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Streets were snowy and icy for New Year's Eve parties last Monday night, Dec. 31 as a fresh layer of snow fell on Holyoke. Cold temperatures and frequent snowfall have kept winter weather a reality, forcing residents to scoop their walks and drive a little slower on their way to work. Since Christmas Eve, Holyoke has reported over four inches of snow.
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Where does he go?
The Generals
new thread needed because?
Who? Is he an ISU prospect?
New thread because his decision will decide whether we live or die!!!!!!
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WNBA so he can team up with Sue Bird and actually win a title.
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Only a few people actually know what he's going to do and NONE of them are these supposed "sources" with "inside knowledge" of the situation. Give me a break. This is just like the conference realignment nonsense where the Big 12 South schools were "a 100% lock" to go to the Pac 10, and we all know how that worked out. The sources who claim to know the most don't know jack ****, and just want to throw out wild guesses so they can claim to be right if their guess comes to fruition.
wherever Delonte West is not. Turns out his mom might fight it, but it is best for Lebron's image if his mom isn't sleeping with his teammates
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wherever Delonte West is not. Turns out his mom might fight it, but it is best for Lebron's image if his mom isn't sleeping with his teammates
So its cool if she sleeps with me?
I'm still debating which is/will be more annoying: the months of LeBron hype or the next few years of Stephen A. Smith being the #1 NBA analyst for being the first to report that LeBron to Miami was a done deal
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I have no doubt we would have won if we would have fouled before McLemore's 3 point shot. I do not understand why more coaches don't do this, especially with somebody like him on the court. Great effort (pre OT) from our guys tonight.
You have to ask, even if we didn't want to foul, why in the **** did we have guys standing BEHIND the screeners? Did we give a flying **** if they drove for a two point basket with 2 seconds left in the game?!?!?!?
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I foul within 10 seconds every single time. No question. Good effort regardless. I don't think any of us expected this game to be that close.
Now that MBB is back, do we still have to pretend that WBB matters?
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You have to ask, even if we didn't want to foul, why in the **** did we have guys standing BEHIND the screeners? Did we give a flying **** if they drove for a two point basket with 2 seconds left in the game?!?!?!?
We were lost on defense and didn't identify McLemore at any point during the possession. You're right.
Totally agree. Even if that doesn't go in, I still feel that way. It's too risky, especially on the road. Nobody else would have made that shot either, can't let him shoot it.
Agree 100 percent... Makes ZERO sense not to. I feel coaches don't do this because its unconventional... If you are afraid of them rising up and shooting do it while they are near half court..... Not mad at Fred. Great game plan but next time we are in that situation I better see some of the hardest fouls of the game
As soon as he made it you knew we would't win in OT. I agree always foul in that situation. Anyway, see you on Feb. 25th KU. You have it coming.
That was a wasted opportunity.
This loss is absolutely on Fred and the staff. You just have to foul there...you don't even give them the chance to go into OT, especially at Phog.
Yep, gotta foul.
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Guys played their guts out, Fred lost the game. Bad decision especially on the road.
Would have been nice for Lucious not to miss the front end of the first one and one with about 20 seconds to go as well. . .
Great effort by the team. Can't blame them for running out of gas in OT after the effort they put out and without Niang. I doubt CFH will make that mistake again.
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1 February 2000
Helsinki Commission, U.S. Congress
THE MONTENEGRIN CRISIS: A Synopsis
Janusz Bugajski
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Contrasts with Croatia, Bosnia, and Kosova
· The Montenegrin government has acquired the resources not only for self-government but also for self-defense.
Montenegro is more prepared than Croatia in 1991, Bosnia in 1992, or Kosova in 1999 to challenge Belgrade's
domination. Diplomatically, politically, and economically Podgorica is proving that it can survive without Belgrade,
while its security forces are trained and motivated to resist the Yugoslav army. President Djukanovic has gained
support among a broad range of political forces, including ex-communists, democrats, nationalists, and ethnic
minorities. This support is also based on a calculation that the ruling team is best positioned to deal with Belgrade.
Many factions have agreed to subsume their partisan disputes beneath the drive for sovereignty.
Montenegrin Positions
· More than at any time since the disintegration of Tito's Yugoslavia, there seems to be majority support for
Montenegro's statehood. Opinion polls indicate that nearly 70% of the population would back independence:
while half of this number are committed Montenegrins, the rest are Djukanovic supporters. The independence
position is based on pragmatic grounds. Remaining in a union with Serbia will accelerate economic decline, social
unrest, and international isolation. Conversely, leaving the Serbian federation could launch Montenegro on the
road to international institutional integration.
· The NATO intervention in Kosova, the promise of the South East Euopean Stability Pact, and the democratic
breakthrough in Croatia have also encouraged Montenegro's self-assertion. Podgorica has issued a platform for a
loose confederal arrangement with Serbia but the offer has been ignored by Belgrade. Plans are underway to hold
a referendum on statehood this spring. President Djukanovic's critics charge that he has delayed the referendum in
expectation that Milosevic will be dislodged by the Serbian opposition and that a new political agreement can then
be forged. But such a prospect has become increasingly remote given the failures of Serb democracy and the
deepening economic abyss in the Yugoslav federation
Conflict Scenarios
· Other than surrendering Montenegro altogether, Belgrade has three options: a military coup and occupation; the
promotion of regional and ethnic conflicts; or the provocation of civil war. More likely, Milosevic will engage in
various provocations, intimidations, and even assassinations to unbalance the Montenegrin leadership. He will
endeavor to sow conflict between the parties in the governing coalition, heat up tensions in the Sandjak region of
Montenegro by pitting Muslims against Christian Orthodox, and threaten to partition northern Montenegro if
Podgorica pushes toward statehood. The political environment will continue to heat up before the planned
Conflict Prevention and the U.S. Position
· Washington should aim to deter armed conflict but it is not in a position to prevent a political showdown between
Belgrade and Podgorica. Above all, the international community must avoid any repetition of the Croatian,
Bosnian, and Kosova scenarios where a half-hearted response to Milosevic simply encourages violence. In order
to have any chance of dissuading Milosevic from striking against Montenegro the Allies need to make clear that
any attempted crackdown will provoke a strong NATO response against Yugoslav and Serb targets.
Preparations must now be made for a forceful reaction and for direct military assistance to the Montenegrin
security forces. Simply encouraging Montenegro to stay inside Yugoslavia indefinately without any short-term
prospect of democracy in Serbia may assist Milosevic in applying pressure on Podgorica and undercut our
leverage with Belgrade. Ultimately, Montenegro has as much right to statehood as the four other post-Yugoslav
states that we have recognized.
