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• Rural expressways without traffic control signals to 65 miles per hour (15 miles of roadway); and
• Rural freeways to 70 miles per hour (398 miles of roadway).
"Raising speed limits is not something the state takes lightly," ODOT Director Jerry Wray said. "We put much time and consideration into identifying roadways where speed limits could increase while maintaining a safe commute for Ohio motorists."
The legislative changes require ODOT to produce 1100 new highway signs at a cost of $114,845. Most of the signs – 580 – will be completely new and placed along the roadway, while the rest – 520 – are simply overlays that will cover a portion of an existing speed limit sign. The costs include materials and labor for producing the new signs. Most signs are expected to be fully installed and visible to motorists by Friday.
Here is a link to regional maps highlighting changes to speed limits as required by the legislation: dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Operations/Traffic/miscellaneous/Pages/Speed-Increase-Maps-9-2013.aspx
The legislation also establishes uniformity in speed limits for both cars and truck so that each vehicle is permitted to go the same speed on any Ohio roadway. In order to comply with the legislation, speed limits on some roadways may stay the same for cars but will increase for trucks.
Seventy-mile-per-hour speed limits are not new to Ohio. On July 1, speed limits on 570 miles of rural Ohio interstates increased from 65 to 70 for both cars and trucks. Motorists were already legally permitted to drive 70 on all 241 miles of the Ohio Turnpike.
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Harris Teeter Frugal Recipe-Shepherd's Pie
I love Shepherd's Pie (at least my turkey version) so I am excited that Harris Teeter's Super Doubles this week help to make this an even more frugal meal!
**Harris Teeter 85% Fat Free Ground Turkey 20 oz=$3.49
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**Ragu Pasta Sauce $1.95
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1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Add turkey and onion to pan over medium heat and cook completely.
3. While that is cooking, prepare potatoes and green beens according to package directions and set aside.
4. When turkey and onion are done, add can of Ragu to pan and mix together.
5. Spray Pam in a medium casserole dish and spread 1/4 meat mixture on bottom of dish.
6. Layer mashed potatoes on top of meat mixture.
7. Layer green beans on top of potatoes.
8. Repeat layers until you reach the top of dish and end the layers with mashed potatoes on top.
9. Top the meal with shredded cheese.
10. Bake 10-15 minutes until cheese is melted.
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IF more rain falls in Oxford today it could make this January the wettest on record.
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IBM Research has a prototype of a data-driven personal shopping assistant mobile app.
IBM Research announced the prototype of a mobile app that can act as a personal shopping assistant in stores.
The mobile app could be branded and provided by retailers. Consumers would download the app and then input products they're shopping for and their selection criteria.
For example, a shopper looking for breakfast cereal could specify a product that's low in sugar, highly rated by consumers and on sale. As the shopper pans the mobile device's camera across a shelf of cereal boxes, the augmented shopping app will identify cereals that meet the criteria - and could also provide a same-day coupon or loyalty points.
Consumers could also opt in to include info from their social networks, such as reviews or comments from friends. Their preferences would be stored and added to during subsequent shopping trips to build a more robust preference profile.
On the front end, here's how it would work: Upon entering a store, consumers download the app on their smart phone or tablet, register, and create a profile of features that matter to them - from product ingredients that will inflame an allergy, to whether packaging is biodegradable. When the shopper views a product via the camera viewfinder, the app recognizes it and, via augmented reality technology, overlays digital details on the image, such as ingredients, price, reviews, and discounts that apply that day.
"This will help you make a very accurate and precise decision relative to the criteria you have," said John Kennedy, VP of corporate marketing for IBM Research.
Of course, the magic would happen on the back end, and that's the big play for IBM.
IBM Research thinks that the app can help retailers offer marketing - in the form of product information, coupons or suggestions for related products - that would be welcomed by consumers. At the same time, the data it produces can give retailers insights into consumer trends.
But the devil is in the details. Exactly how this would work, data-wise, remains to be determined, according to Kennedy.
The app would pull information loaded by the retailer into its database running on IBM Smarter Commerce software, which IBM said provides a single view of the customer, inventory orders and shipments. But it's unclear whether that database would contain all the criteria that might be important to an individual shopper, such as environmentally friendly packaging.
Kennedy could not say how the app would be packaged with other technology or services to provide a full product for retailers.
Nevertheless, IBM has a goal of releasing the technology by the end of the year, Kennedy said, adding, "At this point, it's a demonstration of a really interesting technology that starts to provide a glimpse of how shopping will evolve. There's more work to be done on the implementation and roll-out. The goal for IBM is that this would be another aspect of our relationship with retailers."
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Active recruiting by Interior Health and Royal Inland Hospital administration should see anesthesiologists hired by year's end, the head of the hospital's anesthesiology department said Friday.
"It's going to be a bit of struggle maybe for the next six months for surgeons and patients, but I remain optimistic that, come the fall, we'll be in a much better position," said Rod Cameron.
The Daily News incorrectly reported that the anesthesiologist going on leave at the end of the week was the hospital's only remaining one.
The anesthesiology department has 12 full-time equivalent staff, said Cameron. Interior Health spokeswoman Tracy Watson said there are 14 anesthesiologists in total working in the department.
Two anesthesiologists left Kamloops to work in Calgary in the fall. A third is headed overseas to teach for a year.
Cameron said locums are brought in to take the pressure off. Up until now, the department has been managing, but he anticipates some of the eight operating bays will be closed over the next five months with another set of hands gone.
"We will have to close one room to more than one room from time to time between now and the end of June," he said, adding this could continue indefinitely if the positions aren't filled.
"I don't anticipate bringing somebody on before the end of the June."
He said some of his staff have cancelled vacation time in order to compensate for the shortage.
Derrick Morris worked in the anesthesiology department until this fall, when he decided to move to Vernon. He said staff will begin to tire out if the department carries on as it has.
