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The stretch sandwiched around forward Romero Osby's two makes, which included 0-for-6 shooting from the field along with just 7-of-12 free throwing, allowed the Mavericks to cut what was once a 17-point lead to two at the time.
UT-Arlington would ultimately tie it up but could never again regain the lead after getting up by as much as nine in the first half.
When a bucket by Maverick forward Jordan Reves knotted it up at 60 with just 2:35 to play, that's when the Sooners got a veteran shot by senior guard Steven Pledger.
Pledger canned a triple to put OU up three, and it rode that to the finish as he downed the eventual dagger at the line to make it a four-point lead with just a few ticks left.
Despite going silent in the second half, guard Buddy Hield led the Sooners with his game-high 17 points, all of which came in the opening 20 minutes.
Osby poured in 10.
A pair of Mavericks also managed double figures, as forwards Kevin Butler and Karol Gruszecki scored 16 and 15, respectively.
UT-Arlington actually outshot OU, hitting an even 40 percent to the visitors' 35.2 percent and holding a 32-24 advantage in the paint.
But the Sooners got to the stripe 11 more times than the Mavericks and, although they didn't shoot it well there while going 20-of-32, converted just one less free throw than UT-Arlington hoisted.
The Mavericks finished 12-for-21.
A cold start from the guys north of the Red River allowed UT-Arlington to leap out to a 12-3 lead at the first media timeout.
It also had that margin a couple minutes later at 16-7 and held an eight-point lead when it was 19-11 just more than halfway through the first half, but then the Sooners got to work.
They used an 11-0 run over the next 2:49 to reclaim the lead for good.
The Sooners were up 38-28 at intermission and extended on that after the break before the drought and furious rally.
OU (2-0) will get back to action when it heads to the Old Spice Classic a week from tomorrow and opens up with a 6 p.m. CT tipoff against the UTEP Miners in Orlando, Fla.
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By bhaas on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 10:19 am: Edit Post
Hi John..when you do your forecasts you talk about the "northwoods". What is your definition for this..what do you consider the southern boundry. I am guessing maybe Hwy 29 across WI? From EauClaire to Green Bay..or is it more north ? I read your forecasts, and this will help with your terminology.Thanks..Brian
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By bhaas on Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 10:07 am: Edit Post
Thanks John..I sure like your forecasts..its a lot nicer to be able to read them, and look at the map, than to try an catch a two minute spot on the local news.

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Blood spattered PCs
US IT outfits might be required to confirm that they do not source the tantalum used in capacitors from the Congo. A lot of Tantalum is mined from Australia, and most IT companies say their suppliers assure them that they get it from there. Their suppliers apparently tell them that they do not buy the stuff from a dodgy Congo warlord from the back of a blood splattered truck.
According to the Enough Project about a fifth of the world's known tantalum supply comes from the conflict torn Congo where as many as 45,000 people die per month. The Enough Project has taken it upon themselves to try to alleviate the situation in the Congo through protests here at home. It says that US IT corporations are indirectly financing the Congolese warlords and terrorist groups, including the FDLR, who perpetuate the killing.
The Enough Project says the big names in technology do not check where the supply of tantalum comes from due to cost concerns. Now that the iPhone is jolly popular the Enough Project has been mobilizing. They've organized protests outside Apple's new store in Washington, they've gotten an op-ed in the New York Times from columnist Nicholas Kristof, and they've gotten a few actors to create an "I'm a Mac/I'm a PC" parody .
While it is a good cause, it is unlikely to stop Apple fanboys from questioning how their iPhone's are made. After all they didn't complain when it was revealed that Chinese teenagers who were making the iPhones were throwing themselves off buildings because they were so depressed at their working conditions. All this makes you wonder if your average fanboy would buy an iPhone made out of human skin if it had an Apple logo on it.
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Oregon Wine Country
There's something about wine country that makes you feel like you've travelled to another part of the world. The way the landscape changes from rugged mountains to rolling hills, the way the fog hangs thick around the tall trees in the early morning light, and the way the warm yellow villas top the grape-lined hills. It's almost as if you slept through a multi hour plane ride and awoke in the Tuscan countryside. Bello.
Only, it's not Italy—It's Oregon. And, it's just as good, if not better, than any distant European vino hot spot. Oregon is home to not only some of the country's best wines, but some of the world's best Pinot noirs, and the epicentre of Oregon wine country lies in the Willamette Valley. The Valley holds a microclimate and soil type that make it just right for the sensitive grapes, which helps in the production of award winning wines.
My time in wine country started with an appetizing lunch at the Allison Inn & Spa's Jory Restaurant, followed by a tour and tasting at ultra-modern Winderlea Vineyard & Winery with a view. My favourite experience in wine country was spending the night at the Black Walnut Inn & Vineyard. I woke to a fiery sunrise coming up over Mt. Hood and sweeping across the misty Willamette Valley as it came to life, before enjoying a delicious breakfast of an arugula and roasted tomato egg white frittata with ingredients from the local farmers market. It was the perfect start to another day of wine tours, including stops at King Estate Winery, Sweet Cheeks Winery and the Oregon Wine Labs.
Oregon wine country is unlike anywhere else in the State, and anywhere else in the entire country for that matter. In under an hour drive, visitors can find themselves outside of the concrete jungle and happily sipping on a glass of wine in the warm Willamette Valley sunshine. If you don't want to worry about designating a driver for the evening, I highly recommend a night at the Black Walnut Inn and a visit to any of the local Red Hills of Dundee wineries. These hills are easily the most visually stunning region of the Valley. Come prepared to taste a lot of good wine eat more incredible food than you think you can manage and head home feeling mentally refreshed and ready to take on another week at work. Oregon wine country is the perfect weekend escape, happy tasting!


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This guest commentary was written in response to a guest commentary by Dick Beamish, which ran on July 2 in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, admonishing sportsmen to "calm down" and explaining the Quiet Waters Campaign endorsed by the Adirondack Explorer magazine.
Mr. Beamish did a neat job of deflecting attention away from the sportsmen's angry response to the joint announcement by state Department of Environmental Conservation and the Adirondack Park Agency of a "Quiet Waters Working Group" accurately portrayed by outdoor writer Joe Hackett. I would now like to add a few more facts for the public to digest that were not mentioned in the press releases nor by Mr. Beamish.
It is no secret that former Governor George Pataki added nearly one million acres of state land to the Adirondack Park, either by fee title or via conservation easements. Much of the land added to the Forest Preserve includes waters that were deemed of high value because they could be used to complete new canoe routes. Surely the citizens of Long Lake and Tupper Lake remember how the state crowed when it obtained the "crown jewel" of Adirondack Lakes, the 2,300-acre Little Tupper Lake. Later, the state acquired adjacent Round Lake (740 acres), Bog Lake (565 acres), Clear Pond (75 acres) and portions of the Bog River, all to create a canoe route that we were told would draw thousands of paddlers annually. The traditional and harmless use of motorboats by sportsmen on these waters ended when the entire area was classified as wilderness. No consideration was given by the state for permitting use of electric motors despite the fact that Mr. Beamish is willing to allow such use. Surprisingly, all that new Quiet Water has done little to stimulate the economies of Long Lake and Tupper Lake. Perhaps that has something to do with the lakes being too large to paddle safely upon except on all but the calmest days and in the warmest weather.
Similarly, the sportsmen of Franklin and St. Lawrence Counties can recall the acquisition of the Champion Lands and the subsequent formation of the Northern Rivers Corridors. Again, these "jewels" were purchased for paddlers. Hunting- and fishing-camp lessees who had utilized small motors on the St. Regis River, East Branch of the St. Regis River and Madawaska Pond for decades were ousted. The DEC has closed all the former access points to the rivers once used by the clubs for "safety" reasons and has been "unable" to find new access points. I attended hearings held on these rivers at locations across New York and heard virtually no support for them going motorless. Resolutions and local political support favoring continued motor use by the Franklin County Legislature, former Assemblyman Chris Ortloff and Senator Betty Little weren't exactly ignored by the state....but you won't find anybody using motors on these waters. Now, despite being a neighbor to all these northern rivers, the village of St. Regis Falls has failed to become a boomtown.
