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Next generation of reactors will be built at Sellafield and Heysham, the Government announced today as it pushes ahead with plans for new nuclear power plants.
In the first major announcement on the future of nuclear in the UK since the Fukushima disaster in Japan, the Government outlined the locations deemed suitable for new power stations by 2025, all of which are adjacent to existing nuclear sites.
The eight sites are: Bradwell, Essex; Hartlepool; Heysham, Lancashire; Hinkley Point, Somerset; Oldbury, South Gloucestershire; Sellafield, Cumbria; Sizewell, Suffolk; and Wylfa, Anglesey.
The plans for new nuclear power plants are part of a series of national policy statements on energy which were published today, following a public consultation.
They will be debated and voted on in Parliament, but ministers are hopeful that, with a pro-nuclear majority in the Commons, they will win the argument.
Nuclear power is one of the issues that divided Conservatives and Liberal Democrats when they entered Government together, with the coalition deal allowing a Lib Dem spokesman to speak out against any new nuclear plants, while Lib Dem MPs could abstain on the issue.
Lib Dem Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has since given his backing to new reactors, insisting they would not be subsidised by the taxpayer - although MPs have warned that reform of the electricity market could favour nuclear power and amount to a hidden subsidy.
The Government is planning the new suite of reactors to maintain electricity supplies and cut greenhouse gas emissions as an old generation of power stations is shut down.
The future of nuclear as a power source for countries around the world was called into question earlier this year after the Japanese earthquake and tsunami rocked the reactors at Fukushima, leaving radioactivity leaking from the plant.
Mr Huhne signalled last month that plans for new reactors in the UK were on track after an initial report on Fukushima from nuclear chief inspector Mike Weightman ruled out the need to curtail the operation of nuclear power stations in the UK in light of the situation in Japan.
The energy policy statements aim to provide a framework for making planning decisions so projects do not face "unnecessary hold-ups".
They set out the need for billions of pounds of investment in new energy sources, including 33 gigawatts of renewable power - the equivalent of thousands of offshore wind turbines - to meet the UK's future needs.
Energy minister Charles Hendry said: "Around a quarter of the UK's generating capacity is due to close by the end of this decade. We need to replace this with secure, low carbon, affordable energy.
"This will require over £100 billion worth of investment in electricity generation alone.
"This means twice as much investment in energy infrastructure in this decade as was achieved in the last decade.
"Industry needs as much certainty as possible to make such big investments.
"These plans set out our energy need to help guide the planning process, so that if acceptable proposals come forward in appropriate places, they will not face unnecessary hold-ups."
He said the coalition Government was determined to make the UK attractive to investors to ensure that the country had secure, affordable, low-carbon energy.
A PAIR of ospreys have returned to their nesting site in the Lake District. The birds are back at Bassenthwaite Lake - 10 years after the first male osprey chose the area for a nesting site.The bird, known as No Ring, was the first to nest in the Lakes for 150 years. Experts say he has returned with the female he paired up with for the first time in 2007.
It is hoped the birds will rear an 11th generation of young after two male chicks were produced last year.
Graeme Prest of the Lake District Osprey Project said: "It is wonderful news that the ospreys have returned for another season and have already mated. With a bit of luck, the female will be laying her eggs soon."
Almost 100 people are part of a volunteer project to provide 24-hour observation on the nest. They also engage with the public about ospreys at the Dodd Wood viewpoint and Whinlatter Visitor Centre.
The public Osprey Viewpoint at Dodd Wood, near Keswick, has been opened and telescopes are being provided to see the birds.
Live images from the nest are also being beamed to a big screen at the nearby Whinlatter visitor centre. The osprey project is managed by a partnership of the Forestry Commission, Lake District National Park Authority and the RSPB.


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Clemmons, NC -- The Pfeiffer women and Barton College men lead after 36 holes of the 2009 Conference Carolinas championship, hosted by Belmont Abbey College at the Tanglewood Park Championship course in Clemmons, North Carolina.
Anderson University's Adam Sherriff leads the individual tournament by two strokes over Belmont Abbey's Peter Tarver Jones. After posting a four over 74 yesterday, Sheriff posted a 68 today, tying the tournament low. Tarver Jones is alone in second, while Barton's Jonathan Burke and Daniel Castleberry, along with Pfeiffer's Andrew Shiflet (Asheboro, NC), are tied for third. Shiflet posted a 68 in yesterday's opening round.
In the women's tournament, Pfeiffer maintained its lead from yesterday, but Queens jumped into the second position behind Camilla Malberg's even par 72. The Falcons posted a team score of 317, two shots fewer than Sunday's total, while the Royals jumped from a 335 to a 307 today. Belmont Abbey is in third place with a 646, ten shots shy of Pfeiffer and four of Queens, while Anderson (679), Mount Olive (697), Erskine (750) and Limestone (837) round out four through eight.
Belmont Abbey junior Carley Warrington leads the individual title after posting a one over par 73 today, nine shots better than yesterday's total. Mallberg and Pfeiffer's Lina Elmsater (Stockholm, Sweden) are just one shot back. All three of those ladies will be paired together in Tuesday's final round.
