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Brunswick council questions spot zoning request
BRUNSWICK — Plans to build a "high-end" self-storage facility on Old Bath Road may be in jeopardy after town councilors Monday tabled a decision on rezoning the property.
Councilors intend to see how the site will be affected by changes proposed to the town's zoning boundaries before making a decision on the request.
The Zoning Ordinance Rewrite Committee is expected to release its draft recommendations next week.
At issue for property owner Ted Crooker is the amount of impervious surface that can be placed on the lot, north of U.S. Route 1.
In June, the Planning Board approved a proposal by Crooker to divide a small mixed-use district and add the larger portion to the neighboring Cook's Corner Center District.
Cook's Corner has more lenient standards for development, and permits 80 percent impervious surface.
In his letter to the town, Crooker said the larger paved surface is required for the planned storage facility.
On Monday, however, councilors balked at the prospect of increasing impervious surface to four times the current 20 percent limit.
Additionally, councilors questioned why the zoning amendment was coming so close to the release of the draft zoning ordinance rewrite, which will change the designation of the district in question.
"I think the whole process loses credibility if we preempt it at this point," said Councilor Jane Millett, echoing statements made by Councilor Sarah Brayman.
Speaking in favor of the project, Planning Board Chairman Charles Frizzle said rezoning the area would be a "win-win," allowing development of a parcel that has been on the market for years, and generating added tax revenue for the town.
"Nothing is gained on waiting on this process," Frizzle said.
The Town Council has approved other zoning amendments in the recent past, such as for a Bowdoin College building on Harpswell Road and for two former municipal buildings on Federal Street, Frizzle noted.
Anna Breinich, Brunswick's director of planning, said the requested zoning amendment is in line with changes in the draft zoning ordinance, which includes merging small mixed-use districts with larger surrounding growth areas.
Despite the Planning Board's endorsement, councilors expressed misgivings about the proposal.
Aside from concern about conflict with new zoning rules, councilors also said the project was not a good fit for the area and could have the unintended consequence of paving the way for much larger developments.
Compatibility with the town's 2008 Comprehensive Plan was a top concern of Councilor Steve Walker, who said the plan calls for an extended Cook's Corner area that includes a range of residential uses, office space and small-scale, non-residential uses.
"I don't read that as 80 percent impervious surface, I don't read that as 50,000-square-foot buildings," Walker said.
The fact that rezoning the area theoretically allows for much larger developments than the one proposed by Crooker also gave Councilor John Perreault pause.
"I'm pro-business, I'm pro-development, but I also have to take into account what could go there, not what is being proposed to go there," Perreault said. "That's where my dilemma is at this moment."
Defending his proposal, Crooker pointed out that larger developments, like a retail store, would probably not be interested in the small parcel, which is encircled by Route 1, Old Bath Road and a mobile home park.
As a compromise, Breinich suggested rezoning the area using the same guidelines outlined in the draft ordinance, allowing for 50 percent impermeable surface.
Councilors seemed more amenable to that proposal, but wanted to review the entire draft ordinance before making a decision about the single parcel.
They voted 6-3 to table the request and to set a public hearing about the new rezoning proposal. Walker, Brayman and Millett voted against both measures.
The possible compromise did not sit well with Crooker, who expressed his frustration with the council's decision in an interview after the vote.
Although it is possible to use porous asphalt to comply with the 50 percent standard, it would increase the price of the development substantially, and may not effectively handle storm-water runoff, he said.
"I think it may cost it right out of sight," Crooker said of the impact the council's vote might have on the development. "They took 30 percent of the land away, they drove the cost up, I think they drove the project out."


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Fears for future of vital link between two train stations
Posted: March 01, 2013|
IT WAS once the busiest single-track section of railway line in the country but, almost three decades after its closure, the short route which once linked Tunbridge Wells's two stations is a ghostly presence: one minute you see it, the next it's gone and you wonder if it was just a figment of your imagination.
At its peak, the spur built to provide a gateway into Sussex and the south coast handled 30 trains a day, carrying passengers smoothly across town from the main station in Mount Pleasant to West Station just beyond The Pantiles. From there, travellers could pick up the main Brighton line to go on down to the coast or up to Victoria.
British Railways finally called time on West Station in 1985, however, after years of declining services, the cross-town track has sunk into the doldrums. It's been ripped up and trampled on, planted over and swamped by season after season of leaves and mud, obscured by fallen trees and used as a general dumping ground.
Now, however, after 30 years, the five-acre stretch of former British Railways land is in the news again. With confirmation from Railway Paths, the charity which bought it for £1 in 2001, that it is on the market, campaigners pressing for the re-opening of the Brighton line are alarmed at the threat to the vital link between the two stations. If the service is ever to be resumed, they say, this stretch of line cannot disappear.
The spur runs from Grove Junction, the point just south of Tunbridge Wells station where it branches away from the main Hastings line to curve down past the big old houses in Madeira Park and Upper Cumberland Walk before winding under Warwick Park and through Grove Tunnel, the 183-yard route carved out beneath Grove Hill, to emerge directly to the east of the station.
Overgrown trees make it difficult to spot the junction itself but, from the site of the bridge, now disappeared, which once carried it over Great Cumberland Walk, the imprint of the old track beyond the gardens of Madeira Park is still clear.
Swings and rusting wheelbarrows show how local householders have made use of space at the bottom of their gardens over the years, but a newly-erected fence cutting right across the track to enclose a wide parcel of land signals that change is under way – even though the sale of the land has not yet been confirmed.
In the other direction, in a kind of garden-grabbing in reverse, encroaching gardens have gobbled up the old track completely.
Swinging west beneath a bridge spanning Warwick Park, the track disappears into Grove Tunnel before finally stopping, rather ignominiously, at the tunnel opening beside a coach park next to Sainsbury's supermarket.

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Oct 19 2010
Patman, Before and After
This is Patman, known by some as Patrick. He's the son of my best friend Hyacinth, and I snapped this photo of him over the weekend. It totally captures his ridiculous cuteness (sorry Patman, but it's true.) This is the SOOC (straight-out-of-camera) version.
I ran the "Boost" action from PW Action Set 1, then—because I thought the composition wasn't great in the original—I cropped it to adhere a little more closely to the rule of thirds.
Speaking of which, what's the rule about cutting off whole sections of a subject's head?
Maybe we'll cover that in another post.
83 Comments and 8 Replies
Diana On Tuesday, October 19 at 6:30 pm
He is a cutie! I like both versions, but I like the crop and the boosted version a bit better. Makes him more vibrant.
Stephanie On Tuesday, October 19 at 6:32 pm
adorable, either way
Jessica @ How Sweet It Is On Tuesday, October 19 at 6:38 pm
Love the second one!
AGinTO On Tuesday, October 19 at 10:33 pm
Me too.
As a make-up artist, I've worked with some amazing professional photographers, and they"re not shy to cut into someone's head if it creates a better focal point.
Go ahead P-Dub… "OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!"
Sandi On Tuesday, October 19 at 6:41 pm
Poor Hyacinth! That boy's going to be a heartbreaker in a few years. She'll have little teenage girls mooning outside her door day and night.
Pam D On Wednesday, October 20 at 12:45 am
Well, as long as they aren't mooning HER outside her door, I suppose that's alright…
Marianne LoMonaco On Tuesday, October 19 at 6:47 pm
I would crop even a little more of his head off, very close to his ears . Sorry that's awful. And keep more of the bottom half in. Beautiful boy!
