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APPLING, Ga. (WRDW) -- For the first time in almost two years, lake levels are near full pool. For the people on the lake, more water means everything.
When Strom Thurmond Lake is full, the surface of the lake is 330 feet above sea level. Right now, the lake is at 325.3 feet. That's only about 4 and a half feet away from being full, and for many, that's a reason to celebrate.
"I'm extremely ecstatic. It's as high as it's been in a long time and just ready for the sun to start shining," said bait and tackle shop worker Bradd Sasser.
It's been a tough two years at Strom Thurmond Lake.
Sasser, who works at the Herring Hut, says even though the bait and tackle shop isn't on the water, that's the very resource he depends on to keep his business alive.
"Just being a small family store, it doesn't survive without people going fishing. With the lake level as low as it was, it was a long tough winter," he said.
Luckily for Sasser, the dry spell has ended, and what looked empty for the past two years finally looks like a lake again.
"We have water in the lake. We are really excited about the prospects of this summer. The lake has come up almost 11 feet over the winter," said Park Ranger Jay Weidman with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Just a few short weeks ago, most of the beaches along the lake were sitting high and dry. Now, there's water to complement the sand, and park rangers say if the weather cooperates, these levels should keep rising.
"It is bittersweet to see that rain on the weekend, but again, we pray for rain every day," Travis Hayes said.
Hayes owns a boat service and rental company on the lake.
"Our business is highly dependent on having a nice, functioning, pretty lake up here, and when it's full, people want to come up here and hang out," Hayes said.
With previous middle-of-the-lake islands now underwater, people are already starting to flock.
"We're already seeing a big uptick in boating. The fishermen have far fewer things to be aware of hitting or damaging their boat with the lake up 11 feet," Weidman said.
"Sun starts shining and lake levels up, should have a wonderful, wonderful summer," Sasser said.
Higher lake levels are great for recreation and home values on the lake, but the positive effect ripples out in the community, too.
A Clemson study estimates that for every foot increase in lake levels, production of goods and services in Columbia County increases about $12.3 million per month.


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Digital presentation - Lala, a teenager from the most exclusive suburban neighborhood in Argentina is in love with Ailin, the 20-year-old Payaguayan maid working at her place. They dream of living together in Paraguay, at the shores of lake Ypoá. Robbing every purse and wallet in the house to fulfill their dream, hiding the money in a shoe box. But when the box is full, it bursts, fueled by desire, jealousy and rage. This is the starting point that spurs the escape through the highway that connects the North of Buenos Aires with Paraguay. While Lala waits to be reunited with her lover in Ypoá by reconstructing her past (the mystery surrounding her pregnancy and the legend of a fish child who guides the drowned to the bottom of the lake), Ailin is detained in a minors institute in the outskirts of Buenos Aires. She turns out to be hiding a crime from long ago.
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Weather postpones David Ball concert at Showroom
Published: Friday, January 25, 2013 at 2:32 p.m.
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Tonight's concert featuring David Ball and the Pioneer Boys has been postponed until a later date.
In a statement from The Showroom at Hub-Bub, where the concert was to be held at 8 p.m., the concert was postponed "due to impending inclement weather and in consideration of the safety of the artists and guests."
Refunds will be given automatically to online ticket purchasers, and box office/telephone ticket purchasers can receive a refund or voucher to a future show by visiting The Showroom during regular business hours. A makeup date will be announced at a later time.
Ball was recently inducted onto the Spartanburg Music Trail, and the city will soon install a sign honoring his musical accomplishments, which includes Uncle Walt's Band and such solo country hits as "Thinkin' Problem" and "Riding with Private Malone."
Scott Metko, Ball's drummer and tour manager, said in an e-mail, "We're going to try and reschedule after all the (Spartanburg Music Trail) signs are up and hopefully have more of a citywide celebration to make the induction the big thing that it should be."
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Quarterback Colt McCoy went out and apparently gave a job-saving performance Sunday night, judging from his and coach Jim Harbaugh's postgame analysis.
"I feel real good right now that Colt's the backup," Harbaugh said after the 49ers' 34-14 exhibition win over the Minnesota Vikings.
McCoy sounded confident in his status despite an NFL.com report earlier in the day that he might get traded. McCoy confirmed that he restructured his contract Saturday night, but he wouldn't say if he's slashed his base salary from $1.5 million to the league minimum of $630,000, as reported.
McCoy replaced Colin Kaepernick in the second quarter and played into the fourth, finishing out a 91-yard touchdown drive. He was 11 of 15 for 109 yards with no touchdown passes and an interception for the third straight game.
"He played very well, very encouraging," Harbaugh said. "Tonight, down after down, he was consistently good, and that's what we were looking for."
McCoy said he's feeling better, more confident and sees improvement that "maybe not everybody can see."
"Jim and I had a great week, talked a lot, met a lot," McCoy added. "We've figured each other out a lot better, and I've played better."
Kaepernick said of McCoy's night: "He did well. He had the one interception where he didn't see the linebacker, but other than that, he was completing passes and moving the ball."
McCoy said he didn't feel his job became threatened with Thursday's signing of a fifth quarterback: veteran Seneca Wallace, who played the final three snaps Sunday night. Rookie quarterback B.J. Daniels played only one fourth-quarter series, but it was an 8-minute touchdown drive.
Scott Tolzien did not get into the game, and he declined to confirm that he's suffered from back spasms.
Asked if he's concerned about his job security, Tolzien replied: "Like my grandma says, you do the best you can and control what you can control." Tolzien, the 49ers' third quarterback since 2011, commended McCoy's ability to keep drives alive Sunday night.
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Adelson Gives $10 Million to Pro-Romney Super PAC
By Alicia Mundy and Sara Murray
Billionaire conservative casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, who helped keep Newt Gingrich's failed presidential campaign alive during the Republican primaries, is giving $10 million to the super PAC supporting the presumptive GOP nominee, Mitt Romney, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
The leader of the super PAC Restore Our Future, Carl Forti, wouldn't confirm the donation and said his policy was to not comment on donors or potential donors. Mr. Adelson's spokesman could not be immediately reached for comment.
The $ 10 million figure appears to be the largest single donation towards Mr. Romney's efforts so far. The independent political action committee, by law, cannot coordinate its work with the formal Romney campaign.
Mr. Adelson is chairman and chief executive of Las Vegas Sands Corp., which includes the famous Venetian casino in Las Vegas, as well as casinos in Macau and Singapore. Forbes Magazine has ranked him among the 10 wealthiest Americans with a net worth of more than $20 billion.
Mr. Adelson and his family gave $21 million in total to a PAC supporting Mr. Gingrich during the early primaries, but turned off the spigot after Mr. Gingrich fell far behind in the races and the delegate count.
Since Mr. Gingrich pulled out of the primary race, Republican leaders have been waiting for Mr. Adelson to step forward for Mr. Romney.
On a trip to Las Vegas late last month, Mr. Romney and Mr. Adelson had a private meeting.
Afterwards Mr. Adelson attended Mr. Romney's dessert fundraiser for those who contributed $50,000 or more.
More: WSJ.com Guide to Super PAC Spending
People close to Mr. Adelson said that he wants to be certain about Mr. Romney's positions on key issues, including support for Israel against aggressors in the Middle East. Mr. Adelson has publicly criticized President Barack Obama's support of Israel as too weak.
Mr. Adelson has told friends that he intends to give at least $100 million to conservative causes and candidates this election cycle. He contributed some $250,000 to Republican Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, who just won against a labor union-forced recall election there.