Advantages of Independence
· Montenegro's independence could contribute to resolving some combustible regional issues. It would take
Montenegro off the Serbian national agenda, which has proved a distraction to domestic reform. If Montenegrin
independence is non-nationalist but based on the principles of democracy, pluralism, multi-ethnicity, and
international cooperation, then it could become an important factor for Balkan stability. This will also contribute to
resolving the wider Albanian question by giving the Albanian minority a stake in the new state and by eliminating
the possibilities of Serb-Yugoslav manipulation of minority issues. Montenegro is also prepared to become a
reliable partner for a number of states in the region including Croatia, Albania, Bosnia, and Macedonia: this is
simply not the case with Serbia.
How Democratic is Montenegro
· Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia and other former Yugoslav satellites did not achieve independence as civic
democracies, and neither did the Soviet republics escape from Moscow as fully formed democratic states.
Montenegro is now in a similar position. Independence should not be opposed on the grounds of a communist
legacy or because of insufficient progress toward a liberal democracy. To its credit and unlike the regime in Serbia
or the nationalist authorities in Bosnia-Hercegovina, Montenegro has avoided ethnic division, discrimination, and
conflict, and has involved a broad range of political forces in the government. This creates an invaluable foundation
for tolerance, compromise, and democratic development.
Will Independence Foster Democracy
· The Djukanovic government can become a stepping stone toward democracy in a much more manageable
territorial unit, especially with more substantive international involvement. The current coalition government can
help ensure that statehood is constructed on a non-nationalist basis in which the country's minorities (Serbs,
Albanians, Muslims, and Croats) are involved in the political process and where citizenship is based on residence
and not ethnicity. With independence, Montenegro will become more open to international democratization
programs that should focus on the development of a civil society, a free media, and international cooperaton.
· Alongside statehood, Montenegro will need to launch a process of economic transformation based on market
competition, transparency, and legalism. This will not only stimulate entrepreneurship but will also attract foreign
investment. As a sovereign country, Montenegro can plug into regional reconstruction programs and move toward
an association agreement with the European Union. Far from being a disadvantage, Montenegro's size could be
turned into an asset as it may be easier to ensure progress among a smaller and more homogenous population.
Impact of Serbian Politics
· A major transformation in Serbia, not only in terms of the ouster of Milosevic but the replacement of the
authoritarian regime in Belgrade, may be the last hope for keeping the federation together. However, if any new
Serbian government is unwilling to create a genuinely equal two-republic system then the pressures for
independence may actually increase while the fear of a violent Milosevic-type intervention will substantially recede.


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WASHINGTON President Barack Obama picked a senior White House budget official to become the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday, the same day another top official announced plans to leave the agency amid the controversy over agents targeting tea party groups.
Obama named longtime civil servant Daniel Werfel as the acting IRS commissioner. Werfel, 42, currently serves as controller of the Office of Management and Budget, making him a key player in implementing recent automatic spending cuts known as the sequester.
"Throughout his career working in both Democratic and Republican administrations, Danny has proven an effective leader who serves with professionalism, integrity and skill," Obama said in a statement. "The American people deserve to have the utmost confidence and trust in their government, and as we work to get to the bottom of what happened and restore confidence in the IRS, Danny has the experience and management ability necessary to lead the agency at this important time."
Werfel replaces Steven Miller as acting IRS commissioner. Miller was forced to resign Wednesday amid the growing scandal, though he is still scheduled to testify Friday at a congressional hearing.
Also Thursday, Joseph Grant, one of Miller's top deputies, announced plans to retire June 3, according to an internal IRS memo. Grant is commissioner of the agency's tax exempt and government entities division, which includes the agents that targeted tea party groups for additional scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status.
Grant joined the IRS in 2005 and took over as acting commissioner of the tax exempt and government entities division in December 2010. He was just named the permanent commissioner May 8.
When asked whether Grant was pressured to leave, IRS spokeswoman Michelle Eldridge said Grant had more than 31 years of federal service and it was his personal decision to leave.
Before he joined the IRS, Grant was a top official at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Grant's predecessor at the IRS was Sarah Hall Ingram, who is now director of the agency's Affordable Care Act Office. Ingram was in charge of the tax exempt division when IRS agents first started targeting conservative groups.
The IRS said Ingram was assigned to help the agency implement the health care law in December 2010, about six months before an inspector general's report said her subordinate, the director of exempt organizations, learned about the targeting.
Still, the fact that she was in charge of the division when the targeting first started is sure to give Republicans fodder in their fight against Obama's health care law. The Republican-led House voted 229-195 Thursday to repeal the health care law.
Werfel agreed to head the IRS through the end of September, the White House said. Presumably, Obama will nominate a new commissioner by then.
IRS commissioners serve five-year terms and must be confirmed by the Senate. Werfel won't need Senate approval because he is a temporary appointment. The Senate, however, confirmed Werfel for his current position without opposition in 2009.
Werfel has had several jobs at the Office of Management and Budget and worked there during President George W. Bush's administration. He has also been a trial attorney in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.
"He is an immensely talented and dedicated public servant who has ably served presidents of both parties," Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said in a statement. "Danny has a strong record of raising his hand for - and excelling at - tough management assignments."
Former Bush chief of staff Joshua Bolten said Werfel was highly regarded by the Bush White House and that departing Bush budget officials recommended Werfel for controller to the incoming Obama camp after the 2008 election.


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At the annual "Stand Up for Children" gala hosted by Regina Coeli Academy of Abingdon, Penn., last month, prominent Philadelphia-area Catholics celebrated the impact of Catholic education in defense of religious freedom and the family.
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SKY DARWIN straddles a bleached driftwood log in Lincoln Park, his back to the sun as he takes his Swiss Army knife and carves a notch into the pencil-thin stick of driftwood he's lifted from the pile at his feet.
He takes another piece, sharpens it to a point and places the tip under the notch, watching as the stick seesaws and pirouettes in the afternoon breeze.
He does this again and again, building downward until the pieces form a delicate, whimsical tree that, like much of the driftwood scattered along the water line, will surely be gone by morning.
"I usually build after a tough day at work,'' says Darwin, his bearded face shaded by a floppy olive-green hat. "It's great. I go home, and my fingers smell like the ocean."
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As Darwin's knife pierces and sharpens the wood over and over, crows alight nearby on driftwood forts that are assembled by small hands and disassembled by high tides.
Darwin, 44, is part of the constant motion of the beach, a human tide from South Park who comes and goes, bringing his "shiftwood" sculptures to the park's pebbled shore.
His presence here is as ephemeral as the material he uses to tell simple stories of the Northwest, its human and natural history.
Soon he'll be off on an adventure to the Pacific Coast, where he'll try his hand at creating a driftwood sculpture garden. But right now, he's captivated by the slender wood before him.
It's a beautiful coincidence that the driftwood resting in his hands has its own stories to tell.
YOU SEE THEM everywhere, time travelers journeying through the brine or lined up on quiet beaches where they form a uniquely Northwest tableau of astonishing depth and variety.
Bleached white and stripped of their bark and branches, the behemoths possess a kind of prehistoric beauty that invites the mind to wander: Root balls are gnarled fists ready to beat back waves, a twisted branch the sinewy silhouette of a sea serpent rearing up from the sand.
