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This rustic venue serves delicious food in large portions. The menu focusses mainly on seafood dishes and a special mention is owed to the stuffed calamari tubes that literally melt in your mouth. There are, however, quite a few options available for meat lovers and vegetarians as well. Delectable traditional desserts are served and a predictable but good wine list is on offer. The vibe at Anita's is a must-experience.
Barracudas secures a location on Beach Road, with floor to ceiling glass windows to maximize your view and a relaxed ambiance to match your mood.
The décor inspires a fresh, contemporary and natural feel with splashes of aqua and coral.
The expansive wine list works perfectly with the well-balanced menu, which brims with seafood and various South African meats.
Try the Springbok Carpaccio - thinly sliced springbok served with melon, kumquat and pecorino shavings.
Move onto the Barracuda Platter layered with grilled fillet of hake, 4 queen prawns, deep-fried calamari served with savoury rice, vegetables and Beurre Blanc.
Sweeten the palate with a mouth-watering try coupe tutti fruity (vanilla ice cream, mixed fruit, praline, whipped cream, nuts and granadilla sauce).
Barracuda makes an ideal spot for fresh seafood, great views and bustling ambiance whether it be lunch or dinner.
Soak up the authentic harbour flavour while enjoying extensive South African fare right on the waters edge of Bertha's Restaurant. Pass the time away in a relaxed, warm and informal setting with picturesque views extending across the yacht harbour and False Bay.
Serving the freshest seafood and using only the finest ingredients, Bertha's Restaurant caters for long lazy lunches and lingering cocktails before being swept away by the romance of the night.
Watch the sunset spill out onto the terrace then pamper your palate with Golden Calamari Strips dressed in a chilli coriander and mango jam before tucking into the catch of the day grilled and served with lemon butter and a choice of rice, salad, mashed potato or chips or seasonal vegetables.
The extensive menu offers platters, meats and poultry, burgers and pastas including vegetarian and salads alongside the most dense and moist Malva pudding smothered with butterscotch sauce and served with cream or ice cream.
Housed on the picturesque water edge fronting the old Town Pier, Bertha's Restaurant will sweep you off into the sunset with delectable food and soul soothing scenery.
This restaurant prides itself on the best seafood in the area. Amazing dishes that do not skimp on quality flies out the kitchen and the menu offers a variety not easily matched. An modern sushi bar is also available. Amazing wines and signature desserts tops off the dining experience.
Nestled unobtrusively on one of the most scenic coastlines in the Cape, conveniently just outside Simon's Town and en-route to Cape Point, this historical building, once a whaling station, ensures the perfect setting for an idyllic lunch or evening experience. During "whale season", guests often enjoy their meal whilst watching whales cruising along the coastline. Established as a restaurant for 27 years, the Black Marlin has earned a reputation for its stunning seafood, award-winning wine list, attentive service and incredible views.
The garden, with its 100-year-old Camellia Japonica tree and unparalleled ocean views, offers "al fresco dining" or, one may choose to dine within the restaurant. There is also the option to dine within our large glass enclosed function room which offers spectacular views and a huge open grill, where one can watch the vast array of seafood being cooked to perfection.
The Black Marlin offers an extensive menu with the main emphasis on seafood, complimented by the other choices of fine contemporary cuisine. House specialities include Cape Rock Lobster, kingklip spit (grilled kingklip wrapped in bacon and served on skewers), sesame prawns served with peanut satay sauce, seafood platters, oysters and mussels. Through the many years of providing top quality fresh seafood and impeccable service to the locals and foreign tourists, this restaurant has become world famous. The staff are friendly, knowledgeable and highly trained
This unique restaurant is set in The Chapman Hotel in Port Elizabeth. Enjoy your meal inside, or on summer days and evenings, dine alfresco while taking in the beautiful views. Blackbeard's Lookout and Seafood Tavern is also the ideal location for functions. The restaurant is fully licensed and caters for vegetarians and kiddies as well.
The restaurant was named after Blackbeard the Pirate, who was born in Bristol as Edward Teach. In 1718, he was killed by Lieutenant Richard Maynard in a deadly battle.
Besides offering guests amazing seafood dishes, other a la carte options are available, including meat, poultry, vegetarian and Italian dishes.
Blackbeards Restaurant is the oldest restaurant in Port Elizabeth specialising in seafood. This is a family owned restaurant that has sustained its quality and professional service. Apart from the a la carte seafood menu, Blackbeards also offers a variety of meat, poultry, vegetarian and Italian dishes. The restaurant also caters for various functions. A buffet is served on a Sunday. Keep an eye out for the daily specials.
Trading hours:
Monday to Friday: 07:00 - 09:00;
Saturday to Sunday: 07:30 - 10:00.
Monday to Sunday: 18:00 until late.
Cape Town Fish Market is definitely part of the South African vocabulary by now and this family friendly franchise continues to serve up hearty dishes at reasonable prices.
Diners can enjoy great seafood, and a wide variety of it, cooked to their preference. Amazing sushi options are also available and the restaurant even offers take away sushi platters to enjoy at home.
Try the stacked Dorado with prawns, spinach, feta, sun-dried tomatoes and olive tapenade or the simpler, but equally tasty crayfish with lemon butter. For the non fish eater there are options like tender sirloin steak and delicious lamb cutlets. Top this off with a bottle of your favourite wine and a melt-in-your-mouth sticky toffee pudding with ice cream and you are sure to leave satisfied.
Cape Town Fish Market ensures a great dining experience that tends to suit the pocket.
A lively and trendy seafood restaurant, Fish Market, Teppanyaki and Sushi bar, Cape Town Fish Market captures the heart and sole of true seafood cuisine!The decor is carefully designed with modern, solid, clean lines combined with photos adorning the walls of the rich history of the Cape Town Fish Markets of old.An extensive menu offering both South African and Japanese cuisine, diners can select from classics like fish and chips, or more unique dishes designed with creative flair by skilful chefs. A sushi bar, complete with conveyor belt will satisfy any sushi lover. Authentic sushi chefs can be observed as they create such sushi classics as fashion sandwiches, California rolls and salmon roses.For Patrons who don't fancy fish, CTFM can provide. With meat, poultry and vegetarian options on the diverse menu, everyone is guaranteed a great meal.An entertaining dining experience, CTFM Camps Bay is host to communal 'Hibachi' tables where diners can watch skilled chefs prepare their meal right in front of them!With a stunning location in Camps Bay; white sandy beaches on one side and gorgeous mountains views on the other, CTFM is a memorable dining experience.
Cape Town Fish Market is a vibrant restaurant, fish bar, teppanyaki, and sushi bar with a stylish yet warm and comforting vibe. The menu offers a large variety of delicious combinations of South African and Japanese dishes. Customers can choose their seafood from the fresh fish market, and all dishes are prepared according to preferred proportion of the customer.
The restaurant also caters for vegetarians and for those who prefer meat and poultry. The kiddies menu offers a range of meals from fish and chips to burgers and chocolate brownies. The drinks menu includes cocktails, white, red and sparkling wine, and non-alcoholic beverages, coffees, and liqueurs.
Mr Delivery service also available.
Cape Town Fish Market is a vibrant restaurant, fish bar, teppanyaki, and sushi bar with a stylish yet warm and comforting vibe. The menu offers a large variety of delicious combinations of South African and Japanese dishes. Customers can choose their seafood from the fresh fish market, and all dishes are prepared according to preferred proportion of the customer.
The restaurant also caters for vegetarians and for those who prefer meat and poultry. The kiddies menu offers a range of meals from fish and chips to burgers and chocolate brownies. The drinks menu includes cocktails, white, red and sparkling wine, and non-alcoholic beverages, coffees, and liqueurs.
Mr Delivery service is also available.


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GLEN DALE - Even though it was the second time in 10 days the University girls defeated John Marshall, the Monarchs faithful saw a much better effort from their team on Senior Night.