But he has also told his friends and colleagues that he would prefer to keep his contributions under wraps in order to avoid controversy, and will likely focus donations mostly on non-profits affiliated with political PACS, which don't have to disclose the names of donors. He is expected to donate to the conservative non-profit Crossroads GPS, which was founded by Republican strategist Karl Rove, a longtime friend of Mr. Adelson, according to Republican fundraisers.
- More on Adelson: Casino Mogul Aids Romney's Backers
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- Latest national and state polls, showing trends
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A former McPherson College football player entered into a plea agreement Tuesday in McPherson County District Court in the case of the Sept. 16 death of a Tabor College football player.
Dequinte O. Flournoy, 20, of California, pleaded no contest to a charge of aiding and abetting the aggravated battery of Brandon Brown as a part of that plea agreement.
Brown was beaten at an off-campus party in McPherson. He died as result of his injuries.
As part of a plea agreement, Flournoy agreed to testify against his co-defendant, Alton Franklin, whose trial is set to begin Monday on a charge of aiding and abetting second degree murder.
According to McPherson County Attorney David Page, Flournoy has no criminal record and will be eligible for probation.
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China Shale Gas Boom Takes Time to Spark
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BEIJING – While the US shale gas industry struggles with oversupply, China has decided to dig the unconventional natural gas harder, as the world's No 1 carbon emitter hopes to use the alternative fuel to reduce reliance on coal and improve energy efficiency.
The Ministry of Finance in China said Monday it will offer a subsidy of 0.4 yuan ($6.3 cents) for every cubic meter of shale gas produced from 2012 to 2015. Additional subsidies can also be launched by local governments to meet their regional needs, according to the ministry.
On Tuesday, the announcement boosted stocks of companies unveiling shale gas plans, with Huayin Electric Power rising about 10 percent.
"The shale gas subsidy exceeded expectations," according to a note from investment bank China International Capital Corporation. The CICC report said the subsidy program demonstrated that the government wants shale gas to be commercially produced as soon as possible.
China is estimated to hold the world's biggest reserve of shale gas, which Moody's said in March is enough to support the country's current gas consumption for nearly 200 years and will make it more independent in energy supply.
The country plans to pump 6.5 billion cubic meters of the fuel annually by 2015 and commercialize the production by the end of the decade. However, analysts said the goal is too high to achieve. China has only conducted two rounds of auctions for shale gas exploitation blocks, with the latest held in October.
Investment research published by UBS on Tuesday estimated that China's shale gas business will be only lucrative enough for mass exploitation if the costs of extraction in the country's primary reserves can decline below 2.3 yuan per cubic meter. The process would take at least 5 to 10 years, according to the report.
The country needs to drill 20,000 shale gas wells by 2020, but so far it has only completed 63 wells, said Jiang Xinmin, a researcher with energy research institute at National Development and Reform Commission, China's primary economic regulator.
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Barnier: Losing "Danger Man" Tag?
When Michel Barnier was put in charge of Europe's internal market and financial-services regulation, the former French foreign and agricultural minister was labeled by some in the British press as the most dangerous man in Europe.
The fear at the time was that Mr. Barnier would use the backdrop of the crisis to push for a French-inspired attack on financial "predators" engaged in "speculation" in that hotbed of infamy–the City of London. There also were concerns he wouldn't push for the expansion of the single market in goods and services that Britain has so long demanded.
The 62-year-old Mr. Barnier doesn't hear the "dangerous" epithet much anymore. More than half way through his term, his pattern has been regular meetings with U.K. Treasury officials, frequent trips to the City and large dollops of compromise.
Mr. Barnier has certainly pushed proposals that have extracted sighs from U.K. officials. An attempted clampdown on high-frequency trading, as well as moves to restrict derivatives trading and force bond issuers to rotate the rating agencies they use, have all produced varying degrees of exasperation. And the U.K. still is fighting a rearguard defense to ensure the European Union's member states will be given the flexibility they need to impose additional capital requirements on banks.
But Mr. Barnier's style has been to make ambitious proposals but leave ample room for compromise. On several occasions–not least in endless meetings last spring to agree on legislation for implementing Basel III capital rules–Mr. Barnier preferred to keep negotiations running, rather than force a vote in which Britain likely would have been outvoted by a clear majority of member states.
Surely now though, with U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron promising a referendum on Britain's EU membership later in the decade, Mr. Barnier can reveal his true colors and move more aggressively against the City while downgrading the push to expand the single market?
Not a bit of it, Mr. Barnier told us in an interview on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. "I didn't hear it said that the British wanted to leave the EU….What I do know is that in the financial sector, as in all other sectors…it's in the clear interest of the British people and the other Europeans, that they remain together," he said.
"And I'm not going to be swayed from my route because of considerations about a possible referendum; I am not going to be diverted from my effort to build the single market," he said.
Mr. Barnier takes pride in the fact that the U.K. so far hasn't been outvoted on a single piece of major financial legislation. "It's because I worked hard to achieve this. I put compromises together," he said.
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Besides the larger department stores in Southern California there were also smaller stores inside and outside Los Angeles. These stores carved out specific niches. They are an important part of Southern California retail history.
Goodman's was located at 7th & Hill Streets across from Bullock's. It was founded by S. Goodman. It was also short-lived, operating from 1922 to 1923 and ending in a public dispute between the founder and the landlord. The building still stands and has been converted into loft apartments. You can still see the remains of the painted sign if you look from Broadway Street down 7th. The store featured four elevators and a food market in the basement.
One of Los Angeles' oldest retail stores, Eastern-Columbia was founded in 1892 by Mr. Adolph Sieroty. There were two divisions: Eastern Outfitting Company and Columbia Outfitting Company. The Art Deco styled building was built in 1930 and designed by Claud Beelman. The building still stands today as a landmark and has been converted into loft apartments. I was never brought to the store in Los Angeles and it closed before I started working in downtown Los Angeles. I had visited the Columbia Outfitters store in San Francisco before it closed.
The Broadway Street store was opened in 1923. The facade was redone in 1933 in a Beaux Arts style. The first store was opened on Olivera Street in 1862. In 1921, Ralph R. Huesman purchased the store from the Desmond family and led the expansion of the retailer to several locations throughout the Southern California market. Other Desmond stores of architectural importance were built on Wilshire Blvd. and in Hollywood. The downtown Los Angeles building still stands. The first floor is for small retailers. The upper floors are still empty. Desmond's, under new ownership, merged with Walker-Scott (San Diego) and K. Wolens (a Texas based specialty department store chain) in 1985.
The company was founded by William Mullen and Andrew Bluett in 1889. The first store was located at the Corner of First and Spring streets. In 1910 the store was relocated to the first two floors of the Story building at Broadway and Sixth Streets. Mullen and Bluett was a high-end clothing store with a focus on menswear.
Founded by Kentucky-born minister and entrepreneur B. F. Coulter in 1878, Coulter Dry Goods Co. was one of the pioneering businesses in downtown Los Angeles. Built on the corner of Temple and Main streets, the original 900-square-foot building contained just $1,000 worth of merchandise that originally was purchased in New York and shipped west.
With a business philosophy of providing exceptional quality items at a fair price, Coulter quickly distinguished his enterprise — which eventually changed names to Coulter's Department Store — from competitors with his keen attention to customer service. Advertisements described Coulter's as "the nicest store in Los Angeles."Over the years, the store was moved several times, finding larger homes on Main, Spring, Broadway and Seventh streets before it relocated for the last time to the Miracle Mile section of Los Angeles.
Eventually, the L.A. business economy and consumer tastes changed and Coulter's was purchased by The Broadway Department Store chain. The company's final — and longest-held — location at 5600 Wilshire Blvd. was razed in the 1980s. It was a prime example of modern Art Deco design. Today the location is home to an upscale apartment complex. I did visit the store before it closed. It was not elegant, but it was clean, well merchandised, and had superior customer service…even though I could not afford to buy much.
