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The Super Power(s) Webpage
Building plans move forward
St. Petersburg Times
Saturday October 28, 1995
By Thomas C. Tobin
CLEARWATER - A long-delayed construction project that would dramatically change the downtown landscape is back on schedule, according to a city memo.
Construction of the Church of Scientology's Super Power building is expected to begin in late spring, said the memo from Scott Shuford, the city's top planning official. Shuford said he and another planner recently met with Scientology officials.
The organization announced the building in 1991 as part of a $38-million renovation and construction program in Clearwater. The last construction start was planned for March 1994, but Scientology decided to complete some of the renovation projects first.
The building would rise along the east side of N Fort Harrison Avenue, directly across the street from the Fort Harrison Hotel, Scientology's signature building in Clearwater.
As originally envisioned, it was to be a six-story domed structure with 175 rooms for Scientology "auditing" sessions, 19 larger classrooms, a Scientology bookstore and a 2,500-seat auditorium.
However, Shuford's memo alludes to some changes, as well as some new hurdles, for the project.
He said the building would be three stories, not six. It also would have a parking garage, a new feature apparently inspired by the city's decision last year to require more parking spaces for new downtown projects.
That requirement brought bitter attacks from Scientology officials, who accused the City Commission of trying to impede the Super Power project. City officials denied that, saying the parking requirements also applied to other entities, including several other downtown churches.
Shuford said in the memo that Scientology also might have to submit to an expensive and time-consuming state review of the project, as well as scrutiny from the city's Design Review Board.
He said Scientology officials "indicated that they will begin looking into these issues immediately."
Neither Shuford nor Scientology spokesman Brian Anderson could be reached Friday for comment.
Despite indications the building could be shorter than originally planned, it still promises to be an imposing new presence in downtown.
The main part of the building would contain 170,000 square feet of floor space. That is more square footage than the city's new police station and municipal building combined. Both buildings are under construction one block east of the Super Power site.
It is also more space than any other commercial office building in downtown Clearwater. And those comparisons do not include the auditorium, which would be an additional 80,000 square feet, according to Shuford's memo.
It was not clear whether the changes in the project would affect the cost, which in the past has been estimated at $24-million. Scientology also has said in the past that the new building would bring an additional 300 staff members to Clearwater.
The building will be designed for a series of training courses dubbed "Super Power" by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. Clearwater, the spiritual headquarters of Scientology, would be the only place in the world where that course was offered.
According to Scientology literature, Super Power courses enable a participant to "predict and build the future" and think better. It also "restores his power of choice."
The auditorium, Scientology officials have said, would have theater-style seating, high-tech sound and a Broadway-style stage. The organization has said it would use the auditorium 10-12 weeks a year and offer it for public events the rest of the time.
Posting information:
From: email@example.com (Anonymous)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: Big Suprise
Date: 31 Oct 1995 14:48:28 +0100
Circa Dec 1995
The church asks its members worldwide to help construct its Super Power building. Some could work for as little as "sheer pleasure."
by PETER WALLSTEN
Times Staff Writer
CLEARWATER- THe Church of Scientology is aksing its members worldwide to come to Clearwater and help build its massive, domed Super Power bulding downtown.
In a survey sent out this week, the church seeks "professional Scientologists" to create sculptures, carry out engineering work, and even supervise aspects of the project, expected to begin in the spring.
"We are also looking for professionals who know how to put a building together and to manage the personnel who will construct the building," the pamphlet says. "In fact, we are looking for anybody who ahs been involved or is involved in the design, planning, and construction of buildings."
The new facility will be designed for a series of courses dubbed "Super Power" by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. Clearwater, the international spiritual headquarters for the church, would be the obnly place in the world where the ocurses would be offered. They are not available now.
According to Scientology literature, Super Power courses enable a participant to "predict and build the future" and think better. The courses also "restore the power of choice."
"It's a form of pastoral counseling which increases a person's abililty to be positive in life and succvessful as botha n individual and in their work area," said Scientology spokesman Brian Anderson.
The Super Power project is planned for the site across S Fort Harrison Avenue from the Fort Harrison Hotel, Scientology's signature building in Clearwater. At 170,000 square feet, it would be the alrgest commercial office building downtown.
City memos in October said the 3-story building would include rooms for Scientology "auditing" sessions, classrooms,a nd a Scientology bookstore. In additions, the Super Power complex would house an auditorium on the top floor of the building.
Past estimates have said it will cost $24-million. After the church announced its plans for the building in 1991, mailings to members solicited donations.
This week, the Los Angeles-based church sent out several thousand surveys to members around the world, but concentrated them mostly in the United States, Anderson said in a written response to questions from the _Times_.
"There are over 8 million Scientologists around the world, and many have professional backgrounds," Anderson wrote. "We have expansion projects going on in nearly every area where we are located, and professionals or craftsmen within our own membership often come forward to assist in those projects."
This would not be the first time Sciewntologists have helped with a construction project in Clearwater. Some church staff emmbers worked on the renovation of the old Bank of Clearwater building.
Anderson said soliciting help for construction projects is ocmmon practice, but that most workers are not Scientologists and that "in Clearwater the large bulk of the work is done by local craftsmen and tradesmen."
A city building official said the church could employ anybody it wanted, but that state and county regulations require a licensed contractor be in charge.
"We need to make sure everything is done according to code and the contractor who ahs the permit is ultimately responsible, as are the builders," said Kevin Garriott, supervisor of central permitting for the city.
The pamphlet says church staffers, known as the Sea Organization, or "Sea Org," would "be spearheading the design, planning, and construction with the assistance of a professional firm of architects and engineers. (Scientologists) all over the planet may qulaify to help in one way or another. By filling out this survey, we will know if you qualify."
The survey asks respondents to list their skills, describe how they could help and estimate how much time they could spend working.
It also asks, "What exchange do you consider that you would need?" and provides several choices, including working for the "sheer pleaure of helping to get this building built," "training awards," rooma nd board or a weekly wage.
The survey asks and answers a series of questions, such as "Who WIll Benefit From This? The answer: Every man, woman and child on planet Earth because it will put planetary clearing right within our grasp."
Plans for the building have undergone a series of changes and dleays since it was first announced in March, 1991. It was originally slated to be a six-story building.
"To add to the aesthetics of the facility," Anderson wrote in his response to the _Times,_ "there will be an active and beautiful water fountain outside that will be designed in such a way as to convey the concept of 'clear water.'"
--Information from Times files was used in this report.
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From: "M. Council" firstname.lastname@example.com Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: Front page news Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 15:22:43 -0500
Circa Dec 2000:
The names of the 1 Million dollar 'Legion of Honor' contributors for the $uper power building construction site was just released in the new 'cornerstone newsletter' from Flag.
I'll list the names below, but I think it would be interesting to get some biographical/feedback from this NG as to who these people are, in and around scientology and what they do in life to allow them to just fork over 1 million of their own money for a $cientology 'cause'.
The top spot of fleeced '1 million' dollar contributors has to go to the entire *Feshbach* family;
Joe and Cindy Feshbach-----------------------1 million dollar
Kannon and Kurt Feshbach---------------------1 million dollar
Kathy Feshbach-------------------------------1 million dollar
Mathew Feshbach------------------------------1 million dollar
Elizabeth and Michael Baybak-----------------1 million
Trish Duggan---------------------------------1 million
Bob Duggan-----------------------------------1 million
Meir Ezra------------------------------------1 million
Aviva and Gal Ezra---------------------------1 million
Sally, Craig, Laurel and Marissa Jensen------1 million
Mirielle and Ron Pollack---------------------1 million
500,000 dollar contributors:
Dr. Lloyd Austin - Rosa Prieto & Jose Serrano Barrera
Marilena & Franco Baggio - Ruth and Bill Bowen
Phil Carlson - Laurie and Douglas Dohring
Linda, Miles and Michael Drazkowski -
Ingrid and Chet Eccles & family
Sikica & Jeff Feldman - Emma Garces
Claire Guignon - Kezbom, Turbin, Marsh & Novitsky
Jenny and Kurt Listug - Sandra & Eric Mitchell
Phyllis Mueller - Adriana Salamerenda
Felicidad Serrano and German Perez - Reed Slatkin
Barbara and Rolf Springer - Jim Tomlinson
Dr. JoAnn & Dr. Randy Yamada -
June Zwan - Dr. Bryan Zwan
From: "Zorrosblade.......Z" firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: 1 MILLION dollar $uper Power Contributors
Date: 26 Dec 2000 00:00:00 GMT
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
(new article)
And this about donations collected:
The following is from an undated scieno publication, apparently issued annually, called 'The Cornerstone'. It says 'Ninth Edition'. The copyrights are 1996.
