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-- Command Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Guard Christopher E. Muncy, the highest enlisted airman in the Air National Guard, visited the VTANG, April 14-15. As command chief, he oversees the well-being, moral, and assets of the Air National Guard.
Saturday he addressed all officers and senior non-commissioned officers at the Sheraton in Burlington. His message to the group: to guide the future force. Sunday, in Hangar 3 on base, Muncy addressed the future flight and all enlisted members.
It must be said, the man has style and knows how to instantly gain the attention of a military audience; first he invited everyone attending to sit down while he spoke. For the next hour he addressed common issues singular to the National Guard.
"Nobody knows who you are," he said, touching on what may be one of the most sensitive subjects for an Air National Guardsman. "To most of the public you're wearing an army uniform and you're telling them you're an airman. And then you're an airman, and you don't fly a plane!"
Tell your story, he urged the Vermont Guardsmen. Talk to everyone; educate people who are willing to listen about the difference between the Army mission and Air Force mission. People just haven't heard of the Air Guard and just don't know.
He then urged VTANG guardsmen to use the Community College of the Air Force. Out of all the service members, he said, an air national guardsman is the least likely to have a college degree.
Muncy congratulated our senior NCOs for excelling at the demanding job they do for the Air Guard. It's not chiefs or colonels who run the missions, he said, it's the NCOs.
The command chief also talked about the economy and the changes in the military that are bound to come. "You're never going to be rich doing this, except in here," he said, touching over his heart, "You are sacrificing for a nation and a state."
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How to Make a Swiss Roll
A Swiss roll is perfect for any occasion, a birthday, Christmas or just for fun. It also takes hardly any time at all. But above all it is extremely easy to make and is great for people who are just beginning to cook.
- 3 eggs
- 75g (50g) caster sugar
- 75g (3 oz) plain flour
- 2 tablespoons of jam
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
1Light oven Reg 7 or 200ºC/400ºF.
2Grease and line a Swiss roll tin.
3Put eggs and caster sugar into a large mixing bowl and whisk until light and creamy (it should be very thick at this stage).
4Sieve flour into mixture and fold very gently using a teaspoon.
5Pour the mixture into tray carefully.
6Cook for 10-12 minutes until golden brown and springy to touch.
7While cooking place a piece of greaseproof paper on a cooling tray and sprinkle with sugar.
8When the sponge is cooked remove from oven, tip upside down on sugared paper and carefully remove paper from sponge.
9Cut off any hard crusty edges. Spread with jam(and\or)cream and roll.
10Leave in paper for a few minutes before serving on a plate.
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- Fold the flour into the mixture very gently scooping the mixture from the bottom and bringing it to the top
- Spread the mixture around the tray and fill all the whole tray.
- Grease Swiss roll tin by pouring olive oil into a cup and spreading it with a paintbrush. Do a line in the middle then put the grease proof paper on and then grease over the top of it.
- Warm up the jam for 40 seconds in the microwave so it spreads more easily.
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Wind: A Breath of Heart [January 30, 2003]
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Rollins Farm: A new idea in boarding
Luke Rollins, owner and inventor of Rollins Farm, dreamt of opening a boarding stable that is "cost efficient, and caters to hard working individuals of any age who may or may not be working two jobs or going to college." His dream is quickly becoming reality.
Rollins Farm focuses on flexibility; far from the "one size fits all" mentality that is seen elsewhere. "Whatever the case may be, at this barn you don't have to constantly worry about how you are going to come up with monthly board- instead you can take that extra money you saved and spend it on other services for your horse. We all want the best for our horse right?"
It is this focus on the horse's well-being that makes this farm different. In such trying economic times, many stables are forced to cut corners. Rollins says that potential boarders should look at a stable from care standpoint, "People need to look at the big picture. Are the horses healthy? In good weight? Is it safe for horses? Is the food kept in a nice dry area? Do things seem somewhat organized? Is the owner personable?"
When Rollins first set eyes on the site of his future stable, it was far from inhabitable. Much time was spent cleaning and refreshing the facilities. This task, though daunting, has not dampened his spirits.
My new vision hasn't come without obstacles. Upon moving into the barn I had to remove large pieces of sheet metal from the soon-to-be arena, remove boards and metal posts from the aisle-ways and remove hundreds of feet of hot wire from the pasture areas; not to mention all the old fly traps hanging all over. The pastures were way overgrown, and stalls had 12-18 inches of dried manure that had to be removed. It was a nightmare!
The farm is still in the works, though it is quite different from what it once was. "I have pretty much mapped out where my new grooming/tack area is going along with the new pastures. I have plans to put in a small observation room after I get the new footing for the indoor arena."
At the end of the day, Rollins understands his barn is still a work in progress, and some potential boarders will not understand how far he has come, and how much is still left to tackle.
I have had several people come out to look at things and I don't get too excited, as I know that most people look at the cosmetic aspects of a barn and if it's not up to par they normally tell me they will call me. I don't hold my breath.
To a point, what Rollins Farm isn't, is just as important as what it is.
I have been to some barns where the owner acts like they are running a dictatorship, or barns where the owners will tell you everything and anything you want to hear to get you in as a boarder. Some barn owners will let you work off your board and you'll never get to see your horse because you're too busy taking care of theirs and the other boarders. As a new barn owner I intend to run my facility without the Drama and offer discounts to those who are eligible for them (multiple horses, college students for example) I like to be flexible- Adjusting board rates according to your horses needs without forgetting the health and well being of the horse.
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My wife Liz and I met in a bar.
For Liz it was in defiance of her father's admonition, "Whatever you do, don't meet a Melungeon in a bar." While technically she did meet a Melungeon in a bar, it wasn't quite like that; we were both at a going-away party for a mutual friend, a poet who had taken a teaching job on the other side of the United States, in San Francisco.
Last Friday night Liz and I visited that bar for the last time. When the doors closed in the dark of Saturday morning, Bull Branch was gone. The owner Scott had closed it down the way she does everything—full throttle all the way. She swung open the doors and threw a smash-up party. Don DiLego, backed by a fantastic band, gave us a good dose of his soulful Americana. Everyone danced, and drank, and reveled in the company of old friends.
Open in 2001, Bull Branch was a restaurant and a bar, but it was more than that. It was a place to meet people interested in more than hookups and college football; it was a place to talk about art and literature and music; it was a place to hear music that ranged in the course of an hour from Willie Nelson to Morphine to Fela Kuti. If you wanted to dance, you did it between the tables. And that was fine. People did it all the time.
It feels like our town has lost another bubble of sanity, a local sanctuary from the bland corporate-store kitsch that appears to be spreading like gangrene across the city. Another place with personality goes, another Cracker Barrel or Buffalo Wild Wings—or two, or four—opens.
Friday was great fun. Saturday was sad, as if another friend had moved far away. Funny how a place has its own personality and can come to feel like a friend. Bull Branch was like that to me—a friend I hadn't seen as much lately because I had three kids to usher through the teen years, but an old friend nonetheless.