The final round gets underway Tuesday morning as the men tee off the tenth tee beginning at 8:00 a.m., while the women will begin on number one starting at 8:40 a.m.

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After a first half to forget, Southwest decided it was time to play against Dixon in the second half Monday night in the opening round of the girls' Coastal Plains 1-A Conference basketball tournament.
"Honestly, we didn't show up," junior guard Naya Burney said. "First half, we all had a chip on our shoulders thinking we were going to come in and beat them and they would automatically give up. But that wasn't the case. They came ready to win."
The Stallions did likewise in the second half and managed to squeak out a hard-fought 57-54 victory over the Bulldogs behind Burney, who scored 23 of her 28 points in the second half — including 11 of 16 from the foul line.
Taylor Marley added 19 and 5 steals.
"I thought we played a very sloppy first half, very lackadaisical," Southwest coach Bev Marley said. "The second half we came out and acted like we wanted to play. That was the conversation we had in the locker room."
Fourth-seeded Southwest (8-15) will travel to No. 1 seed Lejeune (20-0) on Wednesday for the
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The Bulldogs were led by Miranda Davis with 17 points while Corkie Aquafredda added 13 and Carly Rochelle 10. Shi Warren had 8 points and 11 rebounds for Dixon, which was without its top two scorers down the stretch after they fouled out. Aquafredda picked up her fifth with 1:30 left, and Davis was whistled for her fifth with 22.4 seconds left.
"If we would have had the two main scorers at the end of the ballgame, it probably would have been a different story," Dixon coach Christel Caliguire said. "But we got into early foul trouble and that kind of took us out of our game."
Dixon led 22-15 at halftime, but the Stallions changed if not their game plan their mindset the second half by taking the ball to the bucket every chance they had.
"We just sat around the first half," coach Marley said. "It was like pass and watch instead of pass and basket cut. That's the difference in the game, ball movement and our defense picked up."
Burney led the charge with 9 points in the third quarter and 14 in the final quarter. After the Stallions tied it at 25-25 with 4:46 left in the third quarter on Mikhayla Dugan's two foul shots, there were 16 lead changes and seven ties before Southwest took the lead for good on two free throws by Taylor Marley at 54-52 with 1:12 left.
That came after six straight points by Burney and in the midst of three straight turnovers by Dixon, after Davis rebounded a missed foul shot with 1:30 left and the game tied but was unable to score.
Both teams then missed at the foul line — Dixon was 11 of 25 while Southwest was 25 of 39 — before Marley hit one of two with 22.4 seconds left and Burney two with 9.3 seconds for a 57-52 lead.
With her team in foul trouble, Caliguire said the Bulldogs had to play it careful down low, which opened the door for the Stallions to drive to the hoop.
"That was at the point where you had three and four fouls and nobody could step in and stop that action without knowing that they were going to get a foul. It seemed like everything you did down low, touch, not touch, turned into a foul because of a very inconsistent called game," she said.
"Then we were bad from the free throw line. We didn't even hit 50 percent from the free throw line. That killed us right there."
Meanwhile, Burney said coach Marley "put a fire under us" at halftime.
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Southwest 10 5 18 24 — 57
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That was the feeling on Friday when AEG, the company behind building a football stadium in downtown Los Angeles, pulled a stunning reverse one day earlier. Its idea to house one, maybe two, teams at its L.A. Live site has apparently gone toes up.
What does that mean for the Chargers, always among the candidates to be a Farmers Field tenant?
AEG was yanked off the market by its main man, Philip Anschutz. Many thought AEG minus Anschutz would be a plus, as another owner might have better luck luring a team to the nation's second-largest city.
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Anschutz dug in his loafers and also gave the boot to Tim Leiweke, his point man for returning the NFL to L.A.
Leiweke now knows how the Chargers' Philip Rivers' feels playing with a shoddy left tackle. Leiweke was reportedly blindsided by Anschutz's bloodletting.
Anschutz never was gushy about the NFL, simply eying it as a vehicle to sell nearby condos and fill hotel rooms.
It was Leiweke who was the AEG face in chasing the NFL, schmoozing the politicians and getting the different parties involved to pull the rope in the same direction.
But after Leiweke was hung out to dry, what gives?
It's obvious Anschutz doesn't have the stomach for the NFL, after being rebuffed on numerous fronts.
Anschutz wanted a piece of a team at a bargain, and the NFL doesn't do discounts. He wanted a slice of stadium revenue streams, another deal-breaker.
So possibly another billionaire would buy AEG and look at the NFL more as a status symbol that adding to the bottom line.
Maybe a rich person aching to hog the spotlight in a town full of them might be more agreeable to giving an owner full price, full control and a full leg up on the NFL brand regaining its Southern California footing.
With Anschutz staying put, and Leiweke out the door, this should be joyous news to those worrying "Bekins" and "Chargers" would eventually share the same sentence.
But is it?
The Chargers haven't gotten far in their 11-year trek to find a Qualcomm Stadium replacement. They looked under every rock and rolled through countless blueprints seeking a place to call home sweet home.
That's why I embraced the L.A. option. Not because I wanted the Chargers leave, just the opposite.