"They are trying to cover the jobs that have left and people will begin to burn out very quickly through that," he said.
When he worked in the hospital, no one was allowed to work longer than 12 hours a shift. Morris said it sounds like anesthesiologists are working harder and longer now.
"There's too much work and not enough anesthesiologists," he said, adding more than 50 per cent are 55 and older. "They aren't training and replacing enough."
Cameron admits administrators face some hurdles with recruiting. Pay is one of them. He said full-time anesthesiologists earn $300,000 in B.C. but can make $500,000 elsewhere in Canada.
Despite that, he's confident the effort will pay off.
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When it comes to surgical schedules, Watson said the situation will be assessed on a week-to-week basis. Hospital administrator Marg Brown told The Daily News earlier this week that she anticipates some elective surgeries will be cancelled.


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I had an opportunity late last week to podcast with Curtis Kitchen regarding all things K-State, but mainly, we just talked about the basketball hire. If you're interested...click the linky.
What is with all the basketball coaches making downward moves recently? First Frank, now these two clowns? I've heard of failing upward, but mildly succeeding laterally? That's a new one. I guess getting out ahead of the posse is the new trend in college basketball coaching.
Maybe it's just me, but I didn't hear a definitive "No" in there anywhere. Frank Martin would be proud of such coachspeak.
SBNation's K-State blog has a really good summary of what happened with Frank Martin and why Martin is now a Gamecock instead of a Lil' Manhattan Cat. If you want to know why Martin is taking over a program that's had one NBA Draft pick in the past 14 years (the immortal Ronaldo Balkman), well, here's why.
Time to figure out our AD situation and go hire a new coach.
This is interesting on a couple of levels. First, Martin is insisting he has not talked to anyone. Second, my sources among the South Carolina fanbase inform me that South Carolina HAS interviewed Frank, and that they've made their decision on their hire. Something is not kosher.
Quick blurb from the mothership. Nothing more than hearsay, but you know. We're going to need to keep it on the radar.
Jamar Samuels scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half on Sunday night and Kansas State used a 10-0 second-half run to take command and beat Virginia Tech 69-61.
Kansas State head coach Frank Martin announced on Friday the addition of former Wildcat letterman Darren Kent and Eric Rodriguez to the program as graduate managers.
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Tony and Oscar winner Kevin Spacey will be honored by the Museum of the Moving Image at its 28th annual Salute April 9 in New York City.
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Herbert S. Schlosser, co-chairman of the Museum's Board of Trustees, said in a statement, "Kevin Spacey is one of our culture's most exciting performers. He has proven his talent and versatility in a wide range of memorable and award-winning roles, and is also an accomplished executive producer and director. This is a great time to be honoring him."
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Lupita Nyong'o, Leonardo DiCaprio & Jared Leto: 2014 Producers Guild Award Pals
Supporting their hard-working producers, Lupita Nyong'o, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jared Leto stepped out for the 2014 Producers Guild of America Awards on Sunday (January 19).
The "12 Years a Slave" beauty looked absolutely stunning in a salmon-colored dress while the "Wolf of Wall Street" hunk and "Dallas Buyers Club" star suited up in dapper duds.
In related news, Miss Nyong'o took home won Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for her "12 Years a Slave" performance during Saturday night's Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Also accepting a SAG over the weekend, Jared received the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in "Dallas Buyers Club."
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by Todd Beeton, Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 11:36:49 AM EDT
I should have noticed earlier that the Suffolk U poll released today was actually a bellwether poll of 402 LVs from a "randomly selected list of 5,000 residents of Allegheny County" so not truly a follow-up poll to the one released yesterday.
From Political Intelligence:
[Hillary Clinton] led Barack Obama 52 percent to 40 percent in polling conducted Sunday and Monday in Allegheny County around Pittsburgh in a Suffolk University survey released today, a slightly larger margin than the statewide Suffolk poll done over the weekend.
Suffolk pollsters say they used similar bellwether counties to correctly predict results in prior Democratic primaries in New Hampshire, California, Massachusetts, Tennessee, and Ohio. They picked Allegheny County because its election results mirrored the statewide results in the 1988 and 2000 Democratic and Republican primaries.
This is particularly interesting considering a similar, although slightly older, poll of another bellwether region of Pennsylvania, The Lehigh Valley near the border of New Jersey and on the cusp of the Philadelphia media market. Here the result portends a much closer race statewide today (h/t Smintheus):
Clinton holds a 47 percent to 46 percent lead in the phone poll of 322 likely voters.
The poll was conducted between April 10 and Thursday, a time that saw the two candidates exchange jabs over Obama's observations on the tribulations of small-town Pennsylvania voters. [...]
"It's as tight a race as it can be in the Valley, a key bellwether region of the state," said Christopher Borick, the director of Muhlenberg's Institute of Public Opinion in Allentown, which conducted the poll.
The valley's bellwether bonafides are impressive:
Since 1952, Lehigh Valley voters have diverged from the nation's choice of president only four times. That includes the 2000 race, when voters in the two counties picked popular-vote winner Al Gore.
And only once in that same period have Valley voters not mirrored the choice of their fellow Pennsylvanians, Borick said. In 1960, Valley voters picked Richard Nixon. The state went to winner John F. Kennedy.
There is reason to believe that region may go for Obama by a larger margin than the state as a whole today though, since it is partially in the Philly media market where Obama is advertising heavily; not to mention Hillary Clinton was slow to reach the region. Look for how the results in these regions track with these polls tonight. And as The Politico notes, they're likely to be reported relatively early in the evening:
The cities and suburbs usually report their returns first, which gives the candidate favored in those areas a quick - and sometimes fleeting - lead.
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So Obama could show a lead in the early results, but it might be short-lived. If Clinton is ahead at the start, she may never lose it.


