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Meadows responds to Obama's gun proposals
Published: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 10:57 p.m.
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U.S. House Rep. Mark Meadows (NC-11) released the following statement after President Obama announced that he is moving forward with sweeping gun control measures:
"The recent tragedy in Newtown, Conn. will never be forgotten. However, it is shameful that rather than having a serious discussion about the root of the violence behind the shooting, President Obama is using this tragedy as a vehicle for his own political agenda.
"He made his motives clear today when he used innocent children as the backdrop of his press conference.
"I am dedicated to preventing horrific incidents like the Newtown shooting from ever happening again, which is why I am committed to enforcing existing laws, examining issues like mental health and bolstering safety precautions in schools.
"We need to put politics aside and have meaningful conversations about the tragedy in Connecticut, but the president circumventing Congress and implementing his own rule of law is not the way to proceed.
"I encourage the president to change his course and sit down at the table with both political parties so we can prevent future tragedies."
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A documentary produced by Prairie Public Broadcasting in cooperation with a North Dakota State University collection on Germans from Russia has been honored in an independent television competition.
NDSU officials say the video "At Home in Russia, at Home on the Prairie" is one of 27 documentaries in the country to receive an Aurora Award. It received Platinum Best of Show in the historical category.
Michael Miller, director of the NDSU Libraries' Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, says the documentary shows the lives of Germans from Russia after their journey to the Northern Plains, including North Dakota.
Miller and Bob Dambach, director of television at Prairie Public Broadcasting, produced the documentary.
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You're an interior designer, delighted with how your latest project has come together. It's got presence; it's tasteful; it's contemporary without being slavishly trendy. Then your client insists on hanging, right where you can't avoid seeing it, a painting that's near and dear to him but is also staggeringly ugly. What do you do?
"You have to be very diplomatic," says veteran Ottawa-area designer Linda Nolan-Leeming. "But people are paying me hard-earned dollars, so I will always tell them the truth. It's funny how often they end up agreeing with me."
The 62-year-old Nolan-Leeming, who owns Linda Nolan Interiors (lindanolaninteriors.com) and is as quietly well-groomed as the spaces she creates, seems unfazed by any design conundrum thrown her way. But then she's been designing everything from builders' model homes to commercial space for more than 35 years.
"Minto, Campeau, now I do Richcraft's models — I can drive through almost any part of Ottawa and see builders I've designed for."
And while she may have also fashioned the interiors of major renovations and high-end new homes for private clients, she's equally content staging a home for sale or spending an hour with the owner of a small condo who simply wants professional advice on a kitchen or living room.
She was also part of a huge volunteer team on the Habitat Gift Home. That ambitious project saw an older $500,000 home that had been donated to Habitat for Humanity transformed into a showpiece that was sold for $900,000, with the proceeds going to the construction of homes for the working poor in Ottawa.
Not yet sold on her creds? Nolan-Leeming has worked on leading-edge projects such as the Currents condo tower by Windmill Development Group in Wellington West. With the Great Canadian Theatre Company ensconced at its base, the Currents achieved LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum status.
She's also done commercial work for the Ottawa Senators and others and was for a time a design columnist with the Citizen.
A thoroughly seasoned designer, Nolan-Leeming remains consistent in her approach to what works well.
"Major changes in design trends last about a decade, so I go for natural materials like granite and walnut floors that will never be dated," she says.
"People now are cocooning more than ever, so I love the big linear fireplaces that are a focal point of a room and the open concepts that are everywhere and that bring light into a room."
Nolan-Leeming doesn't ignore trends, but does tame them so they'll have some staying power. She used tangerine, the "it" colour of 2012, in a Richcraft model at Kanata Lakes, for example, but toned it down to make it earthier and less in the moment.
As she explains this, her voice takes on a confidential tone that draws you in and creates a sense of unassailable authority. You can imagine clients nodding in agreement to her every suggestion.
Our conversation is twice interrupted by the ring of her cellphone. Apologizing profusely for the intrusion, Nolan-Leeming is soon using that same calming but firm tone as she instructs a contractor on just what she expects: "We want to make sure there's room for the king-sized bed in there . . . Yes, yes, that's perfect."
Nolan-Leeming didn't set out to be a designer. She wanted to become an artist but, after "starving" in Europe and then Western Canada as a would-be painter, landed a job on the drafting board of an architectural firm in the early 1970s. Within two years, she'd started her own design firm in Ottawa.
She and design "just clicked," she says. She also wanted to run a business and by the early 1980s was serving as president of the Ottawa-Carleton Home Builders' Association, the precursor to the Greater Ottawa Home Builders' Association. "I was the first woman in Canada on the board of a home builders' association," she recalls proudly.
Nolan-Leeming quickly built her design business into a going concern. She had five designers on staff and spent much of her time travelling as she landed jobs with Toronto builders. But it eventually lost its allure and when she married Norm Leeming and her daughter, Allison, now 18, was born, she cut back radically.
"My family is my priority and my business has adapted to my family. My husband and I have these date nights where we go for dinner and a movie. My daughter is my best friend."
Not that her working life has become a piece of cake.
"I love the action, being on the move, going from site to site. I think if you're not a type A personality in this business, you should just be sitting at a drafting board."
Along with discovering the pleasures of family life, Nolan-Leeming learned about environmental sensitivities when her daughter was young.
The two became seriously ill after living in a series of houses plagued with off-gassing carpets and other then-standard components. As her reactions intensified, Nolan-Leeming lost 30 pounds and had to quit work for a time. Her daughter couldn't go to school.
Since figuring out the problem and making the necessary lifestyle changes that led to recovery for her and Allison, Nolan-Leeming has become a serious advocate of green building.
In fact, she and her husband are currently downsizing and their new home — a reno in Manotick — is being outfitted with formaldehyde- and PVC-free components. Fortunately, as she points out, the building industry is slowly greening and components such as non-off-gassing cabinetry are now readily available.
Her new home will also be highly energy efficient.
"We're going to be living there for a long, long time and I like the idea of having a smaller footprint."
However, Nolan-Leeming has no intention of retiring. "I'm having too much fun."
That fun is thanks to her clients.
"As a designer, you see how far you can bring people out of their comfort zone and give them something (new). We all function better and are happier in an environment that feeds our spirit. It's about making us feel good.
"With clients, sometimes I have to ask: 'Why don't you go in that room very often? Maybe it's the light level or the scale of the furniture makes you feel like the walls are closing in.' "
And sometimes she has to ask if you're sure about that painting.
Linda Nolan-Leeming conducts a free seminar on the elements of good design at Shepherd's in the Ottawa Trainyards June 12. For details, call 613-789-7400 or visit shepherdsfashions.com/instore.html.