"Super Power unleashes the Super Power of a thetan and with its release a new civilization will be realized here on earth"
"As announced by Senor CS International at the 1995 Maiden Voyage Anniversary, Super Power will be released broadly to the public when the new FSO delivery building has been completed, and those persons who contribute to getting it built will be first in line to receive Super Power once it is released."
"[the project] is a tax-exempt organization . . . Your donations in excess of the value of tangible benefits received [i.e. the pens, mugs and other memorabilia] is considered a charitable contribution, deductable to the fullest extent . . ."
[In order to become part of the "Cornerstone Club" you must contribute at least 35,000 US Dollars. ]
"Cornerstone Club Member Honor Roll"
"LEGION OF HONOR" [ Unspecified amount of donation. My guess is 500,000+ US$]
Trish & Robert Duggan
Kathy Feshbach
Kurt Feshbach
Matthew Feshbach
"FOUNDING MEMBER" [Unspecified amount of donation, My guess 250,000 - 500,000+ US$]
Rosa Prieto &
Jose Serrano Barrera
Ruth & Bill Bowan
Laurie & Douglas Dohring
Michael Drazkowski
Cindy & Joseph Feshbach
Claire & Bob Guignon
Sally & Craig Jensen
Aviva, Gal & Meir Ezra
Ariana Saltamerenda
Felicitas Serrano &
Jose A. Vargas
Barbara Springer
June & Dr. Bryan Zwan
Stan Albro
Peter Alexander
Dr Lloyd Austin
Mr & Mrs Urs Baumann
Franco Baggio
Alessandro Baggio
Marilena Baggio
John Beach
Betsy Belden
Gerhard Bonhage
Char Byrnes
Dr Guy Callahan
Kim Bright-Cassano & Ray Cassano
Rober Cefail
Dan W. Charpentier
Peter Cross
Mr. & Mrs John Coale
Sandi Codding
Irene & Jack Dirmann
Paul Dolan
Chet Eccles
Sikica & Jeff Feldman
Ewald fink
Ronit & Yariv Gilboa
Mary Gordan-Stairs
Edeltraut Groz
Manuela Gubig
Hedwig Gubig
Gerhard Haag
Steve Heard
Jeanette & Benjamin Holenstein
Peter Jackson
Dr Kamini Baxter-Kapoor
& Dr Steve Baxter
L. D. Services, Inc
Jeanie & Bernardo Lan
Margaret & Dr Lawrence Leong
Susan & Dr Robert McCarty
Magda Morra
Dr & Mrs Robert Neuwirth
Mark Nickels
Vicki Felix-Norton & Jim Norton
Willie Nuesch
Mireille, Nathan & Ron Pollack
Jennifer Potter
Cotty Rendon
Donna & Robbie Robinson
Mr & Mrs Oscar Saldriaga
Gary Scarborough
Indira & Jitan Shah
Tim Shipman
Diana Venegas-Singer & Dr David Singer
Reed Slatkin
Dr Neal Springer
Rolf Springer
Jason Sund
Dr Roberta Tibbles &
Floyd Gardner
Pat Towne
Larry Trainor
Juan Villareal
Michael Wilson
Dr Joann Yamada
Dr Randy Yamada
250 names that I'm not typing in!
If the scienos are not lying, there seem to be about 16-20 million dollars of donations represented by these names.
From: firstname.lastname@example.com (Neal Hamel)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: scieno big money donors: 'Cornerstone Club Member Honor Roll'
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 19:30:22 GMT
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Super Power building here in Clearwater was November 21, 1998. I was just looking at photos from the December 1999 picket here, and they had it built up to the ground floor (there's a sub-level and the slab was done).
The official Scientology web site says there will be 1500 auditors working in the super power building in 300 auditing rooms. I fail to see where these 1500 auditors are going to come from.
Also there's this whopper...
Visiting Scientologists decided to make Clearwater their home, to be near their mecca, until today the city contains the most thriving and dynamic community of Scientologists, well over 10,000 strong. [end quote]
Now, having lived here some months, I can say pretty confidently that there are probably about 1000-1500 Scientologists in Clearwater, unless most of them have agoraphobia.
From: firstname.lastname@example.com (Jeff Jacobsen)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: Super Power Building... Super Slow?
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 03:17:46 GMT
From this web site: www.cisar.org/swoe/swoe11.htm
In 1995 an internal Scientology publication
(The Auditor, issue 284, ca. August 1995) printed excerpts of a speech held by one of the senior executives of Scientology aboard their ship. He announced "never before released" information about a soon to come scientological therapy, called Super Power. During the speech he quoted L. Ron Hubbard: "You've always had the idea of clearing the planet, right? All right, this is how we'll do it. First we clean up all the staff with Super Power and then we use it to clean up the public. And then we clean up the government. And that's how we'll clear the planet."
Er, no; Super Power dates back to the 70s, unless I'm severely mistaken. It may well have been rehashed, but it's not new material. (snip)
From: email@example.com (Martin G. V. Hunt)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: Re: ATTACKS ON REMAILERS IMMINENT!
Date: 10 May 1996 07:16:55 GMT
Super Power is really an auditing rundown which was known as the Humongous Rundown during its pilot.
From: firstname.lastname@example.com (Rev. Dennis L Erlich)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: Re: Clear Air next?
Date: 7 Apr 1996 09:57:01 -0700
Organization: inFormer Ministry
9.) The Super Power Project , earlier Religious Trust , was designed in 1990 to create funds of 35,000,000 $ (Quota of 1991) for a new gigantic delivery-building in front of the Fort Harrison.
10.) The Flag Renovations Project (Flag Renos) was the organization, which did the planning, building and renovating of the Scientology-buildings. It was composed of Sea Org-members, Scientology-publics and non-Scientologists.
13.) In 1991 a lot of propaganda was made for the new delivery building, which was planned to be built in front of the Fort Harrison-hotel. 35,000,000 $ should be sponsored by the public into the Religious Trust Project to finance the construction. Several experienced Sea Org member formed the project. They travelled through the United States and regged the most wealthy Scientologists.
In Fall 1991 the whole project was cancelled. The I/Cs of the enterprise were RPF ed and sent to Los Angeles. Eva Zacharias, who was part of it, told me that the regges created a lot of bounced cheques and falsified their statistics.
In 1992 a new project with new personnel was created. Its name changed now to Super Power Project .
From: email@example.com (Anonymous)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: Declaration of Martin Ottmann
Date: 14 Jun 1996 00:26:58 +0200
PJ Shooter (email@example.com) wrote:
> Let me see if I've got this right.
> The new building will be the sole
> source of Super Powers (SP) training.
> The training was developed by LRH.
> No one has received this training.
> Who will be qualified to teach it?
People *have* received this training/processing. The last time I was at Flag, which was freakin' March 1993, my auditor wore a purple trenchcoat-sort-of-thing (TSOT). A red TSOT meant they were class VIII. The purple TSOT meant they were a Super Power auditor, having both received it and trained to perform it on someone else.
So, like everything else, they're bootstrapping.
From: email@example.com (Whatis)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: Re: OTs versus Super Powers
Date: 5 Jan 1996 18:57:48 GMT
Dianetics and Scientology Technical Dictionary
"Super Power
A super fantastic, but confidential series of rundowns that can be done on anybody whether Dn Clear or not that puts the person into fantastic shape unleashing Super Power of a thetan. This means that puts Scientologists into a new realm of ability enabling them to create a new world. It puts world Clearing within reach of the future. This is a parallel rundown to Power in Saint Hills which is taken by the Dn Clear. It consists of 12 seperate high power rundowns which are brand new and enter realms of the tech never before approached. Power is still very much in use on the Grade Chart but is for those who didn't go Clear on Dn. (LRH ED 301 INT)".
Hmmm. Sounds like this is the stuff being scavenged by Miscavige in their latest get rich quick scheme in Clearwater. No date on this.
This copy of the DSTD was printed in 1982.
Pope Charles
SubGenius Pope Of Houston
From: firstname.lastname@example.com (William Barwell)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: Super Power
Date: 14 Apr 1996 11:05:52 -0500
"For $35,000 donated the person is awarded:
1. 40% reduction on the requested donation for Super Power auditing.