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2012 promises to be a big year for Ellie and Louise MacNamara aka Heathers, having just finished recording their second album with producer Max Dingel (White Lies) and recently signing a global deal with Universal Music Publishing UK.
Their 2nd album 'Kingdom' set for release on Friday September 7th. Most exciting for Irish fans is that the girls are also announcing their first Irish tour dates in over 12 months.
Their debut album 'Here, Not There'garnered widespread acclaim internationally amongst both fans and media alike for its unique melodic hooks and extraordinary vocals. The album achieved Gold sales status in Ireland and received a further boost when they had the lead single 'Remember When' used on a major Discover Ireland TV and Radio ad campaign. The track in question was dubbed the 'soundtrack to the Irish summer'.
The success of that debut album resulted in two summer length tours in the USA, which developed into further invites to perform at CMJ festival in New York, Canadian Music Week in Toronto, as well as European festivals such as Eurosonic, The Great Escape, Camden Crawl, Oxygen and Belsonic. Most recently they played as part of HMV UK's Next Big Thing, and performed two brilliantly-received shows at Camden Crawl Festival in addition to a sell-out headline show at London's Barfly in May.
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Adult slushee sounds kinda dirty, but it also totally turns us on. Bourbon-based and cherry-amped with splashes of OJ and lemonade, this icy treat beats the 7-Eleven version by a long shot.
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This is one frozen cocktail that you totally want to tap. That's because the rummy, gingery Velvet Hour with mango is completely irresistible.
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Giving a whole new meaning to flower power, the frozen hibiscus margarita gets a boozy boost from Sauza Gold and triple sec. Good for creating peace, love and understanding.
The Creamsicle's classy cousin is this white peach frappe. Made with vanilla crème caramel ice cream and stone fruit slush, it arrives with a dainty lemon poppy seed madeleine.
Enjoy a 360-degree view of the city while sipping on a Dancing in Botofago – otherwise known as a frozen caipirinha. Pepped with a bit of basil, it's cool way to take the edge off a hot day.
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We bet these frozen limoncello slushies would be a huge hit on the Jersey shore. Paying homage to traditions from Italy and the boardwalk, they're worthy of a double fist pump.
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Looking for a recipe for mixology success? Take classic cocktails and add alcohol. Our current fave is the schnapps powered "Peppermint" vs. "Pepperment."
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As some of you may remember, during the NN Prediction Games, I managed to finish in second place in both the regular season game and the postseason bracket (both times to Ninerfromacrossthepond, that jerk). When it came time to get my prizes I had a tough decision - take the Circuit City gift card, knowing they were soon to close and the might not have all the merchandise I wanted, or go with a book or video game or something. Not being much of a gamer, and in need of some new electronics, I went with the gift cards. Fooch sent them my way and I soon had $75 to spend before the clock ran out.
Right after new years I had gone out on a crazy night with some friends that involved a limo, lots of booze, and the unfortunate loss of my camera. I think I set it down in this one bar and it got swiped. The biggest loss of course was the pictures from the night that were already on there - but in reality it was probably time for a new camera anyway. Mine was several years old, had a tiny screen, and was really slow. Also, there was a problem with the lens cover not opening all the way.
So I went down to Emeryville to see what I could find. Lo and behold there was one Canon Powershot A1000IS left. This was perfect for me - it was a Canon like my old camera, so I knew how to use it. It uses AA batteries which I love, and it's faster, has a bigger screen, and more megapixels than my old model. And the lens cover works.
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The scalar product of two vectors is a way to multiply them together to obtain a scalar quantity. This is written as a multiplication of the two vectors, with a dot in the middle representing the multiplication. As such, it is often called the dot product of two vectors.
To calculate the dot product of two vectors, you consider the angle between them, as shown in the diagram. In other words, if they shared the same starting point, what would be the angle measurement (theta) between them. The dot product is defined as:
a * b = ab cos thetaIn other words, you multiply the magnitudes of the two vectors, then multiply by the cosine of the angle separation. Though a and b - the magnitudes of the two vectors - are always positive, cosine varies so the values can be positive, negative, or zero. It should also be noted that this operation is commutative, so a * b = b * a.
In cases when the vectors are perpendicular (or theta = 90 degrees), cos theta will be zero. Therefore, the dot product of perpendicular vectors is always zero. When the vectors are parallel (or theta = 0 degrees), cos theta is 1, so the scalar product is just the product of the magnitudes.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — JAMAICA'S chances to medal in the men's 400 metres at the London Olympics rest on the shoulders of national record holder Jermaine Gonzales, Dane Hyatt who won the Olympic trials two weeks ago and Rusheen McDonald, who edged out Gonzales for second in the same race.
However, the three will have to pull out all the stops if they are to get a podium finish in the longer sprint as the present crop of 400m runners are of top drawer quality.
The top two contenders must be, based on present form, American Leshawn Merritt and Kirani James, the upstart teenager from Grenada who is the reigning world champion.
Bahamian Chris Brown is also a worthy competitor as is Trinidadian Rene Quow.
Based on present form Gonzales will be hard pressed to finish in the top three, despite being the nations top 400 metre runner. He has looked jaded in his last three races and barely managed to qualify for the Olympics.
Hyatt and McDonald will be swimming in uncharted waters and although their potential is evident, it will take a herculean effort for any of the two to be standing on the podium after the running of the finals.
Hard as it is, a medal placing is not impossible for any of Jamaica's top three 400m runners to continue Jamaica's longstanding tradition of world class 400 metre running.
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Hampton Roads was once home to one of the real Monuments Men
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George Clooney, Matt Damon and art treasures stolen by Nazis - sounds like a movie right? It is!
Monuments Men opens Friday and is based on an actual group of unsung heroes from World War II. It turns out, one of those heroes of the art world was a real-life treasure to those who knew him in Hampton Roads.
