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I have a question now, what's the difference if i eat enough at one sitting and fast the rest of the day compared to eating throughout the day, but same amount of calories?
I find calorie restriction within the primal framework of healthy food and moderate exercise to be a terrific way to lose weight. If you are going to calorie restrict for more than a week, I've found that setting aside one or two days a week where I eat maintenance calories keeps me from going into hibernation mode. I've also found that if I hit a plateau of more than two weeks without weight lost, eating one day of about 2000 calories jump starts the weight loss again.
That's what works for me. I have no idea if it works for anyone else on the planet.
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Eat creatures nose-to-tail (animal, fowl, fish, crustacea, molluscs), a large variety of vegetables (raw, cooked and fermented, including safe starches), dairy (cheese & yoghurt), occasional fruit, cocoa, turmeric & red wine
Yea before i started PB, i followed the 3 meals and 3 snacks plan. I was never hungry, but changes took too long
Don't believe the whole aging hype. Long term caloric RESTRICTION might age you, but we're not doing that. We're eating to normal caloric levels over the course of a week or so and just allowing our bodies to enter fat-burning mode by giving them a chance to rest between meals.
Oh, and Brad Pilon is a HORRIBLE example of the aging assertion because he does NOT eat primal. Yes he fasts, but... He eats grains, sugars, bad oils, and suffers all of the effects from them. You're hopefully eating much, MUCH healthier than he is.


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The milestone came in the second-quarter of the Raiders' 52-21 loss to St. Joseph by-the-Sea.
"I've been playing ball since the third grade, but I never thought I would be in this position," said the Port Richmond resident. "My freshman and sophomore years I wasn't really a scorer. I played forward and guard, but was really a rebounder and passer. My father told me in my second year
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Naples, FL - July 10, 2014 – Tom Ray, CEO of Encore Bank, is pleased to announce that Megan Kahler has been named the bank's new Branch Manager in Fort Myers.
Kahler rapidly ascended into leadership positions since beginning her banking career in 2008 and acquired numerous accolades for herself and the institutions she served along the way. As Branch Team Leader at her previous position, she was ranked the number-one sales associate in West Florida three quarters in a row, and four quarters in Fort Myers.
Kahler is known as a relationship builder focused on superior customer service and developing leaders and high performing teams.
Ray said, "Megan approaches every aspect of Encore Bank's mission with an enthusiasm that's infectious. She is driven to help others identify and develop their talents, and her focus on relationships makes her a great asset to a community bank.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash will be one of the celebrated performers on an upcoming documentary about roots-based music.
Nashville 2.0: The Rise of Americana, which will premiere Friday on PBS, digs into the history of the genre.
Rosanne, daughter of iconic singer Johnny Cash and his first wife, credits her heritage for some of her talent.
"Part of it is DNA, going back even before my father," she said, "because his grandfather was a choir leader in a Baptist church in Arkansas.
"And, before that, we were Scottish minstrels before we even came to America. So I think the DNA has kind of coalesced over the centuries.
"But also, of course, it's what I grew up around."
The documentary, part of the "PBS Arts Fall Festival," was produced by Terry Stewart, former CEO and president of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland.
"Americana is not something new," he said. "It goes back even as early as 1947, when Capitol Records started the Americana label and tried to hide race music and folk music and Western music and hillbilly music under one label."
Cash continues to be influenced by various genres.
"Probably the one that would most surprise you is Miles Davis," she said. "Miles Davis got me through a divorce."


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HOLYOKE - No injuries were reported Tuesday afternoon in a fast-moving fire that heavily damaged a transmission repair shop on Jackson Street.
Lt. Thomas G. Paquin said the blaze broke out at JD Transmission Auto Repair, 56 Jackson St., at about 1:30 p.m.
A state trooper with the state fire marshal's office is probing the cause of the blaze, which apparently started in a car that was being worked on.
"The guy said he was working on the car, doing some welding and it caught fire," Paquin said, adding that investigators are seeking to determine why the fire spread so quickly.
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Despite a two goal halftime lead, Mount Carmel Coach Pavlos Petrou said he didn't think his team was playing to its playoff potential on Thursday.
The fourth-seeded Cubs heard the message loud and clear as Mount Carmel exploded for six second-half goals en route to a 8-0 victory over No. 29-seeded Destrehan in a Division I bi-district playoff match at Pan American Stadium.
"The first half was a little tough for us because we were trying to possess it a lot, and I think we just possessed it too much," Mount Carmel senior Caitlin Robert said. "Once we got the swing of things, we definitely kicked it up in the second half. I'm definitely proud of everyone, especially coming off our loss in district. We were ready to come out and take off for the playoffs."
Robert led the Cubs with two goals in the 50th and 63th minutes while freshman Jessica Hart added two goals in the 75th and 78th minutes to set the final score.
"I think we played really well," Hart said. "In the first half, we kept the ball well, but in the second half, we had a whole new mentality to try and score more, and we did. We didn't score as much as we wanted in the first half, so we wanted to come out in the second half and show them what they had."
The Cubs (21-4-4) controlled from the opening whistle and took the lead in the 17th minute after Kristen Delaune's shot from the top of the box. Marisa Bordes made the score 2-0 on a shot to the upper corner of the net in the 28th minute. Despite the two-goal deficit, the Wildcats defense played well and limited the number of clear shots for the Cubs.
"We knew that they were going to pack it in in the back, and we tried to go through them," Petrou said. "That wasn't working, and then we tried to go wide, and that wasn't working. I think it was mostly impatience. We talked at halftime, and they executed a lot better. We have some good shooters on the team, and we have to take advantage of them."