Blackstone's Dry Goods was founded in 1895 by Nathaniel Blackstone. He was the brother-in-law of J. W. Robinson, the founder of J.W. Robinson & Company/The Boston Store, and Blackstone had worked for him. The first store was located on Broadway between Third and Fourth Streets. In 1917 he moved the store to the corner of Broadway and Eighth Streets.
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George Feagans and his partner, Mr. Brock founded Brock & Feagans on Broadway Street in Los Angeles. The elegant jewelry store opened its doors in 1882. The partnership dissolved in 1903 and the store closed. George Feagans then opened a new and even more elegant store in the famous Alexandria Hotel at 502 South Spring Street. The store was the gathering place for the richest and most famous. The hotel stands vacant now. The original Brock & Feagans building also still stands on Broadway Street.
Orbach's, a well-known retailer of closeouts and seconds operating in New York, opened a Los Angeles office to buy goods for the New York stores as well as operate stores in the greater Los Angeles market. The Los Angeles buying office opened in 1945 and the first store was opened in 1948 on the Miracle Mile part of Wilshire Boulevard on the Mezzanine plus three floors in the Prudential Insurance Building. In 1953, they opened a branch store at Fifth and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, That location did not do well as that area was starting to decline. The downtown store was closed in 1959. The Miracle Mile store was closed in 1965 and moved to the former Siebu store on Wilshire Boulevard at Fairfax. The company opened other stores in Los Cerritos Center (Cerritos), Del Amo Center (Torrance), La Mirada, and Panorama City. The ownership of Orbach's transferred from the family to the Brenninkmeyer Company (AMCENA). In 1986, when Brenninkmeyer acquired the Howland Steinbach department store business from Supermarkets General, the decision was made to close the entire Orbach's business, including the offices and stores in California. The former Siebu store which had been converted to Orbach's on Wilshire Boulevard now houses the Petersen Automotive Museum.
The problem for Orbach's was that it lost relevance as off-price stores expanded into the market and the quality of apparel increased at discount retailers. It also had a strange policy in never sharing product margins at the store level. People in the stores never felt engaged with the business.
As a competitor, Orbach's had a bigger negative impact on May Company and The Broadway than it did on Bullock's. Its sales really only impacted basic goods.
Barker Brothers was founded by Obadiah J. Barker, Jr. The first store opened in the early 1880's on Spring Street. Later a major store was built on Broadway Street and it operated until 1927. In 1924, a ten story store was opened at the corner of 7th Street and Figueroa. This store was the largest home furnishings store in the U.S. and was grand in style. The entrance was designed in a Moroccan style. A pipe organ on the Mezzanine floor provided music for the store. There was a huge auditorium for the customers to learn about furniture and decorating. In addition, the restaurant was operated by Mary Louise, a famous tea room operator in Los Angeles. The company was the showcase for major as well as new, upcoming furniture designers. The sales force was known as aggressive in marketing to all the new housing developments. Barker Brothers grew as the population moved to suburbia. The company opened numerous stores all through out Southern California. In 1984, the downtown store closed. In 1992, the entire chain closed. The downtown store now houses a mixture of offices and lofts.
Barker Brothers was first incorporated in California but in 1924 it incorporated in Delaware. It was later bought by Gold's and that family continued to operate the business. They were later acquired by Gamble-Skogmo. In 1960, Gold's/Barker Brothers was acquired by City Products, an Ohio based ice delivery company on a drive to diversify. In 1965, Household Finance Corporation bought City Products in its attempt to diversify. They later sold Barker Brothers to a Wall Street investment group in 1984. That is when the downtown Los Angeles store was closed. Unfortunately, the company had too much debt to service along with too much competition while lacking management strength. Now, Levitz, Gold Key, and other discount retailers were taking away the mid-market customers and the designers on Robertson Boulevard were capturing the up-scale customers. There was little room for Barker Bros.For a period, Barker Brothers/Gold's owned and operated the W. & J. Sloane furniture chain. Due to stiff competition they closed the California stores and sold the stores in the East to City Stores.
I visited the downtown Los Angeles several times just to look at the facilities and the merchandise. At the time, I was still living with hand-me-down furnishings so I could not afford to shop there. I did learn home furnishings taste by looking at the designer products. I also shopped the store as a competitor. The smaller suburban stores were not really exciting as they lacked the variety and the designer fashions in the main store. The suburban stores were much more like any upper moderate home furnishing store.
The H. Jevene Company was founded by Hans Jevene in1882. It was known as the largest and best grocer in the West. The company operated retail, mail order, and home delivery services. I do not know the first location but the second location opened in 1896 at Spring and 2nd Streets. In 1907, it built its new store at 6th and Broadway Streets. The new store had the finest of grocery products on all six floors. The company reportedly closed in the late 1920's after the founder died.
This home furnishings store was founded in 1906 on Main street in Los Angeles in the area known as the furniture district. Next door was another well-known furniture store, Dearden's Home Furnishings (1909). Others nearby included: Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Company (circa 1899) and Hulse Bradford & Company (1901).
Tokyo's Siebu store opened a branch in 1962 in a new and modern design at the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax, across the street from a highly successful May Company store. The store executives were surprised to see the poor quality of Japanese merchandise sold in the U.S. and felt there was an opportunity to expand with an offering of upscale goods. The first day, the store was jammed with 40,000 customers. The restaurant was also a success. Unfortunately, the store was not a long-term success and closed in 1964. Orbach's took over the store in 1965. I visited the store with friends when I was in college. It was not a warm environment and I did not see anything of interest.
I do not have a postcard of the store when it was Siebu. There is a postcard of when it was Orbach's. I suggest you look in the Orbach's collection to see the store.
Hartfield's was a chain of specialty retail store located in downtown shopping areas primarily in the West. The company was headquartered in downtown Los Angeles. In the late 50′s the company started Zody's, a discount department store in Southern California. Then, the company was renamed Hartfield-Zody's and went public in 1961. By 1960, the Hartfield's chain consisted of over 50 specialty apparel stores (mostly in downtown shopping areas in the West) and 5 Zody's. As downtown shopping districts declined, Hartfield's stores closed. Eventually the company only operated Zody's stores. By the early 80′s Zody's was closed and the stores sold.
On the personal side, my father-in-law did the audits for Hartfield's in the 1930′s. He often told me about the commitment the family had towards building a successful business.
I have not been able to find a postcard depicting a Hartsfield's store.
The Walker Scott Department Store was founded in downtown San Diego in 1935. The store's original owner, Ralf M. Walker, who already owned and ran Walker's Department Store in Los Angeles, passed away in New York six weeks before the San Diego store's opening. A former stock boy at the Los Angeles store, George A Scott, whom Mr. Walker had sent to the New York University of Retailing (1930), opened the San Diego store with Mr. Walker's widow, Eliza Fitzgerald Walker. Eliza Walker became president of the company while Scott held the title of vice president. Walker's Downtown store opened on October 3, 1935, situated on 5th and Broadway. It eventually expanded to eight stories, and held San Diego County's first escalators.
The company merged with Desmond's (Los Angeles) in 1985 which formed Wolens-Desmonds which operated Desmonds (Los Angeles), Walker-Scott ( San Diego), and K.Wolens (Texas).
Buffum's was a chain of Long Beach, California based department stores founded in 1904 and for years owned and operated by the Buffum family. It grew slowly over the years to a total of 16 stores throughout Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties. (Dorothy Chandler was a member of the Buffum family.)