2. A special Validation Pin.
3. One's name engraved on a plaque and mounted on a granite wall in the Atrium of the new building.
4. Key and Membership to the Cornerstone Club, a Flag Land Base club exclusively for members.
5. A recognition plaque which attests to the role played in putting the new building there for Super Power and FSO expansion.
6. A confirmed invitation to the ceremony for the laying of the foundation of the new building.
8. [sic] A limited edition 1 oz. pure silver coin."
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
From: firstname.lastname@example.com (Prignilliu)
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 04:38:04 UTC
Subject: Re: Fact-Free Postings
Dear alt.religion.scientology,
Have I got a deal for YOU!
You donate FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS to the Super Power Expansion Project and guess what you'll get, according to a bulletin I just received from the Super Power Expansion Project at Flag:
For the FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, you get three things!
A. You get a Super Power Polo Shirt (worth $ 21.00)
B. You get a Flag Alumni Jacket (worth $ 31.85)
C. and you get your name entered on the Flag Alumni Honor Roll (worth nothing).
Hey, that's a great deal if you need a $ 4,947.15 LOSS!
And just think, it goes to a Super Power Building! (I guess the cult has started rent control subsidies for Body Thetans.
I even have a BETTER deal for you!
Donate ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS and you get FOUR things!
A. You get a gold super power ring (slightly better than you find in a cracker jack box because this one is 18K) and get this Hubbard chauvinist pig routine: the man's watch is worth (according to this brochure) $ 525.00 and the woman's watch is worth $ 375.00. (Goes to show you how far less value the cult places on women who donate a hundred grand...)
B. You get awarded the status of key contributor (with that and a roll of Charmin you can wipe your ass comfortably)
C. You get special "promo" footage of public acknowledgement (by Sea Org slaves) of your contribution (for being a gullible shmuck) at a foundation laying ceremony (part of the Body Thetan Day Block Party Event, no doubt). That's worth the price of a pine float (a famous Scientology drink of a toothpick and water served at all Sea Org dinners).
D. And I saved the best for last. When you donate ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, you EVEN get a 50% discount on SUPER POWER! Hey, who could ever resist a deal like that --- paying $ 100,000 so you can save 50% on further ripoffs! Only the cult could come up with a gem like that one.
Net Loss on Deal # 2: $ 99,475 to $ 99,625, depending upon your sex (or I should say Pain and Sex). Alas, I guess it is smarter to be a woman in Scientology, their loss is smaller.
From: Steve Fishman email@example.com
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: Fishman - Super Power Ripoff !!! What a deal !!!
Date: 27 Apr 1996 15:22:08 GMT
From a CSI publication, 1994, Updated information on taxes and your donations. 16 pages.
I am posting this so any Scientologists lurking here will know which of the cult's offerings are tax deductible in the U.S.
List of Services qualifying for charitable contribution deductions
Super Power
(Available only to Sea Org staff members)
Super Power Auditor Course
From: Ted Mayett email@example.com
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: Updated Taxes
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1996 05:35:14 -0800
Message-ID: email@example.com
From: email@example.com (Anonymous)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: Clearwater: Scientology wants break on housing
Date: 27 Mar 1996 23:19:58 +0100
St. Petersburg Times
February 16, 1994
By Wayne Garcia
CLEARWATER - The Church of Scientology wants to loosen city housing codes to allow more Scientologists in Hacienda Gardens, an apartment complex that is home to hundreds of the church's students and staff.
The change would cut in half the required living space and eventually provide homes for the 300 new Scientology staff members needed for the ""Super Power"" facility, said Richard Haworth, a spokesman for Scientology's Clearwater-based Flag Service Organization.
The $24-million Super Power building, a six-story counseling center, is scheduled to be built on the site of the former Gray Moss Inn on N Fort Harrison Avenue. Groundbreaking is set for March, but Scientology has yet to submit its construction plans to the city.
The Hacienda Gardens request is set to be heard today by the city's Board of Adjustment and Appeal on Building/Flood Control.
Hacienda Gardens, 551 N Saturn Ave., has 200 units populated, in large part, by members of Scientology's Sea Organization, who wear Navy-style uniforms and sign billion-year contracts to devote themselves to Scientology.
Sea Org members, as they are called, spend 10 to 14 hours on the job daily. That unusual work schedule, and the fact that they eat their meals at Scientology dining halls and not at home, means that the city's normal living standards aren't necessary in Hacienda Gardens, Haworth said.
""The units are used primarily for sleeping and are seldom used for cooking, entertaining, etc.," the Scientology request said. ""If this variance is not granted, then, among other results, the applicant will be required to acquire additional property for housing purposes, which property will then be removed from the tax rolls.""
Haworth said the change would affect housing only for single Scientologists. Married couples stay in separate apartments.
Haworth said he did not know how many people live in Hacienda Gardens but said the complex is about 90 percent full.
The Scientology request asks that in 120 apartments, the city's minimum dwelling space requirements be cut in half. For a 700-square-foot apartment, for instance, the change would boost the number of Scientologists allowed from six to 13.
The change is also needed to compensate for losing half of an apartment building to the Keene Road widening project, Haworth said. The Keene Road corridor runs along the west side of the Scientology apartments.
The Church of Scientology makes its international spiritual headquarters in Clearwater. Scientology officials say they are a legitimate religion, an assessment backed up by court rulings and a decision by the Internal Revenue Service to exempt Scientology from income taxes. Critics, however, contend Scientology is a money-making scheme or cult.
By Scientology estimates, 600 staff members work in the church's Flag Service Organization facilities in Clearwater. It is not clear how many of them live at Hacienda Gardens and how many live in the former Quality Inn motel on U.S. 19, the other major building that houses Scientology staff.
Both facilities are largely off the tax rolls under a settlement reached last month between Scientology and Property Appraiser Jim Smith.
In April 1992, city building officials cited the church for overcrowding in 34 of the Hacienda Gardens apartments. Scientology officials moved staff members around to alleviate the overcrowding, which they blamed on the logistics of renovating the facility.
According to documents filed with the Internal Revenue Service, Scientology is spending $4.2-million to fix up the apartment interiors and to landscape the entire complex. Haworth said that work, begun in about 1990 and delayed in favor of other Scientology construction projects, could start again as early as August.
Correction (2/17/94): The Keene Road extension project would run to the east of the Church of Scientology's Hacienda Gardens apartment complex. A story Wednesday gave an incorrect location.
From: email@example.com (Anonymous)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: Clearwater: Scientologists cited for crowded apartments
Date: 27 Mar 1996 23:21:13 +0100
Clearwater: Scientologists cited for crowded apartments
St. Petersburg Times
April 20, 1992
By Curtis Krueger, Laura Griffin, Rhonda Holifield
CLEARWATER - The Church of Scientology has been cited by city building officials for overcrowding in apartments.
In recent inspections, city officials determined that 34 apartments were overcrowded at Hacienda Gardens, a complex at 551 N Saturn Ave. used mostly for church staff.
James Bond, the church's director of renovations, said some of the residents would be moved to different apartments, so that no apartments would have more occupants than the city code allows.
Scientology spokesman Richard Haworth said Friday that the church was in the midst of renovating Hacienda Gardens and that people were being moved during the work.
"We have and always will work closely with city officials on all of our renovations work," Haworth wrote in a statement.
The city requires apartments to have at least 150 square feet of floor space for the first occupant and 100 additional square feet for each additional occupant.
At several of the Scientology-owned apartments, more people appeared to be living in the apartments than should have been allowed, according to city documents. Housing inspectors said they found as many as 10 beds in an apartment, and said beds often were set up not only in the bedrooms but in the living and dining rooms of the apartments.
The Scientologists seemed cooperative and willing to solve the problems, said Building Inspector Bill Phillips.
Hacienda Gardens houses church staff members, many of them members of a Scientology group called the "Sea Org", short for for Sea Organization. Sea Org members sign billion-year contracts and wear the Navy-style uniforms that are a familiar sight in downtown Clearwater.
Clearwater is the international spiritual headquarters of Scientology. While some people say Scientology is a bona fide religion, others call it a money-making outfit or a cult.
The city's inspection last month was not the first indication of overcrowding at Hacienda Gardens. After a 1986 fire at Hacienda Gardens, firefighters found 10 beds in the apartment. Haworth later said only seven people actually lived in the two-bedroom apartment, and he added, "We're interested in efficient utilization of space."