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Texas Tech returns home after spending a week in Orlando, Fla. at the Rebel Games. The Red Raiders won nine game and lost one. Their season record is 27-5 overall. Tech is led by junior infielder Kim Martinez who is currently batting .513 with nine homeruns and 43 RBIs. The ACU Wildcats are 27-9 in their first season of competition.
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"Grant on the Edge" is Thom Bassett's latest installment in "Disunion," the New York Times' series on the Civil War. In it, Bassett, a lecturer in Bryant's Department of English and Cultural Studies, explores the reasons Ulysses S. Grant was contemplating quitting the Army in June 1892, and the role William T. Sherman played in changing Grant's mind.
"Grant's decision to leave has been forgotten in light of his brilliant success later in the war," Bassett writes. "But it was a critical episode in his life — and, more important, a critical moment in the war, because it turned on differences between [Henry W.] Halleck and Grant — one at the height of his power, one still unsure of his future — that highlighted two divergent paths forward in the drive toward Union victory."
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A while ago, the R&B Live series at Times Square venue Spotlight, hosted an evening featuring "Diddy and Friends." Now, he of all-blinding bling and refined cheesecake tastes is fun to watch on the TV but was not who I necessarily felt like spending an evening with. Apparently, I have poor taste in mogul-hosted events as Janelle Monáe was one of the "friends" who performed and wrecked it. Janelle's space age, cartoony soul was the last thing I expected from the night and I later remembered that the ingenue had recently signed to Bad Boy. Like many, I first saw Janelle with her two scoops of afro puff in the zany clip for Outkast's "Morris Brown." Prior to that, Janelle dabbled in off-Broadway plays, gained popularity in the Atlanta college circuit and was signed to Big Boi's Purple Ribbon label. Janelle's southern pedigree and left-of-center appeal fits all too well with the 'Kast's playground-on-Jupiter aesthetic. But um, where amongst the sky-high boots and voluminous weave pieces of Danity Kane, the infuriating ineptitude of Cassie and the brittle, derivative soul of other middling Bad Boy acts would Janelle's sunny, spacey music fit in?
It's not that Diddy doesn't have an eye for talent, he's got an admirable sense of what makes someone a star. However, time and again, his eye for moolah tends to blind his eye for developing and nurturing artists. Diddy has signed countless acts who showed promise but were eventually banished to artist development obscurity when they didn't come with a shake-n-bake marketing plan. Remember Fuzzbubble? Yes you do – they thrashed guitars and drums on the rock remix to Diddy's 1997 hit, "All About The Benjamins." Remember Dream? Yeah those nominally pubescent starlets who made forgettably sweet numbers like, "This Is Me" a while ago. Remember Black Rob who came out the gate with "Whoa?" I could go on like this but Diddy's track record does not bear well for artists he signed after 2001. Faith, 112, Biggie, Total are still the flagship Bad Boy artists as no act since has been able to capture and grasp the attention of the fickle public (and perhaps their own label CEO). Even on their hit show, "Making The Band" Danity Kane has to beg Diddy for a just a smidge of his time.
Perhaps this diatribe is a bit unfair. Artists get signed, dropped and languish in obscurity everyday. Many labels have niche audiences that simply make it easier to market a certain type of artist. And even if it doesn't work, I guess we should give Bad Boy props for being progressive and at least attempting to expand their repetoire. Apparently, her deal gives her some autonomy and allows her to continue work with her Wondaland Arts Society label. She could easily stay indie (reports say her album Metropolis has sold over 10,000 copies independently) and make it. I'm not telling her how to manage her career but in the myopic major-label shuffle I see her going the way of Imani Coppola and Kelis. Singular female artists who always brought an undeniable uniqueness to the music scene who are now working the indie circuit.
One very important thing about Diddy, that perhaps bodes well for all us snooty armchair critics is that he doesn't really set trends so much as he validates them. If Janelle represents Bad Boy's future, she represents music's future. When the white rapper thing was all the rage, Diddy was armed for battle with Kain, who could have competed against Eminem and Bubba Sparxx. And Dream was Sean's response to the huge pop bubble of the early 2000s when N*Sync, Britney, Christina Aguilera and The Backstreet Boys were blowing up CD scanners around the world. And tell me Danity Kane isn't a multi-hued approximation of Destiny's Child. In a music world where Jill Scott and Lupe Fiasco are handily outselling Chingy, Bow Wow and Omarion (Lupe even has the #2 video on BET's hysteriafest 106 & Park), Janelle may really be what's hot in the streets.


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I meant to post this last week but…well you know.
Anyway, heading out in a little bit for Open Studios weekend, 12-5 both Sat and Sun, a great time to see a lot of great arts and crafts (and BUY some! Start your holiday shopping, guys!).
Of note:
Mill No 5 is holding a special A Little Bazaar, "Wrong Brain," which is a collaboration with an arts group out of the seacoast of New Hampshire. As noted on the Facebook page, "A Marketplace of Strange, Unconventional, Underground, and Alternative Goods!" Definitely on my must-do list today.
I'm also going to hit ALL and the ALL gallery as well. (Facebook page here.) Probably Appleton Mills, as well, just to see how they are doing.
I might even get active on my @leftinlowell Twitter account with pic and notes, so keep an eye out!
Also, last night was date night with the Mr., ending with a Luna show after a nice meal (and excellent drinks) at Tremonte. It was good because I was having a kind of rotten day (nothing specific, just little things) so the fact that we had great places to eat out and a great venue to see a movie was a real pick-me-up. We saw Magic in the Moonlight, a Woody Allen movie with Colin Firth and Emma Stone. The acting was great, but Stone totally shone the brightest. It's a 1920s character study, about a skeptic and a purported psychic he's trying to debunk. Great dialog (it's Woody Allen after all). The trailer:
There's a 5:05 showing tonight (perfectly timed for the end of today's Open Studio hours!) and one tomorrow (Sunday) at 2:35.
Life After Beth also looks fun. If you are into romantic comedy zombie movies this is your flick! It's playing this weekend and beyond (fitting, since Halloween is coming up). Since I'm a huge fan of Shawn of the Dead…well, I might have to go see it some time.
And finally, of course, at 10:05 tonight, the phenomenon which is the Rocky Horror Picture Show will be showing at Luna! I've never quite gotten into the cult aspect of this, but people love it and have a lot of fun with it. I can certainly respect that level of geekdom, so if it's your thing, tonight's your chance!
Luna's got their full calendar for October up, and there are a bunch more movies on the list so go check them out!
I know I'm just getting to this and it's Friday, and I haven't blogged much lately, and everything I want to write will make me sound like a broken record…because we have that kind of City Council…but I wanted to highlight one of the many violations of logic that our Council seems hell bent on committing.