Perhaps Mr. Beamish can name other lakes or rivers within the new million acres where the use of motors for the general public has been allowed to continue? I cannot. The state has classified most of its new lands as wilderness or primitive or it leaves them unclassified. In case you don't know, unclassified lands are managed by the state as wilderness. The conservation easement lands offer no new motorboat opportunities either. Most of the easement conditions greatly restrict how the public uses these lands and waters.
So, there has been a decade of new quiet water access purchased by the state with constant loss of motor boating waters. Now we hear of a committee being formed because "there are too few paddling opportunities." The state, now running out of lands to buy and reclassify as wilderness, intends to regulate motors offwaters used by residents and sportsmen for generations.
Mr. Beamish asks sportsmen to calm down about the appointment of an internal committee of selected DEC and APA staffers who will consider all waters in the park for Quiet Water status. The committee will not limit itself to the waters named in the Adirondack Explorer campaign. More importantly, this committee will operate outside of the public review process required for Unit Management Planning. The UMP process requires public hearings and, ultimately, approval by the APA and DEC Commissioners. The commissioners are political appointees and have some respect for the process of how they attain and retain their jobs. However, the agency staffers on the new Quiet Waters Working Committee are not politically beholden for their jobs.... which might be a good thing, except that low-level staffers can be easily overruled by their political superiors. Thus, the new committee is a facade. No political appointees go on record with their stances on a proposed regulation. Why should sportsmen be calm about such a politically unaccountable process?
If the Quiet Waters Working Committee is truly going to be an open process as the DEC and APA press releases claim, AND IF Mr. Beamish is correct in describing how Adirondack communities are going to benefit economically by adding new Quiet waters, then why not model the Working Committee after the Open Space Committee (for state land acquisitions)? That is, let the committee nominate waters for Quiet status, but let local towns have veto power over the nominations? What could be fairer and more open than that?
I challenge Mr. Beamish to accept and promote this improvement to his campaign, but I expect to hear only "Quiet."


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To create our ledge's salvaged look, craftsmen first stain the wood brown, then layer white paint on top. The surface is chipped and sanded to reveal hints of the contrasting undercoat.
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You will notice that sun and shade patterns change during the day. The western side of a house may even be shady due to shadows cast by large trees or a structure from an adjacent property. If you have just bought a new home or just beginning to garden in your older home, take time to map sun and shade throughout the day. You will get a more accurate feel for your site's true light conditions.
The best times to plant are spring and fall, when soil is workable and out of danger of frost. Fall plantings have the advantage that roots can develop and not have to compete with developing top growth as in the spring. Spring is more desirable for perennials that dislike wet conditions or for colder areas, allowing full establishment before first winter. Planting in summer or winter is not advisable for most plants, unless planting a more established sized plant.
To plant container-grown plants: Prepare planting holes with appropriate depth and space between. Water the plant thoroughly and let the excess water drain before carefully removing from the container. Carefully loosen the root ball and place the plant in the hole, working soil around the roots as you fill. If the plant is extremely root bound, separate roots with fingers. A few slits made with a pocket knife are okay, but should be kept to a minimum. Continue filling in soil and water thoroughly, protecting from direct sun until stable.
To plant bare-root plants: Plant as soon as possible after purchase. Prepare suitable planting holes, spread roots and work soil among roots as you fill in. Water well and protect from direct sun until stable.
To plant seedlings: A number of perennials produce self-sown seedlings that can be transplanted. You may also start your own seedling bed for transplanting. Prepare suitable planting holes, spacing appropriately for plant development. Gently lift the seedling and as much surrounding soil as possible with your garden trowel, and replant it immediately, firming soil with fingertips and water well. Shade from direct sun and water regularly until stable. How-to : Staking Trees Staking is done differently depending on the size and flexibility of the
tree, and the windiness of the planting site. Generally only trees that are planted in windy, exposed locations need to be staked. For most trees, a low stake is
preferred, to let the tree move naturally. For windy areas or flexible trees,
use a high stake. For trees more than 12 feet tall, use two low stakes on
opposite sides of the tree or several guy ropes. The ties used need to
accommodate growth and not cause bark damage with friction. Buckle-and-spacer
ties can be found at garden centers, they are expandable and have a protective
spacer. Ties without spacers should be formed into a figure eight to create
padding. Latest studies have shown that when staking a tree, provide enough
leeway so that the tree can move back and forth in the wind. Stronger roots will
develop this way. If the tree can not move back and forth, these important roots
will not develop and the tree might fall over during a storm, once stakes are removed. When planting a tree, stake at the time of planting if staking is a necessity. How-to : Planting a Tree Dig out an area for the tree that is about 3 or 4 times the diameter of the container or rootball
and the same depth as the container or rootball. Use a pitchfork or shovel to scarify the sides of the
If container-grown, lay the tree on its side and remove the container. Loosen
the roots around the edges without breaking up the root ball too much. Position tree in center of hole so that the best side faces forward. You are ready to begin filling in with soil.
If planting a balled and burlaped tree, position it in hole so that the best side faces forward. Untie or remove nails from burlap at top of ball and pull burlap back, so it does not stick
out of hole when soil is replaced. Synthetic burlap should be removed as it will not decompose like natural burlap. Larger trees often come in
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as possible without actually removing the basket. Chances are, you would do more
damage to the rootball by removing the basket.
Simply cut away wires to leave several large openings for roots.
Fill both holes with soil the same way. Never amend with less than half original soil.
Recent studies show that if your soil is loose enough, you are better off adding little or no soil amendments.
Create a water ring around the outer edge of the hole. Not only will this
conseve water, but will direct moisture to perimeter roots, encouraging
outer growth. Once tree is established, water ring may be leveled. Studies show that mulched trees grow faster than those unmulched,
so add a 3"" layer of pinestraw, compost, or pulverized bark over backfilled
area. Remove any damaged limbs.
Weeds rob your plants of water, nutrients and light. They can harbor pests and diseases. Before planting, remove weeds either by hand or by spraying an herbicide according to label directions. Another alternative is to lay plastic over the area for a couple of months to kill grass and weeds.
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sprayed with a nonselective herbicide, but be careful to shield those plants you do not want to kill. Non-selective means that it will kill everything it comes in contact with.
Mulch plants with a 3 inch layer of pinestraw, pulverized bark, or compost. Mulch conserves moisture, keeps weeds down, and makes it easier to pull when necessary.
Porous landscape or open weave fabric works too, allowing air and water to be exchanged.
Although many people believe that cooler temperatures are responsible for the color change, the weather has nothing to do with it at all. As the days grow shorter and the nights longer, a chemical clock inside the trees starts up, releasing a hormone which restricts the flow of sap to each leaf. As fall progresses, the sap flow slows and chlorophyll, the chemical that gives the leaves their green color in the spring and summer, disappears. The residual sap becomes more concentrated as it dries, creating the colors of fall. Glossary : Deciduous Deciduous refers to those plants that lose their leaves or needles at the end of the growing season. Glossary : Evergreen Evergreen refers to plants that hold onto their leaves or needles for more than one growing season, shedding them over time. Some plants such as live oaks are evergreen, but commonly shed the majority of their older leaves around the end of January. Glossary : Perennial Perennial: traditionally a non-woody plant that lives for two or more growing seasons. Glossary : Seed Start Seed Start: easily propagated from seed. Glossary : Long Lasting Long Lasting: having blossoms that last for an extended period of time. Some plants may have the appearance of providing long lasting flowers because they are prolific, repeat bloomers. Glossary : pH pH, means the potential of Hydrogen, is the measure of alkalinity or acidity. In horticulture, pH refers to the pH of soil. The scale measures from 0, most acid, to 14, most alkaline. Seven is neutral. Most plants prefer a range between 5.5 and about 6.7, an acid range, but there are plenty of other plants that like soil more alkaline, or above 7. A pH of 7 is where the plant can most easily absorb the most nutrients in the soil. Some plants prefer more or less of certain nutrients, and therefore do better at a certain pH. Glossary : Fertilize Fertilize just before new growth begins with a complete fertilizer.


