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The sentencing of the former North Bergen Department of Public Works superintendent who has admitted he ordered township workers to do work at his home and work on various political campaigns while being paid by taxpayers has been postponed.
James Wiley, 67, was to have been sentenced tomorrow. A new date has not been set, state Attorney General's Office spokesman Peter Aseltine said yesterday.
Wiley pleaded guilty last month to one count of second-degree conspiracy to commit official misconduct, which carries a sentence of five to 10 years in prison.
As part of the plea deal, Wiley agreed to cooperate with the state in the prosecution of other defendants and it is customary that defendants in that situation are not sentenced until after the prosecutions are complete.
In his Sept. 11 guilty plea, Wiley admitted putting together crews to assist in elections in Jersey City in May 2009, in Bayonne in November 2008, and in the November 2010 sheriff's election. He said he had done this for other elections as well.
DPW workers also spent time at Wiley's house on Heindel Avenue in North Bergen, he admitted, working on his pool and doing landscaping and other chores on a regular basis.
All told, between 2008 and 2012, employees were paid for 274 hours work including 114 hours of overtime that was not for the township, officials said.
Roughly 65 people have been subpoenaed in connection to the state attorney general's ongoing investigation.


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Courtney Love can't take care of herself, much less 17-year-old daughter Frances Bean, Kurt Cobain's uncle Charles Fradenburg tells TMZ.com. He says that Love's former in-laws have been trying to gain custody of Frances Bean "for quite a few years."
"Courtney wasn't doing any parenting at all, she was hiring nannies to do all of the work," he says. "This is a wonderful thing for the family."
Love lost custody of Frances Bean on Friday, and after Love posted a tirade (since deleted) on her Facebook page on Tuesday calling her daughter "clearly deluded," a judge in the case issued a temporary restraining order barring Love from any contact with her daughter, TMZ.com says. "I don't care really, I hate to sound cold, but any kid of mine who pulls this [crap] has lost her position," Love reportedly wrote, according to MTV.com. "The good news is now that Frances is clearly deluded that she [thinks she] can buy her grandmother a 'small house in L.A.' I'd love to see how that works. They'll incubate her until she's 18 and then have her sign all the indemnifications."
On Wednesday, she took to Facebook again but took the strategy of appeasement. "i am angry at these people not Frances id just prefer she not become Jaimie L Spears," she says, referring to Britney's younger sister, the actress and teen mom. (All this is sic, obviously.) "she should go be a writer or an a...rtist wich i support 100% but this is a circus and it pains me cos i know she hates it."

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FLINT, Michigan -- The head of the Flint Police Officers Association had no direct comment about an effort to recall Flint's mayor, but was critical of Dayne Walling's concessions offer to stave off police layoffs.
Keith Speer, president of the association representing Flint police officers, said Walling's concessions to the police union include not only a 15 percent pay cut, but other health care and retirement costs that police officers would pick up.
"It's about 45 percent in cuts and no one can take that," Speer said.
Last week, Walling announced 80 police and firefighter layoffs in response to the city's budget crisis.
Today, Flint Board of Education member David Davenport filed recall language for Walling in response to the public safety cuts, claiming the cuts jeopardize the safety of Flint residents.
"If citizens want to recall him, then they'll recall him," Speer said of Walling. "He should be judged on his effort. Right now, I don't see a whole of lot of effort. I see a whole lot of high-priced friends he's hired."
Walling has said the cuts are hard and painful, but necessary due to the city's budget problems. He said police and fire jobs could be saved if the unions agree to concessions.


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Archive » October 26, 2006
2006 Montecito Beautification Day
By Mindy Denson
On Saturday, November 4, on the sunny heights of the Upper Village Green, the Montecito Association will host Beautification Day festivities, celebrating this town's aesthetic spirit and semi-rural exclusivity.
Upon arrival, visitors will be treated to a continental breakfast provided by the Four Seasons Biltmore Hotel. Volunteers will be stationed at tables assigning people trash pickup routes on Montecito's many lanes, streets, trails, roads, onramps, cul-de-sacs, byways, bridges and beaches. Each trash collector will be offered a trash bag, bottle of water, plus this year's commemorative tee shirt (children are encouraged to attend). Cleanup routes take no more than an hour.
At 11 am, everyone will reconvene at the Village Green for the awards presentation, recognizing homes and their keepers for their contributions to beautifying this town. John Venable, the Montecito Trails Foundation president and Montecito Fire Board member, will be honored as Citizen of the Year, at which point more dutiful recognition will take place and other surprises along the way.
Montecito firefighters will then prepare Five Alarm Chili and hot dogs. Dessert treats such as fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies will be offered and Here's the Scoop owners Bob and Ellie Patterson will be on hand to give out free gelato samples.
Breakfast begins at 9 am at the Upper Village Green, 1470 East Valley Road. Awards presentations begin at 11 am. The rain date is November 11. For more information, please call the Montecito Association office at 969-2026.
Beautification Winners
Estate Award: 1715 Glen Oaks Drive
Owners: Robert and Patty Zucherman
Architect: Unknown
This cozy French Normandy-style home was originally built to "bring a European feel" to Montecito, according to the Zuchermans. At first, the home was constructed as a two-bedroom in 1938. A unique glass passage way was added in 1988 along with an additional wing to the home. The English-style gardens surrounding the home add to its classic feel.
Exceptional Gate Award: 319 San Ysidro Road
Owners: Nick and Kathy Zwick
Landscape Architect: Sarah Fairchild
The entry to Pompeian Court was originally just off San Ysidro Road and has since been set back to accommodate for a colorful garden. The front entry has been replanted with various species of palms, grasses and flowers all selected by Kathy and Sarah. Immediately behind the gateway and lining the driveway are 85-year-old olive trees that contribute to this stately entrance's Mediterranean sensibility.
New Landscape Award: 533 Las Fuentes Lane
Owners: Bob and Jean Reynolds
Landscape Architects: Chris and Lisa Cullen of Montecito Landscape
What was once a combination of dirt and overgrown rosemary has been transformed into a lush, tropical garden. Plants and trees already on the property were relocated to create this new paradise. Marathon sod was put in place followed by Japanese maples, fig trees and various palm varieties, just to name a few.
Charm of Montecito Award: 667 Romero Canyon Road
Owner: Barbara Franklin
Architect: L. Cooke
This charming cottage was originally built in 1929. An addition to the original structure was done in the early 1940s. Barbara purchased the property in 1972 and maintains the gardens and landscaping, with the assistance of neighbor and fellow green thumb, George Petersen. The property also boasts a whimsical well in the front yard that complements the house's already noteworthy bucolic charm.
Beautification Day
When: November 4 Rain Date: November 11
Where: Upper Village Green, 1470 East Valley Road
9 am: Continental Breakfast, neighborhood cleanup
11 am: Beautification Awards ceremony Citizen of the Year recognition Firehouse Chili Contest Poster Exhibition Free tee shirt to all participants
Info: Call Mindy Denson at 969-9671
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If you never heard the expression, UJM stands for "Universal Japanese Motorcycle" - a no bullshit, unpretentious, basic street bike that's just as good at getting you work every day, as it is for a coast to coast adventure trip. Such bikes came in many configurations - 2, 3 or 4 cylinders, air or water cooled, engine size varying from "medium" to "massive" - but most had one thing in common: they were available with a reliable, easy to maintain shaft drive option.
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A voluntary retirement and severance program for its Express division employees ate into FedEx's (NYSE: FDX ) quarterly results again. Including realignment costs, FedEx earned $91 million in its second quarter, down 63% from last year's $245 million. Shares are off today about 4% thanks to the company's estimate miss of two cents and concerns over FedEx Ground.
The retirement and severance program's been more popular than the Memphis-based company expected, with workers jumping at the chance to leave. On the flipside, increased use of the program now will result in greater cost savings down the road.
The goal is to get FedEx Express, the company's largest and slowest-growing segment, into leaner shape. A heavy and largely fixed capital structure, along with higher fuel and employee costs, drove FedEx Express's operating income down 3% in fiscal 2003, following a decline of 4% in 2002. Revenues, package volume, and package yields were up for 2003. The division's ballooning costs have been the biggest concern.
For the quarter, revenues at the Express unit increased 4% to $4.28 billion. Excluding the costs of the severance program, operating income improved by 13%, and operating margins expanded from 5.6% to 6.1%. That indicates that the company's cost control efforts are working.
Through the first two quarters of this year, FedEx has booked $415 million in costs associated with the retirement program. It expects cost savings for the rest of the current fiscal year to run $135 million-$145 million, above the company's earlier predicted levels. For fiscal 2005 and beyond, FedEx expects annual cost savings of $235 million-$240 million, better than the $200 million-$230 million projected in October.
While everything looks hunky dory for FedEx Express, shareholders should keep an eye on FedEx Ground, which competes head-on with UPS (NYSE: UPS ) . The unit has been the company's fastest-growing segment, with revenues and operating income growing 26% and 47%, respectively, in fiscal 2003.
In the second quarter, though, FedEx Ground's operating income was flat vs. last year, and operating margins dropped to 13.8% from 14.8%. FedEx's capital expenditures are largely dedicated to expanding the Ground unit, so one hopes that these are just growing pains as it rolls out the business more aggressively.
FedEx expects that the rest of its fiscal year will be strong. It raised estimates for the year to $3.30-$3.40 a share from its earlier guidance of $3-$3.15, after including expected cost savings. After a so-so quarter, a solid finish would be good news for shareholders.
Talk it over on the FedEx discussion boards. FedEx is one of David Gardner's Motley Fool Stock Advisor recommendations.


