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Ripe Wheat Hat
Lion Brand® Wool-Ease
Thick & Quick
Pattern Number: L0491C This pattern is worked flat and seamed together to form the finished hat.
SKILL LEVEL: Beginner (Level 1)
SIZE: One Size
Finished Circumference 19 in. (48.5 cm) Hat will stretch to fit a range of sizes.
CORRECTIONS: None
640-502 Wool-Ease Thick & Quick Yarn: Mesquite
Chocolate brown with tan and grass green
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Exact gauges is not imporant to this project.
Chain 19.
Row 1: Single crochet in 2nd chain from hook and in each chain across - 18 single crochet.
Row 2: Chain 1, turn, working in back loops only, single crochet in each single crochet across.
Repeat Row 2 until piece measures 19 in.
(48.5 cm) from beginning.
Fasten off, leaving a long tail.
Thread tail through ends of rows along one long edge and pull to gather for top of Hat.
Knot securely.
Seam ends to make Hat.
Following package directions make a pom-pom.
Tie pom-pom to top of Hat.
Weave in ends.
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Athens, GA- An Athens day care center says a woman accused of unlawfully taking her child from the center got inside by waiting until another parent exited a door requiring a security code.
The sheriff's department said 48-year-old Shannon Fluri had lost custody of her child. She was arrested after a 90-minute search and charged with interference with custody.
Oconee Preschool Academy reviewed what happened Wednesday and released a statement saying a teacher recognized Fluri after she gained access and told her not to get the child. The teacher phoned the day care center's director.
The Athens Banner-Herald reports the director also told Fluri not to leave, but she fled with the child. The director ran after them but did not physically try to stop them. The director then called 911.
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Justin Hardy continues to put up big numbers for the East Carolina Pirates.
The West Craven grad is a sophomore wide receiver for ECU.
Hardy caught six passes for 137 yards and two touchdowns in the Pirates� 41-7 win over Memphis on Saturday.
He caught a 67-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Shane Carden in the first quarter to give the Pirates a 7-0 lead. He then corralled an 11-yard touchdown catch in the third quarter.
Hardy leads ECU with 45 receptions for 617 yards and seven touchdowns.
Hardy was recently added to the Biletnikoff Award Watch List, an award given to the nation�s most outstanding wide receiver. The winner of the award will be announced on Dec. 6.
JAVARUS MCCONNER (New Bern) is a freshman defensive back for the Livingstone Blue Bears. McConner intercepted a pass and returned it 32 yards, setting up Livingstone�s first score in its 48-20 win over Shaw on Saturday.
McConner had three tackles and broke up a pass. He has two interceptions on the season.
KEVIN REDDICK (New Bern) is a senior linebacker for the UNC Tar Heels. Reddick tallied four tackles and broke up a pass against Miami on Saturday.
He has 37 tackles and two sacks on the season.
The Tar Heels travel to Duke on Saturday.
ERIK HIGHSMITH (West Craven) is a senior wide receiver for the North Carolina Tar Heels. Highsmith caught eight passes for 57 yards in UNC�s 18-14 win over Miami on Saturday.
Highsmith has 35 catches for 326 yards.
DANNY WEBSTER JR. (Havelock) is a sophomore wide receiver for the ECU Pirates. Webster had three receptions for 15 yards against Memphis on Saturday. He has 11 catches for 91 yards this season.
DEYLAN BUNTYN (Havelock) is a 6-foot-4, 300-pound defensive tackle for the N.C. State Wolfpack.
COREY ROBINSON (Havelock) is a 6-foot-8, 337-pound offensive tackle for the South Carolina Gamecocks. Robinson got the start at left tackle in the Gamecocks� 23-21 loss at LSU on Saturday.
The Gamecocks� offensive is averaging 378 yards per game.
South Carolina plays at Florida on Saturday.
JERRELL ARMSTRONG (New Bern) is a defensive back for the Elon Pheonix. Armstrong has 11 tackles on the season.
J.R. WILLIAMS (New Bern) is a sophomore running back for the Chowan Hawks.
Williams ran for 20 yards on 10 carries in the Hawks� 28-21 win over Virginia Union on Saturday. He also caught three passes for 17 yards.
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MARC LEWIS (West Craven) is a senior defensive back for the N.C. Central Eagles.
Lewis had a tackle in N.C. Central�s 24-20 win over Morgan State on Saturday.
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THOMAS JUNE (West Craven) is a junior defensive lineman for the Methodist Monarchs. June has six tackles.
WILLIAM GRIFFITH (Havelock) is a defensive back for Chowan. Griffith has 19 tackles for the Hawks. He made two tackles and had an interception in Saturday�s 28-21 win over Virginia Union.
DEREK NELSON (Havelock) is a freshman defensive lineman with the Chowan Hawks. Nelson has three tackles on the season.
ANDY KEEL (Havelock) is a freshman defensive back for the Livingstone Bears.
QIN-DARIUS MEADOWS (Jones Senior) is a freshman defensive back for the N.C. Wesleyan Bishops.
QUAMINE COX(Jones Senior) is a freshman wide receiver for the N.C. Wesleyan Bishops.
RASHAAD SMITH (Jones Senior) is a freshman fullback for the N.C. Wesleyan Bishops.
SHAWN ERVIN (Jones Senior) is a freshman defensive lineman for the N.C. Wesleyan Bishops. Ervin has nine tackles for the Battling Bishops.
TIRON GUION (New Bern) is a sophomore linebacker for the N.C. Central Eagles. Guion has 20 tackles this season. He had a tackle in the Eagles� 24-20 win over South Carolina State on Saturday.
JOHN WHEATLEY (New Bern) is a freshman wide receiver for the Louisburg Hurricanes. Wheatley has 11 receptions for 143 yards and a touchdown.
CALVIN PATE (New Bern) is a freshman defensive lineman for the Louisburg Hurricanes. Pate has 13 tackles and three sacks for the Hurricanes.
KARON SIMMONS (New Bern) is a freshman running back at Louisburg College. Simmons has a carry for four yards.
SHADE SIMPSON (New Bern) is a freshman wide receiver at Louisburg College.
BRENT JACKSON (New Bern) is a 6-foot-1, 320-pound offensive lineman playing for the West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats.
CHRIS PERSON (West Craven) is a sophomore defensive back at Fayetteville State. Person has an interception and six tackles on the season.
WILLIAM ROBINSON (New Bern) is a sophomore linebacker at Contra Costa College in San Pablo, Calif.
TYRELL LINDSEY (New Bern) is a sophomore wide receiver at Contra Costa College in San Pablo, Calif.