A police officer said in a 1988 report that 12 people were living in one Hacienda Gardens apartment that he visited.
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Happy Mother's Day, readers! There's no shortage this weekend of mom-friendly programming, including the new Hallmark Channel original movie, Mom's Day Away. Bonnie Somerville stars as the titular mom opposite James Tupper (Revenge), and BFTV chatted with Bonnie this weekend about the flick and her own Mother's Day plans.
"I love the script and that was one of the main reasons why I had to be part of Mom's Day Away. I loved working with the producers, the entire team and James Tupper too!" Bonnie enthused. "This is the second project I've done for Hallmark Channel, and the people there are just awesome. It is such a family that makes beautiful things an entire family can watch together, which really makes the work worth it."
And there was definitely some work involved in this shoot. "The one thing that was fun and challenging working on this movie was that we were in Vancouver during the peak of winter, while they were encountering an arctic freeze, and we were pretending to be in Los Angeles at the beginning of summer for Mother's Day," she laughed. "We would be in tank tops and summer wear, and then when they would say 'Cut!' the crew would run to us and get us covered in big puffy jackets. So I think all of us did a great job of looking warm the entire time!"
Bonnie is a familiar face to TV fans. She recently co-starred in CBS's police drama Golden Boy as Detective Deb McKenzie, the partner and girlfriend of Detective Christian Arroyo (played by Southland's Kevin Alejandro). You've also seen her as Detective Laura Murphy on NYPD Blue, and in recurring roles on The O.C., Friends, and Cashmere Mafia.
"I'm proud of all the projects I've been in. It's hard to pick just one," she told us. "The TV-movie Shake, Rattle and Roll was one of the first projects that really launched me. And being a part of one of TV's biggest sitcoms, Friends is something people still stop me on the street and ask about."
Aside from her acting work, you may have also heard Bonnie's singing - one of her songs was included on the soundtrack to the film Garden State and she also performed with the charity group Band From TV. Though she no longer sings with them, she looked back on the experience fondly. "It was fun to work with everyone, like Hugh Laurie from House and all the guys, Greg Grunberg and James Denton," she said, "while we were all working on different shows but still part of this group that all of the funds we raised while performing, we donated to charity. That was something that was just a blast."
Since today is Mother's Day, we asked Bonnie what she's planning for the holiday. "I've sent a few cards. The one thing my mom and I always do is send each other multiple cards for occasions," she said. "So there will be a funny one, a heartfelt one, and we just have had this tradition since I can remember. A few years ago I surprised her and went back east to New York, and we celebrated together with a Mother's Day brunch."
What's something Bonnie learned from her mom, that she'd pass on to our readers? "Work hard for your dreams," she told us, "and that nothing is impossible."
Mom's Day Away premiered yesterday at 8 PM ET/PT on Hallmark Channel, but if you missed it, it will re-air throughout the week. Check your local listings for specific channel and air times.
(c)2014 Brittany Frederick. Appears at Examiner with permission. All rights reserved. No reproduction permitted. Visit my official website and follow me on Twitter at @tvbrittanyf.

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It's a rare thing these days to find a film where everyone involved feels intensely, thoroughly committed, where it feels like everyone's on the same page. I think, among a rare few other filmmakers (Christopher Guest, certainly, or Wes Anderson), this is why David O. Russell's work has been so surprisingly resurgent over the last few years; in The Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook, and American Hustle, there's a real feeling of ensemble, a strong sense of common purpose, regardless of the differences between particular characters, or their diverse functions in the overall narrative. It doesn't feel like the workmanlike efforts of professionals – it feels like a bunch of hardworking artists who really like interacting with each other and 'tossing the ball' back and forth, and have been given everything they need to do it freely and un-self-consciously. Chemistry is a tricky thing, but chance favors the prepared, and directors, or writers, or actors who can collaboratively prepare for, and create, an environment in which all those other good things can happen, who put everyone on that same page and foster commitment to that same common purpose, has, these days, accomplished something extraordinary, sometimes even before the first frame of film is shot. And that sense of commitment and unity will inform every second of that film.
Even when that film is probably twenty minutes too long. Even when that film has two or three scenes that feel more workshopped or overthought than the seemingly effortless others. Even when, in describing the overt story of the film, one is likely to hear "Oh, man that sounds depressing as hell!" Even when a late-arriving political slant threatens to derail a great deal of what's come before. I had some practical problems with Felix Van Groeningen's The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium, 2012), obviously, and, no doubt, you will too. But take my word for it, this is a great film.
Didier (Johan Heldenbergh) is a happily independent, not-quite-broke, ardently devoted bluegrass musician. Elise (Veerle Baetens) is a fairly rootless tattoo artist who is nonetheless fun, creative, energetic and whip-smart. How they came together as a couple, and their fate thereupon, is told in the occasionally disorienting series of non-chronological episodes and flashbacks that define most film narrative these days (Thanks, Quentin… I think… ), but here it's well-structured and purposefully executed, and prioritizes the mutual emotional mosaic of Didier and Elise in a far more effective way than linear storytelling would. The one constant under their story is the music they make – authentic acoustic American bluegrass music, which, as Didier explains, is what originally got all of those poverty-stricken Appalachian miners, and their families, through the roughest times imaginable. And as their courtship turns to co-habitation, then to musical partnership, then to marriage, then to parenthood, there's never any doubt that these two people are lovingly and unconditionally bound to each other. But that's not the first thing we learn about them. The first thing we learn about them is that their six-year-old daughter has just been diagnosed with cancer. It's only after that revelation that the rest of their story unfurls, from behind and ahead, and, like the stripped-down but urgently emotional music that threads through it, the narrative, and its human concerns, are forthright and bullshit-free.
I'll list but a few notable successes of the film, and let you find the rest. The film is adapted from a stage play (co-written, and performed, by the very capable Heldenbergh), a play reportedly rife with monologues. But Van Groeningen's adaptation (with Carl Joos and Charlotte Vandermeersch) doesn't have anything remotely resembling a monologue. The film actually falters a bit when things get dialogue-heavy in the later stages, not because that's a problem itself, but because Van Groeningen has so brilliantly cinematized the story otherwise – the old cliché (which I endlessly endorse) holds fast here, that cinema should show you more than it tells you. Allow me to also point out that Flemish is the spoken language through the entirety of the film (besides the songs, of course), and you'll completely forget that fact within the first ten minutes. That's how good these actors are. The same goes for the music – these aren't Euro-poser dilettantes, these are wonderful musicians bringing a pleasantly impressive authenticity to music they genuinely love. The political hot-button that's later pressed concerns the stem-cell therapy their daughter underwent, and while it may strike a lot of viewers as opportunistically intrusive, I myself couldn't help but think of the medical bills they'd be facing here in the America that Didier otherwise loves so much. In Flanders, Belgium - $0.00.
Many aspects of the film could have become boilerplate melodrama, but no one here allowed that to happen. When the final five Best Foreign Film Oscar nominations were announced, and I learned that this had supplanted killer films like The Rocket (Australia), The Wall (Austria), Neighboring Sounds (Brazil), Gloria (Chile) and The Past (Iran), I thought damnit, this had better be good. It is. The film is no ray of sunshine, I'll caution you, but the whole enterprise is invested with so much creative hard work, goodwill, generosity and unity of purpose that you'll walk out of the theater simultaneously thinking that the worst thing that could have happened did, and it was still a happy ending. That's how good this film is.


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Cauliflower and Brussels Sprouts Salad with Mustard-Caper Butter
Adapted from Deborah Madison, via The Los Angeles Times, 1/10/07
Servings: 8 (Deb: Wha?)
2 garlic cloves
Sea salt
6 tablespoons butter, softened
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1/4 cup drained small capers, rinsed
Grated zest of 1 lemon
3 tablespoons chopped marjoram
Black pepper
1 pound Brussels sprouts
1 small head (1/2 pound) white cauliflower
1 small head (1/2 pound) Romanesco (green) cauliflower
1. To make the mustard-caper butter, pound the garlic with a half-teaspoon salt in a mortar until smooth. Stir the garlic into the butter with the mustard, capers, lemon zest and marjoram. Season to taste with pepper. (The butter can be made a day ahead and refrigerated. Bring to room temperature before serving.)
2. Trim the base off the Brussels sprouts, then slice them in half or, if large, into quarters. Cut the cauliflower into bite-sized pieces.
3. Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add salt. Add the Brussels sprouts and cook for 3 minutes. Then add the other vegetables and continue to cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Drain, shake off any excess water, then toss with the mustard-caper butter. Taste for salt, season with pepper and toss again.
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by Scott Westerfeld
Uglies Chapter 39 Summary
Maddy and Az
- David and Tally go to his parents' cabin, which is burned out. Tally checks it out, and luckily his parents aren't there.
- Unluckily, when David goes through, he finds his dad's favorite knife, which means that the Specials caught his parents. If Az had gotten away, he totally would've taken his favorite knife.
- David even tries to cut off the plastic handcuffs that Tally has (both sets), but the plastic is some superhard fantastic material. So now she has to lie about how she cut the middle part of the handcuffs.
- Also, luckily, David's parents have been putting together an escape kit for him—dehydrated food, hoverboards, etc.—so they can travel to the city and rescue everyone. And then everyone will be happy and no one will be mad at Tally for betraying the Smoke.


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Daniel Bryan Fandangoing in WV
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Florida Marlins: Proud papa Pudge Rodriguez watches son in pro ball
I feel old.
Came across this story about ex-MarlinPudge Rodriguz watching his son, Dereck, take part in the Minnesota Twins' instructional league in Fort Myers. The Twins drafted Dereck, an outfielder, in the sixth round in June.
I remember watching father and son play catch in front of the Marlins' dugout during the 2003 season. Dereck was a spindly 11-year-old then. It struck me how hard Pudge threw the ball at him. You would think he was warming up with a teammate. Wes Helms' son was a regular in the Marlins clubhouse. He'll get drafted before I'm eligible for any senior citizen discounts, but I'm sure it won't feel that way.
Speaking of Pudge, who's a free agent, any thoughts on the Marlins signing him this offseason? He'd love to come back. Would you rather have a John Buck-Pudge Rodriguez duo behind the plate than say Buck and Brett Hayes or John Baker?


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In 2010, Honda launched a large sports tourer motorcycle, the VFR1200F Dual Clutch Transmission, which came equipped with a Dual Clutch Transmission with automated clutch and shift operation, a world's first for motorcycles. This Dual Clutch Transmission is a lightweight, compact system that can be mounted without requiring major modification to the existing engine layout. It employs electronic control technology to deliver the precise accelerator control required of motorcycles, with a direct feel for naturally smooth starts and gear changes.
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Newly furnished apartment in the center of Paris
Size25 m²
Floor No.1
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
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The place is located right in the center of Paris in the second district. Walking distances from the apartment are: 3 minutes for the nearest metro station, 10 minutes from the Louvre Museum, the Seine River and Notre Dame. The area is safe and quiet.
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The place & price of the unit was great.
The condition of the unit not so great.
Black mold in shower, stove would only turn off at breaker box, mop in bathroom was so rancid could hardly take the smell.
To small for 4 adults , should have been told that when we booked.
2 rolls of toilet tissue for the week for 4 adults.
1 towel each for the entire week. We did get extra 4 towels but had to go to office to get them.
1 set of keys -had to go to office to get a second set.
no wifi available.
no broom or dust pan to sweep floor.
left a note saying what needs to be looked at.
We spent 3 days in this nice flat. When you visit Paris, want to stay close to the city and only need to sleep and have breakfast in your flat this flat is perfect. Our only negative comment is that we were missing some ventilation in the bathroom which had mold on the ceiling, but we have mentioned this to the owner of the flat.
Pernille, Denmark
About what I'd hoped for, neither better nor worse. Well equipped kitchen was a plus. However, while a sofa bed is never going to be ideal, the mattress on this one is barely an inch thick. My travelling companion had a bit of a rough time trying to sleep on it.
Studio in a great location, central and quiet. The minimal furnishings, bathroom, so-so for a mini vacation is ideal, if you want a suit or luxury do not go here! Convenient check-in and chek out.
Monolocale in ottima posizione, centrale e silenzioso. Gli arredi minimali, bagno così così, per una mini vacanza è l'ideale; se cercate una suit o il lusso non andate qui! Comodo il check-in e il chek out.
It was perfect. Very nice apartment, well located, comfortable. Great convenience.
Ce fut parfait. Appartement très sympa, bien situé, confortable. Grande praticité.
great localization and very nice apartment - which was fully equipped. We have some problems wit keys at our arrival, but they were solved in 15minuts! The only minus is for lack of blankets - there were only 2 for 3 separate bads. I believe it is not a problem during hot summer, but it was 14 Celsius degree when we were there.
The apartment is very centrally located, just a few meters from the metro station Place de la bastille. Although the address is on a main road, it is totally quiet, because the apartment is located in a romantic courtyard with cobblestones and Virginia creeper. Nearby you will find a variety of nice pubs and restaurants and bistro `s Always recommended during the Vietnamese restaurant "Paris Hanoi" is. The apartment itself is very spacious and styled. Even for 5 people sufficiently. We can recommend it in good conscience. Booking and processing are good and professional.
Die Wohnung liegt sehr zentral, nur wenige Meter von der Metrostation Place de la bastille entfernt. Obwohl die Adresse an einer Hauptstrasse liegt ist es total ruhig, denn die Wohnung liegt in einem romantischen Hinterhof mit Kopfsteinpflaster und wildem Wein. In unmittelbarer Nähe findet sich eine Vielzahl von netten Kneipen und Restaurants und Bistro`s. Empfehlenswert ist in jedem Fall das vietnamesische Restaurant "Paris Hanoi".
Die Wohnung selbst ist sehr geräumig und durchgestylt. Selbst für 5 Personen ausreichend.
Wir können sie guten Gewissens empfehlen. Buchung und Abwicklung sind gut und professionell.
The stay has given us very good. The study is central, but quiet. It is practical furnishings, clean, and everything worked well funktionniert. To find the key is well explained. We will gladly return.
Der Aufenthalt hat uns sehr gut gefallen. Das Studie ist zentral, aber trotzdem ruhig. Es ist zweckmässig eingerichtet, sauber, und alles hat gut funktionniert. Den Schlüssel zu finden ist gut erklärt. Wir kommen gerne wieder.
The accomodation wasn't quite what the website said, the appartment wasn't as 'new' as promised. A lot of mildew in the shower, some light bulbs and TV out of order.
Good location instead.
Location of the apartment is excellent. Who good "walking", may reach of all the sights without Metro good. Despite some small flaws that can be fixed quickly, the apartment is highly recommended. No through road, so quiet. Nice restaurants, Metro and park (expensive) in the immediate vicinity. Also the key handover went smoothly and the service was very friendly.
Lage der Wohnung ist hervorragend. Wer gut "zu Fuß" ist, kann von hier aus alles Sehenswerte ohne Metro gut erreichen. Trotz kleiner Mängel, die schnell behoben werden können, ist die Wohnung sehr zu empfehlen. Keine Durchgangsstraße, daher ruhig. Nette Restaurants, Metro und Parkhaus (teuer) in unmittelbarer Nähe. Auch die Schlüsselübergabe ging problemlos und der Service war sehr freundlich.
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As a first-generation Vietnamese-American, Nam Pho says he learned to make the most of limited resources and opportunities in many facets of his life. When it came to computing, this meant dealing with secondhand hardware. He built his Linux skills through frustrating, but educational, attempts to get old computers up and working again.
Intel last week announced its Arduino-compatible Galileo board, a Raspberry Pi competitor aimed at enticing the DIY and maker set that's also robust enough for embedded pros.
The board specs alone are impressive. Based on a 400 MHz Quark SoC, the Galileo comes with a mini-PCI Express slot, USB and Ethernet ports, and more, all for under $60.
In August Intel launched the Yocto Project Innovation Challenge to help showcase developers who are building – or simply imagining -- Yocto-based embedded Linux applications and devices.
We've added 10 new missions to the Great LinuxCon Wild Goose Chase. Here's your chance to boost your score and vie for the top three spots as we head into the final few weeks before LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe.
Linux Foundation Training scholarship winner Andrew Dahl is relatively new to the Linux community but he's already jumped in to help on the XFS file system, fixing bugs and reviewing a small number of patches. As a file system engineer at SGI, he works on NFS, XFS and SGI's CXFS (Clustered XFS.) But in his spare time he likes to dabble in Qt application development and fix kernel bugs he finds on his current hardware.