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Madison, WI (NNCNOW.com) --- Wisconsin state wildlife officials are saying that the elk herd in the state has grown, but not enough to support a hunt in 2013.
The Department of Natural Resources hired a deer and elk research scientist to develop a long-term population estimating model. The model, along with input from other wildlife experts, tribes and partner groups ultimately led to the decision to postpone Wisconsin's first elk hunt.
Wisconsin state law requires that an elk hunt may not take place until the population surpasses 200 animals. The herd has seen moderate growth since the release of 25 elk in 1995.
As part of a revised elk management plan, the Natural Resources Board approved recommendations to bring additional wild animals into Wisconsin from a willing donor state. It will help to accelerate the herd growth, spread animals across a wider area of their range and start a second herd in Jackson County near Black river Falls.
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A glance at business news from around New York today:
Goldman Sachs to cash in on Bausch & Lomb deal. (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
$2.25 million in state money to go toward Utica Memorial Auditorium upgrades. (Utica Observer-Dispatch)
Contract talks extended between union and Buffalo's largest health system. (Buffalo Business First)
Dock delay leaves some sailers high and dry. (The Buffalo News)
Army worm sequel: Pests have returned to farms after unusual invasion last summer. (Watertwown Daily Times)
Unlikely partners join forces to call for an overhaul to JFK, LaGuardia and Newark airports. (Crain's New York Business)
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I have to admit, the title of Taylor Marsh's Post caught my eye. I pondered Taylor's question for a brief moment, even before I read the article. My first reaction was, "Thats it! Thats what we need". Then I quickly thought of the old adage, "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery". I think having "our own" Sarah Palin would only send the message that we recognize her power and appeal and want to duplicate that for our base..
To me, if there were such a thing as "our own" Sarah Palin, she couldn't be a sitting politician. She'd have to have the time, energy and ability to counter the general right-wing assault machine as well as Palin directly. We have to remember, a lot of Palin's appeal is geared toward her demographic. Palin talks in "sound bytes" and "bumper sticker" phrases. She attacks her opponents with short barbs that garner swift audience reaction. Palin knows her audiences and what they want to hear.
Do we have our own Sarah Palin? Taylor Marsh weighs in:
While Democrats and the Obama White House continue to take jabs at Sarah Palin, the fact remains they can't resist rising to her bait, with the media loving to pit Palin against Obama whenever the chance arises. Even when Pres. Obama says he's not going to respond, like he did on Palin's nuclear policy criticism, Obama goes on to do exactly that. Never mind that Palin and other conservatives completely miss that Pres. Reagan dreamed about nuclear zero. Meanwhile, when you look to the left, there is no anti-Palin, no woman even close to competing with her star power.
Sarah Palin may have no official title, the left calling her a "quitter," but she continues to rise in power, with even John McCain calling out to his former running mate to save him in Arizona. It must irk the Republican elite to no end. Today, she'll be giving a speech at the Southern Republican Leadership council. We can only wonder if she'll be the first Republican there to actually mention Katrina.
Lefties get infuriated when I parse the traditional and new media spin against Sarah Palin. I can hear the caterwauling already, but don't care much about it, as I'm more interested in following the story, not the negative Hillaryesque stereotyping, the latest of which comes compliments of the latest CBS poll, which I'll get to in a minute.
The fact remains that there is a "Hillary hole," with women wanting their turn, while people hunger for something radically different, which is currently being filled by the Tea Party, a star named Sarah and her fans. Not surprisingly, as poll after poll on her rolls out, the narrative on Sarah Palin continues to be filled out unfairly. I know, you're shocked. But love her or hate her, whether she runs in 2012 or not, when you look
The latest poll from CBS on Palin comes with an interesting graphic. Unfortunately, the headline blows the lede and the main data point. The news for Palin isn't as bad as the CBS headline screams: "Low Favorability Ratings for Sarah Palin." Do the math.
Just Republicans: 43% approve of her; 16% have an unfavorable opinion; with 29% undecided and 27% haven't heard enough about her.
In overall opinion, beyond Republicans: 24% favorable; 38% unfavorable; 20% undecided; 17% haven't heard enough about her.
As for Independents: 25% favorable; 35% unfavorable; 20% undecided; 18% haven't heard enough.
Then look at the gender numbers. Sarah Palin's charisma holds a key for why middle-aged right-wing males are on her side. As for women, 40% have an unfavorable opinion of her. But guess what; just as many women "haven't heard enough" about her, coming in at 39%.
Translation: Sarah Palin has challenges if she's thinking about 2012, no doubt; but there are plenty of opportunities to change minds her way, according to the CBS poll. Question remains whether she can given her style, the substance of her rhetoric, as well as her delivery.
The truth is that the CBS poll offers some hope for Palin and her people, if the crowds and cash aren't enough. For all the "she's a wacko" storyline, there are a lot of people who remain undecided about Sarah, even as the traditional media continues to offer stereotypical "Low Favorability Ratings for Sarah Palin" headlines, even if the data screams a different and more important story.
Meanwhile, whether Sarah Palin runs in 2012 or not, she's making money while running from state to state campaigning for Republicans and Tea Party people. She's also keeping her maverick status intact by going against the insider GOPers by defending Michael Steele, which seems more stubbornly obstinate than smart. It should be noted that right now her approval among Republicans remains high enough to still make her a possible contender, something I'm sure Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee are watching.
Mrs. Palin's politics aren't for me, and though I pine to see hot headliners from the left, instead we get the likes of Claire McCaskill, Kathleen Sebelius and other Obama blue dog duds, with no women of any wattage in sight.
From a terrific piece on Huffington Post, there is also a larger Democratic problem, which is outlined in "Power Struggle: Inside The Battle For The Soul Of The Democratic Party":
[…] Yet for all the real accomplishments, many liberals are celebrating less than they are commiserating about a lost opportunity, an opportunity for progressive change that pales in comparison to '33 and '34, '64 and '65, when Democratic majorities redirected the course of the nation. "It is only once in a generation that a people can be lifted above material things," Woodrow Wilson said, perhaps optimistically. "That is why conservative government is in the saddle two-thirds of the time." This generation reformed health care and built on that foundation, but the contemporary Democratic approach relies more on using government money to prop up private institutions, no matter how broken, instead of expanding the public sector. For instance, a public insurance plan — the "public option" — was part of the health reform discussion until it came threateningly close to becoming law, at which point it was discarded. […]
Part of the ambivalence for Democrats turning independent is the rightward march of the Democratic party under Obama. However, that doesn't mean these people won't vote for Obama in 2012 given no other choice. However, the rightward tilt of Democrats, as well as their undemocratic governance on health care, has put the activism level on shrug, leaning towards uninvolved. Maybe that's at the heart of Gallup's new numbers, showing the worst brand image for Democrats ever. There simply is no way there will be the enthusiasm for Obama that was seen in 2008. Whether you're talking Missouri, Nevada or Virginia, Obama has likely already kissed these states goodbye, the Bush states he won in 2008 already trending away from him, with Pennsylvania turning negative for Pres. Obama in the latest Quinnipiac.
Looking beyond Obama, as much as I like and appreciate Joe Biden, he's not exactly a 21st century candidate when you look to 2016. The possibility reminds me of a George H.W. Bush situation after Reagan had eight years. That's assuming Barack Obama will rally Democratic enthusiasm, including young people and women, to hold the presidency in 2012.
Where is the woman on the left who can make headlines and draw crowds like Sarah Palin, Liz Cheney, perhaps even a re-entry of Dr. Condoleezza Rice?
The "Hillary hole" is as wide and deep for Democrats as ever, with no Sarah Palin alternative anywhere in sight.
The heat is on the right.


