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Mesquite Flats Sand DunesTawny dunes smoothly rising nearly 100 feet from Mesquite Flat. Late afternoon light accentuates the ripples and patterns while morning is a good time to view tracks of nocturnal wildlife. Moonlight on the dunes can be magical, yet night explorers should be alert for sidewinder rattlesnakes during the warm season.
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A Fairfield man walked away uninjured after his vehicle collided with a CSX train on Ledge Road in Hamiltonban Township Thursday afternoon, according to the Hamiltonban Township Police Department.
Kevin Keeney Sr., 43, didn't hear the train whistles while driving his pickup across the railroad tracks on the private gravel road at 1:48 p.m., police said. The train engineer spotted Keeney's truck crossing the tracks and managed to stop, but collided with the back of the truck.
Keeney's son, Kevin Keeney Jr., said the truck spun after impact and the railroad crossing sign stopped the truck from flipping completely over. Keeney Jr. said his father was not injured, just shaken.
The train sustained minor damage, according to police, including a busted headlight, two damaged air hoses, and several scratches. The truck sustained frame damage to the rear.
Keeney Jr. and other family members remained at the scene after the crash, talking about what happened and assessing damage. Hamiltonban Township Police and Fairfield Fire and EMS responded to the scene.

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Looking into conditioning my guitar (flamenco) because of the heat in my apt during the winter. I kept it in the case during the season but just to make sure, I may want to put some polish and conditioner on it.
How do I know if the fretboard 'shrank'? Any suggestions which products to use? Lemon oil any good?
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Many myths about use of lemon oil.
What ever you do, don't drench your fingerboard in oil. It should be dripped on a cloth and rubbed into the surface. oil that gets under frets can be an impediment to fretwork down the road or contribute to loose frets now.
One check for an overly dry fretboard is indeed to check for shrinkage. when you can feel the ends of the frets that have been previously flush with the surface protruding slightly.
But before using oil, I suggest restoring your guitars humidity.
Heated rooms can dry a guitar quite a lot. Try cutting a kitchen sponge in half, getting it wet(but not soaking/dripping) and placing it inside your guitar. you'll need to provide a small dish(custard cup? measuring cup?) to keep the sponge from contacting the bare wood inside. An alternative is one of the commercial guitar humidifiers,Planet Waves makes a cool one.
With the sponge method, lay your guitar in it's case flat on it's back and set the cup inside through the sound hole. Close the case and let sit over night. You may be surprised at how mush water your guitar can soak up, sometimes an ounce of water can be absorbed in a day or two.
After balancing the guitar's humidity, any dryness in the fingerboard can be addressed. Lemon oil is fine, but I suggest the lighter,thinner ones over syrupy oils. A little on a SMALL rag, rub it around, wipe it off. Anyone who tells you to wet it down and let it soak in doesn't refret guitars for a living.
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Thanks, Racer. How would re-humidifying the body help the fretboard? I already feel the frets, is my situation now more prevention than 'moisturizing'? I really hope its just the construction. I will ask my teacher if the condition is bad.
How necessary is humidifying during the summer?
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If your fingerboars is dry you can be pretty sure the rest of the guitar is.
Sometimes sharp fret ends are the result of the slightly unseasoned fingerboard stabilizing. In that case a light dressing of the fret ends to make them comfortable followed by conditioning the fretboard should make things right.
"How necessary is humidifying during the summer? "
Very much so in Death Valley, not so much in New Orleans. But seriously, depends on how dry your climate is.
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Eastern looks to stay undefeated in Big Sky Conference play as they host Montana and Montana State this Friday and Saturday
Upcoming Schedule
Date - Opponent - Time/Pacific
Jan. 8 - Montana - 7:05 p.m.
Jan. 9 - Montana State - 7:05 p.m.
Eagle Webcasts . . .
All of Eastern Washington's women's basketball games at home, as well as all Big Sky Conference games, will be available to view, free of charge, at www.bigskytv.org.
By Keenan Bowen, EWU Sports Information
The Eastern Washington University women's basketball team got off to a great start in Big Sky Conference play on Dec. 31 with a road win at Sacramento State. But to continue it, the Eagles will have to get through both Montana and Montana State this Friday (Jan. 8) and Saturday (Jan. 9) in back-to-back games at Reese Court in Cheney, Wash. Both games will begin at 7:05 p.m. Pacific time.
Eastern enters Friday's game 7-6 overall and 1-0 in the Big Sky. Eastern defeated the Hornets 90-85 as four Eagles scored in double figures.
Despite losing four players and three starters from last season's Big Sky championship team, the Montana Grizzlies are looking to continue to be a force in the conference. The Grizzlies are 6-7 on the season and started 1-0 in conference play after a 73-67 victory over Weber State on Jan. 2. Montana is led in both scoring and rebounds by Sarah Ena, who is pouring in 11.1 points per game and is pulling down 5.8 boards per contest.
The Grizzlies feature a tough defense, holding opponents to an average of 60.7 points per game on 38 percent shooting from the field including 27 percent from three-point range. Montana also leads the conference in rebounds per game (36.5) and free throw percentage (74 percent).
"Montana is a youthful team this year and has spent much of the non-conference schedule growing into new roles," said head coach Wendy Schuller. "They are well coached and have a lot of talent, and it's obvious of late that they have started to play well together."
"We know coming in that they will rebound and defend," she added. "It will be important for us to be able to force the action on the defensive end of the floor. Offensively we need to be efficient and take and convert good shots."
The match-up with Montana State could end up being a high-scoring affair, as both the Eagles and the Bobcats are in the top half of the conference's scoring offense and field goal percentage statistical categories. The Bobcats shoot a Big Sky-leading 42.6 percent from the field and average 71 points per game.
The Bobcats have started 1-1 in the conference and are coming off a 77-73 overtime loss against Idaho State at home on Jan. 2. Montana State is 8-7 overall and is led by senior point guard Erica Perry, who leads the team in assists and steals while averaging nine points a game. Sarah Strand averages 13 points and a team-high 6.1 rebounds per game, and Katie Bussey leads the Bobcats with a 13.6 scoring average.
"Montana State is one of the most experienced teams in the league and is led by an outstanding veteran point guard in Erica Perry," said Schuller. "They had a very successful non-conference slate and we expect them to carry that confidence over into Big Sky play. Montana State really pushes the tempo and our ability to defend in transition will be vital to our success."
Back-to-Back Games: In a league-wide cost-cutting measure, schools will be playing more back-to-back games -- as is the case in this upcoming homestand for the Eagles.
"It will be our first experience playing back-to-back days, so we'll have to be able to re-focus quickly after Friday night's game," said Schuller. "Our preparation will most likely be less detailed and it will be important for us to focus more than anything on doing what we do well."
"We have great depth and that will help us with back-to-back games, especially as we get deeper into conference play."
That includes playing back-to-back games in different cities as well. After a match-up in Portland, Ore., against Portland State on Jan. 8, Montana State will have to make their way to Reese Court for their 7:05 p.m. contest with the Eagles on Jan. 9.
