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The developer RES says it is "disappointed" by Powys County Council's rejection of its plans to build a wind farm at Garreg Lwyd Hill in Radnorshire.
It said the wind farm would have provided a "safe, secure and low-carbon source of electricity" and "brought benefits to the local community."
We are deeply disappointed by the decision today. We felt that the evidence we had presented in the original application and supplementary reports clearly demonstrated that the wind farm would have no significant effects on local people, the local environment or local wildlife. In addition, the wind farm was proposed for a site lying entirely within an area designated for renewable energy development.
– Richard Evans, RES Head of Development in Wales
The vast majority of people now accept that fossil fuels are running out. The UK already imports more than 50 per cent of its gas from other countries, leaving us increasingly vulnerable to global political and financial fluctuations. It is very difficult to understand why the council would reject an environmentally friendly and beneficial energy-generating scheme like this wind farm.
Powys County Council should explain how it intends to fulfil its responsibilities to secure a reliable and sustainable energy supply, if high quality and benign projects like Garreg Lwyd Wind Farm are turned down.


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Roberson Signs With Red Sox; Assigned to Lowell Spinners
FORT MYERS, Fla. – FGCU's all-time leader in home runs and RBI, senior Tim Roberson (West Palm Beach, Fla./Palm Beach Central HS) will get a chance to continue his baseball career after signing a free agent contract with the Boston Red Sox on late Thursday night. Roberson has been assigned to the Lowell Spinners of the New York-Penn League and will immediately be on their active roster.
Lowell will open the season tonight at home against the Connect Tigers, an affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, at 7:05 p.m. Roberson will wear No. 13 and is listed as one of three catchers on the roster.
A member of three Atlantic Sun regular season championship squads, Roberson left his mark all over the FGCU record books during his four seasons. A career .321 hitter, Roberson finished in a tie with classmate Zach Maxfield (North Port, Fla./North Port HS/Pasco-Hernando CC) for the program lead of 40 home runs, 180 RBI and 418 total bases over 173 games started. He also ranked fourth in hits (247), tied for second in doubles (47) and fifth in runs scored (156).
Roberson burst onto the scene as a sophomore, earning A-Sun All-Conference first team honors after producing a .349 average, a team-high 88 hits, 12 doubles, 19 home runs, 65 RBI and a .631 slugging percentage in 2009. The West Palm Beach native's breakout campaign helped the Eagles go 23-7 in the conference, as he ranked second in the league in both home runs and total bases (159). Roberson was back at it again as a junior, raking to the tune of a .332 average with 60 runs, 85 hits, 18 doubles, a team-best 13 home runs and 63 RBI. His 173 hits and 32 home runs over that span are both the team record totals for back-to-back seasons.
In the 2011 MLB draft, FGCU had three current players and one signee selected. Incoming freshman Granden Goetzman (Palmetto, Fla./Palmetto HS) is the only to sign a professional contract after being taken in the second round with the No. 75 overall pick by the Tampa Rays. The signing deadline for all MLB draftees is Aug. 15.
Junior Jacob Barnes (St. Petersburg, Fla./St. Petersburg HS) was taken in the 14th round by the Milwaukee Brewers on the second day. The 33rd round saw a pair of Eagles come off the board, as senior Jack Wagoner (Berlin, Conn./Northwest HS/St. Petersburg) was selected by the Cleveland Indians and the Minnesota Twins took senior shortstop Stephen Wickens (Whitby, Ontario/Sinclair Secondary).
In all, the Atlantic Sun Conference had 18 current players drafted, equaling the second-best total set in 2009. The conference record of 21 draftees came in 2006. The 2011 season was a banner year for the A-Sun, as it sent three teams into the NCAA Tournament (Belmont, Jacksonville, Stetson) and was ranked No. 7 in WarrenNolan.com's conference RPI ratings for most of the season.
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Yale Institute for Music Theatre Selects The Last Queen of Canaan and Mrs. Hughes
By Adam Hetrick
The Yale Institute for Music Theatre will develop the new musicals The Last Queen of Canaan and Mrs. Hughes as part of its 2013 residency this June in New Haven, CT.
Presented June 4-16, the residency will culminate in public readings of the new works. Mark Brokaw (Cinderella, The Lyons, Cry-Baby) serves as artistic director of the Yale Institute for Music Theatre, which was founded in 2008. It is a joint venture between the Yale School of Drama and the Yale School of Music that seeks to develop the work of graduate and recent post-graduate students.
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The Last Queen of Canaan
Mrs. Hughes
Musicals previously developed at the Yale Institute for Musical Theatre include Mighty Five's Infinite Funk Odyssey, Mortality Play, Maren of Vardø, Pregnancy Pact, The Profit of Creation, The Daughters, Stuck Elevator and the Andy Warhol musical POP!
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By Doug Eads
LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. —
SOMERSET – Just how would Somerset respond?
Three days after falling to arch-rival Southwestern, the Briar Jumpers returned home to The Briar Patch on Tuesday night to take on a very good North Laurel squad out of the 13th Region.
And, much like the game against the Warriors, Jeff Cothron's club was looking at more adversity, trailing the visiting Jaguars by a 43-36 margin headed into the game's final eight minutes.
However, this time at least, the Briar Jumpers responded with a big-time flurry roaring all the way back from the dead.
Somerset exploded for 28 points in the fourth quarter, nailed 19 of 22 free throw attempts in the second half, helping Cothron's club roar back for an impressive, 64-57 victory over the Jags.
"They (North Laurel) did a very good job of taking Ryan (Dishman) out of the game in the first half," stated coach Cothron, after his club evened its mark to 9-9 on the year with the come from behind win. "We told the kids before the game that we anticipated North doing just that. We told our guards that were out front to shoot those open shots when they had them."
And, the Somerset guards as well as the rest of the team did exactly what the coach had ordered.
Facing a box and one on Ryan Dishman — Somerset's leading scorer — other players had to step things up a couple of notches, and they did just that.
Landon Powell continued his stellar play off the Somerset bench by scoring 14 points, with 9 of those coming in the second half.
With the Jaguars grabbing the lead in the second period, and with Ryan Dishman getting limited touches due to a tenacious North Laurel defense, other Somerset players made positive contributions.
Caleb Dockery came off the bench and drained a trey in the opening half of play, while Michael Dobbs scored on a pair of buckets down in the paint.
With Ryan Dishman held to just five points at the half, Somerset was within striking distance, trailing the Jaguars by only a 24-23 margin at the half.
In the third quarter, North Laurel's Kyle Jeffers got extremely hot from the field, hitting a perfect, 4 for 4 from beyond the three-point line, helping the Jaguars extend their lead over the Briar Jumpers.
