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So, now this is not turning into a Jets blog, despite my interview with Eric Boland of New York Newsday on the Blurb last night and now this story.
This morning, Eric posted this story on his blog at Newsday.com regarding rookie TE Dustin Keller. Here's the link but the gist of it is that Keller is having a ridiculous rookie season, only trailing Shockey for production by the recent era of guys at the position.
Yes, better than Gates, Witten and Gonzalez. In fact, according to the article (given to Eric by a reader with even more time on his hands than I have) it lookes like only four tight ends in the history of the position have had better first seasons.
Shockey – 74 receptions, 894 yards, 2 tds
Keith Jackson – 81 receptions, 869 yards, 6 tds
Mike Ditka – 50 receptions, 1076 yards, 12 tds
John Mackey – 35 receptions, 726 yards, 7 tds
I haven't fact checked these but damn. I'm not ready to crown him or anything, but he has played very, very well. Certainly worth what they paid to move up and grab him. On a side note, how often do we forget what Ditka did on the field? I forget he played sometimes, as if he sprang from the earth wearing a sweater vest and yelling. But that's some damned good numbers for Iron Mike and we forget about that at times.
Should have a fairly good end stretch here as well, as Favre definitely loves his rookie target.
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Published: Monday, January 28, 2013 at 11:32 a.m.
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Sheriff's Office deputies and police officers from five police departments fanned out across Volusia County for a week to warn convenience store owners and workers that it is now illegal to sell synthetic drugs designed to imitate illegal substances.
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Volusia County sheriff''s deputies, as well as officers with police in New Smyrna Beach, Edgewater, Port Orange and Daytona Beach Shores visited 172 stores last week to see if they were selling synthetic marijuana. The list below is the 15 businesses that had the merchandise on display.
- *Woodland Food Mart located, 2500 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand
- *Valero, 5145 N. U.S. Hwy 17, DeLeon Springs
- *JJ's Grocery and Convenience Store, 103 S. Volusia Ave., Pierson
- *Lil Sammy's Food Mart, 100 N. U.S. 17-92, DeBary
- DeBary Food Mart, 1 S. U.S. 17-92, DeBary
- Discount Cigarette & Beer, 783 Ft. Smith Blvd., Deltona
- Deltona Liquors 2, 712 Ft. Smith Blvd., Deltona
- Deltona Liquors, 1806 Elkcam Blvd., Deltona
- Deltona Citgo, 785 Deltona Blvd., Deltona
- Lil Sammy's Food Mart, 400 Welcome Center Blvd., Deltona
- *US Food Store, 2570 S. Nova Road, South Daytona
- Kelly's Food Mart, 100 Derbyshire Road, Daytona Beach
- Sunoco (Snappy Mart), 1716 Ocean Shore Blvd., Ormond Beach
- *TK Right Stop, 218 N. Dixie Freeway, New Smyrna Beach
*Surrendered synthetic drugs to law enforcement
SOURCE: Volusia County Sheriff's Office
Authorities inspected 172 businesses and found the drugs for sale at 15 stores, sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said.
The effort came after Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an emergency order Dec. 11, 2012, making it illegal to sell merchandise with names like Cloud Nine, Mind Trip, Mr. Happy, Mardi Gras, Scooby Snax, Maui Wowie and more,
Business owners were told that this would be their one and only warning, Davidson said Monday.
"The next time banned products are found in their stores, enforcement action will be taken," Davidson said. "It's all a part of an ongoing effort to rid the community of synthetic drugs known as K2, Spice, bath salts and herbal potpourri."
Bondi's December emergency order outlawed 22 new synthetic drugs. The emergency law designates the new synthetic drugs as Schedule 1, meaning they are now controlled substances, making it a third-degree felony for an individual to "sell, manufacture, or deliver, or possess with intent to sell, manufacture or deliver" them, a news release states.
The synthetic drugs can cause psychotic episodes, hallucinations, seizures, paranoia, tremors, and more, the release from Bondi's office states.
This is not the first time Bondi has issued an emergency order regarding synthetic drugs. In 2011 she signed an emergency rule that temporarily outlawed MDPV, commonly known as "bath salts."
Bondi plans to work with legislators this year to permanently ban the 22 additional drugs identified in December's order, the news release states.
In Volusia County, deputies and police officers took a week to inspect and warn business owners and employees the synthetic drugs are no longer allowed to be sold. The inspections took sheriff's deputies to 109 businesses around the county. Police departments from Port Orange, Daytona Beach Shores, Ponce Inlet, New Smyrna Beach and Edgewater inspected another 63 stores, Davidson said.
"We inspected two stores in our city but they were in compliance," Daytona Beach Shores police Sgt. Mike Fowler said. "Towards the end of December, we had done our own inspections and told the retailers that it is illegal to sell these drugs and they stopped."
Owners and workers at convenience stores, smoke shops, liquor stores and other retailers were informed of the new law. Seven businesses voluntarily handed over the products they had while eight did not. Deputies will return to the businesses that did not turn over the synthetic drugs, Davidson said.
A conviction for violating the emergency order carries a maximum five-year sentence and a fine of up to $5,000, Davidson said.
The warning is helpful to those who might not be aware of the new law, said Fidel Salazar, an employee at a convenience store on North Woodland Boulevard near DeLand.
"It is a good thing," Salazar said. "A lot of people work all the time and they don't see the news so they don't know what's going on."
Volusia County Sheriff Ben Johnson, who organized the recent inspections, said the synthetic drugs are just as dangerous as drugs that are already illegal, and in some cases even more so.
"These are extremely unsafe substances that are causing a great deal of harm," Johnson said. "We're going to use all our available resources and continue working with local police departments to make sure that the law is vigorously enforced."
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Most were shot with a Cannon PowerShot, but, I finally broke down and purchased a Nikon D5100 digital SLR, just in time to take photos during Great Lent!
I've never seen an Orthodox Church referred to as a 'basilica' before (only RC ones). What does that entail?
Today's photos of the blessing of the graves, during St. Thomas Sunday (although this was the Saturday version). Usually there are way more people in attendance but, it poured rain all night, and while the rain stopped, the gusty winds were blowing hard and the temps barely got in to the 40's....so, participation was scarce. However, hopefully, tomorrow more will come.
