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For a season, it worked.
Brian Sabean will always be thought of as a veteranophile. It became a stereotype during the Bonds era, then a punch line, then an overplayed stereotype, and then it came right back around to being the only description possible. Since Sabean took over before the 1997 season, he's almost always signed or traded for veterans to complete his roster, almost without exception. The only time he went out of his way to acquire a hitter still in his arbitration years was when he traded for A.J. Pierzynski in 2003. You can see why he didn't go back to that store.
Bruce Bochy is even more of a veteranophile. He's the kind of manager who can make even Sabean say, "Whoa, Bruce, have you thought about giving the young guys a chance?" When Bengie Molina was hitting .257/.312/.332 with the speed and athleticism of a maple tree, Sabean had to trade him away to get Buster Posey a starting catcher's gig. Bochy was going to keep starting Molina. Without the trade Posey would have gotten his at-bats at first base, or when Molina needed a rest.
But for a season, it worked. When Aubrey Huff signed with the Giants, the great unwashed internet laughed. It was a perfect marriage of veteran and veteranophile. Huff had an amazing season. When Sabean traded for Freddy Sanchez, the cynics tittered and giggled. But Sanchez was productive offensively and defensively. And when the Giants signed Edgar Renteria to a two-year, $18 million contract, it was Sabean being Sabean. When Renteria kept playing despite being a shell of a ghost of a memory of a major-league shortstop, it was Bochy being Bochy.
For a season, though, every single veteran the two touched turned to gold. There was Cody Ross and Pat Burrell, with Juan Uribe filling in all over the place, and it all led to a World Championship. It must have seemed like a validation of an organizational philosophy to Sabean and Bochy. Everything they believed, everything they took shots for year after year, resulted in a championship. (Especially if you forget about the twenty-somethings on the world-beating pitching staff and the rookie who caught them.)
One year later, things are just a wee bit different.
The Giants signed Aaron Rowand to a $60 million, five-year deal before the 2008 season. The Giants signed Miguel Tejada for $6 million to be their shortstop this season. Both players have been designated for assignment, and will likely both be released. The reign of veterans on the Giants took a huge hit on Wednesday.
Everything the Giants loved about veterans -- their consistency, their reliability, their cost-certainty, and their maturity -- was proven wrong with Rowand and Tejada. Rowand was anything but consistent, never coming close to his career year with the Phillies, doing okay for two seasons before falling off a cliff. Tejada was even worse, never exhibiting a reliable major-league skill in his time with the Giants. Even worse, they weren't that predictable with their attitudes. Sunday, Tejada didn't run out a bunt because he was disgusted at being asked to bunt. As for Rowand:
Rowand's complaining reached a critical level this season. "He's doing everything possible to get out of here," one player said earlier this week.
The veteran-first philosophy has been a disaster this season. There have been a lot of injuries, partially because of bad luck, but also because older players tend to get hurt more. The older players have hit miserably, and when they played their way out of a starting role, they grumbled.
Rowand still has $14 million left on his contract. The rosters are about to expand for September. There was no logistical reason for the team to let two veterans go. There were emotional and philosophical reasons, though. For a season, it worked. For this season, it most certainly did not.
And for the future ... well, it's not likely that the Giants are going to turn into Marlins West, constantly turning over their roster to give the pre-arbitration guys jobs. But the moves on Wednesday were an admission of sorts. Experienced isn't always better. Sometimes it can be worse. Far, far, far worse. After the season the Giants had last year, it's somewhat amazing that the admission came so soon.

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A major traffic headache starts Monday in Mishawaka and is expected through July.
The city of Mishawaka says northbound Main Street between Douglas
Road and University Drive will close starting Monday at 7:00am for 3
After the work on northbound Main Street is done, southbound Main Street will be closed until the end of July.
Crews will be working on the storm sewers in the area and repaving.
The city of Mishawaka says local traffic will be maintained between
Douglas Road and Indian Ridge Boulevard for access to businesses.
The official detour will take traffic east on Douglas and University
to Fir Road. The city warns drivers should expect long delays.
The road closure has businesses in the area pretty worried. Owner of
Comfort Inn and Suites, Aslam Chaudhry said, "we are getting business
from the Toll Road. If they block that side how do we get the
business?" He said this is the worst time of the year for a road
closure in front of his hotel. "We will be hurting badly...this is the
part of the year we make money, if they close the road we'll be stuck."
June, July, and August are the hotels busiest months. So obviously
Chaudhry would have preferred to see the construction finished earlier
in the year. Just down the road at Mancino's they agree. Employee
James Ready said, "It's definitely gonna hurt everything. This time of
year is our best, it's our prime, most businesses are, everyone's out,
everyone's enjoying the weather, getting food to take to go."
Patrons feel for the businesses too. Talina Grierson said, "it's
horrible for these businesses it's a loss for these businesses." She
knows what it's like, being the manager of the Dairy Queen in Granger,
"we're a busy family place so the construction does hurt our business a
little bit."
But she also routinely drives on Main street. "Every Friday we come
here to grab our movies and um do our grocery shopping." said Grierson.
So she knows she's in for a driving challenge these next few weeks.
"It's gonna be hard cause now we're gonna have to figure out some way
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority general manager Keith Parker says the fare increase would kick in during the fiscal year that starts July 1. That means one-way train or bus fare on MARTA would increase from $2.50 to $2.75.
Parker says the higher fares would raise an estimated $30 million for the transit agency. But he hopes it might be avoided if MARTA can implement cost-cutting measures aimed at saving $50 million.
Some proposals, such as having employees pay more for medical coverage, are likely to meet with union opposition.
