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San Antonio Spurs 94, Dallas Mavericks 100: Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili turn it over
The San Antonio Spurs hung tough with the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1 of their Western Conference Playoff series on Sunday night. Unfortunately for the Spurs, hanging tough isn't enough for a team boasting four NBA Titles with Tim Duncan and Gregg Popovich.
For everything the Spurs did right against the Mavs, they did something else wrong. Whether it was missing relatively easy shots near the rim or failing to secure a defensive rebound. And then there was that other thing. I'll give you a hint, it's in the title.
The Spurs only committed two more turnovers than the Mavs on the game (17-15), but the manner in which they came was destructive for the Spurs. There were several occasions when Tim Duncan, who led San Antonio with six turnovers, was in scoring position but bobbled a pass out of bounds.
Six turnovers is inexcusable. There is a correlation between the how often a player touches the ball and the numbers of times they turn the ball over. Just look at the leaders in turnovers for the regular season, it contains names like Steve Nash, Dwight Howard, LeBron James and Kevin Durant.
But that relationship doesn't necessarily apply to, or is quite as severe for, post players. (Except Dwight Howard. I don't know what's up there.) Big men dribble and pass less, and as a result there's fewer opportunities for them to lose the ball to the other team.
But against the Mavericks in Game 1, Tim Duncan coughed it up six times for the San Antonio Spurs. Manu Ginobili lost the ball five times. His are a bit more explainable for the Spurs, but they also led to fast break baskets for the Mavs. When Ginobili lost the ball on the perimeter in Game 1, the Maverick guards were able to get to the opposite end before the Spurs were able to recover and set up their defense.
It's easy points for the Mavs, while the Spurs don't even get the opportunity to attempt a shot. These things tend to bite you in the ass in a six-point loss. And despite 27 points and eight boards for Duncan and 26 points and and six assists for Ginobili, their box score screams of missed opportunities.
For all the good the Spurs did in their Game 1 loss to the Mavs, and they did plenty good, the turnovers cancel that out. It's one step forward, two steps back. And that's not the ideal footwork for winning in the playoffs.


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A Charleston man caught up in online buzz over his alleged ties to the first-ever law enforcement seizure of digital bitcoins is offering to cooperate with authorities in an effort to clear his name, his lawyer said Tuesday.
What are bitcoins?
Bitcoins are a digital currency that function like Internet cash. They allow for rapid, anonymous peer-to-peer transactions at low or no cost, without the need for a bank or middleman.
Like cash, bitcoin transactions are not reversible. They are traded worldwide and can be purchased and sold through online exchanges. Like other investments and currencies, bitcoins fluctuate in value, with the price on Tuesday listed at $74.20 on the Bitstamp.net exchange.
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration recently attracted a bevy of Internet attention when it posted a forfeiture notice indicating that agents had seized 11.02 bitcoins worth $814 from 31-year-old Eric Daniel Hughes for allegedly violating the federal Controlled Substances Act.
That notice prompted a flurry of speculation that the DEA had infiltrated the infamous Silk Road website, an off-the-grid marketplace where drugs are bought and sold. The site relies on bitcoins, an Internet cash equivalent that can be sent directly to other users with no involvement from banks or middle men.
Heightening suspicions, the DEA stated that Hughes also went by the name Casey Jones, a monicker that surfaced on Silk Road forums in connection with alleged prescription pill sales.
Hughes faces criminal charges in connection with a local drug case, but the DEA has not charged him with a crime at the federal level.
David Aylor, Hughes' attorney, said his client strongly denies that he is Casey Jones or ever used that name online. Hughes maintains that the bitcoins didn't belong to him and that he had no part in buying or selling anything on Silk Road, Aylor said.
"This was not him, and he has no Silk Road connection," he said. "In no way, shape or form is he Casey Jones."
A guest to blame?
Hughes is a Hilton Head native who has been living in Charleston in recent years working in the hospitality industry, Aylor said.
Hughes had some friends staying at his St. Philip Street apartment when the seizure went down in April, and he suspects he is being blamed for the actions of one of his house guests, Aylor said.
Hughes thinks he knows who the real Casey Jones is, Aylor said. He intends to cooperate with law enforcement and he plans to approach police with a computer that contains information that may well clear up the confusion, he said.
"His main objective is to clear his name and his reputation," Aylor said.
Charleston police spokesman Charles Francis said investigators had not yet heard from Aylor. He referred further comment to the DEA.
The DEA's Los Angeles field office is investigating the bitcoin seizure. Special Agent Sarah Pullen, the office spokeswoman, did not return an email seeking comment Tuesday. She has previously declined to discuss the case, citing the ongoing investigation.
The DEA moved to seize the bitcoins the same month that Charleston police conducted two undercover buys targeting Hughes, according to court documents. He is accused of selling 0.77 grams of the muscle relaxant Clozepam and 10.7 grams of marijuana to informants working with police, arrest affidavits said.
Arrest sparks buzz
Charleston police moved in to arrest Hughes last month, charging him with distributing marijuana and prescription pills after a June 5 raid on his apartment, according to county court records. The charges stem from 10 bags of the narcotic Suboxone found in Hughes' bedroom during the search and the previous undercover drug purchases, according to arrest affidavits.
The search of his apartment also uncovered digital scales, a small amount of marijuana, various white powders and pills, computer equipment, a loaded pistol and other items, a police report noted.
Aylor said he has not had an opportunity to study the state's criminal case against Hughes, and could not yet comment on those charges.
Hughes has no convictions on his criminal record, according to the State Law Enforcement Division. Beaufort police charged him in 2000 with possessing marijuana with intent to distribute, but the charge was dismissed, SLED records show.
The federal investigation has drawn a great deal of attention online because of its potential linkage to Silk Road, an underground marketplace that exists in the Deep Web, a sub-layer of the Internet outside the reach of standard search engines.
Silk Road, accessible only through the anonymity cloaking Tor Network, is named after an ancient and enduring trade route that connected Asia to Europe.
Just how the DEA would be able to identify an alleged trader on Silk Road and confiscate virtual Bitcoin currency has been the source of much puzzlement and speculation.
"With Tor, it's really hard to be able to establish someone's identity," said Adam B. Levine, editor and chief of the website Let's Talk Bitcoin!, which tracks developments with the currency and first reported on the seizure. "It doesn't make sense to me that how they could locate someone on Silk Road unless someone used their actual address for the stuff they sent out or was sent to them."
