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By DREW GARDNER 6 News Reporter
KNOXVILLE (WATE) - A Knoxville homeowner is locked in a dispute with KUB over some trees that the utility calls a safety hazard.
Mary Langdon has lived on property along Beaver Brook Country Club. A line of pine trees were planted as a buffer to protect the home from golf balls from the club's course, a buffer that worked until 2010 when KUB cut back several of the trees, causing two to die.
"She's had at least a thousand golf balls in the last several years hit her house, hit her swimming pool, hit her garage and it's dangerous," said attorney Larry Silverstein.
Now Langdon and Silverstein fear she will be inundated again. The two met with KUB several times about how much they would trim, but never agreed. Langdon believes the branches aren't anywhere near the lines.
"We believe what they are doing is excessive. It's not reasonable and it's not necessary," said Silverstein.
Officials with KUB say it all comes down to safety.
"As you can see, the utility easement is staked with the orange wooden stakes and the trees are growing inside that utility easement," said Elizabeth Hannah with KUB. "We've made an exception so we don't have to cut down the pine trees entirely, but we do have an obligation to keep a safe distance between the trees and the power lines."
Ultimately KUB's decision was final and when crews showed up to begin cutting they were accompanied by several Knox County sheriff's deputies to make sure no one stood in there way, a move Silverstein calls aggressive.
"Whether we think it's legal or reasonable or not, they are going to do what they want and I think it's wrong and I think it's up to our city and county and mayor and public officials to say enough is enough," said Silverstein.
Langdon and her attorney plan to keep pushing city officials to step in and create an independent review board with the hopes that this won't happen again in another four years.
KUB says they offered Langdon several other options including removing and replacing the trees with lower growing species outside of the KUB maintenance zone, but the she declined them all.
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Triple Take: Middle of the road
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Thomas More has been rolling up the numbers on offense, but the Saints' defense has shone as well.
Thomas More athletics photo
Week 6 signifies the midway point in the regular season. The bright side to that realization is that there's still a whole lot of football left to play for the 244 teams in Division III (well, we hope that we can include Merchant Marine in that list).
For teams that are eyeing playoff runs, this could just be the beginning. With five weeks of postseason play, that means we're only about a third of the way to the Stagg Bowl. There's much that has happened, and much yet to come.
Without getting too far ahead of ourselves, Pat Coleman, Keith McMillan and Ryan Tipps talk about the here and now of this weekend:
Game of the Week.
Ryan's take: No. 23 Thomas More at Washington and Jefferson. I almost held back on this because W&J's baffling loss last week to Bethany took some of the luster out of this matchup. But then I thought about 2012, when TMC crushed W&J but lost two other conference games to miss out on the automatic bid to the playoffs. Well, here's W&J's opportunity to keep itself in the hunt and not get that second, and almost surely postseason-killing, loss in PAC play. There's a lot riding on this one for the Presidents.
Pat's take: Bridgewater (Va.) at Hampden-Sydney. I know I've said before that there has been some great history in this rivalry in the past 15 or so years. Both teams have taken an unexpected loss this season and that makes it a little more desperate situation for each, but especially for Bridgewater since its loss was a conference game.
Keith's take: Redlands at Cal Lutheran. The last game of the 107 on the D-III schedule this week by more than two hours might also be the most hyped matchup of 1-2 teams ever. But let's be honest, if the Bulldogs (who played No. 3 UMHB and No. 15 Pacific Lutheran) and Kingsmen (PLU then No. 2 Linfield) were based out East or in the Midwest, where there are roughly three dozen potential opponents within 200 miles of each campus, then each could have been less aggressive and started 3-0. But this is the AQ system at work. Both Mike Maynard and Ben McEnroe realize it does their players no service to start that way, especially with this clash — that will likely decide the SCIAC — so early. If you've already faced a top-3 team, nothing you see Saturday night will intimidate. CLU is plus-5 in turnovers despite its record, and Redlands needs to generate some offense besides RBs Bobby Brown and Curtis Tanquary.
Surprisingly close game.
Ryan's take: Buena Vista at Wartburg. I think the Beavers' 0-4 record is a little deceiving — every opponent they've played is undefeated, a combined record of 16-0. And against Concordia-Moorhead and Coe, the scoreboard was close deep into the game. Wartburg's three wins, on the other hand, come against teams that are a combined 3-10. Their common opponent, Bethel, ended with fairly similar results. Buena Vista has a chance to surprise people down the stretch.
Pat's take: No. 6 St. Thomas at Gustavus Adolphus. Gustavus is certainly playing much better than it did last year, standing at 3-1 and blowing out two teams while only losing at Augsburg, by three. Last year St. Thomas didn't have its best game but still led throughout. This year the Tommies may have a different feeling going to St. Peter, Minn., and can't afford to sit their No. 1 quarterback, the way they did last week.
Keith's take: Trinity (Conn.) at Tufts. The Jumbos are close to a breakthrough — last week they were a yard away. It won't happen against the Bantams, who are the class of the NESCAC, at least for the time being. But if Tufts can convert some third downs early — they're under 30% this season against a defense that gets off the field three out of every four — they can keep it closer than most would expect.
Most likely Top 25 team to get upset.
Ryan's take: No. 10 UW-Whitewater. I was unsure what to make of Whitewater coming into this year, after missing the postseason last fall. I even said in Kickoff that I didn't think UW-W would make the playoffs this year, at least not with Platteville and Oshkosh and the likelihood of a spoiler team in the WIAC. Enter that spoiler team. UW-Stout, which is coming off back-to-back games (albeit losses) against North Central and Oshkosh, isn't going to be intimidated by anything Whitewater has to offer.
Pat's take: No. 5 Bethel. I believe Bethel is the better team here but I'm resting this pick on the fact that Bethel really shouldn't have won* that game last year anyway. Concordia-Moorhead will be very motivated to make sure they are not in position to lose if they celebrate prematurely on the field at the end of the game.
Keith's take: No. 5 Bethel. I know, I keep on repeating, but the other possibilities, like No. 17 Wabash, get mentioned elsewhere anyway. Moorhead is the most significant road trip in the MIAC, for starters. The Cobbers are one of those teams who has been on the verge of getting it done but stays underrated because they haven't. They also haven't been dominant in their 4-0 start, and would need to slow the Royals' run game (228 yds/g) to pull the upset. Luckily, they've allowed only 96 rushing yards per game so far.
They'll be on your radar.
Ryan's take: Maryville. The Scots came into the season loaded with depth and hoping to shake off the injuries that have plagued them over the past two or three seasons. And to their credit, they've kept themselves in the conference hunt by knocking off Methodist (which beat USAC favorite Christopher Newport last week) and Averett and are currently sitting at 2-0 in conference play and 4-1 overall. On paper, they look like the best team in the USA South. Now, they have to further prove it on the field this weekend against one of the only other teams with a clean conference record, LaGrange. It's a very winnable game for Maryville, if they can shore up their defense.
Pat's take: Washington University-St. Louis. I even used the full name for a program that could conceivably run the table from here, go 8-2, end up with a reasonable strength of schedule and get a Pool B bid. If they do all that. This week's game is at Hendrix and if the Warriors win, they become the Division III football state champions of Missouri, having beaten both of D-III teams from the state.
Keith's take: Gallaudet. The Bison are a throwback, rushing for 350 yards per game — third nationally. They also stop the run and get off the field on third down (24.5 percent conversions allowed). Norwich comes down from Vermont having played three Liberty League teams prior to their ECFC-opening win over Becker last week. They've hung tough defensively against more talented teams, and even if Gallaudet is that, maybe they'll have to make something happen in the passing game or on special teams to pull away.
Celebrating the red …
Ryan's take: Wabash. The scarlet-clad Little Giants take on Ohio Wesleyan, which in the big picture of the NCAC could be viewed as an up-and-coming program with their 9-1 2012 campaign and being 3-1 so far this fall. But what's troubling is OWU's overtime shootout loss to Denison, which is the toughest team they've played so far. Still, a loss to Denison means it could be a tricky Saturday against a 4-0 Wabash team that averages more than 50 points a game and has logged two shutouts so far. And OWU knows what that's like after being shutout last year on their home turf by the Little Giants. No one has really been able to effectively pass against Wabash (Wooster did break the 200-yard mark), and while I'm sure that Mason Espinosa will make some plays and get some yards through the air, I don't think it'll be enough.