Over the years, the stores gained a reputation as the "Grand Dame" of department stores in the area. The stores interiors were known for large chandeliers and other upscale touches. The chain marketed itself as "Buffum's Specialty Store," in attempt to differentiate itself from other local chains including The Broadway, Bullock's, Robinson's, and the May Company.. It's most famous advertising line "I've been to Buffum's" was used in their advertising.
Like other local department stores of the era, Buffum's was challenged by old-fashioned business models, changing consumer, tastes and the arrival of Nordstrom. The chain was bought in the 1970s by the Australia-based Adelaide Steamship Company, which looked to sell the struggling chain in the 1980s. AdSteam never found a buyer and liquidated the chain in March 1991.
The original downtown Long Beach building was replaced in the 1980′s. Unfortunately, the new store did not make much of a difference as downtown Long Beach had seriously declined. The newer store has since been demolished but downtown Long Beach has made a significant comeback and is considered one of the desirable parts of Southern California
The company was founded in 1925 at the corner of Santa Monica Blvd and 3rd Street. It was the first store in the West side of the L.A. basin. The store always appealed to the value-oriented customer. The building was damaged in the Northridge earthquake. It closed in the 1980's. Much of the building currently houses a Toys R Us store. A new shopping center was located nearby which ended the reign of Henshey's.
Marston was a department store based in San Diego founded by George Marston. The store was founded in 1878, and moved several times before moving into its longtime flagship store on C Street, between Fifth and Sixth in downtown San Diego. In 1960, Marston was acquired by Broadway-Hale. The flagship store was demolished. George Marston's success was his ability to develop strong relationships with key vendors so he had the merchandise on an exclusive basis. For example, Marston's was the key retailer for Gustov Stickley furniture. Mr. Marston was a politician and a philanthropist. His home is now a museum in San Diego with an incredible collection of Gustov Stickley furniture. The store Marston's downtown store has since been demolished with the building of Horton Plaza.
Federated Department Stores started a new division in the 1960's to capture small markets. The company saw the opportunity to become the dominant player in small cities (under 100,000) by acquiring local department stores and folding them into this new chain with merchandising and operating strengths. A management team was installed at the new headquarters in California and Federated started acquiring chains such as Halliburton's in Oklahoma City, Levy's in Tucson (1960) and others. It quickly realized that this new division was not providing the returns of the growth divisions. Plus, the settlement with the Justice Department after the acquisition of Bullocks-Magnin curtailed Federated's ability to acquire more department store chains. The division was closed, a smart move as the department store chains they were targeting were downtown stores. Even in small cities, the retail centers were moving outside of downtown. Individual stores were sold to Dillard's in 1971. (Keep in mind, at this time J.C. Penney, Sears Roebuck, and Monkey Wards which all had stores in downtown markets, were developing strategies to close these downtown stores and locate them in suburban strip centers and malls.)
The Harris Company was a retail corporation, based in San Bernardino that operated stores named Harris'. Brothers Philip, Arthur, and Herman Harris started the company with a small dry goods store in 1905, and the company eventually grew to nine large department stores, with stores in San Bernardino, Riverside and Kern counties.
The chain was acquired by Gottschalks in 1998. After the acquisition, some of the stores continued to operate under the name Harris Gottschalks. In January, 2009, Gottschalks filed for bankruptcy, and on March 31 announced they were liquidating all stores. All of the original Harris stores were finally closed in July, 2009.
Rouses was founded by Gaylord Rouse in 1895, after first owning stores in Philadelphia, Santa Barbara, and Antioch. He opened his first store in Riverside which targeted a broad audience. Mr. Rouse died in 1923. In 1925 the store was expanded and remodeled. The store continued in operation until 1964 when the company closed in bankruptcy. Competition from other major department stores became too great. By then Harris', The Broadway, and May Company Southern California had moved into the market.
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The company operated stores in Los Angeles on Wilshire Blvd, in Pasadena, Hollywood, and in Fresno, California. These stores offered better women's apparel. The company closed in the late 1950′s.
This wonderful jeweler was later sold to Dayton Hudson Jewelers.


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I remember more the circumstances and general impression, but decided to take this anniversary to do a re-listening of the show, and was reminded of what got me, uh, hooked.
I was age 16 working that summer at a residential summer camp in upstate NY ...As fate would have it, Sundays were my day off that summer, and Phish's SPAC date was on the radar of our Sunday-day-off crew. I had only heard Lawnboy a couple times and had tried to digest Junta.
That day was a beautiful crisp sunny day our crew was hangin out and gettin down on the lawn. (hoping to stay out of sight of any "head" counselors from camp).
Who could forget the spinners in the back of the lawn, or running into an old friend from camp not at camp that year but rather on Phish tour... He spoke about how much Phish was blowing it up, how the previous nights in Great Woods had been ridiculous with the Gamehendge set (and what Gamehendge was), and how everyone on tour was feeling really good and happy (and also how more and more Grateful Dead kids were coming to Phish shows) and also about the great Homer Simpson whom had been going around.
Only David Bowie, Low Rider, and Bouncin were of any familiarity to me ...it made no difference. The music and vocals were intense, spirited, crafty, witty, spooky, tender, raging (Yes! Dude of Life!) and simply, fun ...There was a palpable interplay between band and crowd ... and, of course, the lights.
I particularly remember the often lyrical weirdness and total rocking playing, and the strobe lights. Bowie, Mike's Song the Low Rider (recognizable from the popularity of the soundtrack to the recently released movie "Dazed and Confused".)
This show left me wanting more, and the next one would be another memorable '94 night, in the Fall at the GMU Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA (night after my 17th birthday and kickoff to a following run of GD shows Cap Center).
As for the re-listen it sparks some impressions and memories as follows...
The first set was well-received by the crowd, starting off with a rocking ....Chalkdust. Age 16 and only wanting to be free, I must have been immediately drawn in by CDT's chorus of "Can't I live while I'm young?"... and intense playing that followed. I think it fitting that CDT would be the first of Phish's songs to ever hit me live, it being a Trey favorite, and a staple of the shows I'd see in the ensuing years,
...Horn kept the rocking energy going. segued nicely into
....Peaches, really got the crowd going. I had no idea what I was hearing, but sure loved it. Intro to FZ.
...Rift ...closely on the heels of Peaches. It kept on the display of musical virtuosity and band vocal and instrumental interplay... "It shocked and persuaded my soul to ignite .... Aaaaaaahaaaaaah"
... Stash. Hoh! The first of Phish's large jam vehicles was layed on me. ... clapping interplay between band and audience ... "Was it for this my life I sought ...maybe so, maybe not ...control for smilers can't be bought" ... and then the song .... wooosh ....took off...a testament to Phish's musical improvisation and risk-taking ... maybe so, maybe not. Things were getting interesting.
... If I Could. delicate and beautiful version. I remember thinking that was a really nice ballad. this version builds well to a nice peak and ends well. The album version made this song a personal favorite, but the live version has eluded me since.
....My Friend ... Perfect for the moment ...IIRC the sun was down by now and the night settling in. The end gets truly vocally weird in a fashion unique to Phish, and the night is on.
...Julius this was the first of the "new" songs, that people were "warming up to", said a friend. it really rocked and got everyone on the lawn boogying down. And I was like, oh, cool
...Cavern kept everyone on the law dancing and kept the raging weirdness gettin on. People were psyched. IIRC shoes were flying.
...Sample in a Jar ... another relatively "new one" "not on any album" that people liked.