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Ham House and Garden - National Trust
Ham House and Garden - National Trust
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Info & General
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Ham House, set on the banks of the river Thames near Richmond, is perhaps the most remarkable Stuart House in the country. Built in 1610 and enlarged in the 1670s by the influential Duke and Duchess of Lauderdale, Ham was a centre for court intrigue throughout most of the 17th century. In its time, the house was at the forefront of fashion and still retains much of the original interior decoration from that period, including outstanding collections of furniture, textiles and paintings shown in 26 rooms.
The formal gardens are significant for their survival within the area known as the cradle of the English Landscape Movement.
Venue Type:
Historic house or home, Garden, parklands or rural site
Usually open March to October, every day except Fridays.
The gardens, shop and cafe are open from 11am. Closing time varies throughout the season. See http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ham-house/opening-times/ for more details.
Please be aware that the house does not open until 12pm and will close an hour earlier than the gardens.
Admission including Gift Aid (standard admission in brackets)
House and Garden
Adult: £10.90 (£9.90)
Child: £6.05 (£5.50)
Family: £27.90 (£25.30)
Garden only
Adult: £3.65 (£3.30)
Child: £1.25 (£1.10)
Family: £4.90 (£4.45)
Under 5s go free.
Free admission for National Trust and Art Fund members.
- National Trust
Additional info
Please contact in advance for information on access for visitors with disabilities.
Steps to entrance to the house. Ramp available.
Ground floor has steps, narrow doorways, small rooms.
Stairs to other floors, lift available.
Seating available.
Adapted WC for visitors with disabilities.
Grounds are fully accessible, loose gravel paths, some cobbles.
Free guided garden tours on Wed.
2 single-seater PMVs. Booking essential.
Guided tours of the house by arrangement.
Free parking (not NT) 400 yards.
Historic Scenic Walk
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Enjoy many of the special places in our surrounding area including the iconic view from Richmond Hill, grazing cows on Petersham Meadows, the Thames towpath and historic avenues created by the original occupants of Ham's estate'
Suitable for
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Introduction to Photography: Autumn Colours
- 3 October 2014 9:30am-4:30pm
One day photography course for beginners in digital SLR photography. Come and capture the nature and autumn colours in our grounds.
Suitable for
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Most importantly Climate change poses a wide range of health risks to people across the globe. The world will have to bear dramatic increase in prevalence of a variety of infectious diseases. Adverse health outcomes can be expected including malnutrition, diarrhoea, injuries cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, and water-borne and insect-transmitted diseases. Vector-borne diseases, such as malaria, dengue fever and leishmaniasis pose the most imminent threat.
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Mt. Avalon is great alternative to Mt. Willard on busy days. The hike to the multiple sections of ice flows is moderate and well worth it. The guide describes 5 routes but many more can be done. The views of Mt. Webster and Mt. Washington are excellent. On clear days you can expect sun for most of the day.
Getting There
Park at one of the many parking areas near the highland center on route 302 in Crawford Notch. Follow the Mt. Willard Trail located behind the yellow railroad station. Follow the moderate Willard Trail for roughly 1 mile to a point where the trail takes a 90 degree turn left. The ice flows on Avalon are just visible to the right. Bushwhack from the corner down into the valley and up the other side to the base of the ice flows. A riverbed will bring you up a gully to the base of the main area. Hopefully someone has already packed the trail for you!. Snowshoes are recommended if the trail is not in.
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Peer Pressure is the most beautiful ice line at Avalon. The flow is so wide it offers multiple ways to go. Up the center and left side it stays with the book rating of 3, but the ice up the right side of the flow is steep and probably 4. After the steep ice the route continues up more moderate slabs to the trees above. 2 ropes or two raps will be necessary. ...[more] Browse More Classics in NH
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By Travis Whitton For The Herald Bulletin
The Herald Bulletin
---- — Editor's note: Due to transmission problems, this story could not be included in Wednesday's edition. The game was played Tuesday night.
FRANKTON – Two teams faced off in the Eagles Nest searching for their first win of the season, and when the final horn sounded it was Frankton outscoring Eastern (Greentown) 39-27 for the victory.
Both teams struggled to find their offense throughout the game, but the Eagles (1-4) took a 5-2 lead early in the first quarter and would never relinquish it with a steady dose of drives that sent them to the foul line.
The Comets (0-5) took 20 three-pointers in the game, only hitting three, and mustered just five free-throws, missing all of them. Meanwhile, Frankton didn't fare well from the line, but it got there 19 times and connected on nine.
Making the game more interesting was the fact that Justin Coomer – longtime assistant to Jimmy Howell's Lapel boys' team – is now at the helm of the Eastern girls basketball team.
"It is kind of weird being here, but I kind of like the gym. I was looking forward to it. I thought it would be a little different coming here in a different uniform," said Coomer.
Although there was some nostalgia with the Comets' coach coming back under a different set of circumstances, he wasn't there to reminisce of his Lapel days gone by. Coomer was there to try to coach his girls to a win, but came away frustrated with the fact that they couldn't hit their open shots.
Eastern shot a lowly 12-of-55 from the field on the night, and their coach said that is something they've struggled with all season.
"That's been our big problem," said Coomer of the missed shots. "We don't always get the greatest shots. Most of the times we have pretty good looks. We just haven't been hitting them. I try to get them to shoot game speed in practice. I think sometimes they just kind of rush it a little bit. We had a lot of good looks, but we didn't get many to go down."
Frankton coach Dean Riddle said that his girls need to play better, but he said that they work hard and time will help remedy his young team's woes.
"We obviously have to play a lot better, but the kids are playing hard and I think we'll get better," he said. "It's just going to take some time. We've just got to go to work everyday and punch the clock. I don't know what else to do."