Suzanne @ Window On The Prairie On Wednesday, October 20 at 8:35 am
I can't agree….I wouldn't have cropped off the top of his head. It's a little distracting. But the boost action is nice. http://windowontheprairie.com/ Suzanne
Kim On Wednesday, October 20 at 1:20 pm
In a class on photography we learned that you don't need to photograph the entire subject to know it's there…crop on!
Kellee On Tuesday, October 19 at 6:49 pm
One of the most useful things I learned in college about composition (in a video production class, but clearly applies to photos) is…EYES IN THE TOP THIRD. This also makes me a headroom nazi (in that, I hate too much headroom… to an unhealthy degree, really). Personally, I don't care about giving a haircut in order to maintain a nice composition. To me, it's like sketching, which isn't drawing everything exactly how it is, but finding the fewest, most important elements and highlighting those.
Which is to say, love the crop here Great pic with loads of personality shining through!
Linda On Tuesday, October 19 at 6:53 pm
Wow look at the size of his dimples so cute, and a great smile too.
Carole & Chewy On Tuesday, October 19 at 6:55 pm
I'd crop even closer, to make the smile pop even more. The girls are going to go crazy over this one…
Julie On Tuesday, October 19 at 6:59 pm
I really wished my sooc's came out as good as that.
nancypants On Tuesday, October 19 at 7:04 pm
The rule is: It's a crowning achievement, but especially where baldness is concerned.
Mallory On Tuesday, October 19 at 7:05 pm
Those have to be the world's greatest dimples!
heather@myeverydaygraces On Tuesday, October 19 at 7:08 pm
So handsome! Love the crop… I need to try that with some of my photos. Come to think of it, one of my favorite photos of my oldest is cropped similarly.
Anita On Tuesday, October 19 at 7:12 pm
What a cutie, he's going to be a heart breaker with those dimples! I like the crop but the boost is reading yellow for me. He looks a bit jaundiced in the second shot.
Joyce On Tuesday, October 19 at 7:18 pm
What am I doing wrong? Boost is almost always way too much. Especially for faces. Sometimes it works well for landscapes, but not people. I don't even see much of a difference in your two photos. Other than the crop, of course.
Desaree On Wednesday, October 20 at 9:05 am
Joyce, have you tried playing with the opacity?
Lu On Tuesday, October 19 at 7:24 pm
As I was scrolling, I noticed that what showed on my screen cropped a wee bit more off his head, but still left plenty above the ears and thought it looked even better that way. I almost always love your photos "after" your actions and this one follows true to that..
Melissa E On Tuesday, October 19 at 7:36 pm
I think this crop works 'cause a shadow of his hair (on the top of his head is showing). Further down the forehead and the poor kid woulda looked as though he was balding.
CArolyn On Wednesday, October 20 at 8:46 am
I agree! Love the cropped head version of most any photo. Used to drive my engineer husband crazy!
Sherry On Tuesday, October 19 at 7:44 pm
Cutting out heads? LOL That is my Grandma Mancini's trick! But only when she is mad
Diane On Tuesday, October 19 at 7:56 pm
He IS ridiculously cute! That face is going to break a few hearts. Nice crop.
Michelle On Tuesday, October 19 at 7:58 pm
Forget the crop, I can move my eyes away from the dimples. Such an adorable kid.
Rachel On Tuesday, October 19 at 7:59 pm
I'm okay with the colors on the original – think it makes his cheeks rosier – but love the crop!
martha in mobile On Tuesday, October 19 at 8:02 pm
What beautiful amber eyes! I would leave in the top of his head. He is so beautiful that his gender is nonobvious without the clue of the crew cut (at a cursory glance, his close-cropped hair on the sides could be construed as a ponytail).
beckygtx On Tuesday, October 19 at 8:08 pm
He is just pretty! And those dimples are wonderful. Yep, a heartbreaker.
Alex On Tuesday, October 19 at 8:24 pm
Heartbreaker alert! Dimples, brown eyes AND long eye lashes? Oh boy is Hyacinth gonna be in trouble in a few years!!!!
Christy aka Mamarazzi On Tuesday, October 19 at 8:26 pm
I think the rule is to make sure the person has their brain strapped in. LOL Just kidding. Adorable picture of a handsome young man! Love the edit too.
Kassie S On Tuesday, October 19 at 8:57 pm
There shouldn't be any rules when taking pictures!!!!!! Whoever is taking the picture determines the end result……unless it's your wedding day and the photographer only likes half your face…..
or it's your first child and the photographer only likes up the nose shots…..
I don't know, no rules here!
Heather On Tuesday, October 19 at 9:27 pm
He has really nice eyes
amy On Tuesday, October 19 at 9:59 pm
lady killer either way
scarolinamama On Tuesday, October 19 at 10:08 pm
What a handsome guy! I like the boost picture but it makes his teeth look a bit yellow. I'm just learning my way around photo editing, but I wonder if it's possible to erase the boost in that area?
Fire Wife Katie On Tuesday, October 19 at 10:14 pm
Hmmm…. the rule? I think that the rule is that we can pretty much assume that people have that top part of their head.
Oh, and that the eyes are placed, anatomically, smack dab in the middle of the head vertically. I think you did right by placing the eyes 1/3 the way down the picture plane, regardless of the cropped hairline.
Brigid C On Tuesday, October 19 at 10:46 pm
Love the second one. You can see his eyes much better too.
And about head chopping… I'm a head chopper, limb chopper, etc… doesn't bother me one bit! I find it make some shots more interesting. Chop away I say!
Kim Aguilar On Tuesday, October 19 at 11:22 pm
Love the crop. I'm all for cropping off heads. Especially when it means that I'm more closely following the Almighty Rule of Thirds. It's my favorite rule. Besides all the ones in the Bible, a' course.
Krist On Tuesday, October 19 at 11:49 pm
I;m one of the few, I like the boost but not the crop so much. I think 1's comp is just fine.
Sharyl@The little brown house On Wednesday, October 20 at 12:04 am
I love the crop – but then I like things to be slightly off-center. Makes for an interesting picture.
Pam D On Wednesday, October 20 at 12:49 am
While my friends love my photographic style (influenced mainly over the past year and a half by you and the lovely folks at I Heart Faces), my husband doesn't like it at ALL. "I like pictures where the person's WHOLE HEAD is in there!" he wails. At that point, I hand him the phonebook, opened to the listing for Olan Mills (or something similar) and say "Go for it!"
Emma Wood On Wednesday, October 20 at 12:58 am
Mmm, I don't think any rule should apply about chopping off heads, when your face is as cute as this – it simply doesn't matter!
Emma Wood On Wednesday, October 20 at 1:00 am
Mmm, I don't think that the chopping off heads rule applies if your face is as cute as this. It simply emphasises the cuteness.
JessJess On Wednesday, October 20 at 1:24 am
I've never heard of the "rule of thirds", what is it??
Marilyn Hausknecht On Wednesday, October 20 at 1:29 am
What great dimples! He will be a heart stopper when he gets just a little older. Any chance he's the same age as one of your girls? WOW!
Heather (Heather's Dish) On Wednesday, October 20 at 6:55 am
GASP! those dimples! my heart is melting…
Monie On Wednesday, October 20 at 7:09 am
What a cutie patootie!
I really love the SOOC shot. Could you crop that one into a 'square' shape by taking off the bit to the (as you are looking at it) right side of the image? Clearly, I know nothing about photography…just thinkin' that would look kinda cool to me.