Thanks to that offensive flurry, North had taken a seven-point lead —43-36 over Somerset — headed into the final stanza.
"We really didn't do anything there in the fourth quarter," lamented North Laurel head coach Brad Sizemore, after his club fell to 9-7 with the loss. "We didn't score, we didn't defend, and then they (Somerset) went down and made free throws. We had a bunch of opportunities that we left at the foul line in the fourth period, and we lost a tough game on the road to a very good team."
Indeed, the Jumpers hurt North Laurel from the charity stripe, hitting 20 of 24 free throw attempts for the game, which included a 19-22 performance from the line in the second half.
And, it was Ryan Dishman that found a way to get it done once again, even if it meant doing it from the charity stripe.
The Somerset senior went a perfect, 11 for 11 from the stripe, with many of those attempts coming in the fourth period — a quarter that saw Somerset out score North Laurel by a 28-14 margin, helping erase that seven-point deficit.
"I try to instill in everyone of those guys on our bench that when their name is called, to go out there and play with confidence," stated Cothron, in talking about the fact his bench tallied 21 points for the contest.
"Tonight, our bench played really, really well," added Cothron. "I thought (Michael) Dobbs and (Daniel) Coldiron and everybody played well tonight. I think in our last three games that everybody that we've put out there on the floor has contributed. I'm very pleased with our bench and how well it's playing right now for us."
The game saw a total of six lead changes and five ties, but an old-fashioned three-point play from Ryan Dishman would give the Jumpers a 52-48 lead early in the final stanza.
After a pair of buckets from North Laurel's Chris Miller that knotted things up for the final time at 52-52, Somerset finally seized control of the game — from the free throw line.
A pair of free throws from Tyler Dishman broke the tie and gave the Jumpers a 54-52 lead, and Ryan Dishman followed those charity tosses with two of his own, extending the advantage out to 56-52.
Four more free throws from Ryan Dishman coming down the stretch would push the lead out to as much as six points — 60-54 — before two free throws from Powell finally sealed the deal for Somerset.
"You never know what the psyche of your team is going to be coming off a tough loss against an arch-rival," stated Cothron.
"We started off well tonight, but we went into a little lull there midway through the first quarter to almost the fourth quarter where we were kind of going through the motions," continued the SHS coach. "But, we picked it up in the fourth quarter and put some full court pressure on them, picked up a couple of turnovers, and that kind of got us off and going."
Ryan Dishman led everybody with a game-high 23 points for Somerset, with Powell chipping in with 14 points, and Tyler Dishman added 10.
North Laurel was paced by Peyton Broughton's 17 points, while Jeffers added 14 on a night that saw the Jags drop another close contest.
"We were just kind of up and down throughout the game," pointed out coach Sizemore.
"Hopefully we're going to continue to stay focused and learn from this game," stated the North Laurel coach. "It's a tough loss — it seems like every game we've lost this year it's been a game like this one tonight. We've either been in the lead or we've been behind and come back and then lose it in the last North Laurel will host Jackson County tonight in a boy-girl doubleheader.
Somerset 64, North Laurel 57
North Laurel 9 15 19 14 — 57
Somerset 9 14 13 28 — 64
NORTH LAUREL(57) — Broughton 17, Jeffers 14, Miller 10, Thompson 5, Griebel 5, Jervis 3, Asher 1, Riley 1, Hodges 1.
SOMERSET (64)— R. Dishman 23, Powell 14, T. Dishman 10, Lindsey 5, Coomer 5, Dobbs 4, Dockery 3.


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3.7/5 rDev -4.6%
Pours a very dark brown with a thin head. Lots of roasted nut flavors in this one. A bit of chocolate flavor too. This beer tastes very lightly sweet and lightly bitter. Very slightly sweet and lightly bitter. A sniff of this beer fills the nose with roasty aromas.
01-04-2011 01:36:12 | More by TheTippler
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North Carolina
4.1/5 rDev +5.7%
Poured a deep garnet with a thin but well retained off white head,a nice mix of cocoa and roasted nut in the nose,rich aromas.Flavors are well rounded with a mix of sweet caramel malt and bitter unsweetened chocolate,a nice earthy/roasty finish makes it highly drinkable.A very nice dunkel lager,not overly sweet but just the right amount,well done.
04-11-2010 22:05:06 | More by oberon
4.22/5 rDev +8.8%
Review from BeerAdvocate Magazine Issue #36 (Jan 2010):
Tight off-white lacing; dark amber color shows some clarity.
Toasted malt aroma, hints of grape skin and dried hay. Smooth with just enough body, without being heavy at all. Very clean from start to finish. A hint of mineral or salt? Very well balanced, hops are layered under the malt so the bitterness is soft yet enough herbal flavor comes through to make it interesting. Ends on a semi-dry note with a heavy hand of clean toasted malt.
We can think of only warm pretzels and liter mugs of this beer. N.C. craft brewing flexing its muscles here.
01-11-2011 01:47:02 | More by BeerAdvocate
3.75/5 rDev -3.4%
12-10-2013 23:34:21 | More by meatballj626j
4.25/5 rDev +9.5%
04-25-2013 02:26:09 | More by SmellsofMahagony
3.75/5 rDev -3.4%
07-17-2014 19:22:58 | More by mrw1zard
4.25/5 rDev +9.5%
11-17-2013 20:04:07 | More by juicebox
North Carolina
3.5/5 rDev -9.8%
01-27-2012 14:47:38 | More by Mantooth
3.75/5 rDev -3.4%
09-23-2013 22:49:21 | More by Cynic-ale
South Carolina
3.95/5 rDev +1.8%
12 oz bottle bottled on 7/3/11.
Pours a near clear dark brown, with a moderate size, creamy tan head.
This is an exceptional brown lager. It has a lovely sweet malt aroma and corresponding flavor. Hints of caramel; no burnt or off-notes.
Medium-thin body with perfect carbonation.
O - one of the best of style, in my experience.
10-12-2011 01:12:17 | More by chinchill
3.9/5 rDev +0.5%
Pours a dark brown color with a one-finger tan head. The head recedes into a wispy layer on top leaving solid lacing.
Smells of muted dark malts with very slight amounts of crisp lager yeast. As the beer warms hints of light chocolate also waft out.
Tastes a bit more complex than it smells. Dark malt flavors with very slight hints of sweeter caramel malts kick things off. Midway through the sip hints of earthy hop flavors make an appearance but are showed up by hints of sweet light chocolate flavors. The chocolate fades out into a mildly bitter ending.
