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Is California high-speed rail the future or a slow-motion train wreck?
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson on May 21, 2010
It is a rare week when someone could possibly do or attend everything being offered -- or even keep up with writing about the events so people know they're happening and can decide whether to attend, not attend or simply sigh regretfully.
This was the week of high-speed rail, with two public-invited city meetings (Tuesday and Thursday) on the "alternatives analysis" on the controversial project. In between, on Wednesday night, the city's Planning and Transportation Commission discussed the seemingly endless issue of what the rail plan would do to local communities.
On top of that comes a press announcement that the California High Speed Rail Authority, beleaguered by protesting residents and Midpeninsula cities, is seeking another $16.6 million in federal funds for what has been estimated as a $43 billion project.
And on top of that came a visit to Palo Alto by Caltrain spokesman Mark Simon to let city officials know Caltrain wants a chunk of an earlier federal commitment of more than $16 billion.
The bigger significance of Simon's visit is that, for the first time, it seems that Caltrain is standing up for its own interests and future plans rather than hoping for a ride-along with the high-speed rail project. Up to now Caltrain has been remarkably quiet about its own future needs, which include a vision of electrifying Caltrain's aging fleet of trains <0x2014> meaning they will be new trains, or at least new engines.
Simon said the "partnership" with the California High Speed Rail Authority still remains intact, even though he expects the authority to oppose Caltrain's suggested amendments to a law that designates the federal funds for high-speed rail.
There's a "backstory" here, I'm sure, to use a journalistic term, and I'm sure Simon, a longtime journalist and former Chronicle columnist, knows it.
Some readers have complained that they are tired of reading high-speed rail stories. They do seem to go on and on, sort of like rail tracks disappearing into the distance in a classic case of perspective, worthy of a first-grade art exercise.
Well, some of us journalists may be tired of chasing this story down the tracks to see if high-speed rail becomes a reality or whether this whole thing is a slow-motion train wreck.
But if it does happen, the impacts could be so severe on the communities if the wrong alternatives are chosen that the continuing "story" simply can't be ignored.
And there is a question: Will the seemingly minor split between Caltrain and the rail authority become a true divergence, further complicating what is currently deemed the nation's largest transportation project?
Of course, if the authority selects a deep-tunnel alternative, much of the Midpeninsula cities' and residents' opposition will fade away. But costs could be prohibitive.
Yet a shallow cut-and-cover trench could be much more expensive considering the need to relocate water mains, underground telephone and electrical lines and storm drains -- some of which may be so old that officials may be only vaguely aware of where they are. And it would be severely disruptive of homes and neighborhoods during years of construction.
In addition, there is concern about interfering with underground aquifers, sort of slow underground rivers.
And, as Palo Alto arborist Dave Dockter has warned, a cut-and-cover trench could well doom Palo Alto's "living landmark" and namesake, the El Palo Alto redwood tree, estimated at perhaps 2,000 years old. Dockter said an examination of the tree's root structure is a good example of the old tree's tenacity in terms of surviving. It's had a tough life. First, its Siamese twin fell over into the San Francisquito Creek many decades ago. Then the city walled the creek bank in concrete, curtailing root growth.
And there were the trains, initially spewing out coal or oil exhaust that coated the redwood needles, choking the tree from air and water (absorbed by the needles, unlike other evergreens). By the 1960s, the city had begun a major life-saving effort, as the tree had begun to truly resemble what now would be called a cell-phone tower.
Each year starting in the 1960s, the city would back up its then-new snorkel fire truck and use its hydraulic basket arm to lift a McClenahan's Tree Service climber into the lower branches. The climber would climb to the top as part of an annual "physical exam."
One year the climber found an infestation of airborne termites near the top, and had to operate.
The city installed a pipe up the tree with misting nozzles near the top in what George Hood, then the city arborist, called a "fool the redwood" plan -- to make it think it was in the coastal fog belt with its brethren in the Coast Redwood clan.
As a young reporter for the erstwhile Palo Alto Times, covering the annual physical became my annual assignment.
But Dockter says the tree is almost more interesting below ground than above. It has a unique root structure compared to the usual shallow-rooted redwoods. On the creek side, its roots hit the old concrete wall and then go straight down, reaching for the water table and the creek.
But on the west side, hemmed in the by the existing tracks, the roots have actually gone under the tracks and are reaching toward El Camino Real, Dockter explains.
That means a shallow trench would have to sever those roots, possibly killing the tree.
As I once suggested in an earlier column, the old tree does sort of resemble a cell-phone "tree tower." Perhaps, with some spray paint and false needles, it may have a new existence beaming Internet and cell-phone signals to passing high-speed trains.
Or is that not funny?
on May 21, 2010 at 9:50 pm
I'll keep this simple. We can be sure that this, if it proceeds and is funded, will be a one hundred billion dollar project, if not more. (That's $100,000,000,000.) There has never been a mega-super-infrastructure project of such cost. EVER. If that isn't worth writing about, what is? People are getting bored? We are living in a culture of attention deficit disorder, a socio-pathology.