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Cedar Rapids Gazette: Ecolotree Leader Envisions New Era of Wastewater "Tree-tment"
Monday, November 26, 2012
North Liberty eco-business developing alternative to sewage treatment plants
The day could come when small Iowa towns have their waste water treated in dense groves of poplar trees planted at the base of wind turbines.
That's the vision of Louis Licht, the president and founder of North Liberty-based Ecolotree.
"There's hardly anything more efficient than using solar-powered trees to treat your waste water," Licht said.
Licht isn't kidding. His company is working with the Port of Morrow on the Oregon side of the Columbia River to obtain approval for a system to treat the plant's waste water by using it for year-around irrigation of a poplar plantation.
Businesses on the port produce as much waste water as a city of 40,000. Their products include the Blooming Onions served at Outback Steakhouse and the French fries served at McDonald's fast-food restaurants.
The port has been using the waste water for irrigation in the summer, but unless it can find a year-around solution it will face a very large tab for waste water treatment. A new waste water treatment plant would cost about $42 million, Licht said, and cost about $1 million in utilities per year to operate.
Even a waste water lagoon system would cost about $14 million to build.
If the year-around irrigation system gains regulatory approval, Licht said it will pay for itself by producing pulp wood that could be sold for a variety of commercial uses.
Ecolotree has been working since 1990 in the field of phytoremediation, using plants to remove contamination and waste products from soil.
Ecolotree works mainly with poplar, a species which pumps prodigious quantities of water out of the soil and into the air as it grows rapidly. The company is working on 22 projects in 15 states, most of them involving phytoremediation of things such as landfill sites and fertilizer spills.
Phytoremediation — Greek for "plant" and "restoring balance" — hasn't gotten as much use in treating waste water, Licht noted. One reason is that environmental regulators don't believe trees will process waste water in the winter months after their leaves have dropped and they are no longer pumping water out of the soil through transpiration.
Licht and other scientists in the phytoremediation field have long known that the treatment continues even after the leaves have dropped. That's possible because much of the water is processed by microbes that grow in and around the plant's root systems, which remain active year-around, Licht says.
To seek regulatory changes the Port of Morrow needed, Licht set about finding a way to prove the year-around benefits of using trees to process waste.
Licht adapted 36-inch-deep insulated shipping boxes to serve as test cells. He puts a drain in the bottom of each box and fills it with soil, then plants poplar or willow trees in the top.
Two months after they are planted, the boxed poplar trees that have been force-fed waste water have roots dense enough to mimic those of mature poplar trees. Every drop of water placed in the container passes within one centimeter of a root.
The port has funded research at the University of Iowa that can be peer-reviewed to provide a foundation of scientific consensus around the technology.
Researchers record the loadings of ammonia, nitrogen and other waste products poured into the top of the box, and compare it to the loadings in water draining out of the box.
The port planted 10 acres of poplar trees this year to pilot the waste water irrigation project, and will plant 30 acres before next growing season.
Licht called the Port of Morrow project a "sweet spot" for advancements in phytoremediation because it has all of the elements needed to bring phyto-based waste water treatment to a large commercial scale.
The site has a huge stream of waste water from the processing of potatoes, onions and other foods. It has the nearby ZeaChem cellulosic ethanol plant that generates demand for pulpwood.
There's even a 25,000-acre poplar plantation operated nearby by a company called Greenwood Resources that has been a pioneer in plant genetics for fast-growing poplar.
"We'll run a silage chopper through it (the poplar plantation) and send it to ZeaChem, and they will make all kinds of chemicals out of it — not just ethanol," Licht said.
Licht believes the green waste water treatment approach could become the salvation of many small Iowa towns that face costs to replace existing waste water treatment plants that will drive their citizens' utility bills to high levels.
In towns near a wind farm, the trees could be planted in the "footprint" of the wind turbine, which cannot be developed for other uses, Licht said. Pulp could be harvested periodically to supply a local pulpwood or ethanol industry, and the process could generate carbon credits that the towns could sell to defray their municipal expenses.
The budding interest in the technology stems not from the green revolution but from the weak economy that has generated interest in leaner government.
"Nobody wants more taxes," Licht said. "What they want is a way that will let them accomplish the same thing cheaper."
But Licht expects a bumpy road to regulatory acceptance.
"When you try to fundamentally change something this big, you're going to gore a lot of oxes," he said. "The current rules are written for a lot of other technologies."
Even so, Ecolotree has never been busier. Licht said the company, which usually operates with a small work force of part-time administrative staff and seasonal field employees, may even hire its first full-time employees next year.
"The world is watching," said Licht, who has spoken to industry and government officials from several countries in Europe and Asia about his findings.
In Iowa, Licht can envision the same type of tree-based waste water system being used to provide tertiary waste water treatment — the final stage of purification — in many small communities. Land within the "footprint" of wind turbines would make a good location for the fast-growing forests, he said, because they cannot be developed for other uses.
"It has a potential create a brand new commodity — poplar and willow woods that could be harvested and used for manufacturing different products," he said.
Greenwood's big poplar plantation near Port Morrow, Ore., harvests wood for lumber that is exported to Japan to rebuild tsunami-damaged structures, Licht said. It is also used in wood chips for paper pulp, in addition to the cellulosic ethanol.
Licht sees phytoremediation research as an emerging area, much like the science of growing corn in the 1920s. He said major public companies are interested.
"You wouldn't fight for a sewage treatment plant if you could do this," he said.


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Hello to the Primal Community!!!
Here goes my absolutely shameless parkour plug:
If you are in the Sacramento Area, you should put on your five fingers and come check out Freeflow Academy of the Hybrid Arts. Freeflow offers classes in Parkour, Martial Arts, Kettlebells, Dance, and Art. Bring the kids and learn how to move in a way that humans were meant to move, and get stronger doing it. The coaches at Freeflow will show you how your surroundings are one huge playground just waiting for you to jump in and have fun!
All of the instructors are wonderfully positive people who are passionate about what they do. The school/gym is still new (just opened this week!) and everyone is volunteering their time until business starts to pick up. These people aren't in it for the money, they are in it for love of the art that they do, and the desire to pass that knowledge on to as many people as they can.
This is a great place for kids and adults alike. Check out their website at:
FreeFlowAcademy - Sacramento/Rocklin Based Parkour, Freerunning, Martial Arts, Dance, Acting, Film & Theater Hybrid Arts Center
And then swing by some time! Tell them Emerald sent you. I would love love love to see some MDA followers in there!
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By Bob Behre
Phillipsburg hadn't beaten Hunterdon Central since the 2010 season and senior left-hander Anthony Ciaravella and his teammates took offense to that.
"We definitely took it personally," Ciaravella said. "We were real excited and real intense coming in tonight."
Ciaravella (4-2), arguably the top pitcher in West Jersey, took matters into his hands in pitching a three-hitter to stifle the potent Hunterdon Central offense on the way to a 2-1 victory and Phillipsburg's first Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex Tournament championship in the three-year-old event.
Ciaravella dazzled Hunterdon Central (17-6), No. 9 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, with 12 strikeouts. Equally impressive, he walked none and wriggled out of a jam in the bottom of the sixth to secure the win for Phillipsburg (12-10).
Ciaravella put a nice touch on his performance by striking out the side in order in the bottom of the seventh.
Pope John defeated Hunterdon Central in the tri-county final last year and Hunterdon Central won in 2010. Hunterdon Central dominated the years in which the tournament included just Hunterdon and Warren counties.
Phillipsburg struck for two runs in the top of the sixth on a two-out throwing error in the infield that scored Ciaravella, who had walked, and an RBI single by Sahil Patel.
Evan Klimchak, Hunterdon Central's leadoff hitter, opened the bottom of the sixth with a ringing triple to right-center field and Jeremy Ake followed with a hard single to center field that trimmed the deficit to 2-1.
Ciaravella then got a big out when he struck out No. 3 hitter Brett Bonn on a 1-2 changeup for the first out. Bonn entered the game with seven home runs.
Clean-up hitter Geggie Russomagno then jumped on a low curveball on Ciaravella's first offering and rocketed it toward second baseman Patel. But Patel made an easy catch and fired to first to catch Ake leaning for an inning-ending double play.
