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BRIDGETON — Mike Zapolski Sr. was elected Bridgeton City Council president by his fellow council members on Friday, following a unanimous vote at the board's annual reorganization meeting.
Zapolski was elected to city council in May 2010. He is currently in his sixth year serving on the Bridgeton Planning Board. Before his election to the city council, Zapolski had also been a member of the zoning board.
He succeeds former council president Bill Spence.
In comments after the vote, Zapolski, who retired from working as an engineer for PSE&G in 2000, thanked his fellow board members and counseled them not to be afraid of new ideas or possibilities.
"I want to listen to new ideas that are brought to me," he said. "I do not advocate reinventing the wheel, but it would be close-minded not to hear out new ideas.
"Change is often met with resistance at first. The pace will be slow, but there will be progress and I ask for patience in our goal to transform this city into the great community it can be.
"I only ask that you not be afraid to open the door to new possibilities."
His fellow council members, as well as Mayor Al Kelly, congratulated their new council president.
"I look forward to working with you," said Kelly to Zapolski. "I believe we are moving in the right direction in Bridgeton, and that we have good momentum going forward."
The mayor also had kind words for Spence, stepped down as council president on Friday.
"I thank you for your service as council president over the past year, and in that time we have become very close.
"I look forward to continuing working together."
From Spence: "Mike is a great colleague and a great friend. I want to thank all of you; we never had any other vote count but unanimous over this past year, and it's not because there weren't disagreements, but because we knew how to work together."
From Councilwoman Gladys Lugardo-Hemple: "I want to thank Bill Spence for the work he did and always being there for me when I call with questions about the municipal process. Through working together, with the passion here in this council, we can make a difference in this city."
From Councilman Jack Surrency, who nominated Zapolski for council president: "I've seen that (Zapolski) is capable of getting things done; he's retired, and I know he'll be working hard for the city all through the week and on the weekend."
From Councilman Dennis Thompson: "(Zapolski) helped a lot on this board even before he was president, and I think he is a great choice."


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Skiers and snowboarders at Sun Peaks woke up to an abundance of light, dry powder snow this morning. Around 17cm of fresh snow accumulated in higher alpine areas of the resort, making for deep powder turns, face shots and amazing January ski conditions.
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CHICAGO - Why are women lawyers of color leaving the legal profession at an alarming rate? The answer to that question comes from a first-of-its-kind study by the American Bar Association.
According to "Visible Invisibility: Women of Color in Law Firms," a report by the bar association's Commission on Women in the Profession, women of color experience unique disadvantages based on race in addition to gender. White women experience such events based on gender alone, men of color experience such events based on race alone, and white men have virtually no firsthand or personal experience with discrimination.
Despite the efforts of law firms to expand diversity efforts, Hispanic, African-American, Native American and Asian-American women lawyers in law firms nationwide report a lack of networking and access to significant billable hours, being skipped over for client development opportunities and desirable assignments, and being subjected to demeaning comments or harassment and unfair performance evaluations.
The statistics are compelling. For example, 44 percent of women lawyers of color working in a large law firm reported that they had been passed over for desirable assignments, compared to 39 percent of white women, 25 percent of men of color and only 2 percent of white men.
Similarly, 62 percent of women of color disclosed that they had been excluded from formal and informal networking opportunities, compared to 60 percent of white women, 31 percent of men of color and 4 percent of white men, and 31 percent of women of color reported receiving at least one unfair performance evaluation, compared to 25 percent of white women, 21 percent of men of color and less than 1 percent of white men.
"This study finally sheds light on a troublesome situation that we must now turn into an opportunity - the opportunity to increase the richness of perspectives in law firms," said American Bar Association President Michael S. Greco, an ardent supporter of the survey, who served on the Women's Commission for three years and advocated for it before taking the helm of the nation's largest lawyers' organization. "The legal profession must better reflect the communities we serve if it is to serve better both today's clients and those communities. I encourage legal employers to use this valuable report to recalibrate their strategies for diversifying the profession."...
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True, you may have to replace things. Before you go to the expense, soak the area with vinegar. If it's a choice between replacing it or trying a good soak down, I'd go for soaking first.
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In Matt Dodge's locker, there's a picture of former NFL punter Reggie Roby in a follow-through of a kick during his time with the Buccaneers. The late Roby's right knee is almost touching his face mask, putting his legs at a 180-degree angle.
"That's the goal right there," Dodge said the other day while looking at the picture. "I'm flexible like that. If I finish my leg like that, it means it's bomb time."
From bombing in a bad way to bombing kicks, Dodge is showing signs of shaking off a rusty start to his rookie season that involved a few shanks, a pair of inexplicably dropped balls and plenty of boos.
In his past three games, Dodge has seven punts of 50 or more yards and, more importantly, just one of fewer than 41 yards. And that one was a 27-yarder only because it was a high, hanging kick that was fair caught at the 13-yard line.
In those games, Dodge has four punts that pinned the opponent inside its 20-yard line.
He also landed two kicks out of bounds and away from the Cowboys' Dez Bryant following his 93-yard touchdown return, which came on a gorgeous 69-yarder that, by all accounts, should have been covered better.
"In the beginning of the season," long snapper Zak DeOssie said, "you knew he had a lot of doubt."
Dodge wouldn't stop talking about punting.
"I get it — you're trying to learn, and it's all on his mind," DeOssie said. "But now, he's learning to channel his energy, focus when he needs to and remove himself when he needs to.
"As a specialist, if you immerse yourself into it, you blow your mind up."
A cold, rainy forecast for the Seattle area has the potential to blow up Dodge's mind. Given his issues with kicking (and catching) a dry ball early in the season, the addition of some moisture to the equation would seem like a bad thing.
But Dodge said he's not concerned about the rain. The glove he put on his left hand after his second fumble has helped with his grip on the ball, and his experience kicking in the rain has his confidence level high.
In fact, while Tom Coughlin was reluctant to bring the offense and defense outside the past two days, Dodge went out and kicked in a steady rain on Thursday and again on a slick field yesterday. It's what he did at East Carolina because the Pirates didn't have an indoor facility.
"Heck no," Dodge said. "We were outside unless there was lightning. We were out in a monsoon one time."
If it rains tomorrow, Dodge is confident the officials will keep the ball dry until a few seconds before the snap. He believes that should eliminate any issues, given he kicked a few "waterlogged" balls well in practice the other day.
But there's still the issue of mechanics.
Special teams coach Tom Quinn showed Dodge the picture of Roby as a reminder to follow through on punts. Since Dodge, like most punters, started out as a place-kicker, he's still getting used to lifting his leg vertically instead of sweeping across the ball.
Flexibility isn't an issue, though. Dodge, who believes in "dynamic" stretching instead of static stretches, said he's able to get his leg nearly vertical.
But it's about doing it as consistently as Roby did.
"That's impressive, that's pretty solid," he said, looking at the picture then adding: "That's ideal."
• KR Darius Reynaud is listed as questionable after suffering a hamstring strain in practice yesterday. He's confident he'll be able to play, though the Giants might turn to newly signed Will Blackmon. ... C Shaun O'Hara (foot) and FB Madison Hedgecock (hamstring) were ruled out, as expected.
Corvalis, Ore., native Kevin Boss is expecting a crowd of about 100 supporters, though he only paid for 40 tickets. "People have been waiting for this game since I came in the league," the 2007 fifth-round draft pick said.
They've also been waiting for him to find the end zone this year after scoring a combined 11 touchdowns the past two seasons. Perhaps this will be the game.
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The city Department of Education never wanted any part of the problem of doing something about the continued presence of PCBs in public schools, despite the toxin's being banned in 1979. But the agency was forced to confront it finally by an uproar concerning this critical health issue at Staten Island's PS 36 in Annadale.
The Bloomberg administration tried for years to avoid the costly cleanup needed to protect children from those toxic chemicals in old building materials.
So we applaud the effort by City Councilman Vincent Ignizio (R-South Shore) to force close scrutiny of the city's $708-million plan to remove the potential health hazards from lighting in 772 public schools. The 10-year project will affect about 70 percent of Island schools.