RASHAD BENJAMIN (New Bern) is a sophomore wide receiver at Contra Costa College in San Pablo, Calif.
RONDELL MCNAIR (New Bern) is a sophomore defensive lineman at Contra Costa College in San Pablo, Calif.
ANTHONY GRIST (New Bern) is a sophomore running back at Bethany (Kan.) College. Grist ran for seven yards on three carries in a 44-7 loss to Tabor College.
Grist has nine carries for 35 yards on the season.
CAMERON CURLINGS (New Bern) is a freshman offensive lineman at UNC-Charlotte. The 49ers will begin their first football season in 2013.
BRUCE CARTER (Havelock) is a linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys.
Page 3 of 3 - Carter had five tackles in the Cowboys� 31-29 loss to the Baltimore Ravens� on Sunday.
Carter has 27 tackles through four games.
MONTARIO HARDESTY (New Bern) is a running back for the Cleveland Browns. Hardesty gained 56 yards on 15 carries. He scored his first NFL touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter to give Cleveland a 20-14 lead.
The Browns defeated the Cincinnati Bengals, 34-24.
GUY WHIMPER (Havelock) is a right offensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
LOGAN KINGMAN (New Bern) is a senior goalkeeper for the St. Michael�s College (Vt.) Purple Knights.
Kingmanplayed 90 minutes and had two saves in St. Michael�s 2-0 loss to New Haven on Saturday.
Kingman has a 6-4-3 record in 13 starts. He�s played 1,141 minutes and has 51 saves.
KATLIN POVICH (New Bern) is a senior soccer player for the East Carolina Pirates. Povich played nine minutes for East Carolina in its 0-0 tie against Tulsa on Sunday. She logged two minutes in the Pirates� scoreless tie to SMUon Friday.
NICOLE SPINK (Havelock) is a freshman at Methodist University. Spink has played in nine games and has one shot on goal.
KARA BOGGS (New Bern) is a sophomore goalkeeper for the Wofford Terriers. Boggs has played in seven games. She has 21 saves, allowed nine goals and has one shutout.
EMILY KNORTZ (New Bern) is a freshman midfielder for the Campbell Camels.
CHRISTIAN HANSEN (New Bern) is a freshman goalkeeper at UNC-Charlotte.
ALICIA REYNOLDS (Havelock) is a freshman middle blocker at Elizabeth City State. She has 23 kills and 39 blocks.
CHAQUITA JACKSON (West Craven) is a sophomore at Fayetteville State. She has eight kills and three blocks.
SAM WILSON (New Bern) is a junior swimmer at Gardner-Webb. Wilson competed in the All-North Carolina College Invitational in Greensboro.
Wilson finished 12 in the 1650 freestyle with a time of 17 minutes, 18 seconds. He was 23rd in the 500 freestyle with a swim of 4:59.61.
Gardner-Webb placed fifth.
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OTSEGO, Mich. (AP) -- A Great Dane from Michigan is doggone tall.
The Guinness World Records 2013 book published Thursday recognizes Zeus of Otsego, Mich., as the world's Tallest Dog.
The 3-year-old measures 44 inches from foot to shoulder.
Standing on his hind legs, Zeus stretches to 7-foot-4 and towers over his owner, Denise Doorlag. Zeus is just an inch taller than the previous record-holder, Giant George.
Zeus weighs 155 pounds and eats a 30-pound bag of food every two weeks.
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So I use the MRS . Think I found a couple good areas. Then I use the search function ( ie unit 114) and the only good area in the whole unit is within the small private land irrigation area to the west.
So what other search functions and resources do you guys use for real time answers to good units right now.
I have 4 points and want to hunt next year.
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Both of them (cousin and uncle) are more of the indoor/outdoor FP shooters. They do hunt with their bows (hunting bows) and we are not at the liberty to hunt private lands nor ground blinds. They don't archery hunt as much as I do and have done in the past years. I guess you can only check and re-check your equipment soo much before you just say well....maybe it cannot be done. Again if you are able to get it done with your equipment than that is great. I am just saying that over and over I read of people posting that it can be done and for those beginners (like I once was) think they can go and do it and realize that maybe it just can't be done to perfection.
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Green into gray, earth into a hazy sky, one melts into the other. Motionless in the sultry morning, corn seems to stretch to infinity. Nothing stirs. I loved Argentina, Antonio Cinti Luciani says, gesturing out the open window of his pickup as he looks over the fields. If theres a place on this planet where you can practice agriculture to the edge, its South America. Therere places there you can go beyond the frontiers. This swath of coastal Carolina, hypnotic in its sheer expanse and flatness, reminds him of that.
Luciani, 43, came to this place eight years ago. An animated Italian with agricultural degrees from universities in his homeland and Mexico, he had been happy in Argentina, but on a visit home he met Mario Visentini, who with his brother owns this corner of Carteret County. It was once so remote, local lore has it, a puckish land surveyor put up a sign: Nowhere, N.C. Visentini offered Luciani a job as production manager of their farm.
There. He points to a long, low building plopped in a field. Thats our fertilizer and chemical plant. In a typical year, his fertilizer bill is $2.5 million. Nearby rears a cluster of battleship-gray grain bins, linked by spidery chutes and conveyors. That one can store 1 million bushels, and that one, 1 million. That one, we can dry 6,000 bushels an hour. That one, 2,000 bushels. Weather and commodities markets willing, more than $25 million of corn and soybeans flow through the bins in a year. A fleet that includes seven Caterpillar tracked tractors rests in the equipment lot, and inside a giant hangar, four $450,000 grain combines, among other things, await harvest season.
The pavement ends past the grain bins. But straight as a bullet flies, the dusty road continues until vanishing on the horizon. Others, perpendicular, do the same. Every block is about a square mile, and we have 70 blocks, so if you went by that, it would be 280 miles, but a few blocks are not quite a mile so Luciani stops to calculate. Id say we have about 250 miles of our own roads and about the same amount of canals.
This is the largest farm in the Eastern United States. Wrested from nature over the last century, its 57,000 acres cover nearly a fifth of Carteret County, sprawling over 63% of the farmland. Its site, most of the peninsula between the Neuse River and Core Sound north of Beaufort, is known to few in North Carolina. Open Grounds Farm Inc., as if hiding in plain sight, is known by even fewer, except in the realm of agriculture, where its unlikely history, advanced technology, productivity and model for the agriculture of the future are regarded with awe.