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J.J. Abrams' highly anticipated sequel "Star Trek Into Darkness" opened in AMC Theatres everywhere this past Thursday. The film took first place at the domestic box office this weekend, racking up $84 million. It grossed another $80 million overseas, for a worldwide opening total of $164 million.
While these numbers are nothing to brush aside, they did fall short of the $100 million that Paramount Pictures was hoping for. Especially considering the first film made $79.2 million in 2009, it shows that the momentum was apparently lacking, therefore falling short of surpassing its predecessor.
The budget for Abrams' sequel was $190 million, and the film is predicted to end up around $500 million worldwide theatrically. Decent numbers but it begs the question; was 4 years too long to wait to release the next film or did they not play up their strengths in the promotional materials?
If you saw "Star Trek" this weekend, what did you think of the movie?
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Global mining giant Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP ) continues to raise capital to reduce the daunting debt burden left over from that ill-timed Alcan acquisition, and the result is a new investment vehicle for coal that has been ruthlessly spurned by an increasingly cautious market.
Cloud Peak Energy (NYSE: CLD ) may have spooked some would-be investors with the hasty issuance of $600 million in new debt, but the lackluster reception of the shares offered through the IPO raises this Fool's value-focused eyebrows. With shares representing a 52% stake in the company garnering less than $459 million, and roughly half the proceeds of the senior note offerings going back to Rio Tinto, the implied enterprise value for the new entity comes in at around $1.2 billion. Relating that valuation back to the underlying coal assets, I detect the scent of Foolish opportunity.
Looking to comparable sales
Like house hunters scrutinizing comparable sales, we have a telling transaction from the recent past to shed light upon the present valuation of these new Cloud Peak shares. Back in March, Rio Tinto managed to sell its Jacob's Ranch coal mine to Arch Coal (NYSE: ACI ) for $761 million. At the time, I pointed out that the transaction valued the coal assets in the ground at about $2 per ton. Since all three of the coal mines comprising Cloud Peak Energy's assets are located in the same Powder River Basin (PRB) region of Wyoming and Montana as the mine that Arch Coal purchased, and given the comparable ore quality among all of these mines, it would seem that investors have an opportunity to outperform Arch Coal's cost basis for similar assets.
Looking to Rio Tinto's ore reserves as of December 31, 2008, we find that the three mines in the Cloud Peak portfolio boasted combined proven and probable reserves of 948 million tons. Essentially, Rio Tinto has just sold a 52% stake in producing PRB coal mines to you -- the public -- for about a third less than Arch Coal paid for similar assets earlier in the year. The results of the IPO value the assets at about $1.27 per ton. These mines produced a combined 94 million tons of coal in 2008, which represents only about 78% of total permitted capacity.
Although Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU ) recently noted persistent weakness in domestic demand, rival Arch Coal has noted the emergence of export demand for PRB thermal coal emanating from Asia. If this matures into a trend, it could provide a boost to railroads like Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP ) and Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK-A ) Burlington Northern Santa Fe (NYSE: BNI ) that haul the stuff, but I believe that the biggest boost for investors could come to those with their heads in the cloud.


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MARSHALL - Claire Sames denied Minot State's last three attack attempts to lead Southwest Minnesota State to a four-point rally in Set 3 to seal a 25-14, 25-20, 25-20 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference win Friday at P.E. Gym.
Sames, SMSU's leading blocker, finished the match with six block assists and one solo denial. She has 62 block assists and 17 solos this season.
This win was the second for the Mustangs against the Beavers in 2013.
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Southwest Minnesota State's Claire Sames blocks the hitting attempt of Minot State's Lauren Dunkle during a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference match Friday at P.E. Gym.
Abbey Thissen led SMSU (19-6, 14-3 NSIC), offensively, tallying a match-high 15 kills on 27 attempts (.370). Whitney Burmeister chipped in with 11 kills on 28 attacks.
"I thought we had stretches where we played some really good volleyball," Southwest Minnesota State head coach Terry Culhane said. "We just need to work on our consistency because we give away too many unforced errors. It's something that we have to clean up no matter who we are playing."
It was all Mustangs in Set 1 as SMSU cruised to a 25-14 victory.
The Beavers hung tough early, but would succumb to a 7-2 Mustang rally that pushed the score to 18-9. SMSU turned to its service game late as Burmeister rattled off three straight aces to make it a 23-14 advantage.
Burmeister finished the match with just those three aces. Emilee Gutzmer put the lid on things as she connected on one of her four kills in the match to end the first set in favor of the Mustangs.
The Mustangs jumped ahead 10-4 lead in Set 2 thanks to a pair of kills from Thissen and Burmeister. SMSU grew its lead to 19-13 with another Burmeister kill, but would face a Beaver comeback.
MISU scored seven of the next ten points to shrink the Mustang lead down to 22-20. Culhane called his second timeout of the set to slow the momentum and it worked.
Back to the court, SMSU turned to its heavy hitter, Thissen, who slammed three straight kills to lift SMSU to a 25-20 set victory heading into the break.
SMSU built another comfortable lead in Set 3 as Thissen pushed the score to 11-5 with another kill. Two straight Beaver attack errors prompted third-year head coach Travis Ward to take his first timeout with the score set in favor of SMSU, 17-11.
From there, the Beavers put together a late 8-3 surge to tie the set at 20, capped by a Jen Dixon's service ace. The MISU surge ended promptly at the hands of Sames, who got her hand in the last three Beaver attacks, blocking all of them to give SMSU the set and match. But we finished very well and that is some positive energy for us."
"Claire did a nice job against the Minot State hitters because she was reading where they were going to attack," Culhane said. "We were at a point were the game could have went either way
With the loss, the Beavers dropped to 12-15 overall, 7-10 in the NSIC, but still remain in the hunt for a berth into the NSIC Conference Tournament.
SMSU's alumni weekend continues today with a match versus the University of Mary. First serve is set for 3 p.m.