Off on the Right Foot: The Eagles went into their Big Sky opener on Dec. 31 at Sacramento State riding a three-game losing streak, but they were able to get back on track when it mattered most -- in conference play.
Eastern, now 7-6 overall, defeated the Hornets 90-85 as four Eagles scored in double figures, including the second double-double in a row for guard Brianne Ryan (12 points, 10 rebounds). Point guard Jessica Huntington turned in one of her most impressive performances of the season with nine points, 10 assists and seven rebounds.
"We were very pleased with the Sacramento State win," said Schuller. "Anytime you can win on the road in this league it is a good thing."
"Sacramento State is talented and plays a very different style -- I was pleased with our team's ability to adapt and to follow our game plan. It was a win that I think we can also attribute to some lessons we learned from our non-conference schedule."
Senior Leadership: Head Coach Wendy Schuller has been impressed with the progression and leadership of senior starting point guard Jessica Huntington. She is averaging 6.7 points a game along with a team-high 4.6 assists, and ranks first in the Big Sky with a 2.0 assist-to-turnover ratio. Her 60 assists rank fourth in the conference.
"Huntington has really become a scorer for us," said Schuller. "She'll get to the rim and shoot the three, and is just playing with a lot of confidence."
Second-Year Players Making Strides: Second-year players have been a bright spot early on for the Eagles, with true sophomore guards Brianne Ryan and Chene Cooper taking their game to another level.
"Cooper has really matured this season in terms of taking care of the ball and decision-making," said Eastern head coach Wendy Schuller. "She still does a great job of pushing the tempo for us and creating things as she did last season, but this year she is doing that a little more under control and making good choices."
Cooper is averaging 7.2 points a game off the bench, including back-to-back games in which she scored a team-high 17 in a win against Memphis and 14 against Gonzaga. She also averages 2.9 assists and 1.5 steals per game.
"Ryan has really rounded out nicely this season -- she is a good rebounder and is turning into our defensive stopper," said Schuller. "We know we can put her on the opponent's perimeter shooter, and with her speed, length and hard play, that she'll do a great job."
Ryan has started all 13 games this season and is averaging 8.4 points per game, along with 4.7 rebounds and a team-high 1.7 steals per game.
Eastern Basketball -- http://goeags.com/sports/w-baskbl/index
Big Sky Conference Basketball -- http://bigskyconf.com/sport.asp?path=wbball&tab=womens
NCAA Basketball -- http://www.ncaa.com/sports/w-baskbl/ncaa-w-baskbl-body.html
ESPN College Scoreboard -- http://scores.espn.go.com/ncw/scoreboard
Coach Schuller's Website -- http://www.coachschuller.com/
Coach Schuller's Twitter -- http://twitter.com/EWUCoachSchu
More Information and Links are Available at: HTTP://WWW.GOEAGS.COM
Recent EWU Women's Basketball Headlines . . .
December 31, 2009 - Eagles Swat Hornets in 90-85 Shootout
December 29, 2009 - Eagles Open Big Sky Play at Sacramento State
December 21, 2009 - Eagles Lose Close Contest with Titans 58-55
December 19, 2009 - Anteaters Drop Eagles In Irvine
December 16, 2009 - Eagles Close Deficit But Fall to Mustangs
December 15, 2009 - Eagles Face Cal Poly at Reese Court Before Road Trip
December 12, 2009 - Eagles Bury Orediggers 87-60
December 7, 2009 - Eastern Takes on Montana Tech After Short Break for Finals
December 4, 2009 - Eagles Fly Through Matadors 68-50
EWU Basketball Highlights . . .
- The Eagles have advanced to the Big Sky Conference semifinals three of the past eight years.
- For the last eight years, Eastern has ranked among the top 10 teams nationally in the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Academic Top 25 Honor Roll. In 2003-04, Eastern had the top grade point average in the country, 3.63. In 2008-09 EWU ranked ninth (3.42).
- Two Eagles have attained ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America second team honors - Joanna Chadd in 2006-07 and Kathleen Nygaard in 2003-04.
The past eight seasons, 67 players have earned Big Sky All-Academic honors, the most in the league.
Eagle Returning Letter Winners . . .
Julie Piper attained the most impressive recognition for the Eagles during her sophomore season in 2008-09, as she earned All-Big Sky honorable mention accolades. She also ranked highly in the league's statistical rankings, placing fifth in free throw shooting (78.3 percent), sixth in rebounds per game (6.8) and 18th in points per game (11.1). Her shooting from the charity stripe also placed her 130th among NCAA Division I players and was the eighth-best in Eastern history. She will enter her junior campaign second in EWU history for career free throw shooting percentage (76.0). She had the best scoring output by an Eagle in the 2008-09 season, scoring 23 points on 9-of-16 shooting in Eastern's battle with Big Sky runner-up Portland State on Jan. 24. Piper also set the team pace in rebounds in 18 different contests.
Kyla Evans continued her attack on the Eastern record books as a sophomore. She made 60 three-point baskets, the fifth-highest single-season total ever recorded by an Eagle, and moved her career sum to 112, good for fifth place. In fact, the sophomore's current career three-point shooting percentage of 38.4 is on pace to set the school record. Evans placed 82nd nationally in three-point shooting percentage (36.1) and 100th in three-point baskets per game (2.07). She was third and eighth in those respective categories in the Big Sky ranks. She made 6-of-10 in a 90-75 win over Montana State on Jan. 29 to help the Eagles to within one of the school record of three-point makes in a game (EWU shot 13-of-27 from beyond the arc in that contest). Evans showed her prowess in the classroom, as well, earning ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 8 first team accolades. She was also the EWU Scholar-Athlete of the Month for December.
Nicole Scott had an outstanding junior season, as well, and the best display of her skills came on Dec. 13 against Pacific that helped her earn Co-Big Sky Player of the Week honors. In that contest, Scott nailed all six of her shots, including three treys, in the best shooting performance by an Eagle since Felice Moore also went 6-of-6 at Montana State on March 6, 2004. Additionally, Scott crafted an impressive streak of consecutive free throws made with 29 straight from Nov. 25-Feb. 7, just two shy of being one of the 22 longest such streaks in Division I history. She led the league in free throw shooting in Big Sky games by converting on 86.5 percent of her attempts (32-of-37). She was also an intimidating force inside, placing sixth in the conference in blocks per game (0.97).
Jessica Huntington was one of the steadiest point guards in the country in her junior season, as her assist-turnover ratio of 1.85 (94-to-50) was the tops in the Big Sky and 23rd best among Division I players. She also averaged 3.24 assists per game, placing seventh in that category among league players. She converted 40.7 of her three-point attempts (22-of-54), the sixth-best average in Eastern Washington history.
Tatjana Sparavalo also had some impressive performances during her sophomore season. She scored 15 in a challenging road game versus UNLV and shot at a high level against Portland on Dec. 15, making 5-of-9 attempts from the floor. In addition, Sparavalo had six of Eastern's points during a game-changing 18-3 run in a victory over Weber State on Jan. 10.