No other San Diego team creates the buzz the Chargers do, uniting this community in ways only athletics can deliver.
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Bob Drewel, a giant in local politics, retires this month
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Bob Drewel greets guests at The Triple Door in Seattle on Monday. The event was held as a fundraiser for the Greater Everett Community Foundation and a tribute to Drewel, who is retiring.
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Bob Drewel (center) and his wife, Cheryl, greet guests at The Triple Door in Seattle on Monday.
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Bob Drewel calls out auction items and bids at a fundraiser dinner in June 2012. Drewel served as an auctioneer for a multitude of charity events.
With calluses from bare-knuckle campaigns involving not-so-shiny candidates back East, she arrived in 1995 expecting more of the same, with a Northwest flavor.
What she encountered shocked her.
"I found the most amazing, clean and wholesome political family I had ever seen and I have ever seen," Loomis recalled. "The kids are perfect. The wife is perfect and Bob is perfect. This is the kind of person you want in office making decisions.
"He is truly motivated to be in politics for the right reason: to make people's lives better," she said.
Drewel, who won that race and another, then took the helm of the Puget Sound Regional Council, is retiring this month after a career of more than 30 years.
The longtime Arlington resident arguably is one of the most significant public figures to emerge from Snohomish County in the last generation.
In a career spanning parts of four decades, he's credited with making Snohomish County a relevant player in the state and with nurturing Everett Community College into an integral part of the city. He's also recognized for moving nonprofits off the sidelines and onto the playing field of policymaking.
His name adorns the entrance of the county administration building, the most visible sign of the respect he's earned and the legacy he's built.
"He has a very deep sense of community," said Pat McClain, governmental affairs director for the city of Everett and a Drewel friend since the early '80s. "He's not afraid to do what's necessary to get something done. There's a bit of plow horse in Bob."
He's had a finger or two, and sometimes a whole hand, in defining events for Snohomish County and the Puget Sound region in the past 30 years.
He pushed for the creation of Sound Transit, then guided the effort that convinced voters it was worth funding.
He fended off those driving to build a regional airport in Snohomish County and steered them instead to construct a third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
He withstood the insurgents behind Freedom County, though it sometimes meant donning a bulletproof vest for public appearances.
He joined governors and County Council members in crafting proposals for funding transportation and constructing a new county administration building.
And he's sat at some very large tables with owners of big businesses, managers of small nonprofits, and elected Democrats and Republicans to map paths to economic prosperity for families, including higher education for their children.
"His fingerprints are all over this region for decades to come," said Joni Earl, chief executive officer for Sound Transit and deputy county executive under Drewel.
He'll be the first to declare his feats aren't magic, his method not supernatural. To solve a problem, he figured, you gather together those affected and let them talk, and keep talking, and, just as important, listening. Eventually, a moment arrives when everyone finds what Drewel calls "mutuality" -- then agreement follows.
"He believed from the outset of every issue to be inclusive so that all points of view came into play," said Edmonds Mayor Dave Earling, a Republican, who was a city councilman when Drewel was county executive. The two became friends and allies.
Former King County executive Ron Sims described Drewel as selfless, genuine and trustworthy.
"His idea was to have everybody at the table. It worked because Bob was there. He has incredible personal cachet with people," Sims said. "You needed somebody everyone trusted and liked to be around and had brains to burn."
Drewel is known for his innate ability to keep participants focused on finding common ground and purpose.
Those skills are getting a serious test as he leads the Washington Aerospace Partnership board, which is trying to land the Boeing Co.'s 777X program.
Bruce Kendall, the chief executive officer of the Economic Development Board for Tacoma-Pierce County, said Drewel kept upbeat after the Machinists voted down a contract last month that would have locked up the work.
"That was an emotional vote, and he said, 'This isn't about the emotions. Let's keep our eyes on the prize,' " Kendall said. "He was the one guy who people respected most around the table, and he was able to get us focused on the prize."
The tougher the challenge, the harder Drewel worked, and when it was over, he gave the credit to others and took none for himself, Sims said.
"If there was a saint of the political level, he would be one," he said.
* * *
Drewel, 67, was born in Seattle. He was raised there and on a farm in Kennewick, where he gained an affinity for cowboy boots and horseback riding.
He graduated from Ingraham High School in Seattle. He attended Columbia Basin Junior College, then Central Washington University, finally graduating in 1970 from the University of Washington.
He and his wife, Cheryl, married in 1968 and have lived in Arlington since 1986. They have two grown daughters, Amy and Lindsay.
"You just don't do it alone," he said, praising the trio of women for supplying the strength for him to persevere in public service. "Anything I've ever been engaged in I wouldn't have done without their support."
In 1981, Drewel was working in the human resources department at Everett Community College when he was tapped to be interim president for four months prior to the hiring of Paul Walker. Three years later, Walker departed, and Drewel filled in as interim again before the Board of Trustees decided to appoint him president in December 1984.
He liked the job and found himself interested in the political process of lobbying lawmakers on higher education and electing board members who ran the college.
In 1987, a still-unsolved arson destroyed the college library and claimed the life of firefighter Gary Parks. The fire left an indelible mark on Drewel.