Well you can chalk that up to some better weather.
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John Marshall's Kylie Howard (24) looks to shoot over the blocking hand of University's Megan Messiora (20).
''We played them in the OVAC semifinal and got beat pretty soundly,'' JM coach Mark McCormick said referring to the 71-45 setback on Feb. 5. ''At the same time, due to our county policy, we were not allowed to practice during snow days. We went from playing (Jan. 31) and then didn't practice till the day of the game. It was what it was.''
Even with the 81-63 loss on Thursday night, McCormick was impressed with how his team played from the first meeting to the second.
''Our girls played hard,'' he said. ''I knew we had to stop them in transition and we did a good job of that. I thought we rebounded well. (University) just shot really well from the floor.''
With senior Kylie Howard back in the lineup after she missed nine games with a PCL tear, the Monarchs (11-9) trailed by one, 23-22, in the beginning of the second quarter, but that's when the Hawks (12-4) went on a 9-0 run to extend their lead to 31-22.
University was able to kept its nine-point advantage throughout the quarter as the teams went into halftime with the scoreboard reading 49-40.
''The first half, there were some times we put up some shots that we weren't accustomed to,'' McCormick said. ''I thought we settled for some outside shots, but when our offense was patience enough, we got the ball inside. We worked and attacked them and it was successful.''
The Monarchs came out of the locker room with momentum and trimmed the lead to four at 50-46, but that is when JM went ice cold from the free-throw line.
''What really was the telling sign was our stretch from the foul line in the third quarter,'' McCormick said. ''We didn't shoot well from the foul line.''
The Monarchs finished 1 of 6 from the charity stripe during the quarter and finished the game 10 of 23.
''I don't think we hit a foul shot the whole second half,'' McCormick pointed out. ''That's just not going to win ball games.''
The troubles from the foul line continued into the final quarter as the Hawks outscored the Monarchs 20-9.
''On the bright side of things, I think we matched up pretty well against them,'' McCormick added. ''We just have to work on the small things.''
JM will have five days to work on 'the small things' as the two teams will face off again on Tuesday. It will be the fourth time the two teams have met this season.
''We beat them once down at their place, then they beat us twice,'' McCormick said. ''Now it's going to come down to where it matters.''
Howard led JM with 21 points in her first full start since the injury, while Emily Winters chipped in 10.


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Just when you thought reality TV producers, specifically TLC, didn't have any more people to exploit, they've come up with a solution – go after the dead ones.
The cable channel is about to kick off a new series the day after Christmas called Best Funeral Ever.
The show features a funeral home in Texas that does "home-going"-style funerals, which celebrate the life of the deceased instead of mourning them.
The theme-based funerals feature everything from bowling caskets down a lane at a bowling alley to a funeral for a boxer held in the middle of a boxing ring.
I get the celebration of life thing and the "after I die i want you to ________ with my dead body" philosophy, but can't we even die with dignity anymore? Besides if I kicked tomorrow and no one mourned, or for that matter had a great time because of my passing without me... I'm gonna be MAD!


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Tuesday Afternoon News, Feb 12
School Board Disappointed With Legislator's Lack Of Action On Education Funding
(Le Mars) -- The Le Mars School Board also discussed their frustration over the lack of action displayed by the legislature dealing with educational issues. Members of the school board hosted a legislative forum on Saturday, February 2, then last Monday attended a legislative seminar held in Des Moines. Board member Scott Kommes says education was hit hard when the allowable growth rate was greatly reduced in recent years. He believes since the state has a surplus of funds, that money should be directed to education.
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Kommes further clarified his position.
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School Superintendent, Dr. Todd Wendt reminded the school board that the legislature has placed priority on reducing property taxes and funding education. However, Wendt says if the legislature fails to properly fund the schools, than more than two-thirds of the state's school districts will be forced to increase property tax levies in order to meet the necessary expenditures.
Akron City Council To Decide On Funding Requests
(Akron) -- Akron City Council will meet this evening and will discuss various funding requests. Among those organizations seeking funding from the Local Options Sales Tax include the Akron Opera House, Akron Children's Center and even the Plymouth County Historical Museum. Also on the agenda will be discussion of a summer detour. The Akron City Council will begin its meeting at 7:00 p.m. at city hall.
Grassley Has A "Wish List" For State of the Union Address
(Washington) -- President Barak Obama will deliver the state of the union address this evening, and Gun control and North Korea's nuclear testing are two items sure to be covered but Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley says he'd also like to hear President Obama talk about his plans for the future of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
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Grassley says some "presidential leadership" on these issues is very important. "Sequestration" is the term for the upcoming series of budget cuts and Grassley says he'd like to hear President Obama provide more detail on alternatives to those cuts -- which could total one-point-two trillion dollars over a decade.
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The first round of budget cuts under sequestration would total about 85-billion dollars over seven months, hitting everything from farm payments to military spending. There are a few other items on Grassley's "wish list" for tonight's big speech.
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The president will address the joint session of Congress at 8 PM Central time. Grassley says he'll be there in person.
State Senators Consider Banning Smoking At Casinos
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - State senators will discuss legislation that would ban smoking in Iowa casinos.
A Senate subcommittee was scheduled to discuss the proposal Tuesday. Casinos were exempted from Iowa's Smokefree Air Act when it passed in 2008.
Democratic Sen. Jack Hatch, who has supported efforts to expand the ban, says it would be a public health benefit. But he questioned whether the bill would have much support in the
Sen. Jeff Danielson heads the panel considering the proposal. The Democrat says he'd like to see updated information on how a smoking ban would affect revenues that come to the state.
Danielson hasn't taken a position on the bill. He says the information provided in 2008 was that a smoking ban would hurt casino income.
Grants Available For Smoke Detectors
ANKENY, Iowa (AP) - The state fire marshal plans to join with firefighters from around Iowa to announce two grants totaling nearly $300,000 that will fund the purchase and installation of
smoke alarms.
State Fire Marshal Ray Reynolds will announce the $245,000 federal smoke alarm grant and a $50,000 grant from State Farm Insurance.
Reynolds says it's his goal that every Iowa child grow up in a home with a smoke alarm.
The announcement will be Tuesday morning at a Casey's General Stores warehouse in Ankeny. The business has helped the effort by letting officials make use of its statewide distribution network to
deliver smoke alarms to firefighters across the state.
The grants ultimately will pay for more than 11,600 smoke alarms in 2013.
Universities To Discuss Budgets and Tuitions With Legislators
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Leaders of Iowa's public universities are expected to discuss budget and tuition plans with lawmakers.
Iowa Board of Regents President Craig Lang and President Pro Tem Bruce Rastetter will testify Tuesday to the Legislature's education appropriations subcommittee. They'll be followed by University of Iowa President Sally Mason, Iowa State University President Steven Leath and outgoing University of Northern Iowa President Ben Allen.
Higher education leaders are generally pleased with Gov. Terry Branstad's budget proposal, which would give them enough funding to freeze tuition next year for undergraduate students.
But Lang and Rastetter are expected to lobby for additional money for a new state-funded financial aid program. They hope the program will allow universities to stop using tuition revenue to
fund grants and scholarships, which would allow regents to reduce rates.
Father of Missing Cousin Sent To Jail
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) - The father of one of two slain Iowa cousins has been jailed for violating the terms of his release while awaiting trial on drug and domestic assault charges.
Police on Monday arrested 36-year-old Daniel Morrissey. He's the father of 10-year-old Lyric Cook, who disappeared with her younger cousin in July. Their bodies were found in December.
A Department of Correctional Services report alleges Morrissey "should be considered a danger to the community and himself" because he tested positive for meth and marijuana last week - while
already facing charges of manufacturing and delivering meth.
The report says Morrissey missed some treatment sessions and sometimes failed to check in with his probation officer.