Under legislation introduced by Mr. Ignizio, the city would be required to notify parents if contamination is found during an inspection. In addition, the Department of Education would be required to designate a trained representative to provide information about PCB removal to faculty and parents.
"I am pleased the DOE has begun a proactive approach to PCB remediation," said Mr. Ignizio, a leader in the effort to safeguard students. "Yet the Council must also be aggressive in ensuring the schools are routinely inspected and the prompt notification to parents is made."
PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, were commonly used in the U.S. construction industry until they were banned in 1979. They were found to be threats to the immune, nervous and reproductive systems in humans.
Before the Christmas break, a teacher at PS 36 had noticed an oily substance dripping from a light fixture in a classroom. Tests there found PCBs - often used in ballasts to resist heat - at a level of more than 200 times the amount accepted as safe.
Hundreds of PS 36 parents kept their children home for days out of fear of contamination. The borough's Community Education Council took a hard line on fixing the problem. So did Mr. Ignizio.
By late February, the city agreed at last to heed the urging of the federal Environmental Protection Agency to clean up public schools. Repairs will be made first in buildings with visual PCB leaks.
Next are schools built between 1950 and 1979. Then come the older sites.
Brooklyn Democratic Councilman Stephen Levin has also put forth an important bill requiring the DOE to issue a quarterly report on its progress in removing PCBs.
"Parents need to know which schools are being tested and how long the remediation will take," said Celia Green, parent leader with NY Communities for Change. "Parents need to know if there are PCBs in the school, and how and where they are disposed of, and by whom."
Many critics are saying 10 years is far too long to take in the effort to make our schools safe. Private companies have proposed doing the work much faster and at no expense to the city in return for the costs saved by the installation of modern lighting fixtures.
Holding Mayor Michael Bloomberg accountable for dealing forthrightly with the issue is clearly necessary.
After all, it was the mayor who once quoted a former city health commissioner as saying: "One tuna fish sandwich puts more PCBs in your body than breathing air in a normal school for an entire career as a student."
The furor on Staten Island altered that unfortunate frame of mind once and for all. Schools found to have high levels of PCBs are far from "normal."
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BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is ready to concede, at least temporarily, the loss of much of Iraq to Sunni insurgents and is instead deploying the military's best-trained and equipped troops to defend Baghdad, Iraqi officials told The Associated Press Tuesday.
Shiite militias responding to a call to arms by Iraq's top cleric are also focused on protecting the capital and Shiite shrines, while Kurdish fighters have grabbed a long-coveted oil-rich city outside their self-ruled territory, ostensibly to defend it from the al-Qaida breakaway group.
With Iraq's bitterly divided sects focused on self-interests, the situation on the ground is increasingly looking like the fractured state the Americans have hoped to avoid.
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Iraqi men line up for physical examinations at the main army recruiting center to volunteer for military service in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, after authorities urged Iraqis to help battle insurgents. Political leaders have agreed to start the process of seating a new government by July 1. Once a stable government is in place, officials hope Iraqi security forces will be inspired to fight the insurgency instead of fleeing, as they did in several major cities and towns in Sunni-dominated areas since the start of the year.
"We are facing a new reality and a new Iraq," the top Kurdish leader, Massoud Barzani, told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday in Irbil, capital of the self-ruled Kurdish region in northern Iraq.
Two weeks after a series of disastrous battlefield setbacks in the north and west, al-Maliki is struggling to devise an effective strategy to repel the relentless advances by militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, a well-trained and mobile force thought to have some 10,000 fighters inside Iraq. The response by government forces has so far been far short of a counteroffensive, restricted mostly to areas where Shiites are in danger of falling prey to the Sunni extremists or around a major Shiite shrine north of Baghdad.
These weaknesses were highlighted when the government tried but failed to retake Tal Afar, a mixed Shiite-Sunni city of some 200,000 that sits strategically near the Syrian border.
The government claimed it had retaken parts of the city but the area remains under the control of the militants after a battle in which some 30 volunteers and troops were killed.


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MONTGOMERY, Alabama (www.incnow.tv) - Indiana Tech had its baseball season come to a close Saturday when the Warriors fell to top ranked Faulkner University 15-2 in the NAIA National Championship Opening Round.
The fourth-seeded Warriors were looking to avenge a loss to the top seeded Eagles earlier in the tournament, but Faulkner scored early and often to put the game out of reach, scoring all 15 of their runs in the first four innings.
Ben Christian and Bryan Brudi had two hits apiece as the Warriors finished with 12 hits on the afternoon.
Tech starter Zach Sailors suffered the loss, and reliever Josh Flory was solid out of the bullpen with 4 2/3 innings of scoreless relief.
Indiana Tech finished their season with a record of 33-18.
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hi bartek, i would not really recommend the kode 122 because it isnt particularly brilliant in anything. if you are looking at a freeride board then choose the futura, and if you really want to go fast then choose the isonic. i personally don't like the isonic 122 because i dont like wide boards, but i do believe that the isonic is an incredible innovation in slalom boards.
all in all i would recommend the futura because really it is a fast board with which you can really have lots of fun with your big sails and has a lot of control and especially a really wide wind range. another thing that differentiates it from the isonic is its number of footstrap rows (2) which will allow you to navigate as you most please.
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Mole is very time-consuming to make, but you can begin up to three days ahead. The results are well worth the effort. In Mexico, this is served with rice or unfilled tamales.
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So amazingly good. This is my third time making mole poblano, and my first using this recipe. This recipe is by far the best I have tried. I'm in the final simmer and already licking the spoon...I can only imagine how good it's going to be after a few days' flavor mingling, when we have it on enchiladas! I only made the mole part of this recipe, not the turkey. I used chicken broth in place of turkey broth. I followed the mole recipe to a tee except that I forgot to buy pepitas, so I just subbed in more of the other nuts. As everyone says, it takes a really really long time to make. This is special occasion food...Thanksgiving dinner-level. It's a labor of love and you wouldn't want it any other way. My tips for least stress: 1. Check and re-check the recipe and ingredients list. Even though I live in a suburb of NYC with a ton of Mexican groceries around, they don't always have all the chiles, and you should not substitute. I also had to go back to the store for a lot of chicken broth because I wasn't making the turkey and didn't have the many cups of broth on hand. 2. If possible, make this well in advance of any occasion you plan to serve it. It doesn't suffer for being in the fridge or freezer for days or weeks, and definitely tastes better if you wait a day or two, minimum, to let the flavors mingle. I made it over a long weekend, spreading the steps out over two days so that it remained an enjoyable project. We'll end up eating it about 5 days after I started making it. 3. Make a double batch if you can muster up the faith in this recipe. I did and now I have a ton to save for me and BF, plus some to give to friends and family. I'll be set for months.
First off, I would like to warn everyone of the time needed to make this. For me it took a whole afternoon/evening, just to make the sauce (I finished the meal the next day). The straining part was what took the most time, I would recommend using a sifter. Secondly, I do not recommend tasting it during the entire process, unless you like the taste of dried peppers. I kept tasting it looking for something to show for the hours I was spending and, to me, it tasted awful. But then I finished, took it off the heat and let it sit over night and ate it. I almost cried with relief. Despite all of this grief, it was incredibly delicious, I made it with Pork instead of turkey (and used 4 cups of chicken broth and some chicken stock I made instead of turkey). It makes cups and cups of mole sauce so we only used a bit and then vacuum sealed and froze the rest (which I have just tossed the frozen sauce in the pot with some warm water and cooked meat)and it was still delicious.
I've had this recipe in my box for months... finally found the time to make it today while watching the NFL playoffs. WOW.... It is truly incredible. From the moment I finished the initial step with the chilis, I knew this was going to be good. There are some unusal steps... but just have faith and patience... you will be rewarded. I can't wait to see how this will taste in a few days as leftovers based on the other reviews!
I have to defend this recipe. I think the secret to getting this right is to making it a day or two in advance. I served it to mi amigo from Puebla on Thanksgiving day and he said it was good. On day 3 we took it out of the fridge and heated up the left overs and it was so much better. I bought all my ingredients at a Mexican market.