Its absolutely amazing, says Steve Troxler, who as N.C. commissioner of agri-culture presides over a state where farms average about 160 acres. Here, the romanticized notion of the small farmer confronts the reality of an urbanizing state of more than 9 million people and a planet whose population is approaching 7 billion. We operate in a world market. We export over $3 billion of North Carolina agricultural products every year. We have everything from the largest farm this side of the Mississippi Open Grounds to small farms that only sell their products locally. That kind of diversity is what we have to have to feed North Carolina and the nation.
Open Grounds is a place of paradoxes, where measurements are made not just in miles and acres but also inches and ounces. Like this. Jonathan Peppers, in charge of fertilization and pesticides, hoists himself twice his height into the cab of a $120,000 sprayer and turns the ignition key. It quivers as the diesel engine fires. He codes a Falcon II agricultural computer program, then inserts a disk hes programmed. The global-positioning antenna on the roof picks up signals from a satellite 12,000 miles above, and the machines computer system takes over. Now he or one of the other employees can distribute chemicals over as much as 1,500 acres a day, touching the steering wheel only to turn the nearly robotic machine at the edge of a field.
And like this. Giant-scale farming in 2011 uses auto-steer technology so precise that equipment veers barely more than the length of a dollar bill along a mile-long row as it plants seed, spreads fertilizer and pesticides and harvests grain without overlapping or missing spots. With fertilizer, the computer applies metered nutrients pinpointed to soil needs, which can vary substantially within the square-mile blocks. Too much wastes money or flushes into nearby estuaries. Too little diminishes yields. The ultimate paradox, though, isnt in the technology.
In one way, this high-tech farm is closer than most to those where a man once sweated behind a mule from daylight to dusk to till an acre or two, praying that his years work wouldnt be destroyed by a 5-minute hailstorm. Because its foreign-owned, Open Grounds gets no government subsidies, no bailouts and no supplemental payments when prices plunge, markets gyrate or weather fails. This is free-market farming. As Greg Rowland, the farms business manager, points out: We have to practice self-reliance and sustainable agriculture. We have no choice.
Spring rains were stingy, leaving whirlwinds to whip up dust along dry drainage canals. But water shaped this land. Ten thousand years ago, the last Ice Age lowered the Atlantic, now less than 15 miles from the farms eastern edge, leaving bogs that Indians called pocosin Algonquian for swamp on a hill. Thickets of briars, gallberry, palmetto and shrub oak flourished, died and decayed for millennia, layering down black, organic peat-like soil. Settlers called this open grounds because of its scrub vegetation.
In the early 1900s, the rich soil attracted land barons and speculators financed by stock-market gains, encouraged by Congress friendly farm-finance laws and lured by nearly free land, some of it costing less than a dime an acre. Nearly free proved expensive. The most famous attempt to farm waterlogged coastal North Carolina occurred about 90 miles northeast of Open Grounds. Colonial farmers had dreamed of emptying shallow Lake Mattamuskeet in Hyde County to tap land that reputedly was the worlds most fertile, and finally, a succession of three private companies set about draining and pumping it dry. Reversals and bankruptcies ensued. By the 1930s, after they had spent two decades and more than $4 million $45 million in 2011 dollars nature reclaimed 50,000-acre Mattamuskeet, the states largest natural lake and now a federal wildlife refuge.
At the same time, speculators were setting their sights on Carteret County. In 1916, they bought 30,000 acres of open grounds near the Neuse River hamlet of Merrimon. In 1921, they hired a Chicago engineering firm to drain the tract but abandoned the project as hopeless three years and hundreds of thousands of dollars later. One investor committed suicide in despair. Another bequeathed his share to his alma mater, the University of Chicago. Then came Georgina Yeatman.
Daughter of a Philadelphia mining engineer, she held degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1936, she paid the university $21,000 for its 25,000 acres, then endeavored more than 40 years to turn Open Grounds into a viable farm, including dairy cows and pampas-style ranges of beef cattle tended by cowboys on horseback. Where others failed, she and partner Mildred Mulford endured. Near the home they raised on a watery point, Yeatman built a landing strip for the airplane she piloted. By the 50s, she had boosted her holdings to more than 43,000 acres.
In the early 70s, facing the encroaching silence of deafness, she began looking for a buyer. These were tumultuous times. The Arab oil embargo inflamed passions, and when Middle Easterners began shopping for Tar Heel farmland, paranoia grew. Would oil-rich sheiks control the states breadbasket? Worried legislators tried to block foreign ownership but failed. In 1974, Gruppo Ferruzzi SpA, an Italian farming conglomerate, offered $3.7 million for Open Grounds. Thirty-seven years later, foreigners own only about 1% of the states farmland, almost unchanged since then. Ownership of that land by a foreign company or individual is in no way detrimental to agriculture in North Carolina, Troxler says. Things have changed so much over the years. A lot of the grain they produce at Open Grounds is used by our poultry, pork and other producers right here in the state.
Wayne Long watched the land where he grew up pass to its new owners. Open Grounds forestry manager walks warily into a parcel of the 10,000 acres of pine timber he oversees. You want to see me get snake bit, dont you? he jokes, eyeing the undergrowth. His family moved here when he was 7 after Georgina Yeatman offered his father, a farmer whose own crops had failed, a job. Now in his 60s, Long saw the world with the Coast Guard, then came back. By the time the Italians bought out Yeatman, who died in 1982, Open Grounds had tried raising sheep, goats and other live- stock and was concentrating on beef cattle. He remembers general manager Livio Ferruzzi, who had a Ph.D. in agriculture, asking if enough land might be drained to convert to grain crops. I told Dr. Ferruzzi, I dont think theres enough money in the world to do that. The Italians were not deterred.
On a wall hangs a large picture of the farm taken by astronauts from space, its grids like patches on a quilt. Rainfall is already about 10 inches down, half of whats normal for this point in early summer. Greg Rowland turns to his computer and checks email. A customer up in Clinton says they had a sparse rain last night and wanted to know what we had. Rowlands answer: None. Concern in the Sampson County town is well-placed. Its in the heart of North Carolinas pork belt and home of Prestage Farms Inc., one of the nations largest producers. Open Grounds is one of its large feed suppliers. Other customers include titans of Tar Heel agriculture, including Goldsboro Milling Co., which produces livestock feed and raises hogs and turkeys, and family-owned J.C. Howard Farms Inc. in Deep Run, near Kinston, as well as international giant Cargill Inc., based in Minneapolis.
Open Grounds is remote but not out of touch. It operates from this red brick building, with a gate and guardhouse on private Nelson Bay Road, the farms main entrance. I sometimes wish we hadnt given it a name, Rowland says. In this day of GPS navigation systems, people think its a public road and try to drive through. It ends 12 miles away, at the waters of Core Sound. Here, more than 20 miles from Beaufort, the nearest town, staff link to customers, commodities markets and, 4,500 miles away in the province of Rovigo, the Visentinis, whose fortune was built on diversified agricultural holdings and shipbuilding in Italy. They or their emissaries arrive three or four times a year for what Rowland describes as intense business visits, settling into a palatial, green-shuttered, two-story brick house behind iron gates and shrubs next to the office. Its backyard is a sea of corn.