This project is staggeringly complex with elaborate financial issues, political issues, geographic and demographic issues, not to mention technical, design, transportation and urban issues. And that's only a start. There are unsavory agendas involved. There is a history of devious dealings and back-room politics. There is enormous opportunity for greed, corruption, waste, fraud and abuse. It's professional political football.
Only an idiot would find this boring. It is possible that the State of California could be on the hook FOREVER to repay all the loans and their costs. This project could be built by foreign companies with funds loaned by foreign nations and California would be eternally in debt to them. It's an issue for the US State Department. Boring? There's already enough information that the FBI should do some investigating. Boring? This could be the biggest mistake -- bigger than the famous Teapot Dome Scandal -- in the history of the US.
Still bored?
on May 22, 2010 at 3:08 am
HSR management and spin doctors are doing everything they can to convince you HSR is a sure thing.
Don't you believe it.
HSR received 52% of the vote, hardly a mandate. And that mini majority was achieved with projections that are proving bogus in so many critical areas... among them the business plan, ridership forecasts, low-ball ticket prices, and financing requirements that will never be met.
HSR is now counting on pulling a second rabbit out of a hat, or more accurately, again pulling the wool over the collective eyes of California voters and legislators with a demand for another $16 billion PLUS a sweeping pass on all their prior claims which -- surprise, surprise -- are not close to coming true.
Good luck with that.
on May 22, 2010 at 3:56 am
HSR train wreck ahead, no question about it.
Depending upon when the plug is finally pulled on this colossal political debacle, the Californa HSR train wreck will cost our state's taxpayers hundreds of millions, or even billions if the HSR string-pullers get their way. HSR is fast, to be sure. It is now racing over 200 mph into a one-way tunnel to disaster.
Fortunately, California is tax-rich with plenty of extra billions to toss down the rat hole of an ill-conceived start-up like HSR. Wait a minute, here's a bulletin: California is in deep financial do-do with no hope in sight. HSR may speed California's bankruptcy.
Not one VC in our valley would touch this "HSR opportunity" with a ten-foot pole. They, and the world, watched the Chunnel investment implode a couple of decades back, then continue to sink governments further in the red as the years went on. California is now positioning HSR to easily top the Chunnel financial disaster to make our state's fiscal management an even bigger joke.
Ugly, ugly, ugly HSR situation unfolding.


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Panthers sink Saints to 0-2 with 35-27 victory
For Saints fans, it is time to sound the alarm.
Panthers quarterback Cam Newton rushed for a touchdown and tossed another as the Panthers claimed a 35-27 win over the Saints Sunday in Charlotte.
The Saints allowed Newton an average of 18 yards per pass, on 14 completions, as New Orleans fell to 0-2. Last season, the Saints lost a total of three games.
Interim head coach Aaron Kromer said, "there's no panic. At the end of the year, we will win more games than we lose."
Newton threw a second quarter 17 yard touchdown pass to Jonathan Stewart. He added a 9 yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter that gave Carolina a 35-20 lead.
Saints quarterback Drew Brees threw two interceptions, including one that was returned 9 yards for a touchdown by Charles Godfrey in the first quarter.
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Watch Hillary Clinton's takedown of GOP Sen. Ron Johnson Over Benghazi Attack: youtu.be/rGLQ63qUHHo via @youtube—
Jim Roberts (@nytjim) January 23, 2013
As Twitchy reported this morning, Secretary of State Clinton shamefully diminished the lost lives of four dead Americans by answering Sen. Johnson's probing and excellent questions with "at this point, what difference does it make?"
Now, New York Times' Jim Roberts, along with fellow travelers like actor Sebastian Roché (citing lapdogs at The Huffington Post), double down on the shameful. They disgracefully spin it as Hillary's "takedown" of Sen. Johnson.
HILLARY THROWS DOWN! 'WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?' huff.to/XY1OY5—
Sebastian Roché (@sebroche) January 23, 2013
And thus concludes the Hillary Clinton Takedown of the GOP Show. Let this be a lesson, teabags. Do NOT mess with Hillary.—
Mona Hussein Obama (@MonaB2010) January 23, 2013
I'm gonna need a clip of Hillary's takedown of Sen. Johnson ASAP.—
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Hillary Clinton tells Sen Ron Johnson how it is maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/01/… #Benghazi #MustSee—
Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) January 23, 2013
The sane rightly give them the business.
@nytjim @YouTube Takedown? Are you in media or part of Benghazi media cover-up team in Hillary's back pocket? Follow @SharylAttkisson—
Local Voter Elxn2014 (@Elxn2014) January 23, 2013
.@nytjim Leave it to the NYT to declare Hillary's hysterical refusal to acknowledge State's tragic negligence a "takedown."—
Just Karl (@justkarl) January 23, 2013
.@nytjim Claiming that a @YouTube was responsible, rather than gross negligence on Benghazi security? What difference does it make?—
Just Karl (@justkarl) January 23, 2013
Precisely. What difference does it make? That's not a "takedown." It's reprehensible and an utter disgrace.
