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The New Mexico State men's basketball team returns home for a pair of games inside the Pan American Center during Thanksgiving week. NM State hosts Northern New Mexico, Wednesday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. in the final game of the 2K Sports Classic. The Aggies host Louisiana, Friday, Nov. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in a game in memory of former Aggie Kelsey Crooks. The games are available on the Aggie Sports Network and KGRT 104 FM in Las Cruces with the 'Voice of the Aggies' Jack Nixon, and the pregame show starts 30 minutes prior to tip.
New Mexico State Aggies
The Aggies are 1-3 this season after a rough road trip to Niagara Falls, N.Y. Sophomore guard Daniel Mullings is leading the team in both scoring and rebounding with 17.8 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. Senior forward Tyrone Watson supplies 14.8 points per game. Junior center Tshilidzi Nephawe and senior forward Bandja Sy are contributing 7.8 and 7.5 points per game, respectively.
Scouting Northern New Mexico
The Eagles are 3-7 overall this season. Northern New Mexico lost to Fort Lewis, 83-52, Nov. 15, Adams State College, 75-55, Nov. 17 and New Mexico Highlands, 103-59, Nov. 18. The Eagles host Western State College, Nov. 20, before meeting the Aggies. The Eagles have three players in double figures with sophomore forward/center Orlando Echave supplying 11.0 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. Junior guards Matthew Brito and Gabriel Martinez are averaging 10.6 and 10.5 points per game, respectively.
Series Notes
The Aggies have a 1-0 all-time lead in the series with Northern New Mexico. NM State won the first-ever meeting, 100-68, Feb. 14, 2012 in Las Cruces.
Previous Meeting
The Aggies started their final four-game home stand with a 100-68 win over Northern New Mexico, Feb. 14, 2012 in Las Cruces. All five Aggie starters were in double-figures with forward Bandja Sy leading the way with 19 points. Center Hamidu Rahman added 18 points and eight rebounds. Guard Daniel Mullings scored 14 points, and forward Tyrone Watson supplied 13 in the Aggies' first 100-point game since the 2008-09 season. Guard Hernst Laroche was also in double-digits with 12 points.
Scouting Louisiana
The Ragin' Cajuns are 1-2 overall following losses at Texas Southern, 74-71, Nov. 16 and Boise State, 63-57, Nov. 18. ULL hosts Southern (New Orleans), Nov. 21, prior to the matchup with the Aggies. Junior forward Bryant Mbamalu has a team-high 14.0 points per game, and sophomore guard Elfrid Payton adds 13.7 points per game. Junior forward Elridge Moore is providing 12.7 points per game.
Series Notes
The Ragin' Cajuns have a 10-4 advantage in the all-time series, but the Aggies have won the last two meetings in the series. NM State and Louisiana met twice during the 2010-11 season with the Aggies taking both contests, 92-76, Nov. 12, 2010 in Lafayette, La., and 82-76, Dec. 21, 2010 in Las Cruces.
Previous Meeting
Guard Gordo Castillo scored 20 points to lead NM State past Louisiana, 82-76, Dec. 21, 2010 at the Pan American Center. Christian Kabongo added 17 points and Hernst Laroche scored 19 for the Aggies, who won their fourth straight game.
Mullings Earns 2K Sports Classic All-Tournament Team Honors
Sophomore guard Daniel Mullings was named to the Niagara subregional 2K Sports Classic All-Tournament Team. He averaged 24 points and 6.5 rebounds in two games in Niagara Falls, N.Y. He joined Bryson Johnson and Mike Muscala of Bucknell (MVP) and Juan'ya Green and Antoine Mason of Niagara.
Aggies Falter at Niagara 86-83
NM State let a second-half lead slip away and fell to Niagara, 86-83, in the 2K Sports Classic benefitting Wounded Warrior Project, Nov. 18. Sophomore guard Daniel Mullings scored a season-high 26 points, just two shy of his career high, for the Aggies and was named to the all-tournament team. Junior center Tshilidzi Nephawe contributed a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds, which ties a career-high mark. This was his first double-double since March 2, 2011. Senior forward Bandja Sy was also in double-digits with 10 points. Off the bench, sophomore guard Terrel de Rouen had a career-high nine points, while senior forward Tyrone Watson supplied eight points, six rebounds and five assists.
Mullings Has Season-High, Aggies Fall to Bucknell
The Aggies opened the Niagara Falls subregional of the 2K Sports Classic benefitting Wounded Warrior Project with a 62-49 loss to Bucknell, Nov. 17. Sophomore guard Daniel Mullings paced the Aggies with a 22 points and team-high six rebounds. Senior forward Tyrone Watson was also in double figures with 13 points. NM State was held under 50 points for only the second time in the Marvin Menzies era. The last time the Aggies scored less than 50 points occurred in a 59-49 loss at Utah State, Jan. 22, 2011.
Aggies Notch Double-Doubles
Junior center Tshilidzi Nephawe recorded the first double-double of the season for the Aggies at Niagara, Nov. 18. He had 14 points and 10 rebounds, which ties a career-high mark. It was his first double-double since his freshman season.
Hard Work Pays Off for Mullings
After an off-season of time spent in the gym working on his shot, sophomore guard Daniel Mullings is seeing the rewards. He has started the season with a 5-of-6 shooting performance from the 3-pointer line. Mullings only made five 3-pointers during his entire freshman season.
Aggies Win Home Opener 81-56
NM State defeated Southeastern Louisiana, 81-56, in the 2012-13 home opener inside the Pan American Center, Nov. 15. Senior forward Tyrone Watson directed the Aggies with a career-high 24 points. Watson was 7-of-10 from the field and 10-of-10 at the free-throw line in 24 minutes of action. Freshman center Sim Bhullar was also in double-digits for the first time with 13 points, and he grabbed seven rebounds. Off the bench, junior guard Kevin Aronis added eight points on 2-of-3 shooting from the 3-point line.
Aggies Stumble in Season Opener at Oregon State
NM State opened the 2012-13 season with a 71-62 loss at Oregon State in the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Wounded Warrior Project in Corvallis, Ore., Nov. 11. The Aggies had three players in double figures with senior forward Tyrone Watson and sophomore guard Daniel Mullings scoring 14 points each. Senior forward Bandja Sy nearly had a double-double with 12 points and a game-high nine rebounds, and junior center Tshilidzi Nephawe added nine points and seven rebounds.