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The first in her family to pursue higher education, graduating senior Samantha Oates knew that Lebanon Valley College was the school for her. She loved the atmosphere and felt that the professors, programs, and students were very engaging—and she had spent a lot of time on campus with her mom, Joni, who works in the Housekeeping Department on campus.
"I worked really hard in high school," Oates said. "I just really loved being a student. It was an easy decision to go to college; my parents were always really excited and really supportive. It was scary to be the first in my family to attend since I didn't have a model on how to go."
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Oates settled in quickly on campus, focused on her studies, and immediately realized how what she was learning would help prepare her for the future. She embraced Lebanon Valley's liberal arts tradition, pursuing a religion major and three additional minors.
"I have a business minor," Oates said, "because I want to open a youth-oriented coffee shop. I added a minor in music due to my love of music and plan of incorporating music—worship, local bands and artists—into my coffee shop.
"I realized a minor in English literature would help me communicate," Oates added. "I enjoy having to write and learn how to look back and reflect on what I said and edit what I've said, make what I say count."
Oates came to LVC planning on majoring in music, but switched to religion after taking Dr. Jeff Robbins' class on Islam. She said the freedom of discussion and ideas was liberating and challenging at the same time, and that Dr. Robbins pushed her to go beyond her intellectual comfort level.
"I don't feel like I've ever had anyone believe in me as much as he's believed in me. He's always pushed me to work a little harder and do a little better and be a little more insightful about what I say and where I'm coming from."
Part of Lebanon Valley College's mission is to "prepare students for a life of service to others." Oates grew up embodying that mission, and continued to serve others during her four years at LVC. She served the Lebanon community by volunteering with at-risk children at Youth For Christ. She also has participated in three LVC Alternative Spring Break service trips, willingly giving up her week off classes to work tirelessly in communities that have been battered by natural disasters. This year's trip to the Jersey Shore was especially memorable.
"We worked for one family whose house had been completely flooded. They moved to an apartment and it had bed bugs and they had to move out. The father said, 'my daughter's only four months old and she's already had four different sets of furniture.' We thought, 'that's horrible, how can you possibly get through this?' He just smiled and said, 'I got my family.' It was true, he had shown up with his wife, his daughter, his mom and her sister, and they were just this big, happy, loving family who had been through so much but had used it to stay together… It was just great to see how alive they were, how much they were still living and choosing to live happily and excitedly after this devastation."
Oates describes the transformative power of community service—for herself and for others – by detailing her improving construction abilities:
"I never used power tools before the service trips – which is something that I know probably a lot of people say. But I learned that I loved using power tools, and I've been able to take these experiences and grow each time. The first time I was excited that I didn't cut anything I wasn't supposed to with the saw; the next year I could use it with a little bit of supervision; and this past year I was one of three people who attached an entire deck back to a house and made it stable after it had been dislodged. I've learned I can build a closet all by myself and surprisingly, closets have a lot of power with people when you've lost everything… You don't realize how much a closet can mean to someone."
"I love doing community service because it reminds me of all of the possibilities that are out there, not only for yourself, but for the people that you're helping. I think I've learned that the people I visit, see, and help on volunteer trips have so much more to give me than I can offer them, and so much more to teach me."
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A Ferndale, Wash., family who met Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican last fall say they were surprised at his resignation, but the news did not shock them as it did the rest of the world, KING 5 news reports.
Elsa Finkbonner says the Pontiff was clearly displaying signs of aging when she and her family met him in October.
Elsa's son Jake was the subject of a miracle that led to the canonization of Blessed Kateri, a 17th-century Native American holy woman. When Jake was 5, flesh-eating bacteria attacked his face and nearly killed him, were it not for the saint's intercession, Jake believes. The family and their friends prayed to Blessed Kateri for help.
Jake Finkbonner, now 12, recognized age was taking a toll on the pope. "Up close the features on his face really showed that he was tired," he said.
Jake added: "I would certainly hope that he still stays connected to God. I hope he would still do daily prayers and maybe some Masses now and then. I just hope he continues to do what he's been doing for others."
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The Spokane sheriff's office says it's seeing more incidents where security guards or citizens confront shoplifters or robbers.
The office says this is putting more people at risk, as suspects may have a gun and be under the influence of drugs.
The sheriff's office said Monday it discourages people confronting criminals and says witnesses should call police.
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A magistrate judge has set bail at $5 million for a Melba woman charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of a man she apparently met at a bar.
George Richardson Jr.'s body was found at his rural Nampa residence on the afternoon of Feb. 7.
Court records say Richardson left a Nampa bar at about 1 a.m. Feb. 7 with a woman that witnesses identified as 34-year-old Nicole Lee Kirtley.
Court records say when Kirtley was at the Canyon County sheriff's office for questioning, she told a male inmate that she shot the man and she wasn't going to be raped again.
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BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- On April 6, 2010, anti-government protestors fueled a revolution that ended the five-year reign of Kyrgyzstan President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
The next day, government troops responded with gunfire, leaving at least 88 people dead.
The events of that week not only changed the country, but also the life of Christian judge Anarkul Toksobayeva.
"My pastor told me 'God did this revolution for you,'" she said.
Toksobayeva sought righteousness with her rulings and often went against Bakiyev – a task that wasn't easy since government officials in the country often mandated court decisions.
"I especially remember two cases. One of them they actually asked me to make someone guilty and I was quite sure he was innocent," Toksobayeva recalled. "The other one was to make innocent someone whom I was certain was guilty."
"So, I especially prayed in this situation because they also called me to the upper floor and they told me that I was supposed to decide in this way," she continued.
Toksobayeva's Communist family raised her as an atheist. Though Kyrgyzstan is a Muslim nation, many Kyrgyz embrace Christianity. Toksobayeva was among those who eventually came to know Christ.
Standing for What's Right
Toksobayeva's faith pushed her to make just rulings and she often urged fellow judges to reject the corrupt demands of government officials.
"[One day] I opened my Bible in front of the other two judges – non-believers – and I started to read it and pray aloud. I prayed and read the Bible out loud for 40 minutes," Toksobayeva said. "My colleagues looked at me as if I were crazy."
That stand led to trouble with the Bakiyev government. She said officials planted money in her office and then accused her of taking a bribe.
