on future meetings.
On our next City Council agenda, there are a few items worth keeping an eye on.
First, the positive.
Anaheim is finally getting a minimum standard for quality of life issues. After many years of ongoing yard sales that essentially turn our residential neighborhoods into unsanctioned swap meets, Anaheim appears to be moving forward with a garage sale ordinance that will limit the sales to 4 times per year. It makes sense from many perspectives. Having everyone in town run their sales on the same weekend creates a marketing buzz that helps draw potential customers to the area, which in turn helps us move a lot more of that useless junk for 50 cents per item. It also makes it easier for Code Enforcement to crack down on the perpetual sales. No longer can that unlicensed retailer argue that it was not his merchandise for sale on that corner lot last weekend; that was his cousin. From now on any sale not on the proper weekend is just plain not allowed.
There is a reason that cities like Irvine maintain property values and come up at the top of magazine surveys for best cities to live in. They have standards that tie residency to some level of responsibility. Living in civilized society requires us to consider the lifestyle and values of our neighbors and for those who decline that standard there is Code Enforcement. Next up…ice cream trucks and corn carts. Thank you Anaheim City Council.
22. ORDINANCE NO. (INTRODUCTION) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM adding Chapter 6.26 to Title 6 of the Anaheim Municipal Code pertaining to garage sales.
Now for the negative.
On the Consent Calendar, Item 11 appears to be an example of crony capitalism at its finest, with over 9 1/2 million dollars in public funds going to the social network of some Council members and the Public Works Director.
Staff's recommendation http://www.anaheim.net/docs_agend/questys_pub/MG38621/AS38660/AS38663/AI40672/DO40673/DO_40673.pdf appears to be leapfrogging special friends at Hill International Inc. into the number one slot for the new streetcar system crammed through the meat grinder of public policy during the last Council meeting. The ink has barely dried on that decision, and already Natalie Meeks has selected the favorable contractor to move forward on the studies. Despite some findings of Hill having some potential financial troubles, they were chosen over other companies that applied, including Parsons Brinkerhoff, a company sucking through enough High Speed Rail money to never file another negative balance sheet again in their lives. Hill assures us that their troubles are merely temporary, linked to the trouble in Libya that has halted work. I've got news for Hill, the trouble in Libya is unlikely to be temporary.
But when we are promoting Anaheim's new cottage industry of special interest at its best, why let facts get in the way?
Hill International is a big company. So despite the close personal friendships between Natalie Meeks, Kris Murray, and Hill employees Steve Chavez Lodge and his new wife, I am sure it is merely a coincidence they are being chosen. In a company that large, anyone could be the direct beneficiary of the new project. Right?
A quick look at the big company of Hill International reveals some startling information.
At the two pre-bid meetings June 16, 2011 http://www.anaheim.net/images/articles/4454/ARC_RFP_Meeting_Sign-In%20Sheet.pdf
And June 4, 2012 http://www.anaheim.net/images/articles/4454/Meeting_Sign_In_Sheet.pdf
held by the City of Anaheim for businesses interested in working on the Anaheim Rapid Connect program, only Steve Lodge and his wife appeared to represent Hill International. Lodge's wife is an Executive who appears to work on salary, so she gets paid whether the company nails this job or not. Lodge on the other hand…..
Steven Albert Chavez Lodge submitted his Contract with Hill International to the court system, as evidence related to that recent unpleasantness between us. Therefore the Contract is now part of the public record, anyone can go into Judge Margines' public records online and see the evidence Lodge submitted. (it was thrown out, but he did submit it.)
Lodge's contract specifies that he will receive 1% of new work he brings in as a "finder's fee", see below.
Again, Hill is a big company, I am sure that plenty of professionals are feeding them opportunities for new contracts. Hill is sure of it too, they have a system in place, to ensure that their people are appropriately credited with the "find."
That the contract Natalie Meeks is pushing to sign with Hill is directly attributed to Mike Smith, Steve Lodge's direct report, is merely a coincidence I am sure. That the only individuals to represent Hill International during previous meetings for this project have been Steve Lodge and/or his wife may be mere coincidence as well.
And should Steve Lodge be the individual who "registered" this "opportunity" with Hill, and stands to make that 1% finder's fee, again, there is nothing illegal in that. He is entitled to earn a living. And 1% of $9,612,332 is a very nice living indeed.
But if one considers the possibility-indeed the probability-of Steve Lodge being the one earning that finder's fee, then one must naturally also consider the possibility that his candidacy for City Council may have affected the timing for approving this project.
Is it possible that Anaheim's citizenry was force fed an ill conceived transportation project over the very reasonable objections of a cautious Mayor, not because the project needed to move forward for the good of Anaheim, but because the Contract needed to be awarded before Lodge was potentially elected to office and therefore forced to declare a conflict of interest?
One expects that when a deal for over nine and a half million dollars is on the line, Hill International's Mike Smith might very well be on hand during the City Council meeting this evening, to answer questions. And one of the questions from Council should probably be whether or not Steve Lodge submitted the ARC project as a "registered opportunity", therefore calling dibs on the commission should the project pan out with work for Hill.
If Mr. Smith's answer is yes, Hill should still be considered for the project. And Lodge should still be paid his 1% finder's fee, he worked for it. But we should also look long and hard at the process which Natalie Meeks used to determine how her friends at Hill International were chosen as the best company for the project, especially in light of their documented financial problems. And in light of this information we should also question the speed with which Natalie Meeks and Kris Murray pushed a project over the reasonable request for a short delay made by Mayor Tom Tait.
Are we doing what is best for the people of Anaheim? Or are we doing what is best for the friends of our leaders?
11. Approve a Professional Services Agreement with Hill International, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $9,612,332, for the Anaheim Rapid Connection fixed-guideway project, and authorize the Public Works Director to issue a Notice to Proceed for the environmental and project development activities and a Notice to Proceed for preliminary engineering upon approval by the FTA to begin that phase.
25. Establish an ad hoc council working group that would assist City staff on the negotiation of the City's lease with Angel's Baseball.
Placed on the agenda at the request of Council member Murray. Here is yet another play by our Council majority to overstep Anaheim's business model in what looks like a blatant power grab. The negotiations with Enterprise Businesses are traditionally the purview of the City Manager's office, and indeed our City Manager is the former finance director, so nobody in the City is more familiar with the deal points of that particular agreement. Why is Murray insisting on stepping into a role that is outside the authority of City Council members? And will a photographer and press agent be involved?
26. Approve and adopt new Council Policy 1.7 relating to appointments to regional boards and commissions.
Once again, an item placed on the Agenda at the request of Council member Murray, always a red flag for me anymore. On the surface it makes sense, it appears that Murray is asking for a requirement that Anaheim appointees to regional boards be Anaheim residents. But given the recent division, let's look further. First of all, Murray already has some voice in a number of these appointments, if they are subject to a Council majority vote. So I suspect this is linked to an attempt to tie the hands of Mayor Tait on those appointments that are traditionally the Mayor's choice, outside of Council input.
Frankly it is none of her business and Kris Murray needs to either butt out of the Mayor's office or run for election to it, but until 2014 she needs to stop trying to run Tait's office from her end of the dais. For that reason alone I say this should probably not be approved.