Aggie Aggressiveness Leads to the Line
The Crimson and White are continuing the trend of getting to the free-throw line in 2012-13. In four games, the Aggies are averaging 27.8 attempts per game, 9.3 more attempts than their opponents.
Aggies Crash the Glass
NM State has out-rebounded opponents in three of its first four games. The Aggies have a +6.5 rebounding margin. Sophomore guard Daniel Mullings is averaging 6.8 rebounds per game, and senior forward Bandja Sy adds 6.3 rebounds per contest.
Watson's Senior Campaign off to a Strong Start
In his final season in the Crimson and White, senior forward Tyrone Watson is taking over a leadership role for the Aggies. He scored a career-high 24 points in the home opening win over Southeastern Louisiana, Nov. 15. He made two 3-pointers in back-to-back games for the first time in his career against Bucknell and Niagara.
Mullings Produces on Both Sides of the Court
Sophomore guard Daniel Mullings picked up right where he left off in 2011-12. The Toronto, Ontario native is averaging a team-high 17.8 points and 6.8 rebounds per game.
Sy Looks to End Career with a Stellar Season
Senior forward Bandja Sy began his final season in Las Cruces with a 12-point and nine-rebound showing in the season opener at Oregon State. He made the Aggies' lone 3-pointer and grabbed a game-high nine rebounds, which is double his average from a year ago (4.4).
Young Aggies Set Career Highs
The Aggie underclassmen are contributing to the team early in the season. Freshman center Sim Bhullar had a career-high 13 points seven rebounds in the home opener against Southeastern Louisiana, Nov. 15. At Niagara, Nov. 18, sophomore guard Terrel de Rouen scored a career-high nine points and dished a career-high three assists.
Aggies Cruise in Exhibition Win 98-49
NM State rolled to a 98-49 win over Western New Mexico in its lone exhibition game of the season, Nov. 5, in Las Cruces. The Aggies had five players in double figures with senior forward Tyrone Watson and sophomore guard Daniel Mullings providing 13 points each. Senior forward Bandja Sy added 12 points, junior center Tshilidzi Nephawe chipped in 11 and redshirt freshman guard Eric Weary had 10. NM State utilized its size advantage for a 20-rebound edge on the boards, 46-26, and Sy grabbed a game-high seven rebounds. The Aggies shot the ball well and recorded a 57.1 field goal percentage and 45.5 3-point percentage.
A Look Back at the Past Season
In 2011-12, the Aggies posted a 26-10 overall record. They were only one win away from tying the school record for wins in a season. The 26 wins were the most since the 1992-93 season, and it was the 25th 20-win season in program history. The Aggies started the season 4-0, for only the third time since 1992-93. The Crimson and White won 2012 WAC Tournament, which was the third in school history and second title in three years, and earned the 19th NCAA Tournament berth in school history.
Nationally, the Aggies ranked No. 3 in rebounding margin (+8.5), No. 11 in scoring offense (78.1), No. 25 in field goal percentage (47.4) and No. 27 in scoring margin (+9.8) in the NCAA in 2011-12. Individually, Daniel Mullings was one of only 13 players with a triple-double in the season.
Newcomers in Las Cruces
The Aggies have five newcomers on the squad this season with junior guard Kevin Aronis, freshman center Sim Bhullar, freshman forward Matej Buovac, freshman forward Aaron Kubinski and sophomore guard K.C. Ross-Miller. NM State also has three redshirts returning with junior forward/center B.J. West, freshman guard Eric Weary and freshman guard Emery Coleman.
Previewing the WAC
NM State was voted to win the WAC title in the WAC Coaches' Preseason poll and second in the media poll. Senior forward Tyrone Watson and sophomore guard Daniel Mullings earned Preseason All-WAC honors. Mullings was a first team pick and Watson was a second team selection in the coach's ballots.
The Slate for 2012-13
The Aggies have 16 regular season home games scheduled for the 2012-13 season in the Pan American Center. NM State is set to play in three nationally televised games on ESPNU at Oregon State (Nov. 11), against Denver (Jan. 23) and at Utah State (Feb. 16).
Home Sweet Home
NM State had a solid home court advantage in 2011-12 at the Pan American Center and finished with a 14-3 record. In WAC play, the Aggies posted a 6-1 home record.
Menzies is the Fifth Winningest Coach at NM State
Head coach Marvin Menzies has recorded 102 career wins in five seasons at NM State. He ranks fifth in school history, and directed the Aggies to their third 20-win season in his tenure in 2011-12.
All-Time Winningest Coaches (by victories)
Lou Henson-289
Neil McCarthy-229
Jerry Hines-157
Presley Askew-135
Marvin Menzies-103
Looking ahead
The Aggies have their first rivalry game of the season when NM State travels to El Paso, Texas, for face UTEP, Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. NM State then hosts Southern Mississippi, Saturday, Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. at the Pan American Center.


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"Last January we introduced a video website especially for people who wanted to access YouTube videos through their Sony PS3 and Nintendo Wii game consoles. You could say we've now "expanded" on that. Just as there's a YouTube browser for mobile devices, the new YouTube XL is optimized for watching YouTube videos on any large screen," mentions the YouTube blog.
The XL interface is less cluttered, easier to use, but it lacks some of the features that are available in the standard version of YouTube: rating videos, posting comments.
In other related news, YouTube's player no longer displays the navigation controls in the full-screen mode when you don't move your mouse.
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OC Sports Softball Players of the Week: April 15-21April 24, 2013
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Lacye Walker (Chattanooga State, Tenn.), Stephanie Flores (Temple College, Texas), Nicole Larsen (Phoenix College, Ariz.), Keelyn Bonar (Cowley County, Kan.) and Jordan Ray (Sussex County, N.J.) have been named OC Sports NJCAA softball players of the week for games April 15-21.
The Tigers picked up three victories in last week's four-game series at Roane State (Tenn.) behind Walker's exceptional performance at the plate. The sophomore was unstoppable, batting for a .714 average (10-for-14) with 12 RBIs and seven runs scored. Walker hit four doubles and two homeruns on the week, building a 1.429 slugging percentage. Leading the Tigers offense this season, Walker ranks fourth in the country with a .524 batting average.