He oversaw rebuilding on the campus and rejuvenating school spirit. He also saw how the tragedy had bonded the college and community forever.
"I saw the strength and resolve of the citizens of Snohomish County," he said. "It struck me that if I was ever to consider something else in public service, it would be only to serve this great community in a different fashion."
* * *
Drewel didn't envision running for county executive in 1991 until others -- including the departing executive Willis Tucker -- convinced him he'd be good at it. Voters agreed three times.
He won by greater margins each election. With his profile growing as a result of battles such as the airport runway and Sound Transit, a few friends started imagining the moderate, business-minded Democrat as governor.
Loomis said she wanted him to run when the seat opened up in 1996. "He would have been brilliant," she said.
Drewel brushed aside such notions that year. He considered it more seriously in 2003 after Gov. Gary Locke announced he would not seek another term. It meant no incumbent would be running in 2004.
"Bob Drewel would have been a great governor," said Gary Nelson, a Republican and former state lawmaker who served on the Snohomish County Council through most of Drewel's reign. "His style of leadership is attractive and has a magnetic appeal."
Chris Gregoire, the state's Democratic attorney general in 2003, was clearly going to run. At one point, she and Drewel met in a coffee shop in downtown Everett to chat about their respective plans.
Drewel heard a lot of people telling him that seeking the governor's job was a good idea, but he said he never reached the same conclusion. He felt he could accomplish more as a community leader than a statewide figure.
That's why he jumped at the chance to become executive director of the federally created Puget Sound Regional Council. The little-recognized organ of government is where people representing cities, counties, ports, transit agencies, tribes, and state government sit and work together on regional issues.
For Drewel, who preached regionalism over parochialism, it was a perfect fit.
"The position I now hold was drop-dead the right decision," he said.
* * *
Drewel's appreciation for regional solutions was forged in his days as Snohomish County executive. In that job, he pushed his way into meeting rooms and onto boards to ensure the county didn't get left out of decisions affecting land use and transportation along the I-5 corridor south to Pierce County.
Take the debate on the third runway at Sea-Tac airport, for example.
Leaders of King County and several of its cities opposed it and wanted to put a regional airport in Snohomish or Pierce counties to shoulder the increasing load of commercial air traffic. They had designs on Paine Field and the Arlington Airport.
Drewel, Everett Mayor Ed Hansen, Everett Port Commissioner Ed Morrow and others fought back. Never before had the county so aggressively attempted to assert itself in a region long dominated by King County.
Eventually, they turned the tide of votes on the Puget Sound Regional Council, where the runway decision was eventually made.
Even as the fight continued, Drewel made his presence, and that of Snohomish County, felt on the board of Regional Transit Authority, better known as Sound Transit.
Created by state law, the transit authority needed voter approval of a tax hike to pay for the dream of a regional light-rail system.
Drewel joined the board in early 1996, a few months after voters had turned down a funding measure. As chairman that year, he cajoled the board into agreeing on a scaled-down 10-year plan for regional bus routes, commuter rail service from Tacoma to Everett on existing tracks, and a new light-rail line. It won handily at the polls in the fall of 1996.
Drewel didn't act alone. But as the executive of the state's third-most-populous county, he could assert his presence more than city leaders, and he did. Over time, it garnered greater influence for the county as a whole.
"Bob Drewel put Snohomish County on the map, and I will be eternally grateful to him for doing that," said Connie Niva, a former Everett City Council member and current regent of Washington State University.
Sims, King County executive in those years, agreed.
"Everybody knew there was a Snohomish County, but it did not have an articulated image," he said. "It was like Snohomish County was there, but what was Snohomish County?"
* * *
Drewel's career isn't without a few wayward notions and waylaid initiatives.
In 2000, he suggested moving hundreds of county employees out of offices in Everett and into buildings at Paine Field. The move would save money by avoiding the cost of building a new administration building, he contended.
The backlash forced a retreat. He wound up championing a plan for constructing the building that now bears his name, without raising taxes.
And in 1998, with the county in the midst of a growth spurt, he masterminded an ambitious attempt to build roads, buy parks and improve sewer and water systems via the ballot.
Dubbed ASCENT 21, it proposed five separate measures to collectively raise hundreds of millions of dollars through higher gas, sales and property taxes. Voters trounced each one by a nearly 3-1 margin.
He had better luck in an area often given less priority by other government leaders: nonprofits. His crowning achievement in this arena may be the Prosperity Partnership created by the Puget Sound Regional Council in 2004.
Today, it is a coalition of 300 government, business, education, labor and nonprofit organizations from King, Kitsap, Pierce, and Snohomish counties that works on a common strategy for economic development.
"That has done more to get different people to the table, and keep them at the table, more than anything else," he said.
It's not just been at conference room tables where he carried the torch.
Until last year, he also did it as an auctioneer at a multitude of charity events, where he demonstrated an innate ability to separate people from their money -- and make them feel really good about it.
"It was hard to say no to Uncle Bob," joked former Herald publisher Larry Hanson of Everett. "He has so much energy about the things he's interested in, and that's very contagious."