Riddle said his team will gel when the game';s pace slows. He feels like that will come with more playing time.
"In their eyes right now, I think the game is a blur in some of their eyes," said the coach. "Until the game slows down a little bit for them - execution is an issue. We just have to keep repeating it, just keep coming at it."
Katie Key finished the game with 18 points for the Eagles to lead all scorers. Riddle said that he was particularly pleased with the play of Ashtyn Rastetter, who finished with 11 points, and Kaylee Irwin who had just one point, but pulled down a monstrous 12 rebounds.
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Tomato Zucchini Soup Recipe
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup thinly sliced celery
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/4 cup chopped green pepper
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 2 pounds zucchini, chopped
- 2 medium tomatoes, chopped
- 3 cups chicken or vegetable broth
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 cup half-and-half cream or milk
- In a large saucepan, saute onion, celery, garlic and green pepper in oil until tender. Add zucchini, tomatoes, broth, basil and thyme; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 20-30 minutes or until the vegetables are tender. Stir in cream; heat through. Serve hot or cold. Yield: 8 servings (2 quarts).
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This was great and surprisingly filling. I blended the ingredients with the hand blender and it made it sort of like a veggie chowder. We had this and a slice of italian bread for lunch. Lasted me until dinner. Thanks for the recipe.
A little too bland for my taste. It was easy to make and a nice presentation; but, for my family, it just lacked flavor. I will probably look for a similar zucchini soup recipe that has a little more substance and zip to it - just my personal preference.
This is an awesome soup...My kids loved it. We will definately make it again.
This soup was just wonderful! Even my 5 and 7 year old daughters gobbled it up. A fantastic way to get them to eat their veggies! I will certainly make this soup again.
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12 Oct 2011 9:39 AM #41
This should work:
new Ext.ux.NumericField({ currencySymbol: '€', alwaysDisplayDecimals: true, thousandSeparator:' ' });
If you set decimalSeparator: ',' it will use comma instead of ".".Greivin Britton
My Extensions:
Ext.ux.NumericField: Number field with support for currencySymbol, thousand separator, international...
Ext.ux.PagerSizeSelector: A plugin that allows the change page size with just one click.
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23 Jan 2012 11:50 AM #42
format number at keydown instead of blur
format number at keydown instead of blur
First of all thank you for such a useful UX,
I used it and it's working fine but I need the filed to render thousand separator on keydown instead of blur event
currently users should first type the number and set focus on next filed to see if he put correct number or not
please advise....
23 Jan 2012 7:41 PM #43
Try setting the key down event and call field.validate(); i'm not remember right now if fields are using a delayed task to validate inputs after some milliseconds, and if not, then i think that will be the right way to do it.Greivin Britton
My Extensions:
Ext.ux.NumericField: Number field with support for currencySymbol, thousand separator, international...
Ext.ux.PagerSizeSelector: A plugin that allows the change page size with just one click.
Ext.ux.FieldAccess: A plugin to let the user know which fields are editable.
30 Jan 2012 7:28 AM #44
Thank you ....was just what I was dreading having to do myself. Saved me a few hours work, many thanks for this very useful contribution.
21 Feb 2012 8:52 PM #45
When I use your customized NumericField, I can not submit value from it as "number value", and it is always String type (including the comma separator). Do we have any config to force it to submit integer type instead of String type, or we have to do it manually?
Thank you.
2 Apr 2012 9:21 PM #46
3 Apr 2012 8:49 PM #47
hayy Greivin Britton.. thanks for your extension..
i used EXT 2.3
but it doesnt work for my numberField when i input with bilion price and displaying message "is not valid number"
this is my code..
items: [{ xtype: 'numericfield', fieldLabel: 'Estimated Price', anchor: '55%', name: 'cer_estPrice', id: 'cer_est.Price', useThousandSeparator: true, thousandSeparator:'.', currencySymbol: null, alwaysDisplayDecimals: false }]
thanks before..
3 Jan 2013 2:22 PM #48
Congratulations Britto!!!!!
Congratulations Britto!!!!!
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The players Sheldon High School faced Friday night might prevail in any tug-of-war or arm wrestling contest, bearing the sort of chiseled arms you do not sleeve.
The Serra Padres of San Mateo, one-time home to sporting icons Lynn Swann, Barry Bonds and Tom Brady, put some muscle to Sheldon in a CIF Northern California Regional Open Division first-round game with some brutish picks and to-the-deck fouls, only to find out one painful lesson: The Huskies can hammer, too, and they can run, and score, and transform a foul-fest into their sort of pace.
Sheldon pulled away in the fourth quarter to deliver a 71-50 triumph over the Bay Area visitors to set up a showdown with the biggest bruiser on the block.
What looms in a NorCal semifinal is Cal-Hi Sports' state-ranked No. 1 Salesian of Richmond in a battle of the top two ranked teams in Northern California.
In withstanding a contest slowed by 46 fouls, the Huskies (26-5) took over with typical balance down the stretch that has defined the four-time defending Sac-Joaquin Section Division I champions.
Antonio Lewis powered in for a 57-42 lead, Ryan Manning hit a three-pointer to make it 60-46, Darin Johnson had a leaner to push the lead to 65-47, and Dakarai Allen drove for a 69-50 margin, and there's your game.
"Very physical, very strong team," Manning said of Serra (25-6). "We could see how tough they were when they came in with those arms huge."
D'Erryl Williams and Johnson, no slouches in the muscle-bound department, paced the Huskies with 20 points each. Manning had 15, Lewis 10 and Allen six.