Many of the logs have been journeying around the Sound for hundreds of years. They float alligator-like offshore until weather and tides push and roll and float them ashore.
Some find permanent homes on the beach, their root balls anchoring them deeper and deeper into the sand as they spin like corkscrews with the changing tides. Others become seafarers, undertaking ocean odysseys to Hawaii. Still others become "deadheads," the equivalent of wooden icebergs floating vertically in the water, ready to take down boats.
In between, they provide food for gribbles and shipworms — wood-boring creatures that transform hulking logs into lattice-like sculptures that appear as light as bone china.
Beyond that, driftwood remains largely a mystery.
Walking the beach at Shorewood Park in Burien one recent morning, University of Washington professor Charles Simenstad points to a 40-foot log that is still covered in resin.
The former tree was probably 500 years old when it died and may have been in circulation for 100 years or more, says Simenstad, an aquatic and fishery sciences professor who studies river and coastal marine ecosystems across the Pacific Northwest.
Given the log's size and its location on the upper reaches of the Shorewood beach, there's a good chance it will be there for the rest of the summer, if not longer.
"The bigger and longer the wood, the more likely it will be established until a really big king storm,'' Simenstad says, referring to the extremely high tides during the winter months.
Driftwood helps protect beaches from erosion, and becomes important habitat for plants and animals, Simenstad says.
The crescent-shaped beach at Shorewood is rimmed with an orderly assortment of driftwood, most of it facing north-south past the high-tide line. Contrast that with the private beach to the south, where trees peeling off the bluff serpent westward across the sand toward the water, soon to become driftwood.
Bluffs and two rivers — the Skykomish and the Nisqually — provide most of the Puget Sound driftwood we see today, but no one knows what portion comes from rivers and what portion from bluffs, Simenstad says.
Despite its prevalence, surprisingly little is known about the characteristics or functions of driftwood in the Sound, or how it has changed over time.
What is clear: There was once a lot more of it.
One U.S. Forest Service report noted that in the 1870s, the Skagit River "had a driftwood jam three-quarters of a mile long and a quarter mile wide." During that same period, drifted and dead trees on the Stillaguamish River "were so numerous, so large and so deeply embedded in the bottom that a stream 'snag boat' operated for six months to open a channel only 100 feet wide."
And those were just the ones that died naturally. Once logging reached a fevered pitch, trees that had been cut down and moved via water to mills joined the driftwood flotilla, soon to be united with the detritus of civilization: pieces of piers and docks, even broken-up boats.
In one of the few studies to look at the function and characteristics of local driftwood, UW graduate student Daniel Tonnes tagged and carbon-dated logs at eight Puget Sound beaches. He found that more than 90 percent of the larger logs died between 90 and 300 years earlier, with the majority dying pre-1850.
Among the species he identified: Western red cedars, hemlocks, maples, alders, birch, Douglas fir and cottonwoods. But most couldn't be identified because they were so heavily bleached.
Tonnes writes that "more than 150,000 logs were removed from five rivers in Puget Sound from 1880 through 1960," most of it by congressionally funded "snag boats."
Contrast that with today's laws, which make it illegal to remove driftwood from most public beaches, including those owned by Seattle and the state of Washington.
Driftwood on private beaches is presumed to be the property of the owner, and anything floating in the Sound is fair game — at least until it's picked up by the M/V Puget, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers boat that plies the lakes and the Sound from Olympia to Port Angeles, clearing shipping lanes of debris.
"In the old days, there used to be a problem with ships colliding with large wood debris,'' says John Hicks, chief of navigation for the corps' Seattle District.
"Deadheads," massive waterlogged trees that float vertically in the water like icebergs with their tops sticking out of the water, are still an issue, he says. "It's like hitting a rock: it doesn't move."
The Puget's five- to seven-person crew fishes out logs as long as 120 feet from the waters, cuts them up and hauls them back to the Ballard Locks, where they remain on a barge until needed for beach restoration.
"On a routine day, we clear 15 tons,'' Hicks says. That translates to about six or seven trees. "We get anywhere from 800 (tons) to 5,000 tons a year."
It's still possible to collect driftwood, but it helps to have a plan.
ZACKARAYA LECK has been searching for driftwood most of his life.
"It's like a time capsule,'' he says. "You carve 3 inches into the tree and you've gone back 200 years. The wood you've exposed hasn't seen light since the 1800s."
A native of Orcas Island, where his main studio is, the 34-year-old artist and craftsman followed his father into the blacksmithing trade. He branched into woodworking, creating exquisite tables and benches from some of the massive hunks of wood that float onto the island.
Driftwood, he says, is "a piece of nature, distilled by the forces of nature." And though it's no longer alive, its ability to bring life to austere spaces or works of art is profound, he says.
Leck has what he calls his secret beaches, privately owned coves and outcroppings owned by friends who have given him permission to harvest wood there. He paddles his kayak along the shoreline, searching for red and yellow cedar, hemlock, Douglas fir and, his favorite, juniper.
Unlike Sky Darwin, whose shiftwood sculptures are intentionally ephemeral, Leck's work could last hundreds of years.
"I love to work with monolithic pieces,'' he says, tucking a lock of long, straight hair behind his ear with a hand that seems to have doubled in size from muscle. We're standing in his Seattle blacksmithing studio at the Pratt Fine Arts Center, where the temperature is 10 degrees past baking. As he flips through a photo gallery of his work on his iPad, you can almost smell the saltwater.
Certain beaches tend to act like big scoops, collecting huge volumes of wood, especially in the winter. "Crescent Beach (Preserve) has so much in the winter, they have to plow it off the road,'' he says.
Others are like temporary showcases, where wood is deposited and cleared according to the tides, he says.
Working with driftwood requires intense commitment and timing, as is evidenced by Leck's successful effort to retrieve a 40-foot-long, 3½-foot-wide piece of yellow cedar on a friend's private beach.
"I had to work with the tides,'' he says, describing how he went to the beach at 11 p.m. to jack up the log 4 feet at low tide. He returned at high tide 11 hours later and floated it to the tide line.
"When the tide went out, it was in a place where boom trucks could reach it,'' he says, smiling. He cut the log into three, 12-foot sections and hauled it to his studio to dry out.
"Sometimes it's been tossed around for a generation or more. What's left is a very tough piece of wood,'' he says. "It's the process as much as anything. I love to be on the water, exploring new places. I've seen pieces and remembered them and saw them a year or two later. It's not common, but it does happen. Sometimes we get cedar branches, and they look like ribs from a whale."
Searching for and using driftwood is a big part of his life, Leck says. "If I could do that all the time, it would be the best job ever."
Susan Kelleher is a Pacific NW magazine writer. Reach her at email@example.com or 206-464-2508. On Twitter @susankelleher. Alan Berner is a Seattle Times staff photographer.