This was developed by the Ferruzzis and then bought by the Visentinis in 1995, Rowland says. As you can imagine, not everybody was in a position to develop and farm large tracts of land like this. It had to be someone with capital and the vision to do it. The result is a business that employs 22 full time, plus part-timers and seasonal workers who bring the total to roughly 28. At this scale, precision is at a premium, and nothing that can be controlled, plotted or calculated is left to chance. In his office, Luciani trains remote video cameras on distant fields and buildings. Behind the wheel of his pickup, he points to unusually thick corn stalks. We plant on a 20-inch row spacing for both corn and soybeans. We get 33,000 plants per acre if we plant early. If we plant later, we get 30,000 plants per acre.
Bioengineered seeds use less fertilizer, pesticides and water, and the tight rows, nearly half the width as can be planted and harvested by human-steered equipment, boost production. In the 80s, farmers considered 90 bushels of corn per acre a good crop. The national average now is about 150. At Open Grounds, they shoot for 175. Dianne Farrer, the state Agriculture Departments Kinston-based regional agronomist, works closely with the farm, particularly analyzing soil. Organic matter is so high, it could nearly burn, she says. In fact, peat wildfires plague northeastern North Carolina. In moist, organic soils where the moisture is good, theyve been able to get almost double the yields they would on mineral soils. Of course, your averages can always be pulled down by a stinker of a field, no matter what you do. Or by lack of moisture.
Open Grounds annually rotates soybeans and corn, which have different nutritional needs. This year, it has about 15,000 acres of corn and 18,000 of soybeans. It doesnt plow fields, which breaks the earths crust and was blamed for Americas Dust Bowl in the 30s. No-till farming, in which planting machines drop seeds into holes punched in sod, retains moisture, which is vital without irrigation. When organic soil dries out, its almost like powder, its so light, Farrer says. But when you have a wet, rainy season, it absorbs so much moisture it becomes a huge sponge. You have to find a happy medium. And a viable financial strategy.
The farm has contracts to supply some producers, but it also sells its grain on the open market. Able to store more than 2 million bushels corn recently was selling for more than $6 a bushel, soybeans for more than $13 timing domestic and global market fluctuations can mean gambling hundreds of thousands of dollars overnight. Even though the owner is thousands of miles away, were in constant communication, Rowland says. Hes looking at markets there; were looking at markets here. We talk to experts and other farmers and try to spread the risk. We wont always sell at the high but not at the low either. Thats similar, in stock-trading terms, to cost averaging.
Spreading risk is important. This year, about 5,000 acres are rented to other farmers, buffering the business with income not subject to market swings or the weather. And the farm, which quit raising cattle in 1997, experiments with various crops such as canola the coastal climate proved too warm in case the price of mainstay grains falls. The absence of government subsidies and support programs, with their long-term commitments, leaves Open Grounds vulnerable, but it also permits it to be nimble. One advantage we have is that, as one large, contiguous piece of land, its a little easier to try certain things, Rowland says. Lands available, so we dont have to go out and rent it in small bits and pieces. That allows Antonio to do a lot of experimental things, even with the commodities we grow. Say for corn, he plants lots of hybrids to see how they react and perform.
In the 90s, under Ferruzzi Group ownership, when it jumped to $1 a pound, Open Grounds got into cotton, producing two 500-pound bales per acre when many Tar Heel growers were stuck at a bale an acre. When prices declined in 2001, it dropped cotton and increased corn and soybean production. There is an endless battle of price versus production cost. Nationwide, corn doubled to about $6.80 a bushel in July from a year earlier, propelled by ethanol demand and overseas purchases, one reason net farm income is expected to rise 20% this year. Hampered by near-record dry weather, Open Grounds expects its corn yields to drop to less than 150 bushels an acre, about a $15 million crop at July prices, and soybeans to fall to about 40 bushels an acre, at about $13.30 a bushel, a crop worth $10 million or so. That would give the farm close to $25 million in income, not counting rental payments, timber sales and other sources.
You have to look at return on investment, Luciani says. Part of the spike in corn prices is linked to increased cost of production. That includes higher prices for fuel, which has nearly doubled in two years, and of fertilizer, which requires large amounts of energy to produce. Seven years ago, fertilizer might have been $150 a ton. Now its six or seven times that.
Small houses and doublewides scattered along narrow Merrimon Road, the way to Open Grounds, sit on foundations that are head-high. Without rain, only dregs of water puddle deep in roadside ditches, but mosquitoes hover and redwing blackbirds chirp in rushes. Its calm now, but this is hurricane country. Bays bearing names such as Nelson, Turnagain and Horton and the North and South rivers jut into Open Grounds or, from the air, appear to point their waters like jagged daggers at the farm, much of which rises only 3 feet above sea level.
It is not, however, the prospect of a rising Atlantic that keeps Luciani, Long or Rowland awake. While that might make dewatering the land more difficult, other threats are more pressing. Already, traffic is increasing along Merrimon Road as vacation houses and retirement homes are built along the bays and rivers. As the urban environment encroaches on the rural environment, more rural land is being converted, Rowland says. The Visentinis are committed to agriculture, but there comes a price at which a farmer, Italian or otherwise, cant say no. The concern is shared in Raleigh. The truth of the matter is, we lost a half-million acres of productive farmland between 2002 and 2007, Troxler says. If we dont hold on to the natural resources, were not going to be able to maintain the $70 billion-a-year agribusiness industry we have in this state. The second-largest industry is the military, and its about $20 billion. Thats how important it is.
Instead of invincible, the size and remoteness of Open Grounds makes it an inviting target. In 2000, a private consortium of aerospace companies, led by Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Lockheed Martin Corp., proposed a spaceport here to launch the VentureStar orbiting craft. A principal requirement: a 6-mile-diameter tract with no people. The plan collapsed, but not before county commissioners voted unanimously to support it. The Marines proposed an airfield here, on the basis that training missions could be flown without leaving air space above the farm. Numerous sources have called for a Navy landing-practice airfield, shunned by other coastal communities, at Open Grounds. Upstream towns have talked about running their sewage here.