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We've given traditional sliders a change of pace makeover by substituting fork tender beef brisket for the usual mini burgers. Our flavorful oniony Pulled Brisket Sliders may be small in size but they're big on taste.
Makes: 12 sliders
Preparation Time: 5 min
Cooking Time: 3 hr 30 min
• 1 (4-pound) fresh beef brisket
• 2 (10-1/2-ounce) cans onion soup
• 2 large onions, thinly sliced
• 12 slider rolls
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a large roasting pan with cooking spray.
2. Place brisket in pan, then pour onion soup over brisket. Top with onions.
3. Cover tightly with aluminum foil and bake 3-1/2 to 4 hours, or until meat is fork-tender.
4. Place brisket on a cutting board and shred with 2 forks. Return to pan; mix well. Serve on slider rolls.
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This leg is the first of a RTW trip I'm taking this June/July. Some sectors are paid for, some are awards. The trip breakdown..
SYD-HKG QF Economy (Award)
HKG-LAX CX Business (Award)
LAX-AUS AA Economy (Paid)
AUS-IAD-LHR UA Business (Upgrade)
LGW-GCI-LGW GR Economy (Paid)
LHR-HKG-SYD CX Business (Paid)
The SYD/HKG sector was booked around two months prior to departure through Qantas' online award bookings.
Trip Data
Route - SYD-HKG
Flight - QF 127
Date - 26/06/06
Departure at 10.45
Arrival at 17.45
Aircraft - Boeing 747-4H6
Registration - VH-OEC
Class - Economy
Seat - 58K
Flight time - 9h
Arrived at SYD on the Airport train around two hours prior to departure.The station is generally very spacious and efficient. Proceeded to the QF Check-in zone. Counters are grouped by class, not flight, apart from flights to the USA, which demand a seperate zone because of heightened security measures. The area was busy, but not crowded, at this time with QF flights departing to PEK, JNB, LAX-JFK, AKL and HKG. Check-in at the Qantas Club area was rather slow; more people appeared to be here than in the Economy line. However, the agent was super-efficient and must have processed us in less than a minute. Made our way through security to the airside Qantas club.
Maybe I'm spoiled, but I found it less than impressive. The chairs were stained and losing fabric and the food, although fine, was not replenished in the entire time I was in the lounge (over an hour). Bathrooms, though, were very good. QF need to figure out what they're doing with announcements because they're really quite intrusive. The volume is way too high and a lot of the time, the agents haven't yet decided what to say when they come on the PA. A better system, I think, would be to have more screens to show boarding information and the PA reserved for paging passengers. Another small point: the music - I found it rather unsettling. QF should follow CX at the Wing and Pier in HKG and have no general music, but instead provide noise-cancelling headphones with audio-on-demand, as they have in Business and First Class.
In summary, QF have a decent lounge product that is losing its shine. They need to modify little details, improve the service and refurbish the seating.
Anyway, it was on to Gate 37 for boarding where Echo Charlie was ready and waiting, with most pax boarded. The gate agent informed us we were to move seats (10 rows back) but as it was an exit row, this wasn't a problem. It took a long time to board last remaining pax, most of whom were connecting.
Crew were fairly friendly, though seemed to be more focused on carrying out tasks in the galley than welcoming passengers. They were a mix of Cantonese/Mandarin speakers, 1 Japanese, and a few Australians - most of whom were older. Our exit row seats provided plenty of space and as an economy class, there wasn't really much wrong with it. I found it difficult to watch the movie selection without noise-cancelling headsets, but you're never going to get them in Econ. so there's no point complaining.
Lunch was served fairly soon after departing SYD. It consisted of:
Green Leaf Salad with Balsamic Dressing
Choice of:
Mediterranean Style Chicken with Sliced Potatoes and Steamed Vegetables
Chinese Barbecue Pork with Hoisin Sauce and Fried Rice
Cheese and Crackers
Coffee, Tea, Jasmine tea
Ice cream (fruit ice made in Italy!!)
I chose the pork which was fine, though I couldn't have told you it was either barbecue, hoisin, or fried rice! It would be nice if QF could provide magnums like SQ. Salad was fresh enough.
Small bottles of QF brand water were handed out which was welcome. FA's maintained a presence in the cabin as I watched Match Point (Scarlett Johannsen, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) on Q entertainment. I then flicked through the radio channels as I read. There was some turbulence and the FA's were forced to sit down a couple of times. Soon, a refreshment was served:
Stir Fried Hokkien Noodles and Asian Greens
Pineapple and Rockmelon with Mango Juice
Coffee, Tea, Jasmine tea
The fruit was nice and and the noodles hot, but very glutinous.
Approach into Chek Lap Kok followed shortly after. Two of the crew were sitting facing us. They were SYD based and would be spending 1 night and day in HKG before returning the next day. He was a fan of Miles Davis!
Landing was smooth and QF crew said goodbye. Immigration and baggage reclaim was quick, even though the flight was full. It was then onto the very comfortable Airport Limousine coach for the transfer to HK island for three days.
QF have a solid economy class product. With improved food and entertainment (the latter of which will be true soon) there is no reason why people should choose carriers such as SQ and CX ahead of Qantas. I think that there is basically not a great difference between them. Personally, I would choose an Asian airline before QF because their service (particularly telephone) is more consistent.
All feedback is appreciated; my apologies for the lack of pictures. Happy flying