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"His whole life is prayer and converse with God."*
In August, 2011 I was at a conference listening to Shane Claiborne, a founding member of The Simple Way Community in Philadelphia, PA answering questions about justice and modern monasticism. Someone asked him, "how do you stay positive in light of all the nasty, depressing stuff going on in the world?" My answer would have been – "give up!" because that was what I was feeling at the time. Shane, on the other hand admitted that it was tough to remain positive and hopeful as he told us a heart breaking story of a young woman from his neighborhood being attacked and then shot in the face just two weeks before coming to speak at this conference. Then Shane said something that has stood out to me ever since.
Shane said we have a choice. We could choose to get depressed about a world that doesn't seem to be getting any better, or we could choose to "sing a beautiful song instead of an ugly one." Remember this is from a guy in the thick of the ugliness, so it's not "pie in the sky" idealism – he lives with this choice everyday. When Shane spoke about this choice my mind went immediately to all the great teaching I had heard that weekend from people who were singing a beautiful song in the midst of an ugly world and ugly expressions of Christianity. The speakers were living with the addicts on Vancouver's East Side, and AIDS filled slums in Cambodia. They were visiting gang members in Guatemala's worst prison, and working for reconciliation with Canada's Native Indians… and… it…was…beautiful.
There is plenty of ugly Christianity in the world and it gets depressing sometimes, if the ugliness is what we choose to focus on. So many ugly things have been done, and continue to be done, in the name of religion and in the name of God. The location of the conference, for example, was on the grounds of a Catholic Residential School, a point that was well documented and discussed by Ched Meyers one of the main speakers that weekend. At one Residential School Ched reported that 40 to 50 percent of the students died one year! Add to that the various forms of abuse that went on over the years. As Ched pointed out, we were sitting on the scene of some of the most brutal atrocities ever committed by the Church. Instead of burying it in the past Ched invited us to take a good hard look at the stories for our own healing and for the healing and reconciliation of the people who still carry the scars of abuse. As we all know, Residential Schools are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to ugly expressions of Christianity. Fortunately, that weekend we also heard from people, including Native Indians, who were addressing the deep pain caused by residential schools and other abuses done to North American Native Indians and were working towards healing and reconciliation.
For some mysterious, incomprehensible reason God chooses to use broken vessels – the Church – me and you! – to be the representatives of his love to the world. It is absolutely beautiful when our hearts and minds are open to God's love and leading and we respond.
The conference was giving me hope. Hope that a beautiful song could still be sung. Christianity at its best is beautiful. Not airy fairy, in denial beautiful, but sacrificially, incarnately, contemplatively beautiful. The conference allowed me to hear from people who were making a difference, with God's help, in some of the darkest places on earth.
And so…the mission of Fuel Radio is to foster, fuel and support beautiful Christianity through story, art, prayer, action, and generosity. I hope you will join us in singing this beautiful song.
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The Holiday Party is sponsored by the Poughkeepsie Pilots Association and will be held at a very nice restaurant about 3 miles from Dutchess County Airport Saturday, December 3rd. It's open to all pilots and their friends looking to hang with similarly minded aviation enthusiasts. RSVP details are on the flier.
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Amazing Cabin-steal it for a week in late August! in Flagstaff
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Casita Bonita is a beautiful romantic cabin in Munds Park, Arizona, just 20 minutes south of Flagstaff. This romantic two bedroom, two bath property is located in the pines just one block from the forest and one mile from the Pinewood Golf Course where you can swim, play tennis, or golf. Clearstory windows in the great room look out on trees on all sides and there is a stone fireplace. Cabin sleeps six people comfortably. The master bedroom has a high quality California King bed and spacious, adjacent private master bath has two sinks. Guest bedroom has a comfortable Queen bed and the great room has a leather Queen sleeper sofa. The home is updated with Victorian bronze hardware, charming decor and quality furnishings from both Pier 1 and Robb & Stuckey.
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WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – Two women were taken to the hospital early Thursday morning after an argument that escalated into one woman having a beer bottle broken on her face.
According to the Wilmington Police Department, the assault happened around 4:25 a.m. in the 900 block of N. 30th St. in the Creekwood community.
Police say the victim reported that she and the suspect were at a gathering when they got into an argument over an incident that had occurred between them two weeks ago. The victim said when she walked away from the argument to go home, Hines followed her and attacked her.
Police say the victim reportedly received a serious cut to the right side of her face and a smaller cut to her arm. The suspect called in from the 800 block of N. 30th St. requesting EMS for a small laceration to a finger. Both women were taken to the hospital.
The suspect, Shirley Hines, was released from the hospital into police custody around 6 a.m. She's being charged with assault with a deadly weapon while inflicting serious injury.
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UPDATE 10:50 am: Carmel Foster, the owner of Queen Diva's salon in Tyler is back in Tyler, being booked into the Smith County Jail.