Second of all, these are regional boards. That means Tait is not appointing an Anaheim person to look after Anaheim, but appointing representatives to look out for the best interest of the region which Anaheim is a part of. And on that level, it seems foolish to constrain Mayors of the future from tapping into the knowledge of someone who might offer expertise on a subject that benefits the entire area as a whole. Given a choice between putting a transportation expert from Yorba Linda on an OCTA board, vs an Anaheim leader with no background, let's use the brain trust that future leadership might be offering.
What I find especially galling is that anytime we want to put boundaries on something the Council majority wants to do, we are told it is "irresponsible" to tie the hands of future Councils. But if there is something they want to limit the Mayor on, there seems to be no hesitancy to tie his hands, and those of future Mayors, to get something they want.
I am not sure what the back story is on this proposal by Council member Murray. I only smell a rat.
Stay tuned for tonight's meeting, which can be seen online at http://anaheim.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2 or attend in person, beginning at 5 pm, at City Hall 200 S. Anaheim Blvd in the downtown area.


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Orange County Transportation Authority representatives will go door-to-door beginning next week in San Clemente neighborhoods and host meetings to let people know about plans to widen the 5 Freeway.
The representatives will visit nearly 300 homes in areas where soundwalls will be built along the I-5 north of Avenida Pico, according to a release from the OCTA. Four of the five project soundwalls will be constructed with the exact dimensions of the existing walls, only farther away from the freeway centerline to accommodate the widening.
The new soundwall is planned between the freeway and the Shorecliffs Golf Course driving range.
The project will add a carpool lane from San Juan Creek Road to Avenida Pico and rebuild the Pico interchange. Scheduled for construction in late 2013, the $275 million project is being funded by Measure M, the half-cent sales tax approved by Orange County voters, the OCTA release states.
OCTA representatives will visit homes in Shorecliffs, the Coast, Chateau San Clemente, Seascape Village and Campana-Canasta.
The door-to-door effort, during which OCTA representatives will hand out fliers about the project, begins Saturday and continues Wednesday, according to the release.
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Coffees in the neighborhoods – where residents can gather informally for more information or to get answers to any questions – will be held from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 11 and Aug. 18.

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Greeneville-based American Patriot Financial Group, which has a bank branch in Maryville, issued its latest quarterly report this week, and the company looks to be under more pressure from regulators.
The report said that this month, the FDIC notified American Patriot Bank that it intended to issue a prompt corrective action directive, requiring the bank to submit a capital restoration plan by August 31.
"If the Bank is unable to raise capital to the levels required by the directive or, thereafter, to take action necessary to be acquired or merge with another insured depository institution, the FDIC could place the Bank into receivership," the report said.
The report said that as of June 30, the bank's Tier 1 leverage ratio and total risk-based capital ratio were less than the required minimum ratios and the bank now falls within the category of "significantly undercapitalized" within the FDIC's prompt corrective action provisions.
CEO John D. Belew could not be reached for comment.
In April, American Patriot's annual report said its independent accounting firm had expressed substantial doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern.


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When the Detroit Lions meet the St. Louis Rams on September 9, they will do so with an offseason of turmoil, hopefully, behind them. What won't be pushed to the back burner, however, is the continuous strife of reoccurring injuries that has plagued them this preseason. Against a St. Louis team that is on the cusp of rebuilding itself into a consistent performer, the loss of two key defensive performers may tip the scales slightly away from a Lions victory.
Listed on the Thursday, September 6 injury report, safety Louis Delmas and starting cornerback Chris Houston find themselves without much of a chance to step onto the field in the Week 1 contest. For Detroit, that leaves little in the way of options to quell the improved Rams offense.
For all intents and purposes, the Rams are nearing the point in their rebuilding process that the Lions had reached a season ago. They have installed the basis of a potentially high-powered future offense. In doing so, the potential for an upset against Detroit, especially with the defensive backfield missing two of its key players, seems more of a possibility.
Delmas has been out of action for a month, recovering from a damaged knee. Houston is recovering from an injured ankle. On the bright side, letting the duo rest, especially with an early bye-week, may be in the long-term interest of the team. In the near-term, the detriment of having both men removed from play severely limits the Lions' options.
In their places, it is likely that Houston's stand-in will be the newly-acquired Drayton Florence. A second-round pick in the 2003 draft, Florence has been a solid, consistent, healthy performer. With his skill level, the possibility of stepping toward unseating Houston as Detroit's top corner option comes into the forefront.
In place of Delmas, newly-voted captain John Wendling takes center stage. Though many will quickly shift focus to Amari Spievey, Wendling is due for the spotlight. A hard-working, dedicated player, Wendling has become known for his gritty, gutsy approach to the game. In Delmas' absence, he would be exactly the prescription needed for the Lions' ills.
Detroit has very few defensive options against the Rams this week. Those they do have, however, will need to step into the limelight and prove their mettle.
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A new Copyright Advisory Office (CAO) will help educate, support, and engage Queen's faculty, students and staff in understanding copyright as it pertains to accessing information, learning, teaching, and research.
"The office will be a fantastic resource for members of the Queen's community as we implement the new Copyright at Queen's Policy and address new developments in the copyright landscape," says Martha Whitehead, University Librarian. "We want to ensure that people are aware of all the options for using information resources, as well as any restrictions."
Mark Swartz, Queen's newly-appointed copyright specialist, will work with instructors, faculty, staff and librarians across the campus to develop web-based information and educational programs on copyright. He will also monitor copyright developments, provide advice in response to questions, and consult with instructors, researchers and learners. Mr. Swartz will facilitate dialogue across campus and externally on issues relating to copyright and its application in the university.
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A 23-year-old woman angry at her girlfriend allegedly decided to vent her frustration by smashing her car through two gates at Chambers Bay Golf Course and driving around on the popular trail system at the course, Pierce County officials reported.
Jasmine Marie Gladys DeLoach, who lives on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, pleaded not guilty Monday in Superior Court to second-degree malicious mischief, DUI and second-degree criminal trespass. It was unclear if DeLoach is in the military.
She was released on her own recognizance with orders to stay away from the University Place course until her case is resolved, court records show.
A security guard spotted DeLoach driving across the course about 11 p.m. Saturday and confronted her at a gate, charging papers state. The woman threatened to ram that gate, too, if the guard didn't open it for her.
The woman's car had a smashed windshield and extensive body damage.
When questioned by police, DeLoach allegedly said she drank five beers and five shots after the fight with her girlfriend, then drove to the golf course.
She admitted to smashing a gate and driving into "lots of stuff" before the guard stopped her. She did it, she allegedly said, so she wouldn't have to smash up anybody or anything else, records state.
Tony Tipton of Pierce County parks said DeLoach crashed her Ford through two gates, including one in the North Meadow area and another at Central Meadow, before being stopped. "She used her car as a battering ram," Tipton said Monday.
DeLoach allegedly drove on trails and sidewalks and did not drive on any fairways or greens, he said.
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**FOR RELEASE WEEKEND MAY 9-11 AND THEREAFTER** Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, D-Elmsford, laughs while working in the Assembly Chamber at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., Monday, May 4, 2009. On Tuesday, he was in court trying to pry loose records from the New York Yankees as part of his investigation into $4 billion in public-supported financing for the team's new stadium. It's just the latest way the legislator and lawyer, at his own expense, uses the courts to enforce what he sees as violations of law and pollution standards, to reform public authorities, to force utilities to return overcharges, and to protect free speech. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
They aren't all bums.