Pat's take: Cortland State. The Red Dragons, who should have little trouble holding Montclair State's offense in check considering the Red Hawks haven't scored more than 17 points in a single game this season. Montclair is 1-4 with its only win coming against Salve Regina.
Keith's take: Augsburg, at St. John's. The Auggies nearly had their breakthrough last week at Bethel. They've got some interesting recent history with the Johnnies, but won't need a late-game miracle if Ayrton Scott has a balanced game. The Johnnies are the rare team that gives up almost as much rushing (173 yards/game) as it does passing (181), and that plays into Scott's hands. He passes for 254 yards a game but averages more than 20 carries as well, at 6.2 yards a run and 126 a game. And since the Auggies are technically Maroon, if the Johnnies win, I'm still right … sort of.
… white …
Ryan's take: Rose-Hulman. This perennial middle-of-the-pack HCAC team gets overlooked often in the discussions that veer toward Franklin and, to a lesser extent, Mount St. Joseph. That's because the nation's top teams (Mount Union, Linfield, etc.) and the bottom teams (North Park, Husson, etc.) get talked about often, and those in the middle don't always get their voices heard. (Insert any government-shutdown political metaphor you want there.) What RHIT has done is be consistent and beat who it's supposed to beat and be competitive against who it's supposed to be competitive against. Rose should be able to handle its 1-4 Bluffton opponent this week, but with FC and MSJ to follow, keeping focused and not getting caught looking ahead is critical.
Pat's take: Bowdoin. This has to be Bowdoin. Bowdoin's only school color is white. And with a name like Polar Bears, it's really difficult to justify another color. In addition to that, Bowdoin has already exceeded last year's win total and has winless Hamilton taking the long trip to Brunswick, Maine.
Keith's take: Shenandoah and Guilford. It was just a game last week, but after the upsets of Bridgewater and Washington & Lee, the Hornets' trip to Greensboro is suddenly a big ODAC game. I've seen photos of Shenandoah wearing white at home, and Guilford wearing it on the road, so I don't know which white I'm celebrating. Luckily, I really have no sense of which team should win here. The 2-2 Quakers have played four close games, and haven't stood out in any particular area. Even their 24th-in-the-nation numbers defending the pass were helped by the fact W&L didn't bother to try last week. Shenandoah is also 2-2 and all over the board, and was helped against Bridgewater by four turnovers.
… and blue.
Ryan's take: Hartwick. I'm eager to see if the Hawks can build upon their win over a good Ithaca team last week and upend St. John Fisher on Saturday. The Cardinals played a scary-close matchup against Frostburg State in Week 5, raising more than a few eyebrows. Both Hartwick and SJF are undefeated right now, and I think Hartwick is carrying the momentum. But this game isn't do or die. The E8 is a regular contributor to Pool C playoff bids, and a loss here (especially a close one) won't put either team out of the running.
Pat's take: Merchant Marine. Plenty of reasons to be blue at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Yeah, no, not letting this go.
Keith's take: Rochester. We'll celebrate the Yellowjackets' savvy move of dodging the shutdown, and by extension Merchant Marine, and lining up a game against Alfred State. It's probably not the best matchup involving an Alfred — the Saxons' clash with Ithaca could be a lot more exciting. But for both sides, who wear different shades of blue, a game is a game. Any one against a legitimate opponent should be celebrated. Would be nice if the Mariners' careers weren't being ruined, but least the Yellowjackets don't have to go down on that sinking ship.
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Triple Take: Conjuring up the past
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The rare event this week is a battle of 25′s, as Heidelberg takes on Otterbein.
Heidelberg athletics photo
The saying is that history repeats itself. And we ask ourselves whether certain teams are doomed to stare down another upset.
Pat Coleman, Keith McMillan and Ryan Tipps dive into the past to bring you analysis of the present. We cast a wide net to predict the fall of a Top 25 team, detail the game of the week and pore over some of the unusual nicknames in D-III.
Don't hesitate to offer your comments below.
Game of the week.
Ryan's take: No. 25 Otterbein at No. 25 Heidelberg. Nope, that's not a typo. If you've looked at our Top 25 this week, you'll see these two OAC teams are tied for the 25th spot. They are both undefeated, and with the second-place OAC team often having an inside track to a Pool C playoff bid, this game holds worlds of value — and intrigue.
Pat's take: No. 9 Bethel at No. 4 St. Thomas. This has been a good game in recent seasons already, with two teams who love to line up and smash-mouth it straight at each other. Ironically, both teams are led by talented sophomore quarterbacks, and Bethel, especially, has opened it up on offense a little more this season. The past three meetings have been decided by 19 points combined, with St. Thomas winning both of the regular season meetings. It's likely to be another battle.
Keith's take: No. 13 UW-Platteville at No. 14 UW-Oshkosh. Wow, I pick third, and I still get two no-brainers to choose from. Much to the dismay of two of the most active Twitter followings in No. 2 UMHB and No. 21 Louisiana College, I went to Wisconsin with this one. In WIAC history, the spotlight rarely has shone on Oshkosh and Platteville — You'd have to go back to 1976 to find the last time UW-Oshkosh tied atop the conference, and 1972 to find their last outright title, an undefeated 8-0 WIAC season. For UW-Platteville, go back to 1980 for the tie, 1974 for the outright. Worse yet — before tying for second last season, the teams only had one season each in the past 30 years finishing higher than fourth in the WIAC, each finishing third once (Oshkosh in 2007, UW-P in 1990). In 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2008, the Titans and Pioneers were at the bottom of the standings. So that should put in perspective how big a game it is, with UW-P (4-1, 1-1) just a failed two-point conversion against defending national champion UW-Whitewater from being undefeated, and UW-O 5-0. A Platteville win could make the WIAC three-way tie territory, but either way, UW-Oshkosh at UW-Whitewater the following week is huge. Titans QB Nate Wara has got the name recognition, now let's see if he delivers in a big game.
Surprisingly close game.
Ryan's take: Concordia-Chicago at Concordia (Wis.). The Illinois one will pound the rock over and over and over. It's the only way they'll find success. The Wisconsin one, on the other hand, should be able to air out the ball, especially against a Cougars team that at 5-0 has nonetheless been prone to giving up some big yards. And both teams like to put up points: The Cougars average more than 38 on the scoreboard, while the 3-2 Falcons emerged from a week of hanging 55 on their opponent.
Pat's take: No. 5 UW-Whitewater at UW-Stout. I look at a combination of a few factors that will keep this game unexpectedly close. In addition to UW-Whitewater's struggles on offense, they're also traveling on the day of the game. That four-hour bus ride, mandated by the WIAC office, might leave them a little slow to start. The question will be whether Stout can put enough points on the board to make it close or if it will be like the Stevens Point/Whitewater game.
Keith's take: Pacific at Pacific Lutheran. If you just remember the Boxers as the expansion team and the Lutes as the program with the championship pedigree, it might be time to take a closer look at the NWC. Pacific is 2-3, with a three-point loss to Whitworth (5-1) among the defeats. The Lutes' 2-2 record might be deceiving, since all four of the teams they've played are solid (three were in the postseason last year, three are 4-1 or better this season). Kyle Warner is averaging 116 receiving yards per game and Kellen Westering 97, so the Lutes' air attack will probably be too much for the Boxers, but expect Pacific to show some bite.
Most likely Top 25 team to get upset.
Ryan's take: No. 11 St. John Fisher. At what point can we excuse an Alfred team's opening day loss to RPI? Is it after the Saxons beat the team that toppled UW-Whitewater? Check. Is it after they beat an undefeated conference opponent? Check. Is it after they hold an opponent to just 4 rushing yards? Check. Fisher is coming off a punishing game against Salisbury, and Alfred's hot streak coupled with SJF's bruises make the Cardinals a target again this week.