Monday, the court released a long list of items police collected during their search of a salon, where authorities say illegal breast enhancing injections were conducted.The owner of Queen Diva's salon, Carmel Foster, is still in the Harrison County Jail facing charges for allegedly giving women the injections in the back room of her salon in north Tyler.
There are 42 different items listed in the warrant. The warrant says police found:
All of the items were found inside Queen Diva's Salon. That's where Carmel Foster is accused of practicing medicine without a license by giving back-room breast and bottom enhancing injections to East Texans.Police say one of those procedures made a woman extremely ill.
"The victim in this case did seek breast augmentation and because of the treatment she received for that, from a non-licensed medical care provider, did cause her medical issues," says Tyler Police Major Crimes Detective Andy Erbaugh.Among other things found in the salon were latex gloves, band aids and a jar containing an unknown substance.
As it's still unknown what exactly Foster was injecting into client's bodies, Tyler Police and the FDA are investigating."They have a resident in the Dallas area that's part of the FDA as a criminal investigator. He came down, met with our investigator and obtained a sample from what we secured in a search warrant from the business as well as the hospital where the victim is and that's been sent off," says Tyler Police Officer Don Martin.Police say it could be a week until those tests come back and even longer until they find out what was going on behind Queen Diva's doors.
Good Shepherd Medical Center is not releasing updates on the condition of the victim who was hospitalized after receiving the suspected injections. We reached out to her family for an update, but they did not return our calls. We've posted the entire search warrant, including everything that was found, online.
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The Muscogee County Sheriff's Office is $1.8 million over budget for Fiscal Year 2013. Around $900,000 of that amount is because of unpaid medical bills, a lot of which are overdue.
"When this hit it was really a surprise, the magnitude of it," Columbus Mayor Teresa Tomlinson expressed. The city now has to pay the unexpected amount, which includes medical bills dating back to June 2012.
The Finance Department said they are still processing at least 50 invoices for medical supplies and companies that provide nurses and doctors for the clinics. They had been held in the sheriff's department, but on July 29 they were turned over to city finance administrators. It comes about a month after the Fiscal Year 2013 budget was adopted.
"I think had it been turned in then we could have seen the sheriff's budget was very likely to be running over significantly and we hope we would have been able to intervene and assist," the mayor said. Normally, she said the bills have been turned in later and the city's been able to cover the overage with no problem. But in financially tight times it's sticking out like a sore thumb. "That is not a good practice... it's certainly one we need to stop."
Instead, the city is facing a $330,000 pharmaceutical bill that is past due 90 days. "It's very difficult to understand why that was not paid," Mayor Tomlinson said.
Muscogee County Sheriff John Darr has not spoken publicly about the matter. A sheriff's office representative told News 3 Darr thought it was best to speak about it after he appears before city council on Aug. 20 to discuss it.
Tomlinson said medical bills are some of the hardest to process and for some reason the sheriff's department held onto some of them longer than others and got behind. But the mayor also said some of the approved invoices are raising eyebrows and maybe should have been processed at a lower rate or through the city's Medical Center contract. "We have the money to cover it. It just whether or not it comes out of our reserve, comes from the savings in other departments," Mayor Tomlinson said.
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The mayor has already identified some things she'd like to explore. "Whether or not the finance department should be the one that's overseeing some of the elected officials' invoices," Tomlinson said.
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Ashia Kendra Dimiya Miller, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Miller, graduated with a liberal arts degree in music from Florida State University during a commencement ceremony on April 28.
COCHRAN-Middle Georgia College Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Mary Lou Frank, has announced that four students from Effingham County have been cited for scholastic achievement during MGC's spring 2012 semester.
MOUNT VERNON-Michelle DeLane Zipperer of Springfield graduated from Brewton-Parker College, Mount Vernon, following the May 2012 term, announced Dr. Chris Jones, interim provost.
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ATLANTA-More than 56,000 Georgia school children are learning about energy efficiency and the electric utility industry through a statewide Georgia Power education initiative aimed at third-, fifth- and eighth-graders.
After keeping its millage rate constant at 15.333 for the past three years, the Effingham County Board of Education gave preliminary approval Thursday to raising the rate to 16.895 for the coming fiscal year.
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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – A woman who says she is pregnant now faces a DUI charge after police said she caused an accident which sent five people to the hospital.
Thursday around 2:30 p.m., officers responded to an injury accident at 11910 Standiford Plaza Drive, in front of Walmart off Preston Highway and Mt. Washington Road in Louisville.
When they arrived on the scene, police said Tiffany Banules, 27, was "unsteady on her feet and smelled of alcohol."
Officers reported two of her children were taken to the hospital after the wreck, along with three other unidentified people. The patients' conditions are not known.
Police said Banules told them she drank a bottle and a half of wine.
According to the arrest report, when asked to comply with a field sobriety test, she said she was six months pregnant and could not do one.
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Security will be high across the Southland this weekend as residents mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, even though there has been no specific credible threat aimed at Los
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International Airport, which is typically policed by Los Angeles Airport Police officers, and the Port of Los Angeles, which also has its own police force.