New York's much maligned state Legislature will greet its biggest freshman class in a generation come January, thanks in part to the national throw-the-bums-out rage.
But the next New York Legislature will also convene without some veteran lawmakers who may someday be considered giants.
Gone will be Sen. Eric Schneiderman. The Manhattan Democrat's near smirk in floor debates sometimes made his foes squirm as they awaited the cutting argument, steeped in legal citations.
The Assembly will lose the more explosive Assemblyman Richard Brodsky. When the Westchester Democrat paused in a floor debate, he silenced the chamber as he gazed over his glasses at an opponent who knew he'd just been snared in a rhetorical trap.
The chamber will also be without Assemblyman William Parment, the Democrat from Jamestown who could quiet a noisy debate in closed-door conferences just by clearing his throat and preparing to speak.
Republicans lose Sens. Frank Padavan of Queens and Dale Volker of Erie County. Both are thoughtful conservatives always ready for a floor fight, but a fair one, with a respect for the senior house.
Schneiderman left the seat he won in 1999 to become attorney general, Brodsky gave up his seat, first won in 1982, to run for attorney general. Parment, first elected in 1982, and Volker, a senator since 1974, retired. Padavan, after serving since 1972, narrowly lost his re-election bid.
"Bill Parment is a respected figure within the conference and Brodsky was a policy wonk, almost without peer, and those people leaving will create holes in the conference," said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group and an Albany watchdog for more than 25 years.
"Schneiderman leaving leaves a void on the left side of the Senate," Horner said. "And Volker leaving leaves a hole on the right. But my guess is there will be senators filling that void."
Replacing name plates is easy. Replacing such Damon Runyon characters is not.
Brodsky used a dizzying intellect, humor and outrage in floor fights in which he never seemed stumped by an opposing legislator's pointed questions on complex bills. In his early, more combative days, Brodsky once concluded a long floor harangue near midnight, and was met with a rousing bipartisan applause because he was finally done talking.
But Brodsky, a Harvard-trained lawyer, also took his crusades to court. Brodsky sued the Republican administration of Gov. George Pataki, repeatedly, at no cost as the Assembly's attorney against a panel of private attorneys hired by the administration.
Brodsky won.
He's pushed the subpoena power as chairman of a committee to new limits, against Pataki and Democratic administrations, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and New York's beloved Yankees baseball team as he sought to force lower ticket prices in return for the public subsidies used to build the new Yankee Stadium.
"I really am very fond of Richard personally," said David Catalfamo, former aide to Pataki. "He came at us hard in the governor's office. But it was never personal with Richard. It never got that way. I could always reach out to him and he would make clear what his end goal was. We would battle that out, but I always respected him."
The same went for Parment, quiet, slight and unassuming.
"There are few more thoughtful legislators than Bill Parment," Catalfamo said. "I like and respect him a lot ... They were tenacious and they will be missed."
"Both Dick and Bill had a lot to offer, different perspectives, but intelligence, they were committed to the public and the institution," said Assembly Majority Leader Ronald Canestrari of Albany County.
Parment "was such a kind of sage student of Albany," said Democratic Assemblyman Sam Hoyt of Buffalo, while Brodsky "challenged everybody."
Padavan, who finally fell amid a rising Democratic enrollment in his Queens Senate district, was the Legislature's leading opponent to gambling, which he's noted often is an addiction or serious problem for 1 million New Yorkers and their families. When other lawmakers in both parties increasingly turned to video slot machines, lottery games and Indian casinos for easy tax revenue, Padavan mounted his annual floor fights, questioning and lecturing the proponents.
Volker, a tall and imposing Republican senator from Erie County, often took the lead in law-and-order measures in the face of civil libertarian Democrats from New York City.
In 2007 a debate raged in the Senate over whether rape suspects should be forced to undergo HIV testing if the victim sought it. Manhattan Democratic Sen. Thomas Duane, the Senate's first openly gay legislator, argued in opposition so vehemently that Volker rose and commanded decorum in the chamber, saying the nurses were worried about Duane's health.
Schneiderman wove lengthy floor speeches spiced with humor that were highlights of some of the Senate's more statesmanlike debates over issues such as gay marriage and repeal of the Rockefeller era drug laws.
"Schneiderman was articulate, he could think through complicated problems and he could direct legislation toward that end," said Republican Sen. Kemp Hannon. "That's the loss. The positive is, I probably disagreed with where he went on it."
In 2009, Schneiderman framed the politically charged question of legalizing gay marriage not as a liberal cause, but about equality for gays in the work place, for insurance benefits and government benefits, and the right to be considered "immediate family" when a partner is hospitalized.
"You can't legislate morality," he said, holding The Declaration of Independence, "but you can legislate justice."


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In Alberta snow has fallen, and stuck, as early as August.
Whether we like to admit it or not, Canada is a winter country and Alberta is true to that reality.
Paper drink umbrellas and lounging chairs on sandy beaches don't define us. Snowshoes and skis over fire places do. And there is one thing that all who inhabit this nearly perpetually frozen land will recognize as truly Canadian – the Hudson's Bay blanket. Yes, a white, heavy blanket is – if by necessity – one of our most recognizable icons.
Yet, many Albertans survive winter by running from warm car to warm building, spending long winter nights in front of the tube and with the only thing keeping them sane being their dream of a Cuban vacation or hope that maybe, just maybe, it will be warm enough for sandals by June.
But then, there are those Albertans who don't just survive winter but thrive in it and find the beauty and poetry in a quiet, clear winter night or in the crunch of the fresh snow under one's feet.
And for those adventurous enough to wander into the long cold winter nights, or fortunate enough to stumble upon to them, theirs is a trophy for the senses, as the brightness of the moon and stars lands on a mantle of snow and is magnified into a mid-day brightness, or are unexpectedly bathed in the dancing glow of the northern lights.
So, during this most festive of winter seasons, we showcase what makes Alberta winters worth embracing.
Crosscountry Skiing
Canmore may be the cross-country skiing Mecca of Alberta, if not the country, but there are recommended trails from as far south as Waterton Lakes National Park, all the way north to Fort McMurray, and as far west as Jasper National Park and all the way east to Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park. Some of the best destinations in the province are found here.
Go Tobogganing
Take your kids – or borrow your neighbour's – and find a toboggan hill. There's a reason why generation after generation embraces the fun that comes from throwing caution to the wind and launching oneself down a steep slope in the name of lunacy.. over and over and over again. There may not be a better way to enjoy a wintry afternoon.
Downhill Skiing and Snowboarding
The crown jewel of winter fun, adventure and abandon in Alberta. If you don't ski or snowboard, it really is never too late, as new designs and instruction techniques have evolved to the point where anyone can take it up and excel. And for those of you who already do.. we won't waste your time telling you why Alberta has it so good when it comes to the slopes.
Ice Skating
Sometimes, ice skating can be as much about the destination as it is about the glide. And next up are some of the best places in Alberta to go for a skate.