Flores continued her dominant 2013 campaign last week with three phenomenal performances for the Leopards. In 13 innings of work, Flores accumulated 27 strikeouts while holding opposing hitters to just one unearned run on five hits. The sophomore notched two wins on the week, improving her record to 18-3 on the season. Leading the Leopard's pitching staff in 2013, Flores ranks fourth in the nation in strikeouts with 216.
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Playing in her first games of the 2013 season, Larsen led the Bears to three consecutive victories last week. The freshman was 8-for-10 at the plate and hit two doubles on the week. Larsen also drove in 6 RBIs and scored three runs of her own. Despite having played in only five games, Larsen already has nine hits this season for the No. 2 Bears.
Bonar earned wins in all five of her outings last week for the Tigers, improving her record to 18-2 for the 2013 season. In 25 innings pitched, the sophomore compiled 27 strikeouts against no walks. Bonar gave up 23 hits on the week but held opponents to only five earned runs. The No. 4 Tigers saw Bonar drop her ERA down to 1.72 for the year, having pitched a team-high 138.2 innings.
Jordan Ray – Sussex County Community College, N.J.
First Base – Venice, Fla. – Venice High School
Going 3-3 in their six games last week, the Skylanders benefitted from an offensive spurt by Ray. The sophomore amassed a .563 batting average (9-for-16) with two doubles and two homeruns. Ray also recorded 6 RBIs, eight runs scored and stole two bases on the week. Leading the Skylanders in nearly every offensive category in 2013, Ray boasts a .545 batting average with 11 doubles and 22 RBIs.
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NEW YORK, NY (November 4, 2013) – The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research announces with sadness the death of its longtime music archivist, Chana Mlotek, known worldwide for her expertise on the musical traditions of Jewish Eastern Europe.
Senior Archivist Fruma Mohrer comments, "Chana had every single piece of music from the YIVO Archives at her fingertips: every arrangement, every title, from the 19th century to the present. She was a woman of vast knowledge, and yet was unfailingly unassuming and unpretentious." The many catalogs and guides to music collections that Chana created at YIVO are used on a daily basis by composers, conductor, performers, folklorists, and musicologists.
Chana (neé Eleanor "Chana" Gordon) was born on April 9, 1922, in New York in a Yiddish-speaking family. She attended the Yiddish High School of the Sholem Aleichem Folks Institute, and was a graduate of Hunter College.
In 1944, on the basis of her excellent Yiddish, she was hired by the historian Lucy Dawidowicz to serve as the secretary to Max Weinreich, co-founder of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (then known as the Yiddish Scientific Institute). She later became the assistant to YIVO's research director. In 1948, she was awarded a scholarship to attend the first ever Yiddish linguistics and folklore courses at UCLA, taught by Weinreich. It was there in Los Angeles that she became romantically involved with another student, Joseph (Yosl) Mlotek, a Holocaust survivor she had met the previous summer playing Yiddish songs on a mandolin at Rockaway Beach in New York but who was then living in Calgary in Canada. After the course, the young couple was forced to separate. Because he was on only a temporary visa, Yosl had to return to Canada and Chana returned to New York.
Fortunately, their separation did not last too long. Soon after the end of the course, Yosl was offered the position of education director at the Workmen's Circle in New York. In 1949, Chana and Yosl were married. They raised two children in the Bronx, Zalmen, and Mark (Moish). The couple passed their love for Yiddish down to their children: Zalmen is the executive director of New York City's Folksbiene Theatre, the oldest continuous venue for Yiddish theater in the world. Moish is a member of the board of directors of the Folksbiene Theatre and is a past president of the Workmen's Circle.
During her early years at YIVO, Chana was the founder of the Y. L. Cahan Folklore Club, which published newly collected folklore material, and quickly gained a name for herself as a scholar of music and folklore.
In 1970, she and Yosl began writing a bi-weekly column for the Yiddish Forverts called "Perl fun der Yiddisher Poezie" ("Pearls of Yiddish Poetry") that included the feature "Readers Recall Songs," and which invited readers to submit Yiddish songs they remembered from their youth for the Mloteks to research. Because of this scholarly sleuthing, the couple was dubbed "the Sherlock Holmeses of Yiddish folk songs" by Isaac Bashevis Singer.
Together, the Mloteks published three anthologies, Mir Trogn a Gezang (We Are Carrying a Song), Pearls of Yiddish Song, and Songs of Generations. The books are the most highly-regarded and best-selling Yiddish songbooks in the world. After Yosl's death in 2000, Chana went on to publish Yiddish Folksongs from the Ruth Rubin Archive. She was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Milken Archive and The Jewish Theological Seminary in 2003.
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I still cannot shake the "shoe drop" feeling while I wait for this boy to be born. I know that may seem like a pessimistic view on this pregnancy, which I do not mean to be. I am happy to have a healthy pregnancy yet I am "over" the feeling of being pregnant which I have heard many other pregnant moms say. They told me I would not go past 39 wks for delivery yet, when we tried to schedule the induction for after the 39th week, it ends up he's out of town and I will have to schedule my induction for the night of May 15th. It's possible I could have him that night or early the next morning. I tend to go pretty quick. But seeing that would put me almost at 40 wks because I am originally due May 17th, I may , may I say, go before that.
It's almost like I am having a hard time being "healthy". Isn't that weird? I had false labor on Friday night and didn't end up calling anyone, not even the doctor. At around midnight I felt what I thought at first were feet pressing up in my diaphragm but it turns out were contractions every 10 minutes. This lasted for 3.5-4 hrs and then went away. What's up with that??!?!?!?! Granted I was thinking, Why Why must you wake up to do this in the middle of the night? I didn't want to disturb anyone at midnight or later, so I was going to wait until they got closer together to call anyone and as a result I am glad I didn't call right away.
Well, here I sit, waiting for my oldest to come home from school and dealing with my 17 month old who has a cold but otherwise is feeling ok. I sit, feeling like I am playing some cruel waiting game even though I know the longer he stays in the better off he is.