Mouthfeel is good. It's got a nice thickness with smooth carbonation.
Drinkability is also good. I finished my glass quickly and could have another.
Overall this is a tough style to do well as there's nothing present to mask off-flavors but I think these new guys did a pretty good job. A solid beer that's worth a shot.
09-16-2010 20:33:54 | More by glid02
4/5 rDev +3.1%
04-26-2013 14:42:43 | More by ltdantheman
New York
3/5 rDev -22.7%
09-07-2013 20:15:43 | More by dhmxray
4.38/5 rDev +12.9%
A: Pours a deep ruby/copper color. A 1.5 finger head formed from a slightly aggressive pour and reduced to some splotches of foam on top. Nice lacing down the sides.
S: A deep aroma, roasted malts, some caramel, nuts, and a little bit of dark fruit. As it warms there is a slight vanilla and coffee aroma as well.
T: Very bready up front with a light spicy/roasty flavor in the middle. Caramel malts, some nuts, and a little bit of brown sugar round out the flavor.
M: Medium bodied, but somewhat filling despite the low abv. It seems like it should be a bit higher, but I am quite happy it is so low.
O: A really good low abv beer. Again, a beer you'd expect to be higher in alcohol based on the flavor profile and mouthfeel. Mother Earth did a really nice job with this one.
05-14-2011 02:20:34 | More by mdaschaf
North Carolina
3.58/5 rDev -7.7%
Beer is oaky brown with 3/4" orange tinted white head, hazy with a slight ruby glow. A pretty beer. Aroma is lightly sweet...kind of straight up dunkel smell. Malty chocolate, earthy hops, some lemon perhaps. Taste matches with a bit of tartness. Bitterness has a solid presence but is not overwhelming. This beer does get better as it warms up which frequently is the case with most beers I like, though not always with layers. Body is medium-light and this goes down very easy.
03-04-2012 22:25:40 | More by tastybeer
North Carolina
5/5 rDev +28.9%
07-30-2012 00:22:52 | More by rambleglitch
North Carolina
4.5/5 rDev +16%
01-21-2013 00:20:51 | More by KingEdward
North Carolina
3.75/5 rDev -3.4%
06-21-2014 23:18:56 | More by bexley10
3.5/5 rDev -9.8%
08-22-2013 15:43:39 | More by seavercm
North Carolina
4/5 rDev +3.1%
11-15-2011 18:31:01 | More by twowheelssoar
New Jersey
3.9/5 rDev +0.5%
A: Poured a dark mahogany. A solid three fingers of off-white head. Head retention and lacing lasted to the bottom of the glass.
S: Light caramel malt and cherry aroma. I could detect a little bit of the hops and bread.
T: Like the smell, there is malt and cherry with hops. The finish is slightly bitter, and a touch chocolate.
M: Medium bodied with lots of carbonation. (New keg??) A clean after taste, a tad dry.
O: A good example of its type. Dunkel lagers are rarely offensive. Sitting out by the bay in Currituck… sunset…beer, yeah nice.
05-12-2011 17:59:29 | More by KenC
Ontario (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev -3.4%
09-01-2014 02:37:24 | More by Sammy
North Carolina
4.28/5 rDev +10.3%
Pours a very deep amber bordering on dark brown. There's a quarter inch of off white head that has great retention. The nose has notes of sweet caramel and dark fruit. The taste is bitter and sweet. There are notes of caramel, dark fruit, toasted malt, toffee and a decent hop bitterness in the finish. This is a medium bodied, well carbonated, smooth beer.
This is a pretty solid, well rounded beer. For the style this is all around right.
12-27-2011 23:33:54 | More by tdm168
New York
4.05/5 rDev +4.4%
A - Pours brown, with a bit of foam on top. Some lacing, and visibole carbonation.
S - Scents of caramel, fresh malt, and a spicy, earthy vibe.
T - Flavors are very well balanced. Pure sweet caramel, a malty taste that has a bit of spice at the end. Actually a very flavorful dunkel that is not sweet as much as it is hearty with fresh flavor.
M - Makes an awesome drinker. Smooth, full bodied, and very refeshing.
O - Glad to have tried something from Mother Earth. Solid showing of a less common style.
02-22-2012 02:34:11 | More by socon67
3.98/5 rDev +2.6%
12oz single, Vintner Wine & Spirits - Charlotte
appearance: served in a duck rabbit shaker pint, murky cola body with garnet hues, light tan ring.
smell: roasted nuts, english toffee, cocoa, caramel, dark fruits provide a nice sweetness. Smells great.
taste: nice and smooth - dark malts, woody, caramel and toffee, cherry and cocoa, lots of dark fruits, earthy tones.
mouthfeel: moderate carbonation, smooth with a dry finish
drinkability: good
12-25-2010 18:47:49 | More by dirtylou
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I am wondering if it is okay to mix armors in the game? I mainly use heavy with a hood instead of a helmet but when doing Dark brotherhood missions I like to wear the light armor from them. Is that okay to do? Does anyone else do this? Do I need to spec into a certain armor type or can I continue to use both?
While it is perfectly fine to mix armor types, there are some elements in the game intented to make you identify with one type over the other.
To make a good armor selection decision, there is much to consider:
Consider the primary attributes of armor: armor rating and weight. Rating is why you want armor. It reduces physical damage taken. Weight is a big obstacle (less loot, less weapons, less potions). If you go without a helmet, you don't get armor rating from that slot. How much armor rating do you lose by that choice? Does the weight reduction (and magic bonus) make up for that? Can you compensate for the armor rating loss with an alteration spell?
Consider the secondary effects of armor: reduced movement, increased staggering, increased noise. Do you have ways to compensate for those problems? Are you prepared to trade away armor rating to solve those problems instead?
A good player can see the three paths (caster, light, heavy), see how the perks lead into those paths, and discern the tradeoffs when straying from those paths. It's fun to leave the obvious paths, but it's not fun to feel ineffective.
There are certain perks that grant additional bonuses when you use all heavy/light armor or all armor of the same type. If you have those perks, then its not advisable to mix your armor. If you do not have any of those perks, there is really no penalty for mixing armor.
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As for deciding between what armor to wear, it depends entirely on your play style.
If you like to sneak around a lot and do not have the perk or the steed stone effect, then wearing heavy armor will penalize your stealth rating.
If you like to wade in, take lots of hits and dish a lot back, wearing a full set of heavy armor will help you last longer.
If you are the caster type and wants lots of magika, then wearing a hood and caster robe of your school of magic will let you cast spells for much longer.
Typically I do not like to mix my armor as I tend to go for a particular perk tree when I level up. The number of perks in the game is limited so it'll be a waste to put perks into both trees.