...Bowie ... second big hitter ...long spacey intro that got the crowd whistling and clapping and shouting ... and then people were gettin down! Bowie stretched to lands of dischordance and tension and release. I remember the strobe lights and being unsure of what was going on, and then thinking that they play really long compositions. On the heels of Bowie, Fishman led the band into
...Glide ... another crowd favorite ...a fun moment...feel lucky to have seen when in full rotation. Glad glad glaaaaaaaaaad.
(personal note: in perfect Phish fashion, the 10/7/00 Glide on my 23rd b-day also invoked this first experience)
...Ya Mar ... kept the good vibes rollin and would be an intro to mike's voice. Nice musical interplay towards the end makes this one stretched out and fun. .. and then
....Mike's Song Hoh! The third 'big hitter' a friend told me to hold on for this one. I was blown away and for the first time just totally like, For-the-Love-of-Jesus-Christ-What-the-F-is-going-on-here!? or for short- FTLOJCWTFIGOH at a Phish show, just full charge ahead and around on this one ...and then out of it...
...Low Rider Jam! ... I definitely knew this one and smiled wide and thought this was very cool...this version works with some interesting tempo changes, and then, through some Izabella teases, back into
(personal note: I'd see Low Rider jam years later in Utah '03 during a similarly FTLOJCWTFIGOH moment at that show.)
...Mike's Song ... and I was like, oh, damn! ..that was cool...
...Hydrogen 'nuff said
... Weekapaug ... another of the jam vehicles ...and they were off in a fun and hoppy dancy fast paced space. This was an instant personal favorite. This version has its own flavors of quiet jammy weirdness, that somehow works, and of course leads to an exploding end... then Fishman leads them to
...Bouncin ... another of the beautiful Phish classics. Bautiful harmonies, piano work, and green lights, IIRC
... Coil ..another Phish classic with beautiful piano work... then
a "very special guest" that got everyone excited ..."Dude of Life" for
...Crimes of the Mind - was assured that that was not a Phish song... memorable for its special guest, booming vocals, and rockin style, not so technically flawless
...e: Golgi ... white lights and ticket stubs
...Rocky Top ...a blue grass tune just to keep everyone on their toes! we all cheered, clapped, and went back to camp happy.
And I was hooked! Thanks for so many great years since then, Phish!


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The average age of a Ducks Unlimited member is about 50, so not too many of our "average" readers will be around in the year 2050. And while those of us lucky enough to be on the "right side of the grass" 43 years from now may not be hunting as often, we will undoubtedly enjoy hearing about the many hunting adventures of our children and grandchildren.
But many of us can easily remember back 43 years to 1964 and realize that a lot has changed since then. Most notably for waterfowl hunters, there were about 12 million more acres of wetlands in the United States than there are now. Now, think about your duck-hunting family and friends for a second, and I'll bet you can quickly think of a few youngsters who are about seven years old. They could be "average" DU members when 2050 arrives. What changes might take place in the next 43 years to affect their future duck hunting? Will there still be enough habitat to fill the skies with ducks and provide places to hunt?
We are the custodians of our youth's future. Futurist Joel Barker said, "No one will thank you for taking care of the present if you neglected the future." What can we do to help future generations have the waterfowling experiences that we've enjoyed? While we can't predict what 2050 will hold with any certainty, and projections vary, one thing is certain: There will be significant change. There are some clear trends. Many of these are undeniable and unavoidable, but waterfowl conservationists and hunters can adapt to other trends if we thoughtfully manage them. So, let's think about what the future could look like in light of these trends, and seek insights into actions we can take now to help shape the future we want for coming generations of waterfowlers.
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OAKLAND — The City of Oakland can press all it wants for the A's to move to a new waterfront site at Howard Terminal, but that move seems unlikely to happen as long as the current ownership group, led by John Fisher and Lew Wolff, continues to call the shots.
And despite a report in the East Bay Express that Warriors owners Joe Lacob and Peter Guber might be interested in buying the team and building a new park on the Howard Terminal site, a sale is not happening.
"No one has approached us for a sale," Wolff told this newspaper Thursday. "And we are not interested in being approached."
Guber told the Los Angeles Times that suggestions of his interest in buying the team were "100 percent not true." Guber has an ownership stake in the Los Angeles Dodgers and, under Major League Baseball rules, he cannot be involved with multiple franchises.
"Peter's a good guy," Wolff said, "and what he says is up to him. Again, no one has approached us."
Fisher and Wolff bought the team in 2005 from Steve Schott and Ken Hofmann. For most of those eight years they have been looking for a new ballpark. The Oakland Coliseum, now almost half a century old, is widely viewed as being obsolete.
The A's have at times looked at Oakland, Fremont and San Jose in their bid for a new home. They are looking at San Jose now, although Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig told them midseason he would not allow a move under plans currently on the table.
The City of Oakland has never wavered in its desire to keep the A's, and the Howard Terminal site is one of two current plans out there. Howard Terminal boosters look at a 38,000-seat facility at the foot of Market Street near Embarcadero West. It's about a half-mile north of Jack London Square and about a mile from the nearest BART stop (12th Street).
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, a proponent of the Howard Terminal option, also continues to push a Coliseum City plan that would have the A's staying basically where they are, but in a new park as part of a larger sports development.
Wolff and Fisher have looked at Howard Terminal in the past, dismissed it then, and they say they aren't interested in looking at it now.
"No," Wolff said when asked if there was renewed A's interest in the Howard Terminal site. "Not a bit."


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- Moong dal – 1/4 cup
- Big onion – 2nos (chopped finely)
- Ginger ,Garlic – A few pieces or u can use G &G paste of 1 tsp
- Green chilly – 1 no (long one) (adjust)
- Jeera /cumin seeds – 1/4 tsp
- Red chilly powder –1/2 tsp
- Coriander powder – 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
- Salt & water – As needed
- Oil – 1 tbsp
- Coriander leaves – to garnish
- Lemon Juice – A few drops
- Grind ginger , garlic and green chilly to a paste and set aside.
- Take a broad kadai ( i did it in the cooker base directly).Add a tbsp of oil and add the paste to it.saute for sometime and then add the onion julienne's.
- Saute till it turns transparent.
- Then add all the powders and mix well.Do not add water ..All the masala get cooked in the oil itself.A nice aroma wafts around.
- Now add the moong dal and fry for a minute.
- Add the water , required salt and close the cooker .
- Cook till the moong dal gets cooked.I kept for one whistle.
- Now open the cooker and mash the dal a little with ladle.
- Roast the jeera in little oil and add it to the cooked dal.
- Add few drops of lime juice and mix well.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.
|Moong dal :
A tiny, round dried bean (about 1/8 inch in diameter) with a thick outer skin that may be green, brown or black in colour. When peeled, the inside of the bean provides a golden yellow or mustard-coloured, soft-textured meat that is somewhat sweet in flavour, tender when cooked and easily digested. Originating in India, the bean is referred to as Yellow Moong, Yellow Split Mung or Moong Dal, where it is often used to make curries and a food dish referred to as "Dal." making batters for pancakes and fritters.
How to select:
whole moong dal or green gram, are small, oval and olive green in colour. When split, they are small, flattish and yellow.
Moong beans are prepared as whole, peeled, or split for use in pilafs, soups, stews, and bean dishes. They are also ground for use in flours and as an ingredient for various food mixtures. When made into flour, the starch in the ground bean enables it to be used to make very thin noodle known as bean-threads or cellophane noodles. The flour also is used to make breads and sweets. Another common use for this bean is to produce transparent bean sprouts, which become a crunchy and flavourful ingredient for salads, egg dishes, stir-fried dishes, and sandwiches. Moong dal is popularly cooked with generous amount of clarified butter or ghee, sugar, nuts and spices to make the delicious sweet "Moong Dal Halwa". It is also used in Spiced rice and moong dal is one of the most complete and quick meals you can make.