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Eggplant Parmesan
• 2 medium eggplants, about 1 1/2 pounds total, peeled or not.
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 cups fine, dry bread crumbs, with 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper
• olive oil for frying
• 26 ounce jar of favorite spaghetti sauce
• 16 ounces mozzarella cheese, sliced or shredded
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil (optional)
Wash eggplant and slice into 1/4 -1/3 -inch thick slices.
Dip into beaten eggs and dredge with seasoned bread crumbs.
Place slices on a plate and chill for ½ hour to an hour.
Heat olive oil in a heavy skillet. Fry eggplant on both sides until golden and crispy.
Drain well on paper towels.
Butter a 13x9-inch glass baking dish and lightly coat with some of the leftover bread crumbs.
Spread 1/3 of the sauce in baking dish.
Layer half of the eggplant, half of the mozzarella cheese, another 1/3 of the sauce, and half the Parmesan.
Repeat layers.
Sprinkle basil on top.
Bake at 350° for 30 to 40 minutes, until cheese is browning and bubbly.


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BALTIMORE (AP) -- A juvenile has died and two other people are hurt after a stabbing in downtown Baltimore.
Baltimore police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says the juvenile died Tuesday afternoon at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
The stabbing occurred about 1:30 p.m., about nine blocks from Ravens stadium. That was after a parade for the Super Bowl champions, but while many people were still inside the stadium for a celebration.
Guglielmi said the stabbing happened at Howard and Fayette streets, apparently during some sort of fight.
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If you've grown bored with resort skiing or snowboarding, or are just looking for a way to expand your horizons and improve your off-piste skills, try a guided backcountry ski or snowboard freeride trip. Skiing or riding with an experienced mountain guide can turn an ordinary trip into a valuable learning experience, while having fun, too! It is really worth every penny! Your expert backcountry guide is familiar with the area and conditions so he or she can take you to the best runs each day. If you've ever spent your ski holiday traipsing through slushy snow or screeching across ice, and just wished you knew where the secret stashes of powder were, then a guided freeride backcountry trip is just what you're looking for.
Your experienced backcountry guide will teach you about choosing the right lines for the perfect run. They are well-versed in avalanche safety and will teach you how to be safe and have fun, too. But your guide won't be the only company on your freeride trip, you'll also enjoy the company of a fun group of like-minded people. With your group you'll learn the basics of backcountry and make fresh tracks everyday. No friends on a powder days? Think again: with one of our freeride trips, you'll have new friends on powder days.
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One of the best reasons to choose a freeride trip is the variety of packages and terrain options available. There is no typical freeride trip because each one is unique, and LUEX can help you find or tailor the perfect trip to suit your needs and budget.
Freeride Weeks are weeklong trips which include all guiding, lodging and food. There are also trips available which include guiding and coaching only, leaving you to choose accommodation that best meets your needs, separate from the freeride trip.
Freeride trips might also have different focuses. An expert skier will be looking for something quite different from an intermediate snowboarder, so LUEX can help you to decide which freeride trip is best for your ability and freeriding style. Some typical trips focus on freeriding for expert skiers, powder techniques for beginners, lift-accessed freeride or hiking-based freeride trips, and much more. LUEX can also help you find the perfect trip that is just for skiers, or for snowboarders only, so you can have the comfort of knowing that you've chosen the trip that will work best for you.
Some special freeride trips are also offered for women only, or for people who want to learn how to make perfect turns for sharp slopes we have Steep Camps. For those who want a unique freeriding experience, we have Ride with a Pro where you'll get pointers on how to improve your skills while enjoying the company of a professional skier or rider. Great inspiration!
Freeride trips are available at a single resort, or multiple resort tours, with a group and led by a guide.
LUEX has a freeride trip for every type of traveler, too! Whether you're a solo traveler or with a group of friends, we can find the trip that will make everyone happy. We also specialize in trips for girls only, or trips specially designed just for beginner, intermediate, or expert skiers and riders.
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ARLINGTON, Va. (WUSA) - An Arlington County Grand Jury indicted James Sylvester Caroline on capital murder and weapons charges on Monday for the July 27, 2012 murder of Arlington jeweler Tommy Kin Mo Wong.
Wong was found shot to death behind the counter of his Columbia Pike jewelry store early on the morning of July 28 after family members called police to report that Wong had not returned home after work the night before.
An investigation by Arlington County Police homicide detectives led to the arrest of Caroline, 53, five days later.
Caroline is due in court on Thursday, December 20 when a trial date will be set.


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The body of a deceased woman was found the afternoon of March 5 near Florida State University's Alumni Association Center. An initial investigation by the Florida State University and Tallahassee police departments revealed no signs of foul play. An autopsy has been scheduled to determine the cause of death.
Police are withholding the deceased's name pending a final positive identification and notification of next of kin. The preliminary identification reveals no affiliation with Florida State University. The area where the body was found is an undeveloped, secluded section of the property with no foot traffic or academic facilities.
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I just made this recipe for the first time and am SO impressed. I always made my great-aunt's broccoli cheese soup, which was full of butter, lots of cheese & even a can of condensed cheddar soup. LOTS of fat & calories. And yet, this HEALTHY recipe beats the old one by a landslide!!! I am sure I'll have this recipe memorized in no time, as I'll be making it on a very regular basis. :)
Broccoli-Cheese Chowder
From EatingWell: Winter 2004, The EatingWell Diabetes Cookbook (2005)
This satisfying remake of broccoli chowder benefits from the creamy texture of cooked potatoes and smooth, tangy reduced-fat sour cream instead of getting its richness from as much as a cup each of cream and cheese. Not only is the flavor vibrant, but a single serving gives you over half of the daily recommendation for vitamin C.
94 Reviews for Broccoli-Cheese Chowder
I can't count the times I've made this soup. It's a stable in our house as both my husband and I love it. Have to admit that I use regular cheese as the low fat stuff just doesn't cut it ;-).
I made this soup for the first time last night and it turned out to be delicious. The only thing I had a problem with was I noticed the vegetables started to burn after the last 10 minutes of sautéing before adding the chicken broth. Also, it says "6 servings" but I think a better estimate is 3-4. Other than that, it turned out great and I will definitely make this again. In fact, I am looking forward to the leftovers today for lunch!
The flavor is great, but the low fat cheese didn't melt quite as it should have and the texture ended up a little weird.
I am always hesitant about "low fat" cream-type soups. This one is awesome! The consistency is perfect, the flavor fantastic. My very picky husband gobbled it up. It's even better the second day. My only tweak was to use slightly less sour cream.


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They not only make damn good wine in Paso, they also know how to get you excited about it. Check out the latest video from the Paso Wine Man. What abeast!
Plus here's a look at what varietal will be featured each month of 2013. Next month should be interesting especially as the Syrahs from Paso cannot be called look alikes.