The farm has faced repeated attacks by environmental groups, who accuse it of polluting the Neuse and other bodies of water with fertilizer, insecticide and runoff. But its generally been cleared by state environmental regulators. It routinely cooperates with Duke and N.C. State universities in pollution and agricultural research. Weve got a unique situation here, Rowland says. The first thing you notice from satellite photos is how were surrounded by rivers, estuaries, the sound. Through the years, weve cooperated with marine labs and N.C. State for research into how developed land can interact with the environment. They come and do their research, but at the same time weve been able to take their research and advance things were doing here.
Open Grounds poses other challenges. Luciani, who came here in 2003 from Argentina, where he ran a 50,000-head livestock ranch, feels freedom in its vastness. Others see monotony, isolation and loneliness. Those like Wayne Long, experienced in the ways of farming the black land, are increasingly rare, and younger workers are hard to hire. Its a problem, and on a farm of 57,000 acres, there are no small problems.
The diffused sun shines through a colorless haze. Only stunted plants break through dry soil. Beyond the fields of green corn, more than 4,000 acres of soybeans, which in a good year might have grossed more than $2 million, have failed to germinate and will have to be replanted. That will cost thousands of dollars and drive home an inescapable truth. In the end, in spite of the technology, Rowland says, were still at the mercy of the weather. As much as the farmer with the mule.


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Muzz also debuted the new adidas Andy Murray Competition duds designed specifically with the fifth seed in mind. He's wearing the Traditional Polo in blue + acid buzz ($54) which features a 3-button placket collar with contrasting side panels and a mesh panel on back for ventilation.
The polo is paired with the Bermuda Shorts in white ($46) which have a mesh-lined inset and contrast markings on back.
And of course Muzz will be wearing the uber-popular Barricade V's ($110) in blue + white.
Firstly, let me say I really miss him in Fred Perry. Their designs were so beautifully classic and helped Muzz stand out from the crowd of techno fibers and glaring color choices. I particularly loved when they took vintage looks and styles and gave them a modern twist for his matches.
That being said I like the use of acid buzz to help these pieces pop against the blue courts, even though I don't find the actual design compelling (or the roomy fit for that matter.)
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"Firstly, let me say I really miss him in Fred Perry. Their designs were so beautifully classic..."ReplyDelete
But...but...that was the problem right there, no? Fred Perry only gave him a kinda classic design for Wimbly last year (which I loved). The rest of the time it was just fugly, oversized stuff like...yeah, Adidas stuff. Fred Perry f-cked it up big time, in my opinion. Shame that.
- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2010 at 2:35 AM
Yeah, see what you're saying CC, but this is not a good color choice imo! He's playing on a BLUE court for godsake, and they gave him almost the same shade for his shirt! He doesnt stand out much at all.ReplyDelete
At least Federer's shirt is a lighter shade
xx Jyocka
Acid buzz?! What color is marijuana high?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2010 at 10:38 AM
Love the shoes, love the blue, don't mind the acid whatever it is colour. Hate that it is a polo shirt.ReplyDelete
CC: True not everything was beautifully classic but they managed to stay away from outlandish designs elements or crayola colorways for their clothing. After having to look at most of adidas' stuff the last few years it was a welcome relief at least to me.ReplyDelete
Acid buzz?! What color is marijuana high?
ROFL no comment 'cause, uh, I wouldn't know.
- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2010 at 2:34 PM
Muzz actually looked good to me in his new duds. Maybe it's his tan, but the outfit didn't hurt.ReplyDelete
I agree that Fred Perry wasted a chance. But I guess money talks and who knows how much loot Mr. Murray wanted.


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Since there had not been any offensives launched by either side against the other, why declare war just because Japan had attacked the USA?
There actually was an 88-minute long speech from Hitler in the Reichstag on December 11th, 1941, which was four days after the japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor, where he officially declared that Germany would join Japan in the war against the USA. In this speech, he mentioned a few of his personal reasons for this decision.
I think this would be an interesting read regarding this question, and there's a translation by a Mr. Mark Weber on the Website of the Institute of Historical Review
I need to correct myself a little, the official war declaration was issued 2 hours before the speech, quote taken from the same website as mentioned above:
Institute of Historical Review is considered by many to be a revisionist, Holocaust-denying institution with links to neo-Nazi organizations. Their translation of Hitler's speech might have been manipulated for propaganda purposes.
The US was already in a naval war with Germany (and not doing real well), was supplying all sorts of arms, supplies, and even warships to Britain, and was flagrantly violating the laws of war applicable to neutrals. Hitler was expecting war at some time in the near future, and chose to declare war first.
Hitler was also counting on the Japanese Navy to at least neutralize the US Navy, and considered the US to be a racially mixed and hence weak nation.
During World War II, American aid to the Allies fell under three categories:
American "Lend Lease" efforts had troubled Hitler and his admirals all through 1941. This was particularly true after American forces occupied Iceland, and the U.S. extended its zone of protection that far east, meaning that Britain would have to "cover" a relatively short part of the North Atlantic route on its own. Hitler could barely restrain his admirals from attacking U.S. ships.
Basically, Hitler could not win the war without the aid of Japan, because Germany was not strong enough to fight Britain and the Soviet Union alone (at least not after the latter received Lend Lease aid). Hitler could win if Japan could break the back of Britain (in India) or the Soviet Union (in Siberia). And it appeared to Hitler that Japan had, in fact, done this to the United States with its stunning (if incomplete) victory at Pearl Harbor. Journalist William L.Shirer reported in "the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" that Hitler exulted, "we cannot lose this war, for we have an ally that has not been defeated in 350 years."
Hitler believed that the Japanese had started the process of destroying the U.S. navy, and that his submarines could finish the job. With the U.S. supposedly helpless, Germany and Japan could divide up the eastern hemisphere before finishing their dealings with the Americas.
On the other hand, if the United States fought Japan, that country would not be able to help Hitler finish off Britain and the Soviet Union. If the United States defeated Japan, and allied with China and/or India, Hitler could not win the war even if he conquered Britain and the Soviet Union. Hitler's "best chance" was to help Japan contain the United States in exchange for Japan's help in the eastern hemisphere.
Because Germany, Italy and Japan were allies, and fighting common enemies together is exactly what a military alliance is about.
By the way, the USA actually wanted to get involved in WWII, because they really didn't like how Germany was conquering most/all of Europe. Pearl Harbour and the Germany/Japan alliance acted as the classic casus belli.