In 2005, in recognition of his efforts, the Greater Everett Community Foundation established the Human Services Endowment Fund in Honor of Bob Drewel.
Last week, foundation leaders announced the raising of $204,000 in a special campaign coinciding with Drewel's retirement. The fund total now stands at $426,000, a portion of which will be given out next spring in grants to local nonprofits.
Though Drewel officially is retiring, he's not riding off into the sunset.
He's accepted a pro bono job as "director emeritus" for a regional council appendage known as the Economic Development District. It lets him remain involved with the Washington Aerospace Partnership efforts on the 777X program and just about everything else he's had a hand in the last 30 years.
Hanson isn't the least surprised.
"There isn't any quit in him, that's for sure," he said.
Herald writer Dan Catchpole contributed to this report.
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Fortunately, the veterinary staff at the ASPCA's Bergh Memorial Animal Hospital was able to nurse Britney back to health, and eventually she became available for adoption; we could finally find a home for this sweet dog who had suffered so much.
We knew it would be a challenge.
Statistically speaking, animals who are black, large or senior, as well as those who take medication or can't live with other animals, usually spend more time waiting for homes. Britney was all of these things, and to make matters worse, she didn't engage much with adopters who passed her habitat, preferring to rest quietly.
Still, we knew that the right person would come for Britney, and to speed things along, we spread the word about this special canine. After seeing Britney's picture and reading about her, Kevin Bechard tells us, "I wanted to snatch her right up."
A few days later Bechard was going above and beyond to help Britney settle in to her new home in suburban Connecticut.
"The first couple nights I actually slept on the floor with her because she can't do stairs, and she would just reach out with her paw and make sure it was against me," he recalls. "Only then she would allow herself to go to sleep. If I moved away a little bit, her eyes would open."
The love and comfort of a forever home has revived Britney, who has blossomed into a trusting and happy pup: Bechard reports that at his house Britney loves romping outdoors and goes on multiple nature walks a day.
In return, Bechard has gained a new best friend who, he says, never required house-training or manners instruction, thanks to her age. "I wish more people would consider older dogs," Bechard says. "I was open to anything, but I was so pleasantly surprised."
Kevin, Your article brings tears to my eyes!! Britney reminds me of the six year old black lab, Sam, that we rescued last year. Sam exhibits similiar traits as Britney. Rescue older dogs are so appreciative and loving. Thanks to you Britney can enjoy her life in a loving home!!
Kevin, thanks for giving Britney a second chance at happiness. Sounds like she has settled into a wonderful life with you!
Yeah, Kevin. Your story made me cry! I am so happy to hear you both found each other. Best wishes for a wonderful and happy life.
Beautiful story. My son adopted a Rottwieler/German Shepard he name Gunther. I was horrified because of the breeds reputation. It tuned out the dog had obviously been trained for lifesaving. When my toddler granddaughter who had swimming lessons since a small infant, went into the pool and began swimming, Gunther jumped in, grabbed her by her bikini bootom and brought her out of the pool. He did it repeatedly until they had to leave Gunther in the family room where he barked furiously as long as my granddaughter was in the pool. He slept outside the children's room and insisted you step over him to get in. He lived to about 18 years and developed such severe arthritis he couldn't walk. He was put to sleep in the arms of my 6'4 son who told him, thru his tesrs. how much he loved him.
Congratulations! I only adopt older dogs as I know how loving and faithful they are. I only wish others would do the same!
You must be a very special person with a heart of gold. I am a dog lover myself, and have a couple of rescues that became part of my family, without a doubt- a curly white schnauzer that I adopted at age 5, who is now 12 and going strong, albeit with diabetes... and a 1 1/2 year old Jack Russell that literally ran into my arms at the town railroad track! Couldn't find her owner, so she became ours. May you and Britney share may happy years together!
What a BEAUTIFUL DOG she is!! That face!!--she looks NOBLE, ELEGANT, WISE.... It'd be very difficult to say who was MORE BLESSED: Kind-hearted Kevin or Beautiful Britney. I'm so happy that they were brought together!! And also glad to have seen their story!
Awesome!!!!!! I have tears in my eyes..so nice to hear about caring people like kevin and saved animals like britney.. I have three shelter animals myself a dog and 2 cats it i had the room and could afford them i would surely have more :)
I always knew you were a great guy! You and Britney are so lucky to have found each other!
The world is a much better place because you are here, Kevin.
We are all grateful that you offered a safe and happy home that Britney can enjoy for the rest of her life. I have a dog that needs shots twice a day too, but it is such a small price to pay when you get back so much in return. Give that sweet dog a kiss for me and my family.


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REVIEW: Only Lovers Left Alive
This one just may be an instant classic. The tres artsy Jim Jarmusch has created the thinking person's vampire film. A non-scary vampire film. A love story over the ages for the ages. An older woman-younger man vampire movie. Tilda Swinton is a few thousand years older and as a result, a whole lot more optimistic and resilient than the brooding human-hating scientist/indie rocker Tom Hiddleston (best known for the villain in "Thor". She's Eve. He's Adam.