How sweet are they!?!?
Again, these are just amazing.
Your photos are wonderful, Liza! I hope you will some day get to take photos in Ukraine (and Romania).
Dear God, please force me to salvation and together with me as many people as possible.
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"To give up a goal two, three minutes into a game is not good enough," head coach Pete Showler said. "We have to be better. We need to take care of those things."
The scoring got started in the early goings. Eastern Washington's Cassie Black hit hard shot from 18 yards out that cleared the fingertips of Idaho keeper Marina Siegl and snuck below the crossbar, giving the Eagles a 1-0 lead in the third minute. The rest of the first half was played evenly across the board. EWU (1-5-0) took an 8-5 shot advantage into the half and led 3-2 in shots on goal.
The Vandals came out in the second half with fire in their eyes. They outshot the Eagles 9-6 in the half with five of those nine attempts coming on net. An Idaho communication error allowed the Eagles to gain the 2-0 advantage in the 70th minute. EWU's Haley Stading played the ball up to Alisha Stott. Stott played chase to the ball toward the net along with an Idaho defender. Idaho keeper Torell Stewart came out to play the ball and collided with the defender, leaving Stott with a wide open net.
Nine minutes later the Vandals cut lead by one off the foot of junior Katie Baran. The sequence started with a cross from the right side of the field. The ball was shot on keeper Nathalie Schwery who made the initial save but allowed the rebound to come out to Baran. The Nine Mile Falls, Wash., native pounced on the rebound and fired it from 10 yards out to the back of the net.
"Once we got the goal our energy levels picked up," Showler stated. "We did some very good things in the midfield and with the forwards. We just cannot give up goals like that and we need to have the mentality that it will not happen again."
The final 12 minutes of play the Vandals pushed hard and forced the Eagles to slow down the pace. Idaho (0-6-0) had chances to even out the score and play into extra time. Its best chance came from freshman Kaysha Darcy, who got a shot on goal in the 81st minute but the ball found its way to Schwery.
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According to museum spokesman Kim Kelly, the grant will be used to fund hands-on workshops for at-risk youth inspired by the Cameron's current exhibition, "Well-Suited," featuring costuming by Wilmington native Alonzo V. Wilson for the HBO series "Treme." Children tour the exhibit and then, with help from a teaching artist, complete projects of their own, inspired by Wilson's New Orleans-themed work.
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I am really tiring of the multiple daily TWC/JCI articles. It is not helping matters, and actually makes me side with TWC in this dispute. As for a la carte TV, I hope ALL networks develop consumer package like that! Pay for the stations you want. A la carte should be more expensive that a package. I can see an interactive TV distributor like U-Verse being the first to try something like this. I would gladly give up 3/4 of the channels I receive now, for the 10-15 my family and I actually watch.Hide replies
I think you mean Journal Communications, Inc., right? JCI refers to the 3 digit ticker symbol for Johnson Controls, Inc.
Journal Communications ticker symbol is JRN.
It makes no sense that TWC would pay CBS or channel 4 anything to carry their signal for them. They're really doing these broadcast channels a favor. And the numbers being thrown around are crazy. I'm paying an extra 50 cents or more per month to get channel 4 over cable when it's free with an antenna. Multiply that by the 4 or 5 local channels and I'm paying $50/year extra for something I could get for free with an antenna?
I agree that rebroadcast fees are ridiculous! Why should we be forced to pay for channels we get over-the-air for free? I have an antenna and would love the option of opting out of having the local channels on my TWC package. I'd gladly pocket the money and spend it on more important things than TV. A la carte should be the way of the future. Unfortunately, the legislation that Senator John McCain has introduced to change the FCC laws to allow a la carte has not gotten much traction because the broadcast industry is so entrenched in Washington with their lobbyists that nothing will ever change. I'm fine with giving up all the channels I never watch, if it will save me a few $ on my monthly cable bill.
we should strike against time warner!Hide replies
At least you are consistent, GreenHornet ... you somehow mange to ALWAYS BE WRONG ... even a broken clock is right twice a day ... but YOU are NEVER RIGHT
I'm upset because TWC and WTMJ are holding us hostage. I'm forced to use TWC because of my zip code. They have awful equipment they charge outrageous rental prices for (modem, DVR boxes, remote controls,. etc). The stuff is junk but our rentals over the years would have bought this junk 10 times over. I don't understand why WTMJ is complaining either. You would think WTMJ would want people to watch their broadcasts. No, instead they kept ranting every 5 minutes during their last days on the air..... in order to watch WTMJ you will have to do blah blah blah.... No station manager, you can do blah blah blah and shove it.Hide replies
Their equipment is pretty bad, isn't it? I found that just one of their crap "HD converters" constantly draws 30 watts, even when it's turned off. I can only imagine how much their inefficient equipment costs customers on their power bills.
If you don't like their equipment you can buy your own modem, and TiVo for a DVR ( rent cable card for $2.50/month). It doesn't work for OnDemand, but it saves paying for rental on their poor equipment.
"Britt also asked CBS to cease blocking CBS.com for Time Warner broadband customers."
I can browse CBS.com just fine from my TWC broadband connection at this moment.
CEO Glenn Britt, what's "surely beyond the pale" is you blocking me from viewing the Showtime package I pay you $15 a month for because you're in a tiff with CBS. Freaking jackwagon.
Why do you keep hearing from TMJ on this? Because they think you're stupid enough to blindly believe only their manufactured perspective on this. But make no mistake about it -- this is just a grab for more money without their improving anything.
You can get TMJ for free with an antenna in your home. So, that's the value of what they offer. They use public airwaves -- we taxpayers have already subsidized their business. Their business is supposed to be selling advertising. Apparently they're not doing very well at it -- because they are looking for some other source of income -- no matter how manipulative they need to spin it to try to get it.
Time Warner actually enhances their product. When you don't need to get the TMJ signal thru the air, you can see the picture better. It's more reliable. TMJ should be thanking Time Warner for offering this improvement and convenience -- because it brings their advertising to people in a better and more consistent way.