In addition to the lend-lease reasons given by others, Japan had declared war on Britain at the same time as it declared war on the United States. Japan including the British Empire on the war declaration against the United States had to be reciprocated on the German side of the alliance with a declaration of war against the United States (since Britain and Germany had already been at war since 1939 at that point). With Japanese attacks on Malaya and Singapore, threatening Australia further south and India to the west, British ships and imperial troops (mostly from Australia) had to be withdrawn from the Mediterranean and North Africa and redeployed to the Pacific. It continued the pressure on Britain's links to its imperial possessions and dominions in the Indian and Pacific Ocean, which had been a major objective of the North Africa campaign (i.e. cut off the Suez Canal). With the Empire in the Pacific largely unprotected, Germany may have hoped Japan would be able to quickly neutralize the British Empire in the Asia Pacific region.
At the same time, in the Atlantic, Germany could now target American shipping to Britain far more openly. If the Japanese could win quick victories in the Pacific, and the US was slower to react in the Atlantic, the "tit for tat" war declarations (Japan on Britain, Germany on the USA) could have forced Britain out of the war through cutting it off from the Empire and the USA alike. With Britain out of the war, it would have been much harder for the USA to actually become involved in the European theater, and as for the Pacific - well that was always going to be Japan's problem anyway.
Hitler, not being over-informed in US history or culture, probably felt such warfare was inevitable, and, indeed felt that the multicultural USA would indeed be a weak opponent, and that the prime German war aim would be done by the time they actually came to blows.
I think you have to consider Hitler's decision in conjunction with his antisemitism and the issues with which he was struggling in early December 1941.
Hitler, while he had a vision and a goal, didn't plan things far out; rather, he wanted to take advantage of opportunities. He saw the attack on Pearl Harbor as one. Expecting that America would focus on the more direct aggressor, Japan, he declared war on America.
In the war to that point, Pres. Roosevelt wanted to help Britain, and did not want to see her defeated. There were various types of aid, but not much direct involvement. He could not go to war against Germany without good reason, which Hitler handed him. The rest, as they say, is history.
Hitler thought that by declaring war on the USA, he would persuade Japan to declare war on the USSR in turn. This did not happen, and it is one more strategic mistakes of Hitler.
Hitler truly believed that if he went ahead and took on the United States now that that his ally (Japan) was at war with them that they would do the same with his enemy the Soviet Union. At that point he very badly needed to relieve the pressure on his soviet front lines. However the leaders of Japan were nowhere as rash & impulsive (and may I say stupid) as Hitler. They were not about to do something like declare war on two super powers in the same week. As it would have it the tactic might have worked.
Sweden supplied war materials, especially ball bearings to both sides, why didn't Hitler declare war and cripple the Allies mechanized forces ?
The day Hitler declared war on other Aryans to uphold a unworthy non Aryan ally like Japan, he wrote Germanys epitaph of doom.


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Published: Monday, April 8, 2013 at 10:49 a.m.
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A campfire has been blamed for a 400-plus-acre wildfire that continued to burn Monday in the dry bed of Halfmoon Lake in the Ocala National Forest, just south of State Road 40.
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Fire officials warn that smoky conditions could persist in the Ocala National Forest along State Road 40 as a muck fire burns in the dry bed of Halfmoon Lake.
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The fire, which ignited late Sunday, burned dry brush across the southern lake bed near the Lake in the Forest RV Resorts, a snowbird campground 20 miles east of Ocala.
Firefighters from three agencies — U.S. Forest Service, Florida Forest Service and Marion Fire Rescue — battled the blaze Monday, keeping it in the lake bed and away from the campground of RVs and cabins.
Officials set backfires to burn dry underbrush near the campground, off Southeast 183rd Avenue Road, to keep the fire under control. The campground is at the end of the limerock Southeast 44th Street, just east of 183rd.
Area residents should expect smoky conditions along SR 40 and surrounding roadways for days, according to Ludie Bond, a Florida Forest Service spokeswoman speaking on behalf of the U.S. Forest Service.
Though the fire was only 60 percent contained, which means fire lines have been plowed around 60 percent of its perimeter, officials said Monday it was under control.
U.S. Forest Service District Ranger Mike Herrin said the blaze was started by a primitive campfire. Such fires were banned recently because of dry conditions. A primitive campfire is one a person makes on the ground and is not set in an approved fire pit, or in fire rings located at most federal campgrounds.
Herrin said there were signs that somebody tried to put the fire out after it got away from them. The U.S. Forest Service's investigative team was still following leads to determine who started the blaze.
Herrin warned that residents who start a wildfire — even if unintentionally — can be charged criminally and/or be required to pay for the property damage and the cost to the departments to put out the blaze.
Herrin said officials feel like "we have a better chance to contain this one" compared with the Hopkins Prairie fire in early March.
Herrin said that fire, which destroyed 10 homes and a dozen out buildings, was also caused by a primitive campfire.
A spark from that fire south of Salt Springs, just west of State Road 19, ignited the forest. Driven by wind, the fire raced east toward Lake George, jumping SR 19.
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Atlanta is reviewing the case and charges could be filed, Herrin said Monday. He could not provide more details until the investigation is complete.
Fire officials said they can keep the current blaze under control as long as conditions stay the way they are. It continues to burn in muck where firefighters cannot reach the fire.
They were completing fire lines around what, before the drought, used to be the shore line of Halfmoon Lake. Fire officials said they were setting blazes ahead of the fire, or what is called back burning. They hope to burn off the last 60 acres. In the end, 500 acres will have burned, officials estimate.
The U.S. Forest Service helicopter Fire Guard 1 was flying over the smoky blaze to map the acreage and help with the tactical approach. Herrin said it has been years since Halfmoon Lake actually had water at the burn site.
"We need tropical storms and hurricanes so it will fill up again," he said.
Since Jan. 1 at Marion County's official rain gauge in Ocala, only 3.58 inches of rain have been measured — 8 inches below normal for that time. Since the county is the size of Rhode Island, rain totals range significantly in different areas of the county.
As firefighters battled the blaze, nearby at Lake in the Forest RV Resorts, retirees Ron Rugh, 69, of Indiana, and Ed Gee, of Vermont, watched.
Rugh said all three firefighting agencies were doing a great job battling the blaze and keeping them informed.
At 8 a.m. Monday, Tom Aull, 69, from Maryland, said the smoke was so thick that when he looked out his RV window he couldn't see the clubhouse just a hundred feet away.
Bond said smoke could be an issue on area roadways for days to come, resembling the fires that smoldered for months in the same area last April. Those fires — dubbed Farmersbay and Lake Bryant 14 — frustrated residents, who complained about the unhealthy smoky conditions.
"Dry lake bed fires plagued us last year," Bond noted. "We could see similar conditions again this time."
Fire officials say rain is needed desperately. Though the winter and early spring is typically dry, it has been much drier than normal.
On Monday, the Keetch-Byram Drought Index for Marion County averaged 504 — which is considered dangerous — on the 800-point scale.