Sheldon trots out perhaps Northern California's most balanced and unselfish team and that trend will have to play out to topple a Salesian team that has won 75 consecutive games against NorCal foes, including beating the Huskies 69-60 in a nonleague game last month.
"Sheldon was really tough to cover, a tough matchup," Serra coach Chuck Rapp said. "They are a really good team with a lot of talent.
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"It's our final chance to win a state championship," said Manning, whose team won the NorCal D-I title last season. " No holding back."
Henry Caruso, Serra's powerfully built 6-foot-5 senior headed to Princeton, pulled his team back into it with drives and jumpers. He scored 25 points.
Allen said the physical nature of the game can only benefit his team going forward.
"We know we can't let teams push us around," Allen said.
Sheldon coach Joey Rollings said his team is ready for the Salesian rematch Tuesday at Albany High.
"We'll be rested," he said. "Last time it was a close game. They're a great team and we're a great team. It'll be exciting."
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text: Friendly FacesFrom affordable senior housing to condos for hipsters, deftly used color helps a building stand out from the crowd.By Amy Albert Design Details: Colorful Façade Launch Slideshow Design Details: Colorful Façade http://www.builderonline.com/Images/989477745_0412_web_color_01_tcm138-1214493.jpg?width=2000 true 2000 Francis Zera Seattle's lively Pine/Pike corridor used to be known as that town's "Auto Row," so for a condo project located there, the architects took color cues from classic cars of the 1950s. Project: 1111 East Pike, Seattle; Architect: Olson Kundig Architects, Seattle; Builder: Charter Construction, Seattle http://www.builderonline.com/Images/584335461_0412_web_color_02_tcm138-1214494.jpg?width=2000 true 2000 Faryha Majumder Located in a recovering blight zone in Los Angeles, this family housing project gives its residents an affordable place to live with safe community space. Project: Seasons at Compton, Compton, Calif.; Architect: Nardi Associates, Monrovia, Calif.; Builder: Advent Companies, San Juan Capistrano, Calif. http://www.builderonline.com/Images/1129901926_0412_web_color_03_tcm138-1214495.jpg?width=2000 true 2000 Brian Rose The project's bright colors, inspired by African batik fabrics, make the building's façade quilt-like and the public spaces cheerful. Project: Armstrong Place, San Francisco; Architect: David Baker + Partners, San Francisco; Builders: Nibbi Brothers General Contractors, San Francisco; Roberts Obayashi Corporation, Danville, Calif. http://www.builderonline.com/Images/1764525336_0412_web_color_04_tcm138-1214496.jpg?width=2000 true 2000 Brian Rose Armstrong Place includes family and senior housing with access to transit, open green spaces, and a car-share pool. 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text: The Howard and Darrel Alkire Symposium on International Business and Economic The Good Curve: How Boomers are Changing the Way We Think About Work, the Economy, and the Good Life With Chris Farrell, economics editor and online columnist for American Public Media's Marketplace Money. Monday, April 23, 2012 at 11:30 a.m.Sundin Music Hall, Hamline University1531 Hewitt Ave, Saint Paul Hamline Map and Locations > About Chris Farrell An award winning journalist, Chris Farrell is economics editor and online columnist for Marketplace Money, a one hour weekly personal finance call-in show produced by American Public Media. Chris also works as economics correspondent for Marketplace Morning Report. He is a regular columnist for Bloomberg Businessweek, Kiplinger's, Next Avenue, and the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and has written for a number of other media outlets. Chris is a frequent speaker at conferences and universities on economics and personal finance. Previously, Chris served as correspondent for American Public Media's documentary unit, American Radio Works. Among the documentaries he co-produced were Workplace U, After the Projects, Pueblo USA, and Japan's Pop Power. He was also host and executive editor of Right on the Money, a nationally syndicated personal finance series produced by Twin Cities Public Television, and is the author of three books: The New Frugality: How to Consume Less, Save More, and Live Better (2010); Deflation: What Happens When Prices Fall (2004); and Right on the Money: Taking Control of Your Personal Finances (2000). A graduate of Stanford University and the London School of Economics, Chris lives in Saint Paul. About the Series The Howard and Darrel Alkire Symposium on International Business and Economics was created to promote discussion about international business and economics issues among policy makers, business and corporate leaders, and the academic community. The late Howard Alkire founded the Country Club Markets and was longtime director and chairman of the executive committee of the Apache Corporation; He had a lifelong interest in international affairs and hoped to leave a legacy to promote awareness of international business and economics with students, faculty, and regional business leaders. In 1991, his wife, Darrel R. Alkire, a life trustee of Hamline University, established the Howard Alkire Chair in International Business and Economics in memory of her husband and to further his goals. About the Alkire Chair Fahima Aziz was named the Howard and Darrel Alkire Chair in International Business and Economics and Hamline University in 2000. She is a professor in the department of economics at Hamline; she chaired the department of management and economics (1997-2007) and the environmental studies program (2000-2007). She teaches courses in micro- and macroeconomic theory, statistics, labor economics, managerial economics, financial institutions and markets, international financial management, Alkire internship seminars, and environmental studies. A native of Bangladesh, Aziz's research interests include the Grameen Bank, micro-credit organizations, poverty and income inequality, gender and race in the labor market, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. She is especially interested in examining how students learn and the importance of instilling metacognitive skills for enhancing student learning. She has earned many awards, including the Hamline University Burton and Ruth Grimes Outstanding Teaching Award (2001), the John Wesley Trustee Award (2004), Hamline University Student Congress' Faculty of the Year Award (2005), and Outstanding Faculty Award from College of Liberal Arts Alumni Association (2007). Aziz was awarded the prestigious American Council for Education Fellowship for Leadership in Higher Education for 2007-2008. Aziz earned a BA from Mount Holyoke, an MS from the University of Massachusetts, and a PhD from the University of Minnesota, all in economics.