The Cubs responded as Brielle Bordes scored from the top of the box in the 41st minute. The Wildcats (9-12-3) provided their only real scoring chance in the 49th minute when Destrehan's Rebekah Dufour nearly scored on a run in the box, but it was saved by charging keeper Abigail Wright.
After Robert added her first goal, Sklyar Grass settled a failed clearance and gave the Cubs a 5-0 lead in the 59th minute. Just four minutes later, Robert scored her second goal, and Hart's late goals set the final score.
Petrou said despite a bit of a slow first half, he was proud of his team's play.
"Sometimes a team can play up to the competition or down, and I think tonight, we finally played where we need to be playing," he said. "You've got to be on in the playoffs because it could be your last night. As you go deeper, it'll get harder and harder. I think the girls are ready."
The Cubs will play the winner of the Natchitoches Central-Acadiana match next week in the regional round.
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Actress Patina Miller made a splash on the theater scene in 2009 as the star of Sister Act. This year, she won a Tony Award for the Broadway revival of Pippin. She portrays Leading Player, the circus artist who guides a young prince in finding meaning and magic in his life. Miller speaks with host Michel Martin about the intense physical training and personal sacrifices that went into recreating Pippin.


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ELIZABETH — Construction workers discovered the body of a 51-year-old city resident in the Elizabeth River this morning, authorities said.
Detectives believe the man had been drinking Tuesday night or early this morning on an abandoned railroad bridge over the river, lost his footing and tumbled more than 30 feet into the shallow water, city police Sgt. John Maloney said.
"Looked like he might have been sitting up there enjoying a beer, because he had another one waiting for him," Maloney said.
The man's name is being withheld as police try to reach his family.
Workers who were checking on their equipment, left at the end of Harrison Street, spotted the man's body in about four inches of water, Maloney said.
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BATON ROUGE -- A Senate committee oohed and ahhed Wednesday over samples of specially cut oyster shell jewelry then voted without opposition to make it the state's official gemstone.
The Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs unanimously approved and sent to the Senate floor House Bill 246 by Rep. Scott Simon, R-Abita Springs.
The bill would designate the cabochon-cut gemstone, made from a species of oysters known as the Crassostrea virginica, as the state's gemstone, dislodging the agate from that honor.
The bill would re-designate the agate, "as found in Louisiana gravel," as the state's mineral. Louisiana now has no official mineral, Simon said.
Simon and professional gemologist Anne Dale of Mandeville passed out samples of rings, necklaces and earrings made from the shell to committee members.
Simon said that more than 50 percent of the oysters that have the shell used in the jewelry are found off the coast of Louisiana.
"It is indigenous to the state ... and will lend a lot of support to our seafood industry," Simon said.
He said that the way the specific shell is cut makes it a gemstone. Dale said the cut is recognized by gemologists around the world as a legitimate gemstone and offered a letter attesting to its legitimacy from the Smithsonian.
"I don't have a lot of familiarity with gemstones," joked Sen. Lydia Jackson, D-Shreveport. "I guess that's a disadvantage of being single."
The designation of an official gemstone and mineral places the items among the pantheon of state-designated official items, such as the official dog, wildflower, tree, fruit and drink.
It also allows the use of those items "on official documents of the state and with the insignia of the state."
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EVANSTON, Ill.- Western Michigan topped Big Ten opponent Northwestern Wednesday on the road, 5-2.
WMU sophomore right fielder Jared Kujawa led off the second inning with a bunt single and stole second base. Steve Buglione singled and Kujawa scored on a squeeze bunt by Patrick Duncan.
Western Michigan doubled its lead in the top of the third. Brett Sunde singled through the right side and later scored on a single to left center by Andrew Sohn. Sunde drove in WMU's third run in the fourth with an RBI double.
Northwestern was able to push a run across off of WMU starter Will Nimke in the bottom of the fourth. Both teams scored a run in the sixth and the Broncos added an unearned run in the top of the ninth when Sohn was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
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The uniforms, designed by Nike as part of its System of Dress line, feature "Orange'' on the chest with silver numbers outlined in orange trim. The shorts have orange, white, silver and blue blocks down the side with the player's number at the bottom of the short on the side.
The last time Syracuse wore blue uniforms was on Feb. 28, 1988 at Kentucky. Syracuse lost that game 62-58 and Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim vowed never to wear blue uniforms again.
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I thought that as well. Everything else was in the 4k time span of grains.
Just came across this article... I find it very interesting that the Aleutian Islander also had developed atherosclerosis. It is my understanding that they had a very much primal lifestyle. Thoughts?
Mummies With Heart Disease Show That Clogged Arteries Aren't Just Modern Ailment
I thought that as well. Everything else was in the 4k time span of grains.
They don't give an estimate of the age of the mummy. Maybe it makes no difference. As I understand the history of Egypt, as the now-dessert that was once a sea in northern africa, began to dry in about 15,000 bc or earlier (date may be very wrong), some of the hunter-gatherers migrated into the rift valley which at that time was mostly water with few hillocks of islands. By 9000 bc they were growing rice, wheat, and other crops. When the north and south were united under the first pharoh, what - about 4000 bc, it was all agricultural (and fish).
Initially they buried the dead in pits. Mustabas came along about 4000 bc and mummyfing came after that. So any mummy must have come from an agricultural community.
Here is the actual study Very small sample - only 5 hunter/gatherers - but interesting.
Mummies may hold clues to atherosclerosis predisposition. Internal Medicine News. March 10, 2013.