In recent years, Samsung has moved from being a mere consumer of open source software to actively participating in its development as a top-10 contributor to the Linux kernel. The company is still refining its open source approach and processes, however, as demonstrated by a recent GPL compliance issue with its (formerly) proprietary exFAT driver for Linux.
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Thirty years ago today Richard Stallman announced his plans to build GNU in a post to the net.unix-wizards mailing list. What followed was the birth of the free software movement, the founding of the Free Software Foundation and the GNU public license (GPL) -- now used by the Linux operating system. His words continue to inspire software developers to this day:
A GitHub account may be one of the best ways for open source developers to showcase their technical skills to potential employers. But system administrators and DevOps engineers who don't code, don't have an easy equivalent for proving their skills in, say, spinning up a secure server.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character is mistaken for a drug addict.
* '''Straight''': Alice, a diabetic, is getting shaky from low blood sugar. She goes someplace private to give herself a dose of glucagon. Bob walks in and thinks she's a heroin addict.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** [[PointyHairedBoss The principal of a school for children with severe medical issues, Bob]] ends up believing that diabetes is just an excuse to get high on insulin and tries to ban it from the school. Despite one fourth of the students being diabetics.
** Bob sees Alice injecting insulin and assumes she's a junkie. He sees her with a cigarette and assumes she's addicted to marijuana. Then he sees her with a bottle of root beer and assumes she's an alcoholic...
* '''Downplayed''': Bob sees a lighter in Alice's purse and assumes she smokes (which he shrugs off, since smoking is of course legal and fairly common). She actually just likes having something to wave at concerts.
* '''Justified''':
** [[PsychicPowers Alice]] was investigating [[FantasticDrug Vision]], a telepathic drug when her mother found it in backpack. She then concludes that Alice's powers came from this in the first place.
** The two aren't mutually exclusive, after all. So if Alice is diabetic and also is a drug addict, Bob has caught her doing drugs, but doesn't know about her medical issues, he would have good reason to mistake her for junkie. Although, that's more of a 'Mistaken for junkie' in one specific instance, in that she is a junkie, she's just not using at the time Bob chooses to walk in.
* '''Inverted''': Alice is an addict and is going through withdraw after her dealer got busted and she can't get a new supply. Bob thinks her symptoms are from emerging telepathy and gives her the number of a teacher to help her deal with it.
* '''Subverted''': At first it looks like a misunderstanding then it turns out she was an addict all along.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, she is also diabetic, and at the time was only using insulin.
* '''Parodied''': Alice's medicine containers are clearly marked in big red letters, yet Bob '''still''' thinks she's an addict.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Some people recognise Alice's insulin as what it is, other people don't. Bob appears to have a selective memory.
* '''Averted''': Alice is startled by Bob walking in on her. Bob reads the label and apologizes for startling her and leaves her to dose in privacy.
* '''Enforced''': The whole episode is an AuthorTract on [[DrugsAreBad the war on drugs.]]
* '''Lampshaded''': "People always leap to wild conclusions when they see me giving myself an injection. It's like they know more junkies than diabetics."
* '''Invoked''': Bob claims that Alice's insulin is something else to get her in trouble and to allow him to escape.
* '''Exploited''': Charlie takes a photo of Alice injecting insulin to blackmail her.
* '''Defied''': Alice carries around a card/documentation and pamphlets to explain what the insulin is and why she needs to take it.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's insulin is taken away/destroyed by a well meaning Bob, causing her to end up hospitalised.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob's "caught" with the syringes. Rumours that Bob's TheAggressiveDrugDealer who caused Alice to overdose appear.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice getting caught taking insulin and shouting "It's not heroin!" becomes a RunningGag.
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice gets in severe trouble because her insulin was mistaken for heroin by an authority figure.
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College Hockey:Colgate, Smyth Respond in Third
HAMILTON, N.Y. — Colgate erased a dubious streak while Harvard extended one of its own, as the Raiders knocked off the Crimson 4-1 at Starr Rink on Saturday afternoon.
Colgate (7-2-0, 2-0-0 ECACHL), the loser of its last five games against Harvard and eight of the last nine contests between the two clubs, had been outscored by the Crimson 45-14 over the past four years.
"I wasn't even aware of it," said Colgate coach Don Vaughan on the historical mismatch between his team and the Crimson. "I looked at the numbers before the game, and I was surprised to see that we had only beaten Harvard 14 times in the history of this matchup. In the big picture, I guess, it's not any more important than any other win in the league, but the fact that we hadn't beaten them much made it a nice win."
Harvard (0-2-1, 0-2-1) appeared on the way to downing Colgate once again when Dylan Reese pinched in from his defensive position and buried a one-timer two minutes into the third period to knot the score at 1-1 and steal momentum away from the home club.
"We knew that they were going to come at us," said Vaughan. "They had to try to get themselves back in the game. We were prepared to weather it, but we just had a breakdown in coverage."
"We had a breakdown," agreed Colgate tri-captain Darryl McKinnon. "We needed to regain our composure and say, 'OK … let's not let it happen again.' No one took any more shifts off for the rest of the night."
McKinnon made good on his promise to himself, and found himself on an odd-man rush just 90 seconds after Harvard's tying goal. The senior forward corralled a pass from teammate Kyle Wilson and chipped it up over the outstretched goalie Dov Grumet-Morris for the game-winning goal.
"We responded," said Vaughan. "Darryl went down and scored a big goal. I thought we had a great period after we went up 2-1."
Rather than falling into a shell, Colgate continued to pepper Grumet-Morris throughout the final period. The senior netminder turned aside 16 shots in the third period and 36 overall in a losing effort. After surrendering a goal on a weak backhand shot by Raider Ryan Smyth, however, Grumet-Morris could only watch as Colgate coasted to its second league victory of the season.
"It felt real good," said McKinnon on defeating his team's recent nemesis. "Two classes have now played them for two years without beating them. Both the junior and sophomore classes haven't won against those guys. So it was a very big thing for all of us to finally beat them."
Harvard, meanwhile, extended its winless streak under new head coach Ted Donato. The Crimson mustered only 22 shots against Colgate goaltender Steve Silverthorn, and are averaging less than a goal per game early this season.
"We can't seem to get over the hump," said Donato. "We're not generating enough offensive chances. We're trying to get everyone on the same page and get all the young and old guys into the new coaching system. It will come with time."
Colgate's Jon Smyth, who scored the team's game-winning overtime tally the night before against Brown, picked up where he left off, notching a power-play goal midway through the second period. Marc Fulton completed the evening's scoring with an empty-netter, his first regular-strength goal as a Raider.
With the weekend sweep, Colgate, picked by coaches to finish second in the ECAC, began its defense of the Cleary Cup in fine fashion.
"It's nice to finally be favored," said McKinnon, who has watched his team advance further into the playoffs in each of his three previous years. "Coaches always say it's harder to win when you're favored to win. So it really does feel good when you win."
The Raiders take a short break from league action next week with a non-conference matchup at Massachusetts-Lowell. Meanwhile, Harvard looks to find its groove by hosting Yale and Princeton next weekend.
Donato doesn't believe his team is too far from finally breaking through on the scoreboard and in the win column.
"We gave it a solid effort," he said. "I was pleased with the way that we battled and stayed through it. We made a few mistakes and they capitalized on them. I thought we were in pretty good shape for most of the day, but it got away from us at the end."
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A special vote by residents of North Fork's Cascadel Woods becoming county Road Maintenance District 121 and a vote by the Madera County Board of Supervisors will decide the fate of the area's roads Tuesday, Feb. 12. The issue was recently discussed before the supervisors where it became evident that the issue was controversial to the residents of Cascadel Woods.
The Cascadel Woods subdivision, located near North Fork, was created out of a 480 acre ranch in the 1950s and 60s. The roads were offers of dedication to the county for access as public right of way but for some unknown reason it was done without a maintenance mechanism according to Madera County Road Commissioner Johannes Hoevertsz. Hoevertsz says many offers of dedication were done that way many years ago. In 1963 the Cascadel Woods Property Owners Association was created by residents and they began to maintain the roads.
Hoevertsz says the association is merely a contractor working for the county to maintain the clubhouse and open areas only. In the last few years, Hoevertsz said there have been some complaints by Cascadel homeowners to the county about the association's roadwork in the subdivision.
"The CWPOA with time has appointed itself to a quasi governmental status which is certainly not authorized to do," Hoevertsz said. "Some of the decisions made by the CWPOA have caused the residents to question their actions and the (county) auditor to start looking into their accounting practices."