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HANNA CITY, Ill. -- Abandoned more than a decade ago, the old work camp on Route 116 in Hanna City sits quiet.
But outside the barbed wire that protects the 38-acre property, there was activity on Saturday.
A few miles down the road, at the local community center, Peoria County officials conducted what Hanna City's mayor called a brain-storming session to determine what to do with the site.
"It's become an eyesore. And we frequently gets complaints and questions about what the county is going to do with the property," said John Hamann, director of rural economic development for Peoria County.
"Right now, we're looking at something (like) agricultural," said Hanna City mayor Fred Winterroth, "creating some areas for sustainable food sources."
So they invited members of the extensions from the University of Illinois, Northern Illinois University, and Illinois Central College to get their input.
Several participants spoke of creating a food hub that would serve local farmers and specialty growers as a point of distribution to consumers.
"Local food hub initiatives are growing all across our nation," said Peoria County Board member Mary Ardapple. "Communities recognize the value and health and wellness of having some control and ownership of locally grown agriculture."
Because of the existence of an FAA radar tower on the property there are firm restrictions on what can be built there. For example, no metal buildings and nothing over 40-feet tall are allowed within 2,000 feet of the tower.
"We can't sell it, we can't develop it, we can hardly build anything there," explained Hamann.
Which leaves agriculture as one of the few viable options for this land.
Right now, the only thing its used for is some tactical training by the Peoria County Sheriff's Office and local fire companies.
As for a time table for future use conversion, Ardapple suggested, "I think there should be able to be an initial implementation process inside of three years that we have some kind of development out there."
But first, they have to settle on what that development will be.


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This is a fantastic route and is extremely popular, among guided and non-guided parties. The route is significantly longer than the Owen-Spalding, the rock is generally excellent and the views spectacular. This is also a good winter route as it melts off quickly. One problem is that it is difficult to escape off this route in case of bad weather.
Your first goal is to reach Wall Street, a giant ledge leading to the crest of the south ridge from the west. This ledge can be easily viewed from the Lower Saddle if you know where to look. Begin from the Lower Saddle as for the Owen Spalding, passing left of the smooth pinnacle known as "The Needle", then up the gully on the right, close to the Needle. If you are lucky you will find the tunnel above here known as "The Eye of The Needle", but it is not necessary to pass through this feature. Above here your route diverges from the Owen Spalding as you traverse right, crossing a broad and relatively easy couloir to the start of Wall Street. This couloir drops straight down from the Upper Saddle and has led to disaster for many tired climbers descending from the Upper Saddle, assuming it is the way down (it cliffs out). Take note of it.
The Exum Ridge is the south ridge of the Grand Teton. The steep lower portion of the ridge is included as a separate route, and makes an excellent direct start. However it is significantly harder than the Upper Exum.
Standard light rack. You do not need to bring 2 ropes.
The Owen Spalding is the standard descent. This can be tricky to find if you are not familiar with it, but in the middle of the summer you are more likely to encounter long lines. There are normally two rappels done. The final rappel is about 120' and ends at the rope-up spot for the Owen Spalding. If you only have one rope, this section can be done in two 75' rappels if you climb up and traverse south to another anchor. 75' down you will find a chockstone (which was covered in ice last time I did this) wrapped in slings to facilitate the final rappel. Here is a useful Photo.
Beyond the Golden Stair pitch, it is not easy to escape this route in case of bad weather. Immediately after the Golden Stair pitch, there is supposedly an anchor for a 60' rappel back to Broadway.


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In a paper published in the latest edition of the Journal Europaeischer Orchideen (vol 44, 2/2012, p. 421-426), Wolfgang Wucherpfennig reviews the recent publications about the phylogenetic tree of the Monocotyledonae. He points out that the Orchidaeceae are between 104 and 120 million years old (A in the phylogenetic tree) and that the first orchids have been grazed by dinosaurs. So, orchids are in fact older than their relatives in the Amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae) or the Asparagus family (Asparagaceae). Only the differentiation of the genera of orchids (B in the phylogenetic tree) has a more recent age and happened between 76 and 84 million years ago. Wucherpfennig concludes: "So, orchids are not a young plant family at all, they have a dignified age. But very old families also have small children which are enterprising and adventurous such as Ophrys and Dactylorhiza."
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Thanks to all the contributions to this project website albiflora.eu I've compiled a first paper about the white-coloured forms of orchids, published in Berichte aus den Arbeitskreisen Heimische Orchideen (1/2012, p. 141-170). Following a short overview about taxonomic aspects the relationship of flower colour and fertilizers are discussed. The main part considers the differences of albiflora forms with particular genera of orchids. The paper finishes with a discussion of high frequencies of albiflora forms with Dactylorhiza fuchsii in Western Ireland and certain regions in Germany. Where does random mutation ends and where begins an evolutionary process? One possible scenario might be that nectar deceptive orchids flowering earlier than Dactylorhiza fuchsii – as there are Orchis mascula or Dactylorhiza majalis – impart fertilizing insects the experience that flowers with a certain form and a purple colour don't grant them any nectar. Thus, a colour change to white might be an advantage. The German language paper can be downloaded here.
Orchid locations are constantly changing: On a meadow last visited in 2010, the number of Dactylorhiza fuchsii has been quite smaller this year. Now, there have been more Dactylorhiza majalis then before – and several hybrids of both species. These may have quite different forms: either short plants with the broad leaves of majalis (above) and brighter, fuchsii-like flowers with a broad labellum – or more elongated, with narrow leaves and purple flowers with a slightly broader labellum (down).