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Worldwide, traditional methods of pregnancy detection, such as progesterone monitoring and ultrasound examination, are not effective at diagnosing pregnancy in polar bears. So scientists at Cincinnati Zoo's Center for Conservation & Research of Endangered Wildlife (CREW) have gotten creative. In collaboration with professional dog trainer, Matt Skogen, owner of Iron Heart High Performance Working Dogs and a beagle named Elvis, CREW is trying to determine if the sensitive noses of canines can distinguish a pregnant polar bear from a non-pregnant bear simply by smelling fecal samples.
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Bobby L. Nelson, 49, pleaded innocent this week in Bennington criminal court to felony counts of second-degree aggravated domestic assault and first-degree aggravated domestic assault, and a misdemeanor charge of violating his conditions of release.
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Area counties combat pill misuse through Operation Medicine Drop
In a bid to curb prescription pill misuse and other problems, several Central Carolina counties will hold Operation Medicine Drop events in conjunction with National Poison Prevention Week, which began Monday.
Residents can drop off expired or unused prescription pills at more than a dozen locations in Harnett and Moore counties this Saturday as part of the statewide effort to curtail prescription pill abuse and pill-related deaths. Chatham and Lee counties are not holding events, but prescription pill drop-off boxes at various locations are available year-round.
The Moore County Sheriff's Office has combated prescription pill abuse for several years, said Narcotics Division Capt. Jerrell Seawell, and the events are an excellent way to get area citizens involved.
"We recognize the problem our society is facing," Seawell said. "This is another way of reaching out with the community to get these unwanted and unused pills off the street."
In the past three years, more than one million pills have been taken off the streets in Moore County through the various drop-off programs, he said.
"It's important citizens safeguard their medicine and get rid of unwanted and expired pills," Seawell said.
Harnett County Sheriff's Deputy Dallas Pastirik said there will be several locations throughout the county in central areas to increase the community impact.
"We have an epidemic nationwide," Pastirik said. "People are switching from the more commonly known drugs and turning to pills. It's so easily accessible, why go out and pay someone on the streets when you can go to your grandmother's medicine cabinet?"
There will be a marked patrol car at every location with a deputy supplying information about the dangers of prescription pills, he said.
Harnett County Operation Medicine Drop locations for 10 a.m.-5 p.m. March 23 are:
* Food Lion, located at 119 W. Cornelius Harnett Blvd., Lillington.
* Walmart, located at 590 E. Jackson Blvd., Erwin.
* Coats Pharmacy, located at 393 N. McKinley St., Coats.
* Angier Discount Drug Store, located at 253 N. Raleigh St., Angier.
* Food Lion, located at 8 The Square At Lillington.
* Food Lion, located at 3260 Ray Road, Spring Lake.
* Walgreens Drug Store, located at 1501 W. Cumberland St., Dunn.
Moore County Operation Medicine Drop locations for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. March 23 are:
* Lowes Foods, located at N.C. Highway 221, Pinehurst.
* Aberdeen Recreation Station, located at U.S. Highway 1, Aberdeen.
* Cooper's Pharmacy, located at 3353 U.S. Highway 1, Vass.
* Food Lion, located at 7475 N.C. Highway 22, Whispering Pines.
* Food Lion, located at 1005 Monroe St., Carthage.
* Just Save Grocery Store, N.C. Highway 705, Robbins.
Permanent prescription pill drop-off sites in Lee County, available year-round, are:
* Sanford Police Department, located at 225 E. Weatherspoon St., Sanford.
* Lee County Sheriff's Office, located at 1401 Elm St., Sanford.
Permanent prescription pill drop off sites in Chatham County, available year-round, include.
* Pittsboro Police Department, 635 East St., Pittsboro.


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Berkeley Elementary School recently announced its Terrific Kids for February. The focus for the month was on kindness and caring.
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Todd McFarlane will be a guest of honor at the annual Angouleme Comics International Festival in France. One of Europe's premiere comics events, the 2003 edition of the festival runs Jan. 23-26 in Angouleme, a small city of 100,000 in western France near Bordeaux.
Todd will arrive in Paris early to meet with Semic, our French publisher, and discuss an upcoming Spawn project. He'll be doing an in-store signing at Album, one of France's major comics shops, on Wednesday, Jan. 22 in the afternoon.
Thursday, Jan. 23, will be Todd's first official signing in Angouleme at the Festival. He'll be in the Semic booth during the afternoon.
Friday, Jan. 24, Todd will take part in various panels and interviews at the Festival and will again sign in the Semic booth.
On Saturday, Jan. 25, he will again participate in various panels and interviews and will sign in the Semic booth. Saturday evening at 9 p.m. is the special Todd McFarlane Night organized by the Festival.
This is a great opportunity for our fans in France to meet and interact with Todd. Hope many of you get the chance to go.


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One of the biggest challenges urban farmers face is access to land. Signed into law on September 28, the Urban Agriculture Incentive Zones Act — introduced by Assembly Member Phil Ting and supported by more than 25 organizations across the state — will increase the use of privately owned, vacant land for urban agriculture and improve land security for urban ag projects.
The San Jose Flea Market hosts one of the country's most extensive collections of items for sale, building upon San Jose's legacy as a city of many people and cultures. The flea market opened in 1960 with 20 vendors brought together by George Bumb, a man with a vision to sell usable items that he saw being sent to landfills. Since then it has grown to become the largest continuous flea market in the nation, welcoming 4 million visitors a year.
We're often asked for recommended reading on urban planning and policy. It's the sort of request we love, but it's hard to commit to a manageable number of titles.
In the past few years, there's been a lot of attention on income inequality and the shrinking middle class, particularly as job growth nationally has remained sluggish. Despite an economic boom in the Bay Area, many workers are still struggling. SPUR is part of a new initiative to identify ways we can increase economic opportunity at the local and regional level.
Bus rapid transit (BRT) projects can be transformative, as we have learned from cities like Cleveland in the U.S. and global examples like Mexico City. But making space on streets for travel modes other than the car is a challenge for cities and transit operators around the world. The Bay Area has five BRT projects in development today, and each has met with difficulty and delays.
SPUR has written several times about the development of Plan Bay Area since the planning process was kicked off a few years ago. Last month, the draft of the plan was finally released. What are the highlights in this 158-page plan and the accompanying 1,300-page environmental impact report? This post provides a summary of the draft and some of its key points.