Nezzy (Cow Patty Surprise) On Wednesday, October 20 at 7:12 am
Now if he just isn't the most adorable youngen!!! This Ozark Farm Chick is lovin' those angel kisses ( dimples) on the young lad's face. Hope that Hyacinth is workin' out at the gym 'cause she's gonna be beatin' the young chickletts off with a stick!!! :o)
From the frosty hills and hollers of the Missouri Ponderosa, ya'll have the most wonderfully blessed day now, ya hear!!!!
Sue On Wednesday, October 20 at 7:14 am
This is a young man that can seriously grow up to be a model….those cheek bones, dimples and that smile….wow!
Cheryl On Wednesday, October 20 at 7:31 am
My brother in law, Patrick, also goes by Patman. Coincidentaly, his wife's name is Robyn. And this has nothing to do with photography.
Nicole Mc On Wednesday, October 20 at 7:45 am
Hyacinth has some handsome boys!
Erin On Wednesday, October 20 at 7:59 am
Poor Hyacinth! How does she ever tell that kid no? I couldn't do it. The dimples are too much.
Kris Allbright On Wednesday, October 20 at 8:27 am
It's a shame he's so handsome. His poor mommy will have to beat the girls away with a stick..
Ruth Ann On Wednesday, October 20 at 8:56 am
This young man is one of the handsomest guys ever…look out young ladies…those dimples are girl magnets!
PW your photgraphy…terrific as always!
Miz Booshay On Wednesday, October 20 at 8:58 am
Ii wonder that same thing about the head chop!
Caroline in Tennessee On Wednesday, October 20 at 10:33 am
As someone that is not so great with my camera, I have many head chopped photos! Please tell me that I can now tell people I did that on purpose! hehee!!
Krista On Wednesday, October 20 at 12:44 pm
I got in BIG trouble for cropping the top of some heads! But the focus of the picture was the race #'s pinned to the subjects shirts, and I thought it turned out great! I guess artistic license isn't allowed, for some people.
Jessi E On Wednesday, October 20 at 8:59 am
The fact that you only had to run the Boost action to get that makes me really want to invest in Photoshop and some great actions.I love my free Paint.net, but just thinking that I could run one thing without manually tweaking hue, saturation, lightness, etc makes the switch seem worth it.
Cute kid!
Jillian On Wednesday, October 20 at 9:03 am
What a handsome young man!
Desaree On Wednesday, October 20 at 9:08 am
Love these little tutorials. So simple, this one is, but it reminds us that sometimes we don't need to Photoshop the heck out of a photo for it to look great. Love me some rule of thirds!
Cheryl O. On Wednesday, October 20 at 9:18 am
First off, yes. He is adorable! Those dimples. Those brown eyes. Future heartbreaker.
On the topic of cutting off heads in photographs. Do you remember growing up and you got your pictures back a month after you took them and someones head would be cut of and it would be catastrophic? I actually like part of the head being cut off and not in the frame. I'm not sure what the word is I'm looking for… is it dramatic? nah. I don't know what it is but I like it.
Nancy On Wednesday, October 20 at 9:35 am
Look at those DIMPLES! The Patman is gonna be a heartbreaker, for sure! Love both the pictures, but with such a cutie for a subject, what could go wrong??
WebSavvyMom On Wednesday, October 20 at 9:51 am
–>SOOC or not – – love his dimples!
Stacie On Wednesday, October 20 at 9:54 am
Oh Lord help me, those dimples!!
Kari On Wednesday, October 20 at 10:01 am
*Is* there a rule about cutting off people's heads? I was just wondering that the other day. I often cut off the tops of people's heads. I kind of like it like that, but rumor has it, it bugs the crap out of some people. Who knew?
MelissaF On Wednesday, October 20 at 10:08 am
It doesn't bother me at all to cut off parts of people's heads. Back in the day, it was "terrible" to cut off any part of people's heads. I disagree. Like a pp said, we can assume people have the tops of their heads! It's important to know the "rules", but it's also important to know when to break them!
Ann On Wednesday, October 20 at 11:34 am
What a nice looking young man — super duper smile!!!
Kathleen On Wednesday, October 20 at 11:35 am
He has absolutely GORGEOUS eyes!
Carissa Casey On Wednesday, October 20 at 12:29 pm
I feel like the crop in the second one cuts off too much of his hair and makes his forehead look huge.
Liza On Wednesday, October 20 at 12:54 pm
I'm OK with the cropped head. I often do that with feet, too. I read somewhere that your mind fills in the rest, since we know what heads and feet look like. One of my daughters hates that I crop that way though, and is always asking me where her feet are. Can't make everyone happy, but it makes me happy!
Dimples will be fighting the girls off with a bat!
Nana Butterfly On Wednesday, October 20 at 1:55 pm
He is handsome & going to be a heartbreaker!
Mindy On Wednesday, October 20 at 2:22 pm
my mentor advised that you shouldn't crop at the hairline, since it gives the illusion of going on forever. especially with men!
Robyn On Wednesday, October 20 at 4:14 pm
Really cute! Caught my attention because we have a Bryman in our family. Real name is Bryan.
Thought the first pic was great, but the second is even better!
Kathy Winter On Wednesday, October 20 at 4:54 pm
Not sure what the rule is about the close crop, but I can tell you my husband has lobbed off the top of my head in just about every photo he's taken of me, SOOTC.
KEL On Wednesday, October 20 at 6:09 pm
The photographer that took my daughters HS graduation picture cut the top of her head off and it is one of the most striking pictures of her. He told me that he meant to do it, but seriously I don't think I would have noticed if he hadn't pointed it out. The picture just captures your eye to her hers.
Shannon On Wednesday, October 20 at 10:05 pm
Great photo and love the close crop. It really shows off the eyes. I am trying to get hubby to let me spend a whole day reading your tutorials. I got a Rebel recently and no clue how to use it on anything but auto. I wanna do a photo class but need time for that too! lol
Patty On Thursday, October 21 at 1:58 am
My God. What a beautiful child! Makes me want to weep.
Mother Mayhem On Thursday, October 21 at 8:55 am
Cropping is to a photo, as salt is to a soup.
We all have different taste buds.
Some like to season things to their own taste. Some don't know where to start.
Get the base right and you have all kinds of flexibility.
And you can always adjust, but once you've hit "too much" you have to go back and start again.
A framework, be it a recipe or composition rules, gets you only so far. Learning to discern for oneself will lead to the most pleasing results.
And sometimes mistakes make it even better. Some of my favorite pix came about because I didn't have time to adjust my composition and take a second shot. Thanks to the PW Actions, the results were extraordinary through my eyes. Like the first two pix in this post… I wish I could remember which combo of PW Actions I used.
erin j On Thursday, October 21 at 9:51 am
Cutting off people's heads is perfectly fine! I do it when I want the eyes to be the focal point. Composition rule # 1 is usually to get closer
Michelle On Thursday, October 21 at 12:43 pm
Wow, I think the second one looks so much better!
Suzy On Thursday, October 21 at 1:24 pm
The second one fits in with the rule of thirds better
I would say that the first one is a good shot, but the second one is a great portrait
Sarah Marie On Thursday, October 21 at 1:46 pm
What a cute kid! Is he going to be one of the girls future husband?
Lori Orr On Thursday, October 21 at 5:18 pm
The main cropping rule I've learned is just never crop at a joint.
Bush Babe On Thursday, October 21 at 11:54 pm
Holy Smoke Hyacinth… I hope you have a shotgun at the door. He's totally handsome!
I'm a mad cropper. I'd bring it down hard on his ears – makes him look a little bald cropped high with no hair. Nice action. Nice dimples. Look out little girls!!!