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The prehistoric collections include items from Neolithic sites such as Vinca in Yugoslavia and the Lake Villages of Switzerland, as well as splendid pieces of Celtic metalwork, like the gold torc or neck ornament found at Glascote, near Tamworth.
The ancient civilisations of the Mediterranean and Near East are well represented. Objects from Mesopotamia and the Holy Land come mainly from excavations at once great cities like Ur, Nineveh, Nimrud, Jericho and Jerusalem. These excavations were conducted by famous British archaeologists including Sir Leonard Woolley and Dame Kathleen Kenyon. Among the exhibits are a Neolithic plastered skull from Jericho and superbly carved ivories from an Assyrian royal palace at Nimrud.
The Cypriot collection is one of the largest in Britain and includes several hundred pieces from an Early Bronze Age cemetery at Vounous, among them some spectacular pottery vessels which seem to have been made specifically to be buried. These objects were presented in 1938 by Sir Charles Hyde, then owner of the Birmingham Post and Mail, whose fascination with archaeology led him to fund he excavations at the site.
The Greek and Roman collections are smaller but include representative selections of pottery, glassware and jewellery. In the Coin Gallery there are several cases devoted to the development of Greek and Roman coinage.
The displays on the Ancient Egyptians contain a wealth of items illustrating their daily life. They also reveal Egyptian religious and funerary beliefs and include mummies, painted coffins and other objects connected with death and burial.
The archaeology of the peoples of the Pre-Columbian Americas is displayed on the Great Charles Street staircase. Amongst the most striking items in the archaeological collections are the modelled and brightly painted pots made by the Nazea and Moche peoples of Peru (about AD 0-600).
For more information about events and exhibitions related to the Archaeology collection please visit the Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery website . If you are planning a visit to Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery to see a particular object or collection please contact us first to find out if it is on display. Email Birmingham Museums & Art Galleries or ring 0121 303 2834.
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EAGLE COUNTY - In weather, timing isn't quite as important as location is in real estate, but it's close.
For proof, look no further than this year's snow coverage. The actual snowpack for the upper Colorado River basin is actually slightly below the mid-January readings from a year ago. But when the snow came, it helped local ski resorts open terrain earlier than last season. That was a very good thing during the Christmas holidays.
Still, quantity trumps everything when every snowflake becomes spring and summer moisture, and we're lagging in that department.
The National Resources Conservation Service, the federal agency that measures things such as moisture, reports that snowpack in the region is only 61 percent of the multi-year average, despite above-average snowfall in December.
"This year we really started slow," said Mage Hultstrand, the assistant snow supervisor for the Colorado office of the National Resource Conservation Service. "We got some snow around Veterans Day, and that was pretty much it until December."
The snowy period late in 2012 and early 2013 has passed now, and the long-range forecasts don't show much prospect for more until later this month.
Forecasting beyond 10 days or two weeks is tricky business in any event, but Hultstrand said long-range forecasts for this snow year - which run from October through May - are even more difficult.
The 2011 and 2012 snow years were affected by La Nina weather patterns and held true to form, with big snow in the first of those years and weak snowfall in the second. La Nina patterns - cooler-than-normal surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific Ocean - are generally followed by El Nino years, in which warmer-than-normal surface temperatures in the same area create different weather patterns.
But, Hultstrand said, this season is apparently a "no Nino" year. Those rare enough that historic trends basically don't exist.
Given that, long-range forecasting is even trickier than usual.
Which leads us to this: How might this year's snowpack affect future water supplies.
The short answer is "it's too soon to tell," followed immediately by, "we'll be OK for domestic use."
The Eagle River Water and Sanitation District provides water and sewer service from East Vail to Edwards. The district relies on a combination of streamflows and wells to handle indoor water needs for both winter and summer.
That indoor use is remarkably efficient, too. District communications manager Diane Johnson said that the district is able to return 95 percent of all indoor use back to the streams.
When the strain comes is in the summer, since outdoor watering returns far less back into the system. That use also tends to come when streams are running high with snowmelt.
Most years, snowmelt ends around the end of June. Last year, the streamflows started dropping in May. The district got by with its usual watering regulations but encouraged landscapers and homeowners to cut back or delay any new planting. Rains in July helped a lot, but water supplies remained tight through the rest of the growing and watering season.
It remains far too early to see how this snow year is going to play out - our snowiest months are March and April. But water-supply watchers are already keeping a close eye on snowfall, snowpack and how much water that snow contains.
The good news is that water supplies are adequate for indoor use for some time to come.
During a recent presentation to the Avon Town Council, water attorney Glenn Porzak said there's enough supply in the streams and reservoirs that the district uses to handle three years like the 2012 snow year.
That estimate was for "normal use," Johnson said. "If we really restricted outdoor use, we could stretch it beyond that. We can meet our demand."
While it's still early to be contemplating another dry summer, resource managers continue to plan for what might come. In the meantime, it would be nice to have some epic powder during the next few months.
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ATHENA Award nominees announced
Maurean Adams, Marybeth Burns, Annie Fritschner, Julie Gordon, Melanie Matteson, Shirley Palmer-Hill, Janice Prichard, Sissy Rogers to be presented at May 1 tea
Published: Friday, April 19, 2013 at 12:07 p.m.
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Maurean Adams, Marybeth Burns, Annie Fritschner, Julie Gordon, Melanie Matteson, Shirley Palmer-Hill, Janice Prichard and Sissy Rogers are the nominees for the sixth annual ATHENA Award, presented in memory of Vanessa Y. Mintz by Morris Broadband and Judy Stroud/State Farm Insurance.
The nominees will be honored at a tea presented by Judy Stroud and State Farm Insurance on May 1, according to a news release from the Henderson County Chamber of Commerce.
The winner of the award will be announced at the Business and Professional Women's Luncheon on May 23 at Kenmure Country Club.
The ATHENA Award honors individuals who strive toward the highest levels of personal and professional accomplishment, who excel in their chosen field, devote time and energy to their community in a meaningful way, and forge paths of leadership for other women to follow. The award is co-sponsored by the Chamber.
For more information on the ATHENA Award or to make a reservation for the Business and Professional Women's Luncheon, call the Chamber at 828-692-1413.