Making mole is such a deep culinary experience, that after all the energy to prepare you want it perfect. I made this recipw and thought it had WAY too much sugar...but I did it anyway. As well as ordered the book from whence it came. Three days later when the book arrived-the recipe DID not have the 1/2 cup of sugar! Everything else was identical. So...I will only add 1 tablespoon of the Mexican sugar next time, if that. Epicurious is my main source of recipes (amd the magazines where they are first published, but I do not know what happened to this one.
I had never had mole before - but love most Mexican food. So based on the rave reviews here, I thought I would give this recipe a try for my gourmet group. HOWEVER, from the first step of frying & then boiling the chilies (which filled my house with such a VILE smell that it drove my family away) - to the last steps (fry a piece of french bread & then throw it in the blender???) . . . I was perplexed by the bizarre set of ingredients & steps to make this sauce. This may be "authentic" mole - but I would love to know what sadistic type of person first came up with this odd mixture of ingredients & complex steps? I agree with one previous reviewer who suggested NOT to taste this sauce until the very end. I kept on hoping that each successive set of ingredients would make the awful sauce taste better . . . but unfortunately it did not. I have to say the final product was OK (declared "edible" by my family, and "good" by my gourmet group), I would definitely NOT declare it good enough to make again. And I won't need to, because I ended up with gallons of the stuff - which oddly enough I couldn't get anyone from the group to take some home with them! I would suggest only making this sauce if you KNOW that you love mole sauce. Otherwise, it is probably not worth the effort.
Like most of the other reviewers, I would absolutely make this recipe again. It is truly the best mole I have ever eaten. Here are a couple of other tips though: there two sections of the recipe which ask you to strain the contents from the blender through a metal strainer into the pot. I would highly recommend straining the contents into a bowl first to save your arms (unless you are super strong, which I'm not). Also, make sure you do use gloves to clean the chilies because even though they are dry, they still have the capacity to sting the eyes (or in my case, the nose). Lastly, like the others, I ended up with alot of sauce left over which I froze and will plan on using the next time I have extra roast chicken or turkey. I will plan on making this though at least once a year.
As each process takes 20-30 minutes, it helps to get several steps going at once to lessen the overall time spent on this dish. While the recipe does still take 3-4 hours, the result is truly scrumptious. I served this with grilled corn-on-the-cob topped with chipotle sour cream and red Mexican rice. Also, there is quite a bit more mole in the end than necessary for the amount of turkey, so I popped some in the freezer for a future treat.
stunningly delicious. i took this mole to a church function (a HISPANIC CHURCH FUNCTION) and 3 women approached me after to get the recipe. as a single white male...this was a bit presumptuous of me to bring hispanic food, but the results were definately worth the time. if you have a free day to cook, MAKE THIS!!!!
Prior to making this recipe I had never tried making nor even tasting mole. Another reviewer described it as a spiritual experience. All I can say is "Boy, it's hard work." I started at 5pm and ended at 1am. However, based on the reviews received, everybody loved it, so that made it worth all the effort. I served it with the Kemp's Black Beans & Summer Rice Salad w/ Goat Cheese Dressing from this site. Modifications made were slight, chiefly I boiled a whole turkey and then shredded it. I also added boiled chicken to it to increase the meat to sauce ratio. One word of warning, I brought the leftovers in to work while they all enjoyed it, EVERYBODY had an opinion, comparing it to their own family recipe. With so many ingredients and such complexity of flavor, you will be hard pressed to please everybody's palate.


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With the 4th Street Bridge in Harvey closed to vehicular traffic for two weeks and needing an $8 million overhaul, Jefferson Parish officials are seekng a solution Tuesday during a meeting with the state's transportation chief. The 38-year-old bridge malfunctioned Thursday night when it failed to open upright for marine traffic to pass on the Harvey Canal.
It was the latest breakdown for a bridge that carries more than 16,000 vehicles daily through a major industrial and marine corridor. Last fall, the Jefferson Parish Council passed a resolution seeking a new bridge, to address frequent mechanical failures and traffic tie-ups.
The repeated failures hamper Jefferson's ability to promote the Harvey Canal and carve out its role in the burgeoning oil and gas market opening up in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, Parish Council Chairman Chris Roberts said Monday. Having a reliable bridge is critical to that effort, he said.
"It is important for commerce,'' Roberts said. He said he will meet with Transportation and Development Secretary Sherri LeBas on Tuesday about the issue.
"I hope there is a solution,'' he said. "Obviously, all of these temporary repairs are not cutting it. This has been going for some time. It continues to go out.''For at least the next two weeks, engineers have blocked the bridge to vehicular traffic, while leaving it open for marine navigation. The move was necessary to provide an alternate detour to the gulf and Mississippi River for boats, after the closure of the Algiers Canal locks. The Army Corps of Engineers is performing emergency work on the locks, which are not expected to reopen until July.
"Of major concern to us at this time is the volume of maritime traffic that uses the Harvey/Algiers canals,'' the Harvey Canal Industrial Association said in a statement. "With the Algiers locks closed until July for repairs, it is vitally important to have access to the river through the Harvey locks. Commerce depends on this as do our industries, which provide critical services to our nation's vital interests.''
The organization has called for a detailed inspection and report on the bridge's condition and a long-term plan to address the needs. Past president advise Ray Fuenzalida said any aging structure requires an increased amount of maintenance. "You have to take a little more care,'' he said.
Transportation officials have said the repairs will take at least two weeks because of the necessity of making replacement parts for the bridge. It was built in 1975.
Although replacing the structure would cost an estimated $20 million to $25 million, rehabilitation of its electrical and hydraulic systems would cost $7 million to $8 million, transportation department engineer Michael Stack said.
Roberts said business owners in the area have contacted him about the financial effects of the bridge closure. "Whenever it's closed, it kills them," he said.
Calvin Verbene, whose Willco Inc. is adjacent to the bridge, said truck drivers with deliveries call ahead to ask whether they need to take a detour. "We tell them if the bridge is out,'' he said.
Still, the importance of repairing the bridge is not lost on Verbene. "It's a very busy bridge,'' he said. "A lot of motorists get upset. You have to allow marine traffic to get through. When the barricades go up, you hear people yelling out the window of their cars.''


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There's no room for an addition to the Unholy Trinity — the Pittsburgh Penguins, New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers — teams that Philadelphia Flyers fans love to despise.
But after two games in the last week, plus the potential of a playoff series this season and the certainty of more divisional battles in the years ahead, Flyers fans can work the Washington Capitals into a new form of geometric enmity. How about the Abominable Quadrilateral?
Like those fan unfavorites above, the Capitals are an easy road trip by NHL standards. But the Flyers and Caps haven't been in the same neighborhood, divisionwise, since they were Atlantic foes in 1998.
When the league realigned its divisions to adjust to the Atlanta Thrashers' move to Winnipeg and to grant the wishes of Detroit and Columbus to remove them from the Western Conference, it restored the juice between Philly and D.C. Too bad the league couldn't come up with a catchier name than the Metropolitan Division.
Black and Blue would be more like it, especially after the back-to-back games Sunday and Wednesday. The Flyers took all four available points, rallying from a two-goal, third-period deficit Sunday to win 5-4 in overtime in the Caps' Verizon Center (might be time to switch phone companies), then holding off Washington 6-4 in the rematch Wednesday in Philadelphia.
In addition to realigning, the NHL changed its playoff format. Only three teams in each division earn an automatic playoff berth, with wild cards claiming the final two spots in each conference.
The four-point swing lifted the Flyers (33-24-6, 72 points entering Saturday's games) safely into second place in their division, while the Caps (29-25-10, 68 points) are outside the playoff window, nose pressed against the glass.
Of course, there is plenty of time for that to change, although Wednesday's game is the last regular-season meeting between the teams. But letting opportunities to gain points against the team you're trying to catch isn't good for business.
"It's not acceptable; it's not the way we want to play. We were sleeping the first two periods. We were not even in this game," Caps center Nicklas Backstrom told the Washington Post. "We're so lucky that we had a chance to win it or at least tie it up. I don't know what to say — it's not good."