Tia On Friday, October 22 at 9:15 am
I wouldn't have cropped off the top part of his head. Don't know about the rule of thirds but, seems weird to cut that off. But what do I know? I just go with what I think looks good, no rules. Regardless, adorable boy—
Shirley On Saturday, October 23 at 7:44 am
Wow…you Oklahoma parents sure do know how to grow kids with dimples!!!!
Caryn On Saturday, October 23 at 10:12 am
Ok first…future ladies man. Second, when it comes to chopping off body parts like a 1/3 of a head, I would take it to the extreme and edit it so that his face fills the screen. "Oh well" to the missing parts!
Deb C On Saturday, October 23 at 10:12 am
The cutting off the head is called "The Grandma Rule". My grandma cut off the tops of everyone's heads when she took photos. We have whole photo albums full of her shots..up close, far away…it didn't matter. She still cut off the top of everyone's heads.
mmclassics On Sunday, October 24 at 11:29 pm
The only problem is that Patman is NOT supposed to look so grown-up! He was just a little tyke when Hyacinth began teaching our kids about "quality adjectives" and "quality adverbs." And for anyone who is curious, his sister is a delight as well. Go Hyacinth!!
Kelly On Thursday, November 4 at 11:50 am
I just started a new photography class, and the rule he used is you don't want tangents – meaning you don't want to top of his head to just ever so slightly touch or look like its near touching the edge. You need to either have space above it or do a serious crop like you did. I thought that was interesting and now I suddendly see it everywhere! (He also says you want to try and avoid tangents in the photo when possible, it makes them focal points unintentionally – either have them touch/overlap on purpose or separate…)
Phoenix On Saturday, January 15 at 6:53 pm
What kind of camera do you use and what lens is your favorite? I am new to your blog and checking out equipment….(;
I love this site! Thanks for sharing so many photo secrets too~
Beverly Scott On Tuesday, February 8 at 5:29 pm
Oh my. . . the hearts he will break. Simply put, he is pretty. I hope he uses it for good and not evil. . .


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ROANOKE — Lewis C. Wolfe, 66, of Roanoke, died at 9:46 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, at Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home, Fort Wayne where he was admitted Tuesday evening following a short battle with lung cancer.
He was born March 8, 1946, in Wolf Lake, a son of Harry W. and Doris M. (Bennett) Wolfe Jr.
His formative years were spent in Etna Troy Township.
He graduated from Larwill High School and received an associate's degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University.
Donna J. (DeBolt) Mansdorfer, 74, of Liberty Township, went up to Heaven to be with Dad Oct. 16, 2012, at 12:55 a.m. at Hospice of Hamilton.
She was born June 5, 1938, in Whitley County, the daughter of Alice Grace and Francis DeBolt.
On Sept. 16, 1956, she married Gerald Mansdorfer.
Donna retired from the Internal Revenue Service as a budget analyst. In her free time, Donna was an avid Bridge player and loving grandmother "Bommin."
Karen Marie Dafforn, 67, a resident of rural Churubusco and wife of Donald W. Dafforn, passed away at 9:35 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, at the Kingston Care Center in Fort Wayne. She had been in declining health since May.
Mrs. Dafforn was born Jan. 25, 1945, in Smith Township, the daughter of Luther "Bus" and Vera E. (Brown) Duncan. She spent her formative years there, and graduated from Churubusco High School in 1963.
Employed as a special needs school bus driver for Smith-Green Community Schools for 29 years, she retired from there in 2008.
Pastor John Edward Gregory, 73, of Columbia City, passed away at 11:40 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at his home.
Born Oct. 28, 1938, in Berkley County, W. Va., he was the son of Franklin Forbes and Myrtle M. (Morrison) Gregory.
He graduated with the class of 1956 from Martinsburg High School. He also graduated from Washington Bible College in Washington, D.C., completing his education with a Master of Divinity from Grace Theological Seminary in 1969.
Madge L. (White) Harshbarger, 88, passed away Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne.
Born in Whitley County, Madge worked as a clerk with the Indiana Department of Transportation for 11 years, retiring Sept. 1, 1986.
She was a member of Saint Joseph United Methodist Church; St. Joe United Methodist Women; Eastern Star #432; Worthy Matron in 1995; was a volunteer at a community center for two years and Parkview Seniors for 12 years.
She loved to travel with friends.
Evelyn J. Swartz, 84, of South Whitley, passed away at 4:55 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, at her daughter's residence in Larwill.
Born June 19, 1928, in Whitley County, she was the daughter of Charles W. and Fannie R. (Hartman) Gradeless.
A lifelong resident of Whitley County, she attended school in both Etna and Wolf Lake and graduated from Columbia City High School with the class of 1946.
On July 2, 1948, she married Harold L. Swartz at St. John's Lutheran Church, Columbia City.
Stanley Loe, 91, of Panama City, passed away Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, at a local nursing home. He was a 26-year resident of Bay County, having moved here from West Palm Beach, Fla.
Mr. Loe was a member of First Pentecostal Church. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and received the Silver Star while serving under General George S. Patton in the 80th Division. He retired from Rinker Materials as a chief estimator. Mr. Loe enjoyed fishing, golfing and square dancing.
Roy S. Greener, 88, a resident of rural Fort Wayne and widely acquainted Lake Township farmer, passed away at 3:14 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, at Parkview Regional Medical Center.
Mr. Greener was born Sept. 28, 1924, in Lake Township, a son of Otto and Anna (McCormick) Greener, and was a lifelong resident of rural Allen County where he was engaged in farming all his life.
He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church-Lake Twp. and Harmony Lodge 19 IOOF in Fort Wayne
Frederick "Fritz" Allen Myers, 88, formerly of South Whitley, went to be with the Lord at 7:40 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, at Courtyard Healthcare Center, Goshen where he had been a resident since July.
He was born Aug. 8, 1924, in Bippus, a son of the late Irvin R. and Almeda (Zeigler) Myers. In 1933, the family moved to Cleveland Township. He attended South Whitley High School.
On Aug. 4, 1946, he was united in marriage to Evelyn M. Bolinger. They made their home in the South Whitley area. In 2012, they moved to Goshen.
Terry Christopher Warren, 55, of Albion, passed away at 5:06 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, at his home. Born June 4, 1957, in Peru, he was the son of Ray and Deloris (McDougle) Warren, Sr.
He graduated with the class of 1977 from Columbia City High School. On April 9, 1983, he married Diana Waters in Columbia City.
A lifetime resident of Columbia City and Albion, he worked as an operator and in maintenance for five years at Vibrations Control, Ligonier and Essex Wire, Columbia City for 25 years. He was a member of St. John's Bosco Catholic Church, Churubusco.


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Plato: "Allegory of the Cave"(ca. 380 BCE)
Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" appears in Book VII of his most famous and influential philosophical dialogue, The Republic. Plato was a classical Greek philosopher and a citizen of the Greek city-state of Athens in the first half of the fourth century
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Nixon moves to sack rogue police
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It's a keylock oval. These work great for racking nuts snag-free and are solid as a carabiner brake in a pinch. I don't aid climb, so I can't speak to their performance there, but for my purposes they're great. The gate has an angular grind on the inside opening end that lets it eke out an extra mm or so of gate clearance (see picture). Overall a functional, beautiful and solid piece of gear. My go-to oval.
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Pro Tools 10 Essential Training with musician and producer David Franz illuminates the process of recording, editing, mixing, and mastering in Avid Pro Tools, the industry-standard software for music and postproduction. The course covers recording live audio and adding effects on the fly, creating music with virtual instruments and plug-ins, editing for time and pitch manipulation, creating a musical score, and mixing and mastering a track.