"Of course the main reason why they did it to me was they wanted to remove me because I was not following their unjust orders," Toksobayeva said. "I said 'you cannot do anything to me. I'm afraid of God, but I am not afraid of you.'"
A four-year legal battle followed. She ultimately lost her case at the appellate court this year on April 6 – the day the Kyrgyzstan revolution started.
"I had no idea on what happened to Bakiyev and the politics until the next evening," Toksobayeva explained. "I had a phone call from someone and they told me that Bakiyev left. I was praising the Lord, thanking Him for all this."
In early June, with the president and many of his cronies out of power, the Supreme Court finally ruled there was no evidence against Toksobayeva and she was acquitted.
During the trial, she said the Old Testament book of Job brought encouragement.
"He was like my companion in my difficult time. I understood that we need to hold on and become steady and persevere through all these hardships and troubles," Toksobayeva said.
Picking up the Pieces
The people of Kyrgyzstan suffered more hardship in mid-June. Attacks by Bakiyev loyalists against ethnic Uzbeks in the south of the country forced 400,000 people from their homes. As many as 2,000 people were killed.
Some Uzbeks have returned to their villages, but many are afraid violence could flare up again.
Still, the people are optimistic for the future.
Voters recently agreed to change the constitution, giving their parliament and prime minister greater power. Parliamentary elections will be held in October.
As the nation presses toward democracy, Toksobayeva called on Christians to pray for righteous reform, honest leaders, and independent judges.
"I know the Lord is master chief of every power," Toksobayeva said. "I am amazed at how almighty He is."
"He can change things in a minute.," she added. "And He's never late."
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8 Tips to Celebrate Sustainably this Fourth of July
Guest post: Mary Sticklen and Kaitlin Burt – Sustainability interns
The Fourth of July is a great day to celebrate our country by cooking out and watching fireworks. Unfortunately, some of our traditional ways of celebrating can have negative impacts on the environment. So here are some tips that will help you to add some green into your red, white, and blue celebrations!
Tip 1: Buy Local
As you plan for your barbeques make sure to try and source your beef locally and buy your produce and breads at local farmer's markets. There are farmer's markets you can still visit before the Fourth (Findlay Market (8am-2pm), Lebanon (3pm-7pm), Madeira (3:30pm-7pm), and Mt. Washington (3pm-7pm). Or check out the locally supplied and organic products at your nearest grocery store.
Tip 2: Ditch Plastic Dishes
While you are feasting this fourth, make sure to use your glassware or buy biodegradable dishware instead of buying plastic or Styrofoam. Biodegradable dishware is not much more expensive than its plastic counterparts and the environmental difference is significant. Biodegradable dishware only takes a few months to degrade in landfills, while plastic can take hundreds of years!
Tip 3: Carpool
The Fourth is a great to time catch up with friends and family. To save money and help the planet carpool to your events and parties.
Tip 4: Reuse Your Cup
If you're having a big party, opt for serving drinks in large pitchers rather than serving drinks in cans and bottles, which can pile up fast. If you do use plastic cups when serving, make sure to write everyone's name on them so you only have to use one. Also don't forget to bring your own reusable water bottle!
Tip 5: Use Propane
One way you can make your cookout greener is to use propane to grill the food rather than charcoal. Charcoal grills produce almost three times the amount of greenhouse gases as propane. If propane is not an option, charcoal briquettes made from scrapwood are the most environmentally friendly.
Tip 6: Compost and Recycle
Being diligent about your food waste and recyclables is another easy way to be green. If possible compost all your food waste after the party and make sure to recycle any cans or bottles.
Tip 7: Watch Fireworks with Friends
Fireworks are an integral Fourth of July tradition, however they are not the most environmentally friendly. Instead of setting off your own fireworks, bring your friends to a local firework event rather than setting off your own. Firework events in the Cincinnati include:
– Mariemont Independence Celebration
– Loveland Fourth of July Celebration
– Red White & Blue Ash Fireworks
– Harrison 4th of July Celebration
– Ault Park Independence Day Fireworks
– Indian Hill 4th of July Celebration
If you are setting off your own fireworks make sure to buy fireworks that are high in nitrogen because they release less smoke into the environment.
Tip 8: Enjoy the Outdoors
The best way to appreciate the outdoors is to go out and enjoy it. Have fun with your friends and family and enjoy the fresh air!
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Greenest Restaurant in America!
How about that! Greenest restaurant in America! In fact, when the Green Restaurant Association took a look at our new Base Camp Café, the Cincinnati Zoo scored the highest sustainability rating of any restaurant EVER! We're composting and getting out of the landfill. We're serving fresher, local foods. And we're working toward a monster goal of having our zoo visitors eat as well as our animals!
And it's not just our restaurant . . .
Over the past 7 years the Cincinnati Zoo has become nationally known as "The Greenest Zoo in America." And this isn't just a branding campaign or a marketing plan, we have the data to back it up. The Cincinnati Zoo uses 1/3 the water we used in 2006, when we began our big sustainability push. And though we have added 25% more buildings, animal exhibits, and facilities since then, we use LESS electricity and natural gas than we did back then. And it's important to note that we didn't accomplish this by blowing money on big new systems. In fact, part of why our "Go Green" program is so effective is that we actually save a fortune through our sustainability programs. That way, we can invest those utility savings in upkeep and improving the zoo – for both our animals and our visitors.
The Way Forward
Of course, it's not about winning awards or recognition. The Cincinnati Zoo models effective ways to "Go Green" because it is good for our community and good for our world, as well as our bottom line. The big challenges that both wildlife and people face in the 21st Century are not going to be solved top-down. There is no magic wand that the World Wildlife Fund or the EPA can wave to save the world. Even huge problems like habitat loss and climate change will only be solved by hundreds of millions of better, more informed, decisions being made every day across America. Today the US leads the world in consumption. We can also lead the way in going green.
Come over to the Cincinnati Zoo and we'll show you how.
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Eat Locally!
Eat like an animal, and eat locally! Because our animals are from many different parts of the world, their food may travel quite a distance to make it to the Zoo. Did you know that on average, your food travels 1500 miles from farm to table? In the Greater Cincinnati region alone, about $5 billion is spent each year on food. If each of us shifted just 10% of our food to locally produced fruits, vegetables, honey, eggs, meat and dairy, we could shift $49 million into our local economy, while at the same time reducing carbon emissions from transporting food. This would also create 522 local jobs. Our commissary has made the shift and does their best to source as much of our food (both for our animals and for our guests!) as we can, locally.