Brianne Ryan started 19 games as a freshman and saw her shooting percentages rise once league play commenced, markedly in the three-point category. She shot 27.3 percent from the arc in non-conference games (9-of-33) and 45.2 percent in league contests (14-of-31).
Chene Cooper also played well as a freshman in 2008-09. Her aggressive nature showed in her steals per game average of 1.62, seventh-best in the Big Sky. She also placed 12th in assists per contest with 2.41. In addition, she improved her shot-selection and shot-conversion skills throughout the season, making just 28.3 percent of her attempts through the first 22 games before converting on 41.3 percent over the last seven games.
Breauna Russell played in 16 games as an Eastern freshman in 2008-09, finishing the year with 16 points and 11 steals.
About Head Coach Wendy Schuller . . .
Under head coach Wendy Schuller, the Eastern Washington University women's basketball team has reached heights unseen in Cheney in decades, both on and off the basketball court.
Over the past eight campaigns, the team has been ranked amongst the top 10 squads on the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Academic Top 25 Honor Roll, something only achieved by one other team (Indiana State). The Eagle squad of 2003-04 placed first nationally with a 3.63 grade point average.
Schuller led Eastern to back-to-back .500-or-better regular-season Big Sky Conference records for the first time in school history (2004-05 and 2005-06) as well as tournament appearances in five of her eight seasons at EWU. To put that achievement into perspective, Eastern Washington played in just five BSC Tournaments in its first 13 years of Big Sky play.
Since the Big Sky began sponsoring women's sports in 1988-89, the Eagles have compiled two overall winning seasons and five trips to the Big Sky Conference Tournament semifinals. Both of those winning marks came during Schuller's time on the Eastern campus, as did three of the five conference semifinal appearances.
Schuller and the Eagles have made Reese Court a challenging place for visitors to play, as Eastern has compiled a commanding 38-29 mark (.567 winning percentage) in its last 67 games played there. Eastern went 8-6 at home last year en route to recording 2.5 times as many overall wins as was attained the previous year, 10.
In 2005-06, Eastern Washington qualified for the Big Sky Conference Championship for the seventh consecutive season and was the fourth seed at the event for the second straight season, its highest seeding since the 1994-95 campaign.
She led Eastern to a winning campaign in 2004-05 (16-12) to start just the team's second set of consecutive winning seasons for the Eagles since the 1986-87 and 1987-88 campaigns.
The 2003-04 season saw Eastern Washington qualify for the BSC Tournament semifinal round for the third straight season.
In 2002-03, Eastern had its first winning campaign in 16 years at 17-12 and came the closest to making the Big Sky championship game in school history, falling in the semifinal round to top seed and host Weber State by just nine points, 64-55.
In Schuller's first season of 2001-02, Eastern Washington claimed a tournament quarterfinal contest as the fifth seed for the first of two straight seasons. The Eagles topped No. 4 Northern Arizona 70-57 to mark its furthest advancement in the tournament in seven years.
Prior to arriving at Eastern, Schuller began her coaching career at Northwestern State University. In 1993, she started coaching as a graduate assistant for the Lady Demons while earning a master's degree in sports administration.
Following graduation, she became a full-time assistant, and her duties included acting as defensive coordinator and primary recruiter and working with opponent preparation and general operations.
In 1997, she was promoted to associate head coach.
Her last six years at the Natchitoches, La., school saw her also serve as the senior woman administrator.
In total, Schuller coached for nine seasons at NSU under head coach James Smith, the most successful coach in Southland Conference history.
In that time span, the team won 185 games and two conference titles and earned a pair of wins over top-25 teams as one of the top-30 winningest NCAA Division I programs of the 1990s.
Schuller earned her bachelor's degree in business in 1992 from Fresno Pacific University after playing for the Sunbirds as a shooting guard.
Her senior season, she helped lead FPU to a 25-6 record, a No. 14 national ranking in the NAIA ranks and advancement to the NAIA Tournament's Round of 16. She was also selected as an NAIA Academic All-American that season.
A native of Redlands, Calif., Schuller and her husband, Mark, have an 9-year-old son, Rory (born Oct. 16, 2000), and a 6-year-old daughter, Megan (born July 15, 2003). The family resides in Cheney.


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Chocolate chip mince pies
By Barney Desmazery
Cooking timePrep: 40 mins Cook: 40 mins
Skill levelEasy
ServingsMakes 12
Get the kids involved with BBC Good Food food editor Barney's child-friendly chocolate mince pies
Nutrition and extra info
- unbaked
Nutrition per mince pie
- kcalories
- 386
- protein
- 4g
- carbs
- 50g
- fat
- 19g
- saturates
- 11g
- fibre
- 2g
- sugar
- 30g
- salt
- 0.3g
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- KIDS the writing in bold is for you. ADULTS the rest is for you. Make a chocolate chip mincemeat mix. Get your children to weigh out the mincemeat in a bowl and mix in the chocolate chips (if a few get eaten, not to worry, it is Christmas!). Set aside.
- Rub the butter and flour together. To make the pastry, tip the butter, flour and spice into a bowl. Get them to rub it together until combined to the texture of breadcrumbs. Add the sugar and squidge together to make a dough – don't be tempted to add any liquid. Tip the dough onto a floured surface and knead.
- Get counting and start to make the pies. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Halve the dough (discuss with your child how half makes two, etc), and get them to roll half into 12 balls – another counting opportunity. Get them to gently press the balls into the holes of the tin so that they come up the sides with a little overlap.
- Fill the pies. Spoon the filling into the pies – try to be as neat as you can, as you don't want to get any on the sides.
- Top the pies. Make 12 more balls (again counting) and pat them out flat (cue the Pat-a-cake song), so that they are large enough to cover the pies. Top and press the edges together. You don't need to worry about sealing them or being too neat.
- Brush with egg and bake. Brush the tops of the pies with egg. Put the tray in the oven and bake for 20 mins or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and leave to cool slightly.
- Make them neat and tidy. If you want neat-looking pies, you can use a 7cm round cutter to trim the edges. This is easiest done while the pies are still warm.
- Cut out some letters. For some extra learning fun, you can now dust the work surface with icing sugar, press some marzipan out flat and use letter cutters to create letters of your choice. Brush the letters with a drop of water and gently press them onto the pies.
- Make a snowstorm.Leave to cool a bit more, then gently slip the pies out of the tin. Put some icing sugar in a fine sieve and give the pies a snowy dusting. Eat straight away, give to neighbours and friends, or keep in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2013
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Comments, questions and tips
I made these with my 3 year old, the pastry was crumbly and I was completely unable to use it without adding a couple of teaspoons of water.
She really enjoyed pressing the pies into the tin and making the pie lids. While they were still warm from the oven we tidied up the edges with the cookie cutter and the pies slid out of the tin easily after we'd cooked them. The chocolate chips are unnecessary, we didn't add them and the children still enjoyed them.