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I've been wearing heels since I was a teenager so my feet have been thoroughly trained to be in heels. In fact, they are so used to being in heels that when I wear flats, I am clumsier and tend to fall over my feet or hurt myself. I also get foot cramps when I wear flats. Odd but true! If you are just starting out, don't immediately go for the stilletos. Get some heels between 2-3 inches and preferably with a bit of a thicker heel and wear them around the house. (these would be great) Wear them when you are cooking, wear them when you are doing your makeup, when you are vacuuming, walk up and down the stairs, etc... You don't need to even get dressed up, just walk around and wear them in your sweats, nobody will see you but if you wear them during normal activities without leaving the house, you will get a lot more used to them and not feel foolish because nobody will see you practicing. I do this when I'm breaking my shoes in and it helps a lot in that aspect as well.
Does it fit?
Nothing looks worse than a girl who's wearing shoes that are too big or too small and you can see them visibly struggling to walk in them. I wear different sizes with different brands and even within the same designer I can go up or down a half size so make sure that you are wearing the size that fits your foot and not just the size that you "usually" wear. To help with sizing you can also get insoles. I really like these Dr. Scholl's For Her Open Shoe Insoles or if you don't want the whole insole I also recommend the Foot Petals Tip Toes. I buy these in bulk and put them in so many of my shoes. They make my foot stay in place and not slip to the front like so many super high heels can make your foot do. It also makes the front pad of the shoe much cushier and comfortable to walk in. You can also buy the variety pack that will cover each part of the shoe that you may be affected by.
When you are buying shoes, walk around the shoe department in them and make sure that your heel doesn't pop out or it's not squeezing your toes or the sides of your feet. All of that will stay the same once you buy them and take them home. Don't think that shoes will stretch because most of the time they won't stretch enough and they'll still be too tight to wear. Nobody likes to wear too tight shoes. Well, I sure don't and I think most people wouldn't either. If they are a bit loose and the half size down is too small, ask the sales associate if you can see how it fits with an insole or a foot pad. Most often they will have temporary foot pads that you can put in your shoe to see if it will help. I know for sure Nordstrom has them and will put a few in your shoe box for free! They aren't as good as foot petals but good for a temporary fix.
Walk slowly and take small steps
I admit, I'm a fast walker but like I said I am pretty experienced with heels so I'm so used to walking in heels. However when I wear super high 5 inch heels like my Louboutin Bianca pumps, I have to walk pretty slowly. I always warn my husband that I will be especially slow on the days that I wear them. There's just no getting around it. Walking slow is much better than trying to keep your normal pace and then falling on your face. Don't feel silly for walking slow or taking small steps. I mean don't walk abnormally slow (if you do, you may need more practice) but look around you, there's always a ton of people walking slow and you probably don't stare at them weird or anything do you? So ignore your own self conscious feeling of "dang people are probably staring at me because I'm so slow" and just take your time walking. If you have to go up or down stairs, always hold on to the handrail or your significant other to keep steady. It sounds silly but I've seen people take tumbles because they didn't have anything to hold onto but if you are wearing heels, you have a higher chance of slipping or getting your footing wrong when going down stairs. I've taken a few tumbles myself that the handrail has helped me from making into an embarrassing situation!
Always carry flats with you
When I know I'll be walking a lot, I always carry a bigger handbag and put a pair of flats in there. I have a ton of shoe bags from all my shoes so I just put a pair of flats in a shoe bag to keep my handbag contents from getting dirty. Then when I've been on my feet for a couple of hours and I need to give them a rest, I'll just slip on my flats, put my heels in the shoe bag and my feet are back to being comfy! There are even flats out there like these Dr. Scholl's Fast Flats that are foldable flats and are really compact to keep in your handbag. I haven't tried them just yet but seems like a good concept.
Keep blisters away!
People always wonder if I get blisters from walking in heels all day long but I never do. Ever since I started investing in high end shoes, I have never gotten a blister from a shoe. I think it's the way the shoe is made and the materials inside the shoe. For cheaper shoes, you may get synthetic materials inside the shoe which after your foot has rubbed up against it for an hour or two, it just can't be comfortable. Whereas for designer shoes, the entire insole as well as the inner lining is made from genuine leather which is softer to your feet and molds better than the synthetic materials. If you are getting blisters from the inside of your shoes, put your shoes on and note where you think they might start rubbing and stick little bandaids there or you can also get some moleskin padding as well if you want to cut out custom sizes.
That's it for my tips! The only thing that I want to reiterate is to practice and practice some more! That's the only way that your feet will get used to being at a strange angle for long periods of time. If you practice enough you might end up like me and have to train your feet to wear flats :)
My next guide will be on how to take care of your designer heels as that's another question I get a lot! And now, a few of my picks from the spring collection of my favorite shoe designers.
If you are a beginner, I advise I against these ones! The heel height plus the small toe box makes for only experienced stilletto wearers. Aren't they amazing though?!
With the thicker heel, these are great for the super high heel look but a bit more on the comfortable side. I've actually tried these on and can vouch for their comfort!
The strap in front like these helps to keep your foot in and more stable. I actually just bought these the other day! Adore them but they are very high so not for the beginners either!
And having a platform in front is definitely helpful with balancing out the high heels. I love these sandals, they just scream "springtime!" to me!
Hope my tips helped and next thing you know you'll be dancing the night away in your 4 inch heels without wanting to kick them off and throwing them in the trash!
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Wetherington to start 34-home community
Published: Friday, March 22, 2013 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 8:41 p.m.
Lee Wetherington Homes will begin construction on up to 34 home sites in Marshall's Landing, a residential community off State Road 70 in Manatee County.
The Lakewood Ranch-based builder is expected to break ground on a new model there within 60 days.
Lee Wetherington Homes' new model in Marshall's Landing will have an island colonial theme. Prices will start in the low $500,000s and homes will be from 2,300 to 4,000 square feet.
The two-story Osprey model is expected to be complete before the end of this year, the company said.
"Waterfront opportunities in this area are vanishing quickly, and this unique piece of property represents an excellent value for buyers," Peter Mason, vice-president of sales and marketing for Lee Wetherington, said in a statement. "We expect sales to come very quickly."
Wetherington saw its sales rise by 50 percent in 2012.
Revenues last year also were up by 38 percent for the homebuilder from more than $20 million in 2011.
The number of new homes now in production was up 61 percent at 29.
That compared with 18 in 2011.
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The Freeze your Caboose Polar Plunge raised $6,054 in less than an hour for various St. James charities, with 39 individuals taking the dive from five teams.
What separates the St. James Polar Plunge from other plunges in the state of Minnesota is participants can raise money for any charity they choose. Here are the individual charities and money raised:
St. James Area Foundation - $1,490
District 840 Foundation - $500
Relay for Life - $735
American Heart Association - $2,139
St. James Fire Department - $345
Alzeimers - $305
Make a Wish Foundation - $100
Our Military Kids - $100
Watonwan County Humane Society - $200
The Polar Plunge is becoming very popular in Minnesota with people suffering through the long cabin-fevered winter. Cities cut a large hole in the ice and the community raises money for a special cause or causes before people jump into the ice-cold water.