Because of these complaints Hoevertsz said his department began looking into some of the complaints and realized corrective action would need to be taken and the county would need to step in to oversee that.
Hoevertsz said the culverts were failing and had been done without an encroachment permit from the road department, Department of Fish and Game and the Army Corps of Engineers. He said there is also an unauthorized encroachment that will need to be addressed in the future. He added some other concerns include snow removal without permits, general roadwork without permits and liability issues with the association.
Hoevertsz said it was the above reasons that led his department to issue a cease and desist order to the association, demanding they halt further work on the subdivision roads or culverts or face legal action.
Hoevertsz said he has met with a number of residents in the subdivision over road problems, and they seemed to like the idea of a county-run RMD.
Brian Curtis, a former association board member, said the cease and desist order was very upsetting to the association, which purchased their own snow plow in 2000. However they have now worked out a temporary permit for snow removal for one year because of the snow season.
However Curtis has concerns that if the area becomes an RMD that there won't be as much snow plowing as there is now. Curtis said what the engineering plan outlined for snow plowing wasn't adequate -- a job he does regularly throughout every snow day. As for permits, Ken Wood, association treasurer, said they've never been told or asked to get a permit for working on the roads in 50 years until the cease and desist order.
Curtis said in 2010 they discovered the 1950s culverts needed help so they hired a contractor to replace them. Curtis said they asked the contractor if they needed to apply for permits and he said no. They began working on replacing the culverts but still had some work to do when the county recently stepped in.
"We were trying to do the right thing and in the future we know we can't operate without permits," Curtis said.
District 5 Supervisor Tom Wheeler and Hoevertsz held a couple informational meetings in Cascadel and later the county sent out 218 ballots asking residents if they wanted a RMD or not. Curtis says he feels the the process was being pushed when he showed interest in having the community look into the RMD further before making a decision.
Wood says many residents threw out their packets containing their ballots because they had been receiving so much information from the county that they didn't even look at it. He also noted that 60% of the residents don't live in Cascadel full time so many didn't get the time to even see the ballot.
"Those of us who had been around for a while decided it was a stacked deck," Curtis said. "As more information became available, people became less and less enthralled about it (becoming a RMD)."
However, Hoevertsz says Cascadel becoming an RMD would be a benefit to the association because they won't have to worry about road maintenance at all and can instead focus all their attention on the maintenance of their clubhouse and surrounding open areas.
Currently the association asks homeowners to pay an average of $200 a year for road maintenance, but not everyone in Cascadel pays their part. The proposed fee for a county run RMD is $151 a year -- a $49 savings -- and all residents will be forced to pay it. In addition to that, major repairs or improvements can be supplemented by Measure T funds according to Hoevertsz.
Hoevertsz said initially the county was going to let the residents of Cascadel choose the project's steering committee. But, after seeing how strong emotions were among residents, Hoevertsz said the county decided to go ahead and select the committee because they didn't think Cascadel residents would do so in a timely manner.
Hoevertsz said they asked some association members to be part of the committee but they declined. The county went ahead and picked three people that have "broad experience," according to Hoevertsz, for the initial steering committee. Those members are Mark Stamas, Marie Iden and Roger Tucker. Hoevertsz said that if the RMD gets formed, then the steering committee can begin putting together a new committee elected by community members.
Curtis feels having the steering committee appointed by the county was unfair because two out of the three appointed are proponents of a RMD. Curtis said that 83 residents have signed a petition against the RMD. At the board of supervisors meeting in December, Curtis said carrying the issue to an election is a waste of time, money and county resources and that it should be stopped and the community should focus its efforts of working out the current system.
"From the very beginning they've had the opportunity of calling (association) board members," Wood said. "At several points they could have done this the easy way but for some reason chose not to include the board or association at all."
Curtis says he feels they've received a lack of information and that has lead to a lack of trust.
"They're (homeowners in favor of a RMD) doing it the government way not the neighborly way," Curtis said. "We're mountain folks and don't like to use government unless we have to. If we can do it without government involvement we prefer that. That's what we've been doing until half a year ago and we like it that way."
However Hoevertsv disputes what Curtis said and says he's personally met with Eggink and Curtis several times since September -- both at Cascadel and at county offices, as well as email communication.
Wood did say that all this has opened the association's eyes to some problems.
"Anytime you have an obstacle in life you notice there are some things you haven't paid attention to," he said. "There are some things we need to change with or without a Road Maintenance District."
Wheeler contends the best option for Cascadel is a RMD and backs Hoevertsz in saying road work was done illegally.
"Hopefully they will come to their senses and decide they should vote for that (RMD) and get everything legal and roads back up to shape so we don't have these kinds of problems again."
Hoevertsz said that Cascadel is only one of several areas that the county will be addressing in the future in regards to a RMD.
"The county wants the residents to receive services authorized and performed by qualified individuals in the best interest of safety and welfare of the community," Hoevertsz said.


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It is alleged that the four met the man in an underground garage and were shown the car before being surrounded by a group men who appeared quite suddenly.
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– Forcible Confinement
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– Aggravated Assault
– Fail to Comply Recognizance
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Exhortation, is a vision for Christian artists engaging contemporary culture. It is somewhat of a how-to book for Christian Artist, that touches upon the theory and the practice of using ones creativity to glorify God and serve humanity.
The first half of the book is artistic exhortation in theory and the second half is it in practice; shown through dramatic and vivid earth-toned paintings, and flowing poetic narration. From the first page to the last, you will be encouraged.
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● Pathology laboratories enrolled in the scheme participate in an assessment run by staining slides circulated from NordiQC. The laboratories obtain unstained slides only after electronic submission of relevant protocols with the information requested in the form at www.nordiqc.org. Only one protocol is accepted for each epitope. If a laboratory submits a second protocol for a given epitope (e.g., because of corrections), it overwrites the first.
● Only the stains listed at a particular run can be submitted for assessment. If a laboratory does not stock an antibody needed for the detection of an epitope, it cannot be replaced by another antibody. This is due to the design of multitissue blocks and the need for a large number of comparable stains in order to make a proper assessment. For the same reason, stains are not assessed if inappropriate antibodies have been used.
● The sections circulated are serial sections cut from multitissue blocks containing several normal and tumour tissues. For each epitope two (and only two) unstained sections are sent to laboratories, which have submitted protocols before the announced deadline. Together with the slides, basic information (tissues included, deadline for submission etc.) is provided. Unstained slides are sent at the date indicated on the Participation page. Individual arrangement for obtaining slides is not possible. As for the first run in a fiscal year, an invoice is included.
● Laboratories are requested to perform staining using their standard protocol. One (and only one) slide for each epitope should be submitted to NordiQC for assessment together with the in-house control slide. The other NordiQC slide should be kept in the laboratory as control. In case slides are broken at the receipt, NordiQC should be contacted by e-mail.
● All stained NordiQC slides are assessed and marked by the assessor group. Generally, the assessment is based on the staining intensity and distribution in cells expected to stain, background staining, signs of cross-reactivity, counter-staining and tissue preservation during the staining process. Detailed criteria are indicated on the assessment page for each marker. The control stains are not assessed. However, they are requested in order to interpret insufficient stains and - in the future - also to guide the selcetion of controls. Slides submitted after deadline will also be assessed, but there may be some delay.
● Provided the use of an appropriate antibody, each stain is marked as optimal, good, borderline or poor.
- Optimal staining: The staining is considered perfect or close to perfect in all of the included tissues.
- Good staining: The staining is considered fully acceptable in all of the included tissues. However, the protocol may be optimized to ensure the best staining intensity and signal-to-noise ratio.
- Borderline staining: The staining is considered insufficient, e.g., because of a generally too weak staining or a false negative staining of one of the included tissues, or a false positive staining reaction. The protocol should be optimized.
- Poor staining: The staining is considered very insufficient e.g., because of false negative staining of several of the included tissues, or a marked false positive staining reaction. An optimization of the protocol is urgently needed.
Moderate or strong false positive staining due to, e.g., endogenous biotin is not compatible with an optimal staining.
● The laboratory should compare their stains and protocols with the optimal stains and recommended protocols published at www.nordiqc.org. A protocol recommended by NordiQC as well as changes suggested by the assessment have to be tested carefully in the individual laboratory before implementation into the diagnostic work. NordiQC cannot take any responsibility for the consequences of changes in protocols or methods in a laboratory.