University of Southern California (2013, March 10). Mummy CT scans show preindustrial hunter gatherers had clogged arteries. ScienceDaily. Retrieved March 14, 2013, from Mummy CT scans show preindustrial hunter gatherers had clogged arteries
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Former Gretna Councilman Jonathan Bolar, awaiting sentencing for his conviction on 13 charges including extorting cash from constituents in exchange for his support of their projects before the city council, should spend between 10 to 12 1/2 years in prison, federal probation officials have recommended.
But alleging that Bolar "demonstrated a complete and utter lack of respect for the law by transforming his political office into a tool for corruption," Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Coman said in papers filed Friday in U.S. District Court that the sentence range recommended by the U.S. Probation Department falls short of what the former councilman deserves.
"Councilman Bolar took an oath to uphold the constitutions of the United States and the State of Louisiana and then set out about violating that oath through a pattern of extortion, fraud and deceit," Coman wrote in a 15-page request to U.S. District Judge Lance Africk.
"During his tenure as an elected official, he left a wake of despair and aggrieved victims," Coman wrote in reaction to the 121-month to 151-month recommendation. "In this case, monetary figures alone do not fully address the seriousness of Bolar's crimes. The fact that he allowed himself to be corrupted for relatively insignificant sums should not adhere to his benefit but actually show the depth of his degradation."
Bolar, 48, who was Gretna's 1st District councilman for nine years before voters ousted him in March, was convicted April 9 of extortion, attempted extortion, wire fraud, failure to file tax returns and structuring transactions so that the Internal Revenue Service would not be notified.
The jury found he extorted money from constituents to win his support in granting zoning variances, and that he twice tried to sell property in Gretna he no longer owned. The maximum prison sentence he can receive is 139 years.
Bolar, who has been ordered to pay $85,000 in restitution, has been in federal custody since the conviction. His sentencing is set for Aug. 23.
Africk already has said in court papers he is considering going higher than the sentencing recommendation. Bolar's attorney, Marion Floyd of Kenner, has anticipated prosecutors and Africk might stray from sentencing guidelines and said in court papers he planned to object. Until Coman's request was filed Friday, the probation officials' sentencing recommendations were not publicly known.
Coman said probation officials neglected to take into account Bolar's full conduct in calculating its sentencing guidelines. For instance, probation officials factored in their calculations that Bolar obstructed justice once by getting a friend, Adonis Favorite, to lie on his behalf to the FBI during its investigation. However, Coman said Bolar committed "multiple acts of obstruction," including trying to get Favorite to lie to the grand jury and during his trial.
Those factors, Coman wrote, would push Bolar's sentencing range to 19 years to 24 years in prison.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - A judge is expected to rule Wednesday whether former Gardendale pastor Terry Lee Greer should be found not guilty in the 2013 shooting death of his wife and wounding of his daughter and be sent to a mental institution instead.
Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge Tommy Nail is to hold a hearing at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday on Greer's mental state at the time of the shooting. Nail is to hear testimony from one state mental health expert about Greer's competency.
Based on that hearing Nail could decide whether Greer should be found not guilty based on his mental state and if Greer remains a danger to himself and others, be sent to a secure mental facility, such Taylor Hardin Secure Medical Facility in Tuscaloosa.
If not, Nail could order Greer to stand trial. The trial is currently set to begin July 21.
In a request by one of Greer's attorneys earlier this year, the state prosecutors' own mental health expert, Dr. Glen D. King, states at the time of the shooting Greer "as a result of severe mental disease or defect, was unable to appreciate the nature and quality or wrongfulness of his acts."
Greer, 55, is charged with murder and attempted murder in the Jan. 10 shooting death of his wife, 52-year-old Lisa Greer, and the wounding of his then 18-year-old daughter, Suzanna.
Greer's daughter wrestled the gun away from Greer, who tried to commit suicide by grabbing a kitchen knife and stabbing himself 17 times in the neck and chest before police restrained him, according to court documents.


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This week was the first official week of summer and boy was it *hot.* We passed 90 degrees 3 days in a row- including suffocatingly high humidity. Needless to say I spent a lot of time in A/C and drinking pink lemonade (so refreshing on a super toasty day). I hope you all had a great week and have a fabulous weekend, stay cool! 🙂
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It's Memorial Day weekend here in the States and I couldn't be happier about having some extra time out of the office. The weather is going to be HOT and I plan to soak it all in and spend some time on the water. Have a fabulous weekend!
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Hamilton wins British GP at Silverstone as Rosberg pulls up
By Tim Collings, AFP
July 7, 2014, 12:05 am TWN
SILVERSTONE, United Kingdom--Lewis Hamilton delighted a 120,000 crowd of enthusiastic home fans when he revived his world championship bid on Sunday with an emphatic victory in a dramatic incident-filled British Grand Prix.
The 29-year-old Briton took full advantage of Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg's first non-finish of the season, due to gearbox problems, to reduce the German's lead in the title race to just four points.
Driving with great elan and speed, the 2008 champion Hamilton came home 30 seconds clear of second-placed Finn Valtteri Bottas of Williams, who started from 14th on the grid.
It was Hamilton's second home win at the British Grand Prix, his fifth of the season and the 27th of his career drawing him level with fellow-Briton three-time champion Jackie Stewart in the record books.
"You can't touch this Lewis -- home Grand Prix," said Hamilton's race engineer on the team radio. "England! What a great feeling guys I couldn't be happier, I'm sorry about yesterday, but a fantastic job today, as ever!" responded Hamilton.