Adding audio to video in Pro Tools can be a lot of fun. Here I'm going to show you a quick project that I created for this course that demonstrates adding audio in various forms to a video file in Pro Tools. This project ties in many of the recording, editing, mixing, and mastering techniques that I've shown you here in this course, so let me show you the video first without any audio. (Video Playing) You can see that it's a bunch of coastline of California shots with some biking as well, and then there's a guy speaking, and I had to overdub my voice in there, because the ocean was too loud and the recording didn't sound that great.
So let me bring some of the music in, and I'll show you what I started with. So I created a piano track and a beat, and you'll notice that I've routed these through bus 5 and 6, so I've created a little submix down here for the music. I've also created submixes for the effects and Foley--the sound effects, that is-- and the dialog, or the voiceover, so let's hear just the music. (Music Playing) That's a long tail on that piano sound.
I'm using Xpand 2 and this Acoustic Piano with effects. And I'm using Boom, and I've created my own little drum kit, and my own little drum part up here in the matrix. Now let's look at the sound effects that I'm using. I've got an ocean sound that is from Xpand, and I also have this train sound. Let me play you just this train sound and you'll notice that it doesn't really sound like a train at all, just listening to it by itself.
(Audio Playing) However, when you mix it in with the whole thing, it actually does sound like a train. We also have this ocean sound that goes throughout. (Audio Playing) And it seems to work out pretty well with the actual waves in the video.
Finally, I have the voiceover, and I'm going to play everything together now. So let me un-solo everything, un-mute everything, and here's the final product. (Video Playing) (Male speaker: Beautiful scenery.) (Plenty of places to ride. Gorgeous weather. It just doesn't get any better than this.) Let's go over to the mix page and I'll show you some other things that I've done here.
I've got an EQ on the voice with some pretty radical moves here. I'm also compressing it using the Vocal Comp preset, and I've got a little bit of de-essing going on. I'm also sending it to this reverb, where I've set up this basic small reverb sound. The voiceover track is also being sent over to this dialog submix, where I've got more EQ and compression.
Both of the music tracks are being routed to bus 5 and 6, which is picked up over here, and we also have some EQ and compression. And you'll note that I've notched out a little bit of EQ, right around 2.5 kHz, and that's to allow the voice to come through a little bit more. I've also done the same on the Effects track, and this is the submix for the effects. Finally, everything is routed through this master fader where I have this maxim plug-in.
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ORONO, Maine - With the meet tied at 90-90, the University of New Hampshire women's indoor track team won the last two events to record a 100-96 victory against the University of Maine at the Gateway Track Club last weekend.
UNH went ahead 95-93 in the 4x400-meter relay as the quartet of Heidi Flanders (Richmond, N.H.), Jen McGowan, Alicia Anderson (Orleans, Mass.) and Leighann Carpenter (Princeton, Mass.) won the event with a time of 4 minutes, 12.14 seconds.
The Wildcats clinched the win over the Black Bears in the final event of the day when Leslie Read (Dover, N.H.), Liz Stokinger, Kelly McCloskey and Amy DeCamp (Londonderry, N.H.) captured the 4x800 relay with a clocking of 9:49.17.
In the field events, UNH took first place in the high jump and pole vault. Anderson bested the field in the high jump with a performance of 5-feet, 4 inches while Shanna Mailloux (Bedford, Mass.) won the pole vault by clearing a height of 10-0.
New Hampshire took the top two places in five track events. Amy Czesnowski (Woodbridge, Conn.) and Flanders finished 1-2 in the 400 with times of 1:01.10 and 1:01.13, respectively. In the 500, Kristen Meisner crossed the finish line first in 1:17.82 and was followed by Carpenter (1:20.8). Taryn Kenney (North Attleboro, Mass.) and Read swept the top two places in the 1,000 with times of 2:59.91 and 3:09.1. In the 1-mile run, DeCamp (5:02.18) and Stokinger (5:20.27) distanced themselves from the field. Caitlin Hayes (Keene, N.H.), Jenn Poirier and Regan Casey (Babylon, N.Y.) took the top three places in the 5,000.
Other first-place finishers were Katie Litwinowich (Holden, Mass.) in the 800 and Allison March in the 3000.
The UNH women's indoor track team returns to action Jan. 11 with a dual meet at the University of Rhode Island.


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fresh fish markets
What is best place to buy fresh fish in Seattle in hearken of price and quality...where do the locals go?
Mutual Fish on South Rainier is my go-to place, even though it's out of the way. I do occasionally purchase fish from one of the mongers at Pike Place (both the throwers as well as the mongers located near all the produce stands), but only the throwers if I have a Groupon, and only the one near the produce stands if I'm already there for produce and have a specific fish in mind. And don't underestimate Uwajimaya or Seafood City - they both have surprisingly good stocks, and oftentimes (especially in the case of Seafood City) types of fish you can't find anywhere else in town.
If you live closer to Ballard, then I'd imagine Fisherman's Wharf.
If Cap Hill is more your haunt, Taylor Shellfish is well received.
I second Mutual Fish as Seattle's premier resource. Metropolitan Market is very good as well.
The two best fish markets in town are Mutual Fish, as everyone else notes, and University Seafood and Poultry off University Way NE in the U District. Hands down. I regularly shop at Metropolitan Market but after getting a not so good piece of fish, I said never again for seafood.
I like the market next to Chinook's @ fisherman's terminal. I think it's called Wild Salmon? Super nice people & they have some the best salmon spread I've eaten.


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Microsoft's Philip Su, a former Windows development team manager, explains the division's underlying technical and managerial dynamics in this insightful analysis of Windows Vista's repeated delays. His essay is getting lots of attention today due to this Slashdot post.
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Cowboy Bootcamp for Entrepreneurs starts Oct. 6 at OSU-Tulsa
OSU will offer its Cowboy Bootcamp for Entrepreneurs starting Oct. 6 at OSU-Tulsa to assist aspiring entrepreneurs in creating successful, growth-oriented businesses.
The bootcamp is a rigorous six-session program presented by the Riata Center for Entrepreneurship in the Spears School of Business. The sessions will take place every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon through Nov. 10.
Classes are taught by nationally recognized OSU School of Entrepreneurship faculty members and successful entrepreneurs. Mentoring and coaching also will be provided to individual businesses by the Riata Center consulting staff and MBA students, in partnership with Oral Roberts University.
For more information or to register, call 405-744-7871 or visit the Riata Center's website.


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Dear Garlic and Onions: Mellow Out
Inspired by conversations on the Food52 Hotline, we're sharing tips and tricks that make navigating all of our kitchens easier and more fun.
Today: Chill out. And get your alliums to do the same.
As much as we value alliums as a base for all we do, their bite is easy to resent and difficult to forget: An errant fleck of raw onion or garlic at lunch will stay with you all day, and have you dreaming of dental hygiene products.
There are ways, though, to soften the bite of onions and garlic without cooking them — so you can take advantage of their crunch and freshness without offending your palate or scaring off dinner guests. Here's how:
To mellow garlic:
- Boil it in water or milk for about five minutes, or
- Zap it in the microwave for a couple of minutes — according to Cook's Illustrated, both of these techniques deactivate the compound in garlic that causes sharpness.
To mellow onions:
- To retain their crunch, soak your onions in water for at least 10 minutes.