Ice Skating
Some truly special places to go for a skate without going very far include the grounds of the Alberta Legislature and the heart of the 1988 Winter Olympic Games, Calgary's Olympic Plaza. (CP PHOTO/Jeff McIntosh)
Skating Jasper National Park
Lac Beauvert Besides being one of the most beautiful lakes in the Canadian Rockies, Lac Beauvert accommodates a rectangular skating rink just a short walk from the main Jasper Park Lodge. The rink becomes lit for night skating. Lake Mildred The Jasper Park Lodge clears a giant oval for winter skating. Two rectangular rinks are usually cleared inside the oval. There are also benches, a bonfire and free hot chocolate. It's a great way to spend an afternoon whether you're staying at the lodge or not.
Skating Banff National Park
Quiet Pond, near the Banff town site is great, so is the natural rink behind the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel and, of course, so is the one right in front of the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise.
Take a Winter Walk
Take a stroll through a park or forest after an icy night and behold the winterland of our childhood's imagination – frosted trees on a carpet of white, below bright blue skies.
Outdoor Fun
It's been referred to as walking on water, or on air. Snowshoeing knows no age limits and thanks to modern designs, it doesn't require endless practice. Explore mountain areas like Kananaskis Country, Willmore Wilderness and the mountain parks, like never before. Or, stay close to home by hitting the trails in Fish Creek Provincial Park or Fort Edmonton Park.
Puppies and fun. Fun and puppies.. Mushing is becoming more ubiquitous in Alberta. It may not give you sore muscles but it will take your breath away. From Canmore to the Athabasca region, chances are a dogsled ride is pretty close by. If you're in northern Alberta, this is what's out there for you.
Does it get more Canadian than this? Whether it's shinny for the adults or Timbits for the kids, chances are that if you can get to your community rink, there will be some kind of puck action going on.
Silent Nights
Mountain Huts
For those feeling extra adventurous or wanting to get away from it all, Alpine Club of Canada huts provide the opportunity to get into, and stay, among the peaks and the solitude of the snow-covered backcountry. Some of these locales require a strenuous haul in, while others are only a quick snowshoe or ski from the road. Bunks in the huts can be booked by club members and non-members alike for a fee. (Photo source the Alpine Club of Canada)
Hot Chocolate By a Fire
Okay, seriously, nothing yells out winter bliss like the juxtaposition of nipped cheeks and falling snow, against the sweet warm flavor of hot chocolate. Find a bonfire at your community rink, build a fire on your backyard, grab the Thermos, the kids or your sweetheart and take it all in.
Take A Bobsleigh Run
How's this for extreme sports? Those of sound health and not-so sound mind can try their nerves at the track that made heroes and icons of a bunch of adrenaline junkies in the 1988 Winter Olympic Games. Yep, the bobsleigh track at Winsport's Canada Olympic Park is still testing the mettle of international athletes but is also a tourist ride..
The Hot Springs
Head for the hot springs at Banff or Jasper National Parks and go for a soak. The locals will tell you they can't understand why tourists will jump in the hot pools in the heat of summer, when it's in winter nights – when the mist envelops you and the warmth from the water comforts, not stifles -- that these pools can really be appreciated. (Photo source Canadian Rockies Hot Springs)
For snowmobiling there may be no better place in the province than the self-described sledding capital of Alberta, Whitecourt. According to the Alberta Snowmobile Association, there are nearly 5,000 km of trails in the province and a large chunk of those can be found near or around Whitecourt, approximately two hours from Edmonton. (Photo source Alberta Snowmobile Association)
Drive The Ice Road
Doing the bobsleigh at COP may be extreme but this is a whole other variety of extreme. You know the show Ice Road Truckers? You want to be like them? Drive the Ice Road to the North. From Fort McMurray to Fort Chipewyan it's approximately 280 km. Driving the winter road to Alberta's oldest established community (and gateway to Wood Buffalo National Park) is a very cool trip. The road is made entirely of ice and it's the only land route that connects remote northern communities in the winter months. As soon as it's cold enough, trucks apply water over the muskeg until the surface ice is about six inches thick. The road is then staked to guide drivers on their way north. From mid-December to mid-March, the ice road winds through stately boreal forest, over frozen rivers and marshes, and across the icy majesty of the Peace-Athabasca Delta. On ice-fishing derby weekends, your road companions will be dogsleds and ATVs.
Take A Sleigh Ride
Just go and do it, It's much less guilty of a pleasure than an ugly Christmas sweater..
Snowy Mountains..
Winter Festivals
Ice Sculpting, tobogganing, snow cones and hot chocolate - you can mark a number of these winter must-dos off your list just by attending winter festivals around the province. Some of the one's worth catching include Ice On Whyte, Calgary Zoo Lights, Ice Magic at Lake Louise, Silver Skate Festival Edmonton, Snow Days in Banff and Fort McMurray's WinterPlay Carnival. (Photo source therealbanff.com)
Just Play
Grab the tiny ones again - yours or the pre-mentioned borrowed ones - and have a snowball fight, build a snowman or snow fort, or make maple syrup snow cones. Just have fun.. and embrace our Alberta winter.
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A new year, and to hell with the old one. Was it just bad luck, that year of '13? It was the worst year for historic preservation in my reporting career, and it somehow packed a few fresh disappointments about long-anticipated new projects.
The multiple demolitions on Volunteer Boulevard alone would make it UT's most flattening year in at least three decades. But the same year, the university made it clearer than ever that they do indeed intend to demolish three Victorian houses on White Avenue, including the one-time cause celebre known as The Judge's House, and the childhood home of a Pulitzer Prize winner UT boasts as an alumnus, Bernadotte Schmitt, the most globally notable historian who ever lived in Knoxville.
And we heard for the first time that several dorms are doomed. They may not be missed, and at this writing they've aroused no salvation efforts. But just for the record, they weren't all built in the 1960s, as a newspaper report had it. Shelbourne Towers was an eight-story private apartment building several blocks away from UT when it was built around 1952, on what was then the corner of 20th and Caledonia. For years, it was an upscale place, home to many prominent professionals unrelated to UT. Even Mayor George Dempster lived there for a while in the 1950s. It's a big modernist box, not much to look at, but it's over 60 years old, and eligible for historic tax credits.
Worse, the campus's second-oldest academic building, Estabrook Hall, after a few years when it seemed on the way to salvation, appears threatened again. UT, which touts its 18th-century founding date, has only two academic buildings that date back as far as the 19th century. Is the administration ready to lose half of them?
The same year downtown, St. John's tore down the 1920s Walnut Street buildings. They were only the second and third intact prewar buildings to be demolished downtown in this century, and they were also the only ones so valued by preservationist developers that one was ready to renovate them on behalf of the church by a deal by which the church could profit by allowing them to be operated as upscale residences. All gone now.
We can only hope they were the last. But Pryor Brown Garage, which we never heard was even threatened until 2013, is now in the queue. I don't want to guess about the chances of keeping this 1920s building that's one of the oldest parking garages in the nation, and, through its origins as a livery stable, is a link to the Civil War era. The developer, who's getting a windfall from the city in the form of Suttree's Landing Park, which in the short term will be a public amenity for his south-side properties, is suing the same city for the right to lay down surface parking—which City Council made clear, unanimously, the city doesn't want.
Another century-old building at Broadway and Fifth was torn down just last month. It was not in as good shape as the buildings St. John's tore down, but the fact that it's to be replaced only with a surface parking lot was dismaying.
Then there's the hospital, and plans to tear down four 1890s-1920s buildings in Fort Sanders, ones ostensibly protected by historic zoning.