Consider shopping locally for some, or even all, of your food needs. There are many ways you can do so – shop at a local farmers market, join a CSA (community supported agriculture) program, visit local farms, support community gardens, grow in your own yard/patios, or have Green B.E.A.N. Delivery bring fresh, local food right to your doorstep. Our local foodshed, as defined by Green Umbrella Local Food Action Team, is within the Central Ohio River watershed – food grown within a 50-mile radius of downtown Cincinnati or a 100-mile radius by growers who regularly sell within a 50-mile radius.
Each year a local food guide is published and highlights all of the local farms, farmers markets, CSA programs and other food related opportunities in our region. It also has a great list of restaurants that source some of their dishes with ingredients from local farms. You can download the CORV Food Directory at their website.
A few other great resources include the Ohio Proud and Kentucky Proud websites that list Ohio and Kentucky small businesses that make, farm or supply mostly food related products. Indiana has some great resources as well, listed on this website.
In our Avondale neighborhood, a great source of local food is Gabriel's Place – a community garden, community kitchen and marketplace. Their Farmers Market will open up weekly on Thursdays from 4-6pm beginning June 7th, and may feature any of the following: fresh, local fruits and vegetables, self-made craft goods, breads, baked goods and spices, meats, dairy and beans. Mark your calendar now! Gabriel's Place is located at 3618 Reading Road, next to the Hirsch Recreation Center.
Consider making the 10% shift, eat locally and support your local food economy while cutting down on carbon emissions!
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Indy 500 results -- It was a great event with a thrilling end. Dario Franchitti a Scottish driver once again won in todays Indianopolis 500-Mile race. Followed by British Dan Wheldon finished second, while another British racer Alex Lloyd came in at third. Chip Ganassi Franchitti's car owner did make a history in this todays race he became the first person in history to win both the Daytona 500 and Indianapolis 500 in the same year. Jamie McMurray won the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Daytona this past February. This is Ganassi's fourth victory at Indy, having won with Juan Pablo Montoya in 2000, Scott Dixon in 2008 and this year's victory. Additionally, Ganassi co-owned the car driven to victory by Emerson Fittipaldi in 1989. The race ended with a spectacular crash between Ryan Hunter-Reay and Mike Conway in the north chute between Turns 3 and 4 on the final lap. Conway's car went airborne and ripped into the fence before landing upside-down on the race track in one of the most spectacular crashes in recent Indy 500 history. Conway was able to get out of the car and wave to the crowd of over 300000 fans afterward. He was later airlifted to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis where he is being treated for orthopedic injuries of his left leg. Get ESPN Channel to watch more races!!! streamdirectsports.com
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Results: P1 - #26 - P. Chamberlai (England) P2 - #12 - T. Hamilton (New Jersey) P3 - #21 - R. Terpstra (Michigan) P4 - #6 - B. Barns (Northwest) P5 - #23 - J. Lorenzo (Iberia) P6 - #3 - M. Seney (West) P7 - #18 - R. Broekman (Benelux) P8 - #32 - M. Sherwin (Ohio) and more....
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In part 1 of Shear's third podcast Adam discusses the Lakers vs. Suns game 5 results and previews Celtics vs. Magic game 6. Listen to Part 2 for Stanley Cup and Indy 500 predictions.
...top the 238 mph barrier twice in his four-lap run for the fastest speeds of month at Indy. The results marked the fourth Indy 500 pole position for Castroneves and a record 16th for Team Penske, which has also won the race a record 15 times. Castroneves said...
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...than right here, right now." The early results in the 2010 IndyCar Series season point toward a strong possibility of another Indy 500 win for Team Penske. Power leads the championship standings after the first six races, with victories in Sao Paulo, Brazil,...
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Eco-Friendly Oil? DUCK Will Make You Believe Directing collective Kompost, working via DUCK Studios, created a visually explosive spot for Green Earth Technologies' G-OIL™, the "official motor oil of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) and the International Motor Spots Association (IMSA)." Working via Alliance, a division of Grey Group, director Oliver Conrad and EP Gian Klainguti led a VFX team that manufactured a remarkable fast-paced world simulating the impact and durability of the world's first and only American Petroleum Institute approved biodegradable high-performance motor oil made from renewable bio-based sources. Anthem begins with a trickle of oil that morphs into an engine which ultimately turns into the FLM-09 racing car, manufactured by G-OIL Oreca-Courage for the newly formed Green Earth Team Gunnar, the first team at ALMS to run on environmentally friendly oil. As it accelerates through a white-washed world, a verdant forest launches from the earth behind it, symbolizing the synthesis between the vehicle and the landscape. Emphasizing the oil's versatility, the car transforms into an even faster racer that zooms along a smooth road relentlessly unfolding onscreen. Kompost drew from a broad toolbox to create this vibrant world, using Maya, Real Flow, mental ray, After Effects and Mudbox. In an attempt to use materials that reflect the biodegradable qualities of the product, they used water-color textures to show green ink spreading life to paper as soon as ...
Tagliani takes success into his own handsEdmonton Journal... a few eyes on his own last May when he came from back of the pack to finish 11th in the Indianapolis 500 and earn Indy rookie-of-the-year honours. ...and more »
He's not big-league, he's my brother: IndyCar's need to connect with the ...Pop Off ValveI remember as a child going to my first Indy 500 practice session. As is usual for most people's childhood memories, many details have faded over time. ...and more »
SPEEDtv.comINDYCAR: Miller's Mailbag, 4.22SPEEDtv.comI can't imagine that SOMEONE wouldn't put him in their car AT LEAST for Indy. Since Tracy's announcement in Long Beach, are there any other Indy 500 ...and more »
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...Patrick's results that have earned credibility. Much of her reputation has been built at the Brickyard, where she rocketed onto the Indy car scene with a fourth place finish in her 500 debut in 2005 and then blasted home third last year. But this season, Patrick,...