He was Everett Parker Lesley, Jr. known to his friends as Bill.
Linda McGreevy was a new professor at Old Dominion University where Lesley taught Art History and also had some personal history to tell.
He was one of the Monuments Men - 345 men and women, mostly volunteer art experts, who joined the service during World War II to protect cultural treasures from Nazi destruction.
"It was the American and British troops who came in, those professionals in the art world, who helped to start this process of bringing these things back to where they really belong," McGreevy says.
The story has been told on smaller scale in films like the Rape of Europa, which McGreevy knows from owning Naro Video in Norfolk.
Starting today, millions will know the story thanks to the latest George Clooney and Matt Damon film.
But very few people know firsthand one of the people who not only witnessed history but helped preserve it.
"He said I had the bust of Nefertiti from the Berlin Museum on my desk for over a year," McGreevy says.
Lesley also found a train carrying a famous DaVinci and helped return it to Poland.
He was living history for his colleagues at ODU.
"He was very proud of what he had done and here was a woman who could speak to him about it, you know, and actually was surprised and interested and like, 'Oh Bill, you did that?'" McGreevy says. (More)
ODU economists forecast 2.2% growth for area
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With a federal budget in place and some federal spending cuts restored, the Hampton Roads economy is expected to grow by 2.2 percent in 2014, according to projections made last week by Old Dominion University's economic forecasting team.
That figure is slower than the historical average of 3.1 percent and lags behind national growth, but it's faster than the gross regional product growth rate of 1.73 percent in 2013.
Professors Vinod Agarwal and Gary Wagner, who lead the forecast team, predicted a 1.68 local growth rate in 2013. Gross regional product, the broadest measure of a local economy, is the market value of all goods and services produced in a region.
The professors forecast a brighter picture for the local economy in 2014 with unemployment falling from 5.9 percent to 5.3 percent; home values jumping 7.9 percent; port tonnage increasing 4.8 percent; retail sales growing 3.6 percent; and hotel room revenue growing 2.4 percent.
Still, some of the projected growth in these sectors falls short in returning to pre-recession levels. For instance, of the 40,000 local jobs lost from 2007 to 2010, the region has only been able to recover 23,500.
The hotel industry suffered last year, with revenue declining 1.3 percent after being forecast to grow 3.3 percent. Some business owners cited the unusually cold spring, and Agarwal said substantial decreases in federal travel, especially among military personnel and contractors, had a negative effect on the local hotel industry. (More)
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Eighteen months after graduating, criminology majors at Old Dominion University reported earning an average salary of $29,673. That's slightly higher than the average for criminology majors at all of Virginia's public and nonprofit private colleges and universities, but less than the average salary - $36,571 - earned by all of ODU's graduates.
Those figures, calculated with data from graduates in the five consecutive classes ending in 2010, are part of the trove of detailed information available through the Virginia Longitudinal Data System, a massive project involving the State Council of Higher Education in Virginia and other state agencies. It's posted at research.schev.edu.
The system's databases show details - none of which identifies any student - about debt and post-graduation wages by institution and degree program.
They show how many students reported finding full-time work 18 months after graduation, how many pursued advanced studies and how many students - from Virginia and out of state - earned a specific degree.
They break down graduation rates, enrollment and transfers. The project sifts through race, gender and locality to provide information that officials hope will be used to inform public policymakers, as well as help parents and students decide what to study and where to study it. The result is knowledge far richer than any gleaned through annual horse-race rankings of the best universities and colleges. (More)
Snow days were not good days for business
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For at least a day in the last week of January, the hotel rooms at the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside were occupied by customers - and employees.
Workers at the hotel either couldn't get home or feared not being able to get back to work the next day, especially since bus service in the area was down, said Tim Peters, general manager. So employees were offered free lodging.
"We put them up, and we fed them breakfast, lunch and dinner," Peters said. "Some of them brought their kids because they didn't have anyone else to take care of them."
The hotel was one of the many businesses affected by snow that began late Tuesday, Jan. 28, with some places in the area receiving as much as 10 inches.
Many businesses closed while others remained open, but most had normal operations altered in some way, for better or for worse.
For the Sheraton, it was for worse. Even with its doors open, Peters said the hotel was down about $30,000 in revenue from the snow.
Gary Wagner, an economist with Old Dominion University, estimated about 80 percent of the hourly wage workforce was off the clock in Hampton Roads, which amounts to about $61 million in lost earnings each day. He noted the research for his estimates was scarce, but said the estimates are reasonable.
"The average hourly wage in Hampton Roads is about $21," he said, "and I've estimated that about 59 percent of our workforce is hourly." (More)
Posting takes on a whole new meaning
(The Virginian-Pilot, Feb. 9, 2014)
NORFOLK residents, or anybody else for that matter, who come across a post sticking up from the shore of the Lafayette River can be a citizen scientist for the day.
All they have to do is stop for a moment, take a photo of the river from the post and email the photo to Old Dominion University biologists.
It's so easy and fun to be a valuable part of monitoring the health of this pretty little river that is often overshadowed by the mighty Elizabeth into which it flows. Cell phones are carried almost everywhere by folks, even when running and biking, and email directions are embedded right on the river post.
The Lafayette Wetlands Partnership sponsors the citizen scientist program, called Eyes on the River. The partnership is counting on residents to help monitor the health of the river with photos day in and day out, as well as monthly and even from year to year.
For example, the partnership wants to know how the restored wetlands is doing behind Larchmont Elementary School, where Old Dominion University biologist Todd Egerton is taking the photo with this column.
Are the newly planted grasses taking hold? Have geese invaded the area to dine? Did last week's storm do any damage? What else is happening on the river that day?