After a number of delays, the wheels are finally turning on a bike-sharing program for the Bay Area. Earlier this month, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) signed a contract with Alta Bike Share, which runs successful programs in Washington, D.C., and Boston.
How do we create the kinds of compact, walkable environments that can have a real impact on car use and carbon emissions? SPUR San Jose's Urban Design Task Force is working to foster well-designed new development that will support the city's 2040 General Plan goals of a more walkable, livable and transit-friendly built environment.
An enthusiastic group of 45 urbanists on bikes kicked off a crisp Sunday morning to tour a few of San Jose's historic neighborhoods with SPUR. Using the new bike lanes on 10th and 11th streets, along with a number of established bike routes and separated bike paths, we wove our way through three amazing gems — Naglee Park, Palm Haven and Willow Glen. Setting off from the San Jose State University campus downtown, we made our way to our first stop.
The Bay Area economy has rebounded from the recession. Yet major regional challenges threaten our continued prosperity. At the 2013 State of Silicon Valley conference, SPUR made the case that some of the biggest threats to the Bay Area's long-term economic competitiveness are challenges best addressed through better regional governance.
Southern Santa Clara County used to have a widespread and thriving agricultural sector, helping the area earn the name "Valley of the Heart's Delight." Today, much of that famed farmland has been replaced with homes and offices.
The Fall 2012 issue of Content magazine highlights SPUR's recent expansion to San Jose in a terrific profile of our San Jose director, Leah Toeniskoetter. A passionate cyclist and former Peace Corps volunteer with a background in real estate development, Toeniskoetter is pleased with the work that's been accomplished over the past year and is excited for what's ahead.
Three California cities have filed for bankruptcy protection since June. Since 2008, local governments in California have shrunk by nearly 190,000 employees and property values over the same period declined by 21.3 percent. What comes next? The Institute for Government Studies at the University of California at Berkeley convened an impressive panel of experts last month to move that debate forward.
SPUR's San Jose office is convening a task force of city officials and planning and development thought leaders to tackle a vexing question: How can the nation's tenth largest city transform its historically suburban built environment into one that supports an active street life, greater use of transit and a stronger urban fabric?
A cadre of 45 urbanists gathered downtown on a recent Sunday morning to join SPUR San Jose Director Leah Toeniskoetter for a bike tour. Beginning in the urban plaza fronting Philz Coffee, our mighty bike train easily navigated its way along the brand new buffered bike lanes of Third Street, en route to Japantown.
In January 2010, San Jose passed an inclusionary housing law to help do three things: address the city's affordable housing needs, meet the state's requirement for regional fair share housing and promote economic integration. But now a successful legal suit has thrown the future of this law into question.
Bus rapid transit projects are in the works around the Bay Area, but progress has been intermittent. Oakland and San Leandro have voted to approve a 9.5-mile line in the East Bay. After delays, San Francisco is making progress on designs for Van Ness adn Geary. Meanwhile, the South Bay's plan to implement BRT on El Camino Real has hit a hurdle.
Word of a big win for Silicon Valley came July 2 from the U.S. Commerce Department. For the first time in its history, the United States Patent and Trademark Office will open four offices outside of Virginia, and the western region office will be located in Silicon Valley.
Many downtown areas have policies in place that restrict ground-floor storefronts for walk-in businesses such as retail, restaurants and entertainment. The idea is to encourage people to continue exploring (and hopefully shopping) on foot. But in an economic downturn, when retail stores may remain vacant for years, dark storefronts can create dead spaces of their own, further challenging the success of surviving retail tenants.
Earlier this spring, high-speed rail in California took two very significant steps. First Bay Area leaders announced a plan to electrify Caltrain, which would make it possible for Caltrain and high-speed rail to share the same tracks between San Jose and San Francisco. Second the California High-Speed Rail Authority released an updated business plan that cuts the cost of the train system by a third. While these important steps will move the project forward, there are major unresolved...
On Thursday, March 8, the San Pedro Square Market filled with supporters of the new SPUR San Jose office, which opened in January. The 500 urbanists who joined us received a thundering welcome from San Jose Taiko, an award-winning traditional drumming group based in San Jose's Japantown.
Redevelopment agencies across the state closed their doors on February 1, marking the end of an era for planning in California. How are San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose dismantling their agencies? What's going to happen to the on-going projects and existing assets held by redevelopment agencies? And will any new planning tools emerge to do some of the work previously done by redevelopment agencies?
On December 20, the California Supreme Court upheld the legislature's elimination of redevelopment agencies. Each city now needs to figure out how to do what has been traditionally been done with redevelopment funds. What does this surprising turn of events mean for the urbanist agenda in California?
This is a time of significant flux in the Bay Area's regional planning landscape. There is a serious proposal in the California State Legislature to change the way the Metropolitan Transportation Commission is governed and increasing talk about whether it and other regional agencies can play a stronger role in economic development.
In January 2012, we will launch SPUR San Jose, a pilot project to extend our research, education and advocacy to the South Bay's largest city. SPUR San Jose Director Leah Toeniskoetter reports on the city's new Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan. The big idea in the plan is to create urban villages, specific areas that will provide active, walkable, bicycle-friendly, transit-oriented, mixed-use urban settings for new housing and job growth.


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Thursday, April 25, 2013
A Dorchester District 2 substitute teacher has been charged by the Dorchester County Sheriff's Office with sexual battery of a student 16 or 17 years old.
William Jesse Baber, 22, of North Charleston, was charged after the student provided a written statement regarding the incident according to the Sheriff's office.
Authorities say that Baber met the 17-year-old student when he was a substitute teacher at Ashley Ridge High School. The incident report alleges he committed the offenses between Dec. 17, 2012 and April 24.
According to the report, the defendant developed a relationship with the student that led to him having sexual intercourse with the student on multiple occasions.
According to District 2 spokesperson Pat Raynor. Baber began working as a substitute teacher following the usual vetting process on Nov.9, 2012.
"He was subbing at a couple of schools until February and was out of the system for reasons unknown, but came back on April 23 to sub at Ashley Ridge," Raynor said.