Ciaravella, who earned a no-decision in a regular-season contest won by Hunterdon Central, was a difficult read, particularly in starting many of the home team's batters with a first-pitch curveball.
"I went with the fastball to start last time I saw them," Ciaravella said. "We decided to go curveball early this time. I was proud of it. I was throwing it for strikes right from the start."
Ciaravella was particularly dominating over a stretch in which he struck out five straight batters in the second and third innings.
It was a tough way to lose for Hunterdon Central's Pete Monahan (5-2), who, like Ciaravella, limited his opponent to three hits. Monahan, a senior righty, struck out seven, walked three and permitted no earned runs.
Monahan threw 111 pitches to Ciaravella's 108 and neither pitcher showed signs of taking his foot off the gas pedal at any time.
"It was a great championship game," Hunterdon Central coach Mike Raymond said. "Both pitchers pitched their hearts out. It was a pure pitchers' duel."


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LAKEWOOD McDonald's wants to build a new restaurant on the current Detroit Theatre property, but the company's site plans will likely need to be tinkered with in order to meet the standards of some city officials.
Company representatives presented a concept plan to Lakewood's Architectural Board of Review at a public work session Thursday at City Hall. It was the third time board members and McDonald's representatives have met to discuss the concept, which is proposed at the southwest corner of Detroit and Woodward avenues.
A rendering of the building design was not presented, however. Representatives said the company is cognizant of the community's sensitivity with regard to demolishing the theater and replacing it, thus a Lakewood-specific design is still being worked out.
"We don't accept prototypical buildings," said board Chairman Jeffery Foster, meaning he wants something unique to the city.
Instead, representatives opted to review specific criteria that would impact the surrounding area. Examples include traffic flow, signage, lighting and acoustics.
From the displays that were provided, the proposed restaurant would take up much less volume than the theater. It would be situated closest to the northeast quadrant of the property and its perimeter surrounded by 27 parking spaces with fences to screen it from the west and south. There would be one entrance via Detroit and two exits onto Woodward – one of which would be a drive-through exit close to the intersection of Woodward and Detroit.
Among the board's chief concerns is traffic flow, specifically as it relates to turning left onto Detroit from Woodward – an intersection without a traffic light.
"You're going to have a log jam," said board member John Waddell, referring to potential traffic back-ups that could be caused by motorists attempting to turn left onto Woodward from the drive-through exit. "We don't want to send all this traffic down Woodward. That needs to be looked at in a real serious way."
Other issues brought up by board members included the restaurant's signage, along with their desires to keep the area pedestrian friendly and maintain an urban feel.
The presentation was not a formal application or request for approval. The coming weeks will tell how McDonald's decides to proceed.
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CRICHTON - SHAND. On the 24th September, at St. Peter's, Mornington, by the Rev. Thos. Quinton, Hugh, youngest son of Mr. John Crichton, Glenlee, Dromana, late of Ayrshire, Scotland, to Ellen, second daughter of Mr. Alexander Shand. Wannaeue. (P.182, Illustrated Australian News for Home Readers,3-11-1875.)
I found this while I was researching Finsbury estate, Dromana which I found while researching Railway estate, Dromana which came to mind while I was researching agitation for railways on the peninsula. I wanted to record the above marriage notice in case I never found it again; I've corrected the digitisation in the article but not the summary. Thus this very short journal.
The late Ray Cairns told me of several family relationships before I turned my voice recorder on,so they probably didn't make it into my transcript: TALKING HISTORY WITH RAY CAIRNS. He told me that a Crichton had married a Shand and that a Barker had married a Shand.
Glenlee fronted the west side of Boneo Rd between Browns Rd and Limestone Rd and the Shands were obviously near Shands Rd, quite some distance apart. However John Crichton's family had also bought John Lovie's grants north of Glenlee and received grants for bush paddocks near Main Ridge, one of which is now bisected by Valleyview Lane (Melway 254 H,2-4)and John would earlier have ridden east to visit his good friend, Thomas Ormiston Martin, who appointed John as one of his executors.
Thus Hugh and Ellen most likely met in the vicinity of Main Creek which the Shand and Martin properties fronted. Alexander's farm straddled Main Creek and was in the parishes of Wannaeue and Flinders.
There is much information about the Shands and Crichtons in my other journals including a very long report of the marriage of another of Alexander Shand's daughters.
N.B. As in many early ratebooks the Glenlee family's surname was written as Crighton in the family notices!
Glenlee was a heck of a long way from Dromana but the steamer destination was often tacked onto Red Hill, Main Ridge, Rosebud etc.to give some indication of their locality.
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Bus driver took €10,000 in fares
An official from Arriva yesterday admitted it owed €3,300 to a bus driver who pocketed €10,000 from the sale of tickets and said the bus company was only seeking to recover the difference.
Carl Grima, 31 of Birkirkara, admitted to taking the money over the last few months.
Police Inspector Jonathan Ferris said Mr Grima had told the police he had started to take the money because of the amount he was owed in salaries and bonuses.
The money had not been paid to him owing to problems related to his registration with the Employment and Training Corporation, the inspector said.
Taking the witness stand, Arriva official Carmen Galea confirmed that the accused was owed €3,300 and said the company only wanted to be repaid the difference.
The accused declared he was prepared to repay Arriva within six months.
Judgment is expected to be handed down in the coming days.
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This report comes directly from the New Orleans Police Department's Major Offense Log for 6 a.m. Tuesday through 6 a.m. Wednesday.
Armed Robbery (gun)
12:43 Hrs.
Belleville St/De Armas St.
Victim: Male, DOB 11-7-56
Gist: The victim was cutting grass when an unknown subject placed a blunt object to the back of his head threatening him. The subject fled the scene with the victim's cash.
Unclassified Death
13:19 Hrs.
Hayne Blvd/Paris Rd.
Victim: Male
Gist: A train engineer observed an object on the train tracks. As he got closer, he noticed it was a body lying on the tracks. He blew his horn several times, the subject did not move. He then hit his emergency brakes but was unable to stop running over the body.
Armed Robbery (Gun)
19:25 Hrs.
Law St./Bruxelles
Victim: Male, DOB 07-07-90
Gist: The victim was approached by an unknown male who demanded his property. The victim complied. The perpetrator fled with a cell phone and wallet containing cash.
Aggravated Battery (Gun)
20:36 Hrs.
S. Dupre/MLK
Victim: Male, DOB 12-27-90
Gist: The victim stated he was walking with an unknown male who lead him to a canal and shot him in the ankle and wrist.
Armed robbery (knife)
0137 hrs
1400 blk Elysians Fields Avenue
Victim: Male, DOB 6-6-1969
Gist: Victim was approached by three unknown males, 1 suspect armed with knife. Victim was forced to the ground by one of the suspect then robbed of his ID and Visa card. Property was later recovered in the area.


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Archive » October 12, 2006
By James Buckley
Giffin & Crane signs hug the curb in front of some of the most prestigious private homes under construction in Montecito. If you had just arrived here from Mars (or from even farther away, say, Los Angeles), you could be forgiven for believing that Giffin & Crane is some large conglomerate of construction engineers with headquarters in a major city. They seem to have monopolized the private home construction market in one of the nation's top residential areas, Montecito, so they must be a hard-nosed building empire, right?
Giffin & Crane are the last names of two local and still almost young guys – Geoff Crane and Bruce Giffin. Both have honed equally impressive talents for pouring first-rate foundations, building top-end high-quality homes, and finishing the most elaborate of woodwork, panels, gutters, stonework, patios, hardscapes, and the rest of what goes into transforming a handsome house into a desirable home.
And, they're not bad guys, either.
Hometown Boys
Geoff Crane's grandfather, William D. Crane, was co-founder of Crane School on San Leandro Lane. Geoff is a fifth-generation Santa Barbaran; he and his wife, Kim, have been married 22 years and have two children: Samantha, 15, who attends Santa Barbara High School, and Kerry (22), currently attending the University of Oregon, he interned at Lotusland this summer. Geoff's son William attended George Washington University and now lives in Washington D.C. All the Crane kids attended Crane School.
Geoff attended Montecito Union School, Santa Barbara Junior High, and Santa Barbara High. Geoff served on the board at Crane School for six years and is currently on the board of directors at Lotusland.