Morrissey's in the Black Hawk County jail on a $365,000 bond.


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MCLEAN, Va. (WUSA9) -- Diane Juba is trying again. She and her husband listed their McLean home for $1.5 million a year ago, but had no luck.
There were prospects, but no buyers. So after ten months, they took it off the market.
"It was a disappointment," said Juba who, with her husband raised their children here and now want to downsize into a smaller home.
"We hope that with all the changes we made, that will make the difference and make the sale," said Juba.
They've upgraded the master bath with new tile, a walk in shower, a jet sink tub and a TV for your viewing-while-bathing pleasure. Most of the upgrades are in the kitchen which has granite counter tops and all new high-end appliances.
The Jubo's real estate agent Jennifer Harlow says it's not just the improvements, but today's changed market that will help their house in highly-sought after Franklin Park sell quickly.
"We've seen tremendous consumer confidence. Because of the low rates, buyers are ready to get out there. We're seeing about an eight to nine percent increase in value. We're seeing bidding wars, a lot of action. It's very exciting," said Harlow.
Her boss, Derrick Swaak, CEO at TTR Sotheby's International Realty, says pent up demand is helping to fuel the market.
"People have been waiting a long time to a buy a home. And rates are fantastic. They've crept up a little bit, but it's still an unbelievable opportunity to finance a home."


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Creamy African rooibos felt a bit overdressed for the reunion but quickly blended in with the sweet notes of peaches and the mild tartness of apples. Cinnamon, Tahitian vanilla and blackberry leaves reminisced, exchanged email addresses and promised to always stay sweet.
Herbal Tea
Herbal teas are not actually true teas as they contain none of the Camellia sinensis leaf. Instead, herbal teas often include leaves, flowers, roots, peels, berries and spices.
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Rooibos, known around the world as "Red Tea," comes from an evergreen shrub grown near the Western Cape of South Africa.
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- Bring fresh, filtered water to a boil at 212F (100c).
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- Let it steep for 5 minutes. Wait patiently for perfection.
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Lewis Hamilton and Nicole Scherzinger – Cars 2 Premiere
Lewis Hamilton and Nicole Scherzinger at the Cars 2 premiere last June 18, 2011 at the the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood.
Lewis has been very controversial lately in Formula 1 as he has been called in by the stewards after almost every race so far because of aggressive driving. He crashed out of the Canadian Grand Prix last week. It was also rumored that he might move to Red Bull from McLaren — I hope not!
I hope he has a good race in Valencia!
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Businesses around the globe are facing many of the same challenges: rising customer expectations for quality service, pressures to control costs, and requirements to manage the complexity of converging IT and business infrastructures.
While their overall challenges are similar, the types of
services, assets and infrastructures used across industries can vary
tremendously. This is why
- Banking: Reduce costs, respond to new/expanding regulations, implement consolidations, and minimize operational risk.
- Chemicals & Petroleum: Manage end-to-end operations more efficiently, preserve existing infrastructure investments, safeguard knowledge and expertise, and manage risk and compliance.
- Retail: Establish a platform for rapid deployment of new capabilities and customer-focused strategies, integrate processes and systems to drive operational excellence, monitor and protect assets to minimize disruptions, and facilitate compliance with industry regulations.
- Communication Service Providers: Improve the service quality of next-generation content and application-based services, while reducing operational costs and the risks associated with today's more open networks.
- Electronics: Drive continuous improvement in time to market, product quality and development productivity while building responsiveness, agility and efficiencies into business operations through higher asset performance, availability and utilization rates.
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& Utilities: Build and manage a common service management platform
for the Intelligent Utility Network with advanced meter management (
AMM), electric transmission and distribution device automation and analytics, and enterprise asset management (EAM), including meter asset management.
- Manufacturing:
Accelerate and optimize high-quality product development and introduction,
while extending the benefits of product lifecycle management (
PLM) to the entire value chain.
- Insurance: Streamline operations and meet regulatory compliance objectives by minimizing security and IT operations risk while controlling data center costs.
- Transportation: Optimize the operational performance of business and IT assets -ensuring high reliability and availability of assets, achieving a greater level of customer service, and driving value for the enterprise.
- Government: Enhance dynamic infrastructure capabilities for defense agencies by providing solutions that reduce the cost of operations, improve the services delivered and help manage the risks.
- Healthcare:
Provide patients with the services they need, when they need them, and
at a competitive cost.
Each week, we will feature a closer look at one of the industries highlighted above. Talk to us! What industry-specific challenges are you facing? What kind of industry-specific information and resources would you like to hear more about? Send us your thoughts.


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LivingSocial is uncorking this one. Barmy Wines and Liquors near Foggy Bottom is offering six bottles of premium wine for $50, a $100 value.
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Why study Latin at Missouri State University?
- If you are pursuing a career in law, religion, medicine or science, knowing Latin can help you comprehend and transcribe documents in those fields. Many medical terms have Latin roots, while many religious transcripts are written in Latin.
- Scholars working in different countries use Latin as a universal language.
- Latin can help you learn the vocabulary of Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and French, because these languages have their roots in Latin. Mastering the Latin language can set you on the way to becoming multilingual.
Developing your language, research and problem solving skills
The Latin degree at Missouri State University is a liberal arts program that focuses on developing a thorough understanding of the language, your speaking and writing ability, your research skills and your ability to problem solve. With this program, you will develop a broad, global perspective on the Latin language. This flexible degree also allows you to tailor the program to your specific interests and goals through elective coursework and the addition of a minor.


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Ohio and Cincinnati brace for a big year in politics
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The coming year looks to be full of intense national political battles, and we're right in the middle of them.
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Surrounded by Skyscrapers
Western & Southern wants its neighborhood back from the nonprofit that was there first
Danny Cross
6 Comments · Wednesday, August 15, 2012
The Anna Louise Inn has been helping women in the Lytle Park neighborhood since 1909. Western & Southern thinks that's long enough.
Losing Democracy
Redistricting helped the GOP win the House, and it almost caused the fiscal cliff
German Lopez
0 Comments · Thursday, January 3, 2013
Over the past few weeks, the political drama in Washington, D.C., has circulated around the "fiscal cliff," a series of tax hikes and spending cuts set to kick in for 2013. On Jan. 1, U.S. Congress narrowly avoided the fiscal cliff. But the close call left some wondering: Could it have been more easily prevented, particularly through redistricting reform?
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Ben L. Kaufman
0 Comments · Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Northern Kentucky's Sarah Jones is a statistic, one of many public school teachers caught having sex with students. Jones' conviction joins her local identity with "former Bengals cheerleader." Now, she could become more widely known as winner of a vexing First Amendment case.
Worst Week Ever!
Worst Week Ever!: May 8-14
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0 Comments · Wednesday, May 15, 2013
WEDNESDAY MAY 8: Some people would rather go to jail than have to set foot inside a mall. Thanks to a recently announced event by the Springdale Police Department and several other local agencies, the two experiences will become more alike starting next week.
Kathy Y. Wilson
A Streetcar Named a Failure
Kathy Y. Wilson
6 Comments · Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Forget the bickering, back-and-forth and ballot measures. What we're now doing — and I use "we" to mean whomever accesses city coffers or pulls capital and/or operating budget purse strings — is putting the streetcar before public good and public interest.
Kathy Y. Wilson
Death by a Thousand Budget Cuts
Kathy Y. Wilson
1 Comment · Thursday, May 2, 2013
Politicians here are like helicopter parents, mishandling the city in the same blatantly narcissistic manner as parents who bear children for the sole purposes of shaping those children in their images.
Anna Louise Inn Wins Zoning Approval, but W&S Plans to Appeal
Danny Cross
1 Comment · Wednesday, August 29, 2012
The Historic Conservation Board knew it was in for a long afternoon when Western & Southern showed up to Monday's hearing with an army of suits to argue against a recommended zoning permit for the Anna Louise Inn.