Eight river post sites are around the river where different aspects of the health of the river can be monitored. Eventually there will be 12 posts. The program is based on one in Australia called Fluker Posts. (More)
ODU economists predict a modest bump in growth
(The Virginian-Pilot, Feb. 6, 2014)
The economic outlook for Hampton Roads is sunnier in 2014 than forecasters predicted it would be a year ago. But the region's economic growth will continue to trail the nation's, an Old Dominion University team said Wednesday.
Defense spending, port activity, the health care industry and tourism are expected to contribute to a 2.2 percent boost in gross regional product this year, compared with a 1.7 percent expansion in 2013, said Old Dominion University economics professor Vinod Agarwal. He presented his annual forecast at a luncheon hosted by the Economics Club of Hampton Roads.
Gary Wagner, also an ODU economist, said in a separate presentation that the national economy is expected to expand at a faster clip, by 2.8 percent, in 2014. The nation's Gross Domestic Product increased by 1.9 percent in 2013.
Agarwal said the local economy will be boosted by more defense spending this year than originally expected. But he said the big hit the military took in 2013 continues to undermine the region's momentum. The local economy's predicted growth rate for 2014 is well behind its average annual 3.1 percent expansion over the past 50 years.
Still, Agarwal indicated that the region doesn't face nearly as many storm clouds as a year ago.
Last year, Hampton Roads was hammered by across-the-board cuts in federal spending required by sequestration. That congressional squabble and the subsequent government shutdown seeded uncertainty among businesses and consumers.
The atmosphere has improved in the new year, Agarwal said. (More)
ODU report: Hampton Roads economy to get boost in 2014
(The Daily Press, Feb. 6, 2014)
Old Dominion University economists expect Hampton Roads to add about 11,400 jobs this year with growth from the health care, tourism and construction industries, according to a forecast released Wednesday. Even so, the region's dependence on defense spending means its economic growth will lag behind that of the nation.
More defense spending, an increasingly busy port and growth in health care and tourism spending should drive moderate growth in the Hampton Roads economy in 2014, ODU economist Vinod Agarwal told attendees of the annual economic forecast hosted by the Economics Club of Hampton Roads in downtown Norfolk.
The ODU team expects the region's economy, as measured by gross regional product, to grow by 2.2 percent. While that's better growth than last year's 1.73 percent rate of expansion, that's not as strong as the national economy's growth of 2.8 percent that ODU economist Gary Wagner projects for this year. Why the lag? The region's economy depends more heavily on defense spending, which the economists say attributed to 43 percent of gross regional product in 2013.
"Something we need to learn from this is we need to reduce dependence on defense," Agarwal said.
While defense spending in the region dropped by 1.7 percent last year, Congress took action to mitigate the effects of sequestration and approved a 1 percent pay raise for federal civilian employees, which will give the local economy a small boost in 2014, Agarwal said.
Because federal cuts affected travel by federal employees and defense contractors to Hampton Roads, hotel revenues declined by 1.3 percent last year. This year, he said increased defense spending should help hotel revenues increase by 2.4 percent. (More)
ODU: Hampton Roads economy will still lag
(Richmond Times-Dispatch/Associated Press, Feb. 6, 2014)
The Hampton Roads economy is expected to expand at a faster pace in 2014, but it still will lag behind average annual growth, Old Dominion University professors said Wednesday.
Defense spending, port activity, the health care industry and tourism are expected to contribute to a 2.2 percent boost in gross regional product, which would outpace the 1.7 percent expansion in 2013, Old Dominion University professor Vinod Agarwal said at an annual economic forecast luncheon.
Historically, the regional economy has expanded by an average of 3.1 percent a year over the past half-century, he said.
Overall, the growth expected for Hampton Roads this year is lower than the 2.8 percent rate that is expected nationally - just as it was last year. (More)
Tolls aren't small change; not for those in Portsmouth
(Opinion, The Virginian-Pilot, Feb. 6, 2014)
Linda Hamilton can't afford to live in Portsmouth anymore.
She already keeps the heat at 60 degrees in her Olde Towne house, which she bought nearly a decade ago. She's cut back on cable TV. As you can imagine, she declines some frills.
"I don't make a lot of money," said the assistant librarian for Chesapeake Public Schools.
The 62-year-old Hamilton loves her "charming" home. She enjoys her pedestrian-friendly neighborhood.
But it's those darned tolls. A recent study said the typical commuter will have to pay $1,000 annually once the state subsidy is gone in three years.
The tolls are pushing Hamilton and other Portsmouth residents over the edge - and over the river. ...
James Koch, the Old Dominion University economics professor who studied the tolls' impact on Portsmouth residents, agreed that most people will stay put.
"Based on large statistical studies elsewhere," he told me, "about 2 to 4 percent of the population moved in cities that imposed tolls where they hadn't existed."
Koch said it might be a decade or more before we'll know the local statistics. (More)
College disciplinary defense bill fails in subcommittee
(The Virginian-Pilot, Feb. 5, 2014)
A bill one might call "the best defense money can buy" - college edition - has flunked in the General Assembly.
After hearing testimony from supporters and opponents, a House of Delegates subcommittee Tuesday afternoon tabled legislation allowing public college students facing disciplinary hearings to be represented by lawyers.
Del. Rick Morris, R-Isle of Wight County, said that HB1123 was brought on behalf of students accused of misconduct who were denied constitutional rights before a college tribunal with the power to suspend or expel.
His bill also would have allowed students expelled or suspended more than 10 days to appeal a college council's decision to a local circuit court and receive damage awards for successful appeals.
Morris' bill did not apply to students accused of academic infractions. ...
Speaking against it were representatives of many of Virginia's four-year public colleges.
Michael DeBowes, Old Dominion University's director of student conduct and academic integrity, suggested Morris' bill would create a more adversarial process than is in place on many campuses.