Bruce Giffin and his wife, Kelley, have also been married 22 years. They have two sons, Riley (16) and Teagan (14); both attend Santa Barbara High School, and before that Peabody (Bruce says he a "big believer" in charter schools). They live in downtown Santa Barbara and are building a home adjacent to Elings Park. Bruce has been in Santa Barbara "off and on" his whole life, but spent his junior and senior years of high school in College Park, Maryland. Bruce is immediate past president of the board of directors, Elings Park.
Bruce's grandparents moved to Santa Barbara in 1927; Bruce's dad, Don Giffin, graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1945. The Giffins owned a lemon ranch in Goleta and operated a business in what is now called Old Town Goleta, but was then just Goleta. The business, Western Welding, is ongoing and remains in the family.
Logs In Idaho, Nails in Alaska
Though he didn't graduate, Bruce did attend Boston Architectural Center for a time, though not directly out of high school. "I knew I didn't want to go to college right away," he says, "since my dad was Dean of Academic Affairs at the University of Maryland, and I knew I especially didn't want to go there," he adds, chuckling. "Much to [my dad's] chagrin, I said I was going to take a year off and see the world, and that included bicycling and hitchhiking across Canada; I ended up in northern Idaho."
A friend of Bruce's, an artist he calls "a second father to me, growing up," Ed Kienholz, found a group of abandoned log homes in the mountains of Idaho and Bruce stayed there for what he thought would be five days that turned into five months. "We dismantled these old log homes and brought them to his lakeside property and started rebuilding them over the next three summers," Bruce recalls, saying that he really "liked the sense of accomplishment" the work entailed.
"Even though I tried different things along the way," he relates, "there was just something about hands-on working outside, the different experiences, different job sites, and different people, the thing of standing back and seeing what you've created. There is something intrinsically satisfying about the whole thing, so I always kept coming back to construction."
Geoff experienced a similar early epiphany. "We took a trip to Alaska one summer," he recalls, "and I ended up working at a construction site during that time and got a little bit of training with a contractor up there." When Geoff returned to Santa Barbara, he began working with local architect John Kelly on a small crew building spec homes. For nearly nine years, Geoff says with undisguised relish, "we had our hands in every facet of the trade, digging ditches and what have you." After doing it all: framing houses, siding houses, and finishing houses, he says he just "kind of gravitated towards the finishing end of it," and became a finish carpenter.
"When Geoff says he was 'working on spec houses,'" Bruce interjects, "that's a little bit of a disservice. John was a very talented designer-builder." It was the 1970s, so many of the houses contained elements of redwood, sandstone, and plaster. "They weren't just your typical homes. There was," Bruce emphasizes, "a handcrafted element to them."
The Beginning
The men met through a mutual friend at a party in Montecito. "We became friends first, then partners," says Geoff. Soon after that initial meeting, Bruce left for Boston to attend architectural school. "I thought I wanted to be an architect," he says, but after a couple of years, changed his mind. "Winter was coming on for the third time, and I just said, 'What am I doing here?' and came back."
After rekindling their friendship, Giffin and Crane picked up a small job renovating dentist Steve Buchanan's office. They discovered that Geoff's finish talent and Bruce's framing and foundation talents meshed well and from there began working on other projects together.
Bruce credits local builder Frank Thomas for giving them the start they needed. "God bless Frank Thomas," says Bruce. "He was one of those guys who saw a couple of young guys, both newly wed, and who probably weren't the cheapest, but he wanted to give us an opportunity to establish ourselves."
After forming Giffin & Crane in 1986, they took on smaller re-modeling projects via word-of-mouth. The late '80s, however, witnessed an enormous building boom, and many larger new homes were being planned and built. "We'd grown up hands-on building those," Bruce says, "but no one would really give us the chance to build one from the ground up, though we certainly believed in ourselves and our ability to do that."
So, what seemed like a curse at the time – doing small jobs while missing out on the large homes and large profits that went along with them – "turned out," Bruce opines, "to be a blessing in a way."
He notes there has been "a sea change" in the art of building science since the mid-'80s and many guidelines of that era turned out to have been misguided. "The fire department, for example, was saying 'no vents in the eaves, no vents in the roofs,' because that's going to be a fire hazard," Bruce recalls. He says builders and the fire department have since learned that without vents in the eaves, things rot, noting that, "A firestorm occurs once every thirty years, but rot occurs every day."
At the time, crawl spaces were designed "almost like catacombs, for seismic reasons. Again, no air moving through there, so you had a lot of rot coming up in houses built in that timeframe." Since they never got any of the big jobs, never built any of the big homes, they never had to re-do and/or correct any big problems those guidelines led to.
What finally lifted Giffin & Crane to a new level, Geoff recalls, "was Jamie and Marcia Constance selecting us to be their home builder in 1990." They built one of the first homes – a formal Tuscan-style villa – in what was then called Las Entradas (now Ennisbrook). "They saw who we were," Geoff says, "and gave us the opportunity to build their home. It is an extraordinary home and that was, for us, a huge moment."
"Pat Scott (Masonry) was a good friend," Geoff continues, "and he was in charge of the grounds; he helped give the Constances the reassurance they needed." Pat has since died (of a brain aneurysm) but Giffin & Crane continues to work with Scott's successor, Eddie Langhorne.
Boom To Bust
After the late '80s building boom, came the real estate bust of the early- to mid-'90s that nearly put their new business out of business. Geoff recalls many days of simply sitting in their office "looking at each other and waiting for the phone to ring." Bruce adds that they were fortunate in that they "had a lot of great contracts and a lot of great homes to build at the tail end" of the boom that sustained them. "Everyone said it was going to be a 'short' recession," he says, "and of course it wasn't in California for various reasons. Luckily, we had saved money."
Curiously, it was the Painted Cave Fire of 1990 that had the perverse effect of putting many out-of-work builders and contractors back to work. "In a sense, the Santa Barbara building community got spared," says Bruce, "by having to build six hundred new homes with out-of-town money (from the insurance companies). So that kind of bought a couple of years for us."
The bottom came in 1993, which Bruce refers to as their Russian Winter. "It was brutal," he recalls. "We literally went nine months without signing up a job."
Giffin & Crane had gone from 45 employees to two and a half. "We were picking up small jobs, just doing what we could to keep money coming in and trying to hang on," Geoff recounts.
Santa Barbara Bank & Trust came through with a large loan, something neither Bruce nor Geoff will ever forget. "They had belief in us," Bruce says affectionately; "they've been an integral part of the team, particularly Phil Morreale. He is a wonderful banker," Bruce continues, noting that Phil is "the kind of guy who likes to fish for shark offshore in a kayak."
Staying Alive Through '95
A maxim making the rounds among real estate agents during that difficult time was "Stay alive through '95," and that proved fairly accurate, although things didn't really pick up until late '96. By then, the line had become "By '97, it'll be heaven."
By 1997, interest rates had come down and a new law that allowed interest deduction on second homes created a shift in the economy; Giffin & Crane's business – they were now capable of building everything from Tuscan villas to English stone houses to Southwestern to Cape Cod – began to grow along with that shift.
"We've always enjoyed building high-quality homes," Bruce says. "For us it is very pleasing," he adds, noting that, "we live in a place where there is a culture of that. This has been going on since the building of the great estates of the late 1800s. I think we're part of that chain of adding to that quality of life, architecturally."
Over the past 20 years, including renovations, remodels, and some 35 new homes, Giffin & Crane, now a $10-million-plus business with just under 50 employees, has stamped its imprimatur on nearly 350 homes.
Building costs have risen dramatically since Giffin & Crane was founded; $100 a square foot for upper-end homes was not an uncommon price in the mid-'80s. Today, one can expect to spend from $400 to $600 (and more) a square foot to build a quality home, and over $1,000 a square foot to buy one.
Changes over the years include a greater use of manufactured lumber. "We don't use much solid material anymore, except for exposed beams and two-by-fours," Bruce says. Geoff explains that the advantages of using engineered products are that "they don't shrink; they don't move as much, and are probably less susceptible to termite damage." He says there is a lot more steel in buildings now too, because of seismic requirements.