There's so much to love about this film. There's lots of droll humor and many asides to art, music, literature and science. John Hurt plays a vampire named Marlowe (named for the writer some think was the real writer of Shakespeare's work) . Mia Wasikowska is Eve's younger uncontrollable sister from L.A. , who denounces Adam and Eve as snobs when Ava is thrown out for killing a human (Anton Yelchin ) for his blood. Adam and Eve are so evolved, they no longer kill humans or even suck enough blood to turn the humans into vampires. They buy pure blood from professional institutions. Besides, the zombies (that's what Adam calls humans) have tainted the blood supply with disease- so blood straight from a human is risky and can actually lead to a vampire's demise.
The film is mostly set in Detroit where the reluctantly famous Adam (think the late Kurt Cobain or Eddie Vedder as vampires) figures he won't be found by his fans. We get a nighttime tour of the relics, including the home where rocker Jack White grew up. White starred in Jarmusch's 2003 film "Coffee and Cigarettes". There are lots of asides like this in the film- I probably missed more than a a few.
Twilda Swinton was born to play a vampire. Tom Hiddleston is equally elegant and fashionable . The clothes!!!!!
This is one that begs a second view. I'm a sucker for vampire movies but this one's so bloody good, I can't stop talking about it.
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Thread: SOTD, Saturday 2, 2010.
Good morning!
Rose Twill
Everlast Original 1910 by Everlast
12:16 a.m., finally home after a long week on the road. My favorite homey/comfort scent: Dior Homme Intense. Good morning to the basenoters on the other side of the world. Good night to the western hemisphere.
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Hermès Eau des Merveilles (2004) Ralf Schwieger/Nathalie Fesithauer Citrus Chypre
Top Notes: Vetiver, Oak, Cedar Middle Notes: Ambergris Base Notes: Lemon, Orange, Elemi, Pink Pepper
This is the one that's supposed to have an "inverted pyramid"; i. e., the top notes are in the base, the base notes are in the top, and the middle notes are... well, still in the middle. The EdT smells to me remarkably similar to the later Terre d'Hermès of Ellena, but it is missing that "silex" note that's said to remind one of the smell of sun-warmed stones. On the whole this is rather unisex to me, though it's labeled as being for women. The progression of this from layer to layer is rather hard to detect for me. It seems almost as if all the levels are present from beginning to end, making it a bit more linear than most Hermès scents. Still, it's something of a tour de force, and deserves some credit for that.
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Have I told you about the scent of jasmine? Have I spoken about the smell of the sea? The earth is scented. And I perfume myself to enhance what I am. That's why I can not wear a perfume that bothers me. Perfuming is an instinctive wisdom. And like all art, it requires some knowledge of yourself..."
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Or Masculin(1985)
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Top Notes: Lemon, Mandarin, Bergamot, Basil
Middle Notes: Jasmin, Sandal, Coriander, Patchouli
Base Notes: Moss, Amber, Musk
This morning: Alfred Sung's Hei
Good morning! My SOTD is Bulgari Black. Have a great weekend!
Notes include bergamot, smoky tea, jasmine, cedarwood, sandalwood, leather, amber, musk, vanilla and resins.
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I quite like it, but I doubt my surroundings feel the same way!
violet-day, I go on with
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Tea for Two - L'Artisan
Ulrich Lang - Nightscape
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Fragrance free so far. I may test my sample os Poivree Samrchange by Hermes. Its calling to me again. I feel that Band emulates this fragrance with the peppers but IMO Hermes does it better.
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Bond 9 Saks Fifth for Him....I love it!
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Ambre Russe (PdE) again after 6 months (this is one of the very few I can not wear during the summer half).... boy, I had forgotten how good this is! Once it settles on my skin after 15 minutes or so I mostly get a heavenly good and rich tobacco smell anticipating a good smoke, a wee dram waiting on the table and some exotic eastern spices and incense burning in a distance.
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Billy Corgan, of the Smashing Pumpkins, perfroms at Everett's Comcast Arena Wednesday.
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Fans watch the band Smashing Pumpkins perform at Everett's Comcast Arena Wednesday.
Joe Dyer / The Herald Billy Corgan, leadman of the Smashing Pumpkins, plays guitar at Everett's Comcast Arena Wednesday.
The Smashing Pumpkins first made a big mark in 1993 with "Siamese Dream," their sophomore album, a multiplatinum critical sensation.
The group built on that success with a grandly ambitious double-album, 1995's "Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness," which sold twice as well and won the group its first Grammy.
Since then, the Pumpkins have had good years and bad. It has lost most of its founding members but has held on to a devout fanbase.
Today, the Pumpkins carry on under the steely eyed guidance of the group's mastermind, lead singer and lead guitarist Billy Corgan.
The Pumpkins played songs from "Oceania," its latest studio album, which has been praised as a return to form for the band. It debuted this summer at No. 4 on the Billboard 200.
The band performed in front of visuals created by Sean Evans, who worked on the huge, successful tour of "The Wall," recently completed by Pink Floyd's Roger Waters.
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You went out with a potential victim instead of watching the Giants?
I also wasted 60 bucks on dinner. I feel depressed........