Morris later said those processes are already adversarial and are stacked against accused students. (More)
States to grant in-state tuition to veterans attending public colleges
(WVEC-TV, Feb. 4, 2014)
A major boost for the G.I. Bill, as the House of Representatives unanimously passes a bill requiring all fifty states to grant in-state tuition rates to military veterans.
On a 390-0 vote Monday, the House passed the G.I Bill Tuition Fairness Act (H.R. 357).
The legislation would enable G.I Bill recipients to receive in-state tuition rates at any public college or university in the country, and not just those from a veteran's home state of record. As it is, twenty states including Virginia already have state laws to that effect on the books.
"If I had gone to another state, it would've cost me," said ten-year Navy veteran Ken Wiseman of Norfolk. The 30-year old Veterans of Foreign Wars member is currently a graduate student at Old Dominion University, courtesy of the G.I. Bill. Wiseman says passage of a new federal law compelling all states to make the change is good public policy.
"This is an extremely important thing to do," he said. "there is an unemployment rate of current conflict veterans coming home that fluctuates monthly but often is higher that the civilian unemployment rate. This helps those veterans, puts them in school, puts money in their pockets to help them pay their bills, they don't have to worry about going to school and working." (More)
In Norfolk: Ice cream shop evolves; grocery store closes
(The Virginian-Pilot, Feb. 4, 2014)
Updating the store scene in Norfolk:
An ice cream shop near Old Dominion University is changing more than its flavors, and a small grocery store in the Freemason area has closed.
Norfolk Ice Cream Co. shut on Jan. 3, more than five years after it opened on Monarch Way. But those looking for treats needn't despair.
Butch Mariano, the co-owner, said it will reopen as Twisted Yogurt Bar in March.
"We were making our numbers with the ice cream," Mariano said, "but we thought a better, healthier alternative would be something more appropriate for a neighborhood near the campus."
In the mornings, Twisted Yogurt will offer what Mariano described as a "super-healthy" alternative to the typical breakfast fare of doughnuts, bacon and pancakes. It will feature a variety of yogurts, including Greek and low-fat, along with a smorgasbord of toppings, including fruit and granola.
It will switch to frozen yogurt in the late morning and continue selling that through the evening, Mariano said. (More)
Virginia Gay-Marriage Ban Faces Boies-Olson Legal Team
(Bloomberg, Feb. 4, 2014)
David Boies and Ted Olson, who helped upend California's gay-marriage ban and triggered a national wave of similar lawsuits, are urging a U.S. judge in Virginia to make the state the South's first to accept same-sex unions.
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring said last month he wouldn't defend the state against a lawsuit by two gay couples seeking to marry, comparing the ban to the state's prohibition on interracial unions overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1967. With the attorney general now on their side, Boies and Olson are set to argue the case today in federal court. ...
"Virginia has argued on the wrong side of some of our nation's landmark cases -- in school desegregation in 1954, on interracial marriage" in 1967, Herring said in announcing the shift. Herring was the fourth state attorney general to stop defending a state in lawsuits over gay-marriage bans.
Besides Rainey, the defendants are Prince William County Circuit Court Clerk Michele B. McQuigg and Norfolk Circuit Court Clerk George E. Schaefer.
Bostic, a professor at Old Dominion University, and London, a U.S. Navy veteran who has been a real estate agent for 16 years, have been together since 1989, according to court papers. They are joined in their suit by another gay couple, Mary Townley and Carol Schall, who were denied a marriage license in Chesterfield County. (More)
ODU's first Conference USA schedule is challenging
(The Virginian-Pilot, Feb. 4, 2014)
It's a good thing Alabama isn't in Conference USA, or league officials might have had Old Dominion open conference play against the Crimson Tide.
As it is, ODU was handed a tough early schedule in its first C-USA season, opening with three games against teams that went to bowls last season.
The conference opener is Sept. 20 at defending league champ Rice. A week later, ODU hosts Middle Tennessee State, which lost to Navy in the Armed Forces Bowl, and defending East Division champion Marshall will visit on Oct. 4. The three had a combined record of 28-13.
Rice beat Marshall in the C-USA championship game and lost to Mississippi State in the Liberty Bowl.
ODU athletic director Wood Selig said those first C-USA three games "give us a terrific opportunity right out of the gate."
Marshall, which returns quarterback Rakeem Cato - the league's Offensive Player of the Year - and most of its starters from last season, likely will be picked to win the league. The Thundering Herd beat East Carolina for the East Division title, then after losing to Rice, upset Maryland 31-20 in the Military Bowl in Annapolis, Md.
Maryland pounded ODU 47-10 last season.
"We'll find out a lot about our opportunities for success in Conference USA in those three weeks," coach Bobby Wilder said.
"I know our fan base is going to be fired up" for the first two C-USA home games, he said. "I'm assuming at least one of them will be on national television." (More)
Keast & Hood Structural Engineers Names Craig Swift Associate
(CityBizList Baltimore, Feb. 3, 2014)
Craig D. Swift, PE, SE, LEED AP, Recognized for Service and Commitment.
Keast & Hood named structural engineer Craig D. Swift, PE, SE, LEED AP, an Associate of the firm. Based in the Washington office since 2010, Swift provides project management and structural engineering design for projects in the U.S. and abroad.
"Craig has proven himself as a well-rounded engineer, an organized project manager, and a creative structural designer," said Principal Matthew J. Daw, PE, LEED AP. "He has been recognized for his commitment and contributions, which have been a critical part of the firm's continued growth."
Swift has over 10 years of structural engineering experience, including extensive involvement with seismic analysis, design, and retrofit in the U.S. and Haiti. He recently managed earthquake repairs at the Baltimore Basilica in Baltimore, Md., Gymnasium Vincent in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and the Sherman Building in Washington, D.C. He also oversaw renovations to the University of Virginia Pavilions X and VII.