February - Syrah - February 5
March - Zinfandel - March 5
April - Cabernet Sauvignon - April 2
May - Viognier - May 7
June - Pinot Noir - June 4
July - Grenache Blanc - July 2
August - Sauvignon Blanc - August 6
September - Grenache - September 3
October - Petite Sirah - October 1
November - Roussanne - November 5
December - Merlot - December 3
Here is an interesting talk by Professor Andrew Waterhouse of UC Davis on Effect of Wine Oxidation on Flavor Evolution - A Review.It includes some useful comments on what might happen during decanting.
Quick spin, the cork popping free, and I fill his glass and mine to the brim.
"In other words it's the sort of wine given to you in times stress or under duress by a bearded Celtic satyr! Ready?
"First swirl it around to bring up the bouquet, plunge in your nose to breathe the aroma, then a brief sip before swilling it down".
"Jesus!" still smiling and licking my lips. "This stuff is nectar!"
"Didn't I tell you, Hagar? Here," Boyne draining his glass in a glup, "Ah, that's the taste, frisky, coltish – just a hint of nymphomania - O great gulping wine!"
From Irish Wine (first published in 1988 by Mercury Press) in The Irish Wine Trilogy. Dick Wimmer. Soft Skull Press, 2009
"A drink, Miss Martin."
"I don't know."
"Have one."
"I really shouldn't."
"Bust out."
"Full bodied sherry. A round maderia. Iced muscatel."
Smith at the bottles. The long necks, the little, the fat. Green, brown, two red and twenty deep dark green. All gently cared for through the cold winter, sealed off safely in their temperate darkness.
Uncle Edouard said, be always handsome witty and brave. To police and lawyers and many others too, my dear boy, make no sound that can be used against you. Try never to teach the world a lesson, for they will forget it within a week. Be honest till the temptation comes to tell the truth. Then dear boy it is time, believe me, to say nothing. Keep your wine cellar cool. The bowel clear. The foreskin clean. Use soap perfumed of the fern.
All For One Wine is all about Australians discovering incredible local wines, and celebrating the rich diversity and quality that exists in this country.
Announcing in sepulchral tones the year of vintage as he poured the decanted premier grand cru Margaux with its bouquet shrinking back into the glass from the cold.
Darcy Dancer sipping his sherry in the chill fireless library. Poured from the decanter in all its nut fragrant pale brown gleaming glory. Warming the innards
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Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need – a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing.
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the case of wines containing more than 14 percent of alcohol by volume, and, in
the case of wine containing 14 percent or less of alcohol by volume, either the
type designation "table" wine ("light" wine) or the alcoholic content shall be
stated. Any statement of alcoholic content shall be made as prescribed in
paragraph (b) of this section.
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provided in either paragraph (b)(1) or (2) of this section:
"Alcohol __ % by volume," or similar appropriate phrase; Provided, that if the
word "alcohol" and/or "volume" are abbreviated, they shall be shown as "alc."
(alc) and/or "vol." (vol), respectively. Except as provided in paragraph (c) of
this section, a tolerance of 1 percent, in the case of wines containing more
than 14 percent of alcohol by volume, and of 1.5 percent, in the case of wines
containing 14 percent or less of alcohol by volume, will be permitted either
above or below the stated percentage.
(2) "Alcohol __ % to __ % by
volume," or similar appropriate phrase; Provided, that if the word "alcohol"
and/or "volume" are abbreviated, they shall be shown as "alc." (alc) and/or
"vol." (vol), respectively. Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section,
a range of not more than 2 percent, in the case of wines containing more than 14
percent of alcohol by volume, and of not more than 3 percent, in the case of
wines containing 14 percent or less of alcohol by volume, will be permitted
between the minimum and maximum percentages stated, and no tolerances will be
permitted either below such minimum or above such maximum.
Regardless of the type of statement used and regardless of tolerances normally
permitted in direct statements and ranges normally permitted in maximum and
minimum statements, alcoholic content statements, whether required or optional,
shall definitely and correctly indicate the class, type and taxable grade of the
wine so labeled and nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing
the appearance upon the labels of any wine of an alcoholic content statement in
terms of maximum and minimum percentages which overlaps a prescribed limitation
on the alcoholic content of any class, type, or taxable grade of wine, or a
direct statement of alcoholic content which indicates that the alcoholic content
of the wine is within such a limitation when in fact it is
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CLEVELAND -- A reward of up to $7,000 is being offered for information in the hit-skip death of an elderly woman.
Maxine Lobins, 81, died after being hit while trying to cross the intersection of Rocky River Drive and Lorain Avenue on Jan. 9. Police say Lobins was using a walker and was hit by a dark colored, full-sized SUV. The SUV was last seen headed east on Lorain.
Police have been reviewing surveillance video and asking for the public's help as well in finding the driver.
Anyone with information regarding this accident is asked to contact the Cleveland Division of Police Accident Investigation Unit at 216-623-5295. Anonymous information can be given to Crime Stoppers by calling 216.252.7463 or by Text messaging. Text "TIP657", plus your message to" Crimes" (274637).


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10th Annual Lonestar Round Up - The Big TenWritten by on July 5, 2011 In Texas for the 10th Annual Lonestar Round Up
They do things bigger in Texas, and the 10th Annual Lonestar Round Up, hosted by The Kontinentals Car Club of Austin, lives up to the boast.
From humble beginnings 10 years ago on a local football field, the show has grown to a couple thousand cars and trucks, several live bands, a swap meet, a car culture art show, and completely obnoxious mini-bike races.
The best shows don't limit themselves to what's happening only at a fairgrounds and the Round Up delivers on that score as well. There's a garage-crawl on Friday morning and plenty of cruising on Congress Avenue in downtown Austin each night.
We've been to a lot of big shows with cruising afterwards, but we can't think of one that's been in the very heart of a city of over a million people. Austin has a killer downtown, with a club and restaurant district covering several square blocks. Combined with being a college town, the city fathers know how to handle crowds, and rather than throw up the barricades to keep hot rodders out they added a little more crowd control and let the rodders cruise.
Texas is synonymous with cattle ranching, and ranchers need trucks. Fifty years into the modern truck era and Texas is full of vintage trucks, and the Round Up's show field is heavily weighted toward hay haulers. Though the show is billed as '63-and-earlier, one of the great things about trucks is that the mid-'60s are pretty difficult to differentiate; for instance, we saw a lot of "1963 Chevy" trucks without wraparound windshields. But guys have been doing that with trucks since the '70s when NSRA had the "'49-and-older" rule, and every '55 first-gen Chevy truck was built in '49. The rest of the entrants are traditional hot rods and customs, along with vintage motorcycles.