This recipe wasn't good. I know it's set out for children but quite honestly, it would be better to use a dough you can roll out. You couldn't do that with this dough. As you have to press the dough to shape it, the finished mince pie is very messy. I ended up using a cutter to try to tidy up each mince pie before baking. After baking, I then couldn't get the pies out in one piece. Out of 12 pies, one came out in one piece. Also, they were far too sweet. If I was making mince pies with children, I would go for a traditional recipe - they can still practice counting and so on and definitely leave out the chocolate chips - they don't belong in mince pies!


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Robbie Ross the latest Rangers player to be honored with food
The Rangers' food, beverage and retail provider Delaware North Companies Sportservice will be adding the "Totally ROSSome Nachos" menu item this week at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington in response to rookie Robbie Ross' strong start to the season.
Ross was a long shot to make the Rangers' roster this spring, but his success has translated into him becoming a reliable option in the bullpen and a tray of nachos on the MLB menu.
"When you are looking for late-inning hunger relief, the Totally ROSSome Nachos will get the job done," said Casey Rapp, operations manager for Sportservice at the ballpark.
In honor of Ross being a rookie, and going through the Rangers' rookie ritual of wearing a pink backpack, the nachos will be served in a pink Rangers batting helmet. The dish is described below in the press release.
"The Totally ROSSome Nachos feature Mission Tortilla Chips; queso blanco; pico de gallo; your choice of shredded beef, pulled pork or pulled chicken; and come topped with Nacho Cheese Doritos."


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Silver Airways tickets are on sale now for new flights starting Oct. 1, 2012 from Greenville, Tupelo, Hattiesburg-Laurel and Meridian, Miss., as well as Muscle Shoals, Ala., to the Southeast's gateway to the world, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL). In support of the new service, airline executives have recently held community meetings across Alabama and Mississippi during which they've expressed their full commitment to serving the Southeast with the same superior level of professional service that has made Silver Airways one of the fastest growing airlines in the U.S. today.
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Since its inception in December 2011, Silver Airways has grown its route network by 60 percent, adding new destinations to its intra-Florida network, now the largest in the state in terms of the total number of gateways and daily flights, while also opening new hubs in Washington, DC and Atlanta. At the same time, the company has invested heavily in new technology and equipment, modernizing and upgrading its fleet with the addition of 15 Saab 340Bplus aircraft between December 2011 and September 2012. (An additional six Saab 340Bplus aircraft will enter the Silver Airways fleet by January 1, 2013.)
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Say this for Penguins defenseman Kris Letang: He might not have supreme travel sense, but he isn't lazy.
At the end of a whirlwind week that saw Letang spend four nights in Russia, the all-star defenseman arrived in Pittsburgh at 4 a.m. Friday and was attended a workout at Southpointe seven hours later.
"It's good to be back," he said.
He went to St. Petersburg, Russia, after signing a deal with the KHL team there. Of course, he never played a game because an NHL labor agreement was struck 48 hours later.
"The (KHL) deal was done a long time ago. It was just a question of timing," Letang said. "Even if the lockout was closer to an end, they asked me to come anyways and to check out the facility and the way they were managing the team. It was a good experience."
Although some of his teammates were amused that Letang was forced to return home after only a few days in Russia, the 25-year-old took it in stride.
"They were really nice to me," he said. "It was a first-class organization."
Letang was busier than most players during the lockout.
He trained briefly at Southpointe before returning to Montreal to play in charity games. After becoming a father for the first time, Letang remained in Quebec and trained multiple times during the week with members of the Canadiens.
Letang then went to Russia days before the news broke that there would be an NHL season.
"We all missed (the NHL)," Letang said. "I'm happy to be back in Pittsburgh and to have a chance to play another season here."
Letang, one of the NHL's best-conditioned players, says he will be prepared for the season opener Jan. 19 despite an abbreviated training camp.
"I kept training the whole time," he said. "Same routine every day."
Letang said he believes the Penguins are in good position to contend for a championship because of the lack of roster turnover.
"It's not like the Canadiens," he said. "They changed their coach and their GM. Signed a lot of different guys. I hope we're going to keep the same system so we're all on the same page. It's been a long time. A few hard practices will help us prepare."
Letang has been so busy that he missed the news that the Penguins open the season in Philadelphia.
He didn't mind being informed.
"Didn't have time to check anything," he said. "But I like it."
Notes: Two Wilkes-Barre players invited to training camp include left wing Eric Tangradi and defenseman Simon Despres. They arrived in Pittsburgh on Friday afternoon. Other Baby Pens including Beau Bennett and Robert Bortuzzo, may head to Pittsburgh on Saturday. Wilkes-Barre played Friday night and could afford to lose only a couple of players prior to its game. ... Camp practices could begin Sunday even though the first day of camp is usually reserved for players' medical examinations. The Players' Association and NHL are working on transition rules for the new labor contract, which the union expects to be ratified after its vote Saturday morning. Players were allowed to take voluntary physicals Friday, and that will continue Saturday. If voluntary physicals are wrapped in time, players could practice with club coaches Sunday, giving teams at least six days of camp sessions instead of a minimum of five.
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CRESTWOOD, Ky. — A school bus driver and monitor resigned last month after an incident in which a special-needs preschooler was left unattended on a bus for several hours, The Courier-Journal reports. The child's father told police that the special-needs bus picked up the child at about 10:40 a.m., but the child wasn't at school to be picked up shortly after 2 p.m. The child was found at the district's bus depot at about 2:30 p.m., still seated in the bus. A district spokesperson told the newspaper that the child was taken to a hospital by the parents and was in good health a couple of days after the incident. The driver, Gregory Clickner, and the monitor, Sharon Machi, resigned two days after the incident. Oldham County Schools Superintendent Dr. Will Wells told The Courier-Journal that the district's child-check procedures were not followed on the day that the child was left on the bus. WAVE 3 News reports that Oldham County Schools officials have changed the district's policies to help ensure that no children are left unattended on school buses in the future.
In addition to drivers and monitors conducting a post-trip child check, preschool staff will now also check the school buses and contact parents any day that a student is unexpectedly absent.
Other news on students being left unattended on school buses:
• 2 children left on North Dakota school bus
• District changes procedures after 2 preschoolers left on buses
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Sometimes bus drivers and aides develop poor habits, ummmmm, I mean, become (blankety, blank) lazy! I think any driver and/or aide that fails to check that no students are on the bus, should be fired and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. There is no excuse that excuses them from being (blankety, blank) Lazy. They don't deserve to have a job! Welfare might be the best place for them, since they don't give a damn about kids.
I'm not sure what the problem is with walking the length of your bus at the end of your route. If you can make it down the stairs, you can walk the length of your bus. If that's a problem, you're not fit to drive, period. It's funny how drivers who find it a "physical hardship" to check their buses are RUNNING to their cars at the end of the day.
