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DetroitRedWings.com's Bill Roose officially confirms that the Red Wings have reached terms on a two-year contract with forward Tomas Holmstrom:
June 4, DetroitRedWings.com: The Red Wings have agreed to terms with veteran left wing Tomas Holmstrom on a two-year contract, which is expected to be signed by the player in the next few days.Update 2:36 PM: Holmstrom stated the obvious to the Detroit News's Chris McCosky:
Holmstrom is the second veteran to re-sign with the Red Wings this week. Defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom ended speculation that he might retire after 18 NHL seasons when he signed a one-year deal with the club on Tuesday.
Holmstrom, who was due to become a restricted free agent on July 1, but now he'll return for a 14th season with the organization that he broke into in 1996-97. He is a member of four Stanley Cup championship teams.
June 4, Detroit News: "The last couple of years with the hernia injury and the knee, my thoughts were more about retirement," said Holmstrom. "But last year I felt really good. I had a bad break and took a slapshot that broke my foot. But the knee and everything else felt so good and I had so much fun.This lifestyle and this career, you know it's coming to an end soon and you really don't want it to end. It's something I've done my whole life and I think I love it more now than I did when I started."
"I never wanted to go anywhere else," Holmstrom said. "I want to finish my career here. I've been here 14 years and had a lot of success winning four Stanley Cups. I wanted to stay here and get one more chance, at least, to win another Cup before I retire. That was part of my decision. The other part was that my wife and my kids they really like it here. So, it doesn't really come down to money at this stage of my career."
Holmstrom also hopes that he can reach the 1,000 game mark, which is 121 games away:
"I have to be healthy, but if that happens, for sure it would be a dream," Holmstrom said. "You play five years, 10 years, you don't think so much about that, but it starts creeping up toward 1,000. That's a pretty cool number. For sure it would be a great milestone for me."
Update 2:55 PM: Fanhouse's Adam Gretz offers this take on Holmstrom's impact:
June 4, Fanhouse: Holmstrom has been a holy terror for goalies throughout his 13-year career, planting himself in front of the net and becoming one of the best -- if not the best -- power forwards in the NHL. Injuries have been a problem throughout the past couple of seasons, limiting him to just 180 of a possible 246 games over the past three seasons.
Still, when he's been on the ice he's been as productive as ever, scoring 25 goals (second on the team) this past season, and 118 in five seasons since the lockout. (Just as a comparison he scored 96 goals in eight seasons before the lockout.)
Most of his goals are scored from his office (see below), located directly in front of -- and as close as possible -- to the opposing goalie. Over the last two years, 30 of his 39 goals have been scored in this area (21 of which have come on the power play).
The graphic's pretty stunning, so give 'er a look see...
Update 4:59 PM: The Free Press's George Sipple spoke to Holmstrom as well:
June 4, Detroit Free Press: "I want to finish my career here," Holmstrom said. "I've been here for 14 years. This is my home. Had lots of success there, four Stanley Cups. If I stay here, I got one more chance at least to win the Stanley Cup one more time before I retire. My kids have it good here. My wife has it good here. So, it doesn't really come down to money at this point in my career. Most important is the family, I think, and to stay."
Holmstrom said he did discuss with his family the decision to sign a two-year contract. His body has taken a tremendous beating over the years as he evolved into one of the top net-front players in the game. He admitted Friday that he had thought about retirement."The last couple of years with the hernia and the knee, my thoughts were more about retirement," Holmstrom said. "But last year I felt really good."
Asked if he viewed this as his last contract, Holmstrom laughed and said: "Kenny told me five years ago that was his last contract in me, but I'm still here."


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Jim Beam was sold today to the Japanes company Suntory for $13.8 billion. Bloomberg
At Beam Inc., It's Ladies Night
The UpTake: A Japanese company now owns Jim Beam, but that won't wipe away his family's centuries-long commitment to making bourbon in Kentucky.
Admit it. Today's news that Jim Beam is selling to a Japanese behemoth made you wonder—even if only for a second—if the famous Kentucky bourbon might not always be made in the Bluegrass State.
But before you start to really fret over another historic U.S. libations brand sold to an overseas investor (Think Anheuser-Busch), we want to take a few moments to introduce Jim and the family behind the brand of Kentucky bourbons we affectionately know as "Beam." And perhaps this slice of family history might ease the perception that that the family sold out.
Jim was actually the third generation owner of the company. His full name was James Beauregard Beam (he preferred Jim for its simplicity) and he took over from his father David in 1894. But the Beam family distillery dates back to the 1790s when Jacob Beam moved to Kentucky, grew corn and turned it into whiskey. He sold his first barrel in 1795 and the Old Tub distillery was formed. Second generation owner David Beam eventually named the company D.M. Beam & Company, and Old Tub became one of the first national bourbon brands.
So when did the company change names? After Jim was forced to shut down the distillery during Prohibition in the 1920s. Though he tried coal mining and citrus farming, he wasn't very good at either, the company's website says. After Prohibition, it took Beam and his son Jeremiah just 120 days to rebuild and reopen. That kind of dedication led to the company's rebranding in 1933 as Jim Beam.
Jim Beam proved more than a capable leader. He also recognized the uniqueness of his company's recipe and potential. According to the Beam website, he was very protective of the bourbon's yeast strain, and to manage his fear that something disastrous could happen at the plant, he took home a jug every week to keep the yeast strain alive. His method must have worked. That same strain is still used today, and most bottles bear his signature and the statement "None Genuine Without My Signature."
Laura Baverman is a business journalist newly relocated to Raleigh, North Carolina. Before her move, Laura spent nearly four years tracking Cincinnati's growing technology and startup scene for the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Khat Tuchscherer had an idea.
She wanted to conduct a Tennisthon to raise money to support health care for girls in Africa. She reserved courts, took eight months to recruit 17 girls to participate, researched relevant charities, prepared pledge forms, distributed a press release and put together a scheduling board. She arranged for food and drinks and ordered t-shirts. She also got her parents on board with her plan, because Tuchscherer is only 13.
Last Saturday, the Tennisthon took place at the West Windsor-Plainsboro North High School courts and, with the eighth-grader's organizing skills and vision and her parents' support, it went off without a hitch.
Her mother, Hannah, is from Sierra Leone, a poor country in West Africa. Her dad, Konrad, is an African Studies professor at St. John's University, and Tuchscherer even lived in Cameroon as a young child.