By the time we drove back home, the dates for the 2012 show were already up on The Lonestar Round Up's website, at www.lonestarroundup.com. Check it out and plan on attending next year's event—we've already marked it on our calendar. ct
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Bare metal always looks cool, and it's hard to find more metal than on an early '50s Chevy Suburban. But what caught our attention was the original "Smash-Hit" cattle guard made by The Perry Company of Waco, Texas. We've heard the guards are solid bar stock, not hollow tubing.Kerry Cunningham's '59 Apache hails from Gray, Louisiana. The paint struck us as being a mix of old and new, while the huge solid wheels combine modern and vintage looks pretty well.Clif Haggard's '58 GMC panel is local to Austin. Visors stretch Suburbans and panels juuust enough to visually lower the lid. Rails in the cargo area secure the bobbed Triumph for out-of-town trips.Ever seen a Hornet boat? Neither had we. They're rare, they have quite a following, a bit of a famous history, and a real unique construction: they're molded, thin plywood hulls with no ribs. The bench seats use 2-inch-wide laminated wood strips bent in wide "S"'s as a spring. No word on if it found a new owner in the swap meet.If someone wanted to buy the Hornet and replace the 35hp Mercury outboard with a small-block Chevy, this marine intake was in the swap meet area. We also spotted the same setup for a Y-block Ford.I want it. I drove my '61 Suburban from Atlanta, and spent the night there-and-back at a Mississippi rest area on a cot in the back of the truck. While it was pretty comfortable, with a rig like this Dodge we wouldn't have needed a hotel in Austin.Chris Stewart from Woodward, Oklahoma, drove out in his '57 Ford. "I bought it for $300," he told us. The Southwest climate is kind to sheetmetal, but he "had to hose about three inches of rat crap out of it." An altitude adjustment was in order, and he hung a set of early '30s Ford wires in the wheelwells. Powering the Ford is a 350 Olds; "It was cheap, so I put it in." Cruising everywhere with style and a minimal investment ... nothing in the world wrong with that.
You ever notice that chicks hate El Caminos? Smaller than a truck, with '50s and '60s muscle car performance and the utility of a bed; what's not to love? Whether they like vintage vehicles or not, every woman we've ever met had one thing in common: they hated El Caminos.We were convinced the double X chromosome was incompatible with an El Camino until we saw Laura Grable's '59. If the white pearl and lavender metalflake roof and steering wheel left any doubt it was a woman's car, the window registration sticker didn't. Nosed and shaved, the airbag equipment was in the storage area behind the bench seat. Chrome reversed wheels and wide whites finished it. We loved it.Micah Shuler's smoothed '50 Chevy hails from Texas. The flush-butted windshield and shaved driprails clean up the cab a lot. We're digging that five-slots are making a comeback.It's a Suburban, but not Chevy; Plymouth called their station wagon line "Suburban" in the late '40s through the early '60s. With its boxy body--particularly the squared-off rear section--the Plymouth Suburban station wagon looks like an early SUV, whereas the wagons from GM and Ford looked like cars.These '57 and '58 Fords look like they grew up on the same farm. What caught our eye were the F700 hoodscoops. These came out in the late-'50s on Ford's big trucks and ran though the mid-'60s, finding their way onto a lot of drag cars and hot rods of the day. Pontiac liked them so much they bought them from Ford and entered them in their books with a GM part number so they'd be legal for Arnie "The Farmer" Beswick to run on his Super Stock Pontiacs.It seems no "Traditional Rod and Custom Show" is complete without a bunch of Betty's dressed up and strutting around...not that we're complaining.Several heats of mini-bike races were held Friday and Saturday, and they looked like waaaay too much fun.
On Sunday after the show, there was a get-together at Mercury Charlie's in Austin, complete with live band. Like we said--The Lonestar Round Up isn't just the show at the expo center.Funny thing--while every woman we've met hates El Caminos, every woman we've met loves Econoline pickups! Gabriel Gay's suede chick magnet is an Austin local.Busted! "Ronnie" snuck his '64-'66 C10 past the admissions board by claiming it's a '63. It's a nice truck, so we won't say anything.The first stop of Friday's Garage Crawl was Crestview RV Park and Sales, to look at an impressive collection of everything from Model Ts to modern muscle. The '28 roadster pickup is piloted by Brenda Gustafson, with her cousin Audra Verinder riding shotgun. Powered by a 283 and auto trans, she drives the wheels off her all-steel Ford.This is why we drive to shows rather than fly in and rent a car. You won't spot a '58 Apache in the weeds somewhere in Texas from 30,000 feet. We found the owner, and are pretty confident this could have been for sale. Check the taillights in the "custom" rear roll pan. The cab sported '70s crushed velour high-back buckets.


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Cyclones Use Strong 2nd Half To Down Coyotes 88-72
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With Iowa State clinging to a one-point lead, 57-56, South Dakota's Raeshel Contreras received a technical foul, giving the Cyclones two shots. Iowa State would capitalize, hitting both free throws sparking a 21-3 run with 8:41 left in the game. The run was the largest of the game for both teams, featuring scoring from four different Cyclones.
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Hallie Christofferson. The Hamlin, Iowa, native notched her second-consecutive double-double, the 13th of her career.
Honorable mention goes to Nikki Moody and Brynn Williamson, each scoring over 15 points in the Cyclone effort. Moody also tacked on seven assists.
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*Christofferson tallied her 60th-career double-figure scoring game and 16th-career game with 20+ points when she finished with 25 points and her 13th career double-double with 12 boards.
*Williamson put up her 17th-career double-figure scoring effort with 18 points, which is also a season high.
* Christofferson went a perfect 10-of-10 from the charity stripe against the Coyotes
*Nikki Moody recorded her 28th-career game in double figures with 20 points, just one-point shy of tying her career high.
*Nicole "Kidd" Blaskowsky made Iowa State's 4,500th trey with 5:48 to play in ISU's 583-game three-point streak. She also made numbers 4,300 and 4, 400 last season.
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My two sons and I drew the early 39 hunt (Aug 15 - Sep 30). We haven't ever hunted this area and are looking for any advice anyone might have. Thanks.
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CHARLESTON (AP) - A federal audit concludes the state wasted federal stimulus funds and failed to properly track Internet routers that cost $24 million.
The report Friday by the inspector general of the U.S. Commerce Department found that the state could have purchased smaller and less expensive routers for schools, libraries, health clinics, county courthouses and planning agencies.
The review of the router purchase last summer was done at the request of two congressional subcommittees.
Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill., who serves as chairman of the House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, called the findings "disturbing."
"This is an unfortunate example of how government does not keep track of how it spends taxpayer money," he said.
The router purchase was part of a $126.3 million stimulus-funded project designed to increase high-speed Internet at 1,164 public facilities in West Virginia.
The auditors found that West Virginia officials made the $24 million router purchase without conducting a study to determine what size routers were needed at public facilities, or "community anchor institutions."
State officials pushed back Friday on parts of the audit, contending West Virginia got a discounted price on the routers and has upgraded its equipment-tracking system. The routers cost $22,600 each.
"We do not believe purchasing routers with enhanced capabilities for our 'community anchor institutions' was a waste of taxpayer resources," said Rob Alsop, chief of staff for Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's office. "Instead, we view this project as an investment in West Virginia's future."