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Indianapolis Motor SpeedwayWhoWon.com2010 Indy 500 tickets: Tickets for the 2010 Indianapolis 500, scheduled for Sunday, May 30, are on sale now. Race Day ticket prices start at just $20. ...and more »
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____ boazpower.com ____(August 12, 2002) Someone asked me the other day how I come up with topics each week for my worldwide newsletter. I explained that all of us are very creative. All we have to do is open our eyes and consider the possibilities. So, to prove a point, I asked her for a topic. The following is what resulted Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines. The pit crew should have taken care of the details, all you have to do is rev up your engine, hit the gas pedal and come out of pit row. All the other cars are going real fast, so be careful. However, you dont want too many to get ahead of you. So, I suggest you floor it! Watch out for the concrete walls, the dangerous curves and, above all, all those rushing, short-tempered other drivers. Who do they think they are to try and get to the finish line a few seconds ahead of you? Wait a minute. This is not the Indy 500. This is your morning commute to work. Why do we all look at it as if it were a race? Why do we let traffic get us all riled up? Why does it bother us so much when someone cuts us off? My theory is that every moment we spend getting tense and upset results in us losing a moment at the end of our lives. Its a proven fact that most illnesses are brought on by stress. So why not develop some techniques that can reduce stress in traffic and help us live longer. Here are some suggestions to make your commute to work more peaceful and more productive How about giving up two of your wheels? What if you ...
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Tragic: Body of Missing New Hampshire Mom Krista Dittmeyer FoundSunny Chanel
For the last five days there has been a frantic hunt for 20-year-old single mom Krista Dittmeyer. But the search is sadly over. Her body was found in a pond near the area where she went missing.
Last Saturday her car had been discovered in a parking lot in Conway, New Hampshire. The police found her car with the engine running, the hazard lights flashing, and with her 14-month-old daughter Aliyah in the back seat, fortunately the toddler was safe and sound.
There had been hope that Krista was also safe and sound somewhere but that was not the case. There were fears about her fate when blood was found in the car, but the family had been optimistic. Just today, Krista's family appeared on the Today show to talk about their search, how Krista's daughter missed her mother, and the family hoped to find her soon, but obviously alive.
"It is with great sorrow that I tell you we located the body today of Krista Dittmeyer. She was found in what is known around this area as Duck Pond," Senior Assistant Attorney General Jane Young said.
As of now, the police are not releasing any information about the cause or the manner of Krista's death. They are also not talking about suspects with the public yet. One person who has a pretty good alibi is her ex (and Aliyah's father), who is currently serving time in prison.
Regardless of the when, how, why, it is a very tragic end, our thoughts go out to her friends, family and her young daughter.
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Celine Dion Unleashes New Record
The last time Celine Dion released a new album, "Titanic" was doing huge business at the box office and there weren't as many scantily dressed young women crowding the record charts. However, Dion isn't worried. Today, the 33-year-old singer releases "A New Day Has Come," her first new album since 1997's titanic "Let's Talk About Love." Already, the title track is number 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Chart and has just reached the Top 40 chart, reports USA Today. Dion, who has sold 140 million albums worldwide, shrugs at the competition for record buyers' attention -- and dollars. "I'm very competitive," she told USA Today. "But I'm competing with myself and nobody else. I'm not better than Mariah or Whitney or Madonna or Alicia Keys. There's a place for all of us." The Canadian singer admits, however, that she's somewhat disappointed by the recording industry's preoccupation with skin. "When is it going to stop -- are we going to have to perform naked soon?" Dion opined to USA Today. "The image is becoming more important than talent. It's pretty scary. Don't get me wrong. I'm lucky to have my body, and I'm happy to show a little skin. But if you try to be sexier than everyone else, you will kill yourself. Why not be happy with yourself?" Dion's happiness with her new album comes at a difficult time personally, amid charges that her husband/manager Rene Angelil, 60, raped a woman two years ago in a Las Vegas hotel room. The plaintiff, Yun Kyeong Sung Kwon, is suing Angelil in a civil suit, requesting to overturn a settlement that had been made with Angelil in June 2000 (that she claims was agreed upon under mental duress). According to the AP, Angelil's lawyers say the allegations are false -- and that they are different from the ones Kwon made two years ago.


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ALLEGAN — The different types of urinary incontinence and treatment options available will be the topic at "Take Control of Your Bladder" at 6 p.m. Monday, March 14 at at Allegan General Hospital, 555 Linn Street, Allegan. During this seminar urologist John Anema will discuss options including the urethra sling procedure. Individuals can register online for this free seminar at aghosp.org or call Allegan General Hospital's Community Events Line at 686-4231.
One in three women suffers from bladder leakage or stress urinary incontinence (SUI), which can occur when a female sneezes, laughs, coughs, exercises or picks up a heavy object.
"SUI occurs when pelvic muscles supporting the bladder and urethra have been damaged or weakened, so that they may not hold the urethra in its correct position," said Dr. Anema from Urologic Consultants, PC. "Sudden movements from the diaphragm put stress on the bladder, causing the urethra to lose its seal and allowing urine to leak out."


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Compojure is a great web framework written in Clojure. Although in its infancy, the project has a lot of promise. The best part is that getting started is a snap!
The only thing you need to have installed on your system is Java and Ant. Everything else is taken care of for you by Compojure. To make things even simpler I have provided a script that does all of the project setup for you. Let's take a look.
After you have downloaded the script, make sure to make it executable (
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compojure <project name>
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<project name>.clj file that has a "Hello World" example built right in. When the script finishes running just run:
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If a rare tragicomedy by Ivan Turgenev isn't your idea of a great night out, who can blame you? Even with Iain Glen — an excellent actor but not quite a star, his success in Game of Thrones notwithstanding — this is a risky revival for the Old Vic to open at Christmas.
Lucy Bailey's production has one great selling point though: it's fabulous. Mike Poulton's sharp version of Turgenev's 1848 play was first seen in Chichester in 1996 before heading to Broadway where it got a Tony nomination as Best Play. Now in the West End for the first time, Fortune's


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NEWARK — Essex County's go-to location for domestic violence victims celebrated the opening of its new permanent location in Newark today.
The Family Justice Center, on the second floor of 89 Market St., offers 16 offices and private meeting rooms for victims and staff. There are also rooms for group therapy, hospitality and a children's play area.
The first of its kind in New Jersey, the center houses under one roof law enforcement/legal services and counseling to help domestic abuse victims navigate through a crisis, said state Attorney General Paula Dow, who spoke at the event.