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Anna Louise Inn Wins Zoning Appeal
Western & Southern expected to appeal something else next week
In the ongoing saga of Western & Southern vs. the Anna Louise Inn, there have been several court cases and zoning rulings, most of which have been appealed by one side or the other. Today it was the Cincinnati Zoning Board of Appeals' turn to rule on something that's already been ruled on, and it went in favor of the Anna Louise Inn. The Board upheld a certificate of appropriateness for the Anna Louise Inn's planned renovation, which essentially also upholds the Historic Conservation Board's right to issue a conditional use permit — at least for now. Western & Southern is expected to appeal that permit, granted by the Conservation Board Aug. 27, before its 30-day window to do so expires. Before this series of appeals can play out, the 1st District Court of Appeals will hear arguments in the Anna Louise Inn's appeal of Judge Norbert Nadel's May 27 ruling, which set in motion the Inn's attempts to secure zoning approval from the Historical Conservation Board in the first place. (All of this could have been avoided if Western & Southern would have purchased the Anna Louise Inn when it had the chance. CityBeat previously reported the details of Western & Southern's failure to purchase the Inn and the company's subsequent attempts to force the Inn out of the neighborhood here.) About 40 people attended today's hearing, including City Councilman Wendell Young, who said he supports the Anna Louise Inn but was not there to testify on its behalf. By upholding the certificate of appropriateness, the ruling keeps alive a conditional use permit that could allow the Anna Louise Inn to move forward with a $13 million renovation of its historic building, once the expected appeals process plays out. (CityBeat covered the Aug. 27 Historical Conservation Board hearing here.) The Board heard brief arguments from lawyers for both Western & Southern and Cincinnati Union Bethel and then entered executive session for about 15 minutes before ruling in favor of the Anna Louise Inn. Western & Southern lawyer Francis Barrett, who is the brother of Western & Southern CEO John Barrett and a member of the University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees, told CityBeat after the meeting that he disagreed with the board's finding because a designed expansion of the building's fifth floor has not yet had its use approved. "With this case, the Historical Conservation Board is basically approving for the certificate of appropriateness the design of the building," Barrett said. "But the design included an expansion of the fifth floor, and until that use issue is resolved the code reads, in my opinion, you can't approve the design because the use hasn't been approved." Barrett during the hearing read a written statement to the board arguing two main points: that the Historic Conservation Board didn't have the jurisdiction to grant the certificate of appropriateness; and even if it did, Barrett argued, the physical expansion planned makes it a non-conforming use which wouldn't qualify for the building permit. Cincinnati Union Bethel attorney Tim Burke told the Board that the Anna Louise Inn is not seeking a permit for non-conforming use because it already received a conditional use permit from the Historic Conservation Board. "Western & Southern is doing everything it can to block this renovation from happening," Burke told the Board. At the Historic Conservation Board hearing last month Western & Southern tried paint a picture of the Anna Louise Inn's residents contributing to crime in the area because a condition of the conditional use permit is that the building's use will not be detrimental to public health and safety or negatively affect property values in the neighborhood. But the Board granted the permit, stating that the Anna Louise Inn will not be detrimental to public health and safety or harmful to nearby properties in the neighborhood and that the Board found no direct evidence connecting residents of the Anna Louise Inn to criminal activity in the neighborhood. Western & Southern has until next week to appeal that ruling.
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Curmudgeon Notes 2.20.2013
Media musings from Cincinnati and beyond
• Giovanna Chirri, the veteran Vaticanista who understood the pope's Latin, broke the news that he'd just announced his resignation. She works for the Italian news agency, ANSA. Her skill recalled Ernest Sackler at Rome's UPI bureau when I was a photojournalist stringer during John XXIII's papacy. Ernest truly understood Vatican Latin well enough to turn it into flowing English; colleagues spoke of him with awe. • I'm grateful to the Enquirer for running a story on Sen. Rand Paul's response to the State of the Union Message. It wasn't on NPR or any other network that I could find. His Washington office did not respond to my question of whether the Kentucky Republican offered his remarks to any broadcasters/cable networks. • Tens of millions of Americans will become eligible for subsidized medical care under Obama's Affordable Care Act. Who's going to treat them? I haven't seen that in the news. And while reporters are working out that story, ask how the required additional primary care physicians will pay off college and medical school debts on the salaries that will be paid to their specialties. • And once journalists dig into the supply of physicians to handle Medicaid expansion, I hope they'll ask who's going to staff quality preschool education for every American child. Obama can be aspirational, but we're not talking about minimum wage diaper changers. Early learning centers require trained pre-school educators. And while they're at it, reporters should ask where these new early childhood educators will train and who's going pick up the tab. After all, they'll never repay college loans on day care wages. • Maybe I missed it in the admiring coverage of our government killing American Islamists abroad with drone rocket attacks: What prevents Obama from killing Americans in this country with drone strikes? None of the news stories or commentaries I've read or heard addressed that point. There would be no shortage of targets. Wouldn't the sheriff have loved a drone-launched missile to kill Christopher Dorner, the rogue ex-LAPD cop? That might have spared the deputy whom Dorner killed during the flaming finale in the San Bernardino mountains. And what prevents our increasingly militarized police from using their own armed drones? Imagine what authorities could have done with armed drones during earlier, infamous encounters: A missile fired at armed members of the American Indian Movement at Wounded Knee, S.D., could have avenged inept, vain and foolish George Armstrong Custer and FBI agents killed in the 1973 siege. No feds would have died if a drone-launched missile incinerated Randy Weaver's family with during its deadly 1992 confrontation with feds at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. David Koresh and the Branch Davidian religious sect were incinerated by the feds' 1993 armored assault in Texas. That would have been a perfect photo op for a domestic drone attack. • Sometimes, "national security" is the rationale for requested or commanded self-censorship, even when secrets aren't secret. For instance, British editors held stories about Prince Harry until he returned the first time from Afghanistan. However, an Australian women's magazine reported he was in combat. The non-secret was a secret because no one paid attention. More recently, the new U.S. drone base in Saudi Arabia was supposed to be a secret. Obama officials asked major news media to hold the story and they agreed. National security, you know. But it wasn't a secret. Washington Post blogger Erik Wemple said Fox News already had reported U.S. plans to build the facility in Sept. 2011. Three months before that, the Times of London reported construction of the Saudi drone base. When the New York Times broke the agreement and reported the Saudi drone base, everyone jumped on the story. Now, the Times, the Post and AP are trying to explain why they kept the non-secret from us. • Gone are the days when senior Israeli government officials could call in top editors and broadcasters and tell them what they could not report. Last week, a tsunami of technology overwhelmed official Israeli efforts to censor the story of Prisoner X. Israeli journalists were not to report his existence or mention the censorship order. National security, you know. However, an Australian network named an Aussie as Prisoner X and said he reportedly committed suicide three years ago in an Israeli prison. Social media and the online world took it from there: "Aussie recruited by Israeli spy agency dies in Israeli prison." Israel dropped efforts to censor the Prisoner X story and is issuing official statements about the case. • San Bernardino's sheriff asked journalists to quit tweeting from the final gunfight with former LAPD cop Christopher Dorner. Bizarre. If authorities feared Dorner would gain tactical information, they misread his situation: Dorner was surrounded in a mountain cabin, tear gas was being lobbed in and men outside were trying to shoot him. He probably was too busy to read tweets. Moreover, only one reporter was close enough to tweet anything remotely useful to anyone. Most reporters initially or finally ignored the sheriff. The tweet issue first arose during the 2008 Muslim terrorist attack on Mumbai when invaded the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Some authorities