- To soften them and bring out a bit of sweetness, sprinkle them with a generous amount of salt, making sure to coat each piece well. Rinse off the salt before adding your onions to salads or sandwiches.
- It will change your onions' flavor, but soaking them briefly in a bit of vinegar will soften them, both in taste and texture — think of it as an abridged quick pickle.


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We haven't had backwards compatibility in our game consoles for very long — around just two generations. The desirability of the feature is so widespread, though, that people are willing to follow questionable instructions on the internet to "unlock" the capability on their Xbox Ones. Believing that the feature is intentionally hidden away not only shows just how much we want it to be true, but just how much Microsoft has damaged its reputation with its audience.


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Casa Grande gearing up for snowbirds
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. -- The chill up north has begun to eclipse the desert heat for discomfort. Winter visitors shudder and dream of that land under the 33rd parallel: Casa Grande.
Beth Kortsen is getting ready for the great convergence. She's the manager of Fiesta Grande RV Resort, off East Florence Boulevard.
``We've been getting lots of calls,'' she said. ``It must be getting cold back where they're coming from.''
It must be. I spoke recently to Otto Klassen. He and his wife, Mo, are regular winter residents at Fiesta Grande. He's still up in Red Deer, Canada. It's in Alberta, somewhere between Calgary and the polar ice cap.
Before I called, I checked the official online Canadian weather page. I was surprised I didn't hear Klassen's teeth chattering. I told him the official Canadian weather page listed the day's high as 9 degrees.
``That's centigrade,'' he said.
Oh, right. That translates to a balmy 48 degrees Fahrenheit. And a warm front was on its way, Klassen said. It could be as warm as 60- Hawaiian-shirt weather in Canada.
``The nights are still above freezing,'' Klassen said. ``We'll probably see cooler weather at the end of October.''
And that's when the Klassens usually head this way. I imagine they first take a peek out the window. If they see dogs frozen to trees, they probably decide it's time.
This year there's been a slight change in plans, however, Klassen said. A health matter might push their return date back a few months, but they expect to be here in time for all the fun- activities in RV parlance.
RV parks throughout the Casa Grande Valley are big on activities.
Fiesta Grande was gearing up for them when I visited Kortsen.
We sat in the park's large ballroom. The occasional hum of a power tool broke into the conversation, as workers readied the place for Casa Grande's fair-weather friends.
That's not a knock. Who wouldn't want the best of both worlds? Mild summers. Mild winters. And winter visitors bring money to spend, not to mention a spirit of volunteerism. The food banks, hospital and many churches await the arrival of extra hands and kind hearts.
On top of that, winter visitors teach the whole town to take life easy, slow down- to about 25 in a 40 mph zone.
OK, I got the slow-driver joke out of my system.
At Fiesta Grande, Kortsen said, the ballroom floor will soon be buffed and ready for line dancing. As we spoke, lawn chairs were being taken out of storage, along with the pool covers. They'll help keep the heated pool warm when it's not in use.
The shuffleboard and horseshoe courts were getting prepped.
People are not returning in droves just yet. It's a trickle. The year-round folks- those who stick out the summers- number about 85, Kortsen said.
``Right now, I think we're up to 120,'' she said.
So the needle's starting to edge upward.
``They'll start trickling in from now until Thanksgiving,'' Kortsen added. ``The day after Christmas, don't stand at the front gate.''
By February, Fiesta Grande will be a bustling community of more than 700 people. The horseshoes will be flying. The mail will be burdensome.
In summer, Fiesta Grande mail fits in two or three official white postal bins.
``By the middle of January, we could get up to 40 of those tubs,'' Kortsen said.
The resort runs its own post office. Residents pick up their mail from individual boxes. In the mail room, you see the boxes from the back, cubbies that receive the sorted mail.
Most, for now, are covered with cardboard. As people return, the cardboard will be taken down and cubbies filled with letters and cards. And, of course, junk mail.
Chuck Nute is preparing for the swell of winter visitors in his own way. He's retired and has lived at Fiesta Grande with his wife, Rosie, for 20 years. They now live here year-round. He happened by as I spoke to Kortsen.
He was headed to the bulletin board to post the first tagalong outing of the season. People will take their own cars and meet up at a restaurant in Mesa.
``We hit all the restaurants,'' Nute said.
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The French National Rugby League, have announced the implementation of a salary cap for clubs in France from the 2010-2011 season.
The organisation that controls both the Top 14 and ProD2 clubs, voted to restrict the spending of France's top clubs on December 16 in their annual meeting held in Paris.
From the start of next season, clubs will be limited to a salary budget of 8 million Euros, or £7.1 Million.
That figure is still considerably higher than the limit in the Guinness Premiership, which stands at £4.4 million, although the figure is expected to be increased in the near future.
However, the French clubs will have to hold a reserve of 20 per cent of their salary budget, raised from 10 per cent in wake of a number of financial disasters at French clubs in recent times.
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The LNR have also restricted a quota on foreign players that could later impact the number of overseas players, plying their trade in the Top 14.
From the beginning of next season all French clubs will be obliged to have a minimum of 40 per cent of their players that have developed through French academies, a drop from 50 per cent.
Nevertheless that figure is set to increase back to its current 50 per cent quota, for the 2011-2012 season and will then reach 60 per cent for the 2012 campaign.
This may influence the amount of British players that have recently moved to France including James Haskell, Tom Palmer, Jonny Wilkinson, Andy Goode, Shaun Perry and Ricki Flutey.
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Stepho's is for many years a very popular restaurant for Greek food in Vancouver. People line up here every day again for up to 30 minutes just to eat there. However, it seems like that the popularity and the resulting good business makes their staff less caring about their patrons. It happened now to us for the 3rd time that we got ignored by 4 different staff for more than 10 minutes. The restaurant was not too busy; several tables were empty, however, nobody even acknowledged us.
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USATF offer: First-timers can get 'grants' to attend N.C. nationals
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Jason Purcell - March 30, 2014
Some pretty good ideas.
tb - March 30, 2014
I would use the $1500 to reduce the entry fees for 30 local first-timers. Locals are where the potential is for attendance and growth.
Jack Karbens - March 30, 2014
Financing free travel and lodging will lead to unintended consequences and hard feelings as politics and favoritism dominate decisions about who gets the subsidies when the only criterion is that the applicant has never competed previously in a national championship. Would financial need, qualifying performances, service to track and field organizations and/or other meaningful criteria also be considered and applied consistently by all Associations?
Please focus on locating our championships at universities where dorm rooms and meal plans are available. Consider subsidies for universities who provide dorms. The costs for fancy hotels, restaurant meals, car rentals, cabs, etc. become real deterrents to many first time and returning competitors. Are dorm rooms and a meal plan available at Wake Forest University?
Gary Snyder - March 30, 2014
Dorm rooms – yes
mike travers - March 31, 2014
The subject of dorm rooms is always front and center when I discuss meets with interested parties. Not all host cities have dorm rooms to offer. We always encourage our hosts to make them available.
Mike Travers
USATF Championship Site Selection Chair
Peter Taylor - April 2, 2014
Earlier I heard that "Winston-Salem 2014″ is supposed to be the meet that shakes us out of the doldrums in terms of attendance. The record no. of entrants for a masters outdoors is 1503, set an amazing 14 years ago when the U.S. population was far smaller, when Ken Stone was not doing his thing, when the Internet was foreign to many, etc.
With some financial support of neophytes, with the meet located at a major university and resting in capable hands, with dorm rooms available, what's not to like? Let's go for 1504 and set a new record, for crying out loud. It's been 14 long years … William Jefferson Clinton was president when we hit our peak; now that's a long time ago.