Every 100 points on the drought index equals 1 inch a person must dig into the ground to find moisture.
In the Waccasassa district, which includes Marion County, the average index was 431 on Monday. In the northern part of Florida, counties are saturated, boasting indexes near 100.
The Marion County Multi-Agency Wildland Task Force — comprised of local, state and federal officials — met briefly on Monday and decided to continue the voluntary burn ban.
Marion Fire Rescue spokeswoman Jessica Greene said residents should postpone outdoor burning until conditions improve. Residents are urged to take yard debris to the Baseline Landfill or a county recycling center.
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TV Guide reports that Jessica Collins (ex-Dinah Lee, LOVING) will join the CBS soap as attorney Avery Clark; her first airdate is July 27.
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Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - The big boys can finally rest easy. Jordan
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Video: Four bodies found in Johns Creek apartment
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. -- An autopsy has determined how a Johns Creek couple and their two sons died.
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Police found the bodies of 52-year-old Shivinder Grover, his 47-year-old wife Damanjit Kaur-Grover and their sons, 12-year-old Sartaj Grover and 5-year-old Gurtej Grover in their apartment Monday afternoon. Officers received a welfare check request at around 11:30 a.m. to respond to the family's first-floor home in the gated Aylesbury Farms apartment complex along Abbotts Bridge Road.
The Fulton County Medical Examiner determined Tuesday that the two boys died of sharp force injuries to the neck, while their mom was killed by blunt force head injuries. Shivinder Grover hanged himself. His death was ruled a suicide, while the other three deaths were ruled homicides.
The city of Johns Creek has had a police department for only five years. These are the city's first murders.
"It's pretty bad as you can imagine any time you deal with this," Police Chief Ed Densmore said. "When it involves kids, it's a little bit heart-wrenching."
Neighbor Joseph Olander said the Grovers were a kind and generous family. "They seemed to be a very loving couple and with two small boys seemed like a very normal family," he said.


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MLB approves sale of Padres
DENVER Call it "The Padres Group."
That's how Peter Seidler described the organization that now owns the San Diego Padres.
Major League Baseball identifies the new owners as the "Seidler/O'Malley families and Ron Fowler."
"However you describe us, let everyone in San Diego know that we are happy to be the owners of the Padres and excited to get going," Seidler said after Major League Baseball's other 29 owners quickly approved the sale of the Padres Thursday morning.
The key players in the Padres new ownership are four heirs to the O'Malley family that owned the Dodgers for five decades, San Diego businessman and civic leader Ron Fowler and professional golfer Phil Mickelson.
Kevin and Brian O'Malley are the sons of former Dodgers owner Peter O'Malley and grandsons of Walter O'Malley, the owner who brought the Dodgers west from Brooklyn after the 1957 season. Peter and Tom Seidler are the nephews of Peter O'Malley.
Fowler, the CEO of Liquid Investments, has been designated the "control person" of the new ownership group and Thursday was identified by Peter Seidler as the group's "executive chairman."
The ownership percentages were not detailed Thursday. More details about the structure of the new ownership group and what its plans are will be made after the purchase from John Moores and the minority owners is completed on or before Aug. 31.
The group's bid to purchase the Padres originated with the O'Malleys and Seidlers last spring after they failed in an attempt to purchase the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Shortly before that, Moores had put the Padres back on the market after Jeff Moorad's bid to purchase the Padres ran into stiff resistance during the pre-approval committee meetings during the January owners meetings. Moorad's "layaway" purchase of the Padres never reached a final vote and it was after the January meetings that Moorad withdrew as a buyer and resigned as Padres CEO.
The sale negotiations re-opened with Moores owning 50.68 percent of the Padres and the minority owner group put together by Moorad in 2009 owning 49.32 percent. During the negotiations with the O'Malleys, Fowler served as the general partner of the minority owners.
It was during the Seidler-O'Malley talks to purchase the Padres that Fowler became a pivotal player.
"Ron's our control person," said Peter Seidler. "I think Ron has a long, great history in San Diego and as significant investors, our family and Ron, we wanted to make our first decision for the franchise reflect the decision making that we'll hold ourselves to going forward.
"When our family first started thinking about San Diego, and heard there could be an opportunity with the Padres, we looked at it in the context (that) if there's community enthusiasm, for what we might consider at all levels, among the fans, among an ownership group that we want to put together with local ownership, supportive people that want to maintain long-term stability for the franchise.
"We've spent a lot of time with Ron really getting to know him, without talking to him about the Padres deal whatsoever, for months. Talking about our philosophy in owning a baseball franchise, the responsibility that comes with that. It was a very, very easy decision for all of us to make.
"We felt it was black-and-white clear that Ron would be a great control person for the franchise and the best possible person for that role. He'll lead the franchise and be the executive chairman."
What roles the Seidlers and O'Malleys will fill remain unclear. Peter Seidler reiterated a previous statement that Tom Garfinkel will remain the Padres CEO and Josh Byrnes will remain the general manager.


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You guys have to check this out. Dr. Lou is ripping it up on FOX NEWS!!! No joke.
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Can you even understand ol sloberlips?
Originally Posted by ChrisMWilliams
You guys have to check this out. Dr. Lou is ripping it up on FOX NEWS!!! No joke.
he has been on b4.
Originally Posted by vanillathrilla
Can you even understand ol sloberlips?
I can understand the whole college football thing...he was a coach. But why in God's name do we need to see this old man breaking down American politics too!
What was he saying?
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he has been on b4.
Shows how much I watch FOX News.
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What was he saying?
Does it really matter? Just the fact that he's on that show speaks volumes.
I think I would rather watch Hawkeye sports than watch Fox News. Same goes for MSNBC.
Originally Posted by Gonzo
Does it really matter? Just the fact that he's on that show speaks volumes.
Quote of the day.
hahahaha i can't watch this... Lou is just out of control.
When Prepared, Fear No One.
I'll watch O'Reilly. Not so much for Hannity of Glen Beck.
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Originally Posted by Rogue52
What was he saying?
I think he was wanting to know where their Curious George books were...
Im just glad I have Homan as my bodyguard, Eustachy joked. If I ever make it real big and get to drive a limo everyday, hell be driving it. I thought he came off the bench like somebody was stealing his cow or something.
I would rather stab my eyes and ears out then leave it on that channel for more then 3 seconds.
NHL teams need to be added to the favorite teams section.
Honestly, I'm not sure how anyone can listen to ANY national news? It's all so slanted one way or another, it's disgusting.
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BUILD Celebrates 35 Years of Service
Although many of its founders have passed away, the organization they helped create–Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development (BUILD)—is still going strong 35 years after being forged as a community umbrella of leadership and support.