A sense of urgency had surrounded the Family Justice Center's opening last year, which was prompted by a rash of domestic violence fatalities in 2007.
About 100 people and officials toured the center, including Dow and Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray, and national leaders of victim advocacy groups like Gael Strack, who co-founded the first justice center in 2002 in San Diego.
Executive Director Mary Houtsma said the 5,000-square-foot site is a big improvement from their temporary office, roughly eight cubicles worth of space at the Wilentz Justice Complex on Washington Street.
The center is seeking sponsors to help with furniture and other finishing touches, said Houtsma.
Earlier this month, the center received a $750,000 federal grant to fund four staffers: a Newark police officer, program coordinator at the center, an investigator and a bilingual victim-witness advocate in the domestic violence unit of the county prosecutor's office.
The center accepts walk-ins and is open Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.


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Rutherford County's 32 percent increase from January 2012 to January 2013 is a good sign that this year will be another good year of positive growth in the local real-estate industry.I'm not sure we will continue to see 32 percent increases all year long, but it's a great start. Some analysts are predicting anywhere from a 5 percent to 30 percent increase over last year. So, I would predict we will be somewhere in the middle, with a 15 to 20 percent increase for 2013.One reason for not going with the higher estimates is I think volume will be held back due to quality inventory levels being depleted. Given the situation, buyers are more likely to wait until the home they prefer comes onto the market. This supply and demand issue should cause prices to rise. Prices are still very attractive, but that will start to change in the near future.Middle Tennessee is starting to show up on the radar of larger institutional investors who have been focused on larger markets until now. In this market, investors could begin to favor investing capital in a more stable economy, which Middle Tennessee has to offer.The Middle Tennessee real estate market didn't suffer as bad as larger markets like Atlanta, Phoenix. and Las Vegas, which were the first areas large institutional investors started investing in once the bottom of the market was established.The good news for Middle Tennessee is we didn't drop as low as these other markets. And with the increased investments from these investors, we will climb up from the bottom much faster than we would otherise. This addition will also help deplete the inventory, which is already starting to be a problem in some areas.Of all homes sold, 33 percent are purchased within the first 30 days of being listed for sale. There is also an increase of multiple offers being made on good inventory. Quick sales figures suggest that the good inventory is very limited, and this will continue to be a problem because builders are still not pulling permits at a high enough level to take care of the demand for quality properties.


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As Banks Retreat, Hedge Funds Smell Profit
School Specialty Inc., a distributor of classroom supplies, borrowed $64 million from a private investment fund last year after it couldn't get a loan from a bank. Its financial problems persisted, and, in January, it sought bankruptcy protection.
Most of the company's creditors lost money and its shareholders were wiped out. But its last-ditch lender, Bayside Capital, had its loan repaid in full, plus 12.5% interest. It also stands to collect a $23.7 million "early-payment" fee that would vault its profit above 30%, which has prompted a bankruptcy-court challenge by other creditors.
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Private investment funds, facing diminished returns in some other areas, have piled into the business of lending to struggling companies, part of a so-called shadow-lending system that operates under different rules than commercial banks. Hedge funds D.E. Shaw Group and Oaktree Capital Management, for example, recently set up funds to lend to small and midsize businesses, including distressed ones.
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Such loans typically are secured by claims against a borrower's assets. Last year, such asset-based lending hit record levels, with about $620 billion of corporate loans outstanding, up about 25% from 2010 and double the total of a decade ago, according to the Commercial Finance Association, whose members include independent finance companies and lending arms of banks.
The growth of alternative forms of corporate lending comes as banks cut back on some types of business lending. Banks held a total of $584 billion in small-business loans as of March 31, down from a peak of $713 billion in 2008, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
As lenders of last resort, private investment funds often charge interest rates higher than the average paid by small businesses—which was 5.2% in June, according to the National Federation of Independent Business. Hedge funds dedicated to lending generated an average return of 11.7% last year, compared with a 2% return for all hedge funds, according to research firm eVestment.
Highbridge Capital Management, a unit of J.P. Morgan JPM -1.59 % Asset Management, has raised about $4 billion from institutions and high-net-worth individuals to invest in middle-market companies. Highbridge partner Mike Patterson, portfolio manager of the new fund, says the firm sees "a lot of opportunity" in providing financing to companies that don't have easy access to capital markets.
The new lenders say they are offering a lifeline to companies that can't borrow from banks, and that they aren't forcing anybody to take their money. They say that without strict conditions they wouldn't make the loans because they would lose money.
Small and medium-size businesses generate more than half of the nation's jobs, according to the Small Business Administration. The recession dealt them a double-whammy. Revenues for many declined, leaving them in need of capital. But money dried up as banks tightened their standards for loans and some small-business lenders struggled with their own financial problems.
"Hedge funds are playing an increasingly important role for companies that can't get funding," says David Brophy, a finance professor at the University of Michigan.
Hedge funds and other private lenders sometimes require corporate borrowers to put up the kind of collateral not usually seen in bank loans, such as patents and technology. The deals often contain clauses that trigger big fees if loan covenants are broken and position lenders to get repaid first in the case of bankruptcy.
"If you have a covenant hiccup, you're going to feel just like a tied-up goat pleading for mercy," says Michael Madden, a veteran deal maker and co-founder of private-equity firm BlackEagle Partners, which isn't involved in such lending.
Brodkey Brothers Inc., a 133-year-old jewelry-store chain based in Omaha, Neb., was struggling partly because of a slump in jewelry sales during the recession. It launched a search for a new lender, says Chief Executive Officer Oliver Keene, "but traditional banks were not interested in the jewelry business."
In June 2012, the jewelry chain signed a deal with Salus Capital Partners, a commercial-lending arm of hedge fund Harbinger Group Inc. HRG 0.13 % After pledging assets such as jewelry as collateral, Brodkey got a $3 million credit line at 7.75% interest. Mr. Keene says various conditions of the loan drove up the final cost.
"We didn't have great financials," says Mr. Keene, who joined Brodkey in May 2012 as the deal was being completed. "We didn't have a choice."
The terms of the loan required, among other things, that suppliers exhibit confidence in the company by delivering certain inventory to its Omaha headquarters by early November. That didn't happen, partly because Superstorm Sandy delayed some shipments from the Northeast, according to the company and its lender.