What wasn't good for the Flyers was the way they allowed the Caps back in the game with three power-play goals after seizing control to take a 4-0 lead. Flyers coach Craig Berube wasn't happy with some of the penalties called against his team, even taking the bait the next day when asked by a Philadelphia reporter whether the team's "Broad Street Bullies'' history works against it.
"I'll put it to you this way: We're not going to get any breaks,'' Berube told Philly.com. "You just deal with it.''
For now, the Flyers will try to deal with being better behaved on the ice – yeah, who are we kidding? These days, when the Washington Capitals rock the red, the Orange and Black sees red.


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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- On July 27, a man stabbed a store clerk several times, seriously injuring him during the robbery in broad daylight of the Family Variety Convenience Store on Crescent Ridge Road in Tuscaloosa.
The robber was caught on the store's camera at several angles and the Tuscaloosa Police Department released the images of his face immediately after the robbery, but have still not identified the suspect.
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Just noticed that just after the regulator thing next to my fuel pump there is a drip petrol leak (when engines turned off, dont know what its like when engines running). Would this leak cause a severe drop in performance (at the moment my car pulls so bad when accelerating compared to previously).
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Sermons on 9/11 anniversary have theme of reconciliation
The 9/11 anniversary won't be the primary focus of Sunday services at every church, though it's likely to be acknowledged at most.
"It's essentially a time of seeking forgiveness and reconciliation," says Father Mike Morrissey, pastor of St. Bede Episcopal Church in Port Orchard.
Morrissey, a Navy combat veteran in Vietnam before he became a minister, said the need and desire for national security shouldn't be at odds with the teachings of Jesus.
"The nation in a real sense is in a fight for its life, but we need to make sure we observe the sanctity of life and understand the other, like Jesus undersood the other," he says.
And Morrissey, whose church will fly the American flag at half-staff Sunday, is concerned about a lack of such understanding.
"We really need to move away from the McCarthyism of the old days, as it were, that I see becoming more and more prevalent in our treatment of another faith tradition and another ethnic group," he says.
"We've seen it occur between black and white, between white and Asian," he notes. "The political rhetoric — and this isn't aimed at the Republican party or the tea party or anyobdy else — but in the political rhetoric out there, some very reasonable people are starting to sound like the iconic personage of McCarthy."
While he hasn't tailored a liturgical service for the 9/11 anniversary, Morrissey said the part of the Episcopal service called "prayers of the people" will incorporate prayers from other faith traditions.
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Thread: So how exactly are the Coticule stones which we all love so much produced?
So how exactly are the Coticule stones which we all love so much produced?
The atelier:
The place were the magic happens: our workhouse, store, storage room and bureau (located in the Belgian Ardennes).
Coticule whetstones have been produced in this building (built in approx. 1865) for over 140 years.
The left part of the building (2 windows, 1 door and another window) is the main workplace (atelier). This is the place were the raw Coticule rocks are cut up into pieces and the end products (Coticule and BBW whetstones in all sort of sizes) are made.
The right part of the building (large arc window with a door in the middle) is our store, storage room and bureau space.
This atelier is also used to produce natural construction stones (like the ones our building is made off). These stones are stored in pallets in front of the building.
The quarry:
Our quarry is located at "Thier del Preu" (which means "height of Preu", Preu is a place name). Our extraction site is approx. 300 meters by 100 meters and we are at a depth of +/- 50 - 60 meters. The quarry is at a 2 km distance from our Atelier.
We need to extract approx. 2 tons of rocks to have 1 kg usable Coticule.
Main view on our quarry right after the winter of 2007-2008 (before the pumping started). The water has a height of +/- 10 meters.
Second view on the quarry (you can see my father Maurice, with the green jacket, together with a visitor standing on a rock which tops just above the water).
Two photos of Coticule veins.
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The production of the Coticule whetstone:
Coticule rocks waiting to be cut into Coticule plates.
1. Sawing the Coticule rocks into Coticule plates
These Coticule plates have a thickness between 7 and 14 mm.
Sawing these plates is a very important job. It has to be done very careful to maximize the amount and size of Coticule plates. The raw Coticule rocks have cracks, black manganese spots, quartz blocks and other impurities in them so it requires a certain amount of experience and handiness to maximize the good Coticule!
Some freshly sawed Coticule plates:
2. Gluing the Coticule plates on a black schist
This is the second step in the production of the Coticule whetstone.
We often get the question why it's done. The reason is simple! Coticule plates are so brittle that if such a plate falls of a height of 1 meter it will break into several pieces.
So we use black Brazilian or Portuguese natural schist as a base to glue the Coticule plates on. This way we have a sturdy whetstone that can handle several shocks!
3. Sawing the Coticule - black schist plates
This also is a very important job! This step is determining the final size of a Coticule whetstone (both rectangular and odd shaped stones!). The man doing this job has to look very careful at the Coticule because he needs to cut right through black lines or other faults in the Coticule and so maximizing the surface of Coticule without minor or major faults.
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4. Polishing the Coticule whetstones
This is the last step of the production. Every Coticule stone is hand polished on a diamond polishing table.
Every side of the stone will be polished and the edges will be rounded.
The storage room:
Every day the production of the previous day will be sorted in to quality grades and sizes. This happens in our storage room.
The following two photos shows how the size of a Coticule bout is determined.
This is done by using a sizing chart.
The last photo shows you some of our stock.
And these are the steps every single Coticule stone in the world has to pass before you can use it to sharpen your beloved straight razor!
Every Coticule stone is completely hand made at our atelier so every Coticule stone is a one of a kind!
The production of the BBW (Belgian Blue Whetstone) is the same except the gluing part.
I hope you liked this little explanation and if someone has further question, shoot away!
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Many thanks Rob and welcome to SRP! I have one of your beautiful kosher coticules and it is a great finishing stone. I also have a large natural and a striped coticule that I got through Howard at the Perfect Edge. Those came from your quarry originally of course. Amazing photos that really give a sense of all of the hard work that goes into those lovely rocks.Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.
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Rob that was absoluely fascinating! I thought from the title of your thread that you were asking. How pleasantly surprised I was to discover this gem of a thread with photos to boot of how it's all done! Hugely impressed am I. This is a great resource for those interested. Many thanks.
Many thanks for the great post and pictures! If you need another topic I'm sure some of us would be interested in learning about the different quality grades.
Two tons of rock to get 1 kg of usable material! Now I know why these little beauties cost so much! They are worth it !It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled. Twain
Rob, thank you!! Very informative and interesting.
*sigh*... now I want to buy a Coticule...
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Cheers Rob, I told you everyone would be excited by your posts.
Is there any chance of a picture of you, your dad and staff so we can see who makes the rocks?
How about producing an Ardennes Atilier(?) T-shirt? Or maybe a tiny bout keyring?
Would be great for the Tourists
Talking of tourism, I get free train travel through the UK and Europe (I'm a Train Driver) how far away is the nearest railway station from the shop + mine?
Thanks again M


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On July 6, 2003, Joseph Wilson transformed himself from low-profile Beltway insider to leading critic of President George W. Bush's foreign policy.
That was the day Wilson, a retired former ambassador to Gabon and the senior American diplomat in Iraq at the beginning of the first Gulf War, had an op-ed published in The New York Times shooting holes in W's rationale for invading Iraq.
Having traveled to Niger on the CIA's dime to investigate whether that African country sold uranium to Iraq, Wilson was in position to cast serious doubt on the infamous "16 words" in Bush's 2003 State of the Union address. "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa," Bush had said.
The payback unleashed more authentic weapons of mass destruction. Bush's allies blasted Wilson and outed his wife, covert CIA agent Valerie Plame, and did significant collateral damage to freedom of the press.
The misdirection strategy worked: In the recent flap over whether New York Times reporter Judith Miller should have gone to jail or revealed who told her about Plame, many have forgotten the original issue.
WW interviewed Wilson during his recent visit to Oregon.
WW: Are there things people get consistently get wrong about you?