According to the 2013 estimates, North Carolina ranks 10th in the country in population, and that can only help the meet. Moreover, neighboring Virginia ranks 12th, and Georgia, a bit to the south, ranks 8th. We can do it.
I just looked at the USATF website — as of this evening (April 2), we already have 5 entrants. I really believe we can get 1420 or so with no problem, but it would certainly be nice to hit 1504.
Jack Karbens - April 4, 2014
Noel Ruebel, Meet Director for 2014 USATF National Masters Outdoor Championships at Wake Forest University, emailed today to report that dorm rooms are not available for this meet. Anyone know how a poor old average athlete from Hawaii can stay cheaply in Winston-Salem? Since I have competed in these meets since 1981, I assume I am not eligible for a subsidy. I already have my free mileage plus plane ticket.
Peter Taylor - April 4, 2014
Sorry that I can't help you directly, Jack. I was down in Winston-Salem in March for the SE Indoor Regionals, and I know one thing from that experience:
What is considered Winston-Salem is an area that covers a lot of ground. In fact, it's 132.4 square miles. Thus, the traveler must realize that a hotel billed as being in Winston-Salem may not be close to the stadium.
I also know, or think I know, that essentially no one will be flying into Winston-Salem. Let me check that again … Yes, it seems that people will be flying into Greensboro, North Carolina, not into the airport in Winston-Salem. Oh, well.
The best thing to do, I guess, is to find a recommended hotel that is within 15 miles of the Greensboro airport and less than 5 miles from the stadium. I think that can be done.
The current record holder for most athletes entering a national championship is Univ. of Oregon (Eugene), 2000. That meet had excellent dorm accommodations, I am told.
Given the news that dorms are not available at Wake Forest Univ, I will withdraw my statement in post no.6 above. It will now be much harder to get a record-breaking 1504 entrants, but perhaps it can be done. The deadline for regular entry (no penalty) is June 19, or 2 months and 15 days from today. We still have plenty of time.
Mary Harada - April 5, 2014
University of Oregon provided excellent dorm rooms and a really good cafeteria as well – wish the Nat Masters would go back there – great facility, wonderful town with very supportive people who understand track. But there has to be a LOC willing to do the hard work of organizing the meet.
RE Winston-Salem – flying into a small airport is always expensive – no dorms – need to rent a car? That all sounds very expensive – and I will be shocked if there is a record number of competitors. While it is good to spread the meets around – some concern should be shown to expenses for athletes.
Peter Taylor - April 5, 2014
It's a big ol' mystery why masters nationals don't draw better than they do, but drawing big numbers is not everything, I suppose. I firmly believe that Winston-Salem will have a very strong, beautifully conducted meet, but I see that hitting 1504 entrants without having dorms or a cafeteria will be tough. I won't get into the issues with flights or rental cars.
As far as I know, before 1989 no outdoor nationals had ever drawn well. From 1989 through 2000, however, 25% of the national outdoors drew more than 1400 entrants. From 2001 through 2013, in contrast, just one meet broke the 1400 barrier. Yes, Sacramento (2010) was the only one. Pity.
I have a personal interest in this meet, as I have a hotel room reserved, a car, and a plan. From where I live (Fairfax, Virginia) it's about 5 hrs and 10 minutes to my Winston-Salem hotel.
I hope that on the first day of the meet I find that there are 1504 entrants (or more). Right now (6:45 PM on Saturday, April 5) we are sitting at 6 entrants.


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At home Angie laments Cassie's absence. Jesse promises to do whatever it takes to bring her back. Later, Angie prays to God to give Cassie the strength to get through the hell she is in.
In the hospital Angie tries to get more information from the girl who was found in the dumpster. Later, Joe finds Angie and she breaks down. He tells her she will get through this with the help of her family but she is worried they will never find Cassandra.
Back at the hotel Jesse finds a note from Cassie scratched in the wall. His phone rings and it is Uri. He puts Cassie on so Jesse can hear her desperation. Uri demands Jesse change his investigation or Cassandra will die. Angie runs in hysterical and Jesse shows her the note on the wall. He tells Uri he will do whatever he wants.
Jesse wakes Angie up at home. He talks about running into a ghost when Billy Clyde Tuggle arrives. Angie demands to know what he's done with Cassandra.
At the diner, Billy tells his madam to stick to the script in their plan to get help shutting down the competition. Jesse and Angie arrive and Billy introduces Ruby Marie Delight. Jesse speaks with her alone. Angie tells Billy that Dixie wouldn't buy his new religion. Jesse comes back accusing Billy of using him. He wants concrete proof of where Cassandra is.
At the hospital, JR wants Cara to know he knows her baby's alive. Cara's worried there's no way to know what David would do if he knew. David wakes Angie up at Amy's bedside and takes her home for rest and food.
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Angie helps Jesse review train schedules at home. They think they've found the train station near where the girls are kept.
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In JR's room, AJ says, "It's been a while." JR thinks he has the wrong room and is confused when AJ runs out upset. JR realizes it was AJ. Dixie walks in and stops JR from getting out of bed. She runs off to find AJ with the security guard. Alone, David enters JR's room and tells him to cut the crap when he's not sure why David is there. David explains now JR can experience what he did starting with a stint in prison for the murder of his daughter. Dixie returns and JR stops her from calling the police. He wants to know if he killed Marissa. Dixie blames David and tells him he's had his say. Cara reminds him about brain trauma, but David isn't buying it. JR says he'd feel the same if something happened to AJ. In another room, Jesse tells Angie where the young woman Amy was found while waiting for her to come to. Jesse's sure Cassandra won't end up this way. Amy awakes but is afraid. She doesn't recognize Cassandra's photo. Alone Amy tells Angie if they have Cassandra it's already too late. Angie breaks down outside. David finds her. She tells him what happened and leaves when Jesse returns. David asks how he could lie again to Angie after lying to her before a child they lost.
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"A toast to Tough Love bootcamp!" the women declare on the high seas. They're almost done with their personal journeys, but Steve has just given them a quick vacaton on which they must tackle one more challenge. But first: the cheating thing.
"I was not shocked that perfect Christine was cheating on her husband, I knew she was hiding something from the beginning." Miss Know It All Avonte says when it's revealed that Christine cheated on her husband, Josh.
The women are all shocked to hear in Josh's testimonial that the real reason his marriage to Christine failed was not his "lack of passion" as she keeps saying, but her passion…for someone else. Josh even hired someone to tail Christine to be extra sure she was cheating. Yikes.
"F— that! I was pushed into the arms of someone else, I didn't ever want to sleep with anybody else!" Christine defends herself. She maintains that she never meant to have an affair but that since Josh was cold, distant, and anti-cuddling, she needed to seek physical comfort somewhere. When Steve presses her on the affair asking her why she never told him about it she answers "Because you didn't ask!" which is total BS because Steve already asked her what the biggest lie she told was and, well, an affair is more of a lie than anything else she could have come up with. "I feel like part of it is my fault," Christine says, to which Steve hilariously responds, "Part of it??"
"How embarrassing, I'm supposed to be a Mrs. Iowa!" Christine says of this whole ordeal. But as reparation for the ordeal, everyone gets sent on a cruise to the Bahamas! But it won't be all fun and games and casinos and Bahamian beer, each woman will have a mission on the trip, and the ultimate goal at the end of it will be to decide who gets their promise ring.