"I saw a lot of poverty and situations where doctors didn't know what to do; that inspired me to do something about it," said Tuchscherer, who goes to Community Middle School in Plainsboro and has a 15-year-old brother and a 16-year-old sister who plays on the high-school team.
Tuchscherer's mom said her daughter has always been a giving child and even impressed her teachers by finishing her work and helping others.
A tennis coach noted that she is always positive and looking to do things better. It's no wonder that she's thinking of becoming a lawyer and that classmates always want her on their debate team.
"She came to us and said she wanted to do this Tennisthon, where girls would play tennis for 10 hours and get pledges," Hannah said. "So we said go ahead and plan it. She wanted to start with Sierra Leone but eventually the whole continent. I was very impressed."
After much research, Tuchscherer came up with Wellbody Alliance (wellbodyalliance.org), a small clinic in eastern Sierra Leone that helped over 20,000 people in need of health care last year, as the designated charity. Seventy percent of those Wellbody patients were treated for free. Malaria is the No. 1 killer of kids there, but AIDS, yellow fever and smallpox are also threats.
The girls who participated were tournament players from age 13-16 from Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey. Some, like Tuchscherer, even play national tournaments. It became a family affair, as her maternal and paternal grandmothers also traveled to be there. There were other drop-by supporters — a local club owner, a local tennis academy director and Princeton University men's coach, Billy Pate, who is a family friend.
"At first, I was worried about the court rotation, but everyone seems to be catching on," said Tuchscherer, who used a mathematician friend of her dad to come up with the formula for shifting courts and used a bell to signify that it was time to change. "This is really fun."
It wasn't just Tuchscherer who thought it was fun. Players were hoping their hostess would do it again next year. They liked how they could help out, not just in the community, but internationally. They also liked playing competitive tennis with girls from around the USTA Middle States Section, since they usually play against them.
Tuchscherer, who was ranked No. 2 in the 12s for Middle States and No. 88 nationally, thinks they raised more than $2,000, which she called "starting small."
"I hope to continue this event annually and continue to help girls in Africa, and maybe one day raising enough money to hold it in Africa with African girls," she said.
• The Mercer County Singles Championships concluded Thursday. In women's A singles, Maddy Stoner downed Nancy Plum, 6-1, 6-0, and in the Bs, Shedline Cimochowski squeaked by Joyce Nagel, 3-6, 6-1, 7-6.
In the men's A division, Mike Cremeans was going for a 10th title, but it was his stepson, Charles Rushing, who prevented him from surpassing Rick Strandskov's record, with a 6-1, 6-3 win in the final. It was the first time the two have played a match against each other, and one has to wonder whether Barbara Cremeans was rooting for her husband or her son to win.
It turned out to be a win-win for everyone. Cremeans did not win the tournament but was happy to reach the title match after surviving two close three-setters to get there.
He's been working with Rushing on his game for the past 13 years and was happy that his stepson won his first county title, even at Cremeans' expense.
In the men's B final, Jordan Stoner, not to be outdone by his sister Maddy, won his first tournament by getting by Alan Krueger, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.
• Today is the deadline to register for the Cryan Tournament at tennislink.usta.com: tournament ID is 350020014.
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Men's Golf— The Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference men's golf championship was held last week at Stonewater Country Club in Grand Rapids. The Golden Eagles fifth-place finish wraps up their 2014 spring season.
After finishing the first day of 36 holes tied for fourth place with UNOH, Cornerstone dropped a position lower on day two – finishing two strokes behind UNOH. Meanwhile, Madonna cruised to the championship.
Cornerstone placed 24 shots behind Madonna. Zach Mick led the way for the Golden Eagles during the championship. The senior shot a 73, 82 and 76 for a 231 grand total, notching him a tie for seventh amongst all WHAC players. Jorge Benitez from Davenport placed first overall with a final score of 224.
Golden Eagle Tyler Coyne also finished in the top 20 players with an overall 235 score (80, 76, 79) -- placing him in a tie for fifteenth. Competing in the two-day event for CU was Chris Wisen (236), Sam Vos (237) and Casey Vandenberg (267). Vos was named the WHAC Newcomer of the Year.
Cornerstone graduates seniors, Mick, Vandenberg and Wisen.
Baseball—The Golden Eagles' baseball team went 0-4 last week during conference contests. Cornerstone travelled to Davenport for a doubleheader and this past weekend Lourdes University came to DeWitt Field for a four-game series
On Wednesday, April 16, the Golden Eagles fell to the Panthers in both contests. Pitchers Jon Knapp and Taylor Cooper were tagged with losses during the afternoon. Davenport outhit the Golden Eagles 23-6 during the two games. Travis Gordon led the offense in game one with a double and a sacrifice fly for the lone RBI. In game two, Zach Bohl was on base twice with a walk and a base hit. Nick Covello and Sonny Mastromatteo each added hit in the loss.
On a sunny Saturday, April 19, Cornerstone welcomed Lourdes University. The visitors took both contests from the Golden Eagles by a combined two runs. Game one starter, Luke Heller, suffered the loss as Lourdes pulled out the victory in the ninth inning. Kyle Marburger took the loss in game two after allowing three runs on five hits and two walks as Lourdes earned a 4-3 victory. The two teams will conclude the four-game series today at DeWitt Field.
Following the week, the baseball team is now 14-20 overall (3-14 WHAC). On Friday and Saturday, the Golden Eagles travel to Fort Wayne, Ind. for another WHAC four-game series against Indiana Tech.
Softball—The Golden Eagles' softball team went 3-1 last week after splitting a pair of games with No. 22 Davenport University and winning both contests at Indiana Tech.
Cornerstone jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in game one Wednesday, April 16, against Davenport. In the fourth inning, Davenport got on the board to make it 2-1. Megan Oberst gave CU breathing room by hitting a solo shot over the center field fence as the Golden Eagles claimed game one, 3-1. In game two, the Panthers came out strong en-route to a 13-1 victory over the Golden Eagles. Cornerstone pitcher, Rachel Nelson, was charged with the loss.
At Indiana Tech on Saturday, the Golden Eagles took both games against their conference opponent with 8-2 and 8-3 victories. Heidi Walburg (10-4) and Rachel Nelson (6-5) notched wins for Cornerstone.