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the way we work, and the way we work is as a team,'' Beck said. "If you see something as a member of the public that doesn't make sense to you, particularly on this anniversary of the most horrific attack to occur on American soil, say something."
The chief said there had not been any news of any threats aimed at Los Angeles, even though news broke Thursday about an unconfirmed but credible terrorist threat focused on New York and Washington, D.C.
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reporting any activity they believe to be suspicious. Beck urged residents to call 877-A-THREAT with anything that looks out of the ordinary over the weekend.
LAPD Deputy Chief Michael Downing, who heads the department's anti-terrorism unit, said large-scale terrorist attacks like 9/11 are certainly headline-grabbing, but a lone terrorist acting alone can be much harder to spot.
Even though the spectacular attacks–the 9/11 attacks were certainly
spectacular and tragic–we also have to be concerned about the smaller attacks like Mumbai, smaller attacks like vehicle bombs,'' Downing told KNX Newsradio. "...We need to be able to react quickly. We are a prevention bureau, we try to prevent things. We develop intelligence ... and disrupt networks and things, but we have to really be on the lookout for individuals...who may be inspired by this ideology."
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Today Oklahomans have the chance to start browsing for new health insurance options. There is help available and many families have questions.
Morton Comprehensive services has a room with desks and computers dedicated to counseling for the Affordable Care Act.
People can go there and get help starting their application process.
Miranda Pinales is a healthcare worker, who does not have healthcare for herself or her two young children. Today she sat down to start the process of applying for healthcare. She's a temporary worker who has decided against insurance because she can't afford it.
But now she's learning that she has to find insurance, or face penalties.
Others have been calling Morton to speak to certified navigators to answer questions and make appointments. They will help you through the online process that was slowed today.Experts advise, don't get in a hurry to actually select a health insurance. Take your time--and compare plans.
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9:00am Thursday 22nd November 2012 in Sport By Brian Owen
Marcos Painter has praised the huge part being played on and off the pitch by Albion's former England international.
Painter is on red alert to make his first home start since April if Wayne Bridge fails to recover from a calf injury ahead of Saturday's visit from Bolton Wanderers.
The former Swansea left-back sat out the Seagulls first 17 league and cup games of the season as Bridge shone but came into the side at Huddersfield last Saturday.
Painter believes he has improved this season thanks to Bridge and told The Argus: "I am learning from just watching him play every week. He is a quality player and such a nice bloke.
"He joins in with the group and plays his part off the field as well.
"We go out here and there as a group and there's a great team spirit."
Albion will know the make-up of their playing staff for the rest of 2012 as the loan window closes today.
Several Seagulls players are interesting other clubs to varying degrees although Scunthorpe boss Brian Laws has said he has no budget left with which to take Matt Sparrow back to Glanford Park.
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A BUY Back scheme looks set to contribute to meeting the ever increasing demand for council housing over the next few months.
Redditch Council is actively looking for ways to increase its housing stock due to more tenants purchasing their properties through the Right to Buy scheme.
To compensate for this loss of housing stock the council has now started to buy back properties from residents who wish to sell for any reason.
So far the council has bought back one property and a further six are due to be completed in the next few months. In the last 12 months 14 enquiries were made by residents requesting the Council buy their property. Each case is looked at on an individual basis but it may be that not all properties put forward are suitable.
Councillor Mark Shurmer, portfolio holder for housing, said: "The new buy back scheme is really good news for Redditch as it will mean we can increase our housing stock and provide more, in demand properties to residents on the waiting list.
"It is also good news for tenants who bought their properties from us previously but need to sell for whatever reason.
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Delaware State Police say a 23-year-old Goldey-Beacom College graduate student has been charged with raping a woman at his campus apartment.
The 18-year-old woman, who is also Goldey-Beacom student, visited Carlos Bastardo's apartment at Miller Hall early Sunday. Police say Bastardo began making unwanted advances, then assaulted the woman sexually. She was able to flee and went to a local hospital before calling police.
Bastardo, who is from Venezuela, was arrested at his apartment and charged with second-degree rape without consent. Bastardo is being held in Young Correctional Institution on $120,000 bail.
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This stylishly designed 36 page book contains images from Arcadia and Jeremy's wedding as captured by Dena Rosko Photography.
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Dena Rosko is a photographer based near Seattle, Washington in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. She offers portrait and wedding services for those special moments and people in your life. She also specializes in providing on-site photography services to businesses and organizations for their communications' and marketing needs.
Fecha de publicación 20 de julio de 2007
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The following people, with name, age, address, charge and arresting agency, were booked into the Boone County Jail; charges are preliminary and may be changed subject to review by the Boone County Prosecutor's Office.
Monday, Feb. 4
10:33 a.m. — Christine A. Scott, 29, Brookston, Jail Corrections Officer.
4:21 a.m. — Angela Koplin, 42, Lebanon, public intoxication, operating while intoxicated, Lebanon Police Department.