Britain's Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes celebrates with his trophy after winning the British Formula One Grand Prix at Silverstone circuit, Silverstone, England, Sunday, July 6. ...
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Tahoma wins All SPSL Wrestling Tournament at Auburn High | Wrestling
Tahoma won the All SPSL Wrestling Tournament with 251.5 points with defending 3A champion Enumclaw coming in second with 200 points in the all-classification meet for South Puget Sound League grapplers Dec. 28-29 at Auburn High.
The Bears put five wrestlers into the finals with Edwin Torres winning the 285 pound bracket with a 5-2 victory in the final over Trent Nivala of Puyallup.
Cruz Velasquez put together a 5-3 decision in the final of the 132 pound weight class against Tyson Gailac of Auburn. Tim Whitehead made it to the 126 pound final before losing to Colton Tracy of Bonney Lake. Tucker Mjelde lost to Trevor Anderson of Bethel by a 4-2 decision in the final at 152. Matt Hopkins lost in a high scoring 220 pound final to Matt Voss of Puyallup. Meanwhile Garret Autrey finished fourth in the 170 pound bracket.Brandon Schieber of Tahoma beat Logan Bearss of Kentwood for fifth at 145. Austin Perry tallied a fourth place finish for the Bears at 195.
Nick Smith of Kentlake beat Alex Davidson of Federal Way in the 106 pound bracket.
Dalton Meyers of Kentwood finished third in the 138 pound bracket. Jamiel Jackson won a major decision, beating his opponent from Enumclaw 17-9, before losing in the third-fourth match to another foe from Enumclaw at 152. David Park finished sixth in the 170 pound weight class for the Conquerors.
Zach Seibel of Kentridge defeated Zach Harris from Kentlake in the third-fourth match in the 182 pound bracket. In the 220 pound weight class Kentlake had two top eight finishers: Evan Anderson, who took seventh, and John Yarbrough, who finished fifth.
Kentlake's Tyler Deskins finished fifth in the 285 pound bracket.
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After years of operating with what officials consider to be an understaffed department,
The mayor and township committee recently approved the
department's request to contact the state for the civil service list, which
includes possible qualified candidates, Chief Dennis Riley said. The search
follows a long period of strained manpower, he said.
The adage "help wanted" would be an understatement -- the department needs another officer, the chief said.
"We're very short," Riley said. "We've been short for a long time."
The department employs seven full-time officers, including Riley, and one part-time patrolman, who works Friday nights and the weekends. He said the department is looking to replace a patrolman who got into a car wreck in 2010.
The officer crashed into a tree while attempting to stop an erratic driver. Injuries sustained in the crash prevented the officer from returning to the department, Riley said.
This vacancy, combined with recent retirements, has left a need in the department. The department has seen an increase in emergency calls in the township, which has a population of 5,662, according to the 2010 U.S. Census.
Riley couldn't specify the volume of calls, but said the number of incidents increases each year, which he said poses a safety concern for both residents and officers.
Ideally, the township wants to hire an experienced officer, Riley said. Local police academies begin in January, which means the department will have to go at least another year without a new patrolman if the township hires an untrained officer.
A transfer from another department need only undergo a few months of field training and town ordinance briefing, the chief said.
Mayor Robert Giordano said the search for a new officer is still in its infant stages. Due to tight budget constraints, the township needs to take a "wait and see" approach to adding the cost of a new employee, he said.
The police department's need is apparent but money remains a concern, Giordano said.
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Female dies from suicide at Blair County Prison
Brother of shooting victim released on house arrest
HOLLIDAYSBURG – An Altoona man facing aggravated assault, simple assault resisting arrest and related charges has been released from the Blair County Prison on unsecured bail.
Blair County Judge Jolene G. Kopriva signed the order Tuesday morning at the request of Jacob Dormevil, 20, who awaits a preliminary hearing in connection with the charges filed after a shooting in late October at Choices Nightclub, 130 Sixth Ave.
Dormevil's brother, Willie Solomon, 22, was shot to death that night.
Hugo "Juice" Baez, 20, of New York is facing homicide and related charges, but his attorney, Thomas M. Dickey, has indicated that self-defense will be an issue.
Kopriva instructed Dormevil, as a condition of his bail, to remain at home except when looking for a job or to go to the gym. A violation could land him back in jail and subject him to a $30,000 bail forfeiture.
In early December, Dormevil asked the court for lower bail, pending the outcome of the case, in a petition filed by Assistant Public Defender Julia Burke. Dormevil had been in prison since the night of the shooting and was unable to post 10 percent of his $30,000 bail, the petition stated.
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Fri., 4:46pm: Teen hurt in car stolen from Austintown
YOUNGSTOWN — An early morning crash on the city's East Side sent a teen driver to a local hospital on Friday.
Emergency crews cut the vehicle, which police said was stolen from Austintown Thursday evening, to remove the driver from beneath it. The driver, who was not identified, was transported by ambulance to St. Elizabeth Health Center with critical injuries, reports state.
Police said three passengers in the vehicle were not hurt in the 1 a.m. cash in the 300 block of Orrin Avenue. All of the occupants are juveniles, police said.


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Port Orchard man shot and killed by off-duty state trooper
An off-duty Washington State Patrol trooper shot and killed a 30-year-old Port Orchard man alleged to have attacked him in his yard Saturday night.
Cpl. Jason Blankers, 36, told investigators with the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office he noticed a vehicle enter his driveway on the 8000 block of SE Nelson Road, near Olalla, at about 11:27 p.m., according to a statement from the office.