Following the weekend, the Golden Eagles are 17-11 overall and 9-5 in the WHAC. Cornerstone visits Hope College today for a non-conference doubleheader before hosting Aquinas College on Wednesday in a conference doubleheader. Roosevelt University comes to Cornerstone for another non-conference doubleheader on Friday. The Golden Eagles close out the week at UNOH on Saturday in a conference doubleheader.
Men's Tennis— The Cornerstone University's men's tennis team met No. 9 Aquinas College at Davenport University on Wednesday, April 16. The Saints blanked CU 9-0. The Golden Eagles are now 10-11 overall and 0-4 in the WHAC. Up next, Cornerstone will travel to Spring Arbor on Tuesday and then participate in the NAIA Regional Championship on Friday. Times and opponents to be announced.


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It was my birthday this past weekend. Beyond receiving a "Rival Pack" to the Mets this season -- an entirely too generous gift from my brother that was nonetheless appreciated -- I was given the book, "The Bad Guys Won," by Jeff Pearlman. I'm not really sure why I hadn't read it yet. Maybe it's because after reading Nails, Darryl and If at First back in the day, I felt I had heard all of the '86 Mets' history. But, really, it's a great, funny, breezy read. I highly recommend it if you loved that '86 Mets team and haven't had the chance to pick it up yet.
Around the Web:
- Mike Pindelski of Beyond the Box Score spills several hundred words comparing David Wright and Miguel Cabrera. His conclusion:
So, David Wright or Miguel Cabrera?
In terms of production only, I like Cabrera, but if I had the opportunity to pick one of the two third baseman to build my team around, I'd choose David Wright without even thinking.
I'd choose Wright for reasons other than just production. David Wright is a gamer and has that blue-collar, hardworking attitude all baseball fans love. He is a professional and a team leader that everyone in the clubhouse loves.
- Shea Faithful's Pat Andriola interviewed Bill James.
- Lastings Milledge was plunked on the hand during yesterday's 11-3 loss to the Astros and will be out a few days.
- Mike Pelfrey didn't exactly inspire confidence with his outing yesterday (5 IP, 4 ER). Maybe he's less Chien-Ming Wang and more Jake Westbrook.
- This is weird and funny. Hey, John, read this . I'm dying for the day when the penny is finally put out of its misery.


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Friday the 13th can be a lucky day for you when you adopt a black (or mostly black) adult cat from the Cat Adoption Team (Sherwood, Ore) for just $13.
Good and evil mythology surrounds black cats. While there may not be a difference between a black cat and a tabby, behavior wise, there does seem to be some mystical differences.
- In Asia and the United Kingdom, a black cat is considered lucky.
- In 16th century Italy, it was believed that if a black cat lay on the bed of a sick man, he would die.
- A common folk cure for a sty on the eyelid was to rub it with the tail of a black cat.
- In Yorkshire, it may be lucky to own a black cat, but unlucky to have one cross your path.
- According to Scottish lore, a black cat on a porch brings prosperity to the homeowner.
- In the African American hoodoo tradition, black cats are considered good luck in matters of sports and gambling, particularly with card games and the lottery.
- In Yorkshire, if a sailor's wife kept a black cat, her husband would always return safely from the sea; this sometimes led to black cats being stolen.
According to ScienCentral.com, the seemingly common black fur is actually a quite recessive gene. That means a black cat must carry two copies of the black fur gene to, indeed, be black. Talk about luck! So all of you who have and love black cats, consider yourself fortunate to be in the presence of such a genetic marvel, the black cat!
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ST. PAUL - Last weekend, another high school boys hockey season ended at Xcel Energy Center with the Minnesota State High School League crowning state champions for Eden Prairie (Class AA) and St. Thomas Academy (Class A).
The league concluded another successful tournament in one of hockey's finest facilities at Xcel Energy Center. It capped a season that stretched over the course of five different months. In fact, the boys hockey tournament is perhaps one of the more popular state tournaments nation-wide, drawing comparisons to other high-profile tournaments across the country.
"I don't think there is any question that it is the premier high school hockey tournament in the country," said Howard Voigt, Director of Information (tournament program & media relations) for the MSHSL. "In fact, it is probably one of the best high school tournaments, period. It has been compared to the Texas state football tournament and the Indiana state basketball tournament in terms of attendance and atmosphere."
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Photo by Steve Muscatello
The Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul pictured during the opening round of the Class A State Tournament.
Photo by Steve Muscatello
The Press Box at the Xcel Center in St. Paul is filled with media and workers from the MSHL.
This year's tournament drew 112,474 people and every year the MSHSL has the job of making sure all of those fans have a great experience overall.
Brief History of the tourney
According to the MSHSL Boys Hockey Program, the first high school tournament was held in 1945. Prior to that, high school hockey was played by approximately 25 schools in the 1930s. Gene Aldrich, the St. Paul Athletic Director at the time, is credited with helping the first tournament start because St. Paul was drawing many fans for its games. Backed by the MSHSL, Aldrich went ahead and planned the details for the first state tournament and it became the first state hockey tournament in the United States.
Fact Box
The behind-the-scenes work at the boys hockey tournament:
Craig Perry, Associate Director and Tournament Director
Susi Hollenbeck, administrative assistant to Perry
Rich Matter, Assistant Director (ticket management)
Nancy Myers, administrative assistant to Matter
Kevin Merkle, Associate Director (tournament officials)
Katie Vanderpoel (administrative assistant to Merkle)
Bill Kronschnabel, Supervisor of Officials (tournament officials selection)
Chris Franson, Assistant Director (Web site)
Nancy Etter, administrative assistant to Franson
Lisa Lissimore, Associate Director (marketing of tournament)
Sheila Robinson, administrative assistant to Lissimore
Howard Voigt, Director of Information (tournament program & media relations)
Ellen Rajkowski, administrative assistant to Voigt (tournament program)
Yvonne Walsh, administrative assistant to Voigt (media credentialing)
Lori Glover, Institute for Athletic Medicine (trainer and doctor coordination)
Jill Mastel, Xcel Energy Center Event Coordinator
The inaugural state tournament was won by Eveleth and 8,434 spectators witnessed the eight-team tournament.
By 1947, attendance had more than doubled and it surpassed 30,000 people in 1956 and 40,000 people in 1961. The three-day event reached a capacity of 46,000 its last three years at the St. Paul Auditorium.