Skyrim is not a game you have to "win", esp. not on the first go-through in the first week after release. As the other answers indicate, there are many variables at work there and no one has played long enough to really say what's best or not, although the David B's answer is very good and demonstrates how experienced players can approach the mini-game of skill and perk selection.
My approach was to think about the character I wanted to try first: a warrior that can heal himself and can make potions, magic armor, and magic weapons. I chose to wear heavy armor because it seemed (after 1 hour) that making heavy armor was more lucrative. I've been happy with that choice. My next character will be totally different.
It seems like you like the light armor/robe approach but there is certainly nothing wrong with using heavy stuff if you think the situation warrants or just find a really great pair of dwarven gauntlets or whatever that will serve you well for at a few levels or until you can sell them.
Feeling ineffective is not fun, I agree, but there always the difficulty slider for those situations that just seem impossible. Save often.
Another observation: you don't have to spend your perk points right away or spend them on the things you think you do most. You can play for a good long while and then select perks based on what seems to be the most needful or interesting instead of what happens to open up.
Finally, if you do find yourself gimped in some fun-crushing way and you don't want to start afresh or from an early save, you can tweak almost everything about your character using the console commands. Yeah, you're meta-gaming, but it isn't like anyone is keeping score (Steam accomplishments notwithstanding).
Have fun and don't worry. Ohmi
I'm afraid a lot of people has gotten things very wrong. If you mix armor both skills increase at the same time but at a slower rate. And since Skyrim, in contrast to Morrowind/Oblivion, doesn't level you up at every 10th skill level you get less "XP towards a new level" the lower the skill is. So leveling both heavy and light armor at the same time should level you up slower, which might actually be beneficial since your attacking skills will be able to out-level you.
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Waves weren't enough to close the Courtney Campbell Causeway or keep people away Thursday.
As noon approached, meteorologists warned people to stay indoors, away from Tropical Storm Andrea.
But on the causeway, as the tide rose and spilled into a beach access parking lot, many motorists, like Mark Lewis, pulled over to get a closer look.
"It is a little bit exciting. I'm not worried about the water coming up closer. As long as I have my truck and it is high off the ground I am not worried about flooding," he said.
He was not the only one.
"I think it is beautiful," offered Phillip Battle.
Battle was visiting the area from Texas for his daughter's graduation. He said he wanted to go to the beach and a tropical storm was not going to stop him.
"If it comes up too high, I'll leave," Battle pledged.
As high tide hit the area, waves rolled further inland and brought more people to the beach.
"I like weather like this. It is intriguing," said Pinellas County resident Brandon Pridgen.
Pridgen, along with his friend Michael Thompson, were not impressed with Mother Nature's fury.
"This is simple. This is pretty small compared to most of what we get here," observed Thompson.
The two were fine just taking pictures until a wave came a little too close for comfort.
"That came up quick. Just look at it," said Pridgen.
A few moments later, the pair left to find a safer spot.
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From Staff Reports
Gloucester Daily Times
---- — Voters across Cape Ann — and across Massachusetts — will head to the polls Tuesday in the primary phase of the state's special U.S. Senate election in three years.
Tuesday marks the party primaries on both the Democratic and Republican sides in the accelerated race to take the Senate seat long held by John Kerry, now the nation's Secretary of State, turning over a Senate seat for the second times since the clerks expect a very low turnout even as the U.S. Senate seats from Massachusetts have been in constant flux since the death of Edward M. Kennedy in August 2009.
The race to succeed Kennedy also included December pirmaries on the way to then-state Sen. Scott Brown's win over Attorney General Martha Coakley in January 2010. But while Elizabeth Warren ousted Brown in his first run for a full term last November, Keey's seat became vacant when he was appointed to the Secretary of State's post in January of this year, touching off the current run while William "Mo" Cowan, appointed by Gov. Deval Patrick in February, holds down the seat until after the special general election, set for June 25.
Three men are vying for the Republican nomination and two for the Democratic nomination on voters' ballots tomorrow. The latest polls have shown Congressman Ed Markey, D-Malden, in the lead for his nomination over fellow Congressman Stephen Lynch, D-South Boston, and Cohasset businessman Gabriel Gomez in the lead for the GOP nomination.
But large percentages of likely primary voters reported they are open to changing their minds. And a majority of Massachusetts voters – 52 percent — are enrolled as unaffiliated, meaning they can go to the polls today and choose to voter the primary for either party.
All polling places across the state will be open from 7 a.m,. to 8 p.m.
On the Democratic side, a Western New England University poll that surveyed voters between April 11 to 18, with results announced last week, showed Markey, first elected to Congress in 1976, leading Lynch by about 10 percentage points, 44-34 percent, but with a full 21 percent undecided, and 36 percent of responding Democrats told the pollsters they could change their minds.
Markey received the blessing of the Democratic establishment, picking up early endorsements by many prominent Democrats, including Kerry and Caroline Kennedy, and getting the backing of Coakley last week.
Lynch has highlighted his blue-collar roots and former job as an iron worker and union president.
He held socially conservative views on abortion and gay marriage for years, some of which he said have evolved over time, generating some heat from liberal Democrats. And Lynch has tapped into a key jobs issue for Cape Ann voters, backing a push by the fishing industry to maintain an interim rule that would ease catch limits that will bring dire landing cuts beginning Wednesday – the May 1 start of the new fishing year — and to grant more flexibility within the Magnuson-Stevens Act. Markey has backed extending federal aid to the Northeast groundfishery, which was recognized as an "economic disaster" by the Department of Commerce last September, but has maintained that the Magnuson Act is sufficiently flexible to serve fishermen and the need to end alleged overfishing.
Gloucester endorsements
Lynch also picked up a pair of Gloucester endorsements over the weekend, with Mayor Carolyn Kirk and former mayor and current Councilor-at-large Bruce Tobey both coming out in favor of the South Boston congressman. Lynch also got the backing earlier of city councilors Sefatia Romeo Theken, Joe Ciolino and Greg Verga, along with former councilor and longtime Republican John "Gus" Foote and former seven-term state representative Anthony Verga.
Richard Padova, a professor of history and government at Northern Essex Community College, said that Markey, as the establishment-backed candidate running a safe campaign, is in position to maintain his front-runner status.
"It's still Markey's to lose," he said.
On the Republican side, the same Western New England University poll showed Gomez leading the pack with 33 percent support. Michael Sullivan, a former U.S. attorney and Plymouth District Attorney, was next with 27 percent, and state Rep. Daniel Winslow trailed them both with 9 percent, according to the poll. Yet, a full 30 percent were still listed as undecided, and the poll showed a whopping 59 percent of likely Republican primary voters willing to change their minds.