Blankers told a family member to call 911, walked outside with a handgun and identified himself as law enforcement, the statement said.
"Almost immediately, (Blankers) became engaged in a struggle with the intruder" where the suspect struck Blankers in the head with a metal rod, knocking him to the ground.
Blankers ordered the suspect to stop and then shot the man. The suspect was treated at the scene and was taken to Tacoma General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Deputy Scott Wilson, a spokesman for the Kitsap Sheriff's Office, identified the suspect as Brent Richard Bayliffe. Wilson said there are no known connections between the men.
The Pierce County Medical Examiner will determine cause of death. Additionally, the office will conduct toxicology tests.
Wilson wouldn't say if there were other witnesses beside Blankers, saying that information has not been made public. After the investigation is complete, the office will forward a report to prosecutors for review.
"The 'why' is not one of the questions that may be answered adequately or fully," Wilson said of Bayliffe's motivation. "We can't talk to him."
Blankers, an emergency driving instructor at the State Patrol's academy in Shelton, has been with the patrol for 11 years, according to a statement. He has never been involved in a deadly shooting before. He was placed on administrative leave while the sheriff's office investigates.
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No reward to CC for 21 Ws
Yankees fans have reason to be upset that CC Sabathia did not win the American League Cy Young Award that was given instead by the Baseball Writers' Association to the Mariners' Felix Hernandez. Heck, the big guy didn't even finish second as the Rays' David Price was the runner-up.
One of the arguments made last year when the Royals' Zack Greinke won in the AL with only 16 victories and the Giants' Tim Lincecum in the National League with merely 15 was that there were no 20-game winners, so the field was much more open.
That was not the case this year. Sabathia was 21-7 and had plenty of other good numbers, too, including a 3.18 ERA, which is not shabby for a guy pitching in the AL East and hitter-friendly Yankee Stadium. That Hernandez won despite posting a record of 13-12 seems absurd until you look a bit deeper into his season and not just at the statistics that a lot of people believe are too esoteric but to which the increasing numbers-conscious are devoted.
Hernandez led the league in ERA (2.27) and innings (249 2/3) and was second in strikeouts (232), only one behind league leader Jered Weaver of the Angels. These are not intangible stats. They are pretty tangible, one might even say traditional.
Think of how Hernandez felt last year. He went 19-5 and couldn't beat out Greinke. Hernandez said Thursday from his home in Venezuela that he did not know how to gauge this year's balloting after what happened last year. "Are they going to tell me that I didn't win enough games this year but that I won too many last year?" he asked me.
I told him one year to the next is different, which I still believe even though the recent voting indicates a trend may be developing. I hope not. The day when victories aren't considered the important part of the pitching equation is the day you might as well stop keeping score. I mean, if pitching victories don't mean anything, why are they still kept? Imagine trying to tell the Major League Players Association that pitching victories won't be totaled any more? Good luck explaining that to the union.
It is interesting that the list of pitchers who have 300 or more career victories are all in the Hall of Fame except for those not yet eligible, whose names are Greg Maddux, Roger Clemens, Tom Glavine and Randy Johnson. It would seem that winning a lot of games is a big deal, huh?
This is all coming from someone who thought Hernandez was the best pitcher he saw this year. No knock on CC, who I probably would have voted for had I been on the committee, but look what Hernandez did in his three starts against the Yankees: 3-0, 0.35 ERA. That is not a misprint. He allowed 1 run, 16 hits and 8 walks with 31 strikeouts in 26 innings.
The only reason he did not pitch 27 innings for a third complete game against the Yankees was that Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu did not let him finish the Aug. 20 game at the Stadium while working on a four-hit shutout with 11 Ks. Writers in the press box can recall my reaction to that. I was beside myself, howling that Wakamatsu's move was akin to grabbing the brush from Picasso before he could complete his painting. It was absolute disregard for artistic endeavor, and the manager deserved to be fired, which he eventually was.
Remember, though, that was a night Hernandez won, not one of the many games in which he pitched splendidly and either lost or got hung with a no-decision because of such scant run support by an offense that scratched out an average of 3.2 runs per game. The Mariners' run support for Hernandez was 2.4 per game. Seattle scored two runs or fewer in 15 of his 34 starts. He was 2-10 with a 2.84 ERA in those games. In his nine no decisions, Hernandez pitched to a 1.92 ERA.
I kept in mind that in 1972 Steve Carlton won the NL Cy Young Award with a 27-10 record for a Phillies club whose overall mark was 59-97 and also averaged only 3.2 runs per game. The point of view of Sabathia supporters, of which there were three who gave him first-place approval on the ballot, came Tuesday from none other than this year's NL winner, Roy Halladay, who had the same victory total as CC.
"Obviously, Felix's numbers are very, very impressive," Doc said. "But I think, ultimately, you look at how guys are able to win games. Sometimes the run support isn't there, but you sometimes just find ways to win games. I think the guys that are winning and helping their teams deserve a strong look, regardless of how good Felix's numbers are. It definitely could go either way; it's going to be interesting. But I think when teams bring guys over, they want them to, ultimately at the end of the day, help them win games."
It is hard to argue with that logic.
Hughes rolls 11, Yanks roll 7
So who needs Cliff Lee?
Other than the Mariners, that is.
It likely would have been a different game Friday night if Lee had still been in Seattle and on the mound as was originally scheduled before he was traded to the Rangers after a seemingly done deal with the Yankees fell apart.
The Yankees looked like they had the blues over not landing Lee for five innings, but while they did not have the former Cy Young Award winner they did have Phil Hughes, who just might be a future Cy Young Award winner.