The tourney itself was held at the Auditorium as well as the Met Center in Bloomington, where attendance nearly doubled when it was held there. In 1976 the tournament returned to St. Paul where it was held at the Civic Center.
Up until 1992, the tournament was one class but it went to a two-class system in 1992 and a fourth day was added. The championship rounds were played at Target Center in 1999 and 2000 and then they returned to St. Paul and the new Xcel Energy Center. There, 129,643 fans attended in 2008 to set a tournament record.
Presently, the tournament begins the Class A Tournament at Xcel Energy Center on Wednesday and the AA portion of the tourney on Thursday. The consolation bracket is held at Mariucci Arena on the campus of University of Minnesota.
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tournament time
It's no easy task to pull off the hockey tournament. According to Voigt and Craig Perry, who is the MSHSL's Associate Director and Tournament Director for the boy's hockey tourney, it's a year-long process involving all members of the MSHSL.
"League staff annually establishes a calendar of events for the following year, along with a projected calendar for the following two years," Voigt said. "The Board then reviews these calendars and approves them on an annual basis, as well."
From there, minor but yet important details are figured out. Everything from security to ticket-takers to concession stand workers must be figured out. Perry said that each facility is in charge of concessions and having enough people on hand. The MSHSL itself has about 50 people in various positions.
As far as getting the tournament lined up at Xcel Energy Center every year where the Wild would generally get top priority during hockey season, Perry said it's not difficult at all to get the tournament set up there every year.
"It is extremely easy," Perry said. "The management of Xcel Energy Center blocks off the calendar dates for the MSHSL tournaments and informs the NHL that those dates are not available for Wild games."
Once the field for the tournament is set, the MSHSL is busy working on the hockey program that is sold to the general public (includes team pictures of all of the teams that qualified, some historical data, and rosters along with many other tournament-related information) as well as a media guide. This is also divided up amongst the staff and several people play key roles in making sure its ready to go come tournament time.
"Much of the historical information in the program comes directly from our annual Yearbook and Record Book," Voigt said. "I work either with League staff, freelancers or sports reporters from around the state to put together feature stories and photos for the program. We rely on our member schools who qualify for the tournament to post up-to-date information on the League Web site (rosters, season records and statistical information). That information is shared with our printing company. Proofs are made available to League staff early Sunday morning of tournament week and approval is granted by noon or earlier that day. [Ellen] Rajkowski reviews the stats from the teams, researches their history at the tournament, and drafts an advance news release on Sunday or Monday. She and I then format the Media Guide and run 100-150 copies for distribution to media at the tournament."
Just like having the best teams at the state tournament, the MSHSL also has to make sure the quality of the referees is fit for the state tournament. Perry said that written and in-person evaluations are used to select the officials, who have to apply to work at the state tournament games. The tournament director also picks the arena announcers for the tournament games.
And once the tournament concludes in March, it's not long before planning goes into the next year's event.


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Amtrak will add train trips between Portland and Eugene, stopping in Oregon City, starting next month. The trains offer free wi-fi service and a dining car and take a little more than two hours to make the trip. With new weekend schedules, it might be possible to take the train from Portland to Eugene for some Ducks football games next fall. "We're working out the details of how that might work," Kathy Holmes, an ODOT passenger rail coordinator, told reporter Joseph Rose.
North Clackamas School Board decides to close Concord Elementary
Adrien Wallace, accused of killing Lake Oswego mother, nephew, found fit for trial -- againSherwood, Lake Oswego, Colton, West Linn-Wilsonville among U.S. school districts with lowest child poverty rates
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Jefferson Parish Rep. Cameron Henry is likely to win the hearts of residents across Louisiana with his idea to forbid the telephone calls politicians place to voters during the run-up to an election. If Rep. Cameron's idea were to become law, those who've signed up for the "Do Not Call" registry would not only be spared contact with commercial telemarketers, but they also would know that calls from politicians were blocked, too.
Popular support for such an idea is likely to be sky high. That doesn't mean, however, that Rep. Cameron's bill would win an inevitable court challenge. Political speech enjoys broad protections -- and that's as it should be. Attempts to limit such speech are rarely successful, and that, too, is good for the American public. When Louisiana lawmakers approved do-not-call legislation in 2001, they exempted themselves and entities involved in political activity.
Automated recordings on behalf of a candidate, so-called robo calls, are especially reviled by much of the public. The day of an election, they can come in with such frequency that a besieged resident might feel like switching all his or her ringers off. But even so, that's not a strong enough reason to outlaw them.
Besides, House Bill 151 wouldn't just ban automated recordings. The law also would prevent actual human beings from calling voters on the "Do Not Call" registry. Why? As Rep. Henry explains it, the calls, automated or otherwise, "can fill up a voice mail or an answering machine."
Campaign literature can clog a resident's mail box. Would he make such mailings illegal, too?
Interestingly, Rep. Henry provided the answer to those annoyed by campaign calls as he explained why he thinks political pollsters should be exempted: "because you can hang up on them," he said, "and they can call someone else." So it is with calls made by individual campaigns.
Annoying or not, calls from candidates are part of living in a democracy.


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The Warren City Planning Commission approved two minor subdivision applications during its Wednesday morning meeting.
City Planning Director David Hildebrand said John Swedler of 800 Conewango Ave. filed a subdivision request to annex .103 of an acre.
"Lot one is being annexed to the Swedler property" Hildebrand said. "From the standpoint of the city looking this over we don't have a problem with this. It gives additional land to the second lot and squares these two up to be useful lots."
Another application from Sean Kiley for a minor subdivision request at 219 Eddy St. was also approved.
The subdivision would annex 5,035.891 square feet from 219 Eddy St. to the Kiley property, Hildebrand said.
"As far as both properties just switching boundary lines it does not cause a concern as far as the the 5,000 minimum amount of square footage," Hildebrand said. "When we changed that ordinance a few years ago, that seems to help quite a bit with the creation of small lots in the city."
"I'd like to get a update on the parking ordinance," Chairman Don Nelson said.
Hildebrand said the plan is to bring the parking ordinance back to the commission's October meeting and try to finalize the ordinance then.
Nelson said he expects to wrap up the ordinance by the end of the year.