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Laura Kruger was inspired to mount "The Sexuality Spectrum" after observing the discussions that swirled around Marriage Equality Act here last year. "I became frightened by the politics related to it," Kruger said in a walk-through at the Hebrew Union College gallery space. "It sounded to me like the kind of shouting and swearing in Nazi Germany prior to the Holocaust."
This exhibition aims to address sexuality artistically. "Art is indeed another language, and like music it can reach people deeply and in a lasting way," Kruger said. "Images stay in the mind and, frequently, more permanently than words. This particular subject, 'sexual orientation,' stands in the middle of the room like some embarrassed elephant until someone comes forth and points out that all sexuality is gloriously varied and diverse."
The art ranges in approach and interpretation: New paintings by Archie Rand that represent biblical heroines Debora and Yael in his social realist-comic style beg Kruger to question, "How the military can keep women from battle when they have always been in battle on behalf of the Jews"; while Albert Winn's "Erev Shabbat," a photograph of the artist and his partner at their Sabbath meal, replete with lit candles, offers an alternative view of the traditional Friday-night dinner. Jacqueline Nichols' subversive paper cuts designed to look like delicate doilies sharply comment on misogyny in Judaism. (Her solo exhibit opened Sept. 1 at the JCC in Manhattan.)
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The victim, 57-year-old Timothy Appling, was stabbed at 2:48 a.m. on Dec. 14, near the intersection of Broadway and Atlantic Avenue. He died from his wounds at 8:55 a.m., at Cooper University Hospital.
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He is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 160 pounds. He has short, partially gray hair and a birthmark over his right eyelid.
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Do Buddhist teachings that urge us to free ourselves of worldly possessions guide us toward better supply chain management and lean manufacturing? How does one handle product lifecycle planning in light of reincarnation?
Speaking in Ann Arbor last weekend, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama urged a sustainable mindset as being congruent with Buddhist teachings. He also suggested Americans, in particular, should cool it with the acquisition thing.
Among those attending the Dalai Lama's lectures was Ford Motor Co. Chairman Bill Ford, according to an Associated Press report. Ford knows something about renouncing earthly attachments: He told shareholders three years ago he'd accept no salary until profits recovered. He's still waiting.
Mr. Ford gets his "green" ticket punched for showing up to Sunday's sustainability lecture. But it isn't a stretch to see some risk to being seen by China as making a political statement by doing so. China, after all, wasted no time protesting a meeting in Ann Arbor between the Dalai Lama and a U.S. State Department official.
When German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced plans to receive His Holiness last Sept. 23, German business people fretted their China relationships would suffer. Nervous about calls for Tibetan autonomy, Chinese leaders characterize the Dalai Lama as a public enemy.
More recently, protests at Olympic torch relays opened fresh wounds for a nation that seeks international status in hosting the games.
As they did in Ann Arbor, pro-China protesters so far focus their ire on Western news media for what they call uncritical reporting of Tibet and the Dalai Lama. But, as The New York Times reported Sunday, China partisans now are urging boycotts of Western interests.
Ford, among many other Michigan companies, has something to lose if the Chinese market perceives it as endorsing a renegade. Ford Motor China recorded first-quarter sales this year up 47 percent. Passenger vehicle sales rose to 47,213 there, and Ford's new Mondeo sold 13,391 units during the quarter. Ford's joint venture Changan Ford Mazda Automobile sold another 61,789 units, an increase of 58 percent over last year.
That's four consecutive quarters of strong growth in China, yet just scratching the surface of a huge consumer market that's touchy about its national image. Even mighty Google knuckled under two years ago by accepting a censored search engine in order to operate in China.
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Indeed, the wave of ostensibly principled pizza restaurants since 2004 has produced a mixed bag. Along the broad middle stretch of the spectrum, between undistinguished and outstanding, I'd place L'Asso, in NoLIta; Tonda, the East Village redo of the restaurant the E.U.; Toby's Public House, in Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn, which has fine tap beers and a pubby warmth; and Luna Rossa, in Carroll Gardens, whose pies are the best in this little bunch.
Although their pizza was comparable to Tonda, I definitely didn't think Luna Rossa stood out of the pack. Don't get me wrong — I had a very enjoyable dining experience — but the pizza left something to be desired. They get huge points for good service, their adorable outdoor garden, and the diverse selection of pies they offer.
Their menu boasts 18 pies — quite a hefty selection — and we tried more than half of them. And yes… part of me wants to applaud them for coming up with 18 different pizzas they feel confident serving. But another part of me wishes they'd cut the menu in half and focus on perfecting a handful of pies. All of them had potential to be great.
Most of the pies are about $11 or $12 which is slightly cheaper than comparable places in Manhattan. I thought the Marinara ($8.95) was better than expected for a pie so plain, and the Vegetariana ($11.95) and Braccio de Ferro ($11.95) held up well. There was no overwhelming consensus on a particular pie that stood out more than the others. On the other hand, there wasn't a pie that got a general thumbs down. Everything was tasty, but not necessarily enough to warrant a trip back out here. But for those who live in the neighborhood and don't want to brave the lines at Lucali — you have a great local pizza joint to check out.
Margherita (mozzarella, tomato sauce, fresh basil)
Quattro Formaggi (mozzarella, parrmigiano, fontina and gorgonzola)
Diavola (mozzarella, tomato sauce, hot sausage and chilli peppers )
Luna Rossa (ricotta, mozzarella, salame and black pepper )
Siciliana (mozzarella, tomato sauce and grilled eggplant)
Marinara (tomato sauce, fresh garlic, oregano)
Vegetariana (mozzarella, tomato sauce, grilled vegetables)
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Help talk:Footnotes and endnotes
I have gone into some detail on this, since in the 18 months or so I have edited on WP, I have never used footnotes, and it is only since working on WS I have needed to know. I am sure other editors are the same. Apwoolrich 14:47, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
- What do we do when the original text to be added has footnotes & you need to add a clarifying footnote of your own - how is the original distinguished from the editors footnote? AllanHainey 14:11, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
- How about orginals 1,2,3 etc, WS notes A, B, C, then doubling up as necessary AA, BB, CC, etc? Apwoolrich 17:24, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
- Thoughts… 1. Putting footnotes in-text wouldn't work very well because they vary in size and can encompass multiple paragraphs. For an example see History of Utah, 1540-1886 - Chapter 3#Footnotes. 2. Because the number of original footnotes from the source will remain constant, you could just number continuously after the last footnote, so that if you had 5 footnotes in the source, your new annotations would be numbered 6 and up. But using something like letters to differentiate them isn't a bad idea. The ref and note templates are handy, but shouldn't be required. I never use them. 3. When adding the annotations to the end of the document, it would be a good idea to use a header to separate them from the other footnotes along with a little blurb indicating they weren't a part of the original document (such as "These are notes and corrections to the original source document:", as here). —Mike 02:54, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
Footnotes to Endnotes[edit]
Personally, most of the time I make footnotes into chapter endnotes, under a horizontal bar. These notes are linked using the wiki ref feature. This has worked out well for all of the works I have done this with. For works where this is cumbersome, perhaps creating a separate page where all of the footnotes go would be good. Then, just link to them in the main text, and use html style [url]#Anchor for get at them. It would probably be best to open all such links in their own window. —Wikijeff
Out of date?[edit]
Isn't this page horribly out of date? Surely, nearly all footnotes should be done with <ref> now? I think this page needs a total rewrite. I am happy to do it if others agree. Inductiveload—talk/contribs 18:16, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, it's hopelessly out of date and needs a complete rewrite. I came here for help with a footnote inside a footnote.
A few initial notes towards the rewrite:
- Simple notes on using <ref> for footnotes
- How to do footnotes that go over more than one page
- What to do with footnotes within footnotes
- How to manage a footnote within a footnote that goes over more than one page
- When to use endnotes and when to use footnotes
- How to do endnotes for a chapter and for a work
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- I added Footnotes across page breaks to Help:Page breaks about two months ago. — Iain Bell (talk) 09:56, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
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as well as endnotes found here. Londonjackbooks (talk) 16:13, 28 February 2013 (UTC)


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EASTHAMPTON - Photographer Joseph Casciano exhibits "Illuminated" in the Easthampton City Arts + Gallery through April 1.
In 2009, Casciano bought a pocket digital camera and carried it everywhere. "My process feels more like collecting and organizing than inspired creation. I am gathering evidence and doing fieldwork, not making art," he says.
Casciano's snapshots pull from influences of William Eggleston and Peter Fraser, finding importance in the unremarkable with color and sometimes, hard digital light. His subject matter captures a random quality of visual acquisition - in one image is light captured at a glance through parting trees and another is a multitude of lamps and hanging lights shining in unison on a showroom floor. These are images that encompass a sense of commonplace, however, also are truly enigmatic.
"My family photo albums have the kinds of images you might expect: vacations and day-trips, family gatherings, graduations and weddings; but I was always more intrigued by photographs that were not obviously commemorative. I loved the images at the margins, the accidental exposure taken as a new roll is loaded, the unremarkable corner of a living room, " he explains.
Through these moments of the mundane is a scrutiny of selection. Casciano's process includes an intensive editing process while maintaining an intuitive sensibility. Through choice, he produces an existential regard to the familiar.
Casciano attended the School of Visual Arts and graduated with a degree in cinema, photography and media arts. In 2011, his work was included in the exhibition Follow the River in Hosmer Gallery in the Forbes Library. He has experience as a freelance photographer and videographer and as a photography studio production manager. Casciano is an ECA+ artist and lives and works in Easthampton.
The exhibit is free and open to the public. The ECA+ gallery is located at 43 Main St. Hours are Monday through Thursday and Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. For more information, go online to www.easthamptoncityarts.com