West Virginia officials met with Cisco engineers and sales representatives on the routers. They suggested that Cisco 3945 series routers would best meet the project's requirements. Cisco also provided 100 free routers to the state and extended its router warranty from three to five years at no additional cost.
Inspector General's Office staff members asked a Cisco representative why the company didn't suggest a smaller router, such as the Cisco 2900 series router. The representative said the smaller router didn't have a dual power source that would keep running during "mechanical failures."
While the dual power source is critical for some operations, such as 911 centers, uninterrupted service is not critical for schools and libraries, as well as other facilities, the audit said.
The state has designated 53 of the 1,164 routers to county 911 centers and 70 to State Police detachments.
The audit found that the state could have saved $1.2 million by purchasing Cisco 2900 series routers in 23 West Virginia counties with fewer than 20,000 residents. Those counties received 231 of the 1,164 routers.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) – An investigation commissioned by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie into the "Bridgegate" scandal on Thursday cleared the potential Republican presidential contender of wrongdoing and blamed key staffers for orchestrating the massive traffic jam.
The internal review was conducted by a law firm hired by Christie, whose top staffers have been accused of planning the traffic tie-up at the George Washington Bridge in September 2013 as political payback after the mayor of Fort Lee, New Jersey, declined to endorse Christie's re-election.
"Our investigation found that Governor Christie did not know of the lane realignment beforehand and had no involvement in the decision to realign the lanes," said the report by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, which has close ties to the Christie administration.
New Jersey lawmakers and the U.S. Attorney's office in New Jersey are undertaking parallel investigations into the traffic tie-up.
The 344-page report said the two-month internal investigation involved 250,000 documents and 70 interviews, but excluded the two main players in the scandal – Bridget Anne Kelly, the governor's former deputy chief of staff, and Bill Stepien, Christie's former campaign manager.
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Humbled through warfare
Memorial Day | U.S. Marine commander Donovan Campbell and his unit, Joker One, had a street-level view of war in Iraq
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In March 2004 Donovan Campbell, then 25, a Princeton grad who decided he'd rather learn leadership skills in the military than in the corporate world, arrived in Iraq with a 40-man infantry platoon called Joker One: late teens and twentysomethings including a Hispanic who read Che Guevara, a tightly wound Filipino, one narcoleptic, and no one who'd seen live combat. They took up their post in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, not knowing it was an explosion waiting to happen-until an April morning when they awoke to loudspeakers blaring "jihad, jihad, jihad!" from the tops of the city's minarets. Campbell had served another tour of duty in Iraq and would go on to serve one in Afghanistan, but Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood (Random House, 2009) is his gripping combat story.
Q: Of your three tours of war duty, was Ramadi in 2004 the most significant?
The deployment to Ramadi was by far the most significant. I never intended to write a book, but I began because, quite simply, I failed my men. It took me about a year after returning from Iraq to realize the magnitude of what we were asked to do and the magnitude of what we accomplished overseas. For a long time, I thought that what we had done in Ramadi was normal, that we had just done what everyone else over there had. But it wasn't. For the entirety of our deployment, we had 160 men to stabilize a city of approximately 350,000-one of us for every 2,200 Iraqis. As the summer of 2004 wound on, we averaged three enemy contacts a day, making us the most engaged unit in Iraq for a good portion of that summer. By the time we returned, we had taken about half wounded-one out of every two men who went over came back hurt. We were told at the time that we had taken more casualties than any battalion, Marine or Army, since Vietnam.
The intensity of the deployment and the unrelenting nature of the fight was unique to us; it wasn't replicated across Iraq. But I didn't realize that at the time, and I therefore failed to write my men enough awards for their heroism. When I realized this fact, and when I realized that my men weren't telling their families about what they had achieved, I determined that I would write down their story for them and email it to them. That the story is now a book is almost an afterthought.
Q: Did urban warfare training at Camp Pendleton prepare you for Ramadi's challenges?
Urban warfare training prepared us for the basics of combat inside a densely populated area, but it didn't prepare us for the specifics. There was nothing in Camp Pendleton that even remotely resembled an Iraqi city with its long, unbroken wall, its densely packed buildings, and the masses of humanity that thronged everywhere. Even little things had to be relearned: Iraq has no building codes, so every stair step height is just a little bit different. You can always tell the new American arrivals because they trip at least 2-3 times on every staircase. And interacting daily with a local population that doesn't speak your language is quite hard-to begin, we had only one translator for 160 men. After a few months we got two more, but one ended up collaborating with our enemies (cell phone records revealed that he called the insurgents every time a convoy left our base) and the other had his head cut off for being loyal to us.
Q: Your platoon was charged with protecting a city full of insurgent enemies. Did your inability to trust Iraqis change over time?
Definitely. What we didn't realize was that the culture gap was so wide, and our forces so thin, that the Iraqi people wouldn't be afforded a realistic chance to understand us before the heavy fighting started. Once it started, they backed the people who they thought were there to stay: the insurgents. It took about three years in Ramadi, and three times the number of forces there, to convince them we would win.
I think that it was inevitable that the United States and the residents of Ramadi would have had this kind of relationship. However, the length of time it took to change it-three years-was not. Had we sent over a much larger occupation force, say, roughly three times what we actually did send, we might have had the manpower to establish the basic rule of law in most major cities, including Ramadi.
Q: You describe U.S. civilian leaders as having "fantasyland plans of stock market exchanges before bothering to turn on the lights." What allowed you (and others) to see U.S. weaknesses in 2004 that the Bush administration didn't address until 2006-07 and that in many ways continue?
We saw the garbage that didn't get picked up, the lights that didn't turn on, the water that didn't run, and the police who didn't show up to work. We saw life as it was actually experienced by Ramadi's citizens, not the mini-America that was the Green Zone [U.S. headquarters in Baghdad]. Quite simply, we lived among the people. We saw the truth from the ground. And we couldn't simply believe only what we wanted to believe, because the daily events wouldn't let us.
Q: Why did you institute platoon-wide prayer of Psalm 23 before each live mission? How did the men respond?
I believed that it worked, that God listened regardless of His response; and I thought that prayer would be our own private pre-battle ritual, one that helped establish our unit identity as Joker One.
My men loved the prayer. In fact, before one mission I was so busy that I forgot to lead the prayer, and I was rushing around in between trucks when I heard a soft murmuring coming from three separate vehicles. It was my three different squads, each praying the prayer softly to themselves. It was at that moment that I realized that my platoon had truly come together.
Q: How long had you been without serious injury or death when your second-in-command Todd Bolding was hit by an RPG? What did it do to Joker One?
We hadn't had a serious injury or death for roughly 3.5 months. Bolding's injury devastated us, but we were back out on patrol the very next day. After something as gruesome as traumatic amputation, you have to get back into the saddle nearly immediately, or you risk never being able to get back there again. . . . I went into what was probably a two-week depression. I didn't want to leave my bed; I didn't want to leave my room; and I certainly didn't want to go out on missions. But I went anyway, even if I wasn't all that useful, because my Marines were going out every single day.