2:47 a.m. — Morgan Elizabeth Bower, 21, Zionsville, OWI-BAC of .08 or more, Whitestown Police Department.
1:01 a.m. — Kyle Scott Debolt, 46, Indianapolis, violation of community corrections, Boone County Sheriff's Office for Marion County.
Sunday, Feb. 3
10:27 p.m. — Dylan Baird, 18, Zionsville, possession of marijuana/hash/hash oil, possession of paraphernalia, BCSO.
7:18 p.m. — Timika Wilson, 28, Indianapolis, possession marijuana/hash/hash oil, possession of paraphernalia, BCSO.
6:52 p.m. — Harrison T. Becher, 21, Indianapolis, possession of marijuana/hash/hash oil, possession of paraphernalia, BCSO.
6:19 a.m. — Amber Cathcart, 26, Indianapolis, OWI-BAC .08 or more, public intoxication, BCSO.
Saturday, Feb. 2
8:17 p.m. — Zachary D. Hansen, 23, Lebanon, failure to appear, held for Henry County.
3:10 p.m. — April Bishop, 19, Lebanon, battery by means of a deadly weapon, intimidation, disorderly conduct, BCSO.
3:45 a.m. — Amber Hicks, 33, Thorntown, receiving stolen property, auto theft, driving while suspended, BCSO.
3:22 a.m. — Jason Shelley, 29, Lebanon, driving while suspended, LPD.
2:07 a.m. — Derek Lorenzen, 27, Thorntown, operating while intoxicated, public intoxication, LPD.
1:20 a.m. — Gary W. Hensley, 43, Lebanon, theft, resisting law enforcement, battery-police-felony, battery by body waste, LPD.
Friday, Feb. 1
11:34 p.m. — Cory A. Reagan, 22, Lebanon, driving while suspended, LPD.
11:10 p.m. — Harold Mendez, 24, Lebanon, driving while suspended, LPD.
10:17 p.m. — Jonathan Spears, 31, Indianapolis, driving while suspended, LPD.
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It's not as easy to measure the impact of an offensive lineman -- after all, the best ones by definition don't make much of a dent in the stat sheet. But most of these names should sound familiar, and not for the wrong reasons. One of them even has a trophy named after him.
This poll will stay open all weekend, with the full list of winners revealed Monday morning. (Also: a word from the commish on players who didn't make the list.)
Justin Blalock, Texas Longhorns
First player to start 50 games at Texas. Named to the All-Big 12 first team four times.
Jeff Hartings, Penn St. Nittany Lions
Started his last 31 games. Offensive line gave up just three sacks in 1994, one of at least two years in which he was named an All-American by some selectors.
Jake Long, Michigan Wolverines
One of three unanimous All-Americans in 2007. Long started at tackle for Michigan for four years and was a No. 1 draft pick.
Dave Rimington, Nebraska Cornhuskers
Namesake of the Rimington Trophy. Named Big 8 Offensive Player of the Year -- as a center. Won the Outland Trophy in back-to-back seasons.
Previously inducted OL: Orlando Pace, Ohio State.
The SB Nation College Football Hall of Fame is a summer project involving all of the network's excellent college football blogs. Each community could nominate five of its own for inclusion, with 10 of those nominees being inducted by our selection committee, which included reps from most FBS conferences. The remaining 10 will be chosen by public vote Wednesday and Thursday.


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Framed Handkerchiefs
That box of folded handkerchiefs at a vintage-clothing store might not look promising, but, unfolded, each one can be a piece of art. Many handkerchiefs from 1900 through the 1960s were printed with lively designs. Framed simply, they're great decorations for a wall. Here's how to do it!
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- Handkerchiefs
- 1.8-inch-thick glass
- >1/16-inch-thick poster board
- Swiss clip
- Foil tape
- Scissors
Step 1
Wash and iron handkerchiefs; measure each of the four sides, adding 1/2 inch to each measurement.
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tiger5111 Jun, 2012
I want to frame 6 handkerchiefs as you show in your magazine. However, Swiss clips are very expensive - are there other ways to anchor the glass that is less expensive? Thanks for your help.
jamies12315 Aug, 2011
Wow ! Really beautiful
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antiquewoman1 Aug, 2011
I could see displaying some feminine hankies but these masculine ones are not appealing. What happened to all the great MS ideas??? I used to subscribe to MS magazine for years but I would not anymore because most of the ideas and crafts don't make sense and the ones that do are old.