With the Yankees' seventh straight victory, Hughes joined teammates Andy Pettitte and CC Sabathia as an 11-game winner, the first trio on the same team to do that before the All-Star break in 11 years since the 1999 Astros. Hughes, coming off a couple of shaky outings since he was skipped a turn in the rotation to avoid overuse, was back to his dominant self.
The righthander, who had five strikeouts and did not walk a batter, gave up four doubles among six hits he yielded to the Mariners but only one in nine at-bats with runners in scoring position, a double in the sixth to Jose Lopez that scored Chone Figgins, whose double ended a stretch of 126 at-bats without an extra-base hit since June 1, which is hard to fathom.
Hughes entered that inning with a five-run lead, thanks in part to Lopez, the third baseman whose failure to smother a hard grounder by Derek Jeter helped fuel a four-run Yankees rally in the top of the sixth. Alex Rodriguez got his 25th RBI with the bases loaded this season with a sacrifice fly. Even better signs were a two-run triple by Robinson Cano, who has been anything but hot in July (.188), and a two-out, RBI single by Curtis Granderson, who is starting to come around (.333 on the trip).
David Pauley, the former Red Sox righthander who came out of the bullpen to start in Lee's place, gave up a home run to Mark Teixeira and a single to Rodriguez in the first inning, then retired 13 batters in a row before walking Brett Gardner on a full count to start the sixth. He might have gotten out of the inning if Lopez had been able to hang on to Jeter's ball, hit so hard that a double play was makeable.
Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu then called on his bullpen, which is always a mistake. The Yankees got to Chad Cordero as the Seattle pen's league-worst ERA swelled to 4.84.
Teixeira homered from both sides of the plate, connecting from the right side off lefthander Luke French in the ninth. It marked the 10th time Tex has accomplished the feat. The record is 11 shared by Eddie Murray and Chili Davis. Texeira is tied for next best with teammate Nick Swisher, Tony Clark, Ken Caminiti and Mickey Mantle.
It continued a torrid July for Teixeira, who is batting .353 with four doubles, four home runs, 11 RBI and an .824 slugging percentage in 34 at-bats this month to raise his average 12 points to .243. The All-Star break couldn't come at a worse time for him.
Homer-induced brain cramp?
It could have been quite a scene for the Yankees Thursday: Alex Rodriguez rounding third base, tossing his helmet into the air, taking a leap toward the plate and pulling a Kendry Morales with nobody around to help him up. That was a distinct possibility because when A-Rod connected for a two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning he had actually thought that he ended the game.
Players occasionally lose track of outs, but innings? When Rodriguez reached the dugout, he got a hug from pitcher CC Sabathia, who won his sixth straight start to join Phil Hughes as a 10-game winner.
"Alex thought it was the ninth inning and was wondering when he would get the pie," Sabathia said.
"I thought I hit a game winner," A-Rod said. "Then I looked over at A.J. [Burnett] and [Andy] Pettitte, and when I saw nobody was jumping over the railing, I figured something was wrong."
There is nothing wrong about a two-run home that unlocks a 2-2 score, particularly in the bottom half of an inning in which the other team had just tied the game with one of the runs not earned because of a passed ball by catcher who had done a strong job all day otherwise.
Rodriguez's blow following a one-out single by Mark Teixeira had a feeling of exhilaration because of the timing. The problem was that the slugger didn't know what time it was. Instead of a walkoff, A-Rod had what Australians call a walkabout.
The 4-2 victory over the Mariners meant the Yankees avoided being swept at home by a last-place club. The weak Seattle offense exploded for 14 runs and 19 hits the previous two nights behind complete-game gems from Cliff Lee and Felix Hernandez. In referring to those games, Rodriguez talked about "Friday and Saturday nights," when it was really Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Let's hope this guy found his apartment after leaving Yankee Stadium.
In A-Rod's defense, he was the designated hitter Thursday. For a player used to being in the field regularly, a game as the DH can be a sort of no-man's land. Rodriguez started a two-out threat in the sixth with a double. Two walks, one intentional, loaded the bases before Mariners lefthander Ryan Rowland-Smith, whose pitching (two runs, five hits in six innings) belied his 1-7 record, retired Curtis Granderson on an infield out.
The intentional walk was to Robinson Cano, which might have seemed unusual since Cano bats left-handed. Seattle manager Don Wakamatsu watched Cano homer off Rowland-Smith in the fourth and was likely aware Robbie is a .303 hitter with 10 of his 16 homers against lefties this year.
Sabathia has a sort of "let's end this nonsense" attitude for seven innings. He gave up a leadoff double to Milton Bradley in the second and two other hits and one walk but took a 2-0 lead into the eighth. He nearly got through that inning unscathed as well. A leadoff walk, a two-out single through the middle by Ichiro Suzuki and a passed ball by Jorge Posada put runners on second and third. Sabathia got a ball up to Russell Branyan, who smacked it into right for a game-tying single.
The Yankees didn't keep their heads down long, thanks to Rodriguez. Righthander David Aardsma threw two 95-mph fastballs to A-Rod, who was late on the first and fouled it back but made enough contact on the second to send it into the second row in right field
Rodriguez's 12th home run of the season was his 250th with the Yankees tying Graig Nettles for eighth place on the franchise list and the 595th of his career. Thinking of 600 yet?
"I will embrace it at some point," A-Rod said. "But it won't be an end to the season or my career. I kind of see it like first base, to hit the bag and keep going around the bases."