This past Tuesday, one agenda item - a vote from the CM's portion of the agenda, " Vote-Authorize School Dept proceed under MGL c.30B for the lease of property for School Administration Offices" - provoked a long commentary from Belanger that defied sanity. Never mind that he's in direct conflict of interest on this matter, since he's hoping that maybe the relocated school dept employees eat in his ethnically-confused dive bar. But his hypocrisy was breathtaking. He was complaining (during a long, repetitive rant) because the school dept is also going to take one of the empty storefronts for their year-round parent interfacing office.
Wasn't it this same city councilor who drove the push (I would say, unwisely tying the hands of the SD) to insist that the RFP for this relocation heavily favor a downtown location? Again, with the appearance of self interest, which I find blatant and gross (Franky D never did this crap when she was a Councilor). Wasn't it he who, with his overly long speeches on the matter, made it clear that downtown was the only place acceptable to him?
Well he got his wish. The downtown location was chosen. Then on top of this, he's been ranting about downtown vacancies (like this is a new thing) and closing businesses left and right? I get that we don't want to fill dowtown with 100% nonprofit and government offices in its street level retail spaces. But for heaven's sake, it's not like a retail business trying to start downtown would find a dearth of spaces for rent.
I also find it ironic that, when it's convenient or in his self interest, he's fine with trying to find a way for the council to interfere with private business (the landlord, in this case). Oy.
Rules. Let's pitch 'em please. The number of times Rita suspended the rules for one reason or another on Tuesday night, it appears we don't need them. And, can someone please, please tell me how it is the City Council can take a vote to support Arthur T Demoulas after a citizen petition in front of the council without an agenda item? I thought that was against the rules too. What should have happened (and correct me if I'm wrong please) is they should have put it on the agenda for two weeks from Tuesday. Do they think no one might want to speak on the issue given fair warning under Open Meeting Laws?
Now given the situation and its fluidity (the Market Basket board meets today) I suppose you could argue it was one of those "emergency responses" which is the end-around the OML. But was it? Was it really?
Lately the talk on City Council has been about marketing the city. Because, you know, we've never really done that before, ever. It's not like an organization called COOL, or any other entity in the city, has ever done any sort of advertising, campaign rollout, or viral marketing.
Of course, a lot of this silliness comes from the mouth of one Corey Belanger, who, besides his customary 2,340 average uses of the phrase "quite frankly" on a given Tuesday night (followed closely by "I'd like to inform my colleagues" like they don't know anything, which, granted, for many of them is true), has noticed that his poor dive bar downtown is quite empty. How do I know? I, and others I know personally, have walked by that place at prime time for bars and have witnessed it for ourselves.
You see, there must be something the city can do for Corey to help his business - why else would he be a Councilor? If it's not the parking fee enforcement preventing patrons from his otherwise worthy establishment, it's panhandlers, teenagers from the high school, the tagline being supposedly dropped (Lot to Like…) or any other number of bugaboos.
Right now (as of last night) he's on an anti-affordable-housing kick, cuz, you know, there's so few market rate apartments within stumbling distance from Wicked Major's Pub or whatever the hell he's calling it this month, except, of course, if you go around the corner to Fuse, Tremonte's, Centro, El Potro, The Old Court, Cobblestones, Blue Taleh, etc etc and see how packed those places are. And they are, I know from experience…as a DINK couple again, Chris and I are enjoying spreading the wealth to many downtown establishments. We love downtown…parking fees, panhandlers, and affordable housing notwithstanding. But we don't hit Major's Wicked Empty Bar.
So how are we marketing the city and getting Lowell in the news? Is it for our upcoming Folk Fest, which I've been talking up to work colleagues and anyone else that will listen? Is it the art venues or the theatre? The great restaurants?
Oh no, no, and no again. It's something MUCH grander! The City Council, in its utter idiocy, got Lowell in the news today for…wanting to go back to an enforced teenage curfew. Drawing attention in the meantime to some of the high profile shootings that have happened. A work colleague today, not prompted by anything, asked me, "What's with that curfew thing in Lowell??"
Maybe this City Council is practicing the Reverse Psychology school of marketing…hoping that by getting all the negative stuff in the New England news market, people will think good things?
Let's set aside for a moment that this curfew idea is a worthless, knee-jerk reaction to a problem that it will have nothing to do with solving. Let's pretend that the shootings which have occurred are not mostly older 20- and 30-something ex-cons getting out of jail and causing trouble. Let's imagine that Rita Mercier did NOT blanket accuse our kids of drug dealing on bikes (does that make our bike lanes "drug lanes"?).
Let us also ignore the fact, temporarily, that the SJC ruled that a good portion of the 1994 ordinance that is still on the books is unconstitutional. Despite Rita's call to jail those hooligans, the only thing that can be enforced is a minor fine.
And the ugly anti-teenage rants from the old white people on the City Council are also besides the point…with real gems from the likes of Rita Mercier, Corey Belanger, and "mayor" Elliot, who can't seem to relate to anyone under 55. And when I say it was ugly, I mean it. Flinch-worthy. It's online and you should go watch. The curfew discussion starts just after 125 minutes, but if you want the full effect of stupid, please watch from 113 minutes to catch the affordable housing debacle, where any educated viewer will notice the plethora of misinformation.
No, what really makes this special is that, instead of talking about the imminent Folk Fest and other summer activities in Lowell, we once again have reinforced the notion that Lowell is a scary place not to visit, despite the general drop in crime rates. That it's a place where irrelevant solutions to real problems are the only ones that the brain trust that is our Mayor and his cronies on City Council can come up with. That filling Corey Belanger's bar is the main reason the Council exists.
Sure, the city has problems, and the shootings are not a good trend and we should be doing everything (that is USEful) to curb the violence…but seriously. Perception is reality, and the perception of Lowell just got a good rolled-up-newspaper whack on its wet nose. By our own "leaders," no less, who are supposed to be in the position to do something about it, but who are tiptoeing like mice around the real issues. Scratch that, I like mice and hate to insult them like that.
This whole disgusting episode of "As the City Council Panders" doesn't sound like good marketing to me. Though, I have only over 14 years experience in print and web marketing and design, so what do I know?
It's like watching ping pong, only at one end of the table is the not very classy personality of Kevin Hayhurst (his facebook comments alone are enough to make you cringe, never mind the alleged assaults) and the other end is the city of Lowell.
So a temporary stay was issued today on the Hayhurst License Commission ruling by a superior court judge on a technicality. The problem? A bill got signed into law literally yesterday during the day, and the LC hearing was held after that, at night. That bill requires License Commissions to have five members, rendering our current-2-member LC not a quorum, and therefore its vote last night invalid.
Personally, I think the timing on this is fishy. Hayhurst's lawyer had asked for a postponement on this hearing until yesterday…and right before the rescheduled hearing, on the same day, a bill gets signed into law which renders our 2-member License Commission a non-compliant board? Coincidences like that make me nervous.
But the real issue here is…I thought we were supposed to get a Beacon Hill insider when we hired Kevin Murphy? Someone who could sail in the seas of state laws and practices? Someone who would have seen this coming, especially since he is listed as the sponsor of this bill in the state House??