I'm not for saving everything. It's just that I've lived here long enough to know that whatever we're likely to build won't be worthy of what's lost.
It was a disappointing year for new buildings, too. The Marble Alley project, announced as a sort of city-within-a-city unlike anything I've ever seen, was a vision, something folks might come to Knoxville just to behold. It seemed too good to be true, and it was. What's going in there is an ordinary square private apartment development—and, worse, one with no public access, like street-front retail. It offers little in terms of the elusive link between Market Square and the Old City.
The Baptist Hospital site, from the looks of the first drawings, features nothing much to catch the eye. I've heard regrets about the looks of the hospital, as seen from downtown, for many years. But based on the out-of-state developer's drawings, Bridges at Riverside (Really? Isn't that where most bridges are?) might as well be another hospital.
It's something we're all going to have to look at for the rest of our lives, so you'd like to see something remarkable when we look across that famous river from downtown. Looks like we're not going to get it this lifetime.
Neither project would be out of place on an interstate exit, behind a Taco Bell. All these new projects, including the one for the State Supreme Court site on Henley, are targeting the undergraduate housing market. There's a prejudice, probably correct, that undergrads don't give much of a poop about what buildings look like. They just want something cheap, with a swimming pool and a party room that can be hosed out regularly.
If you say these designs are every bit as good as those of lots of buildings built in Nashville in the '80s, I won't argue. But I had a naive thought: "What does the city architect think about all this?" In fact, there's no city architect on the mayor's staff, and there hasn't been since about 2000. I guess the average taxpayer's probably saving a couple quarters a year on omitting that staffer, and you can't argue with savings. Want some gum?
Yes, the new projects are much better than what's there now—which is, more or less, nothing. Residences are the highest and best use of downtown property, and maybe they'll both spin off interesting new things.
It could be worse. Still, the City of Knoxville should be a more demanding client, I think. It's my New Year's wish that the city and its associated private developers will go back to the drawing boards, take a hard look at their plans, and give us something that's easier to brag about.
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I completely agree. Marble City's newest incarnation is garbage. I would rather the lot sit empty until someone with a better vision comes along and can finance a better option. Same with the Baptist hospital site.
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Former Detroit Tigers pitcher Mark Fidrych, 54, died after an apparent accident on his Northborough, Massachusetts farm, ESPN reports. Fidrych, or "The Bird" as he was called because of his blond curly hair and resemblance to Sesame Street's Big Bird, became the first baseball player ever to grace the cover of Rolling Stone after a 1976 rookie season in which Fidrych was named both American League Rookie of the Year and an AL All-Star while playing for the Tigers (read the story: The Tale of the Bird).
A Look Back: Sports Stars on the Cover of Rolling Stone
Fidrych was one of the original rock star athletes: His on-the-mound antics included talking to the baseball, grooming the mound, aiming pitches like darts and vanquishing balls that batters managed to hit from the game because the balls "had hits in them." Fidrych was such a draw at baseball stadiums that opposing teams would specially request the Tigers to start "the Bird" when Detroit came to visit. "It's like a band — they know how to play their music, so they just go out and present it. I know how to play baseball," he told RS in 1977.
Fridrych ended his rookie season with 19 wins, 24 complete games, a league-leading 2.34 ERA and countless offers for endorsement deals. Sadly, multiple injuries plagued what would have been a legendary career, and Fidrych retired from baseball in 1980. "The entire Detroit Tigers organization was saddened to learn of the passing of former player Mark Fidrych today," the Tigers said in a statement. "Mark was beloved by Tigers fans and he was a special person with a unique personality. The Tigers send our heartfelt condolences to his family and friends."
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Matt is a true pioneer of the up-cycle folk artist movement. Relying solely on reclaimed or free materials, his work contains whimsey and acute attention to form and color. He grew up in the art-rich city of Lake Oswego with famous artists such as Ben Beres (from Sutton/Beres/Cullar fame) as childhood friends-and acquired his love of antiques and all things rusty from his Oregon Coast dwelling parents. He studied art at Fresno State while on a baseball scholarship, and finished his schooling at the University of Oregon. Matt met his wife Lauren in 1999 and they have 2 children.
Jackson's work can be found solely in private art collections both in the United States and abroad, and has been seen in only a few select exhibitions locally. His art is only purchased through his website: www.mifinds.net or in person. A true jack of all trades; he enjoys making and refinishing furniture, running estate sales, and solo backpacking. He currently lives and works in Napa, CA.


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Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil CEO, said issues like climate change, energy dependence and oil/gas drilling are blown out of proportion. He blames a lazy press, illiterate public and fear-mongering advocacy groups for the bad light placed on the oil industry.
Climate change is a controversial topic that has been subjected to much debate. Tillerson said that fossil fuels may cause global warming, but argued that humans can easily adapt to the warmer climate. More specifically, he said that humans can adapt to rising sea levels and climate changes because he doubts the validity of climate modeling, which predicts the magnitude of impact associated with climate change.
"We have spent our entire existence adapting," said Tillerson. "We'll adapt. It's an engineering problem and there will be an engineering solution."
Others, however, disagree with Tillerson's assessment. Andrew Weaver, chairman of climate modeling and analysis at Canada's University of Victoria, said that adapting to climate change would be much harder than just preventing it in the first place.
In addition, adapting to climate change could be much more expensive than preventing it. According to Steve Coll, author of "Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power," adapting to climate change would require moving entire cities. A better alternative would be legislation that slows the process of global warming.
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Why do big CEOs tend to be such morons and/or sociopaths?
Can't quite decide if this guy has actually bought into his own BS, or if he's smart enough to realize what sort of toxic garbage he's spewing.
1) An engineering problem? Yes, of course treating symptoms is always cheaper and more efficient than preventing the disease in the first place -- such is the latest word from the newfangled discipline of ExxonMobil Engineering...
2) Humans are able to adapt. Great. What about the biosphere on which humans so vitally depend for our survival, never mind well-being? Just how well does the biosphere 'adapt' to dramatic changes that occur near-instantaneously (on geological timescales)? Oh yes, I'm sure we can all "adapt" and "engineer" our way out of the brand-spangled-new Global Mass Extinction, brought to you courtesy of ExxonMobil and pals. No costs associated with that at all, no value to any of that biodiversity and those ecosystem services we're about to devastate with our industrial-scale idiocy...
3) What's this: "humans can adapt to rising sea levels and climate changes because he doubts the validity of climate modeling"?? Is that some incredible new branch of ExxonMobil Logic (TM) that the 'lazy press' and 'illiterate public' just haven't yet been indoctrinated into? Holy brain-hemorrhaging non sequitur, Batman...
4) Yes, let's "doubt the validity of climate modeling", while simultaneously assuming that in reality things will be much better than model estimates -- instead of much worse (which is an equally valid possibility.) Wow, no cognitive bias at all in that there ExxonMobil Objectivity (R)...
5) "fear-mongering advocacy groups" -- is that something like the ExxonMobils of the world who threaten us with Socialism and a return to the Stone Age at every mention of carbon caps? Or perhaps, he means the ExxonMobils of the world who clandestinely fund various astroturf campaigns to impugn the reputations of scientists, research organizations, and entire branches of science? ExxonMobil FUD: The Best FUD in the World! (TM)
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On Saturday, August 18th, 2012, Hoops 4 Hope will hold its 14th Annual Summer Benefit at the beautiful Amagansett estate where Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller once summered.