"We've got the legwork done. It's just a matter of us reviewing what we already talked about... and making sure we've got it all right and pushing it on to council," Nelson said. "I think we're in good shape."


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After a terrible week for the market, you'd hope that the start of one of the biggest weeks of the earnings season would prompt a recovery. Yet after a tepid advance to begin the session, the stock market gave back most of its gains. Retail sales posted a reasonably impressive 1.1% gain, but concerns arose after the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said that its index of regional manufacturing activity showed negative conditions for the third month in a row.
By 10:45 a.m. EDT, the Dow Jones Industrials (INDEX: ^DJI ) were up less than 20 points, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes were mixed.
One area of strength came from financials, with Bank of America (NYSE: BAC ) climbing almost 1% after Citigroup (NYSE: C ) announced better-than-expected results. Although cost-cutting measures helped Citi boost its bottom line, the bank surprised analysts with extensive profits from its trading division. Citi climbed 3.5%, but investors will watch closely to see what B of A says when it reports later this week.
On the downside was AT&T (NYSE: T ) , falling 1.5% as Japan's Softbank confirmed that it would take a 70% stake in Sprint (NYSE: S ) for about $20 billion. The massive transaction should go a long way toward boosting Sprint's status as a legitimate No. 3 in the U.S. wireless market, and AT&T's share-price drop fairly reflects that change in conditions.
Finally, Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO ) was unchanged after receiving a downgrade from analyst CLSA. The analyst cited challenges in sustaining growth, which may well be a concern, given the stock's somewhat pricey valuation. In the long run, though, the global slowdown should eventually give way to faster growth, and Coke will be well-positioned to benefit when that happens.
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The HDR-300 --older model--main drive shaft--sticking out the top of the rotor--will rust or seize to the lower mast mounting fixture (which looks a bit like a pipe floor flange). U can not remove the rotor from the mast or its mounting plate if this fixture is stuck. The HDR-300A--newer model-- uses a stainless main drive shaft to address this problem. If u have ever had this problem with the rotor up high in a tower, you will want to do some heavy damage to the person who designed the earlier model. No need to put the older one up if you ever want to take it down in the future. Get HyGain to upgrade it for their flat fee rotor repair? 73, K4VUD -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: firstname.lastname@example.com Administrative requests: email@example.com Problems: email@example.com Search: http://www.contesting.com/km9p/search.htm
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The 17% return on the Credit Suisse toxic bonus pool so far this year, as reported by the Wall Street Journal, surely soothed hard feelings among bankers who were outraged in December when the bank told 2,000 of them that bonuses would be linked to the performance of risky leveraged loans and commercial mortgage-backed securities dumped into a pool called the partner asset facility.
Toxic bonuses, Credit Suisse's one hit wonder
At the height of the financial crisis, Credit Suisse came up with a clever idea to offload dodgy assets without having to sell them at knock-down prices. It stuffed $5 billion of them into a bonus pool for its bankers.
Credit Suisse pulls ahead of UBS
UBS has always looked down its nose at its cross-town rival, but Credit Suisse under Brady Dougan has turned the tables on the blue-bloods. As UBS remains mired in a potentially catastrophic legal tussle with America's tax collectors, CS is winning market share across the board.


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The Poverty and Homelessness Board (PHB) provides advice to the Board of County Commissioners and the intergovernmental Human Services Commission with the goal of reducing and preventing poverty and homelessness in Lane County. It assists the development of the delivery of housing and services to meet the specific needs of people who are impoverished or homeless improving their stability. It assists to maximize the allocation of local, state and federal funds made available for this purpose. It serves as the administrative board for the Lane County Community Action Agency and as the oversight board for the Lane County Continuum of Care.
Its tasks shall include: participate in the development of the county's planning , implementation and monitoring of performance and evaluate outcomes of programs serving low-income and homeless persons; develop and review program polices and priorities; assure the coordination and implementation of a housing and human service system; review coordinated assessment system for service access; review and approve privacy, security, and data quality plans, policies and procedures, and performance measures for the Human Services Management Information System; review the process for performance improvement ;participate in a point-in-time count of homeless persons that is conducted at least biannually; review an annual gaps analysis that is conducted of homelessness needs and services; develop program and financial priorities for the distribution of public funds; assure a collaborative, fair, and transparent process for developing priorities for projects to be submitted in grant applications to funders; and, review the efficiency and effectiveness of funding expenditures for funded activities
The Poverty and Homelessness Board is a Mandated Committee. Mandated Committees are an advisory body to the Board of Commissioners, appointed by the Board. The existence charge and sometimes the composition of the committee is controlled by the enabling legislation. (Lane Manual 3.505). Applicants may be asked to undergo an interview. 24 CFR 578.7, ORS 458.505


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A coalition of more than fifty Christian organizations has launched a campaign to help organize hundreds of local events across America this year to highlight the call to "defend the cause of the fatherless" and what ordinary Christians can do in response.
Through a network of more than fifty state volunteer coordinators, the coalition behind the Orphan Sunday campaign will support churches, organizations and lay-leaders across the nation as they create their own distinctive local events – ranging from sermons, Sunday School classes and prayer gatherings to concerts and service projects – for Orphan Sunday, which this year falls on Nov. 8.
"Orphan Sunday is an opportunity for individuals whose hearts are already lit up for orphans to spread that passion to their local church and friends," commented Jodi Jackson Tucker, national coordinator for the Orphan Sunday campaign. "It's about Christians saying together, 'We will be known as a people who defend the cause of the fatherless.'"
According to the campaign, there are more than 500,000 children in the U.S. foster system today, with nearly 130,000 waiting to be adopted. Globally, an estimated 15 million children have lost both parents.
"Each local Orphan Sunday event is a candle, lit to cast light on the needs of orphans and God's invitation to take up their cause. Taken together, they add up to a nationwide blaze," said Jedd Medefind, president of the Christian Alliance for Orphans.
Organizations currently part of the effort include Bethany Christian Services, Focus on the Family, Show Hope and Family Life. The organizations, as well as the campaign's supporters, are hoping that Orphan Sunday events will create a powerful echo effect in the Church, waking both awareness and action on behalf of orphans at home and abroad.
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A new website, www.orphansunday.com, is currently serving as a hub for the campaign, offering event ideas, downloadable materials and ways individuals can partner with orphan-serving ministries to hold local events. The site also contains a map of the country that will highlight local events nationwide as they are scheduled.