JudyGBM1 Aug, 2011
5 years ago I found a box of fancy hankies that had been crochet trimmed by my grandmother and greatgrandmother along with special hankies they always included in my birthday cards when I was young. I laundered, ironed them, folded them in different shapes so the pretty designs showed, layed them out on a very large picture frame back, put the glass back on and hung it over our bed. Having 10 ft ceilings in our FL home really set it off. Also used my wedding and mother's day hankies.
yankeehandy6 Feb, 2009
if you have a small doily you could place it over a hankie and use that as the background, 2 for one!
amy196327 Nov, 2008
what a great idea. i didnt know what to do with my gradmothers hankies, now i do. thanks martha
mamina5118 Nov, 2008
i sent u one but never appeared
mamina5118 Nov, 2008
this is alovely idea. i did my grandmothers honkies and hung them .ths martha for all your wonderfull ideas. and site.
nana2oneboy9 Nov, 2008
I have a crocheted chair set (with doilies to go over the chair arms and back of the head) made by my great grandmother that I had framed like a piece of art at a frame store with a brass plate giving her name and dates and her relationship to me, so future generations will know where it came from. The backing is dark blue with the white chair set. Very pretty. Thanks for the idea of putting the hankies in the powder room. Enjoy old handwork!
LaPearl8 Nov, 2008
I have done many crocheted doilies and put them onto a dark colored velvet which they will adhere to and with the glass and frame they are held on place beautifully. I have done some that are 14 inches across and that even worked.
kathydig8 Nov, 2008
I think more femine hanky's or pretty small doilies that had a sentimenal value would look better. The thought of them being owned by your Grandma or Mom would make them have more meaning. I don't necessarily like the color or style of the ones displayed here.
scruffty8 Nov, 2008
I wouldn't use poster board unless it is acid free. If the backing isn't acid free, the threads will break down and the time and money spent saving these precious items was wasted.
PaatriciaCH8 Nov, 2008
This is for c_handler. I have many doilies from Grandmother and Aunt. I got a shadowbox, with a velvet black background. I didn't even have to pin out the doily. I just stretched it on the velvet and it held. It's beautiful.
nanz5cats8 Nov, 2008
if you want to do doilies, i'd use 2 pieces of glass. that way if the doilies are white, the wall would show through the back, instead of the stark white of posterboard. i wouldn't use coloured posterboard, as i really don't know if the colour would bleed through the handiwork. hope this idea helps! BTW, michael's sells clear lucite frames with black edging that holds them together, and they come in all sizes!!!!
mizwidget8 Nov, 2008
My Grandmother crocheted edges on her handkerchiefs, and this it a wonderful way for me to preserve them. I think I'll also put her name on the back or front somewhere to identify who did the work for later collectors?
c_hadler8 Nov, 2008
What a great idea! I have numerous textile pieces from my great-grandmother that I would love to display. However, like a previous person, I am wondering how I could hang doilies as I have more of those than hankies.
ladyhenry8 Nov, 2008
I love this. What a lovely way to honor my family. I have many old Handkerchief sthat belonged to my grandmother and great aunt. I hate just have them in a drawer. Now to hunt for the materials.
EdytheMiller8 Nov, 2008
How would I do this for a lovely circular hand crocheted doily?
Susiekate8 Nov, 2008
I too like this idea for lacy hankeys or doilies. I would use 2 peel-n-stick grometed hanger tads and a fine wire to hang the finished project.
I would also recomend using acid free paper and not hanging in direct sunlight to protect the fibers from deteriating. .
pelican668 Nov, 2008
my mother used hankies all the time and i have alot of hers and thought about doing this years ago with them pressed between two pieces of plexiglass and then suspended. it's a lovely way to preserve antique craftwork and mementos.
nancystitches8 Nov, 2008
I like this idea, but I'm wondering how you hang them. What do you put on the back so that you can hang them?
Cheryllion8 Nov, 2008
Yeah, I don't like it n n n my first thought was "oh, lovely, a display of snot rags". I'm glad that new, unused handkerchiefs are called for in the article above... in my email it read "a sweet memento" -- of what... grandpa's smoker's cough? Igh.
jnapier8 Nov, 2008
I did these is a multiple opening frame with my great-grandmother's embroidered hankies from the late 1800's. She had obviously worked hard on them and they now protected, and look very nice in the powder room.
Jenelle6288 Nov, 2008
I like the idea, but would have looked better with pretty feminine hankies.
orensnanna8 Nov, 2008
What a great idea and a lovely way to display my grandmothers' hankerchiefs. Thank you!
bonniebluedenim8 Nov, 2008
what a great shabby chic idea! I'm thinking I may try this, I have a large collection that needs to come out of the box!


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Posted: 10:51 am Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
Hurricanes hope fullback is king of the Hill again
By Jorge Milian
For Patrick Hill and the Hurricanes, last season's loss is this year's gain.
Hill, UM's powerfully-built 5-foot-9, 255-pound fullback, injured his ankle against Virginia Tech in the third game of the 2009 season and did not play again. He redshirted and is back as a fifth-year senior.
That's great news for UM's offense, which desperately missed Hill last season, according to coach Randy Shannon. Without Hill in the backfield, the Hurricanes' struggled mightily in pass protection and found it difficult to run in losses to Virginia Tech (59 yards), North Carolina (116) and Wisconsin (61).
Hill, a perpetually-smiling native of Torrance, Calif., was injured while serving on UM's kickoff return unit in the 31-7 loss to the Hokies on Sept. 26. Hill said he "didn't believe I was hurt" because he was able to re-enter the game.