Spiderman screenwriter, David Koepp and his family will be co-hosting this fun event with the Kazickas family.
This special evening features live African music, a silent auction with unique sports items and contemporary artwork including surfboards designed by renowned South African artists.
Both the Koepp and Kazickas families have long ties with Hoops4Hope. Founded by Amagansett native Mark Crandall in 1995 and supported by many in the East End community, Hoops 4 Hope (H4H) has been a leader of youth development through sports in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Through its after-school programs, now in 150 schools and shelters, it is reaching 10,000 children a year, providing them with the tools and opportunities to challenge poverty, crime and HIV.
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April 26 Results
Modifieds (April 12 rainout; 30 laps): Don Hart Jr., Jim Gabriel Jr., Mitch Gibbs, Mike Clapperton, Shaun Walker, Mike Mahaney, J.R. Hurlburt, Tim Currier, Brad Alger, Arnie Slade, Paul Jensen, Rusty Smith, Darwin Greene, Tyler Siri, Chad Cook, Rodney Hart. DNS: John Siedlecky, Joey Colsten, Matt Latwinski.
Modifieds (30 laps): Mike Mahaney, Mike Clapperton, Darwin Greene, Paul Jensen, Brad Alger, Shaun Walker, J.R. Hurlburt, Tyler Siri, Don Hart Jr., Dom Roselli, Rusty Smith, Mitch Gibbs, Brett Tonkin, Scott Boudinot, Tim Currier, Jim Gabriel Jr., Tim Mayne, Arnie Slade, Rodney Hart, Chad Cook.
Sportsmen (20 laps): Charlie Hendrickson Jr., Alan Barker, Brandon Walters, Nick Nye, Butch Klinger, Shaun Pangman, Kevin Coons, Todd Hurlburt, Skip Pickwick, Cory Pike, Dave Smith, Laudy Hoyenga, Dwayne Jackson, P.J. Goodwin, Gary Card Jr., Harold Humphrey, Mike Bellinger, Travis Smith, Wade Johnson, Adam Smith, Billy Spoonhower, Aaron Shelton. DNS: Nick Petrilak. 602 Crate Bonus: Laudy Hoyenga.
IMCA Modifieds (20 laps): James Cornell, Gary Smith, Nick Griest, Dan Burman, Gary Roberts, Mike Wilmot, Tyler Stoddard, Mike Stoddard, Ken Winn, Bill Ward, Brian Steigerwald, Matt Roberts, Will Ward, Ralph Shoemaker. DNS: Matt Cole.
Street Stocks (20 laps): Kurt Decker, Rich Green, Paul Harrington, Dave Cronk, Jake Fowlston, Jim Gould, Dustin Harris, Brian Mills, Ralph Cuozzo, Ted Baker, Nick Robinson, Bob Mills, Doug Polhamus, Derrick Symonds, Steve Polhamus.
FWD 4 Cylinders (15 laps): Tim Vandermark, Dustin Wilber, Scott Chapman, Buddy French, Duane Kinne, Todd Stanton, Michael Robinson, Rob Nober, Bob Crandall, Frankie Kennedy, George Zeininger, Ted Smith, Chad Walters, Dave Jaindl, Nick Kennedy, Ryan Lanfair, Tim Curry, Rob Byam, Dylan Robinson. DNS: Anthony Deforest.
Sport Trucks (15 laps): Mike Springstead, Chris Sherman, Rick Wagner, Curtis Sherman, Pete Christiansen, Wayne Van Dusen Jr., Bill Cooper, Brandon Clapperton, Shane Lanfair.
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Modified (30 laps): Ryan Phelps, Dale Planck, Stewart Friesen, Alan Johnson, Larry Wight, Pat Ward, Matt Sheppard, Todd Burley, Jimmy Davis, Chad Homan, Billy Decker, Jason Rood, Ronnie Johnson, Matt Billings, Willy Decker, Casey Williams, Robby Bellinger, Brad Alger, Adam Roberts, Matt Fink, Rocky Warner, Mike Bowman, Chris Hile, Mike Mahaney. DNQ: Randy Chrysler, Darwin Greene, Aaron Jacobs, Phil Burkart, Jr., Eldon Payne, Jr., Matt Hulsizer.
Race of Champions Sportsman (30 laps): Steve Way, Matt Janczuk, Jeremy Vunk, Claude Hutchings, Jr., Chris Mackey, Alan Barker, Jack Miller, Butch Green, Tye-Scott Rood, Randy Shantel, Jim Houseworth, Danny Tyler, Heath Carney, Craig Pope, Kenny Hammond, Clay Butler, Charlie Hendrickson, Eddie White, Kevin Jordan, Mike Stiles, Mike Butler, Bobby Heintz, Randy Green, Brian White, Rusty Smith, Rich Rutski, AJ Filbeck, Jim Rothwell, Steve Searock. DNQ: Robert Barker, Andrew Ferguson, Tim Murphy, Ivan Joslin, Chris McCoy, Kyle DeMetro, Jerry Tonti, Brandon Walters, Stephen Denton, Adam Smith, Chad Ray, Brett Wright, Brandon Ford, George Dyer, Daryl Nutting.
Pro Stock (20 laps): Shawn Frost, Pete Stefanski, AJ Digsby, Tom Denton, Bret Belden, Mark Effner, Glenn Forward, Chris Carr, Ed Ostrander, Bill Knapp, Joe Palmer, Dana Camenga, Jim Money, Corie Locke, Dan Lashure, Andy Lashure, Don Folts, Gus Hollner, Cale Hoffman.
Pure Stock (15 laps): Ricky Breed, Bill Mason, Nathan Peckham, Ron Hawker, Frank Hyatt, Stan Clark, Tim Janczuk, Jim Thomas, Andy Szewczyk, Chris Watkins, Chris Cunningham, Bryan Owens, Pat Sullivan.


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Thieves strip Boscawen Christmas tree for 2nd time in week
BOSCAWEN - The bottom half of a Boscawen Christmas tree has gone dark again, after a 50-foot string of lights was reported stolen for the second time in six days.
Located atop an island that marks the split between Routes 3 and 4, the tree has become a beloved sign of the season for travelers over the last few decades, according to Fire Chief Ray Fisher, whose department decorates the tree.
Local firefighters volunteer their time to string up the lights, as well as the funds to pay for the electricity to illuminate them through New Year's Day, he said. That's why the news that the lights had been stolen not once, but twice, hit Fisher hard.
"I really can't say what my reaction was, because you can't print those words," Fisher said Sunday night. "I was B.S., let's just say that. It's something the guys enjoy doing, and people love seeing, but I don't know what our next move will be. I don't want to keep putting up new lights so people can take them."
He said he will meet with fire department members tonight to determine whether they should replace the strand a third time.
"My gut feeling is that they will want to replace them, but we'll have to see," said Fisher. "That's what I want to do. I just don't know why someone would do this. It just gets you so angry."
Fisher said for years a real tree growing in the traffic circle was decorated by a snowmobile club. Once that tree grew too tall, town staff began placing a Christmas tree on the traffic island, which fire personnel now decorate. Fisher said it's a job they have gladly taken on for the past eight or nine years.
"This year the tree looked really nice," said Fisher. "We went and purchased new 50-foot strings of LED lights, and they looked really good on it. They were on there last Monday, but then by early Tuesday the lights on the lower part of the tree were gone."