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A cooperation with the Museum of Fine Arts Bern.
The Zentrum Paul Klee and the Kunstmuseum Bern will devote a comprehensive exhibition to the seven deadly sins, targeting a fitting documentation of artistic preoccupation with this theme from medieval times to the present. The exhibition will address the relevance of the notion of sin in contemporary society and how our culture justifies changes in values.
Despite the secularization of society and the waning dominion of Christian ethics, the concept of the cardinal sins is, still today, all the rage, as evidenced by David Fincher's Hollywood film «Seven» (1996) or artworks such as Bruce Nauman's «Vices and Virtues» (1983-1988/2008).
Pope Gregory I (ca. 540–604) was the first to speak of the «seven deadly sins». He was thereby referring to seven attitudes of the soul, bad characteristics or vices, which lead to the death of the relationship between humankind and God as well as of relationships among humankind: Superbia/pride, Avaritia/avarice, Invidia/envy, Ira/anger, Luxuria/lust, Gula/gluttony, Acedia/sloth.
Society's attitude to the individual sins listed here has grown ambivalent in recent times: Greed, envy, or gluttony (in the form of consumerism) has become the driving force of the capitalist economic system, while lust in the form of sexual promiscuity has lost its negative connotations in large sections of our thrill-orientated society. At the same time, however, we can observe contrasting tendencies: the greed of managers is denounced as a rip-off mentality, the consumerist behavior in our throwaway society as superficial and meaningless.
Artistic representation of the cardinal sins in their historical development is to be analyzed at both the exhibition sites. However, the exhibition will not be structured like a chronologically marked track but, following an introductory section with series of representations in the Kunstmuseum, the individual sins will be presented in their own respective sections, which will be distributed throughout both buildings. This mode of presentation makes it possible to confront and compare older art with contemporary and reveal the changes in attitudes towards notions of sin.
Team of curators: Fabienne Eggelhöfer (ZPK), Claudine Metzger (KMB), Samuel Vitali (KMB)
CATALOGUE: The catalogue will be published in German with texts by Fabienne Eggelhöfer, Matthias Frehner, Christine Göttler, Claudine Metzger, Monique Meyer, Barbara Müller, Gerhard Schulze, Juri Steiner, Samuel Vitali. Approx. 380 pages, 280 plates, Hatje Cantz Verlag.


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ELECTRONICS: Cal Sensors announces the launch of PIREPlus, a high-output, high-pulse rate emitter that can be pulsed as a source of blackbody radiation for near-to-far infrared applications at 180Hz with 50 percent modulation depth. With a pulsing speed 18 times faster than alternative technologies, the PIREPlus maximizes signal to noise performance, expanding the measurement dynamic range and resolution for trace gases with very low parts per million. The solid state emitter offers high output (4×10-2 W/cm2 at 1 inch from filament) and includes integrated drive electronics.
The PIREPlus is well-suited for a variety of applications, including industrial and medical gas analysis, environmental monitoring, process control instrumentation, spectroscopy and plastics sorting. The pulsable emitter offers enhanced signal-to-noise ratio, is compatible with a wide range of detector technologies, and comes in an industry-standard T0-5 header package.
The radiating element in PIREPlus is an ultra-thin specially designed metallic foil configured to ensure radiation from both sides of the heated foil is efficiently directed out of the package along the optic axis. The foil material has an emissivity of 0.88 and closely emulates a blackbody source in spectral distribution. PIREPlus emitters are designed to operate at a rated maximumfoil temperature of 1000 degree Kelvin and are offered with a standard integrated reflector to provide near collimated and uniform radiation output. A variety of elliptical reflectors with varying focal lengths are also available for coupling into optical fibers and other applications.
The PIREPlus comes with integrated drive electronics in an industry standard 14 pin-dip IC package. The user-friendly drive electronics are voltage variable and allow users to select from a wide range of frequencies between 1 and 500 Hz according to their specific application needs. A special feature of the drive electronics is the ability to provide peak pulse temperatures independent of the pulse frequency. This ensures the highest output for any application.
Compatible with a wide range of IR detector technologies, the PIREPlus emitter can be paired with Cal Sensor´s new MIRA4 four-color lead selenide (PbSe) sensor that provides industry-leading sensitivity of 1.5E10 Jones in the detection of up to four distinct gases in the 1.0 to 5.5 µm infrared region. The PIREPlus emitter and MIRA4detector can be purchased together as an integrated module for quick integration and efficient design and performance.
The PIREPlus represents the latest generation of PIRE pulsable emitters that Cal Sensors officially launched at booth 2600 of the SPIE-sponsored Photonics West exhibit held Jan. 26-28 in San Francisco, CA. Cal Sensors exhibited a full line of innovative IR detector and emitter technologies at the event.
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The Wins Produced stats estimated from the box score for Game 4 against the Bulls can be viewed HERE.
The playoff stats on the Heat Produced Page were updated.
I posted some quick thoughts on the Heat Produced stats from Game 4 on Twitter.
Running commentary from Game 4 can be found HERE.
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TRURO - Recognizing Truro's wealth of heritage is the focus of two upcoming events at the Colchester Historical Museum.
On Saturday, Oct. 13, at 2 p.m., a new exhibit will be available to the public focusing on Truro's rich architectural heritage. Called Architectural Snapshots of Truro, photographs of local buildings will be used to shine a new light on the history preserved in the town through buildings.
When Emily Boomsma moved to Truro in 2001 she was impressed with the area's heritage buildings and compiled a series of black and white photographs highlighting her favourites. That project evolved into the production of a weekly planner, called About Town, showing doorways, dormers, roof lines and masonry from new perspectives.
The photos on display will be accompanied by architectural details salvaged from heritage buildings by the Onslow Historic Lumber Company. Owners Joe and Melanie Ballard will select items from their store to accompany Boomsma's images. Architectural pieces on loan from the store will represent brick, stone and wood.
In addition, retired educator Jan Zann will present a slide show entitled In Praise of Truro's Architecture.
On Saturday, Oct. 27, at 2 p.m., Peter Delefes, Nova Scotia governor for Heritage Canada, will offer a slide presentation on neo-classical architecture in Nova Scotia, many of which are displayed in Truro's buildings.
Museum events focusing on Truros wealth of heritage
TRURO - Recognizing Truro's wealth of heritage is the focus of two upcoming events at the Colchester Historical Museum.
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HTC One X announced, heading to AT&T in April
The One S by HTC isn't the only new phone being announced by HTC today/tonight, which isn't a surprise to anyone who's been paying attention to all the rumors and speculation. But, unlike the One S, the One X is every bit of a high-end device, featuring the latest and greatest in software, as well as hardware. But, there's a catch. There's always a… Read more


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Lawmakers Support Trade Deal With European Union
A trade deal between the European Union and the United States could generate up to $17 billion annually in gross product for Texas and create as many as 166,000 new jobs, according to a study released Wednesday by The Perryman Group, an economic and financial analysis firm, on the potential business benefits a deal would bring to the state.
"With all of the acrimony and partisanship in Congress, this is one of the great issues we can all come together on," U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, said at a press conference Wednesday.
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A sturdy aluminum clipboard you won't have to replace. Nickel-plated stainless steel clip attached to the board with rivets. Holds papers up to 1" thick. Built-in hanging hole for storage. Made from recycled aluminum in the U.S.A. (
That inexpensive plastic clipboard won't help at all when it cracks down the middle, its clip breaks off and your papers go flying. Aluminum products like this are as much about your sanity as they are about quality.
These clipboards are made from recycled aluminum. What happens at the end of a product's life—its recycling or disposal—is only one part of the sustainability equation. Just as relevant are how effeciently it is made as well as the durability of the product over a lifetime. The use of aluminum as a replacement for plastic and steel has been the subject of many experiments in car and rail manufacturing for its startling greenhouse gas emission reductions.
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Cheer the Woodinville High School football team on
in their quest for the state championship at this Saturday's game, November 23rd,
(rescheduled due to Tuesday's snow)
as the Falcons take on South Kitsap in Tacoma!
Join the Tailgate Party (bring your own food and drink--no alcohol)
on the charter bus (with restroom) leaving at 4:30 p.m. Saturday
from the Woodinville Park & Ride (north of Stock Market)!
Only $7.50 per person, roundtrip! Your reservation and payment
(cash, check, VISA, or MasterCard) must be made
by noon Friday, November 22nd.
Tickets are available at the Woodinville Weekly's office
at the Woodgate Mall, 13342 NE 175th (next to the Woodinville Post Office),
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., or call (206) 806-7485 24 hours a day!
Buses will fill up 47 passengers at a time, and must be full to depart.
First come, first served!
For those driving to the game, take the City Center exit in Tacoma
to LIncoln High School Bowl, 701 So. 37th in Tacoma.