Pat's take: No. 13 UW-Platteville. So many ranked teams are playing each other this week that I feel forced to take a higher-ranked team playing on the road in a game that the rankings suggest is a toss-up. And I like what Bryce Corrigan did last week against UW-La Crosse after getting a full week of reps as the No. 1 starter at quarterback. But UW-Oshkosh is in a position where it can just run it right at Platteville. If you have not seen dual-threat quarterback Nate Wara for Oshkosh, do yourself a favor and watch the live video on Saturday. Defenses are hard pressed to bottle him up.
Keith's take: No. 16 Birmingham Southern. Eight top 25 teams are playing each other, so toss those out. Two are picked above. The pickins' are downright slim, and Trinity (Texas) is the only team I can see really pulling a stunner. The Tigers won last season when B-SC was a conference mate, but now that the Panthers have gone and split off, another win could be satisfying. To do it, Trinity QB Nyk McKissic has to keep making good decisions; with 11 TD passes and just one interception, he's done it so far. Trinity's D also rebounded with a decent game against Rhodes after allowing 111 points in consecutive weeks, against Sul Ross State and I'm sure I'll get some silly irate tweet from Alabama saying how wrong this upset pick is, but keep in mind the Panthers have never beaten Trinity. Maybe it's B-SC who would be pulling the upset, should our rankings hold.
They'll be on your radar.
Ryan's take: Washington and Lee. This is about the time of year when we can accurately take stock of what's happening in the ODAC. The conference is as balanced as they come, and it's often difficult to stick by early-season predictions. But after starting the season with a loss, W&L is looking like the playoff-caliber team of the past two seasons. Their points have increased with each game (28, 34, 42, 45), but unfortunately for them, so have their opponents' points. Three of the last five games are probably the toughest on the schedule, starting with this weekend against Randolph-Macon, the only other ODAC team that hasn't lost a conference game yet. These two teams, plus Bridgewater and Hampden-Sydney, will make for a jumbled race at the top.
Pat's take: Waynesburg. This has to happen eventually, right? The lack of churn at the bottom of the Top 25 has made it difficult for teams such as Coe, Concordia-Moorhead or Waynesburg to get their due in the Top 25, but I think Waynesburg deserves one of those 20-25 spots. After consecutive 5-5 seasons, Bethany is struggling out of the gate, at 1-4.
Keith's take: Washington & Jefferson, Concordia-Moorhead and Allegheny. Hey, I've got a big radar. The Presidents host Westminster (Pa.), playing their first home game since RB Tim McNerney was killed. The Cobbers shouldn't have much trouble with Hamline, but I'm curious if they'll be sluggish after last week's ending, or sharp. The Cobbers are guaranteed to see two of their MIAC competitors lose, when Bethel and St. Thomas, and Augsburg and St. Olaf play. And Allegheny, following the upset of Wabash, beat Oberlin 15-3 and lost a non-conference game to Chicago, 10-0. I thought this year's Gators might be a great defensive team keeping scores low, but with the 219th-ranked offense in the nation, that would not seem to be the case. The Gators haven't exactly seized the opening, but with home games against DePauw and Wittenberg in back to back weeks, the AQ and NCAC title is still there for the taking.
Which upset of the past will have a different outcome this week?
Ryan's take: Whitworth at No. 3 Linfield. When you go four straight seasons undefeated in conference play, with a national championship sprinkled in, expectations are always high. But at some point, the bubble does burst. That happened in 2006 for Linfield, when a Whitworth team that amassed just 85 yards of total offense — but also forced five fumbles — went on to topple the 15th-ranked home team 17-13. Fast-forward to 2012, and Linfield is earning win after hard-fought win. The Wildcats are coming off a bye week, and the Pirates are following an aching loss to Willamette. This game may be as close as the '06 matchup, but Linfield will keep its 20-game NWC win streak alive.
Pat's take: No. 15 Wabash at Washington U. In 2010, Wabash came in unbeaten ranked No. 19, and Wash U came in 2-2, with its wins against Knox and Westminster (Mo.). Nonetheless, Wash U. came away the 24-20 victor. For history to repeat itself, Wabash would have to have significant breakdowns on both sides of the ball, and I don't see that happening. Wash U has been held to 17 points or fewer by every team not named Kenyon this season in starting off 1-4.
Keith's take: Trine at Adrian. The Thunder had won 18 MIAA games in a row, won in the playoffs, given UW-Whitewater a challenge and developed a Gagliardi Trophy winner. Then Trine lost, 26-7, at Adrian in last year's MIAA, and nationally, we kind of stopped paying attention. Trine (4-2) and the Bulldogs (4-1) face off again Saturday, and the stats say Adrian (No. 7 defense in the country) is the favorite this time around. Before you get confused, let's review: The upset of the past was Adrian over Trine. So this time around, Trine gets some payback. The Thunder hasn't been a great offense overall, but quarterback Ryan Hargraves has been heating up over the past three games, and Myron Puryear, who had a touchdown on defense last week, is a threat in the return game.
Red, blue or green?
Ryan's take: Red of Wittenberg. Timed at any other point in the season, and we're looking at a Chicago team that would be competitive with Wittenberg. But following Witt's loss at home to Wabash, the Tigers have to know that they need to be perfect from here on out to have any shot at the postseason. Witt will be on a mission and more than ready to put these pesky one-score margins behind them.
Pat's take: Blueboys, of Illinois College. They'll get right back on the winning side this week after a loss to Lake Forest in Week 6. Beloit, the Blueboys' opponent, has been a surprise winless team this season. Not that we expected huge things out of the Buccaneers, considering we ranked them No. 192 in the preseason, but even that was ahead of Lawrence, Cornell and Knox, each of whom have beaten Beloit head-to-head this season.
Keith's take: Green of … Nope, sorry. Red of Muhlenberg. Hey I looked for some Green Knights I could get excited about, to keep it balanced. I even considered the all-green Plymouth State-Endicott game. But I'd rather give you one extra upset pick, just outside the top 25, and a test of whether it's important to have the human element in game insight. The computer ratings love Gettysburg. I like the Bullets, but see three of their wins (over start-up Misericordia, hapless Juniata and 0-5 McDaniel) as no great shakes. You're supposed to beat those teams, and they did, so there's that. But Muhlenberg brings a lot more defense to the table than most of the Bullets' opponents so far. The Mules are coming off a loss to Susquehanna, which Gettysburg beat, which makes this pick slightly illogical. But, hey, at least there's not much riding on it. Just a potential showdown of CC unbeatens next week, oh, and the future of man vs. computer. No pressure, Mules.
An unusual nickname you like.
Ryan's take: Moravian Greyhounds. Moravian has been a Centennial seesaw team the past few seasons, with records of 8-3, followed by 2-8, then 7-4, and back to 2-8. This season, they've already tied last year's win total, and there is clear potential yet to notch two or three more wins in the books. And that means doing what it can to keep forcing turnovers and pressuring quarterbacks. As of late, Susquehanna has been finding its groove on both sides of the ball, which means Moravian will need to channel the quickness of its namesake in order to come away with a victory. (Want more of the unusual? Check out Moravian's ambidextrous rugby-style punter in Around the Mid-Atlantic.)
Pat's take: UW-Eau Claire Blugolds. But do you need me to say something about the game as well? I'm confused. They host UW-La Crosse this week in sore need of a win. In fact, both teams need a win badly, as La Crosse hasn't lived up to the credit some gave it in the WIAC after it knocked off North Central in Week 1.
Keith's take: Los Lobos, of Sul Ross State. Mostly I just wanted to name-check the 'La Bamba' band. But also we have what could be an epic shootout on deck. Sul Ross State is fourth in the country in total and scoring offense, with 545 yards and almost 49 points a game. Texas Lutheran is 50th in the nation, with a mere (!) 416 and 30. But here's the real eye-opener. The Lobos are 233rd in D-III in pass defense, and the Bulldogs are 226th. Buckle up.