How to store:
The bean can be easily sprouted in approximately 2 days by dampening cheesecloth and placing the beans between the layers of the cloth, kept in a darkened room or area. After sprouting, place the bean sprouts in a plastic bag, refrigerate and use soon after being grown. If not using them soon after sprouting, blanche the sprouts for 30 to 45 seconds in boiling water, then place the sprouts in ice water, refrigerate, and keep immersed in water. They can then be kept refrigerated for approximately 1 week.
Health benefits:
Whole yellow lentils are split to obtain moong dal. They are extremely easy to cook, need little soaking and are easy to digest. Its low in fat & cholesterol, high in dietary fiber & rich in protein, making it an excellent heart healthy food choice with established health benefits.
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy - 1,452 kJ (347 kcal)
Carbohydrates -62.62 g
Sugars -6.60 g
Dietary fiber - 16.3 g
Fat - 1.15 g
Protein - 23.86 g
Vitamin C - 4.8 mg (8%)
Calcium - 132 mg (13%)
Magnesium - 189 mg (51%)
Phosphorus - 367 mg (52%)
Potassium - 1246 mg (27%)
Sodium - 15 mg (1%)
I tried this mutter paneer for chapathi last month .Sorry for delayed posting. It was very nice , yummy and we enjoyed it.I rarely buy & make side dishes with paneer and we are not very much fond of it too..But this gravy was really good and if i make any paneer dishes in future i will surely keep this kurma as first choice.Thanks a lot VKN :)


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VAIL — It's fitting and proper that Habitat for Humanity's biggest resort donation is from the biggest resort.
Vail Resorts cleared everything out of 50 Lodge at Vail hotel rooms and donated everything to the local Habitat affiliate. There was one anxious moment when no one was quite sure if Habitat could handle a donation this big.
Turns out they can.
Fourteen guys, six trucks, some grunting and straining and the next thing you know the hotel is empty and Habitat's warehouses are full.
"The Lodge at Vail is doing an upgrade, so they needed to move a lot of stuff in a hurry," explained Tom McKay, who runs Habitat's ReStore.
There's all sorts of high end cherry wood furniture, lighting fixtures, lamps and sconces, ceiling fans … everything you find in an upscale hotel room that you wish you could take with you. Now you can.
They moved it Thursday, and it's available for purchase now.
Most of it will be warehoused with samples set up in Habitat temporary store in the Caddis Corner center in Gypsum, around the corner from Costco and next to Heidi's Deli.
Vail Resorts and the local Habitat affiliate — Habitat for Humanity of Eagle and Lake Counties — have been talking about this for weeks, so it wasn't like this snuck up on anyone. Still, when you're at the bottom of that mountain of furniture, moving it looks like a daunting task.
But as the proverb says, "Many hands make light work." OK, there's nothing light about cherry wood furniture, but you get the idea.
Vail Resorts employees volunteer more than 9,600 hours every year through the company's Echo program. Besides young, strong volunteers who have never been tired, they donate more than $6.5 million every year to 224 nonprofits in their communities.
"We saw the opportunity with the high quality furnishings at The Lodge at Vail, to support the Habitat for Humanity in a major way," said Graham Frank, senior director of development with the Vail Resorts Development Co.
Between Habitat for Humanity and recycling programs, everything stayed out of the local landfill and was returned to the community where it can do the most good, Frank said, adding that sustainability is a huge part of VR's Echo program.
"This is something we've had success with, and Habitat for Humanity is a great partner," Frank said.
"In this instance, Habitat was the right partner for a donation of this size. It takes significant infrastructure to be able to handle something like this," Frank said.
The Habitat ReStore's second largest resort donation also came from Vail Resorts when the Inn at Beaver Creek was rebranding to become the Osprey in 2008. That hotel had 38 rooms.
Habitat got the gig because it could move everything out in one day, without interfering with the resort's day to day business operations, said Julie Kapala, Habitat's communications and events coordinator.
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Christie's reaped in more than $638 million dollars at its blockbuster contemporary art auction on Wednesday.
Its staggering haul included a record $58.4 million for a Jackson Pollock drip painting, which shattered all previous records for the highest price for any work at an art auction.
"We are thrilled to announce an unprecedented overall total of $638.6 million for this week's Post-War and Contemporary Art sale series," said Brett Gorvy, an official at Christie's.
Sotheby's, meanwhile, had stellar overall sales of $377.4 million, including the sale of the work "Domplatz, Mailand" (Cathedral Square, Milan) by German painter Gerhard Richter for $37.1 million -- a record for a living artist.
The other sensation for Sotheby's was a work by US painter Barnet Newman, one of the leading figures of abstract expressionism, whose "Onement VI" fetched $43.84 million -- the most ever for one of his paintings.
Gorvy said the record prices "reflect a new era in the art market, wherein seasoned collectors and new bidders compete at the highest level within a global market."
Pollock's "Number 19, 1948," executed in his iconic drip-paint style with a shimmering mixture of silver, black, white, red and green, had been expected to sell for between $25 million and $35 million.
But it shot up to set a new auction high for the artist. The previous top auction price for a Pollock had been $40.4 million last year, although his paintings are said to have sold for far more in unconfirmed private deals.
Meanwhile one-time graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat also set a record, sailing past Christie's $25 million to $35 million pre-sale estimate to $48.8 million.
It was the highest auction price ever for the young artist, who died in 1988 of a heroin overdose in New York, aged just 27.


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POSITION: Defenseman
SHOOTS: Left
BIRTHPLACE: Calgary, AB, CAN
DRAFTED: WSH: 2004-27 overall
|* Second among Caps defensemen and fourth on the team at +15
* Suffered a broken finger 11/24 at MIN and missed 15 games
* Has seven of his 11 assists in the final 10 minutes of the game or OT
Played in 64 games and recorded 12 points (1g-11a) … Second among Caps defensemen and fourth on the team with a career-high +13 … Averaged a career high 19:45 TOI … Seven of his 12 points (1g-6a) came in the third period; recorded seven of his 11 assists in the final 10 minutes of the game or OT … His 21 PIM were the fewest for any Cap defenseman who played more than 30 games … Was +9 against division opponents … Recorded 93 blocked shots, ranking fifth on the team … Averaged 3:18 of shorthanded ice time per game, the fourth highest on the team… Team was 9-1-1 when he had a point … Had three assists in the first six games of the season and had an assist in three straight games (11/6—11/10) …Was a +4 at CAR (11/12) and vs. OTT (2/1) … Suffered a broken finger 11/24 at MIN and missed 15 games … Skated a season-high 26:34 on 2/11 at NYR… Recorded his first career shorthanded goal at PIT (1/14) … Played only one playoff game due to injury.
Appeared in 72 games for Washington, posting 18 points (5g-13a) and 28 PIM … Ranked first among Caps defensemen and fourth on the team with a +12 rating … Second among Caps defensemen with five goals … Third among Caps defensemen averaging 18:05 of ice time … Ranked third on the team with 90 blocked shots … Played one game in Hershey during a brief AHL stint early in the season … Scored first NHL goal 10/29 at TOR … Led the team in ice time 11/2 vs. PHI (22:03) … Registered first assist of the season 12/1 at FLA … Posted season-high six points (4g-2a) in December … Scored goals in three straight games from 12/8-12/12 … Skated in season-high 25:33 minutes 1/5 at MTL … Recorded his first career multiple-point game with two-assist showing vs. EDM (1/17) … Played his 100th NHL/Caps game 3/14 vs. ATL … Limited to two playoff games due to injury (Games 2 and 3, 4/13 and 4/15).