Giffin & Crane Small Projects
Before they became known as 'those guys who build those big estates,' much of their work was dedicated to smaller jobs, which is something both Geoff and Bruce see as a growth area once again. To respond to that perceived need, Cherilyn Milton, formerly leading designer for California Closet Company, has been named president of a new division: Giffin & Crane Projects. She is building her own team to tackle those small jobs with the same kind of efficiency and expertise Geoff and Bruce put into their larger projects.
While Giffin & Crane is known mostly for homebuilding, the company has done some high-end commercial projects: an extensive remodel of Wine Cask Restaurant among them. "It was a half-million-dollar job that had to be done in ten days," Geoff recalls. It was finished on time and on budget. San Ysidro Ranch has been a Giffin & Crane account for many years; the company built the new two-bedroom Eucalyptus Cottage (designed by Jock Sewell) that now rents for nearly $4,000 a night; the new library and arts center at Crane School is a Giffin & Crane project, and they remodeled the Crane School auditorium some years ago. The renovation and restoration work – the kitchen, the sunken dining room, the pavilion, which the executive director now resides in – at Lotusland, is also a Giffin & Crane project, as was this year's CALM Show House renovation of a George Washington Smith original.
Additionally, Giffin & Crane has been assisting the Santa Cruz Island Foundation in restoration projects on the former Dr. Stanton Ranch on the island, whose buildings date back to the 1890s. They are currently doing what Geoff calls "cleanup work – changing out doors and other decorating things" – at Montecito Inn.
A Legacy Continues
Design changes from 20 years ago include more openness, bigger rooms, media rooms, combining family rooms with kitchens, and a greater awareness of melding indoors with the outdoors. "We live here because of the climate," Bruce opines. "Landscape architecture is probably more important now, what the outdoor space looks like and how it relates to the house.
"Outdoor landscaping has become a field of expertise," Bruce suggests, "because of drainage and water management issues related to hardscapes, patios, terraces, and other things of that nature, like retaining walls." He says they "learned a lot" from Pat Scott, who "set the standard for stonework in Montecito," and suggests that much of what one sees in Montecito is his legacy.
Geoff adds that they learned a great deal from Oswald Da Ros, founder of Santa Barbara Stone, and that his legacy is evident throughout Montecito too.
As far as we can see, that legacy must also include the 35 new homes (and counting) built by the expert late-twentieth-century, early twenty-first century team of Bruce Giffin and Geoff Crane.
Happy Anniversary guys!
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1 Brothers and sisters, my heart�s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved.
2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge.
3 Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God�s righteousness.
4 Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
5 Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: �The person who does these things will live by them.�[a]
6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: �Do not say in your heart, �Who will ascend into heaven?��[b] (that is, to bring Christ down)
7 �or �Who will descend into the deep?��[c] (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).
8 But what does it say? �The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,�[d] that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim:
9 If you declare with your mouth, �Jesus is Lord,� and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
Top 10 sermons on Romans 10
- My Sheep Will Hear My Voice
- Holy Spirit - The Miracle Within
- Faithing - Faith Without Works Is Dead
- 10 Assets of Justification
- The Standard of Grace
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Twenty-five percent of all heart attacks happen "silently," striking with no obvious symptoms. These heart attacks often go undiagnosed for months, quietly damaging the cardiovascular system over time.
In April 2003, Larry Kaiel, 65, was a seemingly healthy adult who worked over 50 hours a week as the manager of a local pizza shop. He stayed active by playing tennis, skiing, and golfing. Kaiel had no idea he had suffered from a silent heart attack. Symptoms of abdominal swelling and overall weakness brought Kaiel to the hospital three months later. When Kaiel went in for medical testing, the doctors did tests on everything but his heart. Kaiel's disease went continually misdiagnosed until doctors found his body was too weak to stand a stress test. Kaiel's angiogram showed a massive blockage in his arteries. Doctors performed a triple bypass surgery on Kaiel, who was diagnosed with congestive heart failure and put on a pacemaker.
It has been nine years since Kaiel's triple bypass surgery. Kaiel was without health insurance at the time of his treatment, and payments towards hospital bills eventually required him to sell his house. Kaiel was unable to work due to his physical condition, and spent everything he had on paying his medical expenses.
Today, Kaiel lives in Beaverton, Oregon with his daughter's family. During the day, Kaiel babysits his two granddaughters; by night, Kaiel works part-time delivering pizzas. Kaiel cites the exercise he gets from working again as the main factor in the recent improvement of his blood chemistry. Regular physical activity has decreased Kaiel's symptoms of arrhythmia and increased his energy. Kaiel is looking forward to more free time now that his granddaughters are in school, and is planning to take the family on a trip to Disneyland next year.


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Breaking the Taboo: Why We Took On the Israel Lobby
Posted on Oct 4, 2007
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Why do you focus on Israel and not on other U.S. allies?
We focus on Israel's policies in this book not because we have any animus toward Israel or because we regard its behavior as worse than other states'. Rather, we focus on it because the United States has long focused so much of its financial, diplomatic, and military attention on Israel. Israel is often said to deserve this support because it supposedly acts better than other states do, but we show that this is not the case. It has not acted worse than other states, but neither has it acted significantly better. Regrettably, uncritical U.S. support has led to policies that are harmful to the United States and Israel alike.
If the strategic and moral rationales don't account for the exceptional backing of Israel, what does?
The pro-Israel lobby. The lobby is a loose coalition of individuals and groups that actively works to push American policy in ways that will benefit Israel. It is not a cabal or conspiracy, or a single, hierarchical organization with a central leadership and total unanimity of views. Rather, it is a set of groups and individuals who all favor steadfast U.S. support for Israel but sometimes disagree on certain policy issues. Prominent groups in the lobby include the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL); Christians United for Israel (CUFI), and pro-Israel think tanks like the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Leading individuals in the lobby include the heads of these various organizations, as well as neoconservatives who served in the Bush administration like Elliott Abrams, John Bolton, Douglas Feith, Paul Wolfowitz, and David Wurmser, some of whom are closely associated with hard-line pro-Israel think tanks and conservative politicians in Israel, or Christian Zionists like John Hagee of CUFI and ... Tom DeLay (R-Texas).
Square, Site wide
Religious and ethnic identity does not define who is part of the lobby, as it includes gentiles as well as Jewish-Americans. It is the political agenda of an individual or a group, not ethnicity or religion, that determines whether they are part of the lobby. Thus, the Israel lobby is not synonymous with American Jewry, and "Jewish lobby" is not an appropriate term for describing the various groups and individuals that work to foster U.S. support for Israel. These groups and individuals sometimes disagree on particular issues but they are united in their belief that the "special relationship" between the United States and Israel should not be substantively questioned. They are not all-powerful and they do not "control" U.S. foreign policy. Rather, they form a powerful special interest group, which over time has acquired considerable influence over U.S. policy in the Middle East.
What are the strategies the lobby uses to influence the policymaking process and public discourse about Israel and its relationship with the United States?
The Israel lobby uses the same basic strategies that other interest groups employ. It pushes its agenda in Congress by supporting friendly candidates and legislators with votes and campaign money and by helping to frame legislation; by getting sympathetic individuals appointed to key policy positions in the executive branch; by monitoring the media and pressuring news organizations to offer favorable coverage; and by writing articles, books, and op-eds designed to move public opinion in directions they favor. These various strategies are as American as apple pie, and there is nothing illegitimate about them. Yet it ought to be equally legitimate to examine and discuss how the Israel lobby works to push its agenda in government, and to debate whether its influence is beneficial, the same way that one might examine other interest groups like the gun lobby, the farm lobby, the pharmaceutical lobby, the energy lobby, and other ethnic lobbies (e.g., Cuban-Americans, Indian-Americans, Armenian-Americans, etc.).
Do you think the Israel lobby's tactics sometimes go beyond acceptable interest-group politics?
Unfortunately, yes. Although most of the lobby's tactics are legitimate forms of political participation, some groups and individuals in the lobby also try to silence or marginalize opponents and critics by smearing them as anti-Semites or self-hating Jews. This sort of response was evident in the personal attacks directed at Jimmy Carter for writing a controversial book about Israeli policy in the Occupied Territories, and in the efforts of the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League to prevent the historian Tony Judt from giving a lecture on the Israel lobby to a group in New York City. True anti-Semitism is loathsome and should be firmly opposed, but using this sort of accusation to silence or marginalize critics is antithetical to the principles of free speech and open debate on which democracy depends.