This was the first year for the Freeze Your Caboose Polar Plunge, but the participation was outstanding. There was talk soon after the jump of creating teams and raising money for next year's event.
Of the people I spoke to after the event, all said they would do it again. Most often it was described as cold, but not too bad. The brief dip in the lake is followed by a trip to a hot tub to warm up. And, nothing feels better than raising money for a worthy cause.
Photos and video of the event are on the Plaindealer website now at stjamesnews.com.
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Gilbert, Avery power Brevard softball to quarterfinals
Lady Blue Devils put away Bandys 3-1 in third round
Published: Friday, May 17, 2013 at 11:30 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, May 17, 2013 at 11:30 p.m.
BREVARD — The Brevard Lady Blue Devils have been wanting a third shot at Pisgah, and now they've got it.
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Aquaisha Avery led off Friday's third-round 2-A state playoffs with a solo home run, and freshman pitcher Casey Gilbert shut down the Bandys' offense, as the Lady Devils won 3-1 to advance to Tuesday's 2-A state quarterfinals.
Their opponent will be Pisgah (18-4-1), which narrowly defeated Brevard twice this year.
"The one good thing about our next opponent is that we already know our next opponent ... very well," Brevard coach David McNeill said. "I think we'll have something for them."
The last time the two met was on May 2 at Pisgah, and the Lady Black Bears won 1-0. The other meeting was back in early April in Brevard, a game Pisgah won 6-2.
The Lady Blue Devils have put those two losses behind them as they continue to make school history with every win. They are now 21-3, and Gilbert is a major reason. She upped her record to 18-3 on Friday after going seven innings and allowing a run off six hits with seven strikeouts and three walks.
She had a stellar defense to back her up. Three standout plays were third baseman Kayla Byrd's snag of a sharp grounder to rob a hit, right fielder Micheala Harbin's rundown of a pop foul that she caught as she ran into the fence and catcher Jacksie Owen's pop fly catch at the fence behind home.
The Lady Blue Devils, the WNC Athletic Conference No. 2 seed, got all their runs in the first inning, with the two other runs coming in thanks to throwing errors by the Lady Trojans.
Four Brevard hitters had multiple hits: Avery (2-for-4, home run, RBI), McKenzie McNeil (2-for-3), Katie Finnan (2-for-3) and Harbin (2-for-3).
Bandys' lone run came in the sixth inning, thanks to an RBI single by Shelby Weddington.
The Lady Trojans, the Catawba Valley No. 2 seed, finish the year at 12-9.
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Wanted man arrested in Hendersonville
Kevin Joseph Porter, 33, in custody on assault, domestic violence charges
Published: Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 9:43 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 9:43 a.m.
Authorities have arrested a man who was on the lam after police say he broke into his estranged wife's home on Thursday and held her against her will.
Officers from the Henderson County Sheriff's Office and Hendersonville Police Department took Kevin Joseph Porter, 33, into custody without incident on Friday evening, according to a Sheriff's Office news release.
Porter was arrested around 7:30 p.m. after a person matching his description was seen walking south on the Asheville Highway near Haywood Road intersection, the release states.
Porter is being held without bond in the Henderson County Detention Center on charges of assault on a female, domestic violence criminal trespass, and second-degree kidnapping, according to the news release.
His bond was set at $5,000, secured, on a charge of felonious breaking and entering, $1,000 secured for Interfering with 911 communications, according to the Sheriff's Office.
Investigators said that Porter forced his way into the home of his estranged wife around 10:15 a.m. Thursday, prevented her from calling 911 for help and threatened to harm himself with a butcher knife. At the time, Porter was trying to elude detectives who were trying to serve outstanding warrants for two counts of failure to pay child support in the amount of $7,700, sheriff's Capt. Frank Stout said Friday.
Porter fled to his wife's home after a segment about him aired on a local "Mountains Most Wanted" newscast and his mugshot was added to the sheriff's office's Facebook page, Stout said.
Porter has one additional charge pending in Buncombe County and a hold was placed on him at the time of his arrest, according to the Henderson County Sheriff's Office.
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The Manchester Community Library in Equinunk will host a Christmas gathering for staff and patrons on Saturday, Dec. 8, from 9 a.m. to noon.
Stop in for coffee, cocoa, tea and cookies. This is the last day of the Blowout Book-sale for 2012.
Paperbacks are 5 cents, hard-covers are 2 for $1. Many are new or near new, and are good holiday gifts.
The library is located at 3879 Hancock Highway, at the end of the drive, past the Manchester Township shed.
Closing set Dec. 8
The library will close on Dec. 8, reopening on the first Saturday in April, 2013, conserving fuel oil, and giving the core of volunteers a much needed break.
Some programs will continue during the winter. Teachers who are available in the winter months will try to arrange for tutoring and/or coaching, (Call the library at 570-224-4173 and leave a message. Someone will get back to you.)
Mah Jongg will continue on Monday afternoons in the homes of players. Call 570-224-4048 to find out where the game will be located.
The staff of volunteers is grateful to the community that generously supported the Election Day Chicken Dinner and the Hunters' Breakfast. The help you provided will ensure the library can open again in April.