Padova said those candidates have been a little rougher on each other because of the opportunity for Republicans of picking up a Senate seat in another special election, and the outcome is not clear.
Brown as precedent?
"They know it's a Democratic state and is going to be difficult for a Republican to win," Padova said. "But they've taken some consolation that Scott Brown did it three years ago. If he could do it, then maybe one of these relative unknowns can do it."
Gomez has been highlighting his bootstraps story, business experience and his service in the military, though a letter he wrote to Gov. Deval Patrick asking to be named interim senator caused him some problems when he expressed support for some Democratic positions.
Sullivan has been campaigning as a conservative, earning him attacks from Democrats for being out of step with Massachusetts.
Prior to winning his current representative seat in the State House, Winslow served as a Wrentham district court judge and a lawyer in Mitt Romney's administration who has tried to present himself as an ideas-driven Republican who will look out for small business.
Staff Writer Douglas Moser contributed to this story. He can be reached via e-mail at email@example.com, or you can follow him on Twitter @EagleEyeMoser.


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Menlo Park hires new city manager: Alex McIntyre
Original post made on Jan 18, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 1:58 PM
Comments (42)
on Jan 18, 2012 at 3:02 pm
$200K, government pension, and a pension top-up to make up for a previous limited move towards pension sanity? God help us all.
on Jan 18, 2012 at 3:46 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
Wow - the citizens vote to LIMIT new pensions and the Council then gives a supplement "
City Attorney Bill McClure said the new city manager will also receive $9,500 per year in contributions to a 401-A retirement plan because of the new pension structure and to compensate for similar benefits at his current position in Lake Oswego, Oregon" to overcome that limit.
The Council is either deaf to the will of the citizens whom they serve or they simply don't care.
on Jan 19, 2012 at 10:41 am
Good people will NOT come to Menlo Park because of the reduced retirement benefit. You wouldn't come here either. Think about it. If you were a qualified candidate and had two job offers, both being equal except at Menlo Park you receive a much reduced pension. We all know what the smart candidate will choose.
This is just the beginning. We won't be able to attract/keep mid to upper level managers either. new hires will also not want to stay because of this retirement ding. Good inside people will move away because of the lack of equal retirement benefits. We're on a downhill slope.
It's all about competition for the best people. The reduced benefit wounded us in the competition for the best.
on Jan 19, 2012 at 11:03 am
To Long Time Menlo Man -- fair point; just one question -- who do you propose pays for these benefits?
This is how the much of the financial mess started in the first place.
on Jan 19, 2012 at 11:41 am
The same place our competition gets the $$.
on Jan 19, 2012 at 12:17 pm
Most certainly, from among the 50 applicants, our city council could have found someone less qualified, willing to work at a reduced rate? I guess there's a choice...pay market rate for good people (including loans, supplements, and other considerations), or don't.
on Jan 19, 2012 at 12:17 pm
Peter Carpenter got it right. This is outrageous spending. It's fair to assume that out of 50 applicants for this job there was a good one who would do the job for a more reasonable pay and benefits package.
on Jan 19, 2012 at 12:18 pm
"The same place our competition gets the $$."
In other words raise taxes. That's a non-starter. It won't be too long before much of our "competition" cut their retirement benefits. They are unsustainable as they are now. It has already started to happen.
on Jan 19, 2012 at 12:36 pm
Although I don't have information about the pool of candidates, criteria, or selection process, I'd say that that ~$220,000 in compensation (plus a market-rate loan) seems ballpark for what we should expect (or wish for). That's certainly not out of line for public sector City Managers and private sector CEOs with a similar budget & responsibility. Yes, I too wish good people were less expensive. That said, I expect the good ones are also good at managing their staff and budgets.
on Jan 19, 2012 at 1:10 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
Just imagine the new City Manager's first negotiation with the unions when they say " Given the Measure L mandated limits on pension benefits for new hires we want an additional 401-A contribution - just like you got".
on Jan 19, 2012 at 2:17 pm
Peter Carpenter, I don't think you are suggesting that all employees should be compensated the same (or are you)? Let's imagine that market demanded that all new-hires receive 401-K bonus...this, on an annual basis is certainly more manageable than needing to fund the annuity of a pension plan, no? Maybe your point is that the optics are wrong...that it might have been better to offer Mr. McIntyre $208,500 salary and omit the 401-K bonus.
on Jan 19, 2012 at 3:03 pm
I think it is outrageous that the City of Menlo Park is providing a $1.3 Million loan (interest rate not provided) to the City Manager for housing, as was done for the departing City Manager. This is simply a job and there is no reason why the person hired should not provide their own housing as does most of the rest of the population. Find a nice rental that you can afford on your salary and leave the tax payers out of it.
on Jan 19, 2012 at 5:37 pm
The former City manager has departed. Would someone disclose the status of the loan made to him as part of his incentive package.
I must believe the loan is payed off prior to departure. I would like an answer to this question. Thanks to all.
on Jan 19, 2012 at 6:21 pm
He'll make a great over-paid addition to Menlo Park, right up there with the rock star MPSD Superintendent Ghysels! (I just hope he doesn't have all that baggage that Ghysels brought to town.)
on Jan 19, 2012 at 6:58 pm
1) Someone asked about the $1.3 MILLION loan. The rate, according to inmenlo.com, is a low-rate 3.5%
Link: Web Link
2) I don't buy the "better the pay the better the applicant/performer" line. We paid THROUGH THE NOSE ($250k a year PLUS bonuses and benefits for outgoing Rojas) and got mediocre performance... AT BEST! This is a taxpayer paid position here...
3) What kind of message is the council sending to its taxpayers? With Measure L passing by a wide margin, we spoke loudly. This is an insult to those who want to spend tax payer funds responsibly.
on Jan 20, 2012 at 9:33 am
Folks (and Peter, Joanna & Schola ), This kind of compensation is EXACTLY what Menlo Park should be doing. It does NOT cost us more EVERY year. It is a 401K "like" package, and as the Co-Chairman of Measure L (the Pension Reform Initiative) I am applauding the city for doing it. He is GIVING up CASH to have more at retirement.....that's what we do in private industry and that was what Measure L was all about. Just for the record Peter, he receives less than Rojas did and CHOSE to take some of that smaller compensation deferred. His CalPERS comp will be the lower number-....so he is doing EXACTLY what Measure L wanted, you get that right?