And maybe even remember what inning it occurs.


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By Bill Olszewski
From: Colorado Springs, CO
Aug 19, 2007
|Great climb for anyone who loves mantles! I thought this line was a lot of fun and it kept me guessing the whole time. The finishing slab is easy, but interesting...
By Euan Cameron
From: Redlands and Mammoth Lakes
Sep 29, 2007
rating: 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
|If you do all the mantles on the route, the route can feel bitty and broken. If you try and reduce the mantles using layaways, and other holds the route is much better.
By Colin Parker
From: Idyllwild, CA
Jun 29, 2009
rating: 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
|Great fun, and a good warmup. My girlfriend at 5'0" only had trouble on the top mantle. Enjoy!
By Erik Campos
From: Fort Bragg, NC
Jun 21, 2011
rating: 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
|Top mantle before the slab was the hardest. I didn't know the sequence so I just heel hooked up it.
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|Didn't love it, but as the only climb really of its grade in slab city it is not bad. Didnt flow very well IMO though.


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The hotel offers a restaurant. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. Business-related amenities at this 5-star property consist of a business center and a meeting room. This luxury hotel also offers a rooftop terrace, multilingual staff, and a garden.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 13
- Number of floors - 2
- Babysitting or childcare
- Business center
- Express check-out
- Free WiFi
- Express check-in
- Garden
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- One meeting room
- Rooftop terrace
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Babysitting or childcare
- DVD player
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- DVD player
- Premium bedding
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Room service (limited hours)
- Cable TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Free newspaper
Where to Eat
The Veranda - This restaurant specializes in Malaysian cuisine and serves lunch and dinner.
The Drawing Room - Onsite restaurant.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Hotel Name
- Carcosa Negara
- Carcosa Seri
- Carcosa Seri Negara
- Carcosa Seri Negara Hotel
- Carcosa Seri Negara Hotel Kuala Lumpur
- Carcosa Seri Negara Kuala Lumpur
- Seri Carcosa
- Seri Carcosa Negara
- Seri Negara
- Seri Negara Carcosa


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Ready to start a Craft Room Count Down for a New Year with a new Tip Junkie!?! New for 2014, we're rolling out some new themes to better promote creative women! {{yep, that's YOU}}
Craft Room Count Down?
Every Saturday here on Tip Junkie I'll be giving you a list of ideas that I'm just dying to feature here on Tip Junkie. I'm giving you a heads up in advance ~ so I can feature YOU! {{cheezy grin}}
Here's How to Add Your Project to a Craft Room on Tip Junkie.
Yep, I want to make it super easy for ya! My plan is to feature fabulous tutorials on these themes in the following weeks. This way your chances of being spotlighted on the Tip Junkie website and all of Tip Junkie's social media channels are GREATLY increased! {{wink}}
It's just one more way of giving back because you know I love being able to showcase your amazing talet and skills!
1. Count Down of Ideas
The following is the list of ideas {or themes} which I am looking for and will be featuring soon.
1. Teacher Appreciation Ideas
2. DIY Print Making
3. Mother's Day Crafts, Activies, Recipes
4. Caramel Recipes
5. Doilie Repurposing
6. DIY Groomsmen Gifts
7. Pie Crust Designs
8. Thank You Gifts
9. Candy Creations
10. Travel Themed Party Ideas
2. Upload to Your Craft Room
It's EASY! Upload pictures from your computer or phone and add a project with one of these themes to your craft room, right here on Tip Junkie. It's free, of course.
You can upload as many, or few, pictures and instructions as you like. However, in order to be featured your Craft Room project will need to have at least 2-3 steps and 3-4 pictures. This way Tip Junkie members will be able to learn how to make it too!
3. Featured Craft Rooms!
Your craft room projects will be featured in many ways on TIp Junkie. Round-up style posts on 1 topic, Tip Me Tuesday link up, Follow Friday where I spotlight a member, just to name a few.
The top 3 projects which were uploaded as pictured tutorials into member's Tip Junkie Craft Rooms last week are... {drum roll, please} ...
1. Scented Dough for Kids ~ Here's a recipe and instructions for making scented sensory dough for the kids. {{fabulous}}
2. DIY Sensory Water Bottle Toy ~ Make a fun little sensory toy for your baby or toddler. It's perfect for little hands and your children will love to shake it up and see all the shiny stuff inside move around! *Don't worry superglue is used to attach the cap to make it safe for little ones!
3. DIY Mini Chalkboard Magnets ~ These Mini Chalkboard Magnets take minutes to make and are a fun project for all ages. {{love}}
While you're visiting each project... don't forget to click the "add to favorites" button to bookmark it into your craft room, and follow the Tip Junkie member! This is a great way to learn from creative women and bookmark tutorials to find later.
Thanks Ladies! You ROCK for taking the time to upload these pictured tutorials into your Craft Room, using the "add a project" feature.
Feel free to share your I was featured on Tip Junkie badge on your blog, Facebook, or Instagram. You earned it! {knuckle bumps} When you share your badge, be sure to share the link to your craft room too. Your friends and family can follow you on Tip Junkie and bookmark your latest projects to quickly find later.
P.S. Don't forget to check out the Tip Junkie Facebook page. It's a great place to ask questions on how to make things or for specific tutorials that you are looking for. I'll be happy to find them for ya.
You Also Might Like:
- 14 Ways to Upcycle Ladders
- 100 Lovely Mother's Day Idea's {crafts, gifts, recipes}
- 9 Cool Things to Make with Chicken Wire
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Mnmfan Crzy AztekYou have completed the Challenge and deserve your final Stamp.