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Date: 4/30/2013
Start Time: 10:05 AM
End Time: 10:30 AM
Storytime for babies 0-12 months. Learning to read begins BEFORE your child starts school - as a matter of fact, it begins at birth. Delight and stimulate your baby with songs, a story and activities. Get to know other families and help your baby develop listening and language skills.Library: Brunswick Branch Library
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VAIL - Pete Seibert Jr. looked delighted Friday morning as he waited to cut the ribbon to open Vail's new Gondola One nearly 50 years after his father's dream came alive.Pete Seibert Sr. and Earl Eaton celebrated the opening of their brand new Vail ski resort in 1962. Vail Councilman Ludwig Kurz, who arrived in Vail in 1966, looked at the new high-speed gondola with heated seats and free Wi-Fi access Friday and chuckled as he remembered the original gondola."Nothing was automated," Kurz said. "There were guys that were pushing the cars onto the (cable) line."At the time, Vail was leading the way within the ski industry, Kurz remembers. Sure, there were other ski resorts, but Vail changed the game."The interest of people in skiing was on an upswing, but there wasn't the magnitude of what happened here anywhere else - it didn't exist at the time," Kurz said. "This was the first resort that became a real economic success and with that, a lot of others followed."Starting off the 50th anniversary season with the opening of Gondola One proves the resort continues to be a leader within the ski industry, Vail Resorts chief executive officer Rob Katz said. "The work that we're doing and the success that we're doing today are literally only building upon all the work and success that everyone who's come before has done," Katz said. "When you look at Vail, both the community and the resort, what you see is just a continuous piece of improvement - we're constantly rethinking, constantly being daring, being bold, being big - and that's how you create an amazing resort."Hundreds gathered at the base of the new gondola to celebrate Vail's latest improvement. With an uphill speed of 1,200 feet per minute, the gondola increases uphill skier capacity by 40 percent, from 2,400 skiers per hour on the former Vista Bahn chair lift to 3,600 skiers per hour. The cabins can seat 10 people, and heated, cushioned seats and free Wi-Fi access make it state-of-the-art.Katz wouldn't have it any other way."I think our vision is ultimately making sure that we are a leader," he said. "(That we're) pushing the industry to change and doing it in a way that makes the experience better for the guest. I think everybody in our company needs to wake up every day and say how can we make this experience better for the guest."Pete Seibert Jr. cut the ribbon just after Sheika Gramshammer helped smash a bottle of Veuve Cliquot Champagne to kick off the ceremony. Pete Seibert Jr. knew his father would have enjoyed the moment."He always wanted Vail to be the best and here we are getting on this gondola, the first of its kind, and so it just follows everything and it's great to see that continue," he said. "I think he'd love to see what happened with the renaissance (in Vail), with all the new building and everything else, and the way things fit together now. He liked the process, too, so he would have liked the crane period we went through."Vail Mountain chief operating officer Chris Jarnot called the gondola opening a momentous occasion - and one Katz said wouldn't have been possible without Jarnot's vision."I think it took incredible gumption in the middle of the worst snow year in history to suggest that we build a new gondola," Katz said. "I think Chris's vision and confidence that this was absolutely the right thing to do for the community, for the resort, right at this moment in time. I think without his pushing this forward and pounding the table, it never would have happened, so my hat's off to Chris."The majority of the gondola was manufactured in Grand Junction at Leitner-Poma of America. Rick Spear, president of Leitner-Poma, said the design was a bit of a clone of some European gondolas, but made better for America. Spear said he's grateful to Vail Resorts for supporting the 22,000 work hours that went into building it."We thank Vail for that - to support work in Colorado and support business, and most of all a great lift for skiers. You guys are going to enjoy this for the next 25-30 years," Spear said. For those who remember the old days, like Jim Conroy, who bought a condominium in East Vail in 1967, calling the new gondola a "great lift" is an understatement. Conroy remembers how long it used to take to ride the old gondola - he said skiers in those days needed to bring their lunches along for the ride. After he rode the new gondola to the top Friday, he wished he could still ski so he could enjoy that part of the experience. Either way, he was happy to take part in celebrating Vail's latest upgrade."Never did I believe such beautiful equipment would be here," Conroy said.
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Through a land conservation program, people will have the chance to lean how to keep cherished lands in the family, protect lands and waters forever, and receive financial and estate planning benefits from doing so. Wed., Oct., 16th from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Pike County Conservation District in Blooming Grove, there will be an information program titled, "Financial Benefits of Land Conservation."
The program is free and open to the public, but registration is requested; call (570) 226-3164 or (845) 583-1010 or email email@example.com to reserve a space.
Delaware Highlands Conservancy Executive Director Sue Currier and Pike County Scenic Rural Character Preservation Program and Assistant Director of Pike County Planning Jessica Grohmann, will discuss how conservation easements and agricultural easements are key tools for area residents. Local Real Estate Attorney R. Anthony Waldron and Financial Planner Richard Eckersley will also be on hand to speak and answer questions.
The Pike County Scenic Rural Character Preservation Program offers funding assistance to landowners interested in protecting their land with a conservation easement. The funding may help to cover property surveys, title searches, baseline documentation and monitoring stewardship costs associated with donating an easement to a land trust like the Delaware Highlands Conservancy. For more information, contact the Pike County Planning Office at (570) 296-3500 or visit SRCP.pikepa.org.
The Delaware Highlands Conservancy works with landowners and communities to protect the healthy lands, clean waters, eagles and other wildlife, and locally sustainable economies of the Upper Delaware River region. Visit www.DelawareHighlands.org for more information.
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Man accused of punching officer
Published: Monday, February 11, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, February 11, 2013 at 11:50 p.m.
UPDATE: Chief Todd Duplantis says Internal Affairs will investigate this incident.
A man was arrested Friday after punching a Houma Police officer during the Krewe of Aphrodite parade — an incident that someone posted on YouTube.
Adrian Nicholas Frye, 22, 5651 Leon St., Houma, is charged with battery on a police officer and resisting arrest by violence.
The fight took place at Mahoney's Irish Pub, 7832 Main St., after the officer had handcuffed someone else and was leading that person away, the video shows. Someone off-camera appears to throw something at the officer, and the officer grabs Frye.
Frye allegedly punches the officer, and several officers surround the two, punch Frye back and wrestle him to the ground, the video shows.
Frye is no longer in the Terrebonne Parish jail, and bond information was not available.
The Krewe of Aphrodite was just approaching the balcony as Frye threw a beer bottle at the officer, Houma Police Chief Todd Duplantis said.
"The officers are allowed to use whatever force is necessary to detain the suspect," Duplantis said of the punches thrown. "We're going to look at it and make sure that policies were followed. Officers will be questioned, of course."
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A Lincoln Navigator caught fire Friday afternoon in the Ridgecrest Regional Hospital parking lot. A crew from Los Angeles-based COPS Racing Team was first on the scene and fought the blaze with fire extinguishers until the Kern County Fire Department arrived.
KCFD Capt. Tom Nicoll said the cause of the fire is unknown, but not believed to be suspicioius. He said mechanical failure is not being ruled out. There were no injuries. The Ridgecrest Police Department and Police and Community Together also responded and assisted with traffic control.
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|LEGO and Mega Blocks!
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Age Group(s): all ages, children with an adult
Date: 9/21/2013
Start Time: 10:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Join us for an afternoon of LEGO® and Mega Blok fun! Build tall buildings, create mysterious scenes and have endless amount of STEM fun with LEGO® bricks at the library! Best for ages 2 and up with an adult.Library: Thurmont Regional Library
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Hey everybody. I know it's been a while since I've posted on the forum (beyond random videos) but I find myself needing some input or advise from people who may have some. My wife and I have been living in ABQ NM for over half a year and we've enjoyed it. Just last week my wife got a job offer in Austin TX that we couldn't refuse. It's now time for us to relocate and start all over again. I've heard great things regarding Austin's music scene and it's opportunities for musicians.