Joseph Wilson: The big thing is that people have kind of lost sight of the fundamental issues. One is, who put 16 words in the State of the Union Address and why? In other words, why would the president be put in a position where he was misleading Congress and the American people in something as fundamental as the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction in a debate over whether or not we should go to war? The second issue is this whole issue that some senior official or officials compromised national security by leaking my wife's identity.
Who do you think leaked your wife's name, and why?
It's now very clear that the two sources of the information were [deputy White House chief of staff] Karl Rove and [chief of staff to Vice President Cheney] Scooter Libby.
And the leaks' purpose was to divert attention from your report?
Right. My article didn't pretend to be the definitive statement. It just recounted my trip. I make very clear that maybe they weren't talking about Niger or had other information I wasn't aware of, but on the face of it, it would appear they didn't have the case to be made in the State of the Union. But the day after the article appeared, the White House said the 16 words did not warrant "inclusion in the State of the Union address." That pretty much ended their statement, and then everything else was designed to divert attention away from the 16 words to, as one reporter told me, "Wilson and his wife."
Your op-ed must have been a hard decision for a career diplomat-to take on the administration.
That was not the difficult part. I had spent three months trying to encourage the administration to correct the record. All I got was essentially [then-National Security Advisor] Condoleezza Rice going on Meet the Press and saying maybe somebody in the bowels of the agency knew something about this, but nobody in her circle. Which of course we now know was absolutely false. At the time I wrote the article, my name was becoming known within journalistic circles. The only way to put the story back into the box was to write it myself.
You served under the first President Bush, are a registered Democrat and consider yourself a centrist. How do you feel having been adopted by the Democratic Party and Bush critics?
This administration operates so far outside the parameters of generally accepted American political behavior, that it is not me who has veered. It is the politics of the Republican Party. There needs to be some reckoning inside the party over who owns it. Is it what I call the theo-con, neo-con axis, or is it those moderates who have historically led the party? I don't think the party will have that fight until it is defeated or it implodes, which it may well be on the road to doing now.
Are you tired of the limelight?
The limelight has never been the issue. What has been unfortunate is that I entered this debate to provide a somewhat different perspective on U.S. policy toward Iraq. I brought a rather extensive experience in Iraq dealing with the most senior levels of Saddam's government. And since the opening of the investigation into Valerie's identity, all anybody has wanted to talk about is Valerie and this case. I'd much rather be back in the debate on Iraq, and I don't give a shit about the limelight. I think we are so far astray and that there still are too few people with expertise or experience who appear prepared to come out and make counterarguments to those being put out by the administration. When and if the case is over, when and if the Iraq policy is over, I would welcome going back to a much more anonymous life.
To read more of this interview, please go to www.wweek.com.
Were you a registered Republican at one point?
I believe, if I recall correctly, I think I registered Republican for the first election I ever voted in, which was 1972, and I did so to have the opportunity to vote against Richard Nixon twice-once in the primary and once in the election.
But you subsequently changed your registration.
Yeah, I think I have been registered Democrat for most of the rest of my adult life. I voted for George Herbert Walker Bush [in 1992]-because after all, we had been to war together in the Gulf. The issues that have always driven my agenda as a Foreign Service officer have been international and national security issues. I thought, and I still think, that the management of the first Gulf War will be viewed by historians as a case study of how one should manage these types of international crises.
Have you ever heard, since this process began, I guess more than two and half years now, from George Bush Senior?
I have had a number of communications with him both telephonically and written. I have not talked to him in probably more than a year and a half, maybe a little over two years now.
Can you say what the gist of those conversations has been?
No, I have really tried not to characterize them other than to say that he has made it very clear that he is as upset about the compromise of identity of Valerie, as most other people are.
Do you and your wife feel vindication now that Judith Miller is out of jail?
No. With respect to Judy, I say this: Like most Americans, I deeply regret that she would have to spend time in jail standing on the principle that she felt was important to her. But the reason she languished in jail is because her source, who had been instructed by the President of the United States to cooperate fully with the Justice Department, declined to do so...and was too cowardly to step forward and acknowledge his responsibility for what he said to her until after she had spent that time in jail. I'm glad she's out of jail. I'll leave it to others to determine whether her actions or the way this has been handled benefit or really weaken the press.
Has this whole episode put stress on your marriage?
Um, certainly it would stress all relationships. But I think we are stronger for it. It has never compromised the marriage in any way. We both said recently that we think this has given us a deeper understanding of who we are both as people and as a couple.
Has your fame-in some people's eyes, notoriety-been hard on your consulting business?
I wouldn't quarrel with that. I think at the end of the day business is shy, particularly shy of somebody who is visible as an opponent of power. And it hasn't helped that the Wall Street Journal has devoted so much time in its editorial pages to defaming me.
Yeah, they seem to have that ready to roll on any slow day when they've got nothing else to talk about.
They sure do. But of course, as I pointed out in one speech, the Journal was wrong about World War II, it was wrong about Winston Churchill in his Iron Curtain speech, it was wrong about Vietnam, and it is wrong about Wilson and his wife.
Wilson came to Oregon to play golf with his brother-in-law, who lives in Portland. He says his handicap is 12.7.
He also addressed the Oregon Democratic Party summit in Sunriver on Saturday.


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Romania takes steps to combat human trafficking. The Council of Europe's Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) published its first evaluation report on Thursday and welcomes the steps taken by Romania.
These include the adoption of anti-trafficking legislation, the setting up of the National Agency against Trafficking in Persons, and the introduction of a national identification and referral mechanism for victims of trafficking.
The situation in Romania is serious. Nearly all the victims of trafficking identified to date have been Romanian nationals, the majority of them are victims of transnational trafficking. More than thousand people were transported in 2010. Most of them were in transnational trafficking and the main destinations were Spain, Italy. the Czech Republic, Cyprus and France. Most of the victims were victims of labour or sexual exploitation and most of them were women. There were also 307 children identified in 2010, mostly female.Another issue is national trafficking, over 300 victims were identified within Romania.
GRETA says, that Romanian authorities should improve co-operation between all anti-trafficking actors. There is a big need of prevention, especially access to education and jobs for vulnerable groups. The group urges Romanian authorities train all professionals, including border police staff to improve the identification of victims of trafficking, both Romanian and foreign nationals.It's also important to make sure law is practiced and to concentrate on reintegration of trafficking victims into society.
The Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings ("the Convention") were established in 2005 and their monitoring mechanism is relatively new. Their main goal is focusing on victim protection. GRETA is a group of fifteen independent experts in the field of human rights. On the basis of the report, the Committee of the Parties to the Convention will consider adopting recommendations addressed to the Government of Romania.


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So, are you white-knuckled yet?
Come on, admit it. Ever since Jon Lester got shelled in Game 3, you had serious doubts the Red Sox could launch a comeback against the Rays. Not with all those injuries and slumps.
And yet, here we are, with our onetime postseason ace getting the ball in a game that could change everything. Because seriously, the Rays will be tighter than a pickle jar cover if they find themselves in a Game 7 -- Carl Crawford's comments the other night signal that pretty clearly.
(Side note: Some people are really scared of pickles. Who knew?)
I, of course, will be watching Game 6 in its entirety tonight, and posting immediately after the game. I briefly debated watching this one in a Red Sox bar somewhere down here in D.C., but I think I'm wound a little too tightly for that.
In any event, here's your elimination-game version of This Week in Bloggernets. It seems only fitting that we'd focus on the Sox this week, but I think it's fair to say this isn't stuff you'd be reading in a newspaper.
Up first, this video, which shows what happens when you let a Sox fan hang out in a Tampa Bay bar:
And your links...
-- Love this photo. Thought I'd get that out there to start. (Yahoo! Sports)
-- The Red Sox, compared to vampires. I could get used to that comparison. (Epic Carnival)
-- Yes, I think it's true: Meet the pleasingly plump fan who turned around Game 5 for the Sox. (Deadspin)
-- And here's Charles Barkley as said pleasingly plump fan. (Awful Announcing)
-- Former professional wrestler Brian Knobbs (the Nasty Boys!) gets tossed from Game 5... with video! (Home Run Derby)
-- Celebrity Rays fans show their support. I assume they started rooting this year, right? (TampaBay.com)
-- Sarah Palin was for the Red Sox before she was against them. Or something like that. (The Buzz: Florida Politics)
-- A nice look at Game 5's heroes. (The Bottom Line)
-- Josh Beckett is channeling his inner John Wayne. (Center Field)
-- The Rays' cowbell trend explained. A few of my brain cells died after realizing how obvious it is. (Big League Stew)
-- I concur with Sooze: This was my favorite, favorite sign that I saw while watching the game Thursday night. (Babes Love Baseball)
And with that, we strap on our helmets. Get ready, Sox fans.