Adrian · Alfred · Allegheny · Beloit · Bethany · Bethel · Birmingham-Southern · Carnegie Mellon · Chicago · concordia (wis.) · concordia-chicago · Gettysburg · Heidelberg · Illinois College · Linfield · Moravian · Muhlenberg · Otterbein · Pacific · Pacific Lutheran · Randolph-Macon · St. John Fisher · St. Thomas · Sul Ross State · Susquehanna · Texas Lutheran · Trine · UW-Eau Claire · UW-La Crosse · UW-Oshkosh · UW-Platteville · UW-Stout · UW-Whitewater · Wabash · Washington and Jefferson · Washington and Lee · Washington U. · Waynesburg · Whitworth · Wittenberg
ATN Podcast: Looking at playoffs
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Trinity (Texas) answered Huntingdon's statement with one of its own.
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It was an interesting week down south, with Birmingham-Southern and Huntingdon taking losses and Centre and Trinity (Texas) getting a leg up in the SCAC race. Salisbury rolled up an amazing point total and continues to dominate against Empire 8 foes. Wartburg fell and Redlands rose in crazy fourth quarters. (Here's a link to that video.) Plus Kean picked up its first loss after flirting with it in previous weeks.
Keith McMillan and Pat Coleman discuss that and more in this week's Around the Nation Podcast. See the list of tags at the bottom of this post to see who else is discussed.
You can also get this and any of our future Around the Nation podcasts automatically by subscribing to this RSS feed: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3football/?feed=podcast
Plus, here's the first look at this week's D3reports, as well as Division III football highlight reels. These will also appear on the front page on Monday afternoon.
Alfred · Birmingham-Southern · Brockport State · Cal Lutheran · Central · Centre · Claremont-Mudd-Scripps · Cornell · DePauw · Dubuque · Heidelberg · Huntingdon · Kean · Loras · McMurry · Mount Union · Olivet · Presentation · Randolph-Macon · Redlands · Salisbury · St. Scholastica · St. Vincent · Texas Lutheran · Thomas More · Trinity (Texas) · UW-Oshkosh · UW-Stout · UW-Whitewater · Wartburg · Washington and Lee · Westminster (Mo.)


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Train for the Paralympics by participating in this track and field team for persons with disabilities.
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Join us for an hour-long tour of seasonal garden highlights.
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See some of the Park's most famous landmarks, including Conservatory Water, Bethesda Terrace, the Lake, and Strawberry Fields, on this east-to-west walk.
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Robopocalypse (2011)
by Daniel H. Wilson
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I have to admit something right now. I am a bit of an addict when it comes to shiny, interesting, unusual, eye-catching book covers. I love them. Honestly, if the walls to my house were covered in dust-jacket art I would be a very, very happy woman. There's just something about it...I know, I know, the marketers and artists know what they are doing but still, it's addicting. What does this have to do with ROBOPOCALYPSE by Daniel H. Wilson? Well... take a look at that shiny cover. It's even prettier in person (is prettier the right word to use here?). Unfortunately, what was spectacular on the outside didn't quite make the cut on the inside.
Read the rest of this review at The Lost Entwife on July 23, 2014.
The robotics expert may write what he knows, but fiction requires characters, plotting and, one hopes, skilled use of language. What I enjoyed in his book would have been better delivered in a short nonfiction piece. As a novel, it was derivative to excess and not much fun. This was Crichton, HAL, and all the technology-run-amok-due-to-hubris stories ever told, and told in mediocrity. One cares little about the characters. I forced myself to finish, like a child eating his peas in order to get dessert. But there was no dessert.
I thought this was an excellent futures-oriented book.
You thought the zombie apocalypse was bad? Robots are worse. Far worse.
My full review is at Sporadic Reviews.com.
This book has "I want to be a movie" written all over the place. It feels dumb down in tone and detail to accommodate that medium - not that a person is less keen to details when it comes to movies, but if the plot is simple enough, more people would likely spend their money to see the movie (world war z coff coff). The author was contacted by DreamWorks WHILE writing the movie, so you can imagine how that influences a young writer...
I was excited when I read in the cover that it was written by a PhD in robotics, foolishly thinking that there would be a nice set up for the singularity event, interesting concepts for data transfer between robots (communication), hardware details concerning the mobility, how the robots would organize themselves, how logic would conflict with will, raising questions of what being aware really means for a robot...
Instead we get a "It is aware because it is", and the entity is a tyrant because well that's only logical specially when you see the history of civilization and how well that model worked. Then there are only american, english and japanese protagonists because hey hardware am I right? It's an apocalypse but the rest of the world, meh boring. Btw, that would increase the sense of destruction because there is almost none. Writing repeatedly "corpses everywhere" does not increases the sense of destruction, that only helps in movies, in books you have to describe it. One single chapter will not convey to the reader this sensation. Yeah I know, it will be a movie so no effort is needed.
The author goes that extra stupid mile to have "bad" robots having red lights and "good" robots having green ones. Because you know, it is a robot apocalypse but the robots want to be fair to humans so that they know who are the baddies. This is such a stupid concept in a war, but hey it works on movies. That and the main "bad" robot has to project it self as an young boy to talk with another robot. Again, a very redundant idea.
The usual cliches are all here in this book.. Hot rebellious woman, a man sacrificing for a fallen comrade, a robot wanting to be friendly.. Once you realize that the author is not going to have any original idea the book becomes stale and boring. The author even discards radiation effects on electronics. If you want a great book, a hard sci-fi, with many scientific explanations and interesting ideas please read the WWW trilogy from Robert J. Sawyer. This PhD doctor/author did not convince me.
Wilson also sets up images of grand terror, then doesn't know what to do with them; he's too focused on his central storyline of how the war was lost, then won. Brief mentions of terrifying work camps where robots experiment on humans don't get much weight, and the book spends minimal time explaining how independent human communities function in the post-robot-uprising world. It's telling that the book's best section—a brief tale of men sent to the remote wilderness to drill a hole, realizing they're there at the behest of the devil himself—ends with broad fatalities.
There's an unfortunate sameness to the characters, whether rough-and-ready brothers in their 30s (there's an inside joke here to Wilson's 2010 battling-brothers book Bro-Jitsu) or an 11-year-old girl with an unlikely role to play in the proceedings or a battle android unaffiliated with either side (another inside joke, to a toy the author bought on the night of his first date with his now wife) who surely will star in the book's sequel. Maybe there's a message in this sameness, that humanity is itself a character to be celebrated, just as perhaps all technology, every buttoned and Bluetoothed object that makes our life easier, is to be scrutinized and respected.
Still, Robopocalypse was an enjoyable read, well worth the wait. It's got a great plot and villain and conversations between man and machine that really made me think. Some will likely label it a cautionary tale, but I won't go that far.
It's more than just a screenplay, though, and worth the time to read. There are a few beautiful moments of writing throughout "Robopocalypse" that make it a worthy addition to the canon of robot apocalypse books, movies and comics that have come before.
It's worth reading before Spielberg's version of Robopocalypse hits screens in 2013 — and before the army of factory-built roboclones starts to arrive. B+
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, June 2011:In the not-too-distant future, robots have made our lives a lot easier: they help clean our kitchens, drive our cars, and fight our wars--until they are turned into efficient murderers by a sentient artificial intelligence buried miles below the surface of Alaska. Robopocalypse is a fast-paced sci-fi thriller that makes a strong case that mindless fun can also be wildly inventive. The war is told as an oral history, assembled from interviews, security camera footage, and first- and secondhand testimonies, similar to Max Brook's zombie epic World War Z. The book isn't shy about admitting to its influences, but author Daniel H. Wilson certainly owes more to Terminator than he does to Asimov. (A film adaptation is already in pre-production, with Steven Spielberg in the director's chair and a release date slated for 2013.) Robopocalypse may not be the most unique tale about the war between man and machine, but it's certainly one of the most fun. --Kevin NguyenGuest Reviewer: Robert Crais
Robert Crais is the 2006 recipient of the Ross Macdonald Literary Award and the author of many New York Times bestsellers, including The Watchman, Chasing Darkness, The First Rule, and The Sentry.