2006-07: Played in 38 games with the Capitals in his first professional season … Recorded three points, all assists … Third among Caps defensemen with 18:12 of average ice time … Ranked 12th among NHL rookie defensemen in ice time … Tied for second on the team in plus/minus rating with +5 … Finished tied for eighth among NHL rookie defensemen in plus/minus rating … Made his NHL debut vs. NJ (12/22) … Played 34 straight games from 1/18-4/3, with a +7 rating in that time … Recorded his first career point with an assist at CAR (1/26) … Had a career-high four PIM vs. FLA (1/20) … Posted a career high +4 vs. CAR (1/27) … Played 44 games with Hershey (AHL) with 12 points (2g-10a) and a +20 rating … Had one assist in 19 playoff games.
2005-06: Played 68 games for the Calgary Hitmen of the WHL and shared the lead among team defensemen with 40 points (7g-33a) … Tied for 13th among WHL defensemen in scoring … Led the team with a +20 rating … Scored four PPGs … Played for Team WHL in the 2005 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge … Shared the team lead in playoff scoring with 10 points (4g-6a) in 13 games … Joined Hershey in the AHL playoffs at the conclusion of Calgary's season … Played seven playoff games for the Bears in their run to the Calder Cup … Posted four points (1g-3a), including his first pro goal in his first game, vs. Wilkes-Barre (5/7).
Junior Career
Posted 107 points (22g-85a) in his four-year, 262-game WHL career, all with Calgary.
2004-05: Played in all 72 games for Calgary and was the team's second-highest scoring defenseman with 29 points (2g-27a) … Appeared in 12 playoff games, notching two goals, one assist (three points) and six PIM.
2003-04: Played all 72 games for Calgary … Recorded a career-best 11 goals, including four PPGs … Ranked sixth on the team with 35 points … Posted a +28 rating, leading Calgary defensemen and third-best on the team.
2002-03: Played 50 games as a WHL rookie … Posted two goals and an assist.
Selected by Washington in the first round, 27th overall, in 2004 Entry Draft.
Plays golf and video games in his spare time … Favorite tourist attractions in Washington, D.C., are the monuments.


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On September 16, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved New START, the bilateral treaty signed in April that would verifiably reduce US and Russian nuclear weapons. Three Republican senators -- Richard Lugar, Bob Corker, and Johnny Isakson -- voted in committee to approve the treaty. Such support bodes well for the pact's prospects during floor consideration by the full Senate, which can still attach additional declarations and conditions to New START's resolution of ratification in order to clarify its interpretation of the treaty. Senate leaders expect to take up the treaty sometime this year.
The special circumstances that led to the release of the negotiating records for the ABM and the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty do not apply in the context of New START, as some treaty skeptics argue.
The votes of confidence from Lugar, Corker, and Isakson demonstrate that the Obama administration and bipartisan treaty supporters have alleviated many Republican concerns about New START's impact on US missile defenses, treaty verification, nuclear modernization funding, and tactical nuclear weapons. Republicans were undoubtedly influenced by the fact that New START is supported unanimously by the US military leadership and by a litany of prominent national security leaders from both parties.
Nevertheless, treaty skeptics such as Sen. Jon Kyl, the Republican minority whip, say that concerns about New START cannot be fully laid to rest until the Obama administration provides the Senate with access to the negotiating record. The record is an expansive collection of plenary statements, draft texts, and memoranda of conversations between members of the US and Russian delegations. Skeptics claim to seek access to the record so they can ensure that the Obama administration did not agree to secret limits on US missile defenses or fold to the Russians in other key areas.
While childhood lessons ("sharing is caring") and platitudes ("what do you have to hide?") suggest that the Obama administration ought to comply, sharing New START's negotiating record with Senate Republicans is unwarranted. In fact, sharing the record might delay the approval process and would confuse key issues, misinterpret ratification precedents from previous arms control treaties, and undermine future US diplomacy based on flimsy evidence.
Delay and confusion. Republicans requested the negotiating record before the Obama administration officially submitted New START to the Senate. On May 6, six Republican senators sent President Obama a letter requesting access to the record. The letter stated that access was needed so senators could "form a fully informed opinion" and fulfill their advice and consent role. However, Obama did not transmit the treaty text and article-by-article analysis to the Senate until May 13. In other words, skeptics did not even wait until they received the official text and analysis before they requested the negotiating record. The request was likely designed to serve as a delaying tactic. After all, policymakers were still receiving documents 17 months after the Senate was granted access in 1987 to the negotiating record for the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty.
The New START negotiating record will obfuscate as much as it will clarify. The record sought by treaty skeptics is really only the US government's record of the negotiations. It cannot shed light on Russian negotiators' actual understanding of treaty provisions. Thus, the negotiating record offers little beyond what American officials already presented to senators during their sworn testimonies.
Some Republicans seem bent on viewing the record to prove that the United States caved in on every Russian demand. Apart from this premise being false -- warhead counting rules, as just one example, clearly favor the United States -- the disclosure of New START's record risks basing the Senate's ultimate consent, if granted, on preliminary and evolving negotiating positions instead of agreed-upon provisions included in the official treaty text. In any negotiation, changes and compromises occur as the process moves forward. Hence, evaluating the positions in the negotiating record would distract from the ratification process's central purpose: building a shared understanding between the executive branch and the Senate about the meaning and obligations of the final text of New START.
Bad precedents. The special circumstances that led to the release of the negotiating records for the ABM and the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty do not apply in the context of New START, as some treaty skeptics argue. The disclosure of the negotiating records for those treaties was precipitated by the Reagan administration's wanton attempt to use the ABM treaty's voluminous negotiating record as a basis for "reinterpreting" the agreement so as to allow new strategic missile defense systems such as the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI).
The Reagan administration argued that the ABM treaty's true meaning, hidden away in the negotiating record, supported a broader interpretation that would allow advanced development and testing of SDI, despite what the actual text of the treaty was generally interpreted to mean and what the Senate was told the treaty meant when considering it in 1972. Unconvinced by such a radical approach, Democratic Sens. Sam Nunn and Carl Levin requested and gained access to the ABM treaty's negotiating record, which they used to demonstrate that the administration's efforts to reinterpret the treaty were unfounded.
As a result of this episode, the Senate added a provision (later known as the "Biden-Byrd Condition") to the resolution of ratification on the INF treaty. The Biden-Byrd condition mandated that the pact could only be interpreted and implemented according to the "common understanding" established during executive branch and Senate ratification deliberations. This understanding, in turn, was to be based on the treaty text and the "authoritative representations" provided by the executive branch to the Senate during deliberations. It was not to be based on the negotiating record, which the Senate ought to consult only on "treaty provisions which may appear ambiguous or about which questions may arise," according to a Senate Foreign Relations Committee report. While the Senate received access to the negotiating record for the INF treaty as a residual effect of the ABM interpretation dispute, the Foreign Relations Committee concluded that due to the Biden-Byrd condition, the record "need not have been examined." Since the INF treaty, the Senate has attached the condition to the vast majority of the resolutions of ratifications dealing with arms control and security that it has adopted.
Undermining diplomacy on flimsy evidence. The exposure of negotiating records risks jeopardizing the confidentiality and frankness of treaty negotiations. In addition to affirming that the treaty text and sworn testimonies should constitute the primary basis for the Senate's understanding of the INF treaty, the Foreign Relations Committee in 1988 also concluded that "a systemic expectation of Senate perusal of every key treaty's 'negotiating record' would inhibit candor during future negotiations and could be expected to induce posturing on the part of US negotiators and their counterparts during sensitive discussions."