The Dactylorhiza fuchsii on this meadow which has both wet and dry areas are still quite bright, but most retain some purplish hue, at least in the pattern of the labellum. This time, an albiflora form of Dactylorhiza majalis was also flowering.
Misumena vatia, a crab spider has developed a special relationship with orchids. Sitting on an albiflora form of Dactylorhiza fuchsii it wears its white body, as Norbert Griebl has observed. Now I've watched her in Thuringia on Cypripedium calceolus in its yellow form – a perfect mimicry. The spider makes use of the fact that the slipper-shaped pouch of the plant traps small insects in order to ensure its fertilization – while is spider is only interested in food.
The spider changes its colour by secreting a yellow pigment into the outer cell layer of its body.While sitting on white flowers, this pigment is transported into lower layers. The colour change from white to yellow takes between 10 and 25 days, the reverse about six days.
The Cypripedium calceolus in Thuringia show almost none varieties in terms of flower colours. Among more than 1000 plants I've found one with reduced anthocyanin pigments in sepals and petals which could be addressed as Cypripedium calceolus forma citrinum.
In July, the dark red heads of Nigritella rhellicani (syn: Nigritella nigra ssp. rhellicani) are covering many alpine meadows. In some rare places, the flowers show remarkable colour variatation. After studying the Nigritella hues of the Dolomite Alps, this year I visited the Swiss canton Valais: Near Chandolin there is a place in an altitude of about 2400 m with pink and yellow flowering Nigritella rhellicani. The tableau above shows the colour varieties in both the Dolomites and Switzerland. The yellow flowering forms grow near Chandolin – they obviously miss the anthocyanins, but have other pigments as probably carotenoids. The reasons for this special forms are unknown up to now.
In the latest issue of "Berichte aus den Arbeitskreisen Heimische Orchideen" (27/2, 2010), Klaus Boie presents a rare hypochrome form of Ophrys speculum in his article about orchid-findings in western Andalusia (p.117-122). He found this forma flavescens in the Spain region of Andalusia, in the midst of a large group of Ophrys speculum, as he writes.
The marking of the labellum is just white, the other parts of the flower are yellowish-green. As with other hypochrome forms of Ophrys, the photo shows a total lack of anthocyanins. But the flower has still chlorophyll embedded – in contrast to albiflora forms of other orchid genera with their their pure white flowers. Probably the Ophrys species need the flower's contribution to photosynthesis, because the leaves of the rosette are withering at an early stage.
Similar to The Burren there are also some continental locations where Dactylorhiza fuchsii tends to develop white or at least bright flowers. In the Belgian province of Liège, near Lanaye, there are dozens of albiflora forms of this species, as Jeroen Gerdes told me – he sent me the photo at the left.
Today I visited a meadow near Biebergemuend in the Hesse part of the mountain range called Spessart. On a space of about 5,000 square meters I counted about 300 Dactylorhiza fuchsii with the following distribution of flower colours (in per cent):
|Dactylorhiza fuchsii with
|dark pink flowers
|medium pink flowers
|bright pink flowers
|white flowers and labellum marking
|white flowers without marking
In total 10 of about 300 Dactylorhiza fuchsii are albiflora forms – such a frequency is quite higher than usually observed with this or other orchids species and leads to the assumption that there might be some gradual or saltational evolution under way.
Among the other plants in this area I noted Dactylorhiza majalis (withered), Dactylorhiza fuchsii x majalis, Platanthera bifolia, Neottia ovata, Rhinanthus minor, Cirsium arvense, Campanula persicifolia, Picris hieracioides and Arnica montana. Dactylorhiza majalis grows in the neighbourhood of wet ditches along the meadow – and there are also hybrids of D. majalis and D. fuchsii – still flowering while D. majalis is already withered. The hybrids are rather strong, some of them with a height of up to 50 cm. They can easily be determined by their broad leaves and the rounded labellum of the flowers with a reduced medium lobe. There is also an albiflora form of Dactylorhiza fuchsii x majalis (right).
Studying a marsh with about 2,000 Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchids (Dactylorhiza majalis) at the Southern edge of the Rhoen region in Germany I saw a group of three albiflora plants together with Menyanthes trifoliata, Caltha palustris and other marsh plants. Even more interesting was another albiflora plant in a distance of about 40 meters with an orchid in its direct neighbourhood showing a kind of partial albiflora: Most of its flowers have the standard purple colour but some flowers are partly purple, partly white – either in the lip or in the petals.
Obviously, the genetic allele containing information for the albiflora form has plaid a certain role for this plant – but it was dominated by the DNA, which contains the information for the standard colour. This observation as well as a similar one in Southern France with Anacamptis morio poses questions about the recessive character of the albiflora allele. There might be some cases where the albiflora allele of one parent plant is not totally restrained by the dominant purple allele of the other parent plant which results in such purple and white spotted flowers. Before I continued the trip to a charming meadow with hundreds of Anacamptis morio (among them two albiflora) and Orchis mascula I made use of the rising morning sun to make some more photos of the Dactylorhiza majalis f. albiflora trio:
A new species description offers the chance to clarify open questions while studying the alpine Nigritella flora: In the latest edition of the Journal of European Orchids (1/2010), Wolfram Foelsche describes a broad spectrum of doubtful cases where Nigritella plants have been identified as Nigritella rubra without showing the characteristics of this plant as it was described by Richard Wettstein in 1889. With Nigritella rubra sepals and petals should have about the same width. But many plants identified as Nigritella rubra have petals which are considerably slimmer than the sepals. Additionally there are also differences regarding the form of the lip and the colour of the inflorescence: In most cases the plant now described as Nigritella bicolor shows a brighter red in the lower part of the inflorescence than in its upper part. And Nigritella bicolor has a longer spur than Nigritella rubra.