Raynor said a parent notified Principal Karen Radcliffe that Baber had been involved with a student during his previous time at the school. Radcliffe immediately contacted the Sheriff's office.
Following their investigation, the arrest was made this morning.
"District 2 has fully cooperated with the Sheriff's office," Raynor said.
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Look at that face.
Mark Mancari appears to be the type of hockey player who relishes nothing more than unleashing his record-setting slapshot at one end of the ice, smashing his opponent into the boards at the other end and then enjoying a good laugh about it after the game with the boys.
The Chicago Wolves 26-year-old forward looks like someone who grew up in London, Ontario with an older brother and several older male cousins – all of whom played hockey and didn't take it easy on the young guy.
The 6-foot-4, 217-pound Mancari looks like someone who benefited from the years when his family housed players for the London Knights – the hometown entry in the Ontario Hockey League.
He looks like someone whose father, Gabe, served as Eric Lindros' youth coach for two years before passing along his knowledge to his nephews and boys.
He looks like someone whose mother, Christine, merely shook her head and smiled as she endured the constant "THWACK, THWACK, THWACK" that echoed through the house when young Mark practiced his slapshot against the cement wall in the family's unfinished basement.
Canada long has been filled with hockey-crazy youth, but Mancari might rank among its craziest. "I was 3 years old when I had the stick in my hands," Mancari said. "There's a picture of me standing in skates and a diaper. I don't know how old I was in that one, but I was definitely not 3."
Allow Christine Mancari to fill in the details: "When he was two-and-a-half, we bought him skates, a helmet and a coat for Christmas. As soon as he saw them, he pulled off his pajamas and wanted that helmet, coat and skates on."
Every day during Mark's childhood, he either worked on his skills at home or went to the rink with his family to watch his brother, cousins or the juniors who lived at his house. Youth-league games, London Knights games…it didn't matter. If there was a puck and a scoreboard, Mark was there to soak up the atmosphere.
"We'd be at the rink and I'd be the kid shooting tape around or following (my brother and cousins) around, so it was nice," Mancari said. "I watched every single home game for the Knights. I was at every home game for maybe six years straight.
"I was the kid who wanted to be with the people who talked about the game. I would be sitting there and listening and looking and trying to learn. I was the first kid in line after the games trying to get autographs. I just loved being around the rink."
Gabe Mancari used to think Mark didn't pay much attention sometimes. Then he'd quiz the boy as they rode home.
"He could tell his dad everything that happened," Christine Mancari said. "He was always very serious about the game. It was just his love and passion."
There's more than one way to measure how that love and passion has paid off. For example, the years he spent in his basement (and garage) rocketing shots off walls laid the foundation for his record-setting slapshot. At the American Hockey League's All-Star festivities in 2008, Mancari set the AHL mark with a slapshot clocked at 102.8 miles per hour.
For his effort, Mancari got to send his stick to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto (where it is scheduled to return to an exhibit soon) and got to show off his sense of humor for the crowd.
After setting the mark, he participated in an on-ice interview where the announcer noted, with some amusement, that Mancari led his team in assists but not goals. Mancari's response? "Yeah, I don't have great aim. I think a lot of guys get the rebounds and it goes that way."
The thousands in the stands chuckled at his self-deprecating move, which worked better than explaining all the hours he put in perfecting his technique and the extraordinary torque required to fire a puck that fast.
"Shooting has always been a technique," Mancari said. "I've broken it down and now it's more of a habit. I always try to hit the ice at a certain point behind the puck. I always try to get it on a certain part of my blade. If you ask a lot of players, they'll always talk about what types of sticks they use. I've really tailored mine to be a shooting stick and use that as an asset."
And that asset isn't just for show. The Vancouver Canucks signed Mancari on July 1 based on his proven ability to score. He entered this year with 151 AHL and 3 National Hockey League goals in six seasons as a pro.
Those numbers include his monstrous 2010-11 season with the Portland Pirates, when he produced 32 goals in just 56 games and made the 2010-11 AHL First All-Star Team. His biggest highlight? In a 24-hour period last January, he posted a hat trick on Saturday night in Portland, Maine and another hat trick on Sunday afternoon in Worcester, Massachusetts.
"That was surreal," Mancari said. "After you get your second goal, you know, you're looking for your hat trick. You can feel it. The coach is putting you out there every second shift. He's trying to help you out. Kevin Dineen was amazing for that."
Mancari's play earned his longest NHL promotion to date. He played 20 regular-season games for the Buffalo Sabres, then commuted between the Portland Pirates and the Sabres throughout the Stanley Cup Playoffs. He finally received the chance to play in the Sabres' gut-wrenching Game 7 loss at Philadelphia.
"To dress for that game, that was the highest emotion I've ever felt," Mancari said. "To be in the room afterward with the players I've spent six of my years with – you know, going up and down – was very emotional.
"We had guys like Mike Grier, who was uncertain what he was going to do (he retired Dec. 1). He was a tremendous player, great person. I had so much respect for him. To see him and (Rob) Niedermayer and Patrick Lalime all unsure what they were going to do with their careers, it was really emotional.
"You work so hard. You go through so much. Your highs. Your lows. You're moving your family with kids from one city to another. You put so much time and effort and emotion into the game and to see those guys sit there and say goodbye to their career? That game is something I'm going to carry with me for a long time."
Mancari, like every professional hockey player, looks forward to the day when an NHL dressing room becomes his regular work address. But as he progresses in his career, he recognizes how important it is to stay focused on the task at hand.
"You can't think about what's going on in Vancouver," he said. "You can't think about, 'Is my phone going to ring today?' And I've made that mistake for four years previous. You have to go out and you have to remember you are a member of the Chicago Wolves. And you have to do what you can to make this time here a good time. You've got to go out and you've got to win. You've got to go out and you've got to do the best you can --- because that's all you can control.
"My friend, Mathieu Darche, played with me a whole year in the minors with Buffalo. Didn't get one (NHL) game. The next year, his whole year was in (Tampa Bay). A 31-year-old guy got his first one-way (contract) and he's been in the NHL ever since. It's all about opportunity. It's all about finding the right fit. I think I'm in a pretty good organization for that."