As to discussing the merits of paying someone less and getting someone with less experience. You can do that with your family business, but please don't bring that narrow minded hiring philosophy to a $35M+ business (which is what Menlo Park is). You want to hire the best that you can, for the most competitive price....this is what Menlo Park just did.
I have met and interviewed Alex McIntyre and he is OUTSTANDING, and will be GREAT for the city.
Roy Thiele-Sardiña
on Jan 20, 2012 at 10:33 am
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
Roy states;" It does NOT cost us more EVERY year."
The City Attorney states:" the new city manager will also receive $9,500 PER YEAR in contributions to a 401-A retirement plan."
on Jan 20, 2012 at 12:17 pm
all this squabbling over 5% of his compensation? who cares whether it is salary or contribution. honestly. Is his compensation package competitive worthy of Mr McIntyre's experience and potential? I suppose we'll find out after he begins his work with Menlo Park.
If we're really insisting on looking at the 5% issues, then it might be worth asking if that $9,500 contribution to his 401-K plan counts in the formula that is used to calculate pension (or is that based solely on his $199,999 salary). Yes, it costs something while he is employed. The issue may be that it costs LESS every year during retirement. It might be a good thing that the 401-K contribution is called out separately.
on Jan 20, 2012 at 12:45 pm
Roy Thiele-Sardiña is absolutely correct. Mr. McIntyre's retirement package is a mix of defined benefit and defined contribution. This is a first for the city. It shifts some of the market risk and volitility away from the city and onto the employee. Its not perfect, but a move in the right direction. I expect this will not be the last new employee to be offered a 401K.
And I could not agree more with the statement below (except to note that MPs total budget is around $100M):
"As to discussing the merits of paying someone less and getting someone with less experience. You can do that with your family business, but please don't bring that narrow minded hiring philosophy to a $35M+ business (which is what Menlo Park is). You want to hire the best that you can, for the most competitive price....this is what Menlo Park just did."
on Jan 20, 2012 at 12:49 pm
It doesn't matter. Looking at his last few positions he leaves after a few years to ratchet up his pay and benefits. He's our next former city manager.
on Jan 20, 2012 at 1:31 pm
The statement "This is a first for the city" I believe is incorrect. The almanac article date July 4, 2007 states Glen Rojas received $8,160 a year in deferred compensation in addition to other benefits.
"New city manager's pay level is justified, say council members"
With benefits, Mr. Rojas' total compensation package is estimated
to be $256,400, according to a city staff report.
Among his benefits are $8,160 a year in a deferred compensation
So is it a first ?
on Jan 20, 2012 at 2:43 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
Robinson states:" Mr. McIntyre's RETIREMENT PACKAGE is a mix of defined benefit and defined contribution. "
But the voters said to LIMIT new retirement programs to exactly what the new City Manager receives WITHOUT the addition of a defined contribution amount.
Roy and Heyward are strangely on the same side of this issue and both are wrong.
IF the Council wanted to have part of the new City Manager's pension to be a defined contribution plan then they should have REDUCED the defined benefit portion accordingly, not added the two together.
A mixed pension program may make sense but spitting in the eyes of the voters is not very smart.
on Jan 20, 2012 at 3:21 pm
Peter, You know that what you describe is not legal/allowed. MPK cannot alter the CalPERS compensation system (reduce the defined benefit portion). The employee (under the current MOU) gets 2%/60 (as opposed to the 2.7%/55 that Rojas got) and chose to defer part of his income ($9K) tax free. His total comp would have been near $225K. So in effect he is INVESTING $9K of his salary in a 401K like product rather than taking it as compensation (Cash)
We have always said that we wanted them to invest more of their own money to increase their pension benefits and that is exactly what he has done. Because his pay is a matter of public disclosure, the amount of deferred savings (401K) is declared as compensation.
Roy Thiele-Sardina
on Jan 20, 2012 at 3:27 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
Roy - Proposition L, as you well know, was intended to limit pension benefits. You have correctly described how the Council circumvented that limit by ADDING a tax free pension benefit.
I am surprised that you don't realize that this sets the precedent for doing the same with all new employees thereby gutting the effect of proposition L.
But then, after all it is only money........
on Jan 20, 2012 at 3:43 pm
Seems like business as usual, Rojas also received deferred compensation - $8,160 / year
on Jan 20, 2012 at 3:48 pm
I hope that Menlo Park asks all it's employees to contribute part of their salaries to their own 401A accounts.
The current 2.7% employees don't have much incentive since they'll get 81% of their income in retirement. But as CalPERS moves to lower contribution rates (below 2%/60) Employees should have the ability to defer their income for retirement like the rest of the citizens do (we use IRA's and 401K's to do that).
And Peter, what I believe they did was take a $215K total compensation package and give him $199,000 in cash, 4K in car allowance (taxable doesn't count toward pension) and $9.5K deferred.
Roy Thiele-Sardina
on Jan 20, 2012 at 3:52 pm
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on Jan 20, 2012 at 4:12 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
"I hope that Menlo Park asks all it's employees to contribute part of their salaries to their own 401A accounts."
That is very different than giving them MORE money on top of their current salary as a City contribution to their pension benefit.
on Jan 20, 2012 at 5:49 pm
I read in the Post this morning that the contract gives the new manager SIX MONTHS of severance pay. I hope that council doesn't have to terminate him, but that's a ridiculous amount of severance. How about two weeks?
I also see how he is protected from being fired for two months after a council election. I guess that's a way of making sure the people's voices can't be heard if new councilors are elected and want the guy out. Who comes up with these kind of things in a contract? Sure seems like it's not in the public's interest.
on Jan 20, 2012 at 8:52 pm
When council asked McClure about the loan to Rojas, I recall that he indicated the loan outperformed the rest of our portfolio. Does anyone remember a few years back, when we all lost 1/3 of our 401k investments?
on Jan 21, 2012 at 2:29 pm
Well on things that's different are mr. McIntyre's termination conditions: the 3 months cooling off after a new council, 6 month severance - for felonies. He cannot be terminated for incompetence or mediocre performance, or suppressing or controlling the timeliness of disclosures to council.
on Jan 21, 2012 at 3:11 pm
I know nothing about the individual but the terms of his contract set a horrible precedent for future hires and labor negotiations.
on Jan 21, 2012 at 8:52 pm
Peter Carpenter seems to think it's okay to hire a compentent acting city manager for his home atherton (who is already receiving consultant wages on top of full pension benefits...and seems to justify extending this beond CalPERS rules of 1 year max.)...but is for some reason around the axle over Menlo Park's hiring a compentent city manager at market rate. Go figure. Heyward, Roy, you seem to have a reasonable handle on the situation. I too, want a rock star to manage MP's $80-$100M budget. Let's compensate to the level we expect.
on Jan 21, 2012 at 9:18 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
I am not opposed to "hiring a compentent(sic) city manager at market rate".