Even worse, this board went down to two members because Kevin Murphy's own nephew had to step down since his uncle became the CM.
So let's put this clearly: a board with KMurph's own nephew predictably became a two person board when he took the City Manager job. He has failed thus far to appoint anyone to replace his nephew, which is bad enough by itself because two members could easily become one member, or someone might not be able to make a meeting due to an illness or something, and make the board a non-compliant board just as is. BUT! On top of that, a bill Kevin Murphy sponsored renders the two member board noncompliant. Clearly Murphy knew it had been passed, he might have had the fecking wherewithal to follow up on when it'd be signed.
I don't think it'd be too much to ask for him to have addressed this in the five weeks he's been at the helm of the city? Given that it was a predictable problem on BOTH fronts? It should have been one of the first things on his plate. He didn't see that this might be a major issue facing the city? It's not like he's working solo - he's foisting a ton of budgeting stuff onto temporary guru Healey, so…what the hell?? What is he waiting for? And if he, for some wackadoodle reason, had no way to make the appointment in the last few weeks, why didn't he see the problem with the bill he sponsored in the House coming into effect and at least warn his Law Dept and License Commission, at the very least, so they could have postponed the entire meeting last night until such a time as they are compliant with the new law?
Bottom line: Kevin Murphy left his License Commissioners and Law Dept high and dry due to his neglecting the appointments he needs to be making. Now another hearing will have to be held once the Commission is more fully seated, wasting the prep time that both the LC and law dept very obviously engaged in ahead of last night.
And make no mistake, I think Kayhurst only got a temporary reprieve. The guy's got two criminal cases pending against him as far as I know, and it's obvious his people do NOT run a tight ship out there, given the ridiculous things they said in front of the Commission last night. But god, this makes the city look bad. Hayhurst is crowing all over facebook (and some of his supporters or employees or whatever are saying that people talking about the suspension can "go fucking die"). Murphy better fix this, fast. You just had your glitch for this mission. Now it's time to do your job.
So, if you did not watch the License Commission tonight, you missed an entertaining meeting. The ever-shrinking License Commission was holding a hearing on the license of Finn's Pub downtown, because Kevin Hayhurst allegedly assaulted a patron (who wound up in the ER with a fractured nose). Allegedly this is the second time this has happened in the last year or so…
Former Commission member Ray Weicker (whom I would never hire as attorney, he was terrible) was there on behalf of Hayhurst. The testimony included character assassination by proxy (Weicker repeatedly attacked the victim's stepfather, calling him a felon and stating that the stepson was following in his footsteps), and accusations of blackmail (which never, it appears, made it to a police report, strangely…) where Hayhurst claims the young man and his stepfather tried to extort $20,000 from him to not press charges. Hayhurst had a whole couch-and-water story about how he wasn't even there. Apparently, written testimony and police interviews with the witnesses who are not employees of Hayhurst state otherwise. They didn't make it to the meeting though (due to work commitments etc). Weicker tried to pretend that this meant their testimony was not useable because he couldn't cross examine said persons. I think he missed the part where this wasn't a court of law?
Anywho, super fun. And you won't really see this in the Sun since I hear that the media table was empty tonight. Luckily, LTC will have it archived soon and you can see it yourself, because it really is worth the viewing. Just think - all your shows are wrapping up their seasons…you need something good to watch!
So the kicker is the penalties imposed. My understanding is that it's rare that a long suspension is enacted. I suppose that makes sense, since even losing a week's worth of revenue is pretty devastating.
Finn's Pub got a full 30 days. What's more, Brian's Ivy Hall is also closed…because the License Commission also removed Kevin Hayhurst as Manager of Record of both bars, and you can't run a liquor establishment without one. In order to reopen, Brian's Ivy Hall needs to bring another Manager of Record for approval to the License Commission. That means a minimum of a three weeks since the LC doesn't meet again until June 12th. That's if they can find someone willing to put their name to the responsibility…
Thirdly, the LC put in its motion to suspend Hayhurst from managing both places, that he be removed as a corporate officer in the companies. This was after they wanted to force him to divest from both companies but the assistant city attorney's opinion was rendered that that was not within the LC's purview.
There is still criminal charges pending against Hayhurst, so his penalties might not be over with…but I think we can safely say that there's a good chance one or both of these places might be gone in the next year or so. Good riddance, as they are the some of big offenders of attracting unwanted types to our downtown late into the night.
So in case a Council meeting in which the destruction of brand new bike lanes isn't enough fun for you (and a wonderful waste of taxpayer dollars already expended), there is also an Economic Development subcommittee meeting prior to the meeting, starting at at 5:30pm, where the parking ordinance will be discussed. Remember, this subcommittee is run by Corey Belanger, downtown businessman extraordinaire. Who, of course, believes he knows all the answers to downtown businesses' woes. His latest blame game as to why his dive bar is emptier than he'd like? Those pesky parking fees on downtown street meters. The going "proposal" - I use that term loosely - is to go ahead and advertise the badly-kept secret that meters are not monitored past 4pm on weekdays and not at all on weekends. Just go ahead and make that official.
(As an aside…the thrice-bedamned PoS website is NOT updated with this term's subcommittee membership. #majorwebsitefail)
Back to the subcommittee meeting…this is of course a totally wrongheaded and ill-informed direction for the parking ordinance. Belanger's dive bar, the restaurants, the clothing stores, and the coffee shops…all rely on one really big thing to sustain an influx of paying customers: turnover. Downtown resident and neighborhood group secretary Corey Sciuto explains this a lot better in a letter he sent to the Council some time ago. (Worth a good reread.)
The fact that residents of the downtown know that after 4pm and on weekends there is no enforcement, means that a necessary turnover in parking, and hence of customers, comes to a complete halt in those timeframes. You know why I don't go out to eat downtown at night or on weekends? Because I can't find easy street parking. Why is that? Because downtown residents park and stay there for free, all evening and overnight, and all weekend. There's no place to quickly hop out of the car, pay a small fee at a kiosk, and stay for the 15 minutes to 2 hours I can usually get my business done downtown. Once 5pm hits, a customer which wants to come in to shop or eat is screwed for street parking. Given a choice between the hassle of going on floor #4 of a parking garage blocks away from where I want to be, or going to find another place to eat outside of downtown, I often opt for the second one.
In essence, real experts in the field of economic development and revitalization indicate that we should be doing the exact opposite of what Belanger's proposing, and actually enforce the night and weekend hours on the meters, and even extend it (maybe til 7 or 8pm, when the dinner crowd wants to come in, and on Sundays).
This is a simple concept and yet, despite the fact this is a well-known city planning rule of thumb, and that it's been explained a zillion times, the self-appointed economic development expert just refuses to see it.