Why is it so difficult to talk about the role of the Israel lobby?
Primarily because of the many centuries of anti-Semitism in the Christian West, which culminated in the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust. Given this long history of sometimes violent persecution, Jewish Americans (and many gentiles) are understandably sensitive to any argument that is critical of Israel or of the political influence of groups in which Jews are central participants. This sensitivity is compounded by the memory of bizarre conspiracy theories of the sort laid out in "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion," a notorious anti-Semitic tract that was discredited long ago. Such paranoid views remain a staple of neo-Nazis and other fringe groups, however, which reinforces Jewish sensitivities even more. Given this history, some people are likely to suspect that anyone who criticizes Israel is in fact questioning its right to exist, or that anyone who examines the political influence of the Israel lobby is questioning the loyalty of pro-Israel individuals or accusing them of some sort of illegitimate activity. We explicitly reject these anti-Semitic notions, but given past experience, we understand why it is easier to talk about the influence of other special interest groups than it is to talk about the Israel lobby.
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By truthseeker9, October 7, 2007 at 8:30 pm Link to this comment
Daniel Finkelstein on Richard Dawkins.
By tim, October 6, 2007 at 8:11 pm Link to this comment
Jewish Lobby has blackmailed US politicians to sacrifice our country's interest for Israel. No US politicians will say the obvious that one of the main reasons terrorist Bin Laden attacked us on 9/11 was our support of Israel's occupation of Palestinian land. Just listen to what Bin Laden and his other terrorists! They make it plain in videos and audios that they hate us for our support of Israel. Hundreds of millions of Moslems are mad at us for supporting Israel's brutal occupation of Palestinian lands. When will our spineless, shameless politicians say no to Israel Lobby?
By APS, October 6, 2007 at 5:58 pm Link to this comment
An interesting comment - even if Israel were to disappear tomorrow we'd still be in trouble because of Jews in media, banking, business, etc. So, it isn't really about Israel at all, its about Jews. This is interesting because Mearsheimer & Walt are trying so hard to persuade just the opposite. And yet, as we learn more and more about W&M;'s cheerleaders, we find that W&M;'s critics are proving to be more and more prescient; namely, the book doesn't really resonate with truly neutral observers of American/Israeli policy, but, it appeals strongly to that subset of individuals who obsess against Jews in general. Again, quite interesting.
By Angus, October 6, 2007 at 1:33 pm Link to this comment
While I agree with almost everything said by messrs. M&W;vis a vis the lobby there is one other aspect that remains unsaid. In the segment concerning the reasons for the Iraq War; (and coming soon to a theater near you Iran War; and that would be sheer human greed. From reading the news every day it is clear that huge amounts of the billions of dollars appropriated for this war are siphoned off for private corporate welfare such as Blackwater, Halliburton etc. A lot of this money undoubtedly funnels its way back to those in power who helped ferment the war and those on the other side who did nothing to stop it. Shame on you all. Even if you care nothing for Iraqi lives what about the 4000 or so of your own countrymen and women who have paid with their lives. Shame.
By WR Curley, October 6, 2007 at 9:13 am Link to this comment
Jews comprise about 1.5% of the US population. Jews comprise about .02% of the global population. Why are we even having these discussions?
The numbers alone command attention to the dominance of the Zionists in the public discourse.
The fact that Jews own and control most of the mainstream media plays a far greater role in censoring debate than do the purile rantings of Mr. Foxman, or the bundled campaign contributions of the Israel lobby. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, pumped up with some $400 million in tax revenue, has a professional propagandist with impeccable Zionist credentials as its CEO. Time-Warner, the Post, the Times, the Newhouse group, all the major networks, the London Times, the BBC, Clear Channel, god, it just goes on and on…all controlled by Jews. We need a follow-up study detailing these relationships as well. You can't have a national debate without an informed public, and you can't have an informed public without a balanced information flow.
I am mystified by assertions that there is some moral argument for a special relationship with Israel. This is a matter of religious conviction, I suppose, but I just don't get it. God promised much to the children of Abraham, including the shining city on the hill. But if you believe that stuff, then we are all the children of Abraham - Christian, Muslim, Jew - in spiritual terms if not in genetic lineage. And let's not forget, God has seen fit to slap his Chosen People around when, stiff-necked, they stepped off the path of righteousness.
I'm equally perplexed by the notion that Israel is a democracy. How do you claim to be running a democracy if you disenfranchise all but a single ethnic group? What if the Mormons denied full citizenship to the non-Mormon peoples of Utah? Would that still constitute democracy? The fact is that the core values of the US include inclusion. The idea of a state reserved for the exclusive propagation of a single self-defined ethnicity is profoundly anti-American. Pretty obvious, isn't it?
I commend your courage. Thanks for opening the dialogue. It's long overdue.
WR Curley,
By Conservative Yankee, October 6, 2007 at 6:40 am Link to this comment
WOW… although I formerly was open to criticisms of Israeli foreign policy, I'm appalled by the return of Hitler's "Jewish bankers as cause for every plague visited on "good xtian" folk.
I'm outta here… Hope I didn't catch anything…
By marisa, October 5, 2007 at 9:28 pm Link to this comment
Walt and Mersheimer's book in my opinion has done something better than any right wing Israeli lobby group could for Israel and the middle east, they have allowed the opening of a discussion that is long overdue. This discussion will do anything but diminish Israels right to exist, it will also bring about a healthier political environment when Americans realize how Lobby groups (not just Jewish ones) are controlling the people who control their country.
By msgmi, October 5, 2007 at 5:02 pm Link to this comment
Control?!!! How about the sinking of the USS Liberty, a shameful whitewash.
By Joe Blonsky, October 5, 2007 at 2:06 pm Link to this comment
The Israel Lobby = Christian Agenda
By TMoodie, October 5, 2007 at 1:56 pm Link to this comment
But what gets me is that you, without the slightest trace of irony or self consciousness, then proceed to do very same thing. You take Myronh's comment as your anecdote to make the guilt-by-association argument that anyone who criticizes Israel is an anti-semite.
Is your comment any less illogical, hateful, or despicable than Myronh's?
I can only hope that you were writing out of anger and didn't think before you posted, and NOT that you hoped the readers of these pages were simply too stupid to notice…
By ATL, October 5, 2007 at 12:55 pm Link to this comment
AIPAC and the Israeli lobby are currently all powerful. Congress is terrified of them. They have however miscalculated somewhat. They have controlled the American media for generations with their constant invoking of the holocaust and used this to deflect all criticism. Now the dam has broken. Their dirty secret is out and anti semitism is rising steadily and not just in Europe. It is rising in the US and these trends are impossible to turn around . It will continue into the forseeable future and Israel and American Jews will bear the consequences of their un-democratic actions over the last 60 years.
By APS, October 5, 2007 at 6:54 am Link to this comment
I very much like the first comment here by Myronh. After all, Walt & Mearshceimer try desperately hard to pretend that this is all about American/Israeli policy and not about the anti-semitic biases that have been around since Jews were first demonized for killing Christ. And then, here comes Myrohn, ranting about alleged injustices he suffered at the hands of Jews, and trying to convince us that their persecution since "biblical times" was justified; nothing really about American/Israeli politics, but it really puts the lie to W&M;'s fervent denials and shows the true type of sentiments that underly their "work".
By Conservative Yankee, October 5, 2007 at 6:39 am Link to this comment
Oh I'm shocked! Israel has a lobby? and The US supports it?
Reminds me of "Casablanca"
By Khalid, October 5, 2007 at 2:58 am Link to this comment
The Muslims never had a problem with the Jews until the American and British decided to send the jews back home, and rename the area based on the biblical name. Christians are expecting the arrival of Jesus, So they had to create Isreal for him to come back to.
By paco21, October 5, 2007 at 1:59 am Link to this comment
A very clear assessment without hysterics or hyperbole. Democratic voters will be, once again, surprised when nothing changes (regarding the mid-east) after the 2008 elections. This book will help ease the pain of that surprise.