Does anyone have any advice regarding safe places in Austin for my wife and I to start searching for places to live? Any info or knowledge of Austin would be gratefully appreciated before we make the move in the next few months.
My wifes been in graduate school for the last five years and last week she matched in Albuquerque NM for her pre doctoral internship. Her internship starts in July so we only have a few months to get everything in order before we ditch Michigan. Were really excited for this change but also a little nervous because weve never been to New Mexico before and have no idea what to expect. Over the last week Ive been researching anything and everything that I can about Albuquerque's jobs, cool areas to live and the music scene. It looks like itll be a decent place to live for a year or two but you can only find out so much about a place from online. Heres where I could use some help
Does anyone on the forum currently live in, or use to live in the Albuquerque area? Does anyone have any advice on the music scene out there or cool places to go to?
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I lived in Albuquerque about ten years ago and it was a blast. It probably hasn't changed that much since I left, so I assume that there are still a lot of sketchy neighborhoods, and I mean just pockets of them all over. I lived way on the east end which was ok but I rode my bike past the fairgrounds (watch your back around there) then to Nob Hill near UNM which is a nice area again. The only place I was told to completely stay away from was the part of town west of the Rio Grande.
As for cool things to do there is plenty to check out around the Nob Hill area. There was a Grateful Dead theme bar I used to go to a lot, maybe it's still there. Buncha hippie stuff, a small movie theater, cafes and whatnot. Downtown has some cool spots too, but I didn't go there much cause it was a long way from my house.
The only venues that had any shows I thought were worth seeing were the Sunshine Theater and the Launchpad, both downtown. The Kimo theater has some live stage productions too.
Definitely take some time to explore the surrounding area, there's all kinds of wilderness areas and parks all over the state. Right on the west end of the city are the petroglyphs where native americans carved pictures into volcanic rocks, and on the east end are the Sandia mountains with plenty of preserved wilderness areas to hike in. You can make it to the top and back in a full day, totally worth it.
Have fun down there, you're lucky! I wish I could move back out west.
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I don't know anything about the area but I've always wanted to check it out. Good stuff. May I ask what grad program she's in? I looked into UNM myself.
Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:02 pm
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Location: Austin, TX - Albuquerque, NM - Kalamazoo, MI - Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
Corporateslave - I appreciate it. We're going to start looking around the UNM area for places to live first then start branching out from there. Thankfully we'll have some people from within her program to give the heads up if we're looking in sketchy areas. I cant wait to take advantage of all the parks and outdoor stuff NM has to offer. It looks like a really beautiful area. I'm sure getting into the music scene will come with getting down there and diving into it.
Captiv8 - I forget the specific name of the internship track she was accepted to, but it's through UNM and the Southwest Consortium. My wife is getting her Ph.D in Clinical Psychology. Her main focus is in research with PTSD and how we can better prepare our service men and women and first responders (such as EMT's and fire fighters) for pre/post traumatic events they may experience.
Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:35 pm
Flawed Logic
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I'd never fuck with Hal from Malcolm in the Middle. NEVER...
Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:40 pm
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I'd also steer clear of your mayor:
Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:43 pm
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The shows that I played at the Launchpad were some of the most insane shows ever. The crowd was so loud I literally had to cover my ears. That's only happened about two or three times in my life. Hungry, hungry scene in ABQ.
Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:50 pm
Flawed Logic
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Location: Austin, TX - Albuquerque, NM - Kalamazoo, MI - Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
Sage Francis wrote:
Hungry, hungry scene in ABQ.
Perfect! That sounds great to me, well, besides the almost losing your hearing part. haha - I can't wait to get down there and get involved. I saw that Kristoff Krane went through there recently with Buck 65. It's exciting that people are traveling through there.
Bob_ptmfus - Awesome. I'll make sure to remember that. Albuquerque is also where Bugs Bunny forgot to take a left turn. Just saying...
Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:09 pm
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Nonono, this is Hal from Malcolm in the Middle
You don't want to fuck around in his territory either, or you'll have to answer to his army of bodybuilders.
That man in my original comment though, that was Heisenberg, the New Mexico meth kingpin. Fuck around with Heisenberg and he'll put you in a bucket full of acid.
Don't fuck with Heisenberg.
p.s. You should really check out the TV show Breaking Bad sometime. Here's a little taste of why.
Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:39 pm
Flawed Logic
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Location: Austin, TX - Albuquerque, NM - Kalamazoo, MI - Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
Haha - No, I know the difference, but when I watch Breaking Bad all I can think about is Hal from Malcolm in the Middle. I do think Breaking Bad is good. Heisenberg is a bad ass. Are you familiar with the series Six Feet Under? It's kind of the same for me with Michael C Hall. Whenever I watch Dexter I can help but see David Fisher from Six feet Under.
Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:20 pm
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Posts: 687
Breaking bad and six feet under is possibly the best direction of any thread.
Also if you are down with baseball check out the isotopes for cheap baseball fun. They are the AAA team for the marlins with some nice players
Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:47 pm
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Six Feet Under is next on my list, and I've been hearing more and more about it recently so I will definitely start soon. I'm very excited to watch a good show with Michael C. Hall in it again.
Also good luck with your move, I've never been to Albuquerque so can't really give you any tips there, but if you ever end up in Phoenix I got you covered.
Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:12 pm
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The second most lost I've ever been in a vehicle was in Albuquerque.
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Whether you've asked people over for a formal dinner or for drinks and nibbles on the patio, fresh flowers are a foolproof way to ready your home for guests.
But foolproof doesn't always mean easy.
Flower arrangers must consider everything from ratios and symmetry to colour theory and climate control. "There's a lot of little things that you have to think about and understand," says Lynne McAlpine, who teaches floral design as a continuing education course in Edmonton.
She has some tips to share on floral design essentials. These five steps promise that even the newest green thumbs are covered.
If you're a gardener, you might be tempted to snip blooms from the flower bed.
But hold back, a moment. "Some flowers in your garden aren't really hardy for cutting and bringing indoors," says McAlpine.
"Some of them are just meant to be left outside."
Also, you might inadvertently infect your indoor plants with bugs and disease from your garden.
McAlpine recommends buying cut flowers from grocery stores or flower shops. Once you bring them home, recut the stems underneath warm water.
"If you cut it under the water, the first thing it's going to do is it's going to slurp and it's going to take water, which is what it needs," McAlpine says.
Start by snipping off just an inch (2.5 cm) of the stem and continue by cutting a little bit at a time.
"Keep your stems long. You can always bring them down."
The general rule is to cut your flowers to one to 1.5 times the height of your container. But much depends on the weight of the flowers and the strength of the stems.