Hey look, I get it, you wanna look like you have big ideas. A sweeping vision. Funny how that comes across as entirely self-serving…and less like a vision and more like throwing shit on a wall to see what sticks…but you wanna be seen as the big man in town with lots of new ideas. Problem is, your ideas are going to sink us, real fast. This one, and the rest of the ones you're kicking around.
The real heart of the problem is that the average IQ of this Council is just not that high. Intellectual curiosity? Heavily weighing the opinions of real experts? Thinking things through to their logical conclusion? Nah. The majority of these people will go with their uneducated gut. Real experts be damned.
I swear, this City Council is hell bent on making the City of Lowell look totally ridiculous in the eyes of our sister cities across the Commonwealth. No one can take this Council seriously. It's gonna be a long two years, folks.
Who here is a fan of the HBO series, Game of Thrones? The world of the books/series revolves around the utter instability and chaos, war, and madness that is brought about by Westeros' sudden and not-quite-accidental regime change. King Baratheon might not have been the smartest or the best king ever, but his demise heralds the end of the relative peace of the Seven Kingdoms, with his queen's non-Baratheon bastard children vying with other contenders for the Iron Throne, and the whole countryside erupting in war. Other families take advantage of the chaos to carve out and reclaim their little kingdoms which had been absorbed long ago. Still others just like to party by judicious use of castration and torture, mostly for fun.
Well, folks, take away the castration and violence (but not the drinking) and you have Lowell city politics right now.
Every decision made in the last seven years by past City Councils and the former CM is up for grabs, apparently. No matter how stringent the public involvement in deciding on plans for various projects in the city, be that the very preliminary, not-our-goddamned-decision high school reno or rebuild, or the much-lauded plans for the historic South Common, or any Master Plan element of bike paths or city street realignment or other projects already in the works.
I wouldn't be surprised at this point if this City Council wanted a redo on the Appleton Mill artist lofts or the Early garage. I mean, hey, we could tear down or repurpose those things and hand them over to your buddies, right?
Supposedly, we have high level experts on the Council now on economic development. What I want to know, is how running a dive bar makes one qualified to build a high school? Or decide that street parking should have less turnover by not enforcing the meters? To me, every word that comes out of Corey Belanger's mouth showcases a total and absolute lack of understanding of economic development and municipal management. Far be it for experts to have an opinion; Corey is on the job now, so Lowell is gonna make a turnaround. A renaissance. All of the downtown vacancies will be filled by the time his first term is over!
Or, wait. Businesses - small ones, and large ones - like stability when they make their business decisions. They like to know that the plans that were carefully made by transparent and open means, by a crew of amazing (now mostly fled) Planning and Development officials, will be carried out in a timely fashion. It's no big secret that a lot of plans in Lowell were on hold during the Cox era and were put back on the front burner by the Lynch administration. Now, we're going to reverse years worth of planning, public participation, and decision making because Corey Belanger wasn't fucking paying attention during all of that?
Plans can change. Don't get me wrong. We should be flexible. And I do not have a horse in the very silly race about the high school staying in or moving from downtown. There are merits on both sides. However, my understanding of the process as outlined by a state agency called Massachusetts School Building Authority is that they are the entity that gets to weigh all the factors. What the local idiots on Council can do, by waffling, is take us off the shortlist, which we cannot afford. The high school is in need of either rebuilding or renovating, soon. And "soon" is relative, since getting on the MSBA's short list means it'll still take years to go through final decision making. And oh yeah, they, not us, make that final determination about renovation vs. building a new building elsewhere. Based - GASP! - NOT on whatever private developer wants to build something (god knows what, they have yet to say) on the existing high school site, BUT…based on what is best for the students and their education.
I know, shocking.
So who wins in this Game of Postpones? Well, not the students, if Corey Belanger gets his way as an apparently honorary member of the School Committee and of the MSBA. PS - apparently, Mistah Mayah also has an extremely short memory, since all of this planning and participation and discussion happened while he was a City Councilor. So, either he's dumb and doesn't remember, or he never really paid any attention to what was going on in the city for the last seven years. Neither explanation is encouraging.
Nice little write up in the Lifestyle - Food section of the Washington Post website. I found it via Facebook. It serves up a taste of Little Cambodia!
Several locations are mentioned, which is really awesome. Let's bring in the food adventurers!
I've long held the opinion that the so-called Greater Merrimack Valley Convention and Visitor's Bureau is a somewhat useless, taxpayer-sucking organization. I've gotten to that place by talking a lot to very smart people who are in the position to know better than me.
This is no knock on marketing, of course. Hey, I'm in the web and graphic design business after all. I know marketing works. And we need to develop great events, and market them, bringing people in from outside the city to spend money. Changing a decades-long perception about Lowell is no small feat, and I think we ought to spend some minor amount of money on it; the economic benefits of that are clear. I just do not see that there has been even a dollar of economic activity for every dollar spent on the CVB (in other words, not even sure if we're breaking even). I think it's a big waste of money. Could the CVB be a resource? Sure, if it were well run, it might be. But it's not. I don't see a return for the city from all the taxpayer dollars spent on that organization. It is, however, run by a well-connected person who has friends on City Council.
Now, I don't know if the restauranteurs that Jack quotes from old articles about the CVB and the local option meals tax revenue are merely short-sighted, or if they are alyoop-ing the CVB for other reasons, but regardless, I wanted to bring this up because we all know the City Council will not have the debate about whether or not the CVB is actually a good, dollar-for-dollar investment for the city. I mean, when the CVB posts a Facebook photo of the Tyngsboro bridge with the line, "Good morning Lowell!" you have to question the validity of the entire operation. Also, they've been part and parcel of the gravy train that was Winterfest; with that fundraising money flowing through the CVB as the "fiscal agent," they get matching funds from the state.
Keep in mind, that out of the 16 Convention and Visitor's Bureaus in the state, Lowell is the only city or town to subsidize a CVB directly with money from its own city budget. This has been brought up before under Bernie Lynch, but I know a lot of City Councilors have notoriously short memories.
We have no marketing data to actually measure in any way what the dollar value the CVB brings the city for its contribution as far as I know. Metrics? Pshaw!
Of course, Rita et pals didn't like the reductions in Bernie's budgets for what the city gave to the CVB, so expect Lynch's previous CVB budgetary reduction to a yearly $25K to to be reversed. Of course, Lynch wanted it eliminated but the hue and outcry of the friends of CVB head Deb Belanger was hot and furious - which is one way to be sure this is a GOB move and not a smart one. Bernie was no dummy about where to invest our taxpayer dollars, but the City Council certainly is.
Good money thrown after bad…"that's a bad way to fly."
Normally I would say that I watched the Zoning Board of Appeals meeting tonight so you wouldn't have to, but…if you didn't see it, you missed out on a hell of a lot of entertainment value. I'm speaking, of course, of the massage special permit hearing for Mill No 5.