But -- no -- TMJ isn't satisfied with that. Their greed knows no limit. They think they ought to be paid for something that people can -- and SHOULD -- get for free.
I hope Time Warner holds out indefinitely -- until the point where no one even remembers that channel at all. A little less corporate greed in my life, the better.
In fact, Time Warner is actually siding with their customers. If Time Warner were successfully extorted to pay more to TMJ, do you think they'd simply going to pay out of their own revenues and leave it at that? Heck, no -- they'll raise rates for all of us to make up for what they have to pay TMJ. I'm much happier with them drawing a line and keeping rates where they're at now.Hide replies
I don't pretend to know all the nuggets and tidbits of what is ongoing
with TWC, against the networks, yet, it is refreshing to read feedback
that doesn't put the hammer solely on TWC. Hey, I'm one of their
customers, and I get some of the accurate negativity thrown at them;
especially the horrendous prices for renting their 'boxes'. Brutal.
Yet, in regards to the ongoing tiff in negotiations {workout 50}
provides a nice balance to an otherwise over the top assault
on TWC. Isn't they very essence of negotiations to take steps
to reconcile? Is TWC making such an offering only then to be
scorned / ridiculed by its move from the network? Hardly seems
like a fairness doctrine is at play here; rather, remnants of days
gone by being used now as a platform for disobedience>
Can' we all just get along? ( he says naively)>
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Last week, the Alabama Emergency Management Agency and FEMA hosted the Safer Alabama Summit conference in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The aim of this conference was to get the word out about the important role that safe rooms can play in protecting families and communities, and federal funding that is available to build them. I wanted to share a conversation that was the perfect conclusion to the event.
Tuscaloosa, Ala., June 13, 2011 -- Federal Coordinating Officer, Michael Byrne, presents at the Safer Alabama Summit.
Following the conference, a woman wanted to know how to apply for a grant to finance the construction of a safe room in a school in her community. She was a local councilwoman and she had heard about schools that had been destroyed during the devastating tornadoes of April 27. An elementary school principal in the town of Moulton sent his students home rather than have them shelter in the designated area in the hallway. It was a good thing he did, because many of the children would have been severely injured, or killed, since the roof and walls of the school caved in.
I told the councilwoman what many of the speakers at the summit had emphasized: it all starts with the community. Residents notify their local emergency manager or other appropriate local official about their interest in building a safe room or shelter. The local official then writes a letter to notify the state that the community will be applying for a hazard mitigation grant from FEMA. If the funding is granted, the state manages the program to make sure the final product meets specifications.
"We have a city council meeting at the end of the week, and I'm bringing a letter to notify the state that we will be applying for a grant from FEMA," she said.
That is exactly what I hoped people would take away from the conference. Safe rooms and shelters come in all shapes and sizes. You can get a small one to stash in your garage, which fits three people. Or you can get a larger one built to serve as a safe haven for members of a school or office. They start at about $3,000 and run upwards depending on how big you make it. And just as a note, communities will only receive a grant to reimburse them if the safe rooms are built to FEMA specifications, which can withstand winds up to 250 mph (an EF-5 tornado).
I hope that the local officials who attended the summit will go back to their communities and look for opportunities and locations for safe rooms, and then, in conjunction with state, federal and other agencies, work on ways to fund and install them. I'm hoping to hear more stories from those writing letters of intent, not only from those in Alabama but also from others across the country.
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I live in Huntsville, Madison County, AL. I comple...
Permalink Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 15:17
I live in Huntsville, Madison County, AL. I completed the FEMA 320 Individual Saferoom Application. What is the next step? I understand I will be contacted in the order my application was received, but is there any way of checking on the request or any idea how long it will take or how will I be notified if I am approved? I don't want to miss out on this opportunity and later find an approval was in was in my SPAM folder. Thank you for helping! KR
@ Anonymous - Thanks for the question. FEMA funds...
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@ Anonymous - Thanks for the question. FEMA funds such grants through the states, so the Alabama Emergency Management Agency would notify you of your application status. http://ema.alabama.gov/ContactUs/index.cfm
I live in Northport Al. I did not know they were t...
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I live in Northport Al. I did not know they were taking applications for assistance with safe rooms. I understand the deadline was Aug 16. Will there be another opportunity for me to apply?
@ Anonymous from Northport - These are local deadl...
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@ Anonymous from Northport - These are local deadlines. Please contact your local county emergency manager regarding the deadline in your area.


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Honors: 2010 NSCAA Third-Team All-West Region, two-time First-Team All-WAC, 2011 Preseason All-WAC, 2011 Second-Team NSCAA Scholar All-West Region, 2011 Idaho Players' Player of the Year, three-time WAC All-Academic honoree
2011: Flockhart earned First-Team All-WAC honors for the second season in a row and was voted Players' Player of the Year by her teammates after leading the team with six assists and finishing third on the team with 10 points during her junior season … started every game for Idaho at outside midfielder … scored her fifth career game-winner in the 1-0 victory over Eastern Washington on Sept. 25 … tallied a goal in the 4-1 victory over Idaho State on Sept. 2 … registered her first career multi-assist game in the 4-2 win over Hawai`i on Oct. 7 with a pair of dishes … assisted the game-winner in the 1-0 victory at Louisiana Tech on Oct. 16 … was voted Preseason All-WAC by the league's coaches before the season … fifth on the team with 18 shots in 2011, nine on target … was voted Players' Player of the Game four times during the season by her teammates … earned Second-Team NSCAA Scholar All-West Region honors … Fall WAC All-Academic honoree.
2010: Flockhart was a First-Team All-WAC and NSCAA Third-Team All-Region pick at the outside midfielder position as a sophomore. She was tied for third on the team with eight points and started all 21 games for Idaho. She had a pair of goals, including the game-winner against Eastern Washington. She was fourth on the team with 23 shot attempts, 11 of which were on-target. Her ability to stretch the field made her dangerous, and she tallied four assists on the year. In the 2-1 win over San Jose State, she drew a penalty kick with less than seven minutes remaining that gave Idaho the deciding goal. Her teammates voted her Player of the Match twice during the season after the matches against UC Irvine and Eastern Washington.