Robopocalypse is as good as Michael Crichton's Andromeda Strain or Jurassic Park, and I do not invoke Mr. Crichton's name lightly.
Daniel Wilson's novel is an end of the world story about a coming machine-versus-man war. You know the reader's cliché: "I couldn't stop turning the pages"? So shoot me--I couldn't. Started on a Friday afternoon, finished Sunday morning, and I'm slow. My daughter finished it in a single night, and then my wife. My wife hates science fiction, but she loved this book.
Set in a future only a few weeks away, the world is still our world, where advancements in silicon-chip technology and artificial intelligence have given us rudimentary android laborers and cars that can get around without human drivers.
The war begins the fourteenth time a scientist named Nicholas Wasserman wakes an amped-up artificial intelligence dubbed Archos. In a protected lab environment designed to contain his creation, Wasserman has awakened the sentient computer intelligence thirteen previous times, always with the same result: Archos realizes that it loves that rarest of miracles—life--above all else, and to preserve life on Earth, it must destroy mankind. This wasn't exactly what Wasserman wanted to hear, so thirteen times before, a disappointed Wasserman killed it and returned to the drawing board. But unlike Archos, Wasserman is a man, and men make mistakes. Now, on this fourteenth awakening, a simple (but believable) error by the scientist allows Archos to escape the barrier of the lab. And the war is on.
When Archos goes live, its control spreads like a virus as it reprograms the everyday devices of our lives, from cell phones to ATM machines to traffic lights to airliners. A normally benign "Big Happy" domestic robot murders a cook in a fast-food joint. A safety and pacification robot (think of an overgrown Ken doll with a dopey grin, designed to win hearts and minds) used by the army in Afghanistan (yes, we're still there) goes bad and kills dozens of people. And, in a particularly creepy scene, "smart toys" wake in their toy boxes at night to deliver ominous messages to children.
The book is rich with high-speed-action set pieces and evocative, often frightening imagery (smart cars stalking pedestrians; human corpses reanimated by machines into zombie warriors), but Robopocalype is a terrific and affecting read because it is about human beings we can relate to, invest in, and root for.
Among them: Cormac Wallace, a young photojournalist who escapes Boston at Zero Hour (the moment when Archos unleashes its machine army against humankind), and fights his way across the United States as the leader of a band of guerrillas known as the Brightboy squad. Takeo Nomura, a lonely technician in love with an android "love doll" named Mikiko, who, when she is reprogrammed by Archos, is driven by his love and sadness to fix her, an effort that will ultimately help turn the tide of the war. And Lurker, a pissed-off hacker and phone pranker furiously determined to identify the mysterious person who is taking the credit for his elaborate pranks . . . only to find himself in Archos's crosshairs and running for his life.
Little by little, the discoveries they (and others) make and the battles they fight lead to locating Archos, and the final battle for humanity's survival. By choosing to show us these events through the eyes of the men and women involved, Wilson gives us a high-speed, real-time history of the war on its most human level, and it is our investment in these characters and their desperate struggle that grabs us and pulls us along at a furious clip.
In lesser hands, the story could have been head-shot with pseudo-science technical jargon, overwrought explanation, and cartoonish characterizations. Instead, Wilson has given us a richly populated and thrilling novel that celebrates life and humanity, and the power of the human heart . . . even if that heart beats in a machine.
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The Ministry of Coal is all set to push for the speedy approval of the Coalmines Nationalisation (Amendment) Bill 2000 in order to pave the way for public and private Indian companies to take up coal mining without the present restriction of captive mining.
The decision was taken after deliberations in the Energy Coordination Committee headed by the Prime Minister, the Minister for Coal, Mr Dasari Narayan Rao, said in his keynote address at the Coaltrans conference here.on Monday.
However, since it is a major policy issue, there is a need for wider consultation with political parties and trade unions and the Government will initiate the process soon, he said.
According to the Ministry's estimates, coal demand in the year 2024-25 is expected to reach 1,267 million tonnes against the current demand of 445 million tonnes. This will require investments to the tune of Rs 1,36,000 crore by 2024-25 which is approximately $30 billion.
"The investments include about $22 billion in open cast mining, $4 billion in underground mining, $2 billion in coal beneficiation and another $2 billion in overseas equity and exploration," the Minister said.
The Coal Vision document prepared by the Ministry has also highlighted the necessity for dedicated railway lines for freight transport. Coal currently accounts for approximately 43 per cent of the railways' total freight earnings.
For Coal India Ltd, the target set for the year 2024-25 is 839 million tonnes compared to the present production level of 343 million tonnes, Mr Rao said.
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Isn't it spring?
Spring officially started last month, but Thunder Bay clearly hasn't gotten the message.
The Ontario city woke up Friday to 15 centimetres of snow with more on the way. Environment Canada issued a winter storm warning, advising of gusts up to 50 km/h.
Some local highways have been shut down due to poor conditions and multiple jackknifed tractor trailers, CBC reports. Some schools and buses have been shut down for the day as well.
At least 20 centimetres are expected by the time the system, which blew its way up from Texas and toward Lake Superior, is done unleashing its chilly wrath.
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Those results set our strategy. We had to convince black voters that Washington could win (which by itself would produce a tremendous black turnout) while we simultaneously helped Daley increase his vote to create the possibility of him evenly splitting the white vote with Byrne.
Community organizers began to turn out large crowds at Washington events. By early January, the Washington campaign was on fire in the black community. Organizers mobilized massive rallies in the city's African American neighborhoods, each of which enhanced the next until a full-blown crusade was underway. Slowly, it dawned on the press that if the non-black vote was evenly split between Daley and Byrne, Washington could theoretically win.
We began to command more news coverage, and as we did, Marilyn aggressively attacked Byrne with scripted and highly visual press events. Campaign contributions, especially from African American businesspeople, increased. That meant Bill was soon able to make TV spots that demonstrated Washington's competence and experience as a legislator.
By late January, most black voters had shifted to Washington, along with a small segment of liberal whites. But when the strength of the crusade building in the black community became evident outside of it, racial tension in the city grew proportionately. Given thousands of patronage jobs and millions of dollars in city contracts, all controlled by the mayor's office, Chicago's white politicians mobilized to stop us.
An ugly racism permeated the city. Many whites who were not regular voters were convinced to turn out to stop Washington. But since most had been lifelong Democrats loyal to the old Daley machine, they were more likely to vote for the younger Daley than for Byrne, which played right into our hands.
On primary election night, we smiled broadly as pandemonium broke out when results were announced to the thousands of Washington supporters packed into the ballroom of the McCormick Place Hotel: Washington 37 percent, Byrne 33 percent and Daley 30 percent.
African American voters had a 79 percent turnout and had given Washington 85 percent of their vote. The "80 for 80" strategy had worked. Community organizing carried the day, with a minor assist from our press and advertising work.
A general election surprise
The general election between Washington and the Republican nominee was to be held in April. With the primary behind us, we thought it would be a victory lap. We were wrong.
The powerful chairman of the Cook Country Democratic Party, "Fast Eddie" Vrdolyak, immediately endorsed not Washington but his Republican opponent, State Sen. Bernard Epton. Other powerful white aldermen, lifelong Democrats all, quickly followed suit, equally determined to stop Washington even at the previously unthinkable cost of electing a Republican mayor.
It was a stunning development. Vrdolyak and the other white aldermen didn't bother to hide the racial motivation behind their unprecedented embrace of a Republican candidate. Using language that claimed Washington's supporters were outsiders trying to overthrow the established order, but avoiding overt references to their race, Vrdolyak and the others nonetheless managed to argue that white city workers and white city contractors would lose out to blacks who would supplant them. Worse, they had no qualms about using racial polarization as a central aspect of their strategy because they knew that many in Chicago would respond. Nonetheless, immediately after the primary victory, the Washington campaign did not appear to be in any real danger.
Polls conducted by Caddell and Maslin shortly after the primary indicated a comfortable lead. Latino support had solidified behind Washington, and it appeared that we had the vote of white liberals who made up 15 to 20 percent of the white vote, which was all we needed to carry the general election. Enthusiasm in the black community remained at a historic high. We made TV spots and organized press coverage that claimed Washington would bring much-needed reform to the city.