It started out with Jim Lichoulas speaking as the developer of the building. You could feel his frustration with the opposition, when he talked about how Randy Mathieu [note: name corrected] had thrown around words like "happy endings" and "human trafficking" in regards to Mill No 5 and massage tenants. Later, Randy, speaking in opposition, claimed Lichoulas was exaggerating. It was not long after that that Lichoulas' partner spoke, and read an email from Randy with those exact accusations in it. Pure, classic political entertainment.
Couple that with Councilor Rita Mercier who spoke, confused about whether or not she was in opposition or whether or not she could produce a motion…well, I hope to get video to you soon.
As for Mercier's time at the podium, I will say this: her confusion about whether to be in opposition stemmed from talking to people at the meeting and getting that other side of the story. You know, the side which wasn't throwing around baseless accusations. Something she apparently did not do before putting a motion on the agenda for the Council meeting tomorrow night. *facepalm*
The ZBA impressed me with its thoughtful, respectful yet firm discussion on this matter. Seeing that all this was really much ado about made-up crap, it was a pretty long discussion. The request for special permit passed, with some minor conditions, like a three month review. If I can get you some cut-down video I will!
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Got CHOCOLATE? The Glendale Chocolate Affaire does and with Valentine's Day just around the corner you will find something special for your sweetheart this year.
The Glendale Chocolate Affaire is a free annual event that takes place in charming historic downtown Glendale. With gourmet chocolatiers from across the state and the nation there is something for just about everyone.
Whether you like dark, milk or white chocolate your taste buds will be in heaven. From the chocolate dipped strawberries, chocolate covered bananas, chocolate drizzled kettle corn, frozen chocolate dipped cheesecake, fried snickers dipped in chocolate and so much more.
Besides chocolate that brings thousands of chocolate lovers out to this decadent event. You will feel the romance with gifts and arts and see some unique ways in which these chocolate artists create delicious treats that entice your taste buds.
Bring the entire family for there will be plenty of activities to keep the kids entertained. There's a rock climbing wall, arts and crafts to do, face painting and carnival rides. Plus there is plenty of local bands and good music to put some peep in your step as you make your way through the various aisles of chocolate delights.
If you're a fan of romance novels the Chocolate Affaire gives you the opportunity to get up close to authors and it gives you a chance to attend free writing workshops from the experts.
Come out, explore and taste the smooth creamy delights that are CHOCOLATE.
The Glendale Chocolate Affaire will be going on the week before Valentine's Day, February 7-9.
Day and Times: Friday February 7, 5pm – 10pm; Saturday February 8, 10am-10pm, and Sunday February 9, Noon to 5pm. Located at 58th avenue and Glendale.


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Counting is fun! You can count all sorts of things! People count to find out how many or how much of something they have.
Mother, teacher, and digital photography enthusiast.
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It's now March 2014 and how has the next-gen post-launch library fared? Pretty good, especially when there are only 3 launch games left on the list. This week feels like the calm before the Titanfall storm. Dead Nation for PS4 made a good showing, but Strider still held my attention. And the unfortunate Thief shows its lack post-release of longevity and thus, experienced a significant drop.
- Strider - I didn't think that a positive "slow burn" experience could apply to a six-hour MetroidVania style game, but Strider didn't click for me until the second hour. Solid effort by Double Helix and I'm looking forward to pursue a 100% completion playthrough in the next available slow month, if such a time exists. You can check out my review on Machinima's editorial blog, Inside Gaming Daily LINK.
- Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition - Along with Resogun, Housemarque are 2-for-2 this generation, even though Dead Nation already appeared on PlayStation 3 a few years ago. The studio gives you every reason to revisit Dead Nation, from its upgraded resolution and effects to the inclusion of the Road to Devastation expansion. Perhaps the best part is that it's free for PlayStation Plus users.
- Rayman Legends - There's actually not much to say here especially when Ubisoft Montpelier got so much right the first time last year. You can save your money if you bought it last fall. If you haven't, go for these next-fen versions, if only for the notably faster loading times.
- Outlast - The horror genre wasn't born in the first person, but it's doesn't get any scarier from that point of view. The scares in Outlast are so effective that I can forgive its reliance on overused genre locales of sewers and asylums. And being chased helps a lot in raising the fear factor.
- Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare - The concept (especially presented through its E3 announcement trailer) might've raised eyebrows, but the final result proved that PvZ can work as an imaginative and awfully endearing shooter. Come for the lack of micro transactions (for now) and stay for the lethal and versatile Sunflower. You can check out my review on Machinima's editorial blog, Inside Gaming Daily LINK.
- Don't Starve - Don't Starve echoes the stress and addictive nature of Spelunky, just with a slower pace. Both games also excel in their well-designed randomly generated maps, which I am normally not fond of. If Don't Starve is a favorite of yours as well, you might want to check out the recently restocked blind box figures LINK.
- Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition - I was glad I waited until this edition to do my 100% completion playthrough. It turned out it wasn't as time consuming as I feared. How much do I like this Tomb Raider? I was stoked to hear that it was also free on PS3 via PlayStation Plus.
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - The quest to 100% completion is going slowly but surely. While flawed, the Freedom Cry DLC from last December was a well-suited expansion to this fleshed out Assassin's Creed pirate world. The island forts still prove to be my biggest challenge.
- Resogun - Between the #1 ranked Strider, Rayman Legends, and Resogun, we're well reminded of the beauty of traditional side-scrollers. If February and March weren't so busy, I'd actually have time to devote toward earning a respectable score. It's still among the best looking next-gen games to date.
- The LEGO Movie Videogame - A game based on a film based on games spun off from toys can give one an Inception-inspired headache. This would have been an ideal platform to have another open world Lego video game to follow-up last year's well-received LEGO City Undercover, but I'm happy to settle for this adaptation of the movie. Just don't spoil yourself by playing this before watching the film.
- Need For Speed: Rivals - Even if there were other arcade racers on either system (there aren't), it would take a lot for it to beat NFS: Rivals. The faction-style game format does double its length, but I appreciate that a lot of thought went into making both sides distinct. It's too bad I have the highly talented Will Powers (winner of the first season of The Tester) in my friends list; beating his Rivals scores is an achievement in and of itself.
- Awesomenauts Assemble - This is a really smooth first outing on PS4, particularly on how well online play is performing. This is evidently the pre-Starstorm version so that means no Ted McPain. This obviously opens the door for DLC, provided the prices are right.
- Peggle 2 - Sticks to the Peggle formula and rightfully so. It certainly has more character this time around, literally and figuratively. This would rank higher is there was couch multiplayer.
- Max: The Curse of Brotherhood - This game is sort of an easier version of Limbo, while also sharing similar visual qualities of Heart of Darkness. Drawing vines and water streams for platforming opportunities teases the brain but is never frustrating. Winner of the last best game of 2013.
- Thief - This reimagining of the classic PC series actually had it moments, particularly a prolonged escape sequence during the last third of the game. In the end, Thief's shortcomings decisively outweigh its positives. You can check out my complete campaign video walkthrough on Gamespot.com LINK.