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There are some things you can do to build a better relationship in just one month.
Redbook has some small things you can do to give your love a boost.
Send your spouse love texts -- a message that shows how much you appreciate them.
Look on the bright side. Positive people are more fun to be around.
Hang pictures of you and your spouse. Research shows experience, rather than things, can increase your happiness.
Open up more. The more you open up, the more your partner will.
Be a team player. Doing chores with your spouse can be a relationship booster.
Make a relationship bucket list. Dreaming together can strengthen your bond.
Schedule a double date night. Having mutual couple friends makes for a better marriage.
Don't try to change him or her. Happy couple's know their partner's differences and have stopped trying to change the other person.
Recognize their calls for attention.
Dress like a single girl -- just for fun. Paying attention to your appearance or wearing something special is an easy-to-get way to show him that he matters.
One way to cultivate intimacy is to offer your spouse just 20 minutes of your undivided attention.
Let your mate be right.
Look at your relationship like an outsider. Try seeing a fight from a different perspective.
Show them the light.
Show them the light. Soft light can transform a room into a romantic hotspot.
Frame your demands as favors.
Give your spouse the gift of lounging around. One Saturday morning, wake them up with a coupon for a "do-nothing day."
Just say no to nagging. Try to create an environment where your spouse feels they can express their true feelings.
Ditch the assumptions. Sometimes we think we know our partners so well that we can predict how they'll react, and play that assumption out in our heads.
Mind your marriage manners. Take the things that are common and ordinary, notice them, and say thank you for them at least once a day.
Take trips down memory lane. Go over the highlights of when you were first dating.
Don't compare yourself to your Facebook friends. Have you ever felt secretly annoyed at your man after reading a friend's status update about how her husband surprised her with flowers for "no reason at all?"
Let him take care of you. It may sound old-fashioned, but sometimes it's a good idea to let him be a man and just do stuff for you.
Just believe. Have faith that your partner is making an effort for your relationship.
Do the little things -- being there for each other when one of you needs to vent and noticing when they need a hug.
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Edinburgh Council loses ownership of Parliament House
By Greg Barrie, Paul Hyland and Carolina Morais
In a strange series of events Edinburgh Council has unwittingly lost the ownership of the Parliament House building.
Wolves Launch Official Complaint About Racial Abuse
By Stuart Iversen
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club have made an official complaint to the FA and Walsall Football Club over racist abuse directed at their players.
They assert that Carl Ikeme and George Elokobi were the subjects of racial abuse at Banks Stadiums during the teams match on Saturday.
A statement on the Wolves website stated: "The complaint relates to a small number of individuals in the crowd at Saturday's game and will not sour the good relationship that exists between the two clubs."
Ikeme and Elokobi had both reported incidents of racial abuse during the game to members of Wolves management.
Walsall have also released a statement saying: "We are taking this matter very seriously and will fully co-operate with West Midlands Police and Wolverhampton Wanderers throughout this investigation."
Froch vs Groves Press Conference
By Stuart Iversen
Carl Froch and George Groves have come face to face for the first time since their fight last year. The meeting took place at a press conference earlier today, to promote their rematch at Wembley Stadium on May 31st.
The first fight between the pair saw Froch retain his WBA and IBF super-middleweight titles with a controversial stoppage. This time round Groves is determined to even up the score.
"It was a stone-wall robbery last time. Everyone knows it. It brings me great joy that this is happening because otherwise this is not a fight that was going to take place."
Froch meanwhile, is feeling rejuvenated after a Christmas off and is ready to hit the gym. "I've missed the gym, I've missed boxing, I've missed hitting the bag, I've missed listening to (trainer) Rob (McCracken), working hard on the road runs and that's bad news for George Groves because I'm now excited and looking forward to getting back in the gym and getting in the ring on May 31 and doing the business."
The fight is expected to break the attendance record for a post-War fight with roughly 60,000 to 70,000 people expected. Shattering the previous total of 55,000, set by Ricky Hatton's fight against Juan Lazcano at the City of Manchester Stadium.
Westhuizen to leave Edinburgh
By Stuart Iversen
Edinburgh Rugby has confirmed that lock Izak van der Westhuizen will return to South Africa at the end of the season.
The 28-year-old signed at the start of the 2012/13 campaign from Free State Cheetahs. However, his debut season in the capital was hampered by an ankle injury. Despite this he has since gone on to make 19 starts in 24 appearances for the club.
Westhuizen said: "Scotland will always have a special place for me and I'll be able to look back on a lot of good times."
While head coach Alan Solomons added: "Sakki has done a splendid job for us this year and will continue to do so until the end of the season. An opportunity has presented itself back in his home country that suits him and his young family. I'm sure he will make a valuable contribution to the Kings."
Hibernian Ladies Coach Dies
By Stuart Iversen
Morgan Lynn, a coach at Hibernian Ladies football club, has died after falling from the roof of her fifth floor balcony hotel room in Spain. The 25-year-old was on holiday in Benidorm with two female friends when the tragic accident occurred.
Local police and the foreign office have confirmed that Ms Lynn fell from the balcony at around 3am, after her and her companions returned to the Hotel Gala Placidia, where they were staying.
Her parents Kenny, 49, and Wenda, 48, were today too upset to talk about the tragedy.
The club is yet to comment.
Team Paralympics GB win first Winter Olympics gold.
By Stuart Iversen
Kelly Gallagher has won Britain's very first gold in the Winter Paralympics. She claimed victory in the impaired super-G in Sochi with the aid of her guide Charlotte Evans, in a time of one minute and 28.72 seconds.
The 28-year-old from Bangor in County Down had previously taken the silver medal at the World Championships in Spain last year, but went one better in Sochi taking home the gold.
It was a huge turnaround in fortunes for the pair, who on Saturday had finished last in the downhill event.
Gallagher said: "We came last so we really had to work to pick ourselves up. It was really hard coming from downhill into Super-G because they are similar speed events."
The gold medal was only the start of the good news for Team GB, as Jade Etherington and her guide Caroline Powell took bronze in the Super Giant Slalom, adding to the silver they had previously won on Saturday.
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Media Mondays – Mandy Rhodes – 18/11/2013
Described by Tony Blair's former spin doctor, Alistair Campbell, as insightful and provocative, Mandy was praised by the Prime Minister David Cameron for being ahead of the game for her analysis of the financial crisis and the coalition at Westminster.
Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, says her magazine, Holyrood, is "essential reading".
Mandy's skill lies in her ability to never be predictable in her line of attack and Tony Blair's arch spin doctor, Alistair Campbell, who subscribes to the magazine says she has brought back good old-fashioned journalism to the field of politics.
Mandy began her career on a local newspaper in one of Edinburgh's most deprived housing estate where she cut her teeth on stories that reflected a a society with a growing drug problem, rising poverty and the emergence of the social and medical issues related to HIV and Aids.
She went on to be part of the founding editorial team on Scotland on Sunday and continued her campaigning journalism in her role as Social Affairs Correspondent breaking front page stories on child abuse, illegal trafficking of children and groundbreaking features inside Scotland's prisons.
She then moved into television and fronted a number of campaigning programmes exposing social inequality before moving behind the camera and working as a television documentary director with the BBC where she later hosted her own medical programme for Radio Scotland before leaving Scotland for London where she became a full time mum and part time commissioner of documentary programmes for Channel 4.
Mandy returned to Scotland in 2002 and became the editor of Holyrood magazine three years later and Managing Editor of Holyrood Communications shortly thereafter working closely with the Managing Director on the strategic direction of the business and for providing the political intelligence for the conference arm of the company.