"With its striking inflorescence – above a rim with brightly shining rays the rows of rose-coloured flowers are displayed while the tips of bracts are set apart in dark-red – this new species, without doubt, is our splendid, most attractive nigritella", Foelsche writes. According to his studies the majority of the photos used to illustrate Nigritella rubra are actually showing Nigritella bicolor which has a much larger area of distribution. Foelsche notes that the bicolour characteristics may be more or less strongly developed. It's not possible to confound Nigritella bicolor with colour varieties of Nigritella rhellicani with its open labellum:
With its deeply pink to purple colours in the sepals and petals and a deeply brown labellum, Ophrys bertolonii is one of the most intensely coloured Ophrys species. In Croatia, at the southern tip of Istria, Pavel Heger found a colour variety of Ophrys bertolonii – with an overall green appearance due to the remaining chlorophyll pigments. There are two characteristics which allow to address these plants as an "albiflora" form: 1) The typical marking at the lower end of the labellum is quite white. 2) The hairs at the edges of the labellum are white as well.
This rare plant demonstrates that "albiflora" forms of Ophrys species tend to retain chlorophyll – in contrast to the white flowering forms of Orchis or Anacamptis species. And there are distinct areas of the flower where chlorophyll is not retained as it is the case with the labellum marking of Ophrys bertolonii. Maybe these plants tend to be "white" in order to achieve a certain biological "albiflora" function – but the chlorophyll performance of the flower is still important and thus kept. Special thanks to Pavel for contributing to albiflora.eu!


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The Tyler Fire Department is looking into how a man's Halloween costume caught fire, leaving him with severe burns. Firefighters were called to the 2100 block of Holly Leaf Drive in Tyler around 6:40 Thursday night.
Fire officials said the victim, only identified as a man in his late 40s, was wearing a costume that caught on fire. The costume has been identified as a ghillie, which is a camouflage suit typically worn while hunting. Witnesses told investigators they believe a cigarette may have led to the fire. Witnesses helped extinguish the man, but he had already suffered extensive burns to several parts of his body.
The man was transported to a local hospital and later flown to Dallas for treatment of the burns. There is no word on his condition at this time.
Officials with the Tyler Fire Marshal's Office have begun an investigation into the events of the fire and have interviewed witnesses and family.
Investigators said they have sent the ghillie suit to the State Fire Marshal's office in Austin where it will be tested. They hope to determine when and where it was made. Investigators said if the suit is older, it may not have a fire retardant. They said the fire spread quickly and their investigation may advise the makers of this suit to include a flammable warning.
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DENTON -- It's Thanksgiving week, and the same bunch of high school football teams are still playing: Southlake Carroll, Trinity, Skyline, Aledo, and many more.
Denton Ryan is playing too, but it's been far from a normal year. They moved up to class 5A, where they are the seventh-smallest school in the state.
"Kids are a lot bigger in 5A," said Ryan quarterback Mitchell Bridges. "They hit a lot harder and a lot faster than I expected coming into 5A."
Head coach Joey Florence admits this team isn't as talented as the ones he's had in the past, which is why they adopted a new slogan.
"Our slogan this year, [which] our kids got together, it's 'others before self,'" Florence said. "We got it from the bible, Phillipians 2:3. And of all the teams that I've coached, they're truly playing as a team, and that's one of the reasons we're still playing right now."
One of the players who best exemplifies what Ryan is trying to do this year is wide receiver Kevin Ray Jr. He always wanted to be a quarterback but never got his chance -- until the three above him on the depth chart were injured.
In the Raiders' game against Lewisville, Ray took over in the second half, trailing 21-14. He completed five-of-eight passes for 63 yards, no touchdowns and no interceptions. Ryan outscored Lewisville 14-3 to win the game 28-24. Without that win, Ryan doesn't make the playoffs.
"I just finally got my chance to help the team out, do what I wanted to do -- play quarterback -- help the team out," said Ray, who was the fourth quarterback only because he's so valuable as a wide receiver. "I was pretty happy. It was a pretty great experience."
"Kevin Ray will always be -- I'll think of him fondly because he's what high school football is all about," Florence said. "[Texas A&M] has Johnny Football; he's Kevin Football, and we love him."
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Find out about the proposed replacement of the bridge carrying the southbound lanes of Sussex Drive (Route 301) over the CSX railroad tracks approximately 3 miles north of the Emporia city limits. The limits of the project are from 0.3 miles north of the railroad tracks (near Blanks Lane) to 0.3 miles south of the railroad tracks (near Country Club Road) for a total project length of approximately 0.6 miles.
Review the project information and PCE, Programmatic Categorical Exclusion document at VDOT's Hampton Roads District Office located at 1700 N. Main Street, Suffolk, VA. 23434, telephone number 757-925-2500 or 1-888-723-8400, TTY/TDD 711. You can also review the project information at VDOT's Franklin Residency Office located at 23116 Meherrin Road in Courtland VA. 23837, telephone number 757-346-3076. Please call ahead to ensure the availability of appropriate personnel to answer your questions.
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Heroes have their own graveyard called Valhalla. Unfortunately we cannot show you a panorama of it at this time, nor of the lovely Valkyries who are its escort service.
Hail Odin, wandering God wielding wisdom and wand! Hail Freya, hail Tyr, hail Thor!
Odin made the many lakes and the fish in them. In his traverses across the lands he caused there to be the Mulheim Bridge in Cologne, as did he make the Mercury fountain, Mercury being of his nature.
But it is to the mighty Thor that the Hammering Man gives service.