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Basement Crawl - It only made the list because it's a new release. You'd think making a Bomberman clone would be a simple task, but Bloober Team managed to fail in almost every way possible. The only thing noteworthy is its macabre art style, though I stop well short of calling it a "redeeming feature".


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ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III says his first workout alongside veterans begins the process of showing the Redskins he "can help this team win."
Already anointed the starter by Washington coach Mike Shahanan, the Heisman Trophy winner known as RG3 zipped passes on rollouts to his right and left during Monday's start of organized team activities.
Griffin says the rookie minicamp that wrapped up two weeks ago was a chance to show Shanahan that "I'm as advertised." Working with veterans can show them why he was the No. 2 overall pick in April's draft.
While practicing, Griffin wore a yellow glove on his left hand, because he "was a huge Michael Jackson fan growing up."
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Have you heard the big buzz? Get out the horns and get ready to put on your party hat! Besides Tweed Day, Find a Rainbow Day, and Don't Go to Work Unless It's Fun Day, April 3 is also World Party Day (WPD), and you're invited! WPD is an annual occasion encourages people all over the world to make the world a better, happier place through celebrations in a party-like atmosphere! Where do we sign up?
Talk about a novel idea! First observed in 1996, World Party Day, also known as P-Day, was actually inspired by a book! "Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel" ends with a fictional synchronized worldwide celebration which eventually led to a real-life grassroots movement. World Party Day is one of the first global synchronized celebrations to help improve social conditions all around the world. How awesome is that?
World Party Day Celebration Ideas
- Crank up the music and get your groove on! Put on the ole' dancin' shoes and show off your best moves with a Dance Party!
- Create your own World Party Day banner.
- Make a World Party Day Piñata and take your best swing!
- When is the last time you had a block party? Invite the entire neighborhood and ask everyone to bring a dish. And just to be on the safe side, be sure to contact local police, emergency responders, street department, city hall, etc, prior to the party.
- Have your own wine tasting event with a few of your favorite BFFs.
- Make it Cocktail Hour after work. Ask everyone to bring a pitcher and sample
- Check out these cute Margarita Jell-O Shots in Lemon Wedges.
- Create some colorful straws for your party drinks.
- Sip it in style with these fun World Party Day straws.
- Speaking of beverages - you can't have a party without pretty umbrellas in your drinks, right?
- If you plan on having an outside bash, be sure to cover those drinks with pretty Paper Cocktail Covers to keep those annoying bugs at bay.
- Speaking of cocktails, check out these 35 Classic & Creative Cocktail Recipes.
- Spruce up your inside or outside bash with a few paper lanterns.
- Check out these fun Rock-n-Roll Dino Candles you can make.
Regardless of how old or young you happen to be, it's time to get your party on! And speaking of fun, April 3 is also Don't Go to Work Unless It's Fun Day, Find a Rainbow Day and Tweed Day. Enjoy!


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Fans can get free tickets to Cleveland Browns scrimmage at University of Akron on August 2
Team's first visit to Akron since September 1973
BEREA, Ohio - Going into what could be one of the team's most exciting years in recent memory, the Cleveland Browns are offering fans a free preview of what the season could hold.
They're hosting an intrasquad scrimmage on Saturday, August 2 at the University of Akron's InfoCision Stadium. The event starts at 11:30 a.m. but gates open at 10:30 a.m.
It'll be the first time since 1973 the Browns have played in Akron and the only time the team has hosted its Family Day outside of Cleveland.
According to a news release, there will be multiple family-friendly pre-game events from 9:30-11:30 a.m., including a Browns alumni autograph area, a PLAY 60 area, a zip line, inflatables, face-painting stations and a food court.
The team will encourage fans to get involved in their communities by offering volunteer opportunities through its First and Ten program. Family Day attendees can also donate new school supplies or money to the Browns' Back to School Campaign, which helps young people in the area.
As an added bonus, some lucky fans may find themselves wearing their favorite player's jersey, right off his back.
Cleveland Browns PNC Bank Debit Card holders can get into Family Day at 10 a.m. by showing their cards and tickets at Gate 1 for up to five ticketed guests.
The registration starts at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 17 on ClevelandBrowns.com. Fans can also call 440-891-5050 to speak with someone in the Browns ticket office. Fans can request up to six seats.


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Jazz Studies graduate student and trumpet player Bruce Harris is a member of the Nial Djuliarso Quartet that was recently named winner of the ICA Generations International Competition for Emerging Jazz Combos. The competition was sponsored by the International Center for the Arts (ICA) at San Francisco State University. The Quartet was a finalist along with the six-piece Purchase College-based ensemble Meaningtone.
The Nial Djuliarso Quartet offers a sound rooted in the tradition of artists like Clifford Brown and Horace Silver. As the winning band, the Quartet receives a one-year fellowship residency in San Francisco, a $7,500 stipend per musician, performance opportunities, a recording session, a professional promotion package and career development advice and support.


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According to WJR News, the Detroit Academy of Arts & Sciences (DAAS) School recorded Pharrell's 'Happy' on video and picked up a whopping 1,000,000,000 hits as of Thursday, March 20.
The choir looks and sounds professional, and the leaders of the song are a boy and girl. These students have raw talent. There is only one instrument - the piano, and the rest is pure talent.
DAAS has a goal of going to Disney World and could sure use your generous donation.
Would you be so kind and go to the school's website to make a donation to get this group of 40 students at DAAS to Disney?
When you clink the link you will see a message on the left margin: Donate for Detroit Academy of Arts & Sciences Foundation Choir Disney World Trip.
DAAS serves students in grades K-8 and is located at 2985 E. Jefferson, for the elementary school, and 3100 E. Jefferson, for the middle school - Detroit, MI 48207.
Applications for enrollment are now being accepted for the 2014/15 school year. Contact DAAS by phone: call 313-259-1744 or 313-259-1704.
Rev. Jim Holley, Ph.D. is the founder of DAAS, and Maurice G. Morton is CEO.


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In early 1979, hurricane David struck the east coast, devastating the Baltimore area. The Western Run Stream overflowed it's banks, flooding the Mount Washington Garden Apartments where the arboretum is now located. The water swept away cars, and flooded the lower level of the apartments. The apartments were condemned, and the buildings, pool, parking lots and tennis court were removed. The area was then placed under the authority of the City parks department.
For over ten years the site was left to be overrun with vines, trash and invasive plants. The area was then graded over and a deep trench was cut for a new sewer line. The garden committee of the Mount Washington Improvement Association saw an opportunity to re-claim this highly visible open space for the community, and received permission to plant a few trees and shrubs.
From this small beginning, with the assistance of TKF, the Macht Foundation, Baltimore City Parks, private business, and numerous hard working individuals, the arboretum has grown. It has become a gem of the neighborhood and the City as a whole.