If you're adamant about using finds from your garden, stick to greens that will survive pruning. They transfer well into vases, where they'll also highlight your star flowers.
"Greens are very beautiful," says McAlpine.
"They're there so they can frame your arrangement."
Keep arrangements out of direct sunlight, which will cause colours to fade and push flowers quicker toward death.
"If you're doing something that's going on to your little table out on your patio, make sure that you're working with really, really sunhardy flowers," McAlpine says. But even then, she says, try to keep them in the shade as much as possible.
Alternatively, use potted plants, such as little gerberas or roses, outside.
"You can create really beautiful little dish gardens that are fantastic for your patio table that's going to withstand the sun and the heat, and maybe even the coolness that we've been having."
If you're going for a theme revolving around a particular hue, McAlpine suggests bringing a colour wheel along as you shop for your blooms. "If you don't have (a colour wheel), sit and play with them, and put them next to one another in your tray before you buy," she says.
"Rather than impulse buying, really think it out and that will help you utilize your dollars better and give you the overall feeling that you're going for."
Of course, McAlpine emphasizes that there are no rules.
Set long flowers, such as gladiolas, snapdragons and larkspur, around the base of your container first, then move into chrysanthemums or roses, says McAlpine.
Top it off with something like a lily.
"Always think about nature when you're creating," McAlpine says.
"When you're in nature, what's on the top of the flower? The top of the flower is always the bud. Down at the base of the flower is always the open bloom. So that's how you always want your arrangement to be."
Make sure to turn open flowers so that they face you, instead of up.
Beginners can ensure arrangements have symmetry and balance by following a simple rule, she says.
"What you do on one side of the arrangement you immediately turn your arrangement around and do exactly the same thing on the other side. So you're just mirroring what you're doing on one end to the other."
Use the floral food that comes with your purchase and make sure you keep your water clean.
You don't even have to take your flowers out of the vase, says McAlpine. Simply put your arrangement under the tap and let the water refresh itself every few days.
Floral design takes practice, McAlpine says, so don't be discouraged.
"Look at lots and lots of pictures. Learn your flowers," she says. "Always pay attention to how they have placed those flowers."
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Outgoing Gov. Beverly Perdue has announced the appointments of four people as judges, including her general counsel and a Cabinet secretary.
Perdue said Monday she's appointing general counsel Mark Davis to the state Court of Appeals and Department of Public Safety Secretary Reuben Young as a special Superior Court judge. She also reappointed Calvin Murphy as a special Superior Court judge and appointed Kendra Hill as a special Superior Court judge.
The news release about the appointment lists no judicial experience for Hill, Young or Davis. Davis will be part of the state's second-highest-court, reviewing other judges' opinions. A Perdue spokeswoman didn't immediately return a call.
Hill had served as chief ethics officer and deputy general counsel for the governor. Murphy has been a special Superior Court judge since 2007.
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Saturday's letters: Living modestly
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To the editor: The administration salary boosts at the Department of Health and Human Services continue to widen. It makes me wonder which other state agencies are going through the same inflation. Sen. Tom Apodaca says, Were still coming out of a recession, the moneys not flowing yet. Well maybe not for most of us, but it is for a select few.
Im currently reading a biography on Calvin Coolidge by Amity Shlaes. The man is credited with creating the groundwork for one of the great prosperity periods in the 20th century. His philosophy was that to convince the country that the federal government should live modestly (read low taxes), the administrations personnel had to live modestly.
Our current state leaders should consider this when they go about implementing their brand of government.
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To the editor: Once again, John Fogle (Times-News, Aug. 2 column) doesnt get it. He cites as justification for the voter suppression law voter fraud. To back his assertion, he uses figures from Texas, a population much larger than North Carolina.
Interesting that we have seen no figures on voter fraud in North Carolina. His figures from Texas show 50 voter fraud convictions in the past several years. (How many years is that?) Does such vague data support a voter repression law in our state?
He says the opinion polls show the public is in favor of these laws. Fortunately, basic civil rights are protected by the U.S. Constitution (in the 15th Amendment) and not subject to public opinion. Not long ago in many states, public opinion was in favor Jim Crow laws, in favor of denying women, blacks and other minorities the right to vote. Thank God for the protection the Constitution gives to minorities against the opinions of the majority until their thinking catches up.
Out of curiosity, why is Mr. Fogle allowed virtually unlimited space to write his misinformation and most of us get 200 words to correct him?
Roy Harris
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To the editor: Who is Diane Caldwell?
Diane Caldwell, a native of Hendersonville, is an excellent candidate for the City Council. She believes that the strength and well-being of a city is determined by the weakest or most impoverished portion of that city. In its planning, a public servant should not focus on a portion of the city. All plans should be inclusive of every part of that particular city and all its people.
Diane is intelligent, outspoken and articulate. As a City Council member, she will address the following issues:
(1) Economic development (possible collaborative efforts between the city and county).
(2) Water, sewer and refuse rates. (Are we dealing with rate increases in order to hold the taxes down?)
(3) Future planning for the makeup of Hendersonville with an increased rate of its income streaming from economic growth and job creation, rather than retiree and tourism income, in order to have a more stabilized and equal community.
If you are ready for a dramatic change in the way this city does business, vote for the one person who can make things happen. Vote for Diane Caldwell for City Council in the Oct. 8 primary and Nov. 5 general election.
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To the editor: If I had a grandpa ... he would look like Robert Belton. Touché.
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VAIL - Olympic halfpipe gold- and silver-medalist Hannah Teter said the Vail superpipe is a seven-hitter, meaning athletes can fit in one more trick during a run than the typical six tricks they're used to throwing in events like the X Games.
It's because Vail's pipe is 600 feet long - roughly 25 feet longer than the typical competition pipe.
The pipe was built and designed by Snow Park Technologies, the company that builds the pipes at the X Games, Dew Tour and other major events. The company's crew arrived in Vail about two weeks ago to work the mounds of snow into a venue suitable for riders like Shaun White and Kelly Clark, and the initial reaction after Monday's practice was good.
"I like it," Teter said.
Snow Park Technologies owner Chris Gunnarson knew right away when he saw the layout at Golden Peak last summer that the venue would be perfect for the U.S. Open.
"Here, you've got this awesome spectating amphitheater at the bottom, the proximity to the pipe is incredibly close, (and Vail has) a phenomenal snowmaking system right there," Gunnarson told the Vail Daily in July. "It's got some really good pitch changes. It's a little shorter than some of the other courses, but we have some creative ways because of how wide it is at the top, that we're going to get wide before we get narrow. It's all part of the creative process and I think it's going to be incredible - such a great venue."