reportedly feared accomplices outside were reading news media tweets and forwarding tactical information about police and army movements to gunmen inside. I don't remember if anyone asked reporters to quit tweeting. • A new poll says Fox hit an alltime low for the four years Public Policy Polling has tracked trust/distrust among TV networks: 41 percent trust Fox, 46 percent do not. The poll didn't find anything for other networks to brag about. Only PBS had more "trust" than "distrust" among viewers: 52 percent trust, 29 percent don't trust. The poll questioned 800 voters by telephone from Jan. 31 to Feb. 3. • Garry Wills' new book, Why Priests, sets out to debunk Catholicism's dearest dogmas and doctrines concerning priests, bishops and the papacy. NPR's Diane Rehm gave him an hour last week to say why Catholic ordained clergy are an unnecessary accretion. Then she asked an outgunned parish priest from the Washington, D.C. area for a rebuttal. If she really wanted a lively, informed argument, there is no shortage of priest-scholars who could have matched Wills' credentials and talents as an historian. It was unfair and cringe-worthy. • It's touchy when an unpleasantry is brought up in an obit: a long forgiven conviction, a "love child," whatever. More often, predictably awkward moments are omitted in the spirit of de mortuis nil nisi bonum. Here's HuffingtonPost on a full-blown omission in the recent obit on former New York mayor and mensch Ed Koch: "The New York Times revised its Friday obituary . . . after several observers noticed that it lacked any mention of his controversial record on AIDS. The paper's obituary, written by longtime staffer Robert D. MacFadden, weighed in at 5,500 words. Yet, in the first version of the piece, AIDS was mentioned exactly once, in a passing reference to 'the scandals and the scourges of crack cocaine, homelessness and AIDS.' The Times also prepared a 22-minute video on Koch's life that did not mention AIDS. This struck many as odd; after all, Koch presided over the earliest years of AIDS, and spent many years being targeted by gay activists who thought he was not doing nearly enough to stop the spread of the disease. Legendary writer and activist Larry Kramer called Koch 'a murderer of his own people' because the mayor was widely known as a closeted gay man." • New York's Ed Koch admired Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl's recorded last words before Muslim terrorists beheaded him. Koch had Pearl's affirmation of faith engraved on his own tombstone in Manhattan's Trinity Church graveyard: "My father is Jewish, my mother is Jewish, I am Jewish." • A former student reporter rarely rates an obit in the national media, but Annette Buchanan wasn't ordinary. In the mid-1960s, she refused a court order to name sources for her story about student marijuana use on the University of Oregon campus. Her story ran in the Oregon Daily Emerald, the campus paper. No shield law protected her promise of confidentiality. The Emerald said she was fined the maximum $300 and the state supreme court affirmed her contempt of court conviction. That led to the creation of Oregon's shield law for journalists. She died recently. • An unresolved First Amendment issue is whether bloggers can be protected by state shield laws that allow journalists to keep sources secret. The latest case is from New Jersey. Poynter.com said blogger Tina Renna refused to identify government officials whom she said misused county generators after Hurricane Sandy. Union County prosecutors demanded the 16 names, saying Renna wasn't a journalist protected by New Jersey's shield law because she's been involved in politics, her blog is biased and she's often critical of county government. The Newark Star-Ledger took her side. It said shield law protection "shouldn't hinge on whether someone is a professional, nonpartisan or even reliable journalist. It's a functional test: Does Renna gather information that's in the public interest and publish it? Yes." Renna "can be a little wild, she's not the same as a professional reporter and she drives local officials crazy. But part of democracy is putting up with Tina Renna." A court will probe whether Renna is a journalist as defined by the state shield law; that is, whether bloggers can be included by analogy under protected electronic news media. • Few ledes — introductory sentences in news stories — are as lame as those saying the subject "doesn't look" like some stereotype. For years, it usually referred to a woman in an unconventional (read men's) occupation or pastime. "She didn't look like a steelworker . . . " or, "You wouldn't think a tiny blonde bagged a deadly wild boar with a huge .44 magnum revolver." Male subjects aren't immune, as in this lede from a recent Washington Post story: "Farmer Hugh Bowman hardly looks the part of a revolutionary who stands in the way of promising new biotech discoveries and threatens Monsanto's pursuit of new products . . . " What do revolutionaries look like? Lenin was pictured in suit and tie. Gandhi wore a white, draped sari or dhoti, Mandela and fellow ANC rebels often wore suits and ties. Young 1960s American and French student rebels never wore suits and ties and needed haircuts. Today's young North African activists dress the same for class or a demonstration. "Doesn't look like" wouldn't even fit an androgynous male model in the annual Victoria's Secret fashion show. He'd be there because he looks like a classic, young, leggy "angel." • Have you noticed how hurricanes, floods, blizzards and tornadoes are morphing from evidence of climate change into photo ops? News media see them as so common that little reporting is required beyond images and stories of hardship: shoppers hoarding sliced white bread, downed trees and shattered homes, marooned airline passengers and days without power. Maybe there's the throwaway quote from some climatologist about change affecting weather, but for the most part, that's it. I'm betting this deliberate ignorance is a Republican Party plot to show that increasingly frequent, dangerous weather reflects the Intelligent Design that gave us dino-riding cavemen a few thousand years ago. • The Enquirer devoted Page 1 to a dramatic OMG! graphic and story suggesting Cincinnati was terrible because it had no black candidate for mayor. An accompanying list of movers and shakers had few blacks. The presentation suggested the all-white mayoral contest meant amiss in a city where whites are the largest minority. However, whites and blacks told reporters that leadership rather than color was foremost among attributes they sought in a mayor. Moreover, with so many African Americans in visible leadership roles in the city, having a black mayor succeed a black mayor was less of an issue than the paper suggested.
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Nashville, TN (Sports Network) - Radim Vrbata scored a pair of goals and had
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David Legwand, Rich Clune and Gabriel Bourque lit he lamp for the Predators,
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Pekka Rinne allowed four goals on 20 shots before he was pulled for Chris
Mason. Mason didn't fair much better, however, allowing three goals on nine
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Sports Network) - Defending champion Bo Van Pelt
nearly shot 59 on Saturday, but he double-bogeyed the final hole and shares
the third-round lead at the CIMB Classic with Robert Garrigus.
With the closing double-bogey, Van Pelt posted a 9-under 62 to match the
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Chris Kirk fired a 63 to move into third place at minus-15. Jbe Kruger (69)
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There's just this for consolation: an hour here or there when our lives seem, against all odds and expectations, to burst open and give us everything we've ever imagined.... Still, we cherish the city, the morning; we hope, more than anything, for more.As Cunningham moves between the three women, his transitions are seamless. One early chapter ends with Woolf picking up her pen and composing her first sentence, "Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself." The next begins with Laura rejoicing over that line and the fictional universe she is about to enter. Clarissa's day, on the other hand, is a mirror of Mrs. Dalloway's--with, however, an appropriate degree of modern beveling as Cunningham updates and elaborates his source of inspiration. Clarissa knows that her desire to give her friend the perfect party may seem trivial to many. Yet it seems better to her than shutting down in the face of disaster and despair. Like its literary inspiration, The Hours is a hymn to consciousness and the beauties and losses it perceives. It is also a reminder that, as Cunningham again and again makes us realize, art belongs to far more than just "the world of objects." --Kerry Fried --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, as chairman of the Helsinki Commission, I wish to pay tribute to Micah Naftalin who served as national director of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews until his death in late December. Micah worked tirelessly as a leader in the grassroots activist movement in the U.S. on behalf of Soviet Jews denied their fundamental freedoms and human rights, including their right to leave the U.S.S.R. His passionate advocacy included close work with the Helsinki Commission over the years, with a particular focus on the cases of individual refuseniks, Jews denied permission by the Soviet authorities to exercise their right to emigrate.