2009: Flockhart started all 19 games for Idaho as a true freshman and finished fourth on the team in scoring with nine points. She netted four goals, three of which were game-winners, from her outside mid position. Her .235 shooting percentage was the best on the team, while her .588 SOG percentage was the best among Idaho players who attempted 15 or more shots. She earned her first career goal in the 1-0 win over Montana that clinched the 2009 Governor's Cup tournament title. Flockhart scored back-to-back game-winners with one goal each against South Dakota and Weber State on Sep. 25 and 27, respectively, and added her fourth career goal in the season finale against Hawai'i. In all, she fired 17 shots, 10 of which were on goal. She also earned her first career assist in the 4-1 win over Eastern Washington on Sep. 18.
High School/Club: Flockhart was a four-sport athlete at Salmon Arm Secondary, as she competed in basketball, cross country and track and field, in addition to soccer. She was the leading scorer three times for the soccer team and led the team to a league title in 2007. She earned an Excellence in Soccer Award from Salmon Arm in 2008 and was selected as the school's 2005 and 2006 female Athlete of the Year. On the track, she was selected to run at the 2006 B.C. Summer Games and was a top-10 provincial finisher at the B.C. Cross Country Championships twice in leading Salmon Arm to a 2006 third-place finish and a 2007 second-place finish. She played on the Shuswap FC club team for six seasons and led the team to a 2007 provincial bronze medal. She also played in the Super Y League in 2007 and the PCSL women's league in 2008.
Personal: She is the daughter of Ron and Heather Flockhart. She has two brothers, Carson and Dallas. Her father, Ron, played in the National Hockey League for nine seasons, while her cousin, Stacey Irvine, is a track and field athlete at Montana State. She earned a Top All-Around Student award from Salmon Arm Secondary in 2006, as well as an Academic Distinction Award in 2008. Her major at Idaho is International Studies.


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The Collection at RiverPark goes live
Master-planned retail development breathes new life into the region's shopping, entertainment options
By Michael Sullivan 11/15/2012
It's on the same level of quality as any Caruso project, like The Grove in Los Angeles, said Andres Friedman, vice president of development and acquisitions at Shea Properties, over lunch at the recently opened Kabuki Japanese Restaurant at The Collection at RiverPark in Oxnard.
If one isn't familiar with The Grove, you could call it a virtual Disneyland for shoppers, foodies and entertainment seekers. And similar to The Grove, the long-awaited Collection at RiverPark follows the lifestyle center model, featuring entertainment, retail, eateries, a variety of services, open space with fountains, parks and playgrounds, and quality art. The reality of this development, however, is that by no means is it any sort of generic shopping center. As Friedman put it, it is a regional destination targeted for the 500,000 people living throughout Ventura County, from Ojai to Thousand Oaks. And for Shea Properties and its partners, it's all in the details.
The Collection at RiverPark resembles no other shopping district in the county. Though the days of constructing enclosed shopping malls have passed, strip malls will always continue to be built for urban/suburban infill, and old and downtown districts will always have their appeal, the draw of the lifestyle center model will be a major contender in the county's shopping scene. And at a $250 million investment for the 60-acre development, it should.
Opening at The Collection at RiverPark
After four years of speculation as to when The Collection would actually go online, the time has finally come and it's happening at a rapid pace. Target was the first anchor store to open earlier this year. Century Theatres opened in October with state-of-the-art technology, which includes NextGen: state-of-the art cinema concept with wall-to-wall, ceiling-to-floor screens, Barco DLP projectors; and RealD 3D: custom JBL sound systems, an XD auditorium and self-serve concession stands. Kabuki Japanese Restaurant opened earlier this month. Panera, Five Guys Burger and Fries, Menchie's Frozen Yogurt, Color Me Mine paint-your-own-pottery-studio and Massage Envy will all open this month. Anchor stores Whole Foods Market and REI outdoor sporting goods, along with Starbucks and Gandolfo's Deli New York Delicatessen will be open by spring 2013. Gen Korean BBQ and Famous Dave's BBQ have also signed leases to open at The Collection. The Yard House, which would take up 12,000 square feet, has also been proposed for the center; a public meeting will be held to discuss the Yard House at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 29, in the community room at Oxnard City Hall, 300 W. Third St. New construction has already begun for Ulta Beauty at The Collection, which will move across the freeway from West Esplanade Drive. Once the anchors agreed to open, apparently, many more were ready to jump on board.
"Early in the year, there were signs the economy was turning around," Friedman said. "The cinema and REI really wanted to open sooner than later. That's why we pushed forward."
Shea Properties had slowed down construction in 2009 as the economy slumped. Shea linked up with CenterCal Properties and Oaktree Capital Management, which both invested in the project and got construction moving again. REI, however, had been ready to move in the day it was supposed to be set for completion in 2008.
"We did originally announce our opening in 2008," said Bethany Holly, spokeswoman for REI. "That basically delayed due to the developer delays."
Holly said that the market for REI is strong in Ventura County, with enough members as a part of its co-op to justify a storefront. REI opens four to five stores annually, including a location in Santa Barbara last year.
The process of marketing The Collection to tenants is ongoing, Friedman said. With 650,000 square feet of retail and only 40 percent leased to date, Friedman said that he expects the leasing process to fill the entire project will take around 18 months. All construction will be complete by March 2013.
Cinemark Century Plaza Riverpark 16 held its grand opening Friday, Oct. 26. It features state-of-the-art technology, including Next Gen cinema concept and RealD 3D sound systems.
"We are trying to make this place unique," Friedman said. "We are in conversations with local restaurateurs and to open a local franchise. Gandolfo's New York Deli is going in next to the theater and opening in April. They are a local franchisee of a national chain. We are reaching out to the Chamber of Commerce to find those who want to open a business here, open a local restaurant or want office space."
The Collection also has 58,000 square feet of office space, with tenants Lawyer's Title and Escrow leasing 8,000 square feet.