Athletes hit the slopestyle course and the pipe Monday for the first of two scheduled practices before competition begins Wednesday. Clark, Teter, Iouri Podladtchikov, Gretchen Bleiler and 14-year-old Japanese sensation Ayumu Hirano - who just won the Burton European Open earlier this month and picked up a silver medal at the X Games in superpipe - were among the riders who arrived in Vail Monday.
The Burton U.S. Open has been a long time coming. While the announcement was only made last July that the event would be moving to Vail from Vermont, where it had been held for 30 years, the planning has actually been going on for a few years, said Bryan Rooney, senior manager of Vail Mountain Operations.
The physical labor to build the courses and features began more recently. Snow Park Technologies built features at its headquarters outside of Reno, Nev., while Vail Mountain started making snow for the event around the beginning of the year, Rooney said.
Vail Mountain also got major support for Ski and Snowboard Club Vail, which helped the resort get a 22-foot cutter for the pipe. Because of that support, the pipe was able to open to the public in January and will be open to the public all season - except during the Burton U.S. Open - every year.
A big difference about the layout of the slopestyle and superpipe venues between Vail and Stratton, Vt., is that Vail's venues are side-by-side. Rooney thinks it will create a much more spectator-friendly event.
But there's also a difference between the superpipe and the slopestyle course in that the latter was not, is not and will not be open to the public - ever.
"Once the Open is over, we'll dismantle it," Rooney said. "No one gets to train on it or utilize these features except for these athletes competing here."
Those athletes will be going big. Some of the practice runs Monday afternoon looked more like the final competition runs. Their energy is likely to be contagious this week. Rooney said that for Vail Mountain, and for the town, the energy is already high.
"The vibe has been so great - really positive," Rooney said. "Everyone has been extremely excited to have a large-scale event like this back in Vail."


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Posted: Nov 23rd 2012
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To follow up from last week's hand made project here are a handful of the awesome final results. Looking good and I'm sure when we revisit the brief at portfolio time these will turn into some real heavy hitting projects.


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SAN JOSE -- His focus is on a much-needed win, so quarterback David Fales wasn't even aware of how close he is to two major San Jose State passing records.
With even a below-average performance Friday night against Navy (6-4), the senior from Salinas should become the school's all-time career leader in passing yards and passing touchdowns.
Fales needs 153 yards -- less than half of his career average of 321.5 -- to match Adam Tafralis' mark of 7,548. He's one touchdown shy of Steve Clarkson's career record of 56.
How will Fales react if he breaks those major records?
"I don't really know yet," Fales said. "It's pretty amazing to see the list of names on all those records and to be considered amongst them is an honor. It hasn't really hit me yet I guess."
Fales is also just 59 yards away from recording the second-highest single season passing total in school history. He already holds the top spot after throwing for 4,193 last year.
The 6-3, 220-pound Fales needs 45 yards to pass Jeff Garcia and move to second place in the career total offense category. He's 881 yards away from Tafralis' career mark of 8,111 and also 43 completions from Tafralis' career completions record of 603.
Tafralis set his records while starting 38 games over four years at SJSU. Clarkson was also around for four years, starting 28 games, and Garcia started 25 games and played in 31 over three seasons.
Fales, who transferred to SJSU from Monterey Peninsula College, is on the verge of surpassing those marks in just two seasons. He'll make his 24th start for the Spartans (5-5) on Friday in search of a win to make the SJSU bowl eligible for a second straight year. He credits his supporting cast for allowing him to put up the big numbers.
Noel Grigsby and Chandler Jones are first and second in career receptions and receiving yards and former tight end Ryan Otten, now on the San Diego Chargers practice squad, is the record holder for receiving at his position.
"There's a lot of other great players that are going to go down in the record book as well," Fales said.
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Axel Alonso discusses the recent "Secret Wars" Battleworld reveal, the upcoming debut of "All-New Captain America" and much more.
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Axel Alonso talks Marvel's big early October releases: "Thor" and "AXIS." Plus, exclusive pages from Marvel's 75th Anniversary Special.
Axel Alonso returns to discuss how humor is an integral part of the Marvel formula, the eight-month time jump in "Avengers" and more.
With Axel Alonso away, head of Marvel TV Jeph Loeb takes over to discuss the imminently arriving new episodes of "Agents of SHIELD" and more.
Axel Alonso divulges on new "Miracleman" material, signing writer Charles Soule to an exclusive Marvel contract and the fallout of "Original Sin."
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Stephen Wacker, Marvel's VP of Current Animation, steps in for Axel Alonso and talks the new season of "Ultimate Spider-Man" and much more.
With Axel Alonso in Korea, Marvel executive editor Tom Brevoort pinch-hits and talk the "Guardians" film, Marvel events and the "SHIELD" comic.
Axel Alonso gives his thoughts on the recently revealed "Guardians of the Galaxy" movie, and some of Marvel's major Comic-Con announcements.
Marvel EIC Axel Alonso spoke with CBR TV in San Diego to explain why Avengers NOW! is writer-driven, the plan for "Star Wars" and much more!
Marvel has announced a female Thor, a black Captain America and a "Superior" Iron Man, and Axel Alonso talks in detail about the Avengers NOW! changes.
Axel Alonso talks "The Logan Legacy" and "Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier," and comments on the debate surrounding "#FireRickRemender."
Axel Alonso talks the "Rocket Raccoon" and "Legendary Star-Lord" launches, the big "Original Sin" revelation and more, in a special Thursday edition.
Marvel editor-in-chief Axel Alonso comments on "Original Sin" at its halfway point, the motivation behind "Guardians 3000" and plenty more.
Marvel editor-in-chief Axel Alonso opens up on this fall's "AXIS" event, the recent promotions and hires and the state of the Ultimate Universe.
With "Figment" #1 on sale, Axel Alonso talks Disney/Marvel team-ups and the potential future, plus the new Deathlok and "Hawkeye vs. Deadpool."
Marvel EIC Axel Alonso comments on reports that "Fantastic Four" may be headed for hiatus, and what's in store for the Sorcerer Supreme.
Axel Alonso shares his take on the new live-action Daredevil, introducing "Miracleman" to a new audience, Jim Starlin's return to Thanos and more.
Marvel editor-in-chief Axel Alonso discusses why "Days of Future Past" is a special story in Marvel history, and gives a very early glimpse at "AXIS."
Axel Alonso gives his thoughts on the major presence comic book adaptations will have on network TV next season, the current state of Icon and more.
In the second part of our wide-ranging conversation with Joe Quesada, the Marvel CCO talks "Original Sin" early days, "Marvel Universe LIVE!" and more.
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