Fisher said he purchased another 50-foot string of LED lights, and once again placed them on the tree, this time securing them with tie-wraps.
The tie-wraps were cut and the lights removed sometime early Saturday, he said. The tree had several branches broken off.
Fisher said Boscawen police are investigating.
"I think the first time, it was someone looking to get a free set of new lights," Fisher said. "The second time, I'm not sure. That could have been spiteful."
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To celebrate the harvest season, Edgewater Elementary hosted a school-wide "Book Character Pumpkin Patch" this week in its media center, featuring gourd-like personifications from Captain Underpants to Pippi Longstocking.
In its third year at the local school, the pumpkin patch was on display throughout the week, featuring student projects completed at home, but then shared with other students and teachers. More than 160 pumpkin book characters filled the media center.
"I am truly amazed and impressed with the enthusiasm and creativity that our students exhibit with their pumpkin book characters," said Stephanie Ashley, Edgewater Elementary's media specialist in an email.
The effort helps teachers and parents offer tangible applications of reading, encouraging a student's passion for books and literature, said active school mom, Holly Bice.
"I think you have to think outside the box and get young readers excited about it. If they see something, experience something tangible about reading, it's very worthwhile," Bice said.
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Week Seven power rankings
After a shaky start to the season, the Saints are beginning to establish themselves as legitimate Super Bowl contenders once again, rising five places to sixth in our latest power rankings.
Brees throws 3 TDs, Saints rout Bucs 31-6
Drew Brees threw for 263 yards and three touchdowns Sunday, leading the New Orleans Saints to a 31-6 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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The Saints signed RB Julius Jones today as they look to establish a running game with Pierre Thomas and Reggie Bush recovering from injuries.
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A new poll reports that for the fourth year in a row, the Cowboys have been voted as the most popular NFL team.
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Some are beginning to wonder if the Saints, who fell to 3-2 on Sunday, are going to recapture the form they displayed on their way to winning the Super Bowl last season.
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Rookie Max Hall completed 17 of 27 passes for 168 yards, Jay Feely kicked three field goals and the Arizona Cardinals upset the New Orleans Saints 30-20 on Sunday.
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The Saints have been careful not to drop any hints when it comes to their plan for FS Darren Sharper, who will be eligible to be activated off the PUP list in Week Seven.
Saints RB Thomas out for Sunday
Saints starting RB Pierre Thomas will miss Sunday's Week Five game against the Cardinals.
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Sproles is active for Sunday's game against San Francisco.||||||| Sproles had missed three straight games with a broken left hand.
Sproles had a career-high 13 receptions for 128 yards in a 35-27 loss to Carolina on Sunday.||||||| This could be the beginning of increase touches for the running back or he could regress back to the mean. Sproles has averaged 5.8 catches since joining New Orleans at the beginning of last season.
Sproles will not play in the next preseason game against Jacksonville on Friday night because knee soreness.||||||| Sproles was one of several players who sat out Monday's practice, the first since the Saints played at New England last Thursday night.
Sproles caught 15 passes for 119 yards and one TD in Saturday's 36-32 postseason loss at San Francisco.||||||| Sproles showcased his dual-threat ability with only three carries for three yards on the ground, however. He made up for it through the air by hooking up with Drew Brees.
Sproles had 40 yards rushing, 29 yards receiving and 99 yards on kickoff and punt returns during Sunday's 45-17 rout of Carolina.||||||| Sproles finished the season with an NFL record 2,696 combined yards, breaking the previous mark of 2,690, set by Derrick Mason with Tennessee in 2000. Sproles will certainly be a hot commodity heading into 2012 drafts, and is all but certain to come at a hefty price following his tremendous campaign.


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"These ribs will have the smoky flavor without all the grilling time. It takes just 30 minutes on the grill to give the ribs that smoky flavor Southerners expect. You can use this recipe for spare ribs too, just bake for 15 minutes longer."
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place ribs in two 10x15 inch roasting pans. Pour water and red wine vinegar into a bowl, and stir. Pour diluted vinegar over ribs and cover with foil. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes. Baste the ribs with their juices halfway through cooking.
- In a medium saucepan, mix together ketchup, water, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, butter, brown sugar, hot pepper sauce, and salt; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer barbeque sauce for 1 hour.
- Preheat grill for medium heat.
- Lightly oil preheated grill. Transfer ribs from the oven to the grill, discarding cooking liquid. Grill over medium heat for 15 minutes, turning ribs once. Baste ribs generously with barbeque sauce, and grill 8 minutes. Turn ribs, baste again with barbeque sauce, and grill 8 minutes.
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I've been doing ribs by this method for years and you appreciate it even more in winter where grilling 5-6 hr ribs is not an option. (In winter, you would finish this recipe off topped with the sauce in a 450 degree oven instead of on the grill.) A few suggestions from my experience. I add a bit of liquid smoke to the vinegar mixture so that it permeates the ribs when baking (also throw in a few cloves of garlic, bay leaf, salt and pepper). I take off the foil after 45 minutes of baking but continue baking until the yummy liquid evaporates(the flavor gets more concentrated in the meat that way). The beauty is that this step can be done even a few days ahead. When done baking, I just let the ribs cool and refrigerate until I need them. Then, just take out 1 hr before party/ dinner, baste generously w/sauce and grill/ bake until nice in color. Perfect for treating kids to their favorite dinner in the middle of the week even for a busy mom/ dad or for throwing a no hassle BBQ party.
Whole family just LOVED these!! I cut the recipe in half and only thing I changed was cooking method. I didn't grill them, after cooking them with water and vinegar for an hr. and making the sauce, I marinated the ribs in the sauce for about 1-1/2 hrs. Then baked them in the oven on 350 covered for 45min, then uncovered for 10min. They came out PERFECT!! Meat just about fell off the bone and the sauce is wonderful!! The hot pepper sauce was hardly noticed so I might add just a little more next time (hubby likes spicey foods). These would be excellent for a barbecue get together!! Thanx for the great recipe!! :)
I fancy myself a good bbq'er, and am always open to new ideas and techniques. My Dad taught me everything I know, and I've read and experimented like mad to get better. So when I sprung this little ditty on him, and his comments ranged from "You got a good scald on that!" to "Forward this recipe to me please? That was good!" I knew I had a winner! Given the time to do this properly, this stuff came out DELICIOUS!!!! Pork was just falling off of the bones! I used country style ribs, added 20 minutes on the oven time due to thickness of the meat, and added in about 1/4 cup more brown sugar to give the pork a sweeter, thicker taste. You cannot go wrong on this! Wonderful dish! Wow!
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Amount Per Serving (8 total)
- Calories
- 520 cal
- 26%
- Fat
- 35.5 g
- 55%
- Carbs
- 24.5 g
- 8%
- Protein
- 25 g
- 50%
- Cholesterol
- 132 mg
- 44%
- Sodium
- 720 mg
- 29%
Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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Legendary basketball player Michael Jordan married his longtime girlfriend Yvette Prieto this weekend, in a lavish ceremony at Bethesda-by-the Sea church in West Palm Beach. The star studded affair drew out a-list crowds of celebrity athletes like Tiger Woods, Ahmad Rashad, Scottie Pippen and Patrick Ewing. Jordan and his budding bride drove away in a decadent white Rolls Royce!