The Collection's economic, environmental impact
For this master-planned development, which started with single-family homes and apartments at RiverPark, Shea Properties and its partners took into account every detail of the project. From The Collection's unique architectural design by Altoon Partners LLC to the developers' goal of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification for 80 percent of the center, the developers have gone to great lengths to make it a unique experience while being environmentally responsible.
Frank Bauer of Santa Monica works on a large-scale mosaic of ocean life.
When it comes to gaining LEED certification, The Collection is a sustainable site development that focuses on energy efficiency, water conservation, materials selection (recycled products as well as purchasing 10 percent of construction materials within a 500-mile radius to keep emissions low) and waste management (75 percent of waste recycled), among other green initiatives. The project is also environmentally friendly with its 1,125 trees — nine species in all.
But The Collection at Riverpark isn't just unique in design and construction, Shea Properties has spent around $1 million on art, bringing in seven artists for 18 individual art installations. Artists include Frank Bauer with his ceramic tile murals and benches and tile sidewalk medallions, and Michael Amescua with his cut metal sculptures. Shea Properties has also partnered with the National Park Service to create a massive mural of the Channel Islands on the outside wall of REI. To boot, the mural inside Kabuki is all hand-painted. Friedman said that the proprietors of The Collection must meet a high standard of quality. Such a mural speaks for itself.
The biggest impact, however, some would argue, is the investment in the community. Construction jobs are estimated to have created more than 800 full-time jobs. Friedman said much, if not all, of the labor was contracted through local unions. Permanent, direct retail and property management jobs are estimated to be more than 2,200, and that's just for the first phase of the project that will be open by December. New and direct jobs are said by the developer to total more than 3,300.
Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend of Ojai created this ironwork fountain.
This project is like nothing Ventura County has ever seen. It's sure to be a big attraction for shoppers and entertainment lovers alike. But this grand project will have impacts throughout the county. One of the anchors, Cinemark Century Plaza RiverPark 16, has already shut down the theaters in east Ventura, impacting nearby restaurateurs and other operators.
"Obviously, it's a real measurable impact of closing of the theater on Johnson Drive," said Jeffrey Lambert, Ventura's community development director. "They opened a new theater, state of the art. The impact is really pretty measurable. We need to double down on our existing parts of town and focus on built-up parts of Ventura, reinvigorating them. We are in a great, great location. How do we continue to keep downtown successful? Our tourism is an important part of our economy."
Lambert said it's a good time to be discussing this as the city reviews the citywide economic strategy.
The Collection also competes with Downtown Oxnard and its cinema. But Abel Magaña, the executive director of Oxnard Downtown Management District, had a unique perspective on the situation, and that is, mainly, that Downtown Oxnard is unique and can't really be compared to The Collection.
Whole Foods Market is set to open in spring 2013.
"I do think [The Collection] is good for Oxnard, for the community in general," he said. "It's validation of our community for [Shea] to come in, and I think there is a market for that. At the same time, we do not see it as a direct threat. Downtown Oxnard is authentic. People come out here for the entertainment district. This district came about organically."
He said that the people who will visit The Collection aren't necessarily the same people who come to Downtown Oxnard, and the reasons for their visits will also differ. People who visit Downtown Oxnard do so because it's local and it's close to home. It serves a different purpose than The Collection.
Magaña also said that business owners as well the management district are reinvigorating the area with diverse entertainment options, from screenings with the Oxnard Film Society to live music.
Because of a moratorium placed on new movie theater construction at the time The Collection was planned, the developers agreed to pay $9 million to assist the downtown Oxnard movie theater. To date, $1 million has been paid to revamp the theater. Magaña said he hopes that Mayor-elect Tim Flynn will broach the subject at the City Council with the hopes that the rest of the money may be infused into the downtown district as a whole.
The Collection at RiverPark will also be featuring different events throughout the year. The next big event will be a canned food drive for FOOD Share, Dec. 7-9. The goal is to raise 50,000 pounds in three days.
The Can-Tree Collection event will be a family-friendly weekend. Families who donate canned goods will be able to get free photos with Santa and will receive free meal tickets. There will also be cookie and ornament decorating as well as a raffle for a $500 gift card to Target.
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ZF-1428: Adapter fetchAll() method should have an optional fetch-mode argument
Kirill Balyasnikov writes:
Why is it not possible to specify fetch mode directly in method calls such as:
$connection->fetchAll($queryString, $bindArray, PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
It's not very convinient to call setFetchMode and getFetchMode before and after the call to restore previous state.
For example i have 10 methods in different classes and sometimes i need to get results as numeric array and sometimes as assoc array. So to be sure everything is working ok i have to setFetchMode before every fetchXXX call.
The workaround you can use now is to write a loop to fetch(), and in the fetch() method you can specify the fetch mode:
$stmt = $connection->query($queryString, $bindArray);
while ($data[] = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) { }
Sounds reasonable to me. I'll commit this soon.
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Saturday Night Live comedian Seth Meyers is dipping his foot into the sports world again as he prepares to host his second consecutive ESPYS awards show in Hollywood tonight, Wednesday July 13. ESPN will broadcast the show at 9 p.m. ET.
Seth Meyers gave his thoughts on LeBron James, Peyton Manning and Barack Obama during a recent ESPN conference call. Here are some of the more interesting tidbits, including our questions to him about how to judge when a joke crosses the line and the nerve-wracking experience of hosting a live show like the ESPYS.
On funniest sports celebrity he's worked with.
I feel like it's almost an obvious answer, but I will stick with Peyton Manning. He's, I think, it's no surprise to see him in commercials, he's really one of the funnier guys I ever met….with that said, Charles Barkley might be more fun to talk to. Charles Barkley is in that really nice place now where he's been so outrageous that no is surprised anymore and that gives him a lot of freedom to say what he wants.
On public's hate of LeBron James and Miami Heat.
Um, you know it certainly makes sense based on what I know about human behavior that people would turn against LeBron James. Uh, but I would urge people to remember that pretty much all Americans would like to make the choice to work where they want and work with the people they want to do it with. Um, I just think unfortunately there were a few missteps in how it was handled and that made sense that people would sort of enjoy shooting hate at the Heat's season.
On who is more intimidating to make fun of President Obama or the athletes.