The core of Baltimore's movers and shakers gathered recently at the Enoch Pratt Library to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the broad-based community power organization.
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), state Sen. Verna Jones-Rodwell, state Sen. Bill Ferguson, state Attorney General Doug Gansler and Baltimore Councilman Carl Stokes were among the many politicians and corporate leaders present who helped honor the organization's now-deceased founders Rev. Vernon Dobson, Rev. Marion Bascom, Monsignor Clare O'Dwyer and Rev. Wendell Phillips.
"In the past 35 years, BUILD has been the most community engaged and organizing group in the city passing the first living wage ordinance in the country, rebuilding the Sandtown community and currently rebuilding the East Oliver community," said Bishop Douglas Miles, clergy co-chair emeritus of BUILD. "We helped with the Child First Authority, the largest after school initiative in the city, and the trust fund ordinance, which helped rebuild blighted communities."
Miles was among those whose love of Baltimore and tireless contributions to the betterment of the city were celebrated during the ceremony. BUILD also recognized the late Irene Mallory, who served on the strategy team of build for 20 years, who died in February 2013 during the event. According to the BUILD website, Mallory served as a pillar of the organization and was an amazing person who led from the background.
The event also included an evening of speakers including author and historian Taylor Branch, who highlighted the many past and present victories of BUILD in the community.
During the celebration, BUILD also celebrated the historic $1.1 billion appropriation to shore up the crumbling infrastructure of Baltimore City Schools. The award is the first phase in a total $2.4 billion fund that will be given to improve Baltimore's schools.
Hall said the fight for funding for schools helped to ensure that the Baltimore's funds, which he said so often are directed to high-profile projects in downtown Baltimore are now being steered to the neighborhoods of average income residents.
"We believe the $2.4 billion and the ability to modernize the school buildings and the ability to give students the confidence to see we care about their schools will be transformative," said Ojeda Hall, new lead organizer for BUILD. "But it's a catalyst for ongoing education reform."
Hall said additional funds will help to ensure Baltimore City Schools remain competitive and meet the educational and extracurricular needs of students.
As for its next 35 years, BUILD is continuing to partner with different organizations throughout the city. Hall said they are excited to bring on their newest partners, The Intersection, a student-led community organizing organization.
"The next initiative is a massive listening campaign," said Hall. "The mission is to know the city a deeper than grassroots level. It's been interesting listening to the city and see what they need and what the issues are."
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$50,000 PEGASUS TRAINING CENTER STAKESSUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 201346th RUNNING, 3YO & UP FILLIES & MARES, 1 1/16 MILETrack & State Record: 1:39 3/5, Kid Katabatic (5), July 26, 1998Stakes Record: 1:41 1/5, Hit a Star (5), Sept. 16, 2007Most WinsHorse: 2-tie Fleeting Class, 1968-69; Turn To Fire, 1971-72; Silk Chiffon, 1985-86Trainer: 3, David Forster (Tucumcari, 1998; Magic Code, 1999; Make Contact, 2001)Jockey: 3, Leslie Mawing (Halonator, 2005; Hit a Star, 2007; Cielator, 2012)
Owners Hometowns1—Cielator (5-2) Ron Crockett Inc. (Ron Crockett, Seattle, WA)2—Whiskey Miner (10) Jack Porter, Vancouver, WA 3—E Z Kitty (1-2) Highlander Racing Stables LLC (Bruce Maller, Incline Village, NV)4—Royal Moses (8) Squatting Dog Stable (Craig Harder, Moses Lake, WA) R G Warwick (Davenport, WA)5—Stephanie Plum (12) H.R. (Pat) Mullens, Tacoma, WA; R.A. Larson, Snohomish, WA; Ed Zenker, Tacoma, WA
Older Fillies & Mares @ Emerald DownsMay 12: $50,000 Hastings Handicap 6 Furlongs-E Z Kitty-1:08.26-$5.60June 9: $50,000 WA State Legislators Stakes, 6-½ Furlongs-Exclusive Diva-1:14.88-$5.60July 7: $50,000 Boeing Handicap, 1Mile-Gosailgo-1:35.08-$20.20Aug. 18: $65,000 Emerald Distaff, 1-1/8 Mile-E Z Kitty-1:49.24-$9Sept. 8: $50,000 Pegasus Training Center Stakes (Washington-bred) 1-1/16 Mile
SUPER 6 HANDICAPPERSJoe Withee (EmD1): E Z Kitty, Cielator, Stephanie Plum (4-21—$193.40)Robert Geller (EmD2): Stephanie Plum, Whiskey Miner, E Z Kitty (6-21—$192.50)Gary Dougherty (Horse Racing Seattle): E Z Kitty, Stephanie Plum, Cielator (8-21—$218.30)Vic Cozzetti (Predictorsays.com): E Z Kitty, Cielator, Stephanie Plum (6-21—$202.80)Nick Rousso (Daily Racing Form): E Z Kitty, Cielator, Royal Moses (5-21—$187.30)Jacob Pollowitz (EmD3): E Z Kitty, Cielator, Stephanie Plum (5-21—$190.10)Consensus: E Z Kitty (26), Stephanie Plum (10), Cielator (9) (6-21—$189.30)
NOTES: Defending champion Cielator could join Wasserman (Muckleshoot Tribal Classic 2008-2009) as the only horse to win the same Washington Cup race twice. Ladyledue (2008 Northwest Farms, 2009 Comcast SportsNet) and Noosa Beach (2008 Daily Racing Form Dennis Dodge, 2010 Muckleshoot Tribal Classic) have each won two different WA Cup races…E Z Kitty is the 1-to-2 morning line favorite on Rob Rao's line, but is that a good thing? Amazingly, odds-on favorites have lost five of the last six runnings of this race—Sis's Sis 2nd at 9-to-10 in 2012; Clair Annette 3rd at 4-to-5 in 2010; Gadget Queen 2nd at 1-to-2 in 2009; Firetrail 2nd at 4-to-5 in 2008, and Gemstone Rush 2nd at 7-to-10 in 2007… Favorites also are 0-for-4 in the older filly & mare series this season at EmD.–##–


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Morel Mushrooms Make for Delicious Nebraska Dining
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It's the height of morel mushroom season in the midwest, and people everywhere are taking to the forest and the underbrush with great expectations of finding the mother lode of the delicious fungus.
Good luck to you!
Assuming you find enough morel mushrooms for at least one meal, I think this recipe for Morel Mushroom Frittatas will please your palate. It makes an excellent main dish for a weekend brunch with friends and family.
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