In addition to the local efforts, a national Orphan Sunday event will be held in Nashville and feature Grammy-winner Steven Curtis Chapman; Focus on the Family President Jim Daley, Family Life President Dennis Rainey, and other prominent Christian leaders.
"LIVE from Nashville!" will kick off at 4 p.m. on Nov. 8 and hopes to give a megaphone to the cries of the millions of orphans around the world through music and the sharing of the heart of God.
The 2009 Cry of the Orphan Awareness Campaign marks the fourth annual unified campaign to heighten awareness of the plight of the millions of orphans around the world.


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If you deloused the UN would there be anyone left in the building? The latest scandal? In today's NY Sun
Report: U.N. Commits Human Rights Abuses Against Its Staff
UNITED NATIONS — Far from a beacon of justice to the countries of the world,the United Nations is "in breach of its own human rights standards because of the unfair way it treats its own employees," according to a report due to be released today by an independent panel of three international jurists hired by Turtle Bay's Staff Union to investigate the United Nations's internal justice system.
The three-man panel, headed by a British jurist who played a key role in such cases as last year's decision to send former Argentinian dictator Pinochet to stand trial in his homeland, Justice Geoffrey Robertson, was appointed after U.N. staffers repeatedly complained about abuse by their superiors in the organization and the lack of accountable bodies in which to air their grievances.
"It was an eye opener," Mr. Robertson told The New York Sun yesterday. Describing a system where everything is conducted "under wraps and in secret," he said justice is all but impossible for Turtle Bay employees.The existing structure "is a sclerotic system that dates back to the League of Nations," he said, adding he doubted it could be reformed under the current leadership of Secretary-General Annan.
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It appears you had a lemon. Welding of Aluminum is not something for the casual do-it-yourselfer. The process requires special equipment (Heliarc) to fuse the aluminum in a non-oxidizing environment (Helium) and special training of the operator. I am sure Universal uses that process, but the workmanship is also subject to operator variations. Perhaps you got a test model of a beginning welder. I had an older design aluminum tower (1964) that developed a few cracks, but as it turns out it was overloaded; the ratings of some tower manufacturers are questionable. I now have a new design Heights tower (c. 1997) which is quite beefy, and is designed according to the UBC1997 structural requirements by a Professional Engineering company. Interestingly, when I was preparing to upgrade my old installation to a heavier design and asked Universal for their engineering design calculations, they were unable or declined to provide them. 73s Bob, W5LT -----Original Message----- From: res1q6fs [mailto:email@example.com] Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 7:50 PM To: towertalk Subject: [TowerTalk] Aluminum tower welds...Old Data circa mid 1970's .......... I have been reading the aluminum tower threads recently and thought I would add some data on the aluminum tower I had a number of years ago, maybe before some of you were born!. Anyway, in the early 70's, I wanted an inexpensive, self supporting tower as I did not want guy wires. I settled on the Universal 50 ft. model whose size was rated well above my TH3 wind load was going to provide. I had the tower for 5 to 6 years and was climbing it one day to service the rotator. Well, as I was readjusting my climbing belt, I looked down at my feet and saw something that was incredible. The weld joints of almost all the welds above 30 feet were starting to crack, some were sizeable (a few that I saw had at least a 0.1 inch gap) and some were hairline, just starting. Needless to say, I set a worlds record for coming down off the tower. I decided to take the tower down and replace it. I sold it to a ham that had experience in welding aluminum and he was happy to get a cheap tower! I eventually upgraded to a Rohn 25 48 ft. fold over and now 30 years later have the UST HDX555, a fine, well built tower, my first crank up. Hopefully, they are making the aluminum towers better and I had a fluke, but I personally would think twice now before I would use one of these for any length of time. Maybe I had a lemon, who knows. The tower had plenty of margin for a TH3 and that was all I ever had on top of it and it saw no ultra high winds. W5RD Murphy, Texas _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list email@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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Shawn M. Commire's defense attorney argued Thursday that his client's statements to police about his involvement in a murder on June 5 were involuntary because of a "convergence" of factors, including a lack of sleep, his youth, and the fact that he was cold, hungry and tired.
The police "could've taken him to the juvenile home to get a night's rest," defense attorney Mark Janer said.
"What's that got to do with anything?" asked Bay County Circuit Judge Kenneth M. Schmidt. "They could've waited a month to talk to him; they could've' given him steak and eggs for breakfast. What's that got to do with anything? Nothing."
Commire, 17, is charged with first-degree murder and a host of other felonies in connection with the brutal stabbing and bludgeoning of Rita M. Salogar, 84. Bay City Police arrested Commire and his cousin, Robert M. Commire, in Salogar's garage on Catherine Street around 1 a.m. June 5.
Related story: Robert Commire pleads no contest in murder of Bay City woman
Robert Commire on Wednesday pleaded "no contest" to felony murder, a class of first-degree murder that involves murder while in commission of other certain felonies, including home invasion. Schmidt allowed the no-contest plea - which is treated as a guilty plea - because Robert Commire said he has no memory of the slaying. He will be sentenced April 29 to life in prison without parole.
On Thursday, Shawn Commire was in court seeking to have his videotaped interviews with Bay City Police detectives kept out of evidence when his trial begins April 9.
Schmidt said he would review the recorded interviews one more time before making a final decision, but told attorneys they should prepare for trial.
He indicated that he's leaning toward allowing the statements to be played at trial after ticking through possible factors that could combine to make a statement "involuntary" and therefore inadmissible.
For a statement to be inadmissible, the person making the statement would have had to have been "rendered incapable of knowing what his rights were," Schmidt said.
It's the burden of the prosecution to prove that the defendant knowingly waived his rights to have an attorney present during questioning and to remain silent. Assistant Prosecutor Nancy Borushko called Detective Dean Vosler to the stand to describe the circumstances of the interviews.
Vosler said he first interviewed Shawn Commire around 5 a.m. the morning of the murder at the Bay City Police Department's interview room, then interviewed him again around 10 a.m. He said another detective, Beth Ducolon, interviewed Commire on her own another time, and joined Vosler in the final interview. Vosler said Commire had a break of about three hours between the second and third interviews.
He said Commire was wearing a jail jumpsuit since his clothes had been seized for evidence and that he did mention that he was cold. Vosler said he also mentioned he was tired, to which the detective said he replied, "I'm tired, too."