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Here's the official word from EA about what exactly this content will contain:
"Through additional cinematic sequences and epilogue scenes, the Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut will give fans seeking further clarity to the ending of Mass Effect 3 deeper insights into how their personal journey concludes. Coming this summer, the Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut will be available for download on the Xbox 360 videogame and entertainment system, PlayStation3 computer entertainment system and PC for no extra charge."
"We are all incredibly proud of Mass Effect 3 and the work done by Casey Hudson and team," said Dr. Ray Muzyka, Co-Founder of BioWare and General Manager of EA's BioWare Label. "Since launch, we have had time to listen to the feedback from our most passionate fans and we are responding. With the Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut we think we have struck a good balance in delivering the answers players are looking for while maintaining the team's artistic vision for the end of this story arc in the Mass Effect universe."
Casey Hudson, Executive Producer of the Mass Effect series added, "We have reprioritized our post-launch development efforts to provide the fans who want more closure with even more context and clarity to the ending of the game, in a way that will feel more personalized for each player."
This is what I thought would happen ever since all this outrage started. There was simply no way they could offer a "fix" for an ending and charge for it, as they would have drowned from all the venom spewed by fans. Rather, this is the "ending clarification" DLC they promised a week or two ago. It's not precisely clear what it will contain, but it will likely be a mix of cutscenes and limited gameplay, and I don't think will be anything too extensive. Again, I still believe the option is there if they want to play the "Indoctrination Theory" card, and tell us we all just missed the point of the ending. "Clarification" DLC could explain that, without having to change what's already there, and expand on what happens next in "reality."
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On a Tuesday night otherwise filled with recognitions and presentations, the Lee County Board of Education opposed legislation allowing counties to construct, own or acquire public school sites and facilities.
A resolution, expressing the board's dissent with "any proposed legislation that would authorize counties to assume control of school property," got the board's support during its regular meeting. The North Carolina School Boards Association provided a draft resolution for local boards to consider.
The resolution is reportedly in response to actions by the N.C. Association of County Commissioners — whose 2013-14 legislative agenda includes support for policies concerning school property. The dissenting resolution, which states that "public school placement, design and maintenance" are key elements of local school boards' authority, easily passed the Lee School Board without discussion.
"I think it's self explanatory," Chairman Lynn Smith said after the board had adjourned to closed session.
Board member John Bonardi agreed, saying the resolution "speaks for itself."
"State law gives that responsibility to board members," he said, "and I think it needs to remain that way."
The vote was unanimous with the exception of board member Wendy Carlyle, who was not present.
Several community members addressed the board on other issues during the public comment period. Sandra Bowen spoke about a proposed change to a year-round calendar, telling the board that she had left a previous meeting "with concerns" although a decision had been delayed.
"I think it's a radical change that should not be taken without due diligence," she said, urging the board to take a measured, scientific approach.
Former board member Bill Tatum raised the issue of school safety, praising the policies and procedures already in place but encouraging further action.
"I do believe as you go through the upcoming budget process, consideration should be made to request expanded school resource officers to the elementary schools," he said.
Brad Marin, representing PAGE of Lee County, invited the board to the upcoming annual district spelling bee, set for 1 p.m. Saturday at the McLeod Auditorium of Lee County High School. Marin said 30 students would be vying for the title of champion speller of Lee County.
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• Heard presentations from representatives of Deep River and Warren Williams schools. The Warren Williams presentation, focusing on the school's successes, featured remarks from parent Elizabeth Pilson. Pilson said her son, Ryan, is now in second grade at the school and has benefited from its smaller class sizes, behavioral therapy and attention to his special needs.
"Our lives are totally different now," she said. "Ryan is happy. There is life in his eyes; he can be a kid now."
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• Recognized Quiz Bowl winners from Southern Lee High School, clean school of the month recipient Floyd L. Knight, and classroom webpage of the month recipient Joanna Perkins of Southern Lee High School.
• Approved a variety of fund-raiser requests from B.T. Bullock and Greenwood schools, Lee County and Southern Lee high schools, Lee Early College, and East and West Lee middle schools.
• Allowed several contributions and donations to local schools, ranging from $2,000 from the Lee Early College PTSO, to be used for two teacher laptops, to $20 from Luis Yarborough to Lee County Schools Student Services, to be used for student needs.
• Approved a list of overnight field trips for students at Lee County and Southern Lee high schools.
• Approved the 2012-13 audit contract with Anderson, Smith & Wike PLLC for a maximum fee of $32,750, plus reimbursement for reasonable, out-of-pocket expenses.
• Approved bids recommended by the Facilities and Technology Committee for the Deep River Elementary chiller replacement, amounting to $205,777; the Broadway Elementary chiller replacement, amounting to $198,968; the Greenwood Elementary heat exchanger replacement, amounting to $22,683.53; and boiler installation at J.R. Ingram Elementary, amounting to $18,893. The funding source for the chillers is 2012-13 lottery funds, and for the remainder of the projects is capital outlay, according to a report contained within the meeting agenda.
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Adventures in Trinidad
The Great Bus of China pulls up to the pottery shop in Trinidad, which Ariadna describes as the "second-hottest city in Cuba" (the hottest being Santiago de Cuba). By "hot," she doesn't mean Brooklyn Hot—trendy, clogged with deluxe baby strollers and free-Wifi cafes. She means sun-beaten, breath-stealing hot.
The heat here doesn't help the water situation. Water here, as in Cienfuegos, comes by truck. It comes from rivers, reservoirs and wells; for apartment buildings, it's pumped up into towers that look like big concrete mushrooms. Ariadna says that, in most towns, you can expect a delivery every three or four days.
Ariadna and her sister share an apartment in Cienfuegos, and the water is often delivered early Sunday morning, around 2 a.m. Sundays are therefore Laundry Day, because there's enough water to wash clothes. The sisters store their water in a plastic 55-gallon drum; they boil and filter and chlorinate the portion they'll drink or cook with.
The problem with Trinidad is that the residents use more water because of the heat, so they have to be more conservative with it.
All of which makes me loathe to complain about the hotel's morning trickle of cold shower water. It beats taking a bath in a teacup.
But back to the pottery shop in Trinidad: ChiChi Santander is descended from a dizzyingly long line of potters. His big bay of a shop is a maze of shelves stacked with plates and ashtrays, and walls hung with stylized tribal masks and pitchers. Heidi says that ChiChi hints that he fought in the revolution. It's easy to believe—both from the prosperous look of the place, and because of all the framed photos of him glad-handing generals, soccer champions, and the Castro brothers themselves.