In the eight years that she has been there, Mandy has transformed Holyrood Magazine from a niche policy publication into a must read for Scotland's body politic and civic society. She has built a talented, cohesive and incredibly loyal team of journalists and conference researchers and encouraged and guided them in areas of specialism suited to their own particular interests, knowledge and ability. Mandy's fortnightly 'Editor's Notes' column has become essential reading for the body politic and her high-profile political profiles are regularly quoted by politicians within the Scottish Parliament and make headlines in the mainstream media.
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Media Mondays – Journalist of the Year – Lynne McCrossan – 21.10.2013
Edinburgh based fashion writer Lynne McCrossan is to be the latest guest at the Media Mondays lecture series run by the School of Journalism.
The Style Columnist, who writes for both the Edinburgh Evening News and Scotland on Sunday, was a former resident expert on STV's The Hour and also authored the book "A Girl's Guide to Vintage".
Speaking about her career, Lynne said: "It's about picking projects you are passionate about and more often than not seizing opportunities open to you."
Lynne will take part in a Q and A with students on Monday 21st October, 1-2pm in F10, Merchiston.
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Media Mondays – Journalist of the Year – Gina Davidson – 07.10.2013
Gina won the award for her story on how babies' ashes were dumped in a mass unmarked grave at a crematorium, without the knowledge of their parents.
She also picked up the Scoop of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards.
Her investigation of the scandal at Mortonhall crematorium in Edinburgh went national with questions raised in Parliament and an independent commission set up to investigate.
Gina, an associate editor at the Edinburgh Evening News –also saw her paper receive the Team of the Year prize for the investigation.
The judges described her work as "an excellent example of investigative journalism in Scotland."
In her career she has worked across the media – PA, national newspapers, Sundays, TV.
Gina says: "It was 15 years ago when I was last up for an award. So you know, journalism's a marathon not a sprint".
Gina can be followed on twitter @wornoutmumhack
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Media Mondays – The Rangers Story
By Alexander Neal, Lauren Elliott and Lisa Mitchell.
Listen to Alex Thomson (Channel 4 News) and Mark Daly (BBC Scotland) discuss the origins of the problems Rangers faced and how the situation at present with regard to the saga. A detailed and extended talk from the pair, who provided witty insight and analysis of the events that led to the current scenario, as well as answering questions pitched by audience members.
This chronological account provides a good reference point for anyone interested in the story, and how it was covered in various forms of media. The pair discuss how they covered the story, on top of talking about how other agencies covered it and why.
This was a popular talk, with both men exploring in depth the issues surrounding possibly the biggest sports story to come from Scotland.
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Alan Clements Lecture 05/10/2012
By Lauren Elliott and Lisa Mitchell
Media Mondays
The next installment of the Media Monday lectures has arrived. The Director of Content at STV, Alan Clements, one of the most influential men in broadcasting has come to Napier to talk about his career and his experiences in the world of media.
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Allan Little Lecture 08/10/2012
By: Lauren Elliott and Lisa Mitchell
Media Mondays
The first of a series of powerhouse lectures by the biggest and best in British Journalism has finally been introduced to Edinburgh Napier News. The listings of popular and influential journalistic minds will be tagged on Twitter under the name Media Mondays. This week we had the privilege to host a masterclass starring BBC special correspondent and legend, Allan Little. In his lecture he talks about 'good writing' and his experiences in the field.
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Union rules out fuel strike over Easter
By: Anna Redman
The Unite Union has decided against a possible fuel strike over Easter. However, a strike may still occur after Easter depending on the results of reconciliation talks.
The government caused panic buying when they advised drivers to fill up their tanks. Independent experts suggest petrol demands rose 172% yesterday.
In a statement, assistant general secretary Diana Holland said: "We do still retain the right to call strike action for after Easter should those talks break down."
Approximately 90% of UK forecourts are supplied by Unite union. Almost 2,000 members are at the centre of this dispute.
Unite's drivers are responsible for delivering fuel to Shell and Esso garages as well as a number of supermarkets.
On Thursday, Energy Secretary Ed Davey advised that people "just need to do the sensible thing… get a full tank of petrol, not a half-tank".
Energy investment creates 800 jobs in Leith
By: Anna Redman
Spanish wind turbine manufacturer, Gamesa, has announced their plan to create around 800 jobs at a new Edinburgh plant, which will be located in Leith.
The investment in this project will be about £125m.
Lloyds creates 500 new jobs as it sells 632 branches
By: Anna Redman
Lloyds TSB is set to create 500 new jobs across the UK.
The banking company will create the new jobs as part of its plans to sell several of its branches to the Co-op.
Project Verde will see the sale of 632 Lloyds bank branches. The new jobs will be created in support centres in Sunderland, Gloucester, Livingston, Birmingham and Swansea.
The sale is a result of an order from the European Union, following the UK government's bailout of Lloyds during 2008's financial crisis and will likely make the Co-operative Group responsible for 19% of mortgages.
Gordon Edwards, telephone banking director at Lloyd's Sunderland site, said these new jobs are "great news."
Project Verde is proving to be a "highly complex" deal and is now facing delay as the Financial Services Authority seek assurances regarding the capacity of the Co-operative Group to take on this major acquisition.
Local residents campaign to preserve Craighouse grounds
by Boyana Atanasova
Local community group Friends of Craighouse Grounds & Woods have raised concerns on the future of the green fields and woodland surrounding Craighouse in Morningside, Edinburgh.
They oppose plans by the new owners, which include constructing 3-storey housing across the orchard, with 3 to 4-storey blocks dotted about the site, and a very substantial new-build development across a large area of Open Green Space and mature woodland.
None of these proposals were previously mentioned by the developers in their recent public consultation exhibition.
Friends of Craighouse have created an online petition to show "how much people care about this incredible site and how much they value this important green space and woodland where kids play, people walk, run, enjoy the spectacular views, walk their dogs, watch the fireworks, and catch a glimpse of some of the local wildlife. "
Read more about the campaign on Friends of Craighouse Grounds and Wood's website.
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Edinburgh Pandas get Lynx effect
by Pamela Paterson
It has been announced today that the two Giant Pandas at Edinburgh Zoo are to be sponsored by deodorant company Lynx during their mating season.
Lynx is well-known for its advertising campaigns, which claim the opposite sex cannot fail to be wooed by the effect of their deodorant, known as the 'Lynx Effect'. The new advert comes as the pandas begin their long-awaited breeding season.
While the pandas themselves are unlikely to be sprayed with the alluring scent of Lynx, smell does play a pivotal role in panda breeding. Iain Valentine, director of research and conservation at the zoo said, "In the wild pandas use a chemical communication system involving pheromones to locate and choose mates. Scent is also how males will know that female pandas are fertile."
Tian Tian, the female panda, is being closely monitored by the zoo to see when she is ready to conceive. Pandas have been found to be notoriously picky in choosing their mates, however the zoo believes their pair are getting along well and there is a good chance they could mate.
Lynx, meanwhile believes its knowledge in attracting the opposite sex could come in handy when the Pandas choose to get together. Kieran Danaher from Lynx said, "It's the perfect time to partner with Edinburgh Zoo and use our attraction know-how to help out with panda mating season."
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Perth prepares for the biggest kilt run
A number of celebrations for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee are planned to take place in Perth this June.
As part of the events, the town will try to break the world record for people running in kilts. All participants should run an 8 km route beside the Tay.
Kilt runners will be invited to raise funds for two nominated charities – ABF The Soldiers Charity and PKAVS that supports vulnerable people in Perth and Kinross.
Charles Dunphie, from ABF The Soldiers Charity, said: "We're hoping to see loads of different tartans out on the day."
A parade of 1 000 pipers from 400 bands will also take place on 2 June.
Perth will hold one of the largest civic celebrations of the Jubilee in Scotland and it hopes to be granted city status.
Bob Dylan set to release new album
Bob Dylan has started recording his new studio album.
This will be his 35th full-length effort and it could be released before the end of the year.