[Seth Meyers previously hosted the White House correspondent's dinner in April]. "Um, I think probably Obama is more intimidating. Even though the athletes can physically hurt me, I feel like Obama has the power of the IRS and that's more intimidating."
On his preparation for the ESPYS.
"Well, we're shooting a few short films this week and writing monologue jokes and, um, we really want to get on the [docket] deserving athletes, so if anyone wants to get in a sex scandal in the next few days that'd be great.
On what's off limits in the sports world for jokes.
I don't think anything is off limits, I think one of the tricks for us this year is with so much labor strife, you know, finding the humor in that. I think to most people all lockouts mean is that their sports aren't gonna happen and I don't think many people are familiar with the intricacies of collective bargaining so that's part of the trick. It's not off limits, but it's a little harder.
On any previous negative reactions he's gotten from athletes about ESPYS host performance.
You know, I feel like working at SNL Lorne [Michaels] instills in you, you try not to make a joke that's so unfair that if you saw the person you would walk the other way. So I think you try to make jokes that as long as at the heart of them they're fun and not mean-spirited you don't have to worry about it too much.
On when a joke becomes mean-spirited.
Well, you know, when we write it we have about six comedy writers in the room and I've found that if just one comedy writer thinks it's mean-spirited, it's probably mean-spirited. To be honest, it's just the ones that when you say them in the back of your mind you say to yourself that's probably over the line. I think it's more of a feel thing than any sort of metric thing that you can put a number on. And to be honest, as a comedy writer you aim for the line and when you aim for the line, there aren't many times when you go over.
On the most nerve-wracking part about hosting a live show like the ESPYS.
Most of my experience is in live, but the weird thing about the ESPYS versus Saturday Night Live is there's no dress rehearsal so a lot of times you're telling jokes for the first time and that I think is probably the most stressful because when you tell a joke in front of a big room of people and no one laughs, you can feel the bewilderment of the audience trying to understand why you ever thought they would [think the joke was funny].


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ZF-7791: Zend_Form doesn't handle PUT/DELETE requests.
Good day.
Since 1.9 and Zend_Rest_Route/Zend_Rest_Controller PUT/DELETE methods was added in Zend_Form. But i founded Zend_Form doesn't handle them as expected. It just changes 'method' form param to PUT/DELETE, instead of creating a hidden '_method' field with necessary values.
I'm interested in opinions on this. Is this a problem we should be solving at all?
Rewriting the Form decorator doesn't really work since the Form decorator is on the end of the decorator stack; decorating with a form field (either in Zend_View_Helper_Form or the Form decorator itself) is a) repeating ourselves to output a form element and b) ignoring any other elements named _method, thus potentially rendering 2 html elements with the same name.
A more elegant solution may be to add an additional decorator to the begining of the default decorator stack; which adds the element and modifies the submission method, letting the existing decorators handle rendering the element in it's own right. This decorator could be removed via removeDecorator() to return handling of 'put' and 'delete' methods to the unhandled way. It would be possible to make this decorator configurable beyond defaults, so the user can alter the type and name of the element so it is not only compatible with the Zend_Rest_Route-style handling. I'd prefer explicitly adding this decorator however adding the decorator would require clearing the stack and re-adding the default decorators, since it's currently not possible to prepend a decorator to the stack. This would make adding the decorator more effort than adding manual handling.
Opinions welcome, I'll reconsider the course of action on Friday 25th of September.
I'll extend coments for another week.
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This also means we are praying for the graces we need to advance the protection of human life. We may be tempted to compromise with the culture of death. We ask for the daily bread of strength to defend life, to speak up for the helpless, to intervene to save the weak. We pray also that those tempted to abort their children because of economic reasons may experience the help of God's people, the daily bread of their generosity.


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They were the unlikeliest of friends debauching their way around London: the Earl of Camdonn, a nobleman of vast wealth and power, and Scottish laird Alan MacDonald, a respected Jacobite with ambitions of his own.
But their friendship is destroyed when Alan marries beautiful Sorcha Stewart - only to
witness Cam kidnap her from their bedroom. Then Alan learns the truth: His bride was not an innocent. She took a lover before him - his friend, who taught her the ways of pleasure.
Now Alan will do anything to get his wife back.
Cam fights to redeem his honor, even as he refuses to give up his obsession. Torn between love and duty, Sorcha must watch as the two men she desires go to war over her. But when the battle lines are drawn, all three lovers are lured into a triangle of forbidden passion.
Alan MacDonald has returned to his highland home and birthright, Glenfinnan, after a twenty year absence. Born the son of the laird and an English woman, when his father died, his mother couldn't survive the harsh elements and took her son home to England. The people of Glenfinnan were a bit nervous for their laird's return. Would he return to them a snobbish Englishman complete with wig and accent? No. Their laird was a man of kindness and charm who spoke flawless Gaelic and within a few short months he earned their undisputed loyalty and the hand of the beautiful maiden, Sorcha.
Alan, already besotted with his bride of a few hours, believes that he's obtained the heart of a beautiful and innocent maiden. A woman untouched by another save himself. Knowing that his bride has dealt with the painful passing of her mother through child birth, he promises Sorcha that they'll wait to have children until she is ready. After a beautiful joining, Alan let's down his guard and in that moment Sorcha is snatched from his grasp and taken forcefully by the Earl of Camdonn - his friend of twenty years. The man that saved his arse countless times and visa verse. Alan can't believe that the man he thought of as a brother is now dragging his naked wife and tearing away from his cottage while leaving his giant of a body guard behind.
Cam has no idea what he's doing, all he knows that he can't stand by and allow Alan to touch the woman he loves. Twenty years of friendship means nothing in the rage of his jealousy. He knew this marriage was coming, Alan had told him himself and Cam had done his best to not think upon it. Sorcha could never be his wife. He's an Earl and a highlander for his bride is not an option. But that doesn't mean that he can't still possess her. He'll chain her in his dungeons if he must but he will not relinquish the one woman that had shown him so much passion prior to her return to Glenfinnan. He's sure that she loves him for she must.