"Leaving a child sleeping in the safety of a school bus is safer than when riding to and from school on the bus." -JKraemer
And leaving them sleeping at home, in their own bed, is safer than in an unattended bus - what's your point?
When the kid wakes up, it's dark, he/she is terrorized not knowing where they are, exits the bus and wanders around a parking lot, gets hit and killed - you gonna blame THAT on the bus not having a "warning device"?
What's wrong with the Driver/Attendant just doing their job?
Checking the bus at the end of every run just isn't that tough! (and at least in NY - it's the LAW - break it and you go directly to jail)
Drivers/Attendants that actually do "care" - do it thousands of times EVERY DAY.
Leaving a child sleeping in the safety of a school bus is safer than when riding to and from school on the bus. A foolish thought to claim that any of these drivers that make a procedural error somehow cared less about kids than those that have not mad that error. Before the two currently made that error likely boated the same foolishness. The big question, especially when considering it keeps happening, why was that child's school bus lacking a working warning device that helps protect both children and their bus drivers? Resigning was the smart move, out of that place of employment to something more sane for the civil.
Why do we have to keep reading such reports?
Why had these two clowns not been ferreted out before this happened? (they didn't both wake one morning and suddenly become irresponsible).
And why are they not in jail on felony, "endangering the life of a child" charges? (but rather allowed to "resign")
We can plead with the public that the VAST majority of dedicated, responsible, and caring transportation professionals are not associated with the few "vermin" allowed to coexist in our profession - but until they are banished those pleas will fall on deaf ears.
I fail to see how anyone can leave a child n a school bus, especially in broad daylight, with not one, but two, adults on board. It's very lucky the student didn't wander off somewhere and possibly get into some real trouble. The fact that the student spent the whole day on the bus also amazes me.
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OpenID Connect 1.0 profiles and extends OAuth 2.0 to add an identity layer - creating a single framework that promises to secure APIs, mobile native applications and browser applications in a single, cohesive architecture. This paper introduces OpenID Connect (Connect), presents its features and highlights its applicability to enterprise use cases.
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Playorm is an open-source/free library built to speed up developer productivity of developing a noSQL scalable solution. Playorm leverages the schemaless concept of noSQL and embraces it, while speeding up developer productivity by allowing some partially structured data.
Playorm also embraces embedding information in rows so you can do quick one key lookups unlike JPA(which is for RDBMS system, not noSQL systems). On top of that, we still support relations between these datasets as well allowing you to do joins all while scaling to billions of users.
This project source code is available on github at https://github.com/
PlayOrm Feature List
- PlayORM now supports Cassandra, MongoDB and HBase.
- Inheritance class hierarchy in one table is supported like hibernate
- @NoSqlEmbedded for List<Integer>, List<LocaDate>, List<String>, etc. etc. (something NOT in JPA)
- Support for queries on subclasses AND indices are only the size of the number of subclasses in the table as well so indices are kept small.
- In Playorm, Entity can have a Cursor instead of List which is lazy read to prevent out of memory on VERY wide rows(another noSQL pattern not found in JPA)
- PlayOrm Queries use way less resources from cassandra cluster than CQL queries
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- Partitioning so you can query a one trillion row table in just ms with SJQL(Scalable Java Query Language)
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- Log all your webservers logs to a fixed number of rows in cassandra so you can have one view into your webserver logs
- A raw interface using only BigDecimal, BigInteger, and String types which is currently used to upload user defined datasets through a web interface(and we wire that into generating meta data so they can ad-hoc query on the nosql system)
- An ad-hoc query interface that can query on any table that was from an Entity object. To us on other tables, you can also code up and save DboTableMeta objects and the ad-hoc query interface gets you query support into those tables
- If you have some noSQL data and some Relational data, use Playorm and store your relational data in noSQL now and just maintain one database in production! As Playorm supports SQL, and many relations like *ToOne and *ToMany
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|BACKGROUND:: Heart rate recovery (HRR) after exercise cessation is thought to reflect the rate of reestablishment of parasympathetic tone. Relatively little research has focused on improved HRR in women after completing cardiac rehabilitation (CR) exercise training. OBJECTIVE:: We examined the influence of exercise training on HRR in women completing a traditional CR program and in women completing a CR program tailored for women. METHODS:: A 2-group randomized clinical trial compared HRR between 99 women completing a traditional 12-week CR program and 137 women completing a tailored CR program. Immediately upon completion of a symptom-limited graded exercise test, HRR was measured at 1 through 6 minutes. RESULTS:: Compared with baseline, improvement in 1-minute HRR (HRR1) was similar (P = 0.777) between the tailored (mean [SD], 17.5 [11] to 19.1 [12]) and the traditional CR program (15.7 [9.0] to 16.9 [9.5]). The amount of change in the 2-minute HRR (HRR2) for the tailored (30 [13] to 32.8 [14.6]) and traditional programs (28.3 [12.8] to 31.2 [13.7]) also was not different (P = 0.391). Similar results were observed for HRR at 3 through 6 minutes. Given these comparable improvements of the 2 programs, in the full cohort, the factors independently predictive of post-CR HRR1, in rank order, were baseline HRR1 (part correlation, 0.35; P < 0.001); peak exercise capacity, estimated as metabolic equivalents (METs; 0.24, P < 0.001); anxiety (-0.17, P = 0.001); and age (-0.13, P = 0.016). The factors independently associated with post-CR HRR2 were baseline HRR2 (0.44, P < 0.001), peak METs (0.21, P < 0.001), and insulin use (-0.10, P = 0.041). CONCLUSIONS:: One to 6 minutes after exercise cessation, HRR was significantly improved among the women completing both CR programs. The modifiable factors positively associated with HRR1 included peak METs and lower anxiety, whereas HRR2 was associated with insulin administration and peak METs. Additional research on HRR after exercise training in women is warranted.
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Copenhagen outfit Efterklang explored a new realm with the release of Magic Chairs, the quartet's third album and first for 4AD. Eschewing the familiar territory of Tripper (2004) and Parades (2007) for something more deconstructed and melodious, Efterklang have delivered their most accessible album to date.
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Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie has released $2 million in general obligation bond funds to alleviate flooding in a West Oahu community.
State Rep. Jo Jordan says flooding in Waianae has become a serious issue for area residents. An area known as Lualualei Flats is prone to flooding, primarily because of poor drainage and illegal dumping in streams and ditches.
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This year, we had an unusual occurrence, two snow days before Christmas. Usually, school isn't called off because of weather until January, but here we are at the beginning of December having the kids stay home from school because of the weather. It makes me wonder what is coming our way this winter.
Most people would use the word "worry," but I don't feel that way. As I have stated before, I love all of the seasons. Each has its beauty, elegance and harmony in the cycles of our lives. So why do we fear the cold and snow? Why are we not looking to it as the gift that it is?
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Homeschooled Terrorist?