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A wide array of trash and junk was picked up from alongside Portales streets and yards Saturday as city officials and the Roosevelt Chamber of Commerce held the city's fourth annual Great American Cleanup. Amie Franz of the chamber said about 200 area residents helped out in the litter pickup.
"Everybody seemed really pumped up this morning," Franz said. "People had been calling for weeks asking about it."
Portales Girl Scout leader Leona Lopez walked with a group of Girl Scouts down South Chicago Avenue picking up trash Saturday morning. She said she was a little disgusted by all the trash found along the street rather than in trash cans or dumpsters where it should have been.
"It's kind of sad that people litter this much," Lopez said. "A lot of this is stuff that is just tossed (out of vehicle windows). Most of it is not biodegradable."
Portales Junior High School student Rebecca Garza said she has become interested in the environment, so she was eager to hit the streets with an empty trash bag.
"People don't care about the environment," Garza said. "They just throw the trash out. People are lazy these days. If you see something lying in the middle of the road that doesn't belong there you should pick it up and throw it in the trash."
A contingent of Eastern New Mexico University football players fanned out through western Portales neighborhoods picking up trash. Team member Bobby Reed said the players just wanted to give back to the community that supports their team. An old tire discarded in an alley and a dead snake were a couple of items his group found during the cleanup.
"Some of the streets were cleaner than others," he said.
Football player J.J. Ortiz' group found a dead chicken.
"It seems that certain neighborhoods just don't care (about debris along the streets)," he said.
Christie Carter participated in the cleanup with her fellow employees of Portales National Bank. Her group found cans, beer bottles, a wrench, a hubcap and shingles discarded along Kilgore Avenue.
"You notice more trash when you're doing the cleanup," Carter said. "Portales is still clean compared to other places in New Mexico I've been to."
Wanda Walker and her great granddaughter Cambrea Cole, 6, picked up trash along the fence around Steiner Elementary. Cambrea said she was happy to pick up trash. Walker said she hoped Cambrea would start picking up trash more often around home now that she has become more environmentally aware.
A student group from ENMU, the "presidents and ambassadors," won the scavenger hunt at the cleanup by finding at least one example each of 30 specific items including a CD, a baby bottle, bones and roadkill, a couch or chair, and various everyday items like soda cans, and old clothing items.
Eastern New Mexico Tae Kwon Do brought 23 participants to the cleanup. It was the cleanup's largest group.


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It was really just one bad shot," professional golfer Kevin Na told reporters after he carded a stunning 16 on a par-4 in the first round of the Texas Open last week.
"Well, two, actually," he added.
Fore? No, four times four.
The professional's plebeian accomplishment, the highest score ever recorded on a par-4 in a PGA Tour event, catapulted an unknown golfer to fame for his misfortune. The details of his travails were recounted in a front page story in Saturday's New York Times.
The golfers on the pro tour, of course, even those most of us have never heard of, are the elite of the elite, the handful who have made it to a level most can only dream of. But for one nightmarish hole, Na was everyman. He was the guy you see out on the local public course on Saturday. Except for how he handled it all, that is.
Na's exploits came on the ninth hole. Where most duffers would have picked up their ball - if they'd been able to find it - and vastly underestimated their score, Na kept on fighting the good fight. After writing down his full 16, he played the back nine in three under, making three birdies and six pars. In other words, he put the disaster behind him. He even returned to tame the ninth the next day, but unfortunately did not make the cut, which ended his tournament after just two rounds.
We'd be willing to bet that most weekend warriors, the average golfers who knew from experience what Na was going through, will now be checking up on, and rooting for, the 27-year-old.
With the graceful way he handled his abysmal failure, Na showed the rest of us what it really means to be a pro.


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Bell Witch
The Bell Witch or Bell Witch Haunting is a poltergeist legend from Southern folklore, centered on the 19th-century Bell family of Adams, Tennessee.
John Bell Sr., who made his living as a farmer, resided with his family in Adams, Tennessee in the early 1800s. According to folklore in 1817, his family came under attack by a witch.
In the 1894 book An Authenticated History of the Bell Witch, author Martin Van Buren Ingram claims that the poltergeist's name was Kate, and that she frequently cursed the Bell family out loud. The activity centered on the Bells' youngest daughter, Betsy, and worsened after she became engaged to one Joshua Gardner.[1]
Several accounts report that during his military career, Andrew Jackson was intrigued with the story and was frightened away after traveling to investigate.[2] Other stories relate that the family was haunted by scratching noises outside their door after Bell found a half-dog, half-rabbit creature. Some stories end up with Bell being poisoned by the witch.[3] Accounts vary about the witch being someone who had been cheated by Bell or a male slave whom Bell had killed.[4][5]
Goodspeed's History of Tennessee[edit]
The only known account of the haunting prior to Ingram's publication was in 1886, almost 70 years after the events. This one paragraph in the Goodspeed Brothers book History of Tennessee does not mention Andrew Jackson nor Bell Senior's death.
A remarkable occurrence, which attracted wide-spread interest, was connected with the family of John Bell, who settled near what is now Adams Station about 1804. So great was the excitement that people came from hundreds of miles around to witness the manifestations of what was popularly known as the "Bell Witch." This witch was supposed to be some spiritual being having a woman's attributes, such as voice. It was invisible to the eye, yet it would hold conversation and even shake hands with certain individuals. The feats it performed were wonderful and seemingly designed to annoy the family. It would take the sugar from the bowls, spill the milk, take the quilts from the beds, slap and pinch the children, and then laugh at the discomfort of its victims. At first it was supposed to be a good spirit, but its subsequent acts, together with the curses with which it supplemented its remarks, proved the contrary.[6]
Paranormal investigator Benjamin Radford, as well as Brian Dunning, conclude that there is no evidence that Andrew Jackson visited the Bell family home. During the years in question, Jackson's movements were well documented, and nowhere in history or his writings is there evidence of his knowledge of the Bell family. According to Dunning, "The 1824 Presidential election was notoriously malicious, and it seems hard to believe that his opponent would have overlooked the opportunity to drag him through the mud for having lost a fight to a witch."[7][8]
Martin Van Buren Ingram[edit]
All of the above accounts of the legend are drawn from two sources. In part, the Goodspeed article was a source, but newspaper publisher Martin Van Buren Ingram provided most of the material. Seventy-five years after the Bell Witch events, he wrote An Authenticated History of the Bell Witch. Ingram states that he based his book on the diary of Richard Bell, who was a son of John Bell, Sr. The events happened when Richard Bell was 6–10 years old, but he didn't write the diary until he was 30. According to Brian Dunning no one has ever seen this diary, and there is no evidence that it ever existed: "Conveniently, every person with firsthand knowledge of the Bell Witch hauntings was already dead when Ingram started his book; in fact, every person with secondhand knowledge was even dead." Dunning also concluded that Ingram was guilty of falsifying another statement, that the Saturday Evening Post had published a story in 1849 accusing the Bells' daughter Elizabeth of creating the witch. That article does not exist either.[7]
According to Radford, the Bell Witch story is an important one for all paranormal researchers: "It shows how easily legend and myth can be mistaken for fact and real events and how easily the lines are blurred" when sources are not checked.[8] Dunning wrote that there was no need to discuss the supposed paranormal activity until there was evidence that the story was true. "Vague stories indicate that there was a witch in the area. All the significant facts of the story have been falsified, and the others come from a source of dubious credibility. Since no reliable documentation of any actual events exists, there is nothing worth looking into."[7]
Dunning concludes, "I chalk up the Bell Witch as nothing more than one of many unsubstantiated folk legends, vastly embellished and popularized by an opportunistic author of historical fiction."[7] Radford reminds readers that "the burden of proof is not on skeptics to disprove anything but rather for the proponents to prove... claims".[8]
Joe Nickell has written that many of those who knew Betsy suspected her of fraud and the Bell Witch story "sounds suspiciously like an example of "the poltergeist-faking syndrome" in which someone, typically a child, causes the mischief."[9]
Bell Witch today[edit]
There have been several movies based, at least in part, on the Bell Witch legend, including The Blair Witch Project in 1999, Bell Witch Haunting in 2004, An American Haunting in 2005, Bell Witch: The Movie in 2007, and The Bell Witch Haunting in 2013.
The Danish metal band Mercyful Fate have a song titled "The Bell Witch" on their 1993 album In the Shadows.[10]
Seattle-based doom metal band Bell Witch took their name from this legend.
The American television series Ghost Adventures filmed an episode at the Bell Witch Cave.[11]
There is a new series - "Cursed: The Bell Witch" - based on the latest members of the Bell family trying to end the curse. It aired October 2015 on the A&E Network.
Tennessee author William Gay wrote a novel, published posthumously in 2015, entitled Little Sister Death, about the Bell Witch.
See also[edit]
- ^ Hendrix, Grady, "Little Ghost on the Prairie; An American Haunting is definitely not based on a true story", Slate Magazine, May 4, 2006.
- ^ McCormick, James; Macy Wyatt (2009). Ghosts of the Bluegrass. University Press of Kentucky. p. 94.
- ^ http://www.bellwitch.org/biographies/johnbell.htm#ftn2
- ^ Hudson, Arthur Palmer; Pete Kyle McCarter (January–March 1934). The Bell Witch of Tennessee and Mississippi: A folk legend. The Journal of American Forklore. pp. 45–63.
- ^ Monahan, Brent (2000). The Bell Witch: An American Haunting. St. Martin's Griffin.
- ^ Godspeed Brothers (1886). History of Tennessee. Godspeed Publishing Co.
- ^ a b c d Dunning, Brian. "Demystifying the Bell Witch". Skeptoid. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
- ^ a b c Radford, Benjamin (January–February 2012). "The Bell Witch Mystery". Skeptical Inquirer Magazine. 36 (1): 32–33.
- ^ Nickell, Joe. "The 'Bell Witch' Poltergeist". Skeptical Inquirer. Center for Inquiry. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
- ^ "Mercyful Fate - In the Shadows". Encyclopaedia Metallum.
- ^ http://www.travelchannel.com/shows/ghost-adventures/episodes/bell-witch-cave
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bell Witch.
- MonsterTalk episode on The Bell Witch
- The Bell Witch by researcher Pat Fitzhugh.
- The Historic Bell Witch Cave
- Prairie Ghosts - The Bell Witch