Q: You say at one point "faith and hope had left me, and I despaired." How was that resolved?
The horrors of war did not diminish my view of God or the saving power of Jesus Christ. They simply illustrated more clearly the limits of my own human understanding. Before war, I had the illusion that nearly all of life's events-both the good and the tragic-could somehow be understood and explained. I even demanded it of God. After war, I began to realize just how limited my own ability and understanding truly were. I now have a much better understanding of why God answered Job the way that He did ("Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?"). I have chosen a world with God, which to me means a world of hope, ultimate meaning, and ultimate purpose, over a world without God in which our lives have no ultimate reason for being. If I have to accept that there are some horrors and tragedies that I will never fully understand on this earth, then so be it. That is an acceptable, and reasonable, tradeoff to make for a world that has a just and loving God. And I'm more willing to make it now that I've been humbled through warfare.
Q: Do you commemorate Memorial Day differently now that you've served in two wars? What will you do this Memorial Day?
Honestly, I treat every day differently now that I've served in two wars. I view each day as a gift, not an obligation, and I thank God for each one that I have. This Memorial Day I will pray for the fallen and their families, some of whom I know. I will take a step back from my life and thank God for all of the good things He has given me: my family, my health, my friends. I will take a few moments to reflect on the tremendous responsibility I have to live the one life I have well, for there are so many others who would love a life but who no longer have it.


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|Local residences reflect 125 years of trends in building types and styles
|Written by Becca Brandt
Seen walking around town last summer armed with cameras and clipboards, Abbey Christman and Diana Krogmeier have returned to Holyoke to report on their research of the historic buildings in Holyoke.
Their presentation, Building Holyoke: 125 years of History as Seen through its Architecture, took place as part of the city's 125th anniversary celebration.
A 2003 HHS graduate, Krogmeier studied her hometown as an intern with the Center of Preservation Research through the University of Colorado College of Architecture and Planning. Krogmeier began her internship in the spring of 2012.
Surveying buildings in Holyoke, Haxtun and Paoli, the team of Christman, Krogmeier and Joe Coleman gathered data for many buildings. The area surveyed in Holyoke was mapped out by decade and function.
Krogmeier was immersed in historic architecture in Mount Vernon, Iowa while she was attending Cornell College. She began investigating historical architecture as an intern with the Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission.
Many of the buildings in Holyoke have been destroyed or heavily altered, but some of them have been well preserved.
Krogmeier remembers the layout of Holyoke from the 1990s, but did not think about the story behind the buildings until she began her research of the city.
The history about Inklings Bookstore and Krogmeier's house in Amherst were revealed as Krogmeier researched more.
The bookstore was built in 1915 and served as the Holyoke Automobile Company. The bookstore has been well preserved and looks fairly similar to the automobile company.
Looking at her own house, Krogmeier did not immediately realize it was originally a three-room building. Prior to modifications, it was apparent that the house was a hipped box type. A hipped box is characterized as one-story, square buildings with a hipped or pyramid roof, The Burlington and Missouri Railroad provided an early route to Holyoke for building materials.
Popular in Holyoke, 74 hipped box homes were included in the survey of Holyoke.
In total, 640 sites were surveyed including 540 houses. In order to build their report, the team surveyed all structures built before 1970.The survey provided types of buildings found in the area along with significant buildings and historic districts to be included in a database of all the buildings surveyed.
With the information collected, historic district recommendations were made. A National Register Multiple Property Documentation Form was also created to provide guidelines to evaluate the significance and eligibility of the buildings and district in the county.
The different architectural styles of the residences in Holyoke were presented by Christman.
Many of the structures were found using the assessor's database and modifications were discovered by comparing homes to photos found at the Phillips County Museum.
In addition to the hipped box, gable front structures dominate the area. Eighty-four gable front structures were identified, along with 43 other gable front and wing structures.
The gable front was the ideal house for narrow lots as it faced the street and extended backward.
Hall and parlor homes were popular housing types in the 19th century, but only 10 remain in Holyoke today.
Bungalows are characterized as one or one-and-a-half story structures with low pitched roofs and usually large porches. Fifty-three bungalows were included in the survey.
Folk Victorian houses are less common in Holyoke, only totaling 12 in the survey.
Even less common is the foursquare house. It resembles the hipped box, but had two or two-and-a-half stories. The team reported only three foursquare houses in Holyoke.
Most of the homes built in the early days of Holyoke were made from less expensive materials. Following World War II, masonry became more affordable.
As a result, English cottages were brought to the area. Identified by their steeply-pitched roofs and arched doorways, there are six English Cottages in Holyoke.
A mid-century type of house was the minimal traditional. This house usually has a projecting front gable and minimal ornamentation. The surveying group counted 53 minimal traditional style homes in the area.
The single-story, low to the ground ranch houses arrived in Holyoke in the 1950s and 1960s. Often including large picture windows and an attached garage, 83 ranch houses remain in Holyoke.
Along with giving audience members an idea of the current residential characteristics, Christman explained building trends throughout the history of Holyoke.
Today, none of the sod houses remain that were built by homesteaders in the 1880s. In an area once referred to as the "Great American Desert," settlers came with high hopes.
Most of the early buildings were put up very quickly, making use of the limited resources in the area. Drought in the 1890s discouraged the settlers and many buildings were abandoned. Those that weren't were replaced or renovated. Only three structures remain from the 1890s.
The early development of Holyoke boomed between 1910 and 1920. Of the surveyed buildings, 212 sprang up during the 10-year span. 194 of the sites were residential and the other 18 were commercial buildings.
The town's population fluctuated based on agricultural trends, so a push in farming in the early 1900s brought in many settlers.
The biggest building boom in Holyoke occurred in 1918 when 103 houses were built. Following World War I, there was a greater demand for land, bringing in more settlers.
The commercial buildings used to have gable or shed roofs that would be covered with a rectilinear front. The fronts were used to make the town look more prosperous and gave business owners more room to advertise on the front of the buildings.
There are 10 false fronts remaining in Holyoke. The Wolf Auto Center building, built in 1905, provides a good example of how a false front can be utilized for large signs.
False fronts over frame buildings were replaced by brick buildings as the town became established.
Simple houses were also being replaced by styles that were popular across the nation. A push toward cleanliness and efficiency led to small homes with built in furniture.
Access to popular styles came in the form of catalog homes. Mass produced materials meant the home could be made at a cheaper cost or the ready-cut materials could be put in a railcar to be delivered to a building site to be assembled.
Throughout the years, single story homes became more popular. The kitchen became the central part of the home and floor plans became more open and large windows were used to make small homes feel larger.
From the survey, Christman and Krogmeier realized many of the buildings in Holyoke are much older than they appear and the alterations on the buildings reveal the trends in building styles.
Holyoke Enterprise June 20, 2013