Schmidt said the Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that nine hours is not excessive for an interview, so he doesn't think five hours would be.
Schmidt added the age of 16 is "practically an adult," so that "would not be a factor at all."
He said education level and IQ were not at issue, and there was no evidence of physical threats or physical abuse by detectives.
"I will have to review the tapes regarding indications that he was hungry or tired," Schmidt said.
If convicted of first-degree murder, Commire faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole.


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LEBANON — "Surfing the Age Wave 2010-30 Community Forum," a seminar to discuss health care, long-term care, human services and other age-related issues, will be held 8:30 a.m.-noon April 25 at the Lebanon campus of Harrisburg Area Community College. The deadline to register is Friday.
The number of people 65 and older is expected to double in Lebanon County by 2030.
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GRAND RAPIDS -- Scott Tompkins is back.
The highly successful boys basketball coach at Catholic Central and East Grand Rapids -- who also spent one season at Caledonia -- has been hired as the Cougars' new coach today.
Tompkins replaces T.J. Carnegie, who resigned from the position after 12 years, citing the need for a change. Before Carnegie graduated from Catholic Central in 1993, Tompkins was his coach there.
A 1981 graduate himself of Catholic Central, Tompkins coached at Catholic Central for four seasons, posting a 58-38 record and leading the Cougars to the Class B semifinals in 1992.
He then went on to coach at East Grand Rapids for 12 years, leading the Pioneers to three consecutive state championship game appearances (1994-96) and a 179-109 record.
Tompkins also coached at Caledonia in 2004-05, going 5-16.
"I'm excited," Todd Kolster, Catholic Central's athletic director, said. "Scott is as good a coach as we could possibly get. I coached with him for four years at East Grand Rapids, I have a good relationship with him, and I know how good he is.
"When T.J. stepped down, I thought it would be good to get Scott back here. We had interviews last week, and Scott was the best candidate for us."
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Louisiana Tech held on to beat Tulane, 78-72, on Friday night at Fogelman Arena. The Green Wave wasn't able to take the lead after cutting the deficit to one point.
Louisiana Tech junior guard Jasmine Bendolph led all scorers with 17 points.
Tulane comes back
Tulane has roared back
Louisiana Tech leads, 68-67, with 1:50 left in the second half. Louisiana Tech has led by as many as 14 in the second half.
Lady Techsters continue lead
Things are beginning to look bleak for Tulane.
Louisiana Tech scored 10 straight points to take a 60-46 lead.
Tulane has closed the gap to 60-50 with 8:06 left in the second half Friday night at Fogelman Arena.
Louisiana Tech has out-rebounded Tulane, 43-20.
Rebounding hurting Tulane
Rebounds continue to haunt Tulane.
Louisiana Tech leads, 48-41, with 12:58 left in the second half. The Lady Techsters have out-rebounded the Green Wave 36-18. Louisiana Tech has 13 offensive rebounds to Tulane's eight.
Lady Techsters strong early in second half
Louisiana Tech has come out strong in the second half, taking a 40-34 lead with 15:29 left in the second half. The Lady Techsters have done a much better job against the Green Wave's pressure early in the half.
Louisiana Tech has out-rebounded Tulane, 33-16.
Tied at halftime
A furious final two minutes ended with the teams tied at 30 at halftime. Tulane led by as many as five points, but Louisiana Tech scored five straight points to tie it at the break.
Tulane gains lead
Tulane has shown effective full-court pressure looks late in the first half, and it has led to a 25-23 lead over Louisiana Tech with 3:42 left before halftime.
Tulane senior guard Tiffany Aidoo leads all scorers with eight points.
Pressure begins
Tulane showed some full-court pressure looks, and the strategy caused confusion among Louisiana Tech guards for a few possessions. But the Green Wave still trail, 19-15, with 7:36 left in the first half.
Tulane freshman guard Whitney Bibbins still leads all scorers with six points.
Free throws hurting Tulane
Louisiana Tech continues to dictate pace, leading Tulane 16-11 with 11:01 left in the first half.
Free throws haven't helped Tulane's cause, though. The Green Wave is 2 of 6 from the charity stripe.
Tulane freshman guard Whitney Bibbins leads all scorers with six points.
Lady Techsters gain early lead
Louisiana Tech leads Tulane 10-6 with 15:09 left in the first half. Louisiana Tech junior forward Shantale Bramble-Donaldson leads all scorers with four points.
Senior forwards Danielle Nunn and Brittany Lindsey returned to the lineup for Tulane.
Nunn missed the first eight games with a right pinkie injury sustained before the season. Lindsey sustained a concussion in a loss to Portland State on Nov. 27.


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Omar, Maktoba and Handley-Schachler, Morrison (2004) The Dragon evolves:is the social market economy a chimaera? International Journal of Applied Marketing, 3 (2). pp. 82-92.
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An earlier study by Deng and Dart (1999) shed a great deal of light on the unfolding dynamics of market orientation, searching out a range of macro-marketing concerns that may significantly impact the adjustment process to a market orientation.
Market orientation for many organisations is a conceptual premise demanding change. This applies with particular force to organisations in transition economies, especially those that have to cope with the challenges imposed by the cultural rite of passage from political-based market governance to competitive market systems. The marketing mantra, market orientation, is routinely offered as the basis for business success. While the sincerity of this principle is in little doubt in most developed western economies, implementation in many transition-economy contexts is revealing a range of paradoxes. This paper using China as an example, offers initial observations on the degree to which local companies are adopting a market orientation. Although some of the early results are consistent with those obtained in the West, there is an underlying lacuna that needs to be addressed by offering culture-specific interpretations of localised events. To plug this gap, the paper argues for an approach that accommodates the institutional background, focusing on the temporal, spatial and wider socio-cultural and historical characteristics of marketing itself.
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Analysis of the real estate bubble in Canada -- http://CanadaBubble.com
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Jay Bryan Postmedia NewsWhile many have been warning for more than a year that we should brace ourselves for the collapse of Canada's housing ``bubble,'' a few more sober analysts have pointed out that our market's modest overvaluation is far from being a bubble, which means that there's no reason to expect a crash.