Since the early 2000's the Mount Washington Preservation Trust has been the guardian and care taker of the arboretum. Hundreds of plants have been established, offering a reason to visit throughout the year. Pergolas, benches, nature trails, ponds, waterfalls, signage and utilities have also been provided, enhancing the visitor experience of this living resource.
The now nationally recognized arboretum is used by schools, neighborhood groups, and by residents for events such as weddings and memorial services. This wonderful resource is maintained solely by residents who volunteer through the Mount Washington Preservation Trust. It would not exist without the efforts of these fine folks. The arboretum is located at the northwest corner of Kelly Avenue and Lochlea Road just west of the Kelly Avenue bridge. For additional information contact the Mount Washington Preservation Trust.


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BRUNSWICK — On Friday, Brunswick police arrested two city men, who were traveling in the same car, on OVI charges following a crash on Hickory Ridge Avenue.
Police said Robby M. Smoot, 33, of 1290 Pearl Road, Apt. 70, was driving a red Pontiac when he struck another vehicle from behind at 10:46 p.m. Friday.
Witnesses said the Smoot put the car in reverse and backed away from the crash. Smoot then put the car in park and he and his passenger, David J. Gircsis, 34, of 2055 Gaylann Drive got out of the car and traded places. Gircsis then drove the car into a nearby parking lot.
When police arrived, the two men were in the backseat of the car, which had front-end damage.
The police report said Smoot admitted he was driving when the pair struck the vehicle and then traded places. Field sobriety tests were administered to both men and both were charged with operating a vehicle while impaired.
Smoot also was charged with possession of drug abuse instruments, driving under suspension, no operator license and failure to assure a clear distance ahead. He submitted a blood alcohol sample of 0.108. Gircsis also was charged with speeding, and OVI refusal with a prior conviction in the last 20 years.


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Texas Tech Stops North Carolina
CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Shane Wright broke a Texas Tech team record by pitching his 13thcomplete game of the season as the Red Raiders beat NorthCarolina 6-2 in the NCAA Atlantic I Regional Thursday.
No. 4 seed Texas Tech (44-18) advances to play No. 2 South Carolina (43-16), a 21-9 winner over Florida International. Game time Friday for the Red Raiders and Gamecocks is 6:30 p.m. CT.
Top-seeded Miami (47-9) will will try to eliminate North Carolina (39-22) in Friday's 2:45 p.m. CT game. Sixth-seeded Bowling Green (34-20), a 21-6 loser to the Hurricanes, will try to stay alive in an elimination game against No. 5 Florida International (40-23) at 11:00 a.m. CT.
Wright (14-1), gave up two runs on four hits while striking out eight. Hedidn't walk any while throwing his eighth straight complete game.
The Tar Heels, making their first NCAA appearance since 1995, took a 2-0lead in the sixth. Dan Moylan laid down a perfect bunt to score Jay Madeira,who doubled to open the inning. Rob Miano later scored when Jarrett Shearingrounded into a double play.
The Big 12 champions used their power to come back.
Texas Tech tied the game in the seventh on a two-run home run by JasonLandreth, who extended his hitting streak to 14 games, and took the lead on athree-run homer by Josh Bard in the eighth.
Bard's homer was his 17th of the year. It came off reliever Corey Richardson(3-2), who replaced starter Ryan Snare.
The game started off as a pitchers' duel, with the starters allowing onlythree combined hits over the first five innings. The game took only two hoursand five minutes to complete.


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- Director: Bruno Dumont
- Actors: Alexandre Lematre, Christoph Bon, David Dewaele
- Genre: Drama
- Cert: 16
- Details: France / 110mins
- Release Date: 4th January 2013
Sometimes it's nice to be surprised and sometimes there's comfort in knowing what's in store. When it comes to the films of Bruno Dumont one can expect introspection and long sequences of silence undercut by the director's noticeable detached ponderous style. Dumont delivers once again with just that but Hors Satan is not comforting.
He's unnamed here but David Dewaele plays 'Le Gars', an unkempt man with rotting teeth who spends most of his waking hours wandering the fields and dunes that surround his sleepy seaside village. A sense of aloofness surrounds Le Gars as does an air of violence: when he dispatches Elle's (Lematre) stepfather for, we're led to believe, abusing her, Elle becomes besotted with her monosyllabic hero but her attempts to coax him into bed prove fruitless. Le Gars seems uninterested in her and everything else as he breezes through this world with a detached outlook. Just who is he and why is a local lady asking him to help her teenage daughter who she thinks is possessed?
Is Le Gars the Second Coming? Is he the devil? If he's the former, this is a different Jesus to the one who preached peace, love and understanding (as Jesus warned, he will return as a lion). Le Gars kills Elle's stepfather and viciously beats 'le garde' (character names aren't important here apparently but the actor is Bon) when he comes on too strong with Elle. He gives praise to, again we're led to believe, God, falling to his knees in thanks for a beautiful sunrise. If he's the latter, he's confused: there's an instinct to protect and to right wrongs. Or is this a Satan coaxing potential followers with kindness? Who knows.
Chances are you won't care. The languid pace kills any interest in finding out what Dumont is trying to say; we're always aware we're watching a film and, apparently more important to Bruno Dumont, we're watching a Bruno Dumont film. The seemingly endless hill walking gets repetitive very quickly despite some gorgeous photography of misty fields at sunrise. The constant fade-ins and outs render the pace slower still.
There's a good idea here but Dumont's intrusive style ruins it.
Review by Gavin Burke | 14:18 | Thursday 3rd January 2013 | Movie Review
I liked this film. Sure, the constant hill-walking was repetitive, but the characters kept me interested. A curio, but an interesting one.Posted 15:52 | Sat 5th Jan 2013
Do you like watching people walk? If you do, you'll love Hors Satan. There are some good ideas in this film, but they are squashed by just how boring the whole thing is and the constant scenes of the characters trudging through the countryside. A film to avoid.Posted 19:42 | Wed 9th Jan 2013
I went to see this with a friend of mine and we both hated it. I said "if I wanted to watch someone walking for two hours, I'd attach a mirror to myself when I go out with my dog." He said, "a two hour movie about a French vagrant wandering aimlessly around the Emerdale sets." I agree completely with Bartel, some very good ideas in the film killed by the director's pretensions. If this was a student film, it would be failed as being unacceptably self-indulgent.Posted 22:51 | Thu 10th Jan 2013
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Artist: Bury Tomorrow
Album: The Sleep Of The Innocents (EP)
Genre: Rock
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You'll always be mine, save a prayer for us
Can you see it coming, can you hold me down
I've seen this dream before, It's coming
My hearts under these seas that infiltrate me
You, my love, I'd drown just to get you home
These cities swim in oceans, peoples lives are torn in two
There's nothing left to hold to, watch as their lives wash away
My heart is broken and my bodies bleeding
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Find me now, my hearts still beating
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Do you collect guitars? Do you have a collection? Would you like to collect guitars? Do you want to look at pictures of other people's collections? Well then this is the group to do it in!
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