If you wipe away the blustering, overblown, over-hyped, over-indignant carrying-on by newshounds hunting a story with no expense spared, there's a case unfolding in North Carolina which carries plenty of legitimate reason for concern. The bare bones of the situation surrounding 16-year-old homeschooler Ashton Lundeby, from Wired magazine's Threat Level blog post, Bloggers, TV, Go Nuts Over Misleading 'Patriot Act' Arrest Claim:
FBI agents investigating a February 15 bomb hoax that evacuated the mechanical engineering building at Purdue University traced the phone call to the juvenile's Oxford, North Carolina home, served his mother with a search warrant and arrested the teen. They issued a press release about it, omitting the suspect's name. That was on March 5, and he's been held without bail in Indiana ever since.
The blogger, Kevin Poulson, explains:
It's the false TV news report heard 'round the world. Raleigh, North Carolina's WRAL-5 reported last week that a 16-year-old bomb hoax suspect was hauled out of his mother's home by federal agents, and is now being held without any legal rights on the authority of the 2001 USA PATRIOT Act, which "supersedes the Constitution."
This tale of injustice has since shown up on Drudge, Digg, Reddit, and a thousand blogs and shoot-from-the-hip mailing lists. The boy's name is rising on the Google Trends index. Radio show host Alex Jones interviewed the boy's mother on Tuesday, and pundits on the left and right are seizing on the story to rail against the government's unfettered power to make an innocent citizen disappear at will. Some outraged reports are claiming the teenager hasn't even been charged with a crime.
I recommend reading the entire piece from Wired's blog, as it seems to be the most reliable and level-headed source on this situation. And I like their wrap-up.
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"The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun,"
This quote from an article in the US news in December just days after the shooting deaths of 20 children in Sandy Hook Connecticut makes my heart heavy. More conversations have erupted in response to recommendations that all schools have an armed security guard on site at all times. Well meaning vigilantes showing up outside schools in full military combat gear may do more to scare children than to make them feel safe. How will they know the good guys from the bad guys? Certainly not by clothing, hair color, skin color or any other distinguishing characteristics. What are they supposed to do? Take the gunman's word for it? Ever ask a pedophile if he is a good guy or a bad guy? Guess what the answer would be?
This thinking fits with "The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun,". What should the good guy do, wear a badge?
So, we arm out schools – then what? What do we do about the newly hired security guard who left his gun in the washroom of the school? What could have happened? What about the results from the ""National Gun Day" across the USA that reports that 5 people were accidentally shot or injured from a gun being accidentally discharged on this day of gun celebration?
We need forward thinkers to help us THINK our way out of this. While I don't have an immediate solution to this problem because of its complexity and the emotions around gun ownership in the US, I know that more guns is not the answer. More violence is not the answer. However, it may be true that, had guns NOT been so accessible in Sandy Hook on that December day, 20 plus families would have had a family Christmas that would be remembered with joy and abundance rather than sadness, heartbreak and tragic loss.
This is a good question, particularly in times when governments are passing legislation and Ministerial orders around the issue of school safety and anti bullying. What is a safe school? What does it look like? Who determines whether or not a school is safe? It seems to me that our clients – the kids – should be the gauges we use to determine how safe our students feel in our schools. In order to find out this important information, we need to ASK our kids, on a regular basis, how safe they feel in the different areas of our schools.
Simple surveys can provide fast feedback. Online polling options such as www.polleverywhere.com provide immediate real time feedback for teachers in classrooms, and give students a voice. Caution needs to be taken to be sure that the students know that this information is being used to inform and make decisions about building a safe and caring school environment. Expectations for feeling safe should be poutlines, and students should be aware of the consequences of behaving in a manner that makes others feel unsafe. Finally, faculty all need to be on board in terms of noticing when unsafe or unfriendly behaviours are occurring in hallways, classrooms, cafeterias and other school areas.
As we being our new school years, educators and parents should be hyper aware of kids who do not appear to be making a smooth adjustment, and practices need to be put in place to be sure that school FEEL safe for our kids. Our schools are indeed safe when our most vulnerable of students tells us that they love coming to school, and feel safe anywhere within the school.
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Thanks to YOU the WFU Surplus Program is a huge success!
So far, during the 2011-12 School Year, use of the Surplus Program has resulted in:
• Over 1000 individual items having been repurposed and reused within WFU Departments.
• Over 1700 individual items having been gifted to local charitable organizations or otherwise moved into the community to continue their useful life.
• Additionally, metal items with no further re-usefulness totaling over 11.5 TONS have been recycled through the WFU Surplus Program!
That's over 106 TONS of merchandise that has been repaired, recycled, re-purposed and re-used in order to be diverted from the landfill!
The WFU Surplus Property Program collects, processes and redistributes university property which is no longer needed by a department. Our primary goal is to maximize reuse of property by collecting property no longer needed by a department and offering that property to other university organizations. For property which Wake Forest has no further reuse opportunities, Surplus will make every effort to offer that property to charitable/non-profit organizations or sell the property to an organization which can reuse that property. It is our intent to minimize the quantity of WFU property that ends up in a landfill.
To accomplish that, we offer the following surplus property services:
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Life is good. So are socks.
I'm so very touched. Lesli, one of the readers here at Avenue Z, sent me a super, super soft pair of comfort socks from one of my favorite companies, Life Is Good. Lesli, I've been wearing them here in the office since I picked them up yesterday. They're just as scrumptious as they look. Thank you so much. You made me both smile and cry.
On a side note, the picture of my socks marks the fourth time my feet have been photographed for the blog. Seems a little ridiculous, doesn't it?
Here are the others:
Don't worry — I am wearing pants
And here are two more that talked about feet but didn't feature pictures of mine:
Visualization and purple socks
Why does a girl have to be so silly to catch a client?
Finally — one more foot picture.
WARNING, WARNING, WARNING! This picture never appeared in the blog. It's a shot of the thumb-size blister I discovered on my big toe after the Rock 'N' Roll Marathon in June.
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I'm so happy you are enjoying them. My hubby got me a few pairs of these socks a few months back and I pad around house in them almost daily.
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To 31-year-old Robert Deberry, of Shiloh, life is a daily battle, but one which he will not give up on. "I am never going to give up. I am going to get through this. I live for my wife and daughter," he said.
Robert inherited a very rare disease, Fabry disease, from his mother's side of his family. The disease causes all kinds of problems, including headaches, neuropathy, and nausea and attacks all of one's major organs.
Robert first started seeing signs of the illness with terrible, burning pain in his feet and legs at age 13, and was formally diagnosed at the young age of 18.
In 1998, Robert began going to the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, MD for treatment with an artificial enzyme, replacing the lacking element in his body due to Fabry.
Robert has numerous health problems, has had two major ear surgeries, multiple mini-strokes, countless seizures and began experiencing kidney failure in late 2009.
After being put on the kidney transplant list at Vanderbilt University in 2009, Robert was forced to begin home dialysis in February 2010, having to be hooked to his home machine nine hours a night while he tries to sleep.
When dialysis began, the drug company that was providing Robert's experimental enzyme treatment temporarily stopped the treatment.