"It's an amazing thing, how he keeps creativity," Los Lobos singer David Hidalgo told the Aspen Times. He has recently finished recording with Dylan at Jackson Browne's Los Angeles studio.
Adele, Miley Cyrus, Pete Townshend and Bad Religion were recently featured in a tribute album for Bob Dylan, which included 76 of his best tracks.
Bob Dylan's label is also preparing to release his complete discography for around £200.
Hundreds gather at Paul McBride's funeral in Glasgow
A requiem mass for Paul McBride was held this morning at St Aloysius in Glasgow.
Hundreds of people have attended the funeral to pay tribute to one of Scotland's most respected lawyers. Among the crowd were several high profile faces, including First Minister Alex Salmond and Celtic Coach Neil Lennon.
Paul McBride QC died in his sleep while on a business trip in Lahore,Pakistan, on 4 March. He was 47.
Mr McBride was one of three people who had been sent petrol bombs to their home between 1 March and 15 April last year.
He was one of the leading lawyers of his generation, having been appointed a QC at the age of just 35.
Read more about Paul McBride.
A woman shot in Peckham after shopping trip
A woman is currently recovering in hospital after being shot in Peckham.
The 30-year-old was shot by a stray bullet during a dispute between two men.
The incident happened at around 17:15 on Sunday, 11 March, on Bournemouth Road close to Rye Lane, while the woman was returning home from a shopping trip.
An investigation is currently underway involving Detectives from Operation Trident.


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Staten Island's Great Kills Little League squad returns to field after victory
For all but one of those teams, the original summer plans — trips to the beach, visits to amusement parks, a week or two in the mountains — are back on.
It's not that simple for players, coaches, families and friends of the Great Kills American 12-year-old baseball team that captured the New York state title Monday night with a dramatic come-from-behind victory.
All the vacation plans have been scrapped, work schedules are being rearranged, and all eyes are on Bristol, where the kids from Great Kills begin pool play in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Friday night against Maryland.
So, why were there nothing but smiles and laughter all around at the team's impromptu get-together at the league's complex yesterday afternoon?
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the kids and everyone is excited," said Harry Gumb, a NYC firefighter whose son Hayden is the leadoff hitter for GK. "As soon as we won, I put in for mutuals and the guys in the firehouse were all in. I'll probably be paying them back until Christmas, but that's just fine.
"We were going to visit my aunt (Staten Island sports legend Joan Gumb) down in Ocean City (Maryland) this summer, but now she will be coming up here. I know she will not miss this. We should have around 15 family members at Bristol. The ironic part is that we are playing Maryland in the first game. They will be visiting us instead of the other way around."
GK's third baseman Nick D'Agnese was all set for the usual trips to Point Pleasant or Cape May, but had a clue this year's schedule would be different.
"I knew right off the bat that this team was special and had a feeling we would be still be playing late into the summer," D'Agnese explained. "We're going to have a bunch of people up there. I know uncle Frannie (Costanzo) is really looking forward to it. He sent about 40 pizzas from his restaurant (Nonna's) to the celebration Monday night after we won the state title."
The coaching staff is in 100 percent, and like the players, the opportunity to compete at the Regional is worth the changes in plans.
"All my vacation days are officially gone," said Dan Fackovec, a coach and father of shortstop Sean. "But it's well worth it. These kids have put their heart and soul into this season and this is another stop on the way to fulfilling their dream."
Fellow coach Jerry Huntzinger, whose son Jerry homered and drove in three runs Monday, has also made the quick adjustment.
"We were going to Hershey Park," Huntzinger said with a broad smile. "But we can give that up in a heartbeat. We have my family, aunts and uncles — all ready to go in order to support these 12 special kids."
Carmine Bruno's grandfather just got out of the hospital, so he's not sure which family members will be available togo to Bristol. But the left-fielder is pretty sure of one thing.
"I know my best friend Andrew Calore will be there," Bruno said. "I think he's as excited as I am."
And no one has put the summer schedule on hold more than manager Frank Cambria.
"When the league asked me to manage the team, I told them I would need two weeks to think about it," Cambria explained. "Right now, if we make it to the championship game in Bristol, that's the morning myself and my family are supposed to leave for a cruise. My wife (Bettyann) put the whole thing together, and now it's all up in the air.
"But she comes from a sports family and is a huge volunteer worker at Great Kills. Now, everyone is actually looking forward to the possibility the trip is off. It's kind of like this group of players. A total team effort."


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Sundance Festival entry this year.
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That was pretty cool. Killing an alligator with a bow has got to be a rush.
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HILLSBORO – After finishing the non-league schedule with a 3-6 record, Glencoe believed the beginning of Pacific Conference play was a fresh start – a chance to turnaround a season that was already rolling in the wrong direction.
Senior Kyle Campbell made sure the opportunity didn't pass his team by, as he threw a 100-pitch complete game three-hitter to help topple Century 3-0 on Tuesday in the league opener.
"I let them know that we played with not just energy, but excitement," Glencoe coach Tim Stewart said. "That was the first time we've seen that out of these guys. … They understand the preseason is paradoxical. You want to get to a point where you're consistently winning and playing good baseball, but you also want to fairly evaluate everybody."
For Campbell, who admits to still feeling the residual effects of an arm injury he sustained earlier this year, the win was evidence that the Crimson Tide might need to raise its goals for the season.
"I definitely think this opens up our eyes more," he said. "When we work together as a team, we have a great chance of finishing in the top three in league this year."
Glencoe (4-6, 1-0) was firing on all cylinders in the first inning, as four of its first five hitters connected for base hits, including RBI singles from seniors Joey Haynes and Grant Ramey.
Neither team was able to get anything going at the plate over the next several innings, as both Century senior Josh Sundquist and Campbell appeared comfortable pitching on the edges of the zone.
Stewart said Campbell's ability to maintain that level of dominance came down to one simple philosophy.
"First pitch fastballs for strikes for the most part," he said. "He got ahead of hitters, worked ahead, stayed ahead. He really pounded the zone."
The Crimson Tide added an insurance run in the bottom of the fourth inning on an RBI single from Avery Elrod, accounting for the last hit of the evening for either team.
Campbell retired the final 11 Jaguars (6-4, 0-1) batters in order to complete the shutout.
The two teams face off again Wednesday – this time at Century – at 4:30 p.m.


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In a season that has seen the Pittsburgh Pirates outperform all expectations, Kevin Correia remains one of the weaker links on the roster.
Though Correia has managed to keep his team in most games through a combination of consistency and luck, the production he has given the Pirates from the No. 5 slot in the rotation can be matched or exceeded by major league-ready Triple-A starters such as Jeff Locke, Rudy Owens, or Justin Wilson.
Simply put, it's time for the Pirates to cut ties with Correia. Yet there is no need to release him outright; there are many teams with a lesser rotation than Pittsburgh's for whom Correia could fill a hole at the back of the rotation.
Some of these teams are in contention and may be willing to give up a piece with some value for Correia, while others are rebuilding and may be willing to trade a veteran hitter for a pitcher who won't get shelled every five days.
Correia won't net much value in a trade, but given the inconsistency of this year's Pittsburgh offense a fringe starter at first base could be useful down the stretch, and that is exactly the type of commodity that is likely to be available on the trade market. And if the Bucs are willing to package Correia with one of their third- or fourth-tier prospects, they may be able to land a decent return.


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FORT WAYNE (Indiana's NewsCenter) - Sycamore Hills Golf Club in Fort Wayne will host one of the four tournaments that will make up the Web.Com Tour Finals in 2013.
The event, the Hotel Fitness Championship, will run from August 26th through September first next year, be telecast live on the Golf Channel, and have a total purse of one million dollars, with $180,000 going to the winner.
The Web.Com Tour is the level below the PGA Tour, and in a former life as the Ben Hogan Tour made stops in Fort Wayne from 1990 through 1992.
This event will be much bigger in scope, with just the top 75 players on the Web.Com Tour money list competing, as well as PGA Tour players who must earn their Tour playing card back.
The top 25 finishers will gain their PGA Tour cards, as will the top 25 on the Web.Com Tour final money list, which this tournament and the other three in the Finals will heavily impact.
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