● Examples of optimal and suboptimal staining results are uploaded on the website as of the date indicated on the Participation page. Among protocols giving an optimal staining, 2-4 are presented as recommended protocols. These are selected to reflect a spectrum of antibodies and methods and to represent different participating laboratories. The names and e-mail addresses of laboratories providing optimal protocols are given in the protocols to encourage direct communication between laboratories. If a participant providing a protocol wish to remain anonymous, this should be specified in the Comments field. Suboptimal stains are presented anonymously with indication of possible problems or errors in the protocols.
● The core group informs all participants about their individual scores via e-mail. In case of a borderline or poor staining result, suggestions for protocol optimization are given. In some cases comments are given also to good stains, e.g., in case of excessive counter-stain.
● In case of borderline or poor marks, the laboratory may request a reassessment of either the original stain or a new stain: Two new unstained sections may - when available - be obtained from NordiQC for a new staining, e.g., after improvement of the protocol. To obtain new sections, the participant must fill out a new protocol form before deadline for the next run. In the form, select "Other epitope by appointment", specify the epitope, fill in protocol data, and write "Reassessment' in the Comments field. The new sections are sent together with the sections for the next run and the stains included for assessing at the assessor meeting.
● Submitted stains (including control stains) are stored in the NordiQC file for future documentation. The laboratories may request the stains for review but they must be returned to NordiQC.


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This NASA video segment describes the immense preparation and effort expended to make the dream of landing on the moon a reality. Viewers learn that thousands of people were involved and that astronauts Collins, Aldrin and Armstrong went through extensive training for the mission. The clip includes footage of the astronauts entering the rocket and of the launch.
July 16, 1969: Apollo 11 Lifts Off
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Destination: The Moon
Astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin Arrive on the Moon
Leaving the Moon, Eagle Heads for Columbia
The Mission Ends Safely: Astronauts Head for Debriefing
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When Alix Hayden was diagnosed with brain cancer, she focused on learning about all possible options for treatment. Among the therapies that Alix chose: A high fat low carb ketogenic weight loss diet based on the theory that cancer cells generate energy for growth using sugar, reported News Talk 650 on March 10.
"For me, it wasn't really about alternative therapies, it was coming back to what I already knew which is that diet and lifestyle and your metabolism and your biochemistry really does influence your health," Hayden explained.
Ironically, her career has helped to fuel her knowledge of her treatment options. She works in cancer research at Phenomenome Discoveries in Saskatoon.
"I do work in cancer research and so that was a little bit of an irony for me and it was something that it took me a while to come back to and think about from an intellectual perspective."
The knowledge that diet, lifestyle and metabolism can help control the way that cancer grows caused Hayden to choose the low carb, high fat ketogenic diet.
Although it's similar to the Atkins weight loss plan, carbohydrates are more strictly restricted throughout traditional ketogenic diets. The approach is designed to cause your body to burn fat for fuel rather than use carbohydrates by putting your body into a state of ketosis.
Hayden also is blogging her reflections on battling cancer and using a ketogenic low carb diet. In her blogs, she notes that after reading "information and cookbooks about Paleo and Neolithic diets and Atkins diets," the ketogenic diet was most apt for her purpose.
I wanted, in a nutshell, was a diet high enough in fat and low enough in sugar that my body would be forced to adapt and use fat for energy. It is worth noting that I did not do this in cooperation with a dietitian or doctor.
I do have a background in biology and health research, and a lifelong interest in fitness and diet, so after doing my research, I felt the changes I was prepared to make were not extreme enough to require actual medical supervision.
And although ketogenic diets are often used for weight loss, they also have been successfully used as medical interventions for children with epilepsy: Discover how that use of ketogenic diets have changed lives by clicking here.
Hayden's goal in terms of her diet is to achieve the following ratios:
- 65 percent of daily calories from fats
- 30 percent of daily calories from protein
- 5 percent from carbohydrate sources
The ratios are designed to produce the fat-burning transformation that typifies the results of ketosis in the body. The same plan has been used to treat conditions such as diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity: Learn about the newest studies by clicking here.
The plan is designed to reverse the traditional food pyramid, which has a glucose-intense base as a result of the recommended levels of grains. (For that reason, neurologist Dr. David Perlmutter recommends ketogenic high fat low carb diets to reverse conditions ranging from diabetes to dementia: Read our interview with him about his "Grain Brain" book by clicking here.)
Hayden notes that researchers have found that "cancer cells are somewhat primitive from a metabolic perspective, and they love to use sugar for energy. When sugar is unavailable, other brain cells can convert to use ketones, but cancer cells aren't this agile, so the idea is that they start to "starve" for energy, slowing growth."
In addition to using the diet for cancer, Hayden has lost weight from the ketogenic low carb diet. She emphasizes the use of fats, crediting Gary Taubes for his research in that area, which he documented in "Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It" (click for details) and "Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health."
Learn more about how physicians are using the high fat low carb diet to treat disease by clicking here. And get Dr. Eric Westman's insights into the use of the Atkins diet for weight loss by clicking here.
Read Hayden's blog at http://greymadder.net/
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- Ketogenic low carb diet useful for epilepsy, diabetes, weight loss, say studies
- Swedish diet study shows what keeps you fit and healthy
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Sonny Criss: Black Coffee
Black Coffee
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This Is Criss! (PRCD 30654)
Sonny Criss (alto sax), Walter Davis, Jr. (piano), Paul Chambers (bass),
Alan Dawson (drums).
Composed by Sonny Burke & Paul Francis Webster.
Recorded: Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 21, 1966
Rating: 90/100 (learn more)
As originally rendered by Sarah Vaughan back in 1949, "Black Coffee" was a slow-moving, bluesy number, and subsequent recordings tend to also be vocal jazz renditions. Not Sonny Criss's version, though. While he employs a similarly slow tempo, his alto sax voicings set this apart.
For the first three minutes, Criss squeezes out every last drop of blues with a lithe, buttery approach. As if to follow the lyric, "It's driving me crazy just waiting for my baby / To maybe come around," the altoist suddenly throws in flawless urgent bebop phrases, but without ever losing sight of the blues. After pianist Walter Davis's restrained solo, Criss returns to rekindle the dual blues emotions of sulking and frustration, as effectively before.
The top of the CD cover for This Is Criss states, "Here is an alto saxophonist whose consummate artistry approaches perfection." Listening to the first cut from this album confirms a rarity: Truth in advertising.
Reviewer: S. Victor Aaron
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Size and scale are two themes that are immediately present in an Assassin's Creed game, and with Unity that sentiment is not changing. With Ubisoft's desire to build a world that is on a 1:1 scale, players will see this ring true the most with major monuments like the Notre Dame.
People who will remember Brotherhood's Coliseum will remember that climbing the structure felt entertainingly arduous, yet it wasn't on a 1:1 scale. In Assassin's Creed Unity, scaling the Notre Dame will be like actually climbing up it in real-life, minus the whole putting your life on the line thing. Lesley Phord-Toy, who is a producer at Ubisoft Toronto for Assassin's Creed Unity, told Examiner.com about the developer's new found desire to make everything 1:1.
"In previous Assassin's Creed [games], we did Rome and a bunch of other cities. They were a bit cheated in terms of scale. Paris and its monuments are really on a 1:1 scale because you'll be able to go inside [of buildings] seamlessly, no loading. The actual size of Paris is larger than all of the landmass of Black Flag. The Notre Dame is three or four times the size of the Coliseum [in Brotherhood].
"[Assassin's Creed Unity] is really on a massive scale, and you notice it right away. You'll be climbing these buildings and [notice] you feel so small, but then you also feel extremely powerful. [Paris] just feels like it extends forever," Phord-Toy said.
As you no doubt have heard by now, the game's parkour has been recreated specifically for Assassin's Creed Unity. It's a new beginning for the series and has a unique chance to redefine itself on a new set of systems. Phord-Toy talked about another game location as well as it's parkour.
"We are very much focused on the city of Paris. [But] we also have the Palace of Versailles, so that's outside of Paris. We've revamped our three pillars, navigation, combat and stealth. Particular on navigation, we've made it a lot more precise and are giving players a lot more freedom. So now you can parkour up, parkour down and parkour through," Phord-Toy said.
It's going to be great to see Assassin's Creed return to a completely land-based game. It'll be the first time we've seen that since Assassin's Creed: Revelations. Oct. 28 will be the day you can get your hands on Assassin's Creed Unity, and it's only available on PS4, Xbox One and PC.