Micah brought a unique zeal to his work on behalf of struggling Soviet Jewry and helped pave the way for an exodus of Jews from the Soviet Union. From the push to enact the Jackson-Vanik amendment in the early 1970s and vigils outside of the Soviet Embassy to the 1987 Freedom Sunday mass rally on the National Mall under the banner, ``Let My People Go,'' Micah was there. He saw the reforms ushered in by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev as an opening that might lead to relief for Jews and others denied their basic human rights in that country. Besides emigration concerns, he also closely monitored manifestations of anti-Semitism in the U.S.S.R. and the plight of political prisoners.
With the easing of restrictions on emigration and the eventual breakup of the Soviet Union, Micah continued his human rights advocacy, contributing to efforts to monitor developments throughout Russia's regions as well as in newly independent countries, including Ukraine and Belarus. In 1993, he served as a public member on the U.S. delegation to the Implementation Meeting on Human Dimension Issues. Micah testified before the Helsinki Commission on numerous occasions drawing on his decades of experience as an activist fervently dedicated to advancing human rights on behalf of others. His voice will be sorely missed. On behalf of the Commission, I offer his family our heartfelt condolences.
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Plymouth Co. Sheriff Arrested Minor Involved With Kingsley Shooting
(LeMars) -- Plymouth County Sheriff's officials have arrested and taken into custody the minor accused of fatally shooting 17 year old Kyle Badgerow of Kingsley. Last evening, sheriff's deputies arrested 14 year old William "Billy" Noll. Noll was taken into custody at his father's residence near Royal, Iowa.
Noll has been charged with Involuntary manslaughter, a class D Felony, and Willful Injury, a Class C Felony. He has been transported to the Youth Emergency Services Detention Center at Cherokee. The shooting occured last Friday afternoon at a rural residence near Kingsley. Badgerow had sustained a fatal gun shot wound to the chest from a fired .45 caliber pistol. Plymouth County Sheriff, Mike Van Otterloo told reporters at a news conference Friday, that at the time of the shooting, there were four minors inside the residence, but no adults.
Authorities issued three search warrants: one for the residence, a second for the Kingsley-Pierson school, and a third for the residence of Noll's father. Noll is a step brother to Badgerow. Van Otterloo wouldn't explain any details that lead to the shooting, but only to say that Noll and all the family members and people present during the shooting have been cooperative during the investigation, and that there wasn't any alcohol involved.
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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Police in D.C. say they have the man responsible for the sexual assault and death of Rachel Cox from 1984.
Tuesday, the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested 55-year-old Joe Anthony Barber of Woodbridge, Va. for the crime. He is charged with first degree murder.
Cox, who was 43 years old, was found unconscious inside a location in the 3300 block of 6th Street, SE the morning of January 1, 1984. Police reported that she appeared to be the victim of a sexual assault and stabbing. Emergency personnel found that she showed no signs consistent with life and was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for a determination of cause and manner of death.
Following an autopsy, the cause of death was ruled to be multiple stab wounds and the manner of her death was homicide.
Charging documents say a DNA sample taken during an autopsy of Cox matched the profile of Barber.
Barber was released from prison in 2004 after being convicted of sexually assaulting a girl.


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Sacramento, CA (Sports Network) - Wayne Ellington poured in 19 of his career-
high 26 points in the second half as the Memphis Grizzlies rolled to a 113-81
victory over the Sacramento Kings at Sleep Train Arena.
Ellington missed on only one of his 11 field goal attempts and went a
scorching 6-of-7 from 3-point range, and the Grizzlies outscored Sacramento
by a lopsided 62-36 margin after halftime en route to a second straight win on
their current road trip.
Zach Randolph added 17 points and seven rebounds, Mike Conley compiled 15
points and eight assists, and three other Memphis players scored in double
figures on the evening.
John Salmons paced the Kings with 17 points, but only four came over the final
two quarters. Leading scorer DeMarcus Cousins was held to 10 points on 3-of-9
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Small-business coach gives start-ups a boost
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- You can call him "coach." But Marmet native Brian Canterbury won't show you how to throw a split-finger fastball or how to execute a screen pass.
No, since October 2011, he has worked as one of several state business coaches through the Small Business Development Center of the West Virginia Development Office.
"It's pretty interesting. Some folks will call every time they kind of have a major decision. I am honored because it makes me feel like I'm part of their team," said Canterbury, who has a master's degree in business from the University of Charleston and is a veteran of several business ventures.
He can sing too, so he's a player-coach, so to speak, but we'll get to that.
At age 34, Canterbury helps to coach more than 50 people running businesses in various stages of launch, development or expansion. "I don't meet with all of them every week. Some are once a month or a quarter -- some have developed into a phone call or text message on demand," he said.
A fundamental service state business coaches provide is accountability, he said.
"What we do is work with existing or early-stage businesses to help them stay on track. Someone will agree that 'I am going to accomplish X this week.' And when we meet the following week we ask: 'Did you accomplish X?'"
His coaching can also get very hands-on.
"I've worked on strategy and worked on human resources and have even gone out in the field to help people execute their sales calls more effectively," he said.
The program came about through funding from the Small Business Jobs Act of 2011. Kristina Oliver, state director of the West Virginia Small Business Development Center, decided to hire more coaches, who are on contract and not paid by clients they coach, said Canterbury.
"Her strategy was to actually pick some people that were either exiting businesses or had a career track of entrepreneurship," he said.
Canterbury, a self-described "career entrepreneur," has had stints as everything from an information technology director to a controller. His most recent full-time entrepreneurial venture was Mountaineer Packaging, which provides industrial packaging to regional manufacturers such as Toyota.
"Toyota would buy protective covers -- every engine that comes out of there has a protective cover that we worked on, designed and provided," he said.
His coaching contract with the state is up in October and in preparation, Canterbury has laid the roots for his own coaching business, called Boost: Small Business.
"The idea is to provide small business the boost they need to improve. What I like to do is be out ahead of the trends -- partake of the learning, see what people are doing worldwide to be better and import that to West Virginia."
His hands-on business advice will continue. For instance, Canterbury will lead a Boost workshop Feb. 7 and 8 on the use of QuickBooks, the popular business accounting software by Intuit (to register, visit www.boostsmallbiz.com).
Meanwhile, you might also catch him, guitar at the ready, at a Charleston open mic or club, singing country tunes. He recently returned from a trip to Atlanta to audition for "The Voice," a music competition show.
His version of Garth Brooks' "Rodeo" didn't woo the judges enough to pass him on to the next round. But it was a personal triumph for Canterbury, who as a teenager was a regular singer in a program called STARS (Students Taking a Right Stand), which sent high school kids around on tour with an anti-drug, anti-alcohol message.
Singing meant a lot to him then, and after going through some recent personal trials, he is trying to get back into it, said Canterbury, who has three young children with a wife who is a music teacher herself.
"It was a big part of my life at the time. I dabbled with it through college. I kind of hacked around on guitar. Somehow I lost track of it all," he said.
"So, I've had this experience of sort of recalibrating my life over the last six months. Sometimes, working for yourself you end up working 80 to 100 hours a week. You sort of lose yourself. One of my goals was to get back to things I like to do. Music was kind of sitting there, waiting on me."
So, while he'll not be moving on to win the favor of Shakira, Usher, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine, this season's judges on "The Voice," the experience invigorated him.
"I gave the best performance I could. I didn't advance, but I feel really good about it being the beginning of having music back in my life.
"I feel really good about where I am right now. I've learned a lot. I've had some ups and downs in recent history. But a lot of it is about kind of getting to this place where you can sort of be your authentic self.
"That's sort of a cliché. But certainly the music is part of that. And working for oneself and helping other people is part of that."
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Video: 3 Injured in Montgomery Co. School Bus Accident
(WUSA) -- Route 97 in Howard County is closed in both directions after a Montgomery County school bus tipped over onto its side Friday afternoon.
Howard Co Fire & EMS ?tweeted that based on preliminary reports, it appeared one child was on board the bus. The child and two adults suffered minor injuries, say fire officials.