I am opposed to giving that person $9500 of extra compensation as the CITY's contribution to a 401 program after the citizens voted to place a limit on pensions for new hires which did NOT permit such a City contribution.
I am opposed to giving that person contractual protections against dismissal that would never be offered in the private sector.
The new City Manager may well be highly qualified but he will have his hands full looking his subordinates or union negotiators in the eye and saying that such benefits are not appropriate for them.
on Jan 21, 2012 at 10:56 pm
They did NOT give him $9500 more.
They gave him a $225K package that consisted of pay and a car & living/moving allowance. He wisely chose to defer $9500 of his pay. He could have taken $209,500 in cash comp and forgone the deffered retirement. He didn't he TOOK the deffered 401A and contributed $9500 of his PAY.
It's a net dollars game. We are paying THIS city manager less than we paid the last one. In addition we save over #)% on pension (dollar for dollar due to 2%/60 vs. 2.7%/55)
So all in all this is a GREAT deal for Menlo Park from a forward thinking city manager.
So Peter....HE choose to receive less pay and have more retirement....sounds more like private industry than anything coming out of any other agencies to me.
on Jan 22, 2012 at 6:47 am
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
The person who wrote the contract, City Attorney Bill McClure, states " the new city manager will also receive $9,500 per year IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO a 401-A retirement plan BECAUSE of the new pension structure"
on Jan 22, 2012 at 8:01 am
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on Jan 22, 2012 at 8:30 am
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
"For the last thirty years you have been" doing nothing but pro-bono public service for twenty years and for the ten years before that helping develop innovative new pharmaceutical products and transforming the way in which the risks and benefits of pharmaceutical products are presented to patients.
on Jan 22, 2012 at 2:31 pm
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on Jan 22, 2012 at 3:01 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
" Peter why don't you open your finantial(sic) records?"
There is more public information about me than any other poster on this forum. I have filed Form 700s for every year since 2001 so this is all a matter of very public record.
But my income is not the issue so why not deal with the issue - which is the City Council thumbing their nose at a citizens' mandated limit on the City's pension contributions.
on Jan 22, 2012 at 3:18 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
Just in case anyone has forgotten what the citizens' initiative said here is the exact language:
"The initiative establishes maximum pension benefits for an employee of no more than 2% of the employee's annual average base wage as defined by the Public Employee Retirement System, which is based on no greater than the highest annual average base wage of the employee over a period of three consecutive years of employment, multiplied by the number of years of employment."
Maximum pension benefits (note the plural meaning ALL pension benefits) of no more than 2% - yet the new City Manager received 2% PLUS " $9,500 per year IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO a 401-A retirement plan BECAUSE of the new pension structure".
Does the law mean anything or can the Council simply do whatever it wants?
None of this is a reflection on qualifications of the new City Manager except perhaps his judgement in agreeing to an illegal contract.
on Jan 24, 2012 at 9:57 am
Concerned resident is a registered user.
As a Menlo Park taxpayer for 25 years, I am appalled at one component of the compensation package offered to the new city manager. The portion of the package that is the most outrageous is the loan that the city is making to him to buy a house in Menlo Park. Based upon standard lending guidelines, a provider of a home loan, for a mortgage, bases their approval upon several key factors. Applicants are evaluated on income, debt, credit history, savings and debt versus income ratio. If one were to assume that the new city manager were to have an excellent credit history, low debt and some reasonable savings then he could NOT qualify for a $1,350,000 loan, based upon his income from the city of Menlo Park. Please have a look at the following calculations:
Loan amount: $1,350,000
Interest rate: 3.5%
Term: 30 years
Monthly payment: $6062.00
Annual Salary: $199,000
Monthly salary: $16,583
30% of monthly salary: $4975
The lender's generally accepted guideline is that the monthly payment cannot exceed 30% of an applicant's gross monthly income. As you can see, the numbers simply do not support a private lender making the loan that our city is willing to make. The obvious question is, if a commercial lender would not make this type loan to him why in the world is the city of Menlo Park doing so?
How was the loan amount determined? I would assume that this person would be making some form of down payment, on his new home, so what would the total amount of the home be??? There are many, quite nice, homes available in our city for $700,000 to $800,000. Also one can rent a very nice home for $2800-3200 per month.
I hope that it is not too late to revisit this issue. Out of 50 applicants it would seem that the council could find a high quality individual without obligating $1,350,000 of scarce city funds for an unsustainable perk like this. The passage of Measure L should have sent a strong message that the city needs to rein in some of its costs.
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Broadway Scores For P.S. 84: A Celebration of Songs Featuring Kerry Butler & Friends, a benefit for P.S. 84 - The Lillian Weber School Of The Arts, will be held March 3 at the Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New York Historical Society.
The third annual cabaret will begin at 7 PM with a cocktail hour, and performances and a live auction will take place at 8 PM.
Butler, who was recently seen on Broadway in The Best Man and Catch Me If You Can, will be joined by songwriter Joe Iconis ("Smash"), percussionist Erik Charlston, Renee Elise Goldsberry (The Color Purple), Randy Redd (Ring of Fire, Parade), pianist Mark Soskin and musical director Dan Elish (13).
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By Toshiyuki Yoshida and Taketo Kudo
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SEOUL, South Korea —
Look out manga, South Korea is stepping up efforts to spread "manhwa" comics to the rest of the world.
South Korea's government is promoting manhwa exports by supporting companies distributing comics online and subsidizing translation of the works into English.
"We want to develop South Korea's manhwa into a global brand and take the place of Japanese manga," a South Korean government official said.
The South Korean government is encouraging domestic publishers with aspirations of selling comics globally to take part in overseas book fairs. The government set up a program to subsidize exhibition costs and even travel expenses for participants in such events.
At an October book fair in Frankfurt, one of the largest in Europe, South Korean publishers and agencies set up a booth among exhibitors of manga and anime from various countries. In addition, South Korea's leading search engine Naver, which also distributes comics online, organized an autograph session with a South Korean cartoonist and introduced "Noblesse," a popular cartoon chronicling a battle among vampires living in the modern world.
"I read manhwa for the first time, and it was better than I expected. As long as it's interesting, it doesn't matter whether it's Japanese or South Korean," said Kathika Neuhaus, 15, a high school girl who attended the fair wearing a costume of a character in "One Piece," a popular Japanese manga.
Many manwha are distributed free, and it's common in South Korea to read them on mobile phones or tablets. Manwha that become popular are often published as books, while some start charging to read them online.