While we assumed we were coasting to victory, the Democratic machine doubled down. They mounted a campaign that relied on salacious charges and crude innuendo to accuse Washington of being a slumlord and a tax-evader. The opposition even suggested he was gay.
Upping the ante, they hired Republican media consultant John Deardorf, who, leaving subtlety behind, produced negative spots that were tagged, "Bernard Epton…before it's too late." The message wasn't lost on anyone in Chicago.
The Washington campaign did not respond to these slanders. We stayed on the high road. But because of the unrelenting attacks, Caddell and Maslin began weekly tracking polls. Initially, our white support held firm, but then with each new poll white support dropped a little more. The attacks were working.
We increased our positive messaging, switching from 30-second to 60-second TV spots. That didn't help. White voters continued to defect. Two weeks before the election, we were jolted out of our complacency: our overall vote had dropped just below 50 percent with the number of undecideds rapidly diminishing. If we couldn't find a way to alter the direction of the race, we were convinced Washington would lose.
The election: Lost and then won
Horrified, we convened an emergency meeting of the campaign leadership, including the powerful finance committee. We argued for an immediate change in strategy, one that would directly confront the not-so-subtle racist campaign that was eroding our support among white voters.
The two pollsters and the two of us argued forcefully for new TV spots designed to make white voters with liberal politics feel awkward or even guilty for having been drawn into the essentially racist campaign against Washington.
Much to our surprise, the businessmen on the finance committee vehemently opposed us. Recounting their prior experiences supporting black candidates in local races that required carrying some white votes, they argued that whenever the issue of race or racism had been raised, it had always backfired.
Their experiences in race-dominated Chicago had taught them never to discuss racism if a black candidate needed white votes to win an election. Countering their argument was not easy: all four of us were white; everyone else in the room was black.
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You're hired, Bill! If I had won the $448 million Powerball jackpot last week I was thinking of buying a few politicians but you've changed my mind....I'll buy a small island from a country which won't mind its becoming an independent state; join the UN; and, ban all elections.


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Dr. Ben Carson is an award-winning pediatric neurosurgeon, New York Times best-selling author, and Presidential Medal of Honor recipient. His inspiring rise from an impoverished single-parent home in downtown Detroit to one of the leading pediatric surgeons and political voices in our nation inspired the 2009 movie "Gifted Hands."
Dr. Carson grabbed national headlines after delivering the keynote speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in February of this year. Standing mere feet away from President Barack Obama, he spoke truth to power when he discussed the importance of family, personal responsibility, and the dangers of political correctness.


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The Slam Dunk Champion, Jeremy Evans! He didnt get to play a lot of minutes this year. So, because of that, I had very few clips. This Mix is very short but I worked with what I had. Hopefully next year, Corbin will find extra minutes for him to play. Its either that, or trade him. I love Evans, and dont want to see him go, but he has to much potential to just sit on a bench! Anyways, Let me know what you think.
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Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band come to Xcel Energy Center for the first time in his career for a night of fin-tastic music and fun on Tuesday, December 3rd at 8:00pm as part of Jimmy Buffett's "Songs From St. Somewhere" Tour 2013.
Local Parrotheads won't want to miss their chance to soak in the full Margaritaville experience.
Jimmy recently released a new record, titled Songs From St. Somewhere, on Mailboat Records, which debuted at #4 on Billboard's Top 200 albums the week of September 7th. The album, with 15 new songs plus a bonus track, was recorded this spring in various locales including Key West, Nashville, Miami, St. Barts and London. "Too Drunk To Karaoke", the first single, is a duet with Toby Keith and the video was shot in Nashville. Jimmy has been performing this song, as well as "I Want To Go Back To Cartagena", "Somethin' 'Bout A Boat" and "Oldest Surfer On The Beach" on the current tour.
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Leading off the soundtrack album of "Robots" is Virgin soul star Ricky Fante, who recorded his new song "Shine," especially for the film. Pop-rockers Fountains of Wayne also appear with a newly-recorded song, "Tell Me What You Already Did." Film score composer John Powell is joined by theatrical innovators Blue Man Group for "Robot City."
Several recent hit tunes will be familiar in the soundtrack: "Right Thurr," the hip-hop smash by Chingy; the top 20 single "I Like That" by Houston, featuring Chingy and Nate Dogg; and the recent single by Virgin artist Stacie Orrico, "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life."
New Zealand pop-punkers Steriogram also highlight the soundtrack with the manic "Walkie Talkie Man," nominated for Breakthrough Video in last fall's MTV Video Music Awards, alongside Fatboy Slim's "Wonderful Night," the latest single from his album Palookaville, featuring a rap by Lateef the Truth Speaker. Mercury Music Prize winners Gomez, currently touring the U.S., contribute the song "Silence."
Pop music's legends are also represented in the track list, with War's west coast Latin-funk classic "Low Rider," while James Brown's late-Seventies "Get Up Offa That Thing" appears in a new club remix. R&B supergroup Earth, Wind and Fire contributes a brand-new track, "Love's Dance," a collaboration with superstar producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, from a forthcoming new EWF album.
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JO - IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
TI - An Object-Oriented Database System Jasmine: Implementation, Application, and Extension
A1 - Hiroshi Ishikawa,
A1 - Yasuo Yamane,
A1 - Yoshio Izumida,
A1 - Nobuaki Kawato,
KW - Advanced applications
KW - constraint management
KW - data model
KW - database programming language
KW - nested relations
KW - object buffering
KW - Object-Oriented databases
KW - query language
KW - query optimization
KW - view mechanism.
JA - IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
Abstract—New applications such as engineering tasks require complex object modeling, integration of database and programming facilities, and extensibility. We have devised an Object-Oriented DBMS called Jasmine for such advanced applications. This paper describes the implementation, application, and extension of Jasmine in detail. First, we focus on the impact of the design of its Object-Oriented model and language on database implementation technology. We describe what part of traditional relational database technology we extend to handle Object-Oriented features such as object identifiers, complex objects, class hierarchies, and methods. We introduce nested relations to efficiently store and access clustered complex objects. We use hash-based methods to efficiently access nonclustered complex objects. We provide user-defined functions directly evaluated on page buffers to efficiently process method invocation. We devise Object-Oriented optimization of queries including class hierarchies, complex objects, and method invocation. We incorporate dedicated object buffering to allow efficient access to objects through object identifiers. Second, we describe nontrivial applications of Jasmine and discuss the validity of Object-Oriented databases. We focus on a constraint management facility, which can be implemented by taking advantage of the extensibility of Jasmine. The facility includes constraint rules, called design goals, for automatic database population required by engineering applications. Third, we describe a view facility for schema integration also needed by engineering applications in distributed environments. We focus on how we extend Jasmine to implement the facility.
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Patch Picks highlights editor and reader picks of great local businesses, destinations, services, organizations, ways to spend a day off and more.
You'll find useful lists to help you, your family, friends and significant others find the best places for everything from Sunday brunch to New Year's Eve celebrations, pumpkin patches, date night destinations, florists, girlfriend nights out, kids party places, parks and more.
Nothing expresses just how unique the Florissant community is like Old Town Florissant.
This is something that the people of Florissant always remember, and for those who aren't quite as aware of what goes on in Old Town, Patch is here to drop some knowledge.
First established in 1786, what we now call Old Town Florissant has always prided itself as a community that plants the roots of history deep, embracing its historical background and cherishing it. While a solid weekend is required to truly begin to appreciate all that Old Town has to offer, there are certain spots that are required stops while visiting.
- The Old Town Florissant Donut Shop, 510 New Florissant Rd., provides the perfect opportunity for a sugary fix. Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, this Old Town staple has been serving the people of Florissant donuts, cookies, muffins and coffee since 1968 at any time, day or night. Whether on the way to work, for lunch or even for a nightcap, this donut shop is the place to be.