Sorcha can't believe what's happening to her. With her highland nature comes fierce pride and unwavering loyalty to her marriage. Despite the fact that she barely knows Alan, she will remain loyal to him no matter what the cost. She had planned on never telling Alan of her affair with Cam. Her marriage was a time for a fresh start and she had successfully duped him on her virginal state. But with Cam hauling her naked into the night, Sorcha fears that the worst will be discovered. Once at Cam's home, Sorcha rejects him at every turn. Although she hates to see Cam hurt, it becomes very apparent to her that she never truly loved Cam. Now more than ever, Sorcha must escape to her husband.
Alan fights Cam's guards nearly to the death to retrieve his new bride. All he can think about is how innocent she is and how frightened she must be. Awaking to find himself at home with battle wounds and a blow to the head, Alan is soon visited by Sorcha's father. He informs Alan of his suspicions regarding Sorcha and Cam, leaving Alan horrified of the implications.
Sorcha, managing to escape Cam's castle, walks home to her husband. But the instant she sees him, she knows that he is now well aware of her past. Sorcha is instantly condemned by Alan for her past actions and her conniving ability to make him believe that she was a virgin. He believes her to be a liar and in no way can he trust her. But Sorcha is given some measure of hope realizing that Alan has no intentions of throwing her out. Perhaps she can win back his trust.
But no matter how Sorcha tries to please Alan, he still will not bend. He cuts her at every opportunity and while in the beginning she knows that she was deserving of his wrath, now it's her anger that's igniting. The two clash heavily in a verbal battle but achieve some measure of peace. Both feel that they may be able to save their marriage. But something must be done about Cam for he's still scheming to get Sorcha back and Alan will not have his pride be toyed with again. He challenges the Earl to swords.
When Cam is brutally wounded in the dual, like any good friend, Alan agrees to stay with his hurt and scared fallen brother. For the moment, the past is forgiven while in the wake his best friend's possible death. Sorcha too decides to help and the three hunker down at Cam's castle to see him through recovery. Yet something foreign is kindling between the three. It's not anger but desire and with each day that Cam grows stronger so does the burning need for one another. In a combustible collision that leaves them all both healed and destroyed, it's Alan that's the most wounded by their drunken encounter. Awaking to find his beloved wife, whom he still hasn't yet forgiven, entwined with Cam leaving him on the edge of the bed and in the cold, brings his life into perspective. He loves Sorcha and it's clear that she loves Cam. Alan could have lived with Sorcha's past but he can't and will never be able to withstand her love for another man. With that admission to himself, Alan steals into the morning light and heads out to the battle his men have yearning to fight. And if it's death he's meeting, so be it.
'Highland Obsession' was fabulously unexpected. It's a character driven story rife with anguish and betrayal. My heart went on a journey with these characters. In the beginning I was deeply committed to Cam's plight for Sorcha's love for his heart was dark with jealousy and bitter sadness. In turn, I felt that Sorcha was betraying Cam with her marriage and her burgeoning feelings for her new husband. But after I cheered Cam and his abduction of the woman he loves, I was instantly felled by the shear ferocity in which Alan fought to save his wife. My heart clenched with his anguished thoughts of his innocent new bride's fear when in truth she knows Cam infinitely more than Alan could ever have imagined. And when Sorcha risks her life to escape Cam and his guards to return to her husband, even knowing that her reputation is irreparably damaged, I was struck with admiration. Such courage from this heroine.
When Alan's pride poisons his emotions, I hoped desperately that Sorcha could win his trust once again. There are many tense moments between Alan and Sorcha that left me on the edge of my seat yearning for Alan's capitulation to his love for Sorcha. And when she finally grew angry over Alan's avoidance and harsh accusations, she rises boldly before him and challenges his beliefs. I cheered for the women of those times that were condemned as whores for being passionate while the males of their time were applauded for their sexual conquests. Alan's thoughts were biased in the extreme and it took Sorcha's fierce anger to finally get him to see things from her perspective. But truly these two characters come alive for each other.
And poor Cam. He stole my heart repeatedly throughout the novel. He embodies an almost childlike desperation for Sorcha that leaves him making several mistakes but he matures with the realization that Alan and Sorcha are meant to belong together. He comes to see that his love, while intense, can never be and he must give his blessing and hope to keep the two people that he loves the most as his dearest friends.
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:26 pm
Post subject: Sleepless at Midnight
I liked "Sleepless at Midnight," but I could have liked it a lot more if it had been edited down and if some of the unbelievable plot contrivances had been eliminated. I liked Matthew and Sarah, the h&h. Seeing him come to recognize, esteem, and then to love Sarah's wonderful qualities was great fun. In turn, her not being able to believe that he finds her beautiful and is attracted to her is totally believable, and D'Alessandrio did not have her disbelief last too long. As sometimes happens in real life, somehow, when one person finds another attractive, other people do too, and it was charming that other men began to notice Sarah. Although she is not your typical Regency or Victorian miss, her uniqueness is not "she is really a 21st century woman, dressed in long gowns" variety. However. . .
Basically, Matthew has been digging holes in his estate at night, secretly, because on his deathbed, Matthew's father told him that he had buried money he had won gambling. Why a nobleman would not have overseen the excavation of his gardens is beyond me. Surely, he could come up with an excuse, if he really felt that he needed to explain to his help--an assumption I find mildly ridiculous, but not as ridiculous as a man digging random holes at night for over a year. I became bored with Matthew and Sarah's attempts to track down the father's vague clues, and frankly, my dear, I didn't give a damn.
But what really irritated me was Matthew's vow to his father that he would marry within a year, causing him to race before the deadline to find the money so he won't have to marry an heiress. I, like most people, admire people who fulfill their promises, but Matthew did not appear honorable, he just appeared stupid. It took him FOREVER to decide to marry Sarah, in spite of her not having money.
The only quibble I have with Sarah is that she and the other members of her book club decide to make a stuffed "ideal" man from the clothing they borrow from the rooms of the gentleman at the party. This sets up Sarah seeing Matthew bathing, the beginning of her attraction to him. D'Alessandro should have come up with a more believable device; after all, why would GROWN WOMEN want to stuff an "ideal" man? Later, Matthew, seeing the puppet, assumes he is real. Thankfully, that lasts only a short time.