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Tomorrow is the first second Sunday of 2013. That means it's your first chance in the new year for a no-cost visit to the Erie Art Museum, where admission is free on the second Sunday of the month.
You can get into the museum, 20 E. Fifth St., from 1 to 5 p.m. A "Thinkin' 'bout Lincoln" interactive program with musician Tom Jolin will begin at 2 p.m. to celebrate the museum's "Looking at Lincoln" exhibit.
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Passerby confronts abductor, saves 8-year-old girl"I thought, that could be the truck," Perez, a father of two boys, told CNN Tuesday night.
That's when he sprang into action. He jumped into his 1988 white Ford pickup and followed the vehicle.
Perez tried to cut off the vehicle several times to question the driver. One time, the driver told him, "I don't have no time [to talk]. My battery is dying."
The second time Perez pulled up to the Chevy, he saw the little girl, her head popping up from below view, and knew something was wrong.
"I kept telling him, 'That's not your little girl,'" said Perez. "We argued. We exchanged words."
"He [Perez] realized right then and there he had the suspect vehicle," Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer told reporters.
Perez -- who admitted he did wonder at some point whether the motorist had a gun -- pulled up to the truck a third, and then a fourth time, when he blocked the pickup truck.
At that point, the police chief said, the young girl "took the moment of opportunity, opened up the passenger door, and jumped out and ran."
Perez said he believes the driver pushed her out.
"I was beyond scared," he said.
Perez was out of his vehicle and stayed with the girl. He yelled for residents to get her a blanket. The frightened victim was wearing a Winnie the Pooh sweater, he said.
The Chevy drove off. By then, Perez had a partial license plate number, which he gave to dispatchers, the chief said.
Police about 40 minutes later caught up with the truck, now parked, and arrested Gregorio Gonzalez, 24, of Fresno. Charges against him will include kidnapping, false imprisonment and sexual assault, Dyer said. The suspect was not armed.
Very dangerous thing to do. I am thankful the child was recovered and Perez was not injured. I hope justice comes swift and permanent for the suspect.Do not war for peace. If you must war, war for justice. For without justice there is no peace. -me
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THE SECOND I walked into Donna Howland's home in the Lakeview area of Houghton, a striking, framed black and white photo on the wall caught my eye.
Even though it was taken 89 years ago, the scene was unmistakable to anyone who has lived in Kirkland for a few years. But the view, looking right up Kirkland Avenue from the edge of Lake Washington at today's docks, was taken from an elevated position.
That's because the photo was shot by Donna's grandfather, Capt. Walter King Curtis, a famed Lake Washington skipper in the early years of the Eastside, from the pilothouse of the ferry Lincoln of Kirkland. The Lincoln was built at today's by the Anderson Steamboat Company and launched in 1914. But that's another story.
Today's story is about the photo and the man who took it, along with his granddaughter, Donna Howland. First the photo. John L. Anderson's ferry company ran boats between Kirkland and Madison Park in Seattle from 1914 to 1940. What's interesting to me about the photo right off is that I never realized the old ferry landing here in Kirkland was multi-level. Today all that is gone, the upper deck promenade, the pedestrian overpass across Kirkland Ave, the cool wooden buildings.
And the scene! Curtis snapped the shot on Aug, 18 1923 during the American Legion's annual "Hula Day" festivities -- those are long gone too. It's a happy scene, dads and kids, men and women all dressed up, sailors in uniform. And look at all the old cars lined up for the ferry and parked along the Ave, some of them Ford Model T's for sure!
"A lot of my memories are of Grandpa Walter," says Donna, now in her 80s. "He loved to keep a journal every day, good and bad. His real love was the waterfront. Back then it was a working waterfront, just a way to get from here to Madison Park. He always loved the lake and what went with it, the rafts and boats."
I had the pleasure of meeting Donna Howland after her daughter, Judi Acton Heintz, read an earlier "Then and Now" column on Kirkland Patch. Judi emailed me to say her mother had albums of old Kirkland photos, including some showing Lake Washington Boulevard in Houghton when it was just a dirt road (we'll visit that cool shot here in the future). She wanted her mother's memories documented as well.
So I immediately forwarded the email to Loita Hawkinson, the proper authority on such topics as president of the Kirkland Heritage Society. We all agreed to meet when Judi, who now lives in Florida, was in town. So we got together earlier this month at Donna's home, which has a great view down memory lane to that very Houghton waterfront where her grandparents, great grandparents, aunts and uncles lived beginning before the turn of the 20th Century.
Loita video recorded the conversation with Donna to document those precious memories. An issue for me was that there are so many levels to the Curtis and Howland families that some of the conversation was hard to follow. Loita was right on it all the way. The photos were stunning indeed, many poignant, and dozens of them them are now in the protection of the Kirkland Heritage Society archives. We will revisit some, no doubt, in future Then and Now columns.
The one on the wall, featured right here, just floored me. And Donna's memories of her grandfather were truly touching. She really loved that old guy! She recalled his economic struggles, going back 100 years or more.
YOU SEE, the Curtis family, which arrived in this area from England before the turn of the 20th Century, operated a boat yard at Carillon Point before Anderson Steamboat (which was followed itself by the Lake Washington Shipyards). The Curtis family laid its first keel, for the Peerless, in 1901. Donna says the family also did some boat building on the shore closer to its home on Lake Washington near Houghton Beach to the north.
The family completed one flat-bottomed steamboat that soon after burned to the waterline before it could be insured, taking a big financial hit. Then it sunk its remaining assets in a steamer large enough to venture to Alaska. This was before the Lake Washington Ship Canal was cut through Portage Bay in 1916-17, providing access from lake Washington to Puget Sound.
Back then Lake Washington flowed through the shallow Black River and to the Green River, which spills into Elliott Bay via the Duwamish Waterway. So the family attempted to get the steamer through the Black and to the Sound during high flows. But she struck a sandbar, and there she remained for weeks as the family's remaining cash reserves flowed away.
"Captain Anderson then bought gramps' boat works and it became Anderson Boat Works," Donna said. "I felt bad for grandpa. He didn't have a job. Then he went into piloting."
Eventually, John L. Anderson hired Walter King Curtis as a captain, and Donna says he first skippered the ferry Leschi, and later the Lincoln (please see the second history photo attached here), for 35 or 40 years. She recalls walking down to her grandpa's waterfront home after school to sit and read his journals.
"He wrote the best journals. They were like reading a mystery. I would go there before and after school, then walk back home up Houghton Hill."
As fate would have it, another part of the family ended up with the journals, and although she tried, Donna could not recover them. She fears they are now lost to history.
"I wish Kirkland had those journals, because they were very well done, all in good English," lamented Donna.
Maybe some day they will turn up. But for now, those most likely priceless journals are just another Kirkland history mystery.


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2:48pm Tuesday 8th April 2014 in News
A DAD-OF-TWO is in the running to be named the UK's sexiest vegan.
Byron Higgins, 29, of Oak Apple Close, Colchester, is a finalist in the competition run by animal charity Peta.
The Waitrose checkout worker has been a vegetarian for years but turned vegan last year after seeing footage of cruelty in animal farming.
He said: "A lot of people stereotype vegans. I want to show I look really good and it is cool. Young people are doing it."
The winner of will be decided by a combination of public votes and a panel of judges.
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