Between the time of the Nordic old ones and that of modern Frankfort there may have been a T.Rex or two on the scene. At least some mastodons for sure came through for lunch, then fell into tar pits to become fossils for us to find.
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Duvet caught up on power lines in Keighley causes major rail disruption
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A duvet which got caught up in overhead power lines caused major rail delays across parts of the Bradford district this morning.
The duvet became entangled in a train, near Keighley railway station, shortly after 7am.
"The train – the 07.01 service from Skipton to Bradford Forster Square – was stationary for some time which caused considerable disruption to services," said a spokesman for operator Northern Rail.
"The duvet was removed at 07.59 and was untangled from the pantograph on the affected train about 25 minutes later.
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block watch group and partnering with the sheriff's office to do it.
Officials say the most
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day and theft from parked cars. They say block watch programs are key in
reducing the number of those cases.
"I keep my eyes open," said
resident Karen Lorenzen. "I think nowadays you have to."
Township trustees say they're
working with the sheriff's office to get a block watch program up and running.
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few months, and someone from the sheriff's office will be in attendance at
those meetings.
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we're just providing a forum for that to happen."
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alert and know what's normal for their neighborhood. That way, if they notice
something out of place, they can call officials.
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people look out for one another," Lorenzen said.
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While the Valley saw record rain over the weekend, Arizona Snowbowl near Flagstaff picked up more than 11 inches of snow.
Over the past week, the resort has welcomed 33 inches of the white stuff, making for nearly 120 inches for the season. The settled base is 54 inches.
"We did have a good turnout this weekend," said Dave Smith, director of sales and marketing. "A lot of happy faces coming off the mountain."
Smith said a chance of more snow continues through Monday night and then sunny skies and seasonal temperatures will return.
"All the snow we've got is going to hold us up great through the month of February," he said.
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For months now, reports have had the Louisville Cardinals as the Big 12's next target in the event that the Big 12 indeed makes a move for 12 football schools. The Cards tried to swipe the West Virginia Mountaineers' invite, in fact. Now, with the Florida St. Seminoles and Clemson Tigers emerging as widely hypothesized potential additions to the Big 12, Louisville could be in good shape to get what it reportedly wants: out of the Big East.
Andy Katz reports Louisville is making no secrets of its desire to land in either the ACC or the Big 12, meaning a move by the Big 12 into ACC territory could be an all-but guaranteed win for the Cards. Either they could accompany FSU into the Big 12, or they could help shore up football losses in the ACC. Again, all totally scenarios and war-planning, but this could shape up nicely for UL.
Louisville blog Card Chronicle analyzes:
The fact that Louisville would prefer to get out of the Big East isn't exactly news. The play they made last fall to try and woo the Big 12 spoke pretty loudly. Tom Jurich being completely up front about that desire, however, is news.
For months, Jurich has made statements along the lines of "we're in the Big East and will do whatever we can to strengthen the Big East going forward, but of course we're still going to keep all of our options open." This was essentially a lengthy euphemism for, "if someone asks, we're bouncing."
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A three-house missing person's search for a young boy in Cooperstown turned out to be a case of mistaken identity when the boy was found Monday afternoon in Utica.
Seven-year-old Mutume Waddimba was found "safe and sound" at the Utica Cerebral Palsy Center after a bus driver thought she was picking up his 5-year-old brother, Titus, police said.
"We got a tip at 12:53 p.m. that maybe the boys got mixed up and he got on the bus by mistake. We followed up and it was confirmed at 1:17 p.m.," Cooperstown Police Chief Mike Covert said. "The family has only lived there a week. The bus driver knew she was supposed to stop at their house. She knew she was supposed to pick up a small boy, but she didn't know she was picking up the wrong boy."
Both Mutume and Titus were described as non-verbal, special-needs children. In addition, at various points during the day, Mutume was described as a 5-year-old; even his mother, Prisca, apparently gave the police his wrong date of birth, telling them that Mutume was born Nov. 17, 2008, and Titus was born Nov. 24, 2008. Mutume was apparently born in 2005, Covert said.
After it was confirmed that Mutume was in Utica, the search was called off and state police took Prisca and the boys' father, Dr. Anthony Waddimba, to get their child.
Dr. Waddimba works at Bassett Medical Center.
The ordeal began just after 10 a.m. when Prisca went to check on Mutume, whom she thought was playing in the basement of the family's home on Glen Avenue. She reported him missing at 10:18 a.m.
Within 20 minutes police and firefighters were on the scene beginning a search-and-rescue that ended up lasting three hours. In addition to the Cooperstown police and fire departments, New York State Police and the Otsego County Sheriff's Department responded. By 11 a.m. they had made an initial search of side streets and along a fast-flowing creek that takes rain water run-off to the Susquehanna River.


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---- — PLATTSBURGH — The City of Plattsburgh will hold two public hearings next week, including one on the mayor's proposed budget.
At 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, the Common Council will hear comments on a proposed amendment to the city code regarding discharges into the wastewater system.
Some changes need to be made in the language of the code as per request from the federal Environmental Protection Agency, but it will not affect what can and cannot be discharged into the system.
Immediately after that public hearing, the council will hear comments on the budget proposal.
Mayor Donald Kasprzak submitted his budget proposal for 2013 on Oct. 1. His plan features an increase in the tax levy of 1.93 percent, which is under the state tax cap.
The plan also calls for the tax rate to stay at $10.40 per $1,000 of assessed property value.
And it calls for about $2 million of the $4 million fund balance to be used to keep the tax levy low.
There are no layoffs or service cuts planned.
The council has until mid-January to change and finalize the budget. It will hold weekly budget sessions until then, beginning in the next few weeks.
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