I don't know why D'Allessandro felt it necessary to include these plot items, but maybe for their humor (which doesn't work, IMO). It's also possible that she thought they provided the necessary tension to the book, but they didn't. In a romance, there must be a believable impediment to prevent the marriage, and with two such decent, adult characters, that's difficult to manage. The niceness of both kept me reading, but there was little suspense or tension in "Sleepless at Midnight."
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Lynda X wrote:
The only quibble I have with Sarah is that she and the other members of her book club decide to make a stuffed "ideal" man from the clothing they borrow from the rooms of the gentleman at the party. This sets up Sarah seeing Matthew bathing, the beginning of her attraction to him. D'Alessandro should have come up with a more believable device; after all, why would GROWN WOMEN want to stuff an "ideal" man? Later, Matthew, seeing the puppet, assumes he is real. Thankfully, that lasts only a short time.
It was that game with the stuffed man which made me have a hard time thinking of Sarah and her friends as grown women. That scavenger hunt seemed so much like stuff I did when I was a teenager!
I'd say the "ideal man" device was also D'Alessandro's way of getting all her ducks in a row--that is, hinting which pairings to expect in future books. Each future heroine will end up with the man whose article of clothing she "borrowed."
Having said that, yeah, it's
very strange.
"To be in a romance is to be in uncongenial surroundings. To be born into this earth is to be born into uncongenial surroundings, hence to be born into a romance." (G.K. Chesterton)
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Yes, the plot points you mentioned were a bit unbelievable but I also feel that I would follow Jackie D'Allesandro into a pit of lava because she really makes me laugh out loud during her stories. The first two chapters of the book that follows this one (cant remember the name of it) is a conversation between Matthew and his best friend (hero) and Sarah and her sister (heroine) and I laughed the entire time. Now as far as stuffing the 'ideal man' I have to suppose that life was pretty boring in the country for young English women. (thats all I can come up with)
And yes, you can tell from the second book of the series that the ideal man may be a match up with whoever they stole from.
The thing I didnt like about this book was that the author was constantly putting down the heroine. Everyone around her seemed to thrive on her personality but we did have to hear over and over again that she was not beautiful. ( I get it, she was a troll with glasses )
That being said, cant wait till the next one comes out.
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I just started it last night. Love the dog Danford, lots of good sense there. I'm thinking Julia's story will be next with the American Jensen Logan? We shall see, JacquieD books are always an easy read for me
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An Aug. 19 trial date was set Monday for former Brunswick County District Attorney Rex Gore, accused of allowing Assistant District Attorney Elaine Kelley to illegally collect expenses for traveling to and from work.
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The sound is not exactly the same but the feeling is. The otherworldly rumble of an earthquake that seems to fill the space in your skull before you feel anything actually shaking, and the whump of a backcountry snowpack giving up the ghost somewhere in its layered depth, conjuring a frosty question mark for your split-second contemplation – is it going to slide?
The last light was rapidly dying and there was only one more pitch to ski before we would hit the track leading to the hut. The Hut. Full of unscary things like snow melting in pots on the wood stove, watery instant hot cocoa, G.O.R.P., ancient instant oatmeal packets, an incomplete set of checkers. Warm things. Life things.
I turned slowly to the figure beside me who suddenly seemed impossibly small, impossibly frail. Between a snow-laced woolen hat and scarf, her 14-year-old face hovered like a small, pale moon, eyes huge. In a thin whisper more in than out, she said, "I'm scared now."
And that made two of us, because here's the thing about me: I'm not a skier, not really. Rock climbing was my improbable, blessed escape from an introverted and disgruntled adolescence. So it wasn't until my 20s that I even owned a pair of skis. Never mind that I moved to Telluride in short order and skied as much as I could. Never mind that I subsisted for a while on a diet of avy courses and backcountry tours, chasing epically strong skiers (mostly men) around the San Juans, gobbling up any crumb of wisdom that happened to drop along the skintrack from behind curtains of frozen facial hair. I was still a climber who skied a little.
But on skis I learned to love the mountains – trees, wind, clouds, snow, birds, the whole world – more deeply. The first time my pack, my skis and I somersaulted down a pitch of funky spring crud, and I landed face-up, sweating and unhurt at the bottom, I whooped with joy at the unimpressed blue sky above me. Or when ptarmigans exploded in a startled shower of white as I skinned past their tree-side huddle in the late-afternoon light – who can resist these things? They felt like emotional exclamation points and I was overflowing with them. I wanted to pass them on.
I began guiding weekend trips for middle and high school students in San Miguel County. Climbing in the warmer months, ski touring with expert local guides in the winter. As anyone who interacts with kids that age can tell you, you can't help but witness some of them detaching. Vulnerable, pissed off, looking for anything with relevance – heavy emotions that quite often drive people into drugs. Or, sometimes, into the mountains. I thought if I could introduce even one kid to the empowerment and humility of wild places, that'd be something.
So what good was I doing now, standing here in silent, powerless panic as this young girl relied on me in precisely the way I'd told her she could?
I knew the snowpack was pretty stable despite the settling and the new snow. The area was wellskied, not particularly dangerous. Our guide, Joe, was even waving us on to his stance below where he stood spotting us. "It's okay! Come on down!" But in that instant, everything I'd ever done, in the mountains and out of them, rewound and played fast-forward in my mind as I looked into this young girl's uncertain face. The weight of the responsibility I had invited onto myself was suddenly brutally unromantic, and staggering. She raised her eyebrows.
More deluge than a confession came the thoughts: Don't look at me, I'm not a skier, I'm a fake. I took violin lessons. I'm a klutz. I'm a rock climber, not even that strong. I'm a capital 'C' Chicken. I studied poetry.
Her voice burned a hole through my emotional fog. "I'm scared," she repeated softly, and I was unable to lie to her. I swallowed and answered, "So am I ..."
Then from somewhere in myself, the same place I had cataloged all the scared, cold, unsure moments I'd lived in these mountains that I loved and that gave not a damn about me:
"... but we're gonna be ok."
And I knew it was true.