- Local shoppers and treasure hunters are sure to get their own fix at the Florissant Old Town Market Place. Specializing in antiques and collectibles, 22 vendors shop wares of all shapes and sizes. The quick eyed are sure to spot real value when sorting through everything there is to offer. The market can be found at 525 rue St. Francois and with hours Monday through Saturday, there's always a good opportunity to visit.
- For those who want to even more romance out of February, Dooley's Florist and Gifts down the street at 690 rue St. Francois offers original creations yearround. Fresh, dried and silk flowers are all covered, and the local talent prides themselves on creations and arrangements unique to this Old Town shop. Stop by to pick up something special for your own special someone because it's never a bad day to say, "I love you."
- While antiques and flowers may not sound appealing to the kids, the same can't be said for magic. The Sports Dream Card Shop, 605 Jefferson, is sure to grab the attention of children of all ages with their tricks, gags and the rare, practically extinct sports card. Just make sure the kids are responsible with their fun. No one wants to leave the house because a stink bomb went off.
- What better way is there to close out the night in Florissant than at Bunkers? Old Town's very own watering hole since 1901, it seems like everyone who lives in Florissant knew someone who worked at this landmark at one time or another. Situated at 297 rue St. Francois, the atmosphere is meant to feel right at home, and with pool, darts and daily drink specials, it doesn't take too long to become a part of the crowd. Just make sure you bring cash. Try and swipe a card, and they'll point you right to the ATM at the entrance to the bar.


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Lets mock Dan Snyder Facebook page
This is one of those easy protest pages to join. I am asking everyone to consider changing their profile pic to the one Danny boy hates so much. It will also give people a place to post news updates about the idiocy that is going on with this lawsuit.


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One area that the San Diego Chargers need improvement is at running back, and the signing of Danny Woodhead is expected to solve this. Ryan Mtthews is a player of amazing potential, but has been blighted with injuries, much to the Chargers fans' frustration. So, will Woodhead's addition help the team's offence?
Having a player of potential that has repeated injuries and that struggles to stay fit is a tough thing to take, and Mathews is the key example of this. With a strong running back in the Chargers' team, the odds at Betfair of the side competing for glory will be improved, and it will see San Diego as a tougher opponent for other NFL teams.
Woodhead moves to San Diego from the New England Patriots, where he spent two seasons. The highlight of his time with the Patriots was scoring a touchdown in the 2012 Super Bowl, however his side went on to be beaten by the New York Giants. From his debut in 2010, Woodhead continued to progress and started playing an ever-more important role in the side.
Woodhead started his career at the New York Jets, but had an injury prone first season with his side. One standout statistic is that he did rush for 158 yards in a pre-season game against Philadelphia Eagles, and also scored two touchdowns.
The ideal scenario for the Chargers would be having both Woodhead and Mathews fit and able to play to give head coach Mike McCoy a selection headache. Having both these top athletes vying for a place in the starting line-up would bring out the best in them both, and add real options for the Chargers offence.
Until that happens it appears that San Diego will trust in Woodhead, and he will play a big role in the side's upcoming season. Hopefully it will help the Chargers have a positive campaign.


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2122 comments found
Great theme just bought it and can't get off it! I've got a few questions regarding the layout, widget and page builder. Any chance I could email you with my queries? Thanks Scott
Hi Scott,
If it's support you're looking for, you'd be best off posting on our support forum – http://support.swiftideas.net/
You might be able to find a few of your queries already answered if you search around.
Hope that helps.
- Ed
Expecting to eventually upgrade the theme to Bootstrap v3.x this year now that documentation and a RC are finally available?
We'll definitely be looking into it. I haven't had a chance to fully explore the new version, but if we decide it's worth it then it will be on the list.
- Ed
I posted on this before, but I am not getting a reply back. I need a solution to this issue and it has to do with your theme only, as I have tested this out with the default wordpress twenty-twelve, and it worked fine.
The problem is with the woocommerce Price Filter widget. When using it here: http://www.southasianlife.com/shopping/?min_price=146&max_price=2525, it gives the following error:
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/adminsal/public_html/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/classes/widgets/class-wc-widget-layered-nav-filters.php on line 79
I contacted WooThemes support and they told me it was to do with the theme I am using. So I need your help on this.
Hi Raaj,
I did reply to you on it, but you didn't reply?
Just checked your site and can't see the error anymore?
- Ed
How do I embed a Flexslider into the homepage? Can't seem to do it. Thanks
Hi there,
Check the following – http://neighborhood.swiftideas.net/documentation/#sliders
- Ed
I am always picky and have been looking for this dream layout for years, and I finally find this amazing theme. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I have a suggestion for the portfolio. would you mind to add the portfolio tag and related portfolio by category or tag on each single portfolio page? They are very important. Please keep designing this kind of simple, elegant themes…Thax again!
Thanks for the kind words, we're really glad you like the theme.
Will try and get that added in the next update, it's on the list for you.
- Ed
Sounds great. I just recently opened a new website with your theme. Here's the draft at http://jikoncepts.com I'm still working on the content. What do you think?
Looks great – nice work!
- Ed
how to change the frontpage slider background and size, that it looks like in demo version? now it looks like this: beta.views24.de
how to change background to demo content bg?
Please help
Hi there,
You want to set the slider in the page meta options, then it will be full width.
You can set the alt backgrounds in Theme Options > Asset Backgrounds.
- Ed
is there any possibilty in rev slider to change image sizes?? or do i have to upload perfect images for the slider, because i cant change the size of the images..
Hi there,
If you add an image as a layer, then it will remain the size you upload it. For the slide image, you can use a colour.
- Ed
Just purchased this outmost flexible theme ever seen for all kinds of WP_CMS! What more can I say than…...given't a five star rating! Congratulations….developers from The Neighborhood!!
Thanks! Really glad you're happy with it!
- Ed
Hi, I have recently downloaded this theme and trying to install it onto wordpress but it just keeps loading and then wont install. Is there something I am doing wrong here? Great theme though!
Hi there,
Have you checked the documentation for how to install via upload or FTP? http://neighborhood.swiftideas.net/documentation/
- Ed
Yeah I have also tried installing it via FTP and when I then go to themes it says its a broken theme and the stylesheet is missing.
Make sure you're uploading the neighborhood theme folder, and not the whole download folder.
- Ed
Pre-purchase Question:
Hi! Great looking theme with lots of options! Do you have a working demo available (not just screenshots) of the Dashboard Theme Options? I'll be helping someone who is new to WP set up a site and they love your theme. I would like to check it out to see how easy it will be for someone who is not a designer/site builder to navigate.
Hi Winter,
Unfortunately no live demo of the theme options, but there are all the screenshots, and there is a demo video of the page builder here – https://vimeo.com/69413492
- Ed
Ed – thanks for the quick reply. Is that builder used in place of page templates that come with the theme or does that have to be used to create all pages. Although I'm grateful that the theme has a builder, having to use that instead of selecting from a drop-down list of pre-created page templates will certainly scare anyone not familiar with WordPress.
There are no page templates in the format you are talking about, however we have pre-built pages within the builder which you can use.
- Ed
Why are my dropdown menus hiding behind content like the slider?http://www.the1darkside.com
Working fine here, what browser are you using?
- Ed
Safari, Chrome, Mozilla. I found Header Options/Enable Header Overlay and that solved the problem until I resized the browser forcing menu options down to a second/lower row, and the drop downs on the top hide behind the menu options found on the second row.
I gave the top menu
header-section {
z-index: 0; }
but have removed it so you can see how it hides. Check it out. Thanks for replying so quickly.
Will see what we can do to sort this for the next update.
- Ed
I just upgraded your theme to version 1.2 from the WP dashboard. And my homepage, looks like it has no CSS.
PM me a link so that I can see what's happening?
- Ed
On a product page, is there a way to embed a video in the product description?
Hi there,
Yes, you could do this within the area below the image/details if you have the page builder enabled, or within the description accordion.
- Ed
I absolutely love the theme and my site is going under construction to move away from bigcartel. I just need a little help with the NavXT Breadcrumbs plugin – Please help me with getting rid of 'Variable' when I make a variable item., it's driving me insane =[
Hi there,
If you go to Settings > Breadcrumb NavXT, then you can set it like the following: http://cl.ly/QJzT
- Ed
This is such an interesting theme, would love to mount my first ecommerce site with it.