Montgomery County Schools spokesperson says the bus was transporting a student from an out-of-county school back into Montgomery County. He said, however, that the student and the driver were not hurt.
Sky 9 captured video of the scene at Rt. 97/Roxbury Mills Road near Rolling Hills Drive. The scene is near the Montgomery County line.
We will have details here as soon as we receive more information.


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County Offices, Courts, and the Landfill will all be closed on Monday, May 30, 2016 for the Memorial Day Holiday. Critical services at Larimer County are not disrupted by closures.
Larimer County Child Care Assistance Program provides quality child care assistance to eligible families to support their efforts towards self-sufficiency.
The Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) is administered through the Larimer County Department of Human Services for Larimer County residents. The program provides child care services to families who meet the income guidelines and who are in an eligible activity. Eligible activities are:
CCAP also provides assistance to families enrolled in the Colorado Works program who need child care services to support their efforts towards self-sufficiency.
You must have a gross monthly income below the established program income limits. Eligibility levels vary from county to county. Larimer County is currently assisting families who have total household income at or below 165% of the federal poverty level.You must have all required verifications at time of interview.
If you are interested in applying for child care assistance, you can submit a complete application with all the required verification and you will be contacted by phone or mail. You can pick-up and submit an application at any of the following Human Services locations:
|1501 Blue Spruce
Fort Collins, CO 80524
|205 E 6th Street
Loveland, CO 80537
|1601Brodie Avenue
Estes Park, CO 80517
You can also download the application packet, call (970) 498-6300 to have one mailed to you, or request by e-mail at email@example.com. In addition, you can apply online through Colorado PEAK.
For your convenience, you can download all of the forms you need in one pdf file. You may also have the forms mailed to you by calling (970) 498-6300.
CCAP Office Hours
1501 Blue Spruce Drive, Fort Collins
|8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
|8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
|8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
|8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Parents have the ability to choose whether they would like to use a licensed child care center, a licensed family child care home, or a provider legally exempt from licensing such as a friend, neighbor or relative. The only requirement is that your child care provider must agree to the CCCAP terms and conditions.
When choosing a provider, decisions will need to be made about the type of care that will best meet the needs of your child as well as your family. Regardless of the child care provider selected, parents should look for signs that their child will be safe, developmentally stimulated and encouraged to grow and learn.
If a parent needs help locating child care providers they can contact their local resource and referral agency. Resource and referral agencies maintain lists of child care providers that include the type of care provided and other relevant information. For help finding a child care provider in Larimer County, contact the Child Care Resource and Referral Agency at (970) 377-3388.
Once a family has selected a child care provider, they must notify their CCCAP technician. Before authorizing child care services, the CCCAP technician will work with the provider to ensure that all requirements have been agreed upon, the fiscal agreement has been signed and all other required forms have been completed.
If a family selects an exempt provider, Larimer County will do a background check to find out if that person has been involved in incidents which would indicate they may pose a threat to children. If the county finds that the exempt provider has been involved in any incidents, they will refuse to enter into a fiscal agreement with the provider and the family would have to select a different provider.
Once a case is determined eligible for care, Larimer County will authorize CCAP (Child Care Assistance Program) cards to the client/primary caretakers. The CCAP cards are issued by a 3rd party and are linked to the authorization data on the case. Clients will swipe these cards at Point of Service devices (POS) to access benefits for their children's attendance at the child care provider.
Parents are required to pay a portion of their child care costs (parental fee). The parental fee is based on the family's income and the number of people in the household. The fee is then paid directly to the provider each month.
As a recipient of child care assistance, you will be asked to update your information every six months. Your answers to the questions on the redetermination forms will provide us with the information we need to continue your child care assistance. Please note that failure to complete these forms and supply required documentation will result in the discontinuance of your child care benefits. We strongly recommend using this Redetermination Frequently Asked Questions document to assist you.
For your convenience, you can download all of the forms you need in one pdf file. You may also have the forms mailed to you by calling (970) 498-6300.
The packets include a school out days form for Poudre and Thompson R2-J school districts.
Contact your county office by calling (970) 498-7623 and request information regarding becoming a CCAP provider. If interested in details, a packet of information can be mailed to you which includes a fiscal agreement for your review. Read over the agreement very carefully, as it would serve as a contract between you and the county. The agreement describes each party's responsibilities and contains the reimbursement rate you would be paid.
As a provider, if you choose to be licensed, the Colorado Department of Human Services is responsible for issuing child care licenses. You may also reach them at (303) 866-5958 or (800) 799-5876.
Forms and information for current CCAP providers
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[George Harrison Cover][Verse 1]
I can see the turning of the key
I've been deceived by the clown inside of me
I thought that he was righteous but he's vain
Oh, something's a-telling me I wear the ball and chain
[Verse 2]
My patron saint is a-fighting with a ghost
He's always off somewhere when I need him most
The Spanish moon is rising on the hill
But my heart is a-tellin' me I love ya still
[Verse 3]
I come back to the town from the flaming moon
I see you in the streets, I begin to swoon
I love to see you dress before the mirror
Won't you let me in your room one time 'fore I finally disappear?
[Verse 4]
Everybody's wearing a disguise
To hide what they've got left behind their eyes
But me, I can't cover what I am
Wherever the children go I'll follow them
[Verse 5]
I march in the parade of liberty
But as long as I love you I'm not free
How long must I suffer such abuse
Won't you let me see you smile one time before I turn you loose?
[Verse 6]
I've given up the game, I've got to leave
The pot of gold is only make-believe
The treasure can't be found by men who search
Whose gods are dead and whose queens are in the church
[Verse 7]
We sat in an empty theater and we kissed
I asked ya please to cross me off-a your list
My head tells me it's time to make a change
But my heart is telling me I love ya but you're strange
[Verse 8]
One more time at midnight, near the wall
Take off your heavy makeup and your shawl
Won't you descend from the throne, from where you sit?
Let me feel your love one more time before I abandon it


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May 31, 2016
The Alabama Legislature's 2013 regular session has started.
Lt. Governor Kay Ivey started the session in the Senate at noon. Speaker Mike Hubbard gaveled the House into session at 12:10 p.m.
The session will last until mid-May. Lawmakers must complete the session in 30 meeting days during 105 calendar days.
Major issue facing lawmakers will be balancing the General Fund and education budgets in a year when funds are expected to be tight.
Governor Robert Bentley will address a joint session of the Legislate in the old House chamber at the Alabama Capitol Tuesday night.
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Dear Editor:
Wake up, America! The Trojan Horse has been left in our front yard; its name is money.
Like the Trojans, we have invited the enemy into our homes. Money is now accepted as America's greatest friend and the measure of all things.
The New York Times
Something that used to be the Supreme Court passed an incredibly bad law -- the Citizens United decision. It says that money, i.e., a corporation, is now a person, cash is speech, and that unlimited amounts of it can be used to buy elections. In other words, "Welcome corruption."
Republican Sen. John McCain, 2008 candidate for president, has denounced the law and what it can do to America.
Congress can't overrule the Court. But it is not hard for an awakened and organized people to do that with a Constitutional amendment. Many of our congressmen and senators support such an amendment. I urge you to support it as well.
If he was not the decent man he is, if times had been getting worse instead of better and he had made fewer gaffes like "voluntary deportation" and the 47 percent of us being freeloaders, all that money Romney had for ads could have done the trick for him.
It really is time, America. Pass that Constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and the corruption it invites into our midst. It's not hard to do.
Perhaps not this year or next, but if that barbaric law left in place, money will be the land mine that ruins America.
trumpets that the election of Obama over Romney shows that money does not win elections. What the election shows is that money almost did put Romney in the White House.


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News: Dockett Joins 500-Point Club For Men's Basketball
With his 18 points scored Wednesday in his team's South Coast Conference opener v. East Los Angeles, Pasadena City College men's basketball point guard Jeffrey Dockett became the 68th player to reach the Lancers' 500-point club for his career.