Brigette's mission is to determine her future with Anthony. Leilani's is to see if her bond with George will endure beyond bootcamp. Christine is going to need to learn to be more forthcoming about what she needs in a relationship. Avonte is told she needs to keep her guard down and let things develop with Eric, who she's been on one previous date with. Chasity has to let Al know what kind of relationship she wants with him (and not let thoughts of her ex, Thomas, ruin it). Michelle needs to get over her bad boy lust and enjoy her time with good guy Sam. And Jane and Alan just have to figure out what they're doing together.
The women have 48 hours alone, without Steve's guidance, to work on their relationships while onboard. If nothing else, at least Leilani and George are psyched for their trip!
Let's check in on Chasity first…
"I like Al," she says, "but he needs to show me more and if he doesn't give me his all, I'm probably not going to continue to see him." Chasity seems a little bored by Al, to be honest. Is she itchin' to put her go-go boots back on? She tells him her concern, which is that he is always agreeable and never seems to have an opinion, and funny enough, he tells her nothing she's really said is all that objectionable, so what is there to disagree with? Automatically this makes Chasity more calm and accepting of their relationship and she seems like she's prepared to go full steam ahead.
During their time on the ship, Christine and Frank discuss her needs and she tells him she needs to be treated like a woman and a wife, receiving affection and physical love from her man. "Frank is a 180 from any other guy I've dated before…we balance each other out pretty darn good." Once they open the lines of communication, they're ready to close the bedroom door.
"Who would have though you would like the Ken doll?" Chasity says to Michelle, who may have only just met Sam, but she gets weak in the knees thinking about him. They enjoy the same activities, he's a good kisser, what's not to like? Her only sad emoticon is that she met him so late in the season. "I felt like I was living a fairy tale," Michelle says of her time with Sam. "It might be too soon, but I really want to give this guy my promise ring. Am I crazy?" she asks. She's totally cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs, this one.
Avonte gets a rubdown with Eric (relax, I said WITH, not FROM) and she impresses Steve with her openness.
She brings up the topic of dealbreakers which is so four weeks ago, and really does a great job getting to know him. "I haven't stopped smiling," Avonte says. Avonte tells Eric that Steve saved the best for her last date with him and she is falling for him, although she worries about his "stability" i.e. his bank account.
Jane and Alan receive a private cooking lesson that involved love pancakes and bickering.
And later, Jane needles Alan into telling him the things he did wrong on their past two anniversaries. "If Jane wants to make this relationship work, she needs to back off," Steve says from the sidelines. She does for the moment when finally tells Alan she realizes that even when he puts in the effort to make her happy, all she does is b—h about it, but later at dinner, when Alan calls her breathtaking, she puts on the sourest of sour faces and says "Really? This is the first time you call me breathtaking? When I get dressed up, I do it for you."
This guy can't win. He apologizes for how he has treated her in the past, but I feel like Jane's just bitter about it all.
Brigette appears to be having an amazing time with Anthony (who knew that the tub on a cruise ship would be big enough to fit two people??),
but after more small talk, she learns he's not as social as she would like him to be and he has a lot of traits that make her doubt their compatibility. When she reconvenes with the girls for drinks on the lido deck, she's obviously reserved and not willing to get into her doubts. "This is everything I wanted but honestly, it might be too much too soon, just like Steve said." So will she give him her promise ring or what?? Even Brigette doesn't know at this point.
When Leilani tells George she wants to come back to Miami to visit him and she doesn't want him to see other people, he changes the subject, which is weird. (Maybe his mom is getting to him.)
That makes Leilani and Steve nervous that he won't quite verbalize his commitment.
We won't know what the women decide to do with their promise rings until next week, but they certainly all are showing serious growth on this trip. It's sort of like every episode of The Love Boat. There may have been excitement, drama, and rough seas, but we all had fun and learned something. If only Steve had shown up as Gopher. He would have really pulled off that bow tie.


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This is an instructional AP headline: "Russia gives no ground despite US overtures."
Today, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov praised Vice President Joe Biden's recent kind words for Russia before making Biden seem foolish for ever uttering them:
"The U.S. administration sent a very strong signal, and the signal was heard-a signal that says they're ready to resume the Russian and U.S. dialogue frankly and openly," Ivanov told a news conference on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.
But he said Russia did not feel it necessary to immediately reciprocate.
"It is not an Oriental bazaar," he said. "And we do not trade the way people do in the bazaars."
I guess Ivanov didn't get the memo about "smart power." He said Russia will continue to put up "small bases" in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and restated Moscow's threat to place Iskander missiles in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad.
There's no second chance to make a first impression, and the Obama administration has opened up new avenues for American humiliation with Iran and Russia. If President Obama, Joe Biden, Hillary, & co. don't cut their losses and stop treating uncompromising antagonists as misunderstood adolescents, we can count on a string of these headlines – differentiated only by their opening proper nouns.


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The Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) has elected three members of the Eckerd College coed and women's programs as part of the 2013 All-Conference All-Academic Sailing Team.
Pictured: Wes Byrne '13 and Emily Mitchell '13 (photo not available for Solvig Sayre '14); all three were selected to the 2013 All-Conference All-Academic Team as announced by the ICSA
Accomplished graduates Wes Byrne '13 and Emily Mitchell '13 along with rising senior skipper Solvig Sayre '14 were all chosen through a seven-person committee featuring representatives from each conference.
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BRUNO, W.Va. — Mr. James Marion Sollars, 90, of Bruno, was born May 15, 1923, at Charleston, Ill., a son of the late Russell W. and Oathel Smith Sollars. He went to be with the Lord Tuesday, June 11, 2013, at Trinity Healthcare Services at Logan.
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Also preceding him in death was his wife, Lois Jean Lester Sollars; step-son, Gentry Ray Coleman, and a brother and sister.
Survivors include two daughters, Toni Sollars of Sahuarita, Ariz., and Debbie Briggs of New Jersey; step-son, Joseph (Lynn) Coleman of Shelton, Wash.; nine grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren, and his caregiver and sister-in-law, Meta (Charles) Justice of Baisden.
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Vice President Joe Biden abruptly canceled his planned political trip to Houston hours after a gunman killed at least 12 people in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater. [Read More]
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First lady Michelle Obama emphasized the president's blue-collar, hard-working family roots at a Dallas fundraiser yesterday, painting her husband as a symbol of the "basic American values" that form the "fundamental promise" of the country. [Read More]
Is Michelle Obama ahead of Joe Biden on supporting gay marriage? Or is she still evolving, too? (with VIDEO)
This could be getting ugly soon. Remember that the chair of the Democratic National convention — LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa — publicly supports adding a plank supporting gay marriage to the party platform. [Read More]
San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro to honor military families at White House
San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro is one of five judges who will help honor communities at the White House today for supporting military families.
The program to encourage cities to help military families, called Joining Forces Community Challenge, was launched a year ago by first lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden.[Read More]
Egg-ceptional! Obama family hosts traditional Easter fun with 30,000 friends at White House (with PHOTO GALLERY)
With an upcoming presidential election, international turmoil and an ever-struggling economy, President Barack Obama has plenty on his mind. But today he took some time off to play around on the South Lawn of the White House to celebrate Easter Monday with the traditional Easter egg roll. [Read More]
Michelle Obama wins commitment of 15,000 new jobs for veterans and military spouses
First Lady Michelle Obama announced the commitment from 11 companies to dedicate more than 15,000 jobs to veterans and military spouses.
These jobs are designed to adapt to the lives of American military spouses around the globe and to work around the career-oriented problems they often face.[Read More]
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