Originally Posted by dezzzR
I also wasted 60 bucks on dinner. I feel depressed........
for buying dinner? lol
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Was it good at least? Should have taken her to mcdonalds as soon as she acted weird
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RIP Vin Diseal.
Wuh m8?
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for buying dinner? lol
I need a woman
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OXFORD, Ohio - For the second straight week, the Miami Athletes of the Week connected by Frontier Communications are ice hockey freshman forward Riley Barber and basketball senior forward Kirsten Olowinski as the duo once again performed well during the week of Dec. 10-16.
Barber (Livonia, Mich.) totaled three points, on a goal and two assists, to lead Miami to a five-point weekend at Ohio State. In Friday's 1-1 tie/shootout win, Barber set up the game-tying goal on the power play 12:43 into the third period that pulled Miami even. He fed teammate Curtis McKenzie in the slot from behind the net to earn the RedHawks a tie. In Saturday's 3-1 win, Barber notched a goal and an assist for his sixth multi-point game of the season. Barber handed out the primary assist on Miami's game-winning goal in the second period, which came on the power play. He then scored a goal of his own in the final minute to secure the win with an empty-net tally. Barber earned the No. 3 star of the game for his efforts. He finished the weekend with eight shots on goal, blocked a shot and posted a +1 rating.
Barber leads the CCHA with 22 points at the midway point of the season despite being just a freshman. His 14 assists also share the CCHA lead with sophomore teammate Austin Czarnik. Barber's 1.22 points per game are first nationally among freshmen and 19th in the NCAA overall. Barber is currently in Tarrytown, N.Y. participating at the U.S. National Junior Team training camp, where he is looking to earn a final roster spot on the U.S. National Junior Team that will compete at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Ufa, Russia Dec. 26, 2012 to Jan. 5, 2013. The camp moves to Finland on Dec. 19 while the final roster will be announced Dec. 23.
Barber has now earned Miami Male Athlete of the Week twice this year, both coming in the last two weeks. He was also named CCHA Gongshow® Rookie of the Week on Monday for his performance, his third time winning that award this year.
Olowinski (Erie, Pa.) was the leader of Miami's dominant 71-37 victory over Chicago State Sunday in its only action last week. She tied for the team lead with 12 points, finishing with 6-for-10 shooting from the field. She also brought down nine rebounds, including three on the offensive glass, leaving her only seven boards short of tying the school record for career rebounds. Olowinski also dished out three assists and was a big contributor to the defensive effort that saw the RedHawks allow only 37 points, the fewest since 2001. She finished with two steals and one block in the game, as well, filling up the stat sheet in just 24 minutes of action.
The Miami Female Athlete of the Week honor is the third of Olowinski's career and second this year (and in as many weeks). She first earned the distinction as a junior last year.
The No. 5 hockey team is off next week but returns to the ice Dec. 28-29 when the 'Hawks participate in the Three Rivers Classic in Pittsburgh, Pa. Miami faces Ohio State again on Dec. 28 and will battle either Penn State or host Robert Morris the next night. Should Barber make the final U.S. roster, he would miss the Three Rivers Classic to represent his country. Olowinski and the women's basketball team are back on the court this weekend, Dec. 21-22, taking part in the Caribbean Classic in Cancun, Mexico. Miami will face Creighton in its first game before battling Nevada on Dec. 22.
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Opening up Information for Tackling Complex Urban Problems: A Study of Citizen Apps
2012, Journal of Urban Technology
Tackling complex urban problems requires us to examine and leverage diverse sources of information. Today, cities of all kinds and sizes capture a large amount of information in real-time. Data is captured on transportation patterns, electricity and water consumption, citizen use of government services (e.g. parking meters), and even on weather events. Through open data initiatives, government agencies are making information available to citizens. In turn, citizens are building applications that exploit this information to solve local urban problems. Citizens are also building platforms where they can share information regarding government services. Information that was previously unavailable is now being used to gauge quality of services, choose services, and report illegal and unethical behaviors (e.g. requesting bribes). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first paper to examine the range of citizen applications ('citizen apps') targeted to solve urban issues and their ensuing impacts on planning, decision-making, problem solving, and urban governance. We examine citizen apps that address a wide range of urban issues from those that solve public transportation challenges to those advance management public utilities and services and even public safety.
Desouza, K.C., and Bhagwatwar, A. (2012), "Opening up Information for Tackling Complex Urban Problems: A Study of Citizen Apps," Journal of Urban Technology, 19(3), 107-136.


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Miami Hockey Postgame Notes
Miami vs. Michigan State
Saturday, March 16, 2013 - CCHA Quarterfinals
Steve Cady Arena - Oxford, Ohio
- Miami defeated Michigan State, 4-1, Saturday night in Game 2 of the CCHA Quarterfinals, evening the best-of-three series at 1-1 and forcing a decisive Game 3 on Sunday. After falling Friday to MSU, Miami improved its record after a loss this year to 7-1-2. The RedHawks are now 6-0-1 on Saturday this season following a series-opening loss on Friday and 5-1-1 after getting shut out the night before.