Swift's current involvement ranges from renovations at Gettysburg College and Virginia Tech to design for new construction at Old Dominion University, management of a multi-year continuing services civil and structural engineering contract for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and additional work in Haiti, including pro bono structural design for an orphanage and a school. (More)


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Two silver dog tags hang from a chain on Todd Lasance's neck. One says "Today could be your last day", the other "There are no mistakes". The 25-year-old actor wears them almost every day. Occasionally he clasps one while thinking, but mostly they just hang there as he talks and laughs. His blue eyes twinkle and there's more than a hint of cockiness in that wide smile, but beneath it all is a quiet determination. Todd Lasance is a man who knows what he wants.
When we first meet in Perth on the set of Cloudstreet, the dog tags have been packed away and he is wearing a slim-fitting brown shirt and pants with heavy boots. His blond, spiky hair has been darkened and sculpted into a close crop, parted on one side. Lasance is on a break from shooting the Showtime miniseries, based on Tim Winton's beloved book.
The story of two families living side by side in poverty in postwar Perth, Cloudstreet is an Australian classic. Lasance plays the adult Quick Lamb, eldest son of the Lamb family. The elation Lasance felt after landing the lead role was quickly replaced by a daunting sense of responsibility to do the Miles Franklin Award-winning novel justice. "It's good to have that pressure," he says, "because it keeps you hungry for the role and wanting to do a good job."
Quick is not an easy character to inhabit. He carries a heavy burden of survivor guilt following a childhood accident that leaves his brother mentally disabled. "I don't really have a lot in my own life to feel guilty for, touch wood, so playing that [was] a challenge," says Lasance. "But as an actor, you want challenges. You don't want it to be easy."
The series stars some of Australia and New Zealand's finest talents, including Kerry Fox, who plays Quick's mother. Lasance describes working with the veteran Kiwi actress as a life-changing experience: "It's almost cheating, acting with someone so good — she just gives it to you."
Rose Pickle, Quick's future wife, is played by model-turned-actress Emma Booth, with whom Lasance was required to act out some steamy sex scenes. "It's quite an unusual thing to be doing as a job — an interesting dynamic," he laughs. "But if you trust the person and you are close with them, it makes it simple."
Cloudstreet's producers certainly didn't skimp when it came to the period details, be they the Menzies-era groceries in the Cloud Street store, the Bible in Mrs Lamb's tent, the pictures on Quick's bedroom walls or the classic cars rumbling down the street.
Wearing the meticulously researched costumes helped Lasance get into character. "He's got a strong, masculine feel to him," he says of Quick. "He's a strong male and I think that's an endearing quality to play." Back then, he notes, the Australian male's values were admirably old-school. "Quick looks after his mother and father, and he's protective of his sisters. He takes on board the responsibility of certain aspects of life and his family values — it's a great thing to go back to."
Cloudstreet is far removed from the show that made Lasance a household name. Until late last year the 25-year-old was a fixture on Home and Away, playing troubled Aden Jefferies. After appearing in a handful of episodes in 2005, his character proved so popular that Lasance was brought back as a full-time lead in 2007. He was soon plunged into the roller-coaster world of Australian soap, dealing with teen romance, bullying, sexual abuse and the death of his young wife.
As a crash course in acting, it was a valuable apprenticeship. "You want to be stretched as an actor — you want to grow. This isn't just a hobby, this is a career that I want to do for the rest of my life. To get the opportunity, week in, week out, to go to so many different places with the storylines that the writers gave me, it was the ultimate learning ground."
Filming was fast and furious, producing up to 22 minutes of footage each day (most TV dramas aim for four to six minutes). While that meant there was less time for reflection, the cracking pace did have its upsides. "[You say to yourself] I have to delve into those emotions, make those decisions, become the character — like that," he says with a click of his fingers.
When we meet again, a few months later, Lasance is back in his civvies — jeans and a T-shirt — with his dog tags clearly visible. Cloudstreet has wrapped and he is now shooting the third season of Channel Nine's Rescue: Special Ops. One thing's for certain — he's not reprising his role as the burdened Quick Lamb. "He has no limitations, he's an extreme-living type of guy," says Lasance of Cam Jackson, the new unit leader of a rival rescue division pitted against regular character Dean Gallagher — played by fellow Home and Away alumnus Les Hill. Lasance is relishing the challenge of a new role. "I'm rock-climbing, abseiling, doing parkour and stunt-driving. We're on cliff faces all the time," he marvels, with obvious delight.
He's also managed to squeeze in one of Nine's upcoming The Underbelly Files telemovies. Tell Them Lucifer Was Here tells the story of the 1998 murders of two Victorian police officers, Gary Silk and Rod Miller, and of the team of detectives determined to catch their killers. Lasance plays Dean Thomas, one of the taskforce detectives assigned to the case. He reckons it's a terrific yarn. "The guys who did it were good in a criminal sense, in trying to cover their tracks. The detectives had to capitalise on their mistakes and it was fascinating to see how the smallest piece of evidence would eventually lead to catching them."
It's an ironic role, given that the actor was arrested in a Sydney nightclub for cocaine possession in 2009. He sighs when I bring it up. "That was one of those massive errors of judgement that pulled everything back into perspective for me," he says, choosing his words carefully. "Emotionally it was such a dark moment. One stupid mistake and you realise how close you've come to losing everything that matters, everything you've worked for, and the respect of family, friends and colleagues."
Lasance now sees getting busted with drugs as a wake-up call. "It makes you step up and go, 'You know what? That isn't me. I'm not going to let this define me. It doesn't represent who I am or my lifestyle at all.' Everyone who knows me knows that, so I don't need to prove it to the people who know me best. But it's for myself too, to show that it doesn't reflect who I am or what I am."