But the ankle blew up on the bus ride from Blacksburg, Va., to Roanoke for the team's flight to Miami and "as we got further into the season I knew I was going to have the opportunity to take a redshirt and I thought it was smarter to do that than force myself to come back and play a little hurt."
Without a tested backup to replace Hill, UM's staff moved true freshman Mike James from tailback to fullback. James received rave reviews across the board, but the absence of Hill's battering ram style was obviously missed. So was his leadership.
"Guys look up to him because of the way he plays the game – very smart, very physical-type player," Shannon said. "That makes the team tougher when you have a fullback like him that doesn't mind blocking. He's just going to go in there and get it done."
Not that Hill looks like a rose doing his job. He has one of the oddest stances in all of college football – picture a man squatting on the toilet – and appears wider than he is tall. But looks, in Hill's case, are deceiving. Just ask your average ACC linebacker.
"The fullback's job is to be the tough-nosed guy," Hill said. "I have no problem with that."
Hill, recipient of UM's Unsung Hero Award in 2008, was once more than just a devastating blocker. He rushed for more than 2,000 yards as a high school senior and admits he hopes "to get a little reward" now and again by getting to carry the ball.
UM fullbacks are handed the football with the frequency of solar eclipses, but after spending most of last season watching instead of playing, Hill said he's just "happy to be back."
UM's offense couldn't agree more.
Couple of notes:
….Congrats to Pahokee's Riquna 'Bay-Bay' Williams, who was named earlier this week to the All-ACC second team. Williams, a sophomore guard, finished the regular season ranked second among conference scorers with 19.5 points per game. Shenise Johnson, Williams' teamate, was an All-ACC first-team selection after finishing third in the conference in scoring (18.6) and in the Top 10 in several other categories.
….UM's spring game is set for 4:30 p.m. at Traz Powell Stadium on the campus of Miami Dade College (11380 NW 27th Avenue, Miami). The start time had to be moved to the afternoon because of a Nike high school football camp earlier in the day at Traz Powell. On March 11, the Hurricanes will hold a scrimmage at Fort Lauderdale's Lockhart Stadium that begins at 7 p.m. and is open to the public. An autograph session will be held from 6 to 6:45 p.m.
….Arthur Brown has enrolled at Kansas State and will be eligible to play in the 2011 season.
….Randy Shannon's contract isn't the only one UM athetlc director Kirby Hocutt is dealing with these days. Katie Meier's deal as UM's women's basketball coach is up this month.


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The main event of the evening at UFC 130: Rampage vs. Hamill is Quinton Jackson vs. Matt Hamill. In the first round, Rampage stuffed all of Hamill's shots. Towards the end of the round he also begin to open up on Hamill. Hamill was bloody and in pain by the end of the first and looked to be desperate.
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Old Busch hosts Cubs for one last time
Chicago (67-71) at St. Louis (88-51), 7:10 p.m. CT
It's a season of "lasts" at Busch Stadium this year, and one of the biggest ones takes place on Wednesday night. That's when the Cubs play their last game at the current ballpark, which will be replaced by a new facility (with the same name) in 2006.Mark Mulder will toe the rubber for the home team. If not for Chris Carpenter's otherworldly brilliance, Mulder's recent hot streak would probably be drawing more attention. The left-hander has allowed two earned runs and 10 hits in 25 innings over his last three starts. He's permitted two or fewer runs in nine of his last 10 outings, dropping his ERA from 4.63 to 3.62 in that time. However, his opponent will be the same man who pitched for the other team in Mulder's only defeat since late June. Greg Maddux is a fitting choice to start the Cubs' final game at the current ballpark, given the success he's had in St. Louis. For his career, Maddux is 12-8 with a 3.09 ERA at Busch. The only ballparks where he's won more games are: Wrigley Field, Turner Field, Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, all of which he called home at some point, and Shea Stadium. The Cubs have been a difficult opponent for St. Louis this season. Chicago is the only NL Central team, and one of only three in all of baseball, against which the Cards have a losing record this year. Pitching matchup
CHC: RHP Greg Maddux
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Abraham Nunez has been an absolute pest to Maddux. The Cardinals infielder is 9-for-19 (.474) with three doubles in his career against the future Hall of Famer. Quotable
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Of the nine batting title qualifiers in the National League who have more walks than strikeouts, two are Cardinals: Albert Pujols and David Eckstein. ... In night games at Busch Stadium, Mulder is 6-0 with a 1.40 ERA. ... Left-handed batters are hitting .161 against Mulder since the All-Star break. ... Mulder is 3-for-9 at the plate over his last three games. ... Only eight active players have more at-bats against Maddux than Larry Walker's 73. On deck
Thursday: vs. New York Mets, 7:10 p.m. CT
Friday: vs. New York Mets, 7:10 p.m. CT
Saturday: vs. New York Mets, 6:15 p.m. CT
Matthew Leach is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.