That danger still exists today. Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller argued that politicizing internal negotiating operations by releasing New START's negotiating record would exert a "chilling effect" on future US diplomacy. Senators should not ignore how such a freeze would undermine American influence around the world.
Treaty skeptics' primary substantive justification for requesting New START's negotiating record is based on flimsy evidence. Skeptics believe disclosure is warranted primarily because of New START's supposedly deleterious impact on US missile defenses. They point to the statements below as evidence:
- New START's preamble (which is not legally binding)
- A Russian unilateral statement on New START (which is not legally binding)
- A senior Russian official's comments to the press (the official might simply have misspoken while pandering to a Russian domestic audience that favors restrictions on US missile defenses)
- An inaccurate Washington Times story that confused two separate sets of US-Russian negotiations
- Comments made off-the-record by a senior Russian official who, though unable to "quote … unequivocal language from President Obama or Secretary Clinton" proving that the United States secretly promised during New START negotiations not to develop strategic missile defenses in Europe, nevertheless told a US-based commentator that such a tacit agreement had in fact been reached (the commentator then deposited the gossip into a Time commentary article that treaty skeptics cite as proof)
Non-legally-binding statements, a Russian official's pandering, and off-the-record gossip about secret deals do not add up to ambiguity about whether New START restricts missile defenses that make sense for US security.
Administration officials and military leaders have denied repeatedly that any secret deals were made with Russia on missile defense. New START does not "appear ambiguous" -- the criterion that, according to the precedent established in the INF dispute, might justify access to the negotiating record -- when it comes to restricting the most effective US missile defenses. For better or worse, the treaty does not restrict them, as the head of the Missile Defense Agency and nonpartisan military officers have testified under oath.
Nonetheless, the administration provided senators with a thorough summary of the New START negotiating record regarding missile defense as a demonstration of good faith. Sen. John Kerry even postponed the Foreign Relations Committee vote for six weeks to give senators a chance to review the treaty documents and extensive material presented during the 21 Senate hearings on New START. While Kerry's gesture of good faith ultimately bolstered bipartisan support for the treaty in the committee, some Republican skeptics are continuing their delaying tactics and repeating criticisms that administration and nongovernmental experts have already rebutted numerous times.
Conclusion. The Senate should base its New START advice and consent decision on the treaty text, the "authoritative representations" provided during sworn testimonies by administration and nongovernmental experts, the Russian government's official position on the treaty (not one misstatement or gossip), supporting documents and analysis, and the thorough record produced by 21 Senate hearings, as well as the administration's answers to over 900 questions submitted by senators for the record.
Given the abundance of information available to senators to make a decision on the treaty, requests for the negotiating record are gratuitous and oblivious to the damage that releasing the record could do to future American diplomacy.


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Special Olympics 2010 USA National Games
The 2010 Special Olympics competition that was held in Lincoln was a success for both all of the participants as well as the state of Nebraska. With the majority of the events being held on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the athletic competition was the largest ever held in the state. Similar to the standard Olympic competition that occurs in worldwide locations, the Special Olympics are only held every four years, making it a source of much anticipation and prestige for the athletes that will compete and try to win gold medals. With the 2010 Special Olympics, the winners were not only those that took home the gold, but also everyone that participated and helped to make the overall event a success.
Companies and organizations in Nebraska produced a wealth of volunteer effort to support the festivities and competitions. Over 100 businesses donated employee time to be away from work and volunteer what amounted to 7500 days of labor for the 2010 Special Olympics and all of the administration help that was needed to prepare for the event. In addition, many students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln worked in many different functions to make sure that the Special Olympics competition went off without any major issues. The 2010 competition kicked off with a group of law enforcement officers from the state carrying the flame through a total of 70 different communities in the state and finishing on July 18 when the Flame of Hope arrived to Lincoln for the opening ceremony of the event.
One area of the Olympics games 2010 program that is often overshadowed by the competitions is the Healthy Athletes program that is organized by the Special Olympics committee. Not only occurring at the actual USA National Games competition, the Healthy Athletes service gives athletes from all over the world free screenings and access to health information that will increase their athletic performance. Because some areas of the world have poor health services, especially for people with disabilities, this service is extremely valuable to participants. During the Olympics games 2010 competitions, medical students from UNL and local physicians worked together to give the athletes adequate medical attention.
Even though USA National Games for handicapped athletes are sometimes overlooked in favor of professional sporting leagues like the NFL or MLB, this type of competition for athletes with disadvantages is growing in recognition. With each year, the USA National games for handicapped athletes grows both in the number of participants and the fan attendance to support the events. The local community was rewarded for their support with an estimated $40 million in economic revenue from the events and tourism. The 2010 Special Olympics represented the height of these games, with a record number of almost 3000 athletes and countless fans that attended the competitions.


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Country Music at 2013 South By Southwest
Rodney Crowell (flanked by Emmylou) strikes a chord.
photos by Lisa A. Walker
As we've all heard, everything is bigger in Texas. The South by Southwest (SXSW) conference and festival, held in Austin every spring, offers nearly two weeks of music, film and interactive components for aspiring artists, industry insiders and fans alike.
On the musical side, SXSW is the largest festival of its kind anywhere in the world. Fans and registrants have the opportunity to see more than 2,000 different artists performing at 100 clubs in the Austin area. Artists range from emerging talents like Striking Matches to veteran performers like Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, in all genres, from rock 'n' roll to hip-hop to electronic dance music to country and beyond.
The 2013 musical edition of SXSW, which ran March 12–17, featured performances from Emmylou and Rodney as well as Bobby Bare, Shooter Jennings, Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale, Ashley Monroe, Turnpike Troubadours and many others. Additionally, attendees were treated to a keynote speech and presentation from Foo Fighters frontman (and former Nirvana drummer) Dave Grohl. Previous keynote speakers have included Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and Smokey Robinson.
The interactive component of SXSW featured panel discussions and presentations on digital gaming, as well as a speech by Al Gore. Film conference-goers got to see screenings of numerous new films, such as the Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon feature Mud, which got a wider theatrical release in April.
Sounds pretty cool, right? Well, mark your calendars, because the musical component of SXSW 2014 is already scheduled for March 11–16.


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Natural gas glut bad for drilling boom
April 9, 2012
NEW YORK — The U.S. natural gas market is bursting at the seams. So much natural gas is being produced that soon there may be nowhere left to put the country's swelling surplus....
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Thursday November 22, 2012
Augusta, Ga--Last year was a record setting season for the Irish of Aquinas. A pair of playoff wins before bowing out. This year, they are expecting more. With class a now split into public and private schools, no reason to think they can't accomplish the goal.
Aquinas opens up the playoffs with a home game against George Walton tomorrow night. They played the Bulldogs and beat 'em in overtime early in the season. That was forever ago. Lately Matt LeZotte's team has been beat up some. The extra week off may have helped more then anything.
"Hopefully we'll be a 100% heading into the first round" said Matt LeZotte "it was tough those few weeks you know. We had six starters out on both sides of the ball and essentially we played a couple of games with our junior varisty out there."
Their most noteable injury has been Brendan Douglas' broken hand. He's played through it and is on the mend. Look for the Irish to be pretty healthy and more then hungry Friday night.


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Former Patriots P Zoltan Mesko ready to go for Steelers
New England Patriots punter Zoltan Mesko (14) punts against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the second quarter of an NFL preseason football game Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) by Dale GrdnicAssociated Press Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — New Pittsburgh Steelers punter Zoltan Mesko believes that everything happens for a reason. That was never more evident than this week.