One of Robert's 13 Vanderbilt doctors was able to get that decision overturned and get the treatment started again. Robert is one of only a handful of patients currently on the drug in the United States.
Robert travels to Vanderbilt every other Monday for his enzyme treatment and various other appointments with his many doctors. Karen is always with her husband, saying, "There have been several times I was afraid to leave his side, afraid that when I came back he might be gone.
"I have learned a lot in this past year—to not take things for granted. I worry about taking care of Annah. Robert is the love of my life; I cannot imagine my life without him," said Karen.
Robert pushes himself and refuses to give in to his problems, saying, "It is hard because I can't really take care of myself, so I can't take care of my family."
Robert has worked very little in the past two years while on medical leave from his job as a salesman with A T & T in Jackson. He automatically qualifies for disability with his illness but has not filed due to insurance reasons. He still believes he will be able to return to work.
The hope is that with a new kidney and continued enzyme treatments, his overall health could greatly improve.
The family invites those interested in more information on transplants and possibly donating a kidney in Robert's name, which would allow him to move to the front of the list, to go to www.vanderbilthealth.com/transplant.
Family, friends and fellow church members of West Shiloh Baptist Church are organizing a benefit for the family to help with their tremendous medical expenses.
The benefit will be held Saturday, July 9, at the Stantonville Civic Center, beginning at 10 a.m.
The Smokehouse Rednecks will be cooking barbequed pork, chicken and bologna.
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heightens as the cost of Albanys proposed convention center
The Albany
Convention Center Authority announced last week that budget
estimates have reached $300 million for the ongoing convention-center
project, which includes two hotels, planned for downtown Albany.
While an earlier estimate by Albany Local Development Corporation
placed the price tag between $185 million and $200 million,
ACCA, which was created in January 2006, claims that the economic
effects of Hurricane Katrina and the war in Iraq have led
to the skyrocketing manufacturing costs.
point I made last week about the budget has stirred up the
attention of folks, said ACCA Chairman George Leveille. We
simply want to be honest that these things have occurred in
the market. Its our responsibility as a state authority.
stated that a 45-percent increase in construction costs has
led to the rise in budget since the original estimate for
the convention center was released in 2002.
Common Councilman Dominick Calsolaro (Ward 1) is concerned
that the convention center will be unable to be profitable,
and that this additional cost will only increase the chance
that the center will become a burden on the taxpayer. At the
monthly ACCA meeting on June 29, Calsolaro urged board members
to keep the budget at the original estimate of $185 million,
stating that the extra spending will lead to an increase in
sales tax, along with a possible additional food tax in restaurants.
suggested that the desired convention center could come from
the original budget estimate of $185 million simply by adding
onto the existing facility at the Empire State Plaza.
is simply an unworkable solution, countered state Assemblyman
Jack McEneny, who said that Empire State Plaza lacks the rooms,
loading docks for exhibits and banquet facilities needed.
The proposed
funding for the convention center, according to ACCA, comes
from several sources. New York state is providing an initial
$75 million in the form of a grant. Albany County is dedicating
1 percent of the Hotel Occupancy Tax, averaging roughly $1
million annually, before construction is complete, and 3 percent
of HOT after construction is completed. The third form of
funding will come from the proceeds raised from the sale of
tax-exempt bonds.
If we
have to bond $200 million, between principal and interest,
if its a 30-year bond, it will probably cost somewhere between
$350 to $400 million to pay back, Calsolaro cautioned in
a public comment to the ACCA board. If Albany is going to
have to use state-aid monies to pay the convention-center/hotel
debt service, then there will have to be an increase in the
local real-property-tax rate to make up the difference. The
backs of the taxpayers in Albany should not have to carry
the load for a state authoritys debt service.
according to ACCA CEO and executive director Duncan Stewart,
the bonds are guaranteed in accordance with the New York state
supplemental 19-A Public Lands Law. This law designates that
the state compensate the city of Albany for land taken off
the citys property-tax rollsuch as the Empire State Plazain
lieu of those lost tax revenues. The proposed convention center,
which will of course remove further property, would draw an
additional, incremental payment. This money would be used
as a backstop to ensure the bonds.
allows you to sell the bonds at an investment-grade level,
Stewart said. It is an assurance to the investor that this
is a good investment.
The ACCA
claims Albany taxpayers will be unburdened by the convention
center, stating that revenue from the hotels, which will be
publicly owned and privately operated, will pay off the interest
payments necessitated by the bonds.
At the
same time, ACCA does anticipate a gap in pricing once a formal
budget is set. If this occurs, McEneny is prepared to approach
the state to reassess the original amount of $75 million in
regard to seeking more funds for the current budget.
If you
look at our statute, there is a very clear definition that
our role is to develop a study [for the convention-center
budget], said Leveille. That study will have it in the cost
estimates and alternative sources of financing that might
be able to close that gap.
design is strictly conceptual at this point, said McEneny.
Ultimately, were not going to build anything that we cant
afford. Well cut back on the design, delay some things or
find outside funding.
The next
step on the agenda for ACCA is to set a formal budget. To
do this, said Leveille, the authority needs to designate a
design team and construction manager to work alongside the
ACCA planning team. ACCA hopes to have the formal cost estimate
determined on by September.
Under Siege
past week, the Supreme Court in a 5-4 ruling decided
that schools can no longer take race into account
when assigning children to public schools. Chief
Justice John G. Roberts stated in the majority
opinion that the way to stop discrimination on
the basis of race is to stop discriminating on
the basis of race. In his dissent, Justice Stephen
G. Breyer declared the majority vote irresponsible
and insisted that it will threaten the spirit
of Brown v. the Board of Education. To
invalidate the plans under review is to threaten
the promise of Brown, wrote Breyer. This is
a decision that the Court and the Nation will
come to regret.
President Dick Cheney insists he is not part of
the executive branch; he claims he is under the
jurisdiction of the legislative branch because
of his role as president of the Senate. Cheneys
position stems from his desire to not have to
put classified and declassified documents on record
as bodies under the executive branch have to do.
Congressman Rahm Emanuel (D-Illinois), chairman
of the House Democratic Caucus, moved to further
cement Cheneys position as exclusively a member
of the Legislature by cutting the funding he gets
from the executive branchs budget.
the Law
and Democrats took shots at the heads of their
opposing parties after the Times Union reported
their alleged use of state aircraft for fund-raising
and political purposes. Senate Majority Leader
Joseph Bruno (R-Brunswick) has been accused of
using state aircraft to fly to fund-raisers in
Manhattan more than three times, while Gov. Eliot
Spitzer has been accused of using an aircraft
for one trip that the Times Union described
as partly political.
Deadly Ground
American and Iraqi officials say that civilian
deaths in Iraq have dropped 36 percent in June
to about 1,200 dead from Mays 1,900 count. Although
some attribute the decline to the increased presence
of American soldiers, others say that death counts
in Iraq are terribly inaccurate to begin with.
The New York Times pointed out Monday that
bodies in Iraq are sometimes lost in bombings,
taken by families or lost at the hospital before
they ever reach the morgue, making an accurate
count impossible.