I ask about the 'no mistakes' tag around his neck. "It's a hindsight thing that I live by, in the sense that anything and everything that happens in my life, good or bad, happens for a reason," he explains. "[This] happened to set me up to develop as a person. Dwelling on it isn't going to get me anywhere. I need to step up now and prove myself."
One year on from his brush with the criminal justice system, he's done just that. With three TV lead roles under his belt, and more on the cards, the only way is up. And Lasance wants to go all the way. "[I want to] be in a position to choose roles that give me the freedom to stretch myself, to go out on a limb, to push myself as a person and push myself emotionally."
Cloudstreet will premiere on Showtime in mid-2011.


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Sunday, May 29, 2011
The First Cut Is The Deepest
Right now, the backyard looks like I've given it a really bad haircut. I am hopeful that I will get better at using the weedeater. I purchased a reel mower, but I think I'm going to take it back. I got through everything I needed to do with just the new electric weed-eater. So far, so good. Now if I can manage to change out the spools when needed, things will be all good in that department. I do think that I'll look into getting a harness, as it will make this easier, even though it is TONS lighter than a gas-powered outfit.
I also finished putting together the patio furniture. By the end, I was getting pretty darned good at it. I should have started with the chairs rather than the bench, as the chairs were easier to maneuver and the instructions state that this is a two-person job. Well, it was just me and a garden stool for support, but they are done and seem very sturdy. They aren't the stuff of which heirlooms are made, but I am hopeful that they will last for a few years, anyway. Now to the fun part - decorating the front porch room.
I also played "Edward Scissorhands" and trimmed back some stuff. I do think that will be that primary task is keeping things from looking overgrown. My plan is to follow her outline and vision until I develop one of my own.
In another strange happening, I was laying up under the patio bench like it was a Olds Cutlass, tightening up some bolt or another, when I heard someone speak to me. I crawled out from under the bench to see a woman standing on my porch. "Are you the owner?" she asked. "Yes", I said. She said "I used to own this house". So we visited for a bit and I gave her, her new husband and her twenty-something son the grand tour. Turns out, the fabulous condition of the inside of the house is due to her renovations - save the concrete counter tops and new sink. It was wonderful to hear all the stories about the renovations she did - plus, she was blown away by the gardens, etc. I gave them to grand tour, obviously -with mother and son chattering about how this was and that was and how she bought the house without removing the rugs that were on the floor and it turns out that the inspection discovered a big whole in hall floor. When she pointed it out to me, you can see a faint difference in the flooring there, but I hadn't noticed it without her pointing it out. She lives in Houston now, but was in town for a visit and had heard the place was for sale again. Another woman with a post-divorce story. This is obviously a woman's house, for sure.
Valerie is coming over this afternoon and I have a few things to return, so some shopping may be in order. Tomorrow, I'm scheduled to meet Talia at 6:30 am in the neighboring county for a ride on a new trail. Woo hoo! I hope to have some legs under me. I'm pretty sore from all the moving, paint, furniture wrestling and box bull-dogging that's been going on lately. I've been popping Aleve like they was Chiclets! And at some point, I do need to go grocery shopping, although I still haven't unpacked my pots and pans.
Take good care of yourself. Be kind to others. Don't reinvent the wheel.
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I said that your house looked like a happy place, and I guess the happy memories of past owners prove that's true.ReplyDelete
I'm about to put my house on the market myself (and I hate moving house) so I hope to be lucky enough to find something like that too.
Congrats on the solo furniture-building too!
There seems a certain "rightness" about this house purchase with this now former , former owner showing up to feel in the information gaps. Makes you wonder who built the house originally? Who's next?ReplyDelete
Really cool that your house has so much history and happy former owners. Makes for a good sense of place, definitely.ReplyDelete
Putting together furniture is tedious - congrats on getting it done. May you have many peaceful times on your new patio furniture!
"Popping Aleve like Chiclets"... you crack me up, Roxie. Hope the need for the Aleve settles down soon:) Enjoy your new place.ReplyDelete
Wow! Do they still make Chiclets?ReplyDelete
How cool that you got to meet the former owner. I'm sure it has added a whole new dimension to your thoughts about this house. You get my admiration and respect for putting furniture together. I'm sure the more you do the better you get but still, it's such a tiresome job.ReplyDelete


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Five months after their initial encounter, an exciting battle that ended prematurely due to an accidental poke in the eye, Roger "Relentless" Bowling (8-0) will put his unbeaten record on the line one more time against Bobby "Vicious" Voelker (22-8) in a collision of welterweights (170 pounds) in the main event of a STRIKEFORCE Challengers Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight card presented by Rockstar Energy Drink at Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif., live on SHOWTIME at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast), on Friday, Oct. 22.
Undefeated prospect and Fresno resident Billy Evangelista (10-0) will make his long-awaited return to the cage when he faces Waachiim "Native Warrior'' Spiritwolf (8-6-1) in a 165-pound catch weight bout. Heavyweight star and Madera, Calif. native Lavar "Big" Johnson will continue his miraculous return to the sport in a matchup against an opponent to be determined.
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Birmingham is getting a taste of Hollywood. Alabama natives Jon and Andrew Erwin are at it again. The filming duo's next motion picture just wrapped.
They are the founders of Erwin Brothers Motion Pictures, and they used Alabama for the backdrop of their newest film "Mom's Night Out" - which is about three housewives who get bored with their suburban life and break away for a night out in the city.
The two like to bring their work back home, and they find the actors like it in Alabama too.
Jon Erwin said, "Actors like Patricia Heaton and Sean Astin, who have never been to Alabama, come here and they love it here. They have a total misconception of what it's like here, and this is just a wonderful hidden secret that's a great place to be. They realize that when they get here, and they also realize how much more effective we can be and just how much more we can get than filming in LA."
The movie is expected to come out next year.