The fantasy manga "Kami to Issho ni" (Together with God), which started online, became a big hit in South Korea, and has since been published in Japan.
Kim Na Jung, manager of Naver's "webtoon" business division, said the firm hopes to penetrate the European market. The firm prepared English editions of 30 manhwa titles, which are distributed online in South Korea, and gave away 3,600 copies at the fair.
"Given the current web environment in Europe, it's difficult to enter the market right now, but we want to start a service in the near future," Kim said.
German publisher TOKYOPOP has produced German versions of about 100 manhwa since 2004. It plans to publish five more between April and July next year.
"Some manhwa are more popular than Japanese manga," TOKYOPOP sales director Sam Fazli said.
With a population of about 50 million, South Korea's domestic market is significantly smaller than Japan's. The South Korean government has been actively supporting exports of Korean pop culture, including music, films and TV, since the late 1990s.
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South Korea's manhwa-related exports were worth about $133 million in 2011, an increase of about 40 percent from 2009.
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Is there an asteroid or comet out there that poses a risk to life on Earth? The answer is certainly "yes," but we don't yet know where the next major impactor will come from or when it will crash. The best way to reduce this uncertainty is to search the skies for these crumbs of the solar system. The Planetary Society has a long history of supporting amateur and underfunded professional astronomers in their efforts to discover and track potentially hazardous near-Earth objects. This is useful not only for planetary defense, but also for learning about the solar system's origin and evolution.
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A comparison of all the asteroids and comets ever visited by spacecraft, up to date as of November 10 (when Deep Impact flew past Hartley 2). Vesta is not included.
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These two cats are very attached to one another and are litter mates. Although it is not necessary, the folks at the Cherokee County Animal Shelter would like to see them be adopted together.
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Fourth Laindon primary school reveals new plan to expand
2:00pm Wednesday 21st May 2014 in News By Chloe Chapman
A FOURTH primary school in Laindon has launched a bid to expand.
Janet Duke, in Markhams Chase, has been forced to hold group workshops in corridors due to a lack of space.
It has now drawn up plans to build a new library and two extra classrooms, which will be used for group activities.
The extension, which would be built at the back of the existing building, would also include new toilets and cloakrooms.
Planning agent Paul Wright, from Harwich-based Zero Five Architects, submitted an application on behalf of the Janet Duke school.
He said: "Consultations with the headteacher identified a genuine need to improve the facilities at the school to ensure that current and future educational standards are met.
"Currently much of the targeted group learning is carried out in corridorswhich is not ideal, and is also a health and safety hazard.
Being thoroughfares, learning is often disrupted.
"The new extension will relieve these conditions and provide a basis for improving the school facilities."
The Janet Duke school has 577 children on its roll, aged from four to 11. The extension will not create any more pupil spaces.
The bid comes as work is underway to create six new classrooms, a hall, gym and swimming pool at Lee Chapel Primary School, in The Knares.
It will allow the school to take on an extra 122 pupils, bringing the intake up to 630, and create eight new jobs. Meanwhile, Laindon Park Primary School, has also asked for permission to build an overflow classroom and two activity rooms, which would be hired out to community groups in the evenings and weekends.
Last month, the Echo revealed Millhouse Junior School, in Tavistock Road, wants to build a new classroom and separate group activity room.
Planning officers at Essex County Council are expected to make a decision on the Janet Duke school proposals by July.
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Teen DJ workshop with KMEL & Project Level
Program for Tweens and Teens, ages 11-18
Come learn how to spin and scratch records with KMEL and Project Level
No musical experience needed.
For more information please contact Eric Hannan
Upcoming Events
- 2014 - 2015 Opera Preview Lecture
- Wednesday, September 3, 2014Main Library, Koret Auditorium
- Potrero Hill Flute Ensemble
- Saturday, September 6, 2014Potrero, Potrero Meeting Room
- Zumba Basics
- Wednesday, September 10, 2014Sunset, Sunset Children's Area
Upcoming Classes
- Destiny Arts-Capoira
- Tuesday, September 23, 2014Visitacion Valley, Visitacion Valley Meeting Room
- Zumba Basics
- Friday, September 26, 2014Main Library, Children's Storytelling Room
- Come Learn How to Salsa and Bachata!
- Tuesday, September 30, 2014Richmond/Senator Milton Marks, Richmond Meeting Room


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GRAYSON, Ky. —
"I know I shouldn't take (the boy) along, but I have no one to watch him," Howard says.
Later, Howard is shown snorting a crushed pill off the hood of Nickell's car while her son plays in the background. Howard admits she "crossed a line I never thought I'd cross" by using drugs in her son's presence.
Howard also is seen showing up late to her son's birthday party because she and Nickell are out trying to score pills, and swallowing a handful of pills at an outdoor party after police show up. She later tells producers she also drank alcohol at the party and woke up thinking, "Wow! I could've OD'd last night."
Near the end of the show, Howard is seen entering a treatment clinic and speaking to a counselor, telling him Suboxone, a drug commonly used in the treatment of opiate addiction, has eliminated her cravings for pills.
An epilogue at the conclusion of Howard's portion of the program states she continues to take Suboxone, hasn't gotten high on pills for two months and is planning to find a place to live on her own with her son as soon as she finds steady employment.
"True Life" has been airing on MTV since March 1998. Each episode follows a particular topic. The show is created by having camera crews follow the subjects through certain parts of their lives. The program has covered more than 140 topics and has won a number of awards.
Details for this story were reported by The Independent in Ashland, Ky.


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Officiating Payment Service (OPS)
A record number of schools participated in the ECAC Officiating
Payment Service (OPS) for the 2004-05 year.
The OPS serves as a paying agent on behalf of a school to pay the game officials (game fees, mileage, tolls and per diem). This time-saving and cost-efficient service, which was outlined in 2002, has attracted very positive responses from athletics directors, business managers and officials.
To utilize this service for the upcoming year, please contact Steve Rossetti (508/771-5060 ext. 229 or firstname.lastname@example.com). Or click here to print enrollment form and read quotes from athletic administrators.
For the 2005 season, 94 lacrosse programs, 85 baseball programs and 34 softball teams used the Officiating Payment Service. Institutions still interested in signing up for this fall season may do so until August 1. In three short years the number of institutions using the service has grown significantly and now involves 153 schools including 551 teams.
When launched, the ECAC payment service was the first of its kind in the United States serving multiple institutions and conferences from a single source. Now the OPS is part of the ECAC's leading Officiating Online System which during the 2005-06 academic year will be utilized by 14 teams for officiating assignments and officials ratings.