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Hi Guys, I want to thank W8JI, N6RK, W5VU and Jim Lux (callsign?) for their responses. Apparently this can be done but due to technical issues, is rather complex. Having the need to use 2 antennas on 2 bands in an SO2R contest setup makes the possibility of an 80 4 square inside of a 160 4 square, rather impractical. Back to the drawing board - thanks for all who responded! 73 Bob KQ2M ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Karlquist" <email@example.com> To: "Robert Shohet" <email@example.com> Cc: <firstname.lastname@example.com> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 9:04 PM Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 80 4-square inside a 160 4-square? Pros and Cons please! > Robert Shohet said: > If I did this, then my existing 80 4 square > > (inv l's) would be inside the 160 4-square. > > > > I can't imagine this would be good for the 80 meter 4-square performance. > > > > Has anyone out there actually had an 80 4-square inside a 160 4-square > > and > > can tell me about actual changes in performance (that they have observed) > > of > > the 80 4-square and what they were? > > I have 80 and 40 meter concentric 7-hex arrays. The 80 meter > verticals have insulators at the midpoint with latching vacuum > relays across them. I have to open up the relays on the 80 meter > verticals when on 40 meters and also float them from ground. > Failure to do this would result in severe pattern distortion on > 40 meters. The same general principle should apply to concentric > 4 squares. > > > Are these problems (if any) worsened by using BOTH antennas at the same > > time > > on different bands with two different radios? Both 4-squares would be > > > Difficult. You would have to use traps instead of relays. > The traps would act as loading coils on 80, so you would want > cancel the inductance with a series capacitance on 80. This will reduce > bandwidth, which is one reason why I don't do it that way. > > Rick N6RK > > _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA. _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list firstname.lastname@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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Bruce Feldman used to have his annual "freak list" of athletic collegiate football players on CBSSports.com before his recent move to FOXSports.com. For 2014, he has an entire "freak week" in store for fans. While prospects can't simply be scouted on measurements alone, it doesn't hurt for them to test well at the Combine. Recently, players such as Bruce Irvin and Jamie Collins boasted their draft stock after performing well at the Combine, for example.
To attempt to digest the list, we broke down our thoughts on the 11 seniors in his Monday installment as NFL prospects.
Akeem Daniels, RB, Northern Illinois
An undersized running back at 5'7", Daniels is still largely unproven. After missing what would have been his redshirt senior season with a foot injury, he's back with the Huskies for a final shot at improving his prospects. Before ending the 2012 MAC season with two stellar games totaling 240 yards and five touchdowns, his time on the field was relatively quiet. At this point, he's not on the draftable spectrum of the radar, but if he can produce at the level he did in the tail end of 2012 for an entire season, he'll have a shot.
Jonathan Truman, LB, Kansas State
Truman was a first time starter in 2013 for the Wildcats, and seemingly transitioned well to the role. Unfortunately for him, he's built more like an NFL safety than an NFL linebacker at this point in his career. Kansas State's website lists him at 5'11" and 219 pound, which is around the same weight Telvin Smith was listed as coming out of the Combine, but four inches shorter. Smith had questions about moving to safety from linebacker during the 2014 draft process, too.
Maurice Falls, LB, East Carolina
Falls is an interesting addition to Feldman's list, because like Daniels, he's relatively unproven. With Derrell Johnson graduating out, he seems to be the shoe in to take over at weak-side linebacker for the Pirates. Numbers can only mean so much, and if you don't see the field collegiality, it's hard for a team to even think about drafting you. Falls needs a big final season for ECU if he's hoping to continue to play football at the next level.
Jamil Douglas, OT/OG, Arizona State
Douglas is no new name to Pac-12 defensive linemen. Coming into 2014, he'll be on a 27 start streak, but he'll be playing a new position. After spending high school at tight end, he moved to guard at ASU, and will end his career at left tackle. As far as a prospect, he's still looked at by many as a guard, including Rotoworld's Josh Norris.
DeVante Parker, WR, Louisville
Parker was a popular name in 2013, and some were surprised that he didn't declare for the 2014 NFL Draft. At this point, it would seem that he's the consensus top senior receiver in the 2015 class. This is what Optimum Scouting's own Eric Galko had to say about Parker in this ACC Top 10:
"With a clear focus and premium put on his route development along with consistently finishing as a hands catcher, Parker plays with a consistent, composed style across the field, including in the middle of the field. "
Chucky Hunter, DT, TCU
Starting the last 21 games, Hunter is heading into his senior season with large sample of work already. Leading up to the LSU game last year, here were our own Eric Galko's thoughts on Chucky Hunter, "Although Hunter measures in at 6'1, he's an agile and powerful 300+ pounder that wrecks havoc on the interior. Hunter flashes the ability to bull rush opponents or implement arm-over swim moves to disengage, but hand placement and leverage need to improve for him to be a consistent factor."
Raheem Mostert, RB, Purdue
While Mostert plays running back and at one point was a receiver for Purdue, his shot in the NFL will be as a returner. Rarely are pure returners taken in the draft, unless you're Devin Hester, but Mostert has put up sufficient numbers to be in the conversation if he produces at that level for another season.
Bryce Petty, QB, Baylor
At this point in the draft process, Petty is the consensus top senior in the class. Some last year even thought that he might have been a first round pick had he declare, despite it being his first year as a starter at Baylor. Our Alex Brown had some thought on Bryce Petty during the 2013 season (s a prospect to keep an eye on as the season progresses."
Alvin "Bud" Dupree, DE, Kentucky
Dupree didn't need to stay another year in college, but returns as one of the best senior pass-rushers in the class. He's a little light to play defensive end at the next level, but his athleticism is hard to miss. During the 2013 process, our Eric Galko had some thought about him at the next level: "Bud Dupree is a prime candidate to play the 'LEO' hybrid rush linebacker position at the NFL level, thanks to his plus speed, body control and lateral range off the edge. After playing outside linebacker a year ago and showcasing impressive athleticism in coverage, Dupree will have his hand in the dirt on most snaps. "
Mike Orakpo, LB, Texas State
Brother of freak athlete, first round pick, and Pro Bowler Brian Orakpo, Mike Orakpo is trying to make a name for himself with scouts in his final season. After transferring from Colorado State, Orakpo became the captain of the Texas State team. While not a national name, he's one to watch to see if he'll drafted.
Brandon Scherff, OT, Iowa
Scherff is in everyone's top ten seniors for the 2015 class. It's no surprise that he's getting looked at as an athletic freak. Our Ian Wharton makes a case for him when asked to cover the Big Ten: "The definition of a Big Ten offensive tackle, Scherff is a powerful, nasty road grader. His relentless power drives defenders far downfield and rarely misses the opportunity to seal edge blocks."
Our Eric Galko is also a fan of the Iowa senior: "He plays with a mean streak, frequently finishing to the ground as a run blocker and using his strong, well-positioned hands to drive upfield. He does have a tendency to play a bit high in his kick slide, and can be beaten by lower, quicker edge players. His lack of great length and struggles on the edge will limit him, but he can provide instant run blocking strength to a team in need, and can be sufficient (if not more with additional time) as a quick passing offense pass blocker. "


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- White Flower Farmhouse said...
wow! it looks amazing in there! I can't believe how much more spectacular it looks in your shop day after day!
I love all of the new things you've brought in. and that rack is unreal! absolutely superb.
if only you weren't so very far away.
- November 25, 2009 at 4:46 PM
- Ness Lockyer said...
I think Mic will try and keep me away for a while =0)
That rack is gorgeous and all of your new items are amazing. I am really loving the new wrapping paper you have in.
Ness xx
- November 25, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Hi Amanda,
Your new wooden clothes rack looks amazing and I agree wholeheartedly...what a find!!! The linen clothing range looks stunning. Hope it won't be too long before I darken the door. Take care and I hope you enjoy your weekend.
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- November 27, 2009 at 3:53 AM
- Charlotte said...
Hi there, I just found your blog and I love your photography! I can't find any contact info, but i was wondering if you would grant me permission to use one of your pictures on my blog? With full credit of course. Thanks! xx
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