With the loan in default, Salus pushed to get repaid, Mr. Keene says. The company couldn't raise new funds or find a buyer quickly, he says. In February, Brodkey filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
"We did more than a traditional bank to try to turn the company around and support it during tougher times," says Kyle Shonak, a senior vice president at Salus. He says Salus lent Brodkey more money in bankruptcy so it wouldn't have to liquidate immediately. "We gave them quite a bit of time" to conduct an organized auction and maximize the value of the assets, he says.
Brodkey, which had 125 workers and nine stores, sold its assets to a buyer that liquidated them. As a secured lender, Salus had liens against the assets, so it was first in line to get repaid in bankruptcy court.
With interest and fees, Salus realized a 13.5% return on its loan, according to Mr. Keene. Salus declined to discuss that figure.
"Banks are not an alternative," says Mr. Keene. "These guys have stepped into that void…For us, if you get into a position of a little jeopardy, that's where it all goes wrong. Once you stumble, it becomes perpetual. You can't get out."
Salus has lent more than $250 million to more than a dozen companies, including American Apparel and Frederick's of Hollywood Group Inc., according to Salus. It recently pooled many of the loans to create a collateralized loan obligation, which it sold to investors in the form of securities.
Vuzix Corp., which makes "augmented-reality" glasses—a computer with a head-mounted display—borrowed $500,000 from hedge fund Lampe, Conway & Co. LLC, at an interest rate of more than 12%. As collateral, it put up all its assets, including 47 patents. Richard Conway, one of the hedge fund's founders, got a board seat.
"It would have been good to have a conventional bank line, but it wasn't easy to get," says Vuzix Chief Executive Officer Paul Travers.
Vuzix, based in Rochester, N.Y., ran into trouble making payments, so it sold off a profitable division to another hedge fund and used some of the proceeds to pay off the loan. Mr. Conway, who is no longer on the board, declined to comment.
In March, running low on cash, Vuzix borrowed $800,000 from another hedge fund, Hillair Capital Investments, at a 16% interest rate, well above the roughly 5% banks charge the average small business. Again it pledged all its assets. Hillair also got warrants—the right to buy 186,480 shares at a favorable price.
"It's not inexpensive," says Vuzix's Mr. Travers. "But it's good money at a good time, and it's helping us achieve our goals."
Some Vuzix investors have complained the deals are diluting the value of their shares. Hillair declined to comment on that issue.
''It would have been good to have a conventional bank line, but it wasn't easy to get,' says one CEO.'
Advanced Cell Technology Inc., which is trying to develop a treatment for a degenerative eye disease, borrowed $12 million from hedge fund Camofi Master LLC in 2009. As part of the deal, Camofi received bonds that could be converted into stock, and securities allowing it to buy the stock at a fixed price later. Stipulations contained in the contract would make it expensive to later seek new financing at a lower price from another lender.
"It's like a financing that never goes away," says Gary Rabin, who became chief executive in late 2010.
Camofi subsequently sued over the value of its securities. Earlier this year, Advanced Cell agreed to settle the dispute by paying the hedge fund $2 million in cash and $4.5 million worth of stock, and to pay another $6 million at a later date.
The firm cited the deal and related legal expenses as the main reason it used more cash than usual in the first quarter. Camofi declined to comment.
"It's not like small companies had a lot of other alternatives" in recent years, says Mr. Rabin. "So lenders were able to exact a lot of expensive terms."
School Specialty, the school-supplies distributor based in Greenville, Wis., ran into trouble partly because of budget cuts by local governments, says David Vander Zanden, the former chief executive.
In January 2012, School Specialty hired investment-banking firm Robert W. Baird as a financial adviser. It "cast a wide net" for a lender to refinance its existing debt, the company's chief financial officer, David Vander Ploeg, said in a bankruptcy-court affidavit.
Only three potential lenders stepped forward—all private investment funds, according to court documents. They were Guggenheim Partners LLC, J.P. Morgan's Highbridge Capital and Bayside Capital, which is based in Miami and manages $4 billion.
After several months of negotiations, Bayside extended a loan of about $64 million. "The terms were reflective of the market and the risk attributable to a company in the midst of an economic trough," Bayside said in a filing in the subsequent bankruptcy case. "The covenants were tight and the economics were expensive."
Last December, School Specialty breached a loan covenant related to the amount of cash the company could generate quickly. Bayside, invoking the terms of the loan, called for repayment in full, along with a $23.7 million early-payment fee.
In January, School Specialty filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. To pay off its secured debt to Bayside, it put the company on the block. If no bidder surfaced willing to pay more than what Bayside was owed—about $84 million with the early-payment fee—the investment fund would take over, with limited opportunity for alternative bids.
When no bidder emerged, it looked as though Bayside would get the company. The company's unsecured bondholders, believing the company is worth more, banded together to pay off Bayside and look for a buyer. They also sued Bayside in bankruptcy court to try to overturn the $23.7 million early-payment fee, also called a "make-whole payment." A judge ruled against them in April, but the bondholders have appealed.
"They lulled a troubled company into signing a loan on terms that were exploitative," says Robert Stark, a lawyer at Brown Rudnick LLP who is representing unsecured creditors.
Bayside declined to comment, but in its response to the lawsuit, it defended the deal as a "life raft" for School Specialty at the time it was signed. It said the company had "no other acceptable option." School Specialty emerged from bankruptcy protection in June with new financing.
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Gov.-elect Chris Christie has said he opposes legislation a member of his transition team is sponsoring that would let local governments put off paying part of their pension contributions this year. The bill would allow towns, cities and counties to pay half their obligations to the pension system in the spring, after Christie has taken office.
By towaho
Of course this will cost taxpayers more in the long run. This type of thing is one of the reasons NJ is the financial equivalent of the Titanic.
By Njresident
I agree. Democrats have ruined this state and country. I'm with Christie. PAY YOUR OBLIGATIONS NOW. Otherwise we'll have to increase taxes in the future for catch up payments.
Anyways ... why do people in government/public sector think they should be making anywhere near what people in the private sector make?
By shaggybone
Good analogy towaho. The "iceberg" would be the enormous pension windfall that has been provided to state, municipal, and teachers' unions over the years.
When will towns start operating like private businesses and realize that in order to cut expenses they will need to start laying off people and not just keep raising taxes to cover shortfalls. When my company's profits dropped like a rock salaries were frozen and people were let go. Why are state, teachers, and municipal workers considered sacred cows?