As might perhaps have been expected in a reliably dull place like Canada, it looks more and more as if this more boring scenario is the correct one. That's hard on the reputations of would-be prophets of doom, but excellent news for everyone else.
At a time when job growth in Canada is throttling back as consumer spending slows, we're going through a delicate transition that could be badly derailed if there were a hard landing in real-estate markets.
While we're now getting a growing boost from exports to the thawing U.S. economy, the slowdown in consumer spending on housing needs to be gradual if Canada's growth is to avoid a shock. Happily, this is pretty much what seems to be happening.
Wednesday's report on January home sales across Canada showed that a slowing of price gains that began last summer is still firmly entrenched, while the number of home sales dropped by a 4.5 per cent in January.
A few cities, including Montreal and Ottawa, saw bigger sales declines, but their prices remained firm, rising a little faster than the national pace of 2.7 per cent for the past 12 months. Montreal's average price was up by 5.6 per cent over that period and Ottawa's by 6.0 per cent.
A couple of cities saw small price declines over the past year, with a drop of 1.3 per cent in Vancouver and 3.1 per cent in Calgary.
The hottest metropolitan market in Canada seems to have become Toronto, with prices up by 8.5 per cent over the past year.
Not coincidentally, Toronto is the one market with a segment that could be flirting with speculative instability, suggests Douglas Porter, deputy chief economist at BMO Capital Markets.
While condo markets are also strong in Vancouver and Montreal, Toronto is a market where there seems to be a particularly big segment of the market supported by investors who buy units - sometimes multiple ones - in order to rent them.
Such a market can be destabilized quickly once the carrying cost of a condo rises higher than the rental brings in, and that has now happened in Toronto, notes Porter.
As a result, the only reason to remain in the market is the hope of speculative price gains, so ``any hint that the market is about to turn down could see investors getting out very quickly,'' he warns. That, of course, is a recipe for a potentially big drop in condo demand.
Still, the broader market looks increasingly sustainable as price gains slow down to a national pace that no longer outruns people's income growth, Porter notes. He expects this cooling in the market to continue all year, with both sales and prices remaining roughly flat.
At the TD Bank, senior economist Jacques Marcil has a similar outlook, with flat sales and average national prices creeping up by 2.5 per cent this year.
Given this benign outlook, it's a little baffling that we're still seeing scary reports from about Canada's bubble - a situation in which price gains accelerate as they feed on themselves.
Even Britain's Economist, a publication whose reputation is built on solid analysis, recently ran an article headlined: ``Canada's housing market: Look out below.'' The subtitle: ``After years of lecturing America about loose lending, Canada must confront a bubble of its own.''
Amusingly, once you plow through this longish piece, you find that its conclusion is that there's actually no bubble, just a ``balloon'' that might deflate slowly. Nevertheless, it warns sternly, low interest rates mean ``the balloon could get bigger - perhaps big enough to become a fully fledged bubble after all.''
While it's sad to see a renowned publication sink to such a level, perhaps it's not surprising.
Porter, who's been tracking all the predictions of disaster with bemusement, theorizes that people just can't understand why, if the U.S. had a huge crash, next-door Canada had its own big housing boom, but no crash.
The answer, of course, it that a bubble-and-crash cycle isn't easy to produce.
First, a true speculative bubble requires impressive levels of irresponsibility from banks and regulators, something that took a long time to develop in the U.S. Canada never matched this achievement. A mere 10-per-cent or so of overvaluation, which is roughly what we have in Canada, is no bubble.
Second, homeowners are very reluctant to sell what's usually their biggest asset at a loss, so many will hang on like grim death rather than sell into a devalued market, making it unusual for prices to drop rapidly.
``Is the market overvalued? Probably,'' Porter says. ``Will it collapse in the next six or 12 months? Highly unlikely.''
Apart from some overheated niches in the market, history suggests to him that we'll more likely see home prices that simply go sideways for several years, allowing incomes to catch up.
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Café D'Azur
This Mediterranean bistro in Darien blends the best of French and Lebanese fare
Rack of lamb with a mustard and breadcrumb crust
Tom McGovern
As Darien's dining scene continues to heat up, Café D'Azur brings two new cuisines to the mix. The Mediterranean bistro, located in the heart of downtown Darien, blends traditional French and Lebanese fare. This culinary combo reflects the background of the restaurant's dynamic chef duo. Executive Chef Regis Saget grew up on a vineyard in southern France and counts La Colline Vert in Fairfield and Versailles in Greenwich among his previous posts, while Chef Joseph Jabbour has been cooking his native Lebanese dishes around the world for some fifty years, most recently at Myrna's in Stamford.
If you're longing for a French meal that's pure Paris bistro, you'll find all the classics here—from foie gras to beef bourguignon to apple tartine. But don't miss out on the Lebanese delicacies, which are among the menu's highlights. Starters range from a basic hummus to sardines topped with greens over an eggplant caviar on crostini. The escargots were my favorite French appetizer, a real treat in a garlicky butter sauce; among the Lebanese-inspired starters, I loved the creamy, zingy baba ghannouj, roasted eggplant blended with tahini sauce and lemon.
For seafood fans the bouillabaisse is a standout entrée. With its delicate broth—not overly salty or heavy as some versions tend to be—the dish is piled with shrimp, salmon, scallops and mussels as well as beautifully shaped vegetables, including zucchini rounds and crisp summer squash. Another gratifying choice is the bronzini, which has a slightly crispy skin and is served with a vegetable salsa. Lamb kebabs are noteworthy too, the meat marinated with fresh herbs and then grilled along with vegetables and served with a tangy Tzatziki.
Keeping up with the crêpes trend, Café D'Azur counts several varieties on its dessert list—I'm partial to the bananas with chocolate sauce. For a lighter, less-sweet end to the meal, you could try the katayef ashta, ricotta topped with chopped pistachios and honey, and a Turkish coffee.
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Mobile Fire and Rescue found a defective 1-ton chlorine cylinder leaking at 1300 Yeend Ave. near Grand Bay. The Fire Department quickly controlled the leak, a spokesman said.
Because of the cylinder's location in an industrial area, no one was evacuated, but the leaking chemical forced responders to wear hazardous materials gear while on the scene, the department spokesman said.
Chlorine poses many respiratory threats, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Even short exposures to the chemical can cause temporary lung paralysis and emphysema, while longer threats can cause respiratory failure or pneumonia, CDC reports show.