In 40 games played over two seasons, Dockett's total has reached 517 points for an average per game of 12.9 per contest. The 5-foot-10 Dockett is a versatile scorer, who can shoot 3-pointers as well as using jackrabbit-like speed to get to the basket for layups.
Dockett is from Bartlett High in Memphis, Tenn. He was an all-tournament selection at four different tourneys in 2013 pre-conference play. He scored his season high of 29 points in a an early-season win over Ventura.
PCC head coach Michael Swanegan has now seen five of his players reach at least 500 points in his seven seasons at the college, including 2007-08 state leading scorer Harold Cleveland, one of only 11 Lancers who have reached 1,000 points.
[File photo--Jeffrey Dockett in his freshman season.]
Release Date: 01/09/2014


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THOMPSON, Mary Elizabeth (1896 - 1981)
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There is little about the Orbea Alma platform that isn't compelling -- from its sharp, angular lines, to its nimble visage. But more importantly, with the well conceived build kit found on this Alma Silver S70, there are few who could dispute the Alma's natural ease as perhaps the ideal all-around hardtail.
Aside from being the world's first production carbon 29er, the Alma stands as a model of sharp design. We don't just mean those aforementioned sharp angles, though the Alma 29 has a few of those. We mean thoughtful, like a downtube that's oversized for stiffness and shaped to provide some protection for the rider from mud and spray from the front tire, acting like a fender. We also mean well-engineered. Take the 4x4 design; both the front and rear triangles are actually quadrangles, with four corners. The reasons for this are simple -- to increase the comfort for the rider.
The 4x4 design is based around the understanding that a triangle is nature's stiffest geometrical design because any forces on its points simply become tension or compression in the members (think chainstays, seatstays, and seat tube in the case of the rear triangle). By adding a short fourth member, which you can see in front of the dropout, Orbea's engineers have designed the rear end of the Alma to deflect some of the harsh input from the trail by way of the joints, or nodes, flexing slightly. The carbon lay-up is designed to allow a small degree of movement here without losing any torsional stiffness. This is the beauty of carbon in comparison to metals; where metals exhibit the same characteristics in all directions, carbon fiber can be tuned for different mechanical properties along different axes. The Alma front triangle is built in the same way to maximize your comfort and efficiency.
Orbea does all this with a monocoque molding process. That's to say that they make each Alma 29 frame as a one-piece homogenous structure. Without bonded joints where failures can occur and with fibers running continuously along the length of the tubes and through the intersections, the total strength of the bike is increased along with the durability. This version uses Orbea's Silver grade carbon fiber, and it's a material that offers great impact resistance and toughness -- two desirable characteristics for a bike frame that's made to hammer.
The Alma 29 is also designed and built in accordance with Orbea's SSN (size specific nerve) technology so that it offers the same comfort and performance characteristics across the size range. More specifically, each frame size has specific carbon lay-ups and tube dimensions. While optimization of the ride qualities is paramount, it would be pointless if the bike didn't shift flawlessly. This is why the Alma uses DCR (direct cable routing). It's made to use Gore's slick-shifting cables, and it comes with a complete set. The inner wires are sealed from start to finish and the routing on the underside of the top tube keeps them protected from the ravages of the trail.
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awesome hardtail
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
i have owned this bike in the past and I must say it was one of the best hard tail mtn bikes I ever had. This bike handles very well on the trail and is extremely comfortable on long ride,which is typically unheard of from stiff hard tails. This is do to the slight curved drops in the rear which allow the bike some vertical compliance. It has a nice geometry and the BB30 bb makes the crank area a little stiffer thus allowing ample power transfer to the pedal. This bike is definitely my choice for hard tails on the market and I highly recommend it.
If you have specific questions on this bike i can speak from experience. I'm a sales rep for Competitive cyclist and can be reached directly at 801-736-6396 x 4074
I concur with Wes's input on the Alma 29er, Having gone through a few 29er bikes , I still prefer this HT over the rest of my bikes. Great on climbs and blazing fast on the Downhill sections.
Currently on the Black/Yellow 2013 frameset.. and this is my 3rd Alma 29er :) only draw back is the Gore seal cable, you cannot use any other cables out there. so far I understand that only Nokon and Gore can be use... looking forward for the 2014 version of the Alma.
Does a bike purchase require full assembly...
Does a bike purchase require full assembly upon arrival?
Usually not. It'll probably have the front wheel off, so you'll have to attach that, the pedals, the seat, and the various cables might need some adjusting. Shouldn't be more than 10-15 minutes work though.
yeah I don't know if this is how it's suppose to show up or not as I seem to be missing many parts.. I've emailed backcountry and I'm waiting for a reply.. I initially thought it was just wheels I was missing but I am missing the whole front end including my wheels..
what is the standover height for a medium?...
what is the standover height for a medium? i dont see any sizing info?
The standover height on the medium frame is 31.7 inches,


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Could it be Ana Ivanovic has actually been spotted training and working out? Do my eyes deceive me??
Color me shocked, but relieved, to see the Roland Garros champ in Australia getting in some real training with trainer Scott Byrnes in Noosa National Park, acclimating to the heat Down Under, and looking fit and sexy I might add.
No Anando, no posing, and def no cheese. Now this is what I'm talking about!
(images via Women's Tennis Photos)
Thursday, December 18, 2008
SIGHTING: Ana flying solo in Australia, actually training and probably sweating
Labels: Ana Ivanovic, photo op, tennis, training
16 comments:
What a fattie.ReplyDelete
Looking good and fit! :DReplyDelete
Ana is a natural beauty.. she looks beautiful all sweaty after a work out, even more than in those photoshoots, when they almost always overdo her makeup.
And great to see her working hard. The article stated that she had an early morning workout at the beach, followed by running kms in the park. And that in the afternoon she would be practicing on court.
- AnonymousDecember 18, 2008 at 4:20 PM
Girl is fit as ever...lookin' goooood.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 18, 2008 at 4:20 PM
Girl is fit as ever...lookin' goooood.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 18, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Wow. Ana looks great, and I was just at Noosa recently! :( Why couldn't I be running through the forests at the same time as Ana? :(ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 18, 2008 at 4:52 PM
i have to agree with every one (even you c note LOL), ana is looking great. she's much more beautiful in random, candid shots. you gotta love those olive green eyes of hers.ReplyDelete
Ok, I'll be take the label of a hater,(even though I like Ana) but she looks horrid from the back. She's a very cute girl, but the back is lacking and wide - not an attractive combination on a woman.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 18, 2008 at 5:12 PM
Pamela, I agree that in this picture Ana doesn't look good at all from the back. But I think the picture doesn't do her justice. In this pic from Mallorca in the summer she looks much better.ReplyDelete
Though Ana's strenght is her face, not her body. Still, I find her very sexy in these pics.
- AnonymousDecember 18, 2008 at 5:13 PM
And most importantly, practising!ReplyDelete
All the haters saying she is fat can get lost! Look at those abs! You go Ana!ReplyDelete
- marnifanDecember 18, 2008 at 8:21 PM
Haha Curtis, I agree! The people who nitpick are ususally the insecure not- so- hot looking ones anyway.ReplyDelete
- johanneDecember 19, 2008 at 8:12 AM
Ana looks stunning, IMO. She looks best without all the fuss and makeup. What a natural beauty - very refreshing to see her like this.ReplyDelete
"Refreshing" is the choice word here - I'm ready to see them all sweaty on the courtsReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 19, 2008 at 9:40 AM
Ana is definitely a rare type. She looks her best when she's doing normal activities where other girls would look all messy, like running, and not wearing any makeup. Natural beauty for ya.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 19, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Hi nice picsReplyDelete
you got the wrong link
Ana looks good
Looking good.. I hope she's enjoying her new Villa in Mallorca.ReplyDelete