We watch his hired potter at the wheel, a dark, sweaty man crafting a handle-less cup, designed to hold the town's signature potion of lemon, honey, ice, and a liquor that's something like rum. A drink called the conchonchura. The conchonchura cup is half-glazed, pleasing to the eye and sweet in the hand; I buy a pair for 2 CUC each from ChiChi himself. He is my age or older, round of belly, light-skinned, with a brusque, imperious manner.
As ChiChi wraps other purchases, his potter tells me I should see the Coche. I follow him into an adjacent room the size of an airplane hangar. He points: in the corner sits a grand white car, an early luxury horseless carriage.
I make approving noises and turn to go back to the salesroom. The potter stops me. He places a small clay piece in my hand, an un-glazed and artfully-perforated horn-shaped thing; it might be a lampshade finial or a holder for a very thin taper.
He tells me to put it in my pocket.
I move to add it to my bag, but he shakes his head. My pocket, he insists, and puts his finger to his lips.
I slip it into my pocket.
He asks me for a coin for his children.
So. He hints that we're stealing from his boss, the big Revolutionary—although I doubt the piece is worth the secrecy—then he solicits a donation for his part in the deed.
I give him a half-CUC, which doesn't make him ecstatic, and walk back into the store.
I'm sipping a Conchonchura from the shop's little bar when Heidi shows up. "I have an interesting story for you," I say.
"Oh?" she says. "Did you lift the cloth?"
"What cloth?"
She brings me to a shelf full of kitchy statuettes. ChiChi joins us. One of the figures is of a seated man, leaning back, and there is a cloth in front of him. Heidi lifts it, and ChiChi laughs.
The man is supporting an enormous, erect limb that is not his leg.
I raise my eyebrows and pat the figure on the head—¡quel formidable!—and ChiChi roars.
He picks up an animal figurine; from the mold hole in the bottom bobs a smaller version of the same anatomical feature.
He moves to a third figure—a man with a large basket in his lap. He lifts the basket.
Guess what's underneath.
I forget to tell Heidi about the potter's gift.
Back on the Great Bus of China: our next stop is a museum in the center of Trinidad—which is indeed stifling hot—that boasts a collection of odd historic what-nots. I pass dusty portraits, dark furniture and a creepy collection of faded stuffed birds posed on branches in a waist-high glass case, and climb the stairs to the roof with Paul.
The roof view is spectacular. Trinidad is a World Heritage site: vintage buildings surround a plaza paved with stones. It's dominated by a yellow church built in what Aridna calls the "neo-classical style." Nearby stands a lone tower, the spire of another church that's no longer there.
It is the tower on the pee-pee Coin.
The pee-pee Coin is a quarter-CUC, and you have to hand one to an attendant anytime you use a bathroom. It's always this coin; the entire island of Cuba has united to demand one quarter-CUC to take a leak. And if you don't have it, nobody will give you change.
I need to spend a pee-pee coin when I come down from the roof. I cross the sun-bleached courtyard, with its pots of tropical plants, past a museum clerk who sits embroidering a set of napkins—just in case we'd like to buy them for a mere 5 CUC, Senora—and locate the facilities.
This is my second day in Cuba, and I have already used several public bathrooms. They are overpriced at a quarter-CUC. They feature a toilet with no seat, no paper (unless the attendant gives you a few squares, or maybe a napkin), a wastebasket next to the toilet for used paper, cold tap water and, at most, a grubby white cloth towel that might be the source for the island's current Cholera outbreak.
This museum bathroom has no flush and no faucet. I come out, and the attendant tells me to hold my hands over a plastic 55-gallon drum of water. She dips a glass in it and pours water over my hands. She then fills a small bucket from the drum and disappears into the stall. I hear a slosh, then a flush.
Tonight we have our first taste of Cuban food prepared in a private restaurant. There is a popular Brazilian telenovela—a soap opera—in which a woman starts her own restaurant and names it Paladar. "The word does not mean anything in Spanish," Ariadna tells us.
When the Cuban government first permitted limited private enterprise during the Special Period, Cubans appropriated the name Paladar to describe any private restaurant.
Cuba is now in its second Revolution-era bloom of paladars. That first time around, the government restricted the number of tables and the variety of food that could be served. All personnel had to be related to the owner. The government then gradually raised monthly license/tax fees until they were so high that most paladars were forced out of business.
These days, paladars can be larger, more menu items are permitted, and the staff do not have to be cousins and uncles. The fees are more reasonable, but still high enough to boost prices beyond the means of most locals.
The paladar Villa Lagarto, which means lizard, is on the water, an easy walk from the hotel. Near the sidewalk, a young man labors under the hood of a vintage Chevy BelAir.
Every man in our group halts to ogle the car. The owner proudly explains that everything on it is original, and it has been passed down his family until, at last, it is his. His wife and kids stand awkwardly, arms full of water toys and towels, as he talks car with his audience. He starts the engine; it explodes to life with a roar worthy of its tailfins. Once his wife finally convinces him to leave, our guys turn reluctantly from the machine and we enter the Lagarto.
A big blue-green sculpture of a lizard poses over an empty pool just inside the entrance. We are given Welcome Drinks and menus that offer pork—a roasted pig leg sits on display, to Paul's discomfort—but also shrimp, lamb, rabbit and chicken.
The shrimp are small and garlicky, a nice change from rice and beans. They come with white rice and a watery slice of braised pumpkin. Cake and a bit of flan for dessert; a tiny shot of banana liquor after, in the style of the Canary Islands.
A feast, for here. I wonder how the owners got the food.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – NJCAA Headquarters in Colorado Springs is pleased to announce the launch of an in-depth timeline available on the organization's website. The timeline highlights each year of the organization's rich 75-year history and can be accessed here or by visiting the special 75th Anniversary section of its website at www.njcaa.org/75.
The detailed timeline will be released in three time-periods with the first installment highlighting years 1937-62. The first edition provides insightful information regarding the founding years of the NJCAA, including its early leadership and notable contributors, which helped the organization rise to national prominence in the United States.
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