- The RedHawks improved to 34-37 all-time in the CCHA Tournament, including 3-10 against Michigan State, with all three wins coming in the last two years (both in the quarterfinal round). Miami is also now 24-12 at home in the CCHA Playoffs and improved to 10-5 as a No. 1 seed in the CCHA Tournament. The RedHawks have advanced to the semifinals each year they have been a No. 1 seed previously.
- Miami is now 14-2-2 on Saturday night this season, including 7-1-1 at home. The RedHawks are 13-3-3 at Steve Cady Arena after Saturday's win and have won their next home game following a home loss all three times this season, doing so again Saturday night.
- For the first time all year Miami allowed a goal in the first minute of a game when the Spartans found the net 28 seconds into Saturday night's matchup on the power play. The RedHawks bounced back after the early deficit and improved their record when their opponent scores first to 4-8-4. It was just the 16th time in 38 games, Miami's opponent has scored first this year.
- Freshman goaltender Ryan McKay started for the fourth consecutive game Saturday night, marking his longest stretch of the year. The freshman goaltender has also gotten the nod between the pipes for seven of Miami's last eight contests. McKay made 16 saves Saturday night, allowing just one goal past him, improving his season record to 11-5-2. He has now held the opposition to a goal or less in 13 of his 19 starts this year while he continues to lead the country with both a 1.21 GAA and .955 save percentage.
- Sophomore forward Jimmy Mullin got things started for the RedHawks, netting the first Miami goal of the series at the 10:38 mark of the first period. The goal was Mullin's first since he scored against Lake Superior State (Feb. 22) and his sixth tally of the season.
- Sophomore forward Austin Czarnik netted his fourth short-handed goal of the year in the first period, making him the sole leader in short-handed goals among all NCAA hockey players. The shorty was Czarnik's first since Nov. 9 when he tallied one against Northern Michigan. His four short-handed goals ties for second in Miami single-season history while his six career short-handers ties for third in school history with Brian Savage (1990-93) and Justin Mercier (2005-09). Czarnik tallied another goal during the third period, bringing his season total to 13 goals, 22 assists and 35 points. He now has a team-best four multi-goal games this year and five for his career while the two goals tie a career high and mark his first goals since scoring twice Feb. 1 vs. Alaska (both empty-netters). It was his first non-empty-netter since Jan. 19 at Wisconsin.
- Freshman forward Riley Barber added assists on both of Czarnik's goals, bringing his season point total to 38 while he now has a team-high 23 assists on the year. Barber's 38 points lead all CCHA players and all freshmen in NCAA Division I hockey. Saturday marked his fourth multi-assist game and team-leading 12th multi-point contest of the year.
- Sophomore forward Cody Murphy scored Miami's third goal of the night midway through the second period. Murphy now has 10 goals, six assists and 16 points on the season, a drastic improvement from his freshman stat line of two goals, three assists and five point, though he missed half the season with an injury. His 10 goals are third on the team. He also added an assist Saturday for his fourth multi-point game of the year and fifth of his career.
- Freshman defenseman Matthew Caito dished out primary assists on Miami's first and third goals of the night. The two helpers tied his career high and marked just his second multi-assist game, also doing so Jan. 25 vs. Bowling Green. It was his fifth career multi-point game.
- The sophomore class led the Miami offense Saturday night, with all four goals coming from second year RedHawks: Mullin, Czarnik (2) and Murphy. Miami's sophomore class has now accounted for 42 of the team's 95 goals on the year, which is 44.2 percent. They sophomores totaled five points Saturday as they have compiled 95 of Miami's 256 points this season (37.1 percent).
- Miami's defense allowed just one goal Saturday, marking the 27th time in the last 31 games the RedHawks have held the opposition to two goals or less. It was the 19th time in 38 games Miami gave up one goal or less. The RedHawks rank second nationally and first in the CCHA, giving up just 1.63 goals per game.
- The RedHawks improved their record when scoring three or more goals this year to 18-0-1 and continued their perfect record when leading after two periods, which stands now at 21-0-0, as Miami led 3-1 after 40 minutes.
- Miami put 37 shots on goal Saturday compared to just 17 for MSU. The RedHawks have now outshot the Spartans, 71-41, so far in the series, outshooting MSU both nights.
- Head Coach Enrico Blasi shuffled up the lineup for the first time in over a month Saturday night, scratching sophomore forward Blake Coleman, who missed his first game all season, while inserting junior forward Bryon Paulazzo for the first time since Jan. 26. With goals from Mullin and Murphy, Miami's fourth offensive line collected two of the RedHawks' four goals Saturday night, despite missing Coleman, who has played on the fourth line for much of the year.
- Miami, which is 2-1-1 against MSU this year, meets Michigan State again at 7:05 p.m. Sunday night in Game 3 of the CCHA Quarterfinals at Steve Cady Arena. The winner of that game advances to the semifinal round of the CCHA Tournament, held next Saturday, March 23 at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.
- Should the RedHawks advance to the semifinals, they would face seventh-seeded Michigan, who swept No. 3 seed Western Michigan in their quarterfinal series. In the other CCHA Quarterfinal series', No. 4 seed Ohio State and No. 5 seed Ferris State are tied 1-1 while No. 2 seed Notre Dame swept No. 9 seed Bowling Green.