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The sixth annual Jane Austen Literary Festival held March 9-10 in historic Old Mandeville paid homage to the English Regency Era and the timeless works of the beloved author. Among the events were contests for letter writing, passage reading and costumes, a lecture series, concerts, a poetry reading, dance demonstrations and a regency ball.
A particular focus of this year's festival was the 200th anniversary of Austen's "Pride and Prejudice."
Events March 9 began at the Old Mandeville Trailhead depot room with a presentation by Nathan Hall, an interpretive ranger at Jean Lafitte National Historic Park and Preserve. Dressed in full British military uniform, in the likeness of a familiar "Mr. Wickham," Hall spoke about the state of Austen's England. The events of her time included the Napoleonic wars just across the English Channel and a subsequent war with an upstart little country called the United States. In fact, "Sense and Sensibility" was published just prior to the British defeat at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. He examined Austen's possible interaction with home guard soldiers and the inspiration for Pride and Prejudice's Wickham.
After Hall's lecture, the trailhead amphitheater began to resemble 1813 England as a crowd dressed in Regency Era clothing gathered for the "Looking for Mr. Darcy" reading contest and the "No Plain Janes" costume contest. While contestants registered, Jacqueline Baker began styling volunteers' hair in the "vintage style" of the era.
Among her clients was 12 year old Olivia Townsend. She and her mother, Annie, drove from Baton Rouge to participate in the festival. Olivia said her favorite Austen character was Mr. Darcy and she looked forward to seeing the contestants.
Before long, five Mr. Darcys and one Mr. Wickham took home prizes in the contest, ranging in age from 10 year old Nicholas Gonzales to 62 year old Ed Ernewein. Joining them were Scott Bell, Tim Estep, Christian Paille and Hall, who reprised Mr. Wickham but charmed the crowd with a passage from one of Darcy's letters.
After the costume contest and dancing demonstrations by the Louisiana Vintage Dancers the festival shifted to the stage of the North Star Theater with a song performance by Abby LaFont and a lively panel discussion with university literature professors, Dr. Denelle Cowart and Dr. Dan Mangiavellano.
Mangiavellano began the discussion by posing questions, "Why are we still reading Pride and Prejudice? Why is it still relevant? How are we rethinking it?"
He suggested that a closer examination of the character Mr. Collins would allow us to "go easier on him." The remark brought a series of guffaws and challenges from the audience that the smiling Mangiavellano seemingly anticipated. He, Cowart and the audience collectively examined the motivations of various characters and the contrasts in such things as the view of marriage.
In suggesting why Austen is one of only two female authors who have never gone out of print in the past 200 years, Mangiavellano said, "We continue to recognize in her characters alternative versions of ourselves."
In the next presentation Arynne Fannin, accompanied on piano by Julie Bedard, sang powerful renditions of songs from the regency era as well as songs used in movies based on Austin's books. Fannin explained how the still-evolving piano brought beautiful music into the parlors of homes. It was the first instrument with struck strings that allowed expressive control over the notes. The typical song of the period, said Fannin, involved popular poems set to music.
In the final lecture, Dr. William Robison described the "Tudor Times" of England. A short walk followed to the Instructional Technology Center where the Louisiana Vintage Dancers once again delighted the crowd with interactive dances.
The venue changed again on Sunday to the Lakehouse restaurant, where events began with a harp contest by the New Orleans Celtic Harp Ensemble, flute music by Les Ensembles Classique, violin solos by Anne Bridges, a poetry reading, a seminar on writing children's books, and interactive Austen-themed games.
A highlight of Sunday's events was the letter reading by the winners of this year's "Perfect Love Letter Writing Contest."
The winners in the adult category were: first place, Jillian Keener; second place, Ellen Steigman; and a third place tie between Samantha Reine and Nicole Vega. High school category winners were: first place, Ryan Ritterbush; second place, Holden Pitre; third place, Matthew Bruhl. Junior High and Middle School category winners were: first place, Claire Brenia; second place, Hannah Hile; third place, Adriana Hawkins and honorable mention, Gade Danton.
Among those in attendance on both festival days was retired teacher and librarian Debbie Honard.
"After recently locating back down south, I was pleasantly surprised to find that Mandeville hosted a literary festival, and happier still when I learned the festival involved Jane Austen! I have already put the festival on my calendar for 2014," said Honard.
Festival Board President Kerri Blache has been pleased with the festival's growth.
"The board of volunteers is truly honored that all of our hard work is so appreciated by so many fest goers," said Blache, who also thanked local business for sponsorship which allowed for the advance purchase of necessary items.
Blache said Austen fans can continue to interact with the festival in cyberspace by visiting the Jane Austen Literary Fest Facebook page. It is one of the primary means of communicating with festival goers during the year.
One of the online posts, on Facebook and the festival webpage, www.janeaustenfestival.org, are comments that were solicited at every festival event to provide an alternate ending to the first line of Pride and Prejudice, "It is a truth universally acknowledged that…" A survey about the festival will also be posted.
Blache said visitors to the website can also become patrons of the festival. Donations are necessary to continue to make the majority of the festival free and open to the public.
As Blache cleverly says, "Any amount that is write for you is write for us."
Along with Blache, this year's festival board members were Vice President Richard Boyd, Treasurer Kim Goodale, Denelle Cowart, Nancy Little, Dan Mangiavellano, Jenny Mayer, Lynn Larsen Ruffin, Kathy Scioneaux, Melody Swang and Cassandra Vaughn.
Kenny Mathews lives in Mandeville Central. He can be reached at 985.630.8145 or firstname.lastname@example.com.