Tumbling Down
with the safety of an abandoned building, an Albany man struggles
with the city to get it razed
Fifty-four Walter Street is silently, slowly rotting. Its
windows are bare sockets, bereft of glass. The basement yawns
open, inviting stray animals or any random passerby into its
moldy confines. Rose-colored brick walls slouch indifferently,
crumbling into pieces. Used firecrackers litter the lawn;
a languid gray cat disappears into the overgrown backyard.
can kick a brick out of this place, and Im 150 pounds. It
is not a safe place, obviously, said Anthony Cimino anxiously
as he demonstrated his brick-kicking feat.
Cimino lives across the street from 54 Walter in Albanys
northern Arbor Hill neighborhood. The lot has been untended
since 1982 and sits in the middle of a residential street.
Many of the houses surrounding the building have been renovated
recently and have things like large white porches and new
yellow siding; the broken windows and general deterioration
of the abandoned house just dont fit in.
Not only is the house an eyesore for the neighborhood, its
a danger to it as well, said Cimino, stressing that it is
exactly the type of place kids could goof off in and get hurt.
Cimino has lived on the street for three years and has spent
the last four months trying to get the house taken down.
Cimino has waged an unsuccessful campaign to get the building
removed, beginning with a number of phone calls to the Division
of Building and Codes within the Albany Department of Public
Safety. According to Cimino, he received no complete answers
from the Codes Division and eventually was directed to the
Albany Fire Department.
The fire department sent out a crew to investigate the structure
and found it to be structurally sound.
Cimino decided it was time to make a group effort. No More
54! is the title of a petition signed by each resident of
Walter Street, declaring that the building should be torn
down, fixed up, or sold to someone who will revive it.
whole block went wild when I brought the petition, said Cimino.
The now two-month-old petition was distributed to the fire
department, mayors office and Division of Building and Codes.
Despite the 29 signatures, 54 Walter Street is still standing.
too damn long, said Cimino. This is the last one [dilapidated
building] on the block. Its gotta go.
Cimino said that he has put in calls to his Common Council
representative, Barbara Smith (Ward-4), and is also reaching
out to local neighborhood associations.
something happen, urged Cimino. This is for the birds.
Cimino would like to see 54 Walter taken down and its property
turned into a garden, though realistically, he thinks it would
work best as a neighborhood parking lot. Whatever happens,
Cimino insisted, he just doesnt want to have to look at it
when he glances out his living-room window.
a landlord, he said. Why should I have trouble getting tenants?
The building, according to Cimino, is currently labeled as
a partial collapse. It is unclear what it will take to get
it removed, but Cimino is determined to find out.
Representatives for the Division of Building and Codes and
for the code division of the Albany Fire Department would
not comment. Smith, too, declined to comment for this article.
to sail down the Hudson provides a seemingly endless supply
of challenges
It was Dallas Trombleys third attempt.
After working for months, his sailboat, weighing roughly 2,000
pounds, was complete. Building it from sections of old dock,
Trombley had thought of everything: a screened-in cabin to
avoid the biting flies, a mast and sail to catch the strong
winds, rowing oars for the calm days when the tide was flowing
upstream, and a trolling motor in case of an emergency.
The plan was to set sail last Thursday (June 28), from the
shore of Corning Preserve in Albany in his homemade boat,
and navigate his way down the Hudson River to Brooklyn. He
figured the trip would take eight to 10 days, depending on
the tides.
After a hellish 24 hours transporting the boat by himself
(begging two tows, surviving a massive lightning storm, and
at one point actually dragging the boat alongside a dike)
from New Baltimore where the vessel had been docked, Trombley
arrived just in time Thursday, anchoring the craft in the
river and canoeing to shore.
got to shore, climbed the big hill at Corning Preserve, jumped
over the fence, he said. People were coming up to me, giving
me free tickets for beer. They recognized me from the news.
The local news media had already done their stories about
Trombleys undertaking.
when we were ready to send off, everybody was like, Speech!
Speech! So I gave some stupid speech. And we all ceremoniously
jumped the fence and made our way down to the boat, he said,
recalling with a smirk that We Built This City by Starship
was playing.
we canoed away, he said. And it was great.
A few days later, Trombley and his crew would dismantle the
boat and burn it on the side of the Hudson.
first two trips, the biggest challenge was nature, the University
at Albany graduate said. Last year, Trombley tried twice to
make his way down the Hudson. The first time, the craft sank.
The second time, the wind was blowing too hard, negating the
tide, which was his only means of propulsion.
time, I felt like we had an upper hand on Mother Nature,
he said, but I hadnt been planning on human nature. There
must just be that many people in the world who enjoy schadenfreude,
you know, taking joy in the suffering of others.
After launching from the Corning Preserve, Trombley and his
crew made it to the northeast tip of Bethlehem. They docked
at the mouth of the Normanskill, and set off to get supplies.
They planned to jump back onboard Saturday morning, catch
the ebbing tide, and figured they would make it to Coeymans
before nightfall.
when we got there, there was no boat, Trombley said. Looking
around on the ground we found our lantern, walkie-talkie chargers,
one of the chairs burned in a fire. Across the creek, their
canoe was sitting on the shore. Pulled out of the water and
So Trombley called the police.
main concern was this thing weighs 2,000 pounds, he said.
I was worried about someone knocking into it, not seeing
it at night and crashing into it and getting killed, or drifting
into somebodys boat that they have anchored.
An officer and detective arrived. They found some cigarette
butts and beer cans scattered among the crews burnt possessions.
The sheriff later found the boat upstream, banging against
piers in the Port of Albany.
The damage to the boat was severe. The looters had busted
off the doors, broken the sail and ripped off the trolling
motor. The oars were missing. All of Trombleys possessionsbatteries,
bags of clothes, cell phonewere gone.
was so destroyed that you couldnt even steer it anymore,
he said. It would still float, but that was it. So he and
his crew spent five hours Sunday dismantling the craft and
burning it in a bonfire on the shore.
The anchor now hangs on a wall in his apartment.
Why has Trombley built a craft three times to sail down the
the same reason I am going to try a fourth time, he said.
Its a challenge.
He already has plans for a new boat scribbled on a sheet of
feel like it is within my capacity to get from Albany to New
York, he said. But every time there is this unforeseen challenge.
After thinking about it a bit, he continued: Theres two
kinds of people. When you tell somebody a riddle, theres
the person who says, I dont know. Whats the answer? And
then there are those other people who want to come up with
the answer on their own. I feel like I am more like the second
kind of person.
Troy Food Co-op, according to its board of directors, is still
a few months away from a planned opening in October. In the
meantime, volunteers are keeping themselves busy spreading
the word, looking for members, and cleaning out the former
Pioneer Market at 77-81 Congress St. This Friday (June 30),
the co-op hosted a flea market to sell off all of the clothes,
records, and other assorted knick-knacks in the backrooms
and basement.
loose ends this week-