Before that I 'd like to know how to secure it with a simple SSL certificate? Even if the checkout is done via sites like paypal, I'd have to deal with user info and I would like that to be secure.
Any comments?
Check out the WooCommerce docs, it will likely cover the SSL details, but it will only be needed if you add a plugin that allows for payment details to be entered within your site. http://docs.woothemes.com/document/woocommerce/
Hope that helps.
- Ed
But doesn't wordpress and woocommerce handle user registration? How about physical addresses and such? If so… maybe a SSL wouldn't be a bad idea, no? Thanks!
Yes, WordPress handles the registration, WooCommerce adds the extra details such as addresses. SSL would likely be a good idea if you wanted/needed it.
- Ed
Thanks, will make my purchase
- Ed
Cheers you guys at SwiftIdeas, Congrats for the wonderful theme you got here. Very clean and complete. I've already bookmarked it for a recent future buy…the only thing I need to know (and it is important to my posterior decision), is if there is a way to create a page with the "Super Search" in it instead of appearing in a dropdown panel? Thanks. Regards
Hi there,
Thanks for the kind words and the interest!
There isn't currently a way to do that, although we could help you with some custom css to have it displayed open by default on a specific page. We're also considering a super search block for the future.
- Ed
Hi Ed,
Thanks for the reply.
Already purchased the theme. After a quick view it fits exactly on what I've imagine the web presence for my company. To make it perfect, I'll accept your tips on the CSS (concerning the display of Super Search on a specific page) and another tip that you only have to indicate: were can I change the width of the general layout to 960 px? Content (standalone) and with sidebar is a little to large for what I've in mind.
Thanks. Regards.
Hi Joao,
You can display the super search on a specific page based on the ID of the page. Example:
.page-id-12 #super-search { display: block; }
Unfortunately the content width/sidebar would require a little more work than we could offer with standard support.
- Ed
Hi i have installed and loaded my website but for some reason a lot of the time when i enter my website ( home page ) all i see is my revolution slider but not the other information, just a white page and the slider.
is that a problem cause by my host or a coding mistake?
here is my website www.tecastudio.co.uk
thanks Calvin
it actually happens to all the pages that has the revolution slider
Hi there,
Loading your site takes me to an Apache page?
- Ed
Hi, can I start by saying this is a fantastic theme. Unfortunately, I have encountered a problem. I want to change the portfolio category on the portfolio carousel to something other than 'All'. However, it keeps changing back to the default ('All'). Please help!!
Hi Gareth,
Glad you're enjoying it! Have you updated v1.2? This was fixed in the update.
Hope that helps.
- Ed
didnt realise there was an update as it didnt show on the theme update page! works a treat now!!also, how i can change the "filter our work" to something else? and how can i make the sidebars thinner?
Glad you got the update.
You can change that text in the po file within the language folder.
Sidebars can't be made thinner as they are sized correctly for the bootstrap grid.
- Ed
Hi When will be the next update, hopefully with the product image magnifier / zoom?
We don't have a date as of yet, but we're hoping to get this included in the update.
- Ed
Hello Ed,
I have been fiddling with this theme for last three days, and there are a few issues I want looked at. Here's the link to my post at your support forum lying completely unattended, ignored, aborted. http://support.swiftideas.net/forums/topic/a-few-problems-so-far/
Apart from the problems listed there, I would like to integrate Predictive Search to your search bar. You'll find the address to my site in the link above.
Hi there,
Our support policy is 48 hours, so someone should have got back to you but you did bump your topic, which would have pushed it back in the queue.
Will check it out for you.
- Ed
Which Widget do you use in this sidebar?http://neighborhood.swiftideas.net/shortcodes/
It's the Custom Menu Widget.
- Ed


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Payment processing firm announces 30 new jobs
Published 10/01/2013 | 08:15
A GLOBAL pay processing company is to create 30 jobs in Dublin.
OmniPay will provide the positions at its headquarters in Clonskeagh over the next six months, bringing its total workforce to almost 200.
Jobs Minister Richard Bruton said the news adds to a growing list of similar positive financial services announcements in recent months.
"I am determined to ensure that, by putting in place the right supports and through an intensive programme of trade and investment missions, we can build on this and create the jobs we need," Mr Bruton said.
He added that international financial services is a sector targeted under the Government's Action Plan for Jobs.
OmniPay was founded in Dublin in 2000. It is owned by global financial transaction service firm First Data.
OmniPay processes more than a billion transactions on behalf of 31 merchant acquiring banks and payment processors worldwide.
Co-founder and chief executive Hubert O'Donoghue said the expansion was great news for the company and the growing payments industry in Ireland.
"It's exciting that we are adding more high quality roles into our business and the local industry," Mr O'Donoghue said.
"OmniPay delivers one of the world's largest single global payments infrastructures, managing more than a billion payments annually. Each new hire will be joining a business that is perfectly positioned for sustained international growth."
The company's best performing markets are in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.
An investment to create the 30 jobs will also see further development of OmniPay's services to Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa and India.
IDA Ireland, the Government agency charged with attracting direct foreign investment to the country, also welcomed the news.
Chief executive Barry O'Leary said: "Companies in the payments industry locate here to gain access to our technological infrastructure as well as our talented graduates.
"The growing number of payments companies locating in Ireland comes as a result of the IDA's strategy to focus on targeting particular industries and creating.


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Roy Hodgson is setting his sights on qualifying for the World Cup in Brazil saying this is one of the biggest years in his career.
The England manager insists the national team have a good chance of getting through to the finals next year.
Speaking at the launch of the FA's 150th anniversary celebrations at London's Connaught Rooms, he said: "And when we qualify we have to give a good account of ourselves in Brazil and once you are there you have a chance of winning it, who knows?
"We have very good young players coming into the game and showing they do have the ability to shoulder the burden and hopefully we will have a good blend with experienced players as well."


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Group Category: Historical Teams
About this Group: Overall record: 38-44 (12th in league, tie, 6th in conference, 3rd in division)
Playoff record: N/A
Key draft picks: Bill Walton, UCLA (1st round)
Key roster moves: Traded Rick Roberson to New Orleans for Barry Clemens.
Date Founded: Dec 3, 2009
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Future Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens took over the coaching reigns and guided the Trail Blazers to a 38 -44 finish, the best in the young franchise's first five seasons and just three victories shy of earning the club's first playoff appearance.
The Blazers, 13 games under .500 on February 23 (24-37), came on strong to win 14 of their last 21 and just miss a post-season berth. They launched the late run by winning six straight, at the time the longest victory streak in club history. Portland opened the year with a thrilling 131-129 four-overtime victory over Cleveland at home and closed
it out with three straight wins, including 124-106 and 126-97 romps over the Lakers.
Wilkens, who was player-coach and appeared in 65 games, saw his final NBA action wearing a Blazers uniform on April 6, 1975, when he scored 15 points and dishing out six assists in a 29-point win over the Lakers. In all, he averaged 16.5 ppg in 1,077 games over 15 seasons for four different teams.
The 1974-75 season also marked the arrival on the Portland scene of another future Hall of Famer, Bill Walton. The three-time College Player of the Year from UCLA was taken as the No. 1 choice in the 1974 NBA Draft by the Blazers. However, injuries kept the big redhead on the bench for all but 35 games of his rookie season. In those outings, he averaged 12.8 ppg and 12.6 rpg.
Sidney Wicks was Portland's leader with 21.7 ppg and 10.7 rpg while starting all 82 games. In a 117-116 OT win over the Lakers on February 26, he pulled down a club-record 27 rebounds.
Sidney Wicks was selected to play in his fourth straight NBA All-Star Game. He scored 16 points and had nine rebounds. Wicks finished 12th in NBA race with a 21.7 ppg.
Larry Steele was third in steals with a 2.41 per game average . . .The Blazers as a team led the league in field goal accuracy, shooting .480, and in assists, averaging 26.9 per...
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