By dirndl
Which private business, shaggy? AIG? GM? Enron? The private sector doesn't have all the answers.
By iris
I'm glad Christie is against this. Most of the townships negotiated these pensions. Also, it does just dig a bigger hole and allow people that were elected to take the easy way out.
dirndl, good post. I'm a little weary of hearing how well companies run. The ones you mentioned--two took government (read: your tax dollars) to stay running and the other one soaked its own employees by pretending that everything was fine.
By mondocane
This pension nonsense started with the Whitman administration and is one of the reasons the state is in the shape it is in right now. The cities agreed to the pensions and now they must pay them. It is as simple as that. Cut patronage jobs and you will see a huge savings. The sole reason the urban areas are broke is the plethora of patronage jobs given to those who hang signs and attend political rallies let alone the city workers who take time off to drive and play lap dog to various elected and appointed hacks at election time.
By dagesq
Whitman was a disaster. We voted her out and got -- McGreevey. Financial sleights-of-hand which deceive taxpayers just to make politicians look good are what got us into this mess.
Christie is right. If you commit to it, pay for it now so YOU will face the wrath of the taxpayers.
By misticonus
... who do you think has been paying into the Public Employees Pension Funds for the last 20 years? It's been the teachers, police, fire, state and local workers. They never had a vacation from paying like the state and local governments did to lower local taxes back in the 90s and 2000s.
In fact local, state government or tax payers (unless you work for the state or local government, a teacher or fireman or policeman and are a tax payer like me) have not made a full payment into the Public Pensions Funds since Florio started messing with the payments.
So now you and others know who paid for that $67 billion fund that is known as the Public Pension Funds.
Merry Christmas
By baligirl
So Healy's gang took payoffs from developers and in turn they gave them huge tax abatements. None of the business or revenue promised by the developers has materialized and yet they still have these abatements for as long as 30 years. He ran a lot of working people out of the city to make way for these developers and now he is taxing the remaining working homeowners as much as he can. Healy has dug a huge hole and Cunningham is willing to risk the pension system to help dig him out. She is as reprehensible as Healy.
By 4getme2
Christie, Sandra Cunningham knows less than her husband ever did (and he only knew how to use the system best for himself), and you place her on your transition team. See what it has created. You haven't even taken office yet and you are showing your inexperience. I voted for you ... . only because Corzine was an A-Hole. What are you trying to do, follow in his footsteps. Maybe you should just fill your entire transition team with TEAM HEALY and all the other inept Hudson County politicians. I'm surprised that you haven't asked Corzine to be on your transition team.
By Get Real
System needs serious reform before any more money is put in. Otherwise, it is just a very, very temporary fix.
Hope Christie realizes that with other cuts, lack of pension payment deferral will both drive up property taxes big time and result in many local government layoffs. Maybe he does.
By tmaccc
Is BIG CHRISTIE for real??? A centerpiece of his campaign was the corruption scandal in where? HUDSON COUNTY! Now he's respecting them and listening to them when they put forward a proposal he attacked prior to the election.
Worse, it's on behalf of that drunken embarrassment of a mayor who is the epitome of what BIG CHRISTIE told us he was running against. At least Whitman, McGreevy and even Corzine had the decency to wait until sworn in before they started to wheel, deal, confuse and flip-flop. What a thought -- we may have just elected the Biggest Fraud yet.


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Kristen Stewart has been lying low since the news broke in July that she cheated on Robert Pattinson with her Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders. But come September, she'll be on the road again – promoting her latest film, On the Road.
Stewart, 22, will be in Toronto for the International Film Festival, PEOPLE has confirmed. The festival runs from Sept. 6 through 16 and will feature a special presentation of the film, which also stars Viggo Mortensen, Garrett Hedlund and Amy Adams. Stewart plays Marylou, a recently married 16-year-old in the adaptation of Jack Kerouac's book of the same name.
Pattinson meanwhile, had been holed up in Reese Witherspoon's Ojai, Calif., home before hitting New York this week for the Cosmopolis premiere and related interviews.
There is still no word on whether either or both of them will attend MTV's Video Music Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 6.


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By Michael Howell
Ravalli County Recycling is open once again at the Ravalli County Fairgrounds in Hamilton on Mondays. The recycling service, which was started at the fairgrounds by Retired Senior Volunteer Program members and then suspended during Fair time, is now collecting recyclables once again at the north gate on Old Corvallis Road.
The County Commissioners by resolution set a November 4 deadline for the recycling operation to find another home. According to Doug Soehren of the newly organized non-profit Ravalli Recycling, another site has already been found just across the street and the recycling program may be off the Fairgrounds by early October.
Soehren said that the old Gardener's Auction site across the street on Fairgrounds Road is going to be the new home of Habitat for Humanity. He said that organization has plans for opening a Re-Store on the site to sell donated and re-usable building materials. Soehren said that the recycling group had an agreement with Habit for Humanity to use the site for Phase II of the company's business plan.
Phase II of the recycling efforts means finally including cardboard as well as plastics and paper. Ravalli Recycling received a $60,000 grant from the Department of Environmental Quality last March that required, among other things, a site of operation. That grant was put on hold when the county commissioners decided to boot the program off the fairgrounds. Soehren said that grant was now back on track with the Habitat for Humanity site. He said the proceeds would be used to purchase a compactor truck that could be used to compress cardboard.
"It would be parked at the site and when it is full we would drive it to Missoula and sell it to one of the three companies there that purchase cardboard for recycling," said Soehren.
Soehren said that another part of the expansion involved in Phase II was the use of a new, bigger trailer and truck to provide a mobile drop off site to other communities in the valley like Darby, Stevensville, and eventually Corvallis, Victor and Pinesdale, if there is enough interest.
"We will go to communities on specific days and be there for specific hours and people can bring their recyclables into town that day." Soehren said that Pacific Recycling in Missoula had agreed to let them use a small baler to compress the recyclables for transport to save on transportation costs.
Soehren said that DEQ funding would also enable hiring an employee or possibly two half-time employees to run the compactor truck and the mobile drop-off unit.
"I'm excited," said Soehren. "It's something the community really needs."
Recyclables are now being accepted on Mondays from 3 to 6 p.m. at the north gate of the Fairgrounds on Old Corvallis Road.