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Please remove the avatar now as the Challenge has come to a close.
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Keep an eye on my profile in the near future as I have more of these games planned.
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Can you last another week?? Will the stamp be as sexy?? That depends on how many join in this week.
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Geddes, NY -- Any farmers who want to know about natural gas leases in the Marcellus Shale should attend a workshop at the New York Farm Show this week.
The gas leasing workshop begins at 9 a.m. Friday in the Arts and Home Center's Bistro Room at the state fairgrounds in Syracuse. Each of three sessions will allow plenty of time for questions and answers.
Session topics include:
** 9 a.m.: What every farmer should know about natural gas development.
** 10 a.m.: Challenges and opportunities ahead for community development.
** 11 a.m.: Water quality challenges and environmental issues to be aware of.
"While landowners are more savvy about gas leasing concerns, so many aren't as up to speed on all the related issues. There's a lot of both good and bad that comes with gas exploration," said Brett Chedzoy, Schuyler County Cooperative Extension resource educator.
"We've seen a lot of landowner coalition and extension education programs, but until a land man comes knocking on the door, many still aren't aware. It's still easy to be taken advantage of," he said.
Gas leases can cause trouble with farm mortgages, Chedzoy said. Lenders, for example, don't want to mortgage property without free and clear title. Some leases give gas companies unrestricted access to surface and subsurface rights. Others can tie up property forever.
"In Broome County, leases were sold splitting surface and subsurface ownership. This has been 'under the radar' of local assessors." he adds.
Environmental groups have legitimate concerns. Whole communities have a vested interest. That's why local communities need time to make natural gas play out well in their communities, Chedzoy said. "When the Fortuna Energy trucks roll in, you can't start negotiating terms."


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In the mid-1980s, Corey Huston, then about 6, watched enraptured as two Mt. Hood Community College instructors mixed chemicals to create an oscillating color-change reaction, from yellow to blue and back again, over and over.
On Saturday, Huston was more distracted. Now the Gresham school's laboratory manager, Huston and his wife had their kids in tow as faculty members Rick Bolesta and Gil Albelo whipped up the same chemical reaction as part of their "Whiz-Bang Chemistry" demonstration.
The show was a staple in the college's long-running Strawberry Short Course Festival, which ran from about 1979 to at least the mid-1990s. On Saturday, the school revived the festival after a long hiatus in part of a broader effort to rebuild ties with the off-campus community.
Huston, part of the school's committee to encourage community engagement, was among those who remembered the festival and pushed for its return.
"That was one of the first times I ever went on campus," Huston said. "I was already a science-inclined kid, but this really solidified a lot of things."
Some short courses of the '90s, like "Creating a '90s Résumé" or "Unethical Investing" (not a how-to), have given way to some distinctly of today: "You Can YouTube Too" and "Gluten-Free 101."
But the chemistry demo and others have persisted. So has the tradition of serving free strawberry shortcake to all comers, a nod to the area's strawberry-growing heritage.
"The idea is for the community to appreciate this jewel we have in Mt. Hood Community College," said Bolesta, dean of the school's science division. "A lot of people never set foot on campus. We want to break down some -- perhaps artificial -- walls."
No one counted admission, but at least 400 registered in advance, and more were expected to show without an RSVP.
In addition to offering classes on geology, Zumba and Crossfit workouts, making jam and playing the mandolin, the school invited local vendors and set up games for kids.
In one demonstration, the school's chemists showed how to make ice cream using dry ice and nitrogen. Dylan Nichols, 5, sampled some earlier in the day.
"It came out through my nose," he said later, referring to wisps of carbon dioxide gas from the dry ice. "I want to get some more."
As many classes wrapped up in the early afternoon, most participants gathered to watch the school's STEM Club launch a high-altitude balloon that would reach the highest levels of the atmosphere later in the day. (STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.)
Most observers had a personal stake in the near-space mission. The club had gathered pingpong balls decorated by festivalgoers to travel with the balloon. Each is cataloged so they can be picked up by their owner on Monday, after the balloon bursts and falls back to Earth for retrieval.
"We saw this on YouTube and thought, if a 17-year-old can do it, some college students can do it," said Shane Pearson, one of the club's leaders. "It's a great outreach tool."
They did a test-run in October, but the balloon ended up 90 miles off-course, near Maupin. Some adjustments should put Saturday's balloon a little closer to home, in Corbett.
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Earned Income Tax Credit
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a refundable tax credit from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that helps boost the incomes of low-wage, working families. One of the nation's most effective anti-poverty tools, the federal EITC lifts more than 6.5 million families out of poverty each year. In 2013, more than 354,000 Colorado taxpayers received $772 million in EITC refunds.
Colorado State EITC
For the first time in 15 years, low- to moderate-income workers can claim a Colorado state EITC starting in 2016. Colorado's state EITC will be worth 10 percent of the federal EITC, providing low-wage earners with an even larger refund at tax time. Taxpayers who qualified for the federal EITC will also qualify for the state EITC and can check line 45 of the state return to see if they've received the credit.
How It Works
The EITC helps close the gap between a family's earnings and what they need to make ends meet. It operates by reducing the amount of taxes owed and increasing the chances of receiving a refund.
Research shows that lifting a struggling family's income helps children do better in school, which leads to increased educational attainment and higher earnings in adulthood. In addition, an increased family income results in improved child wellness because healthy habits--like eating more produce and visiting the dentist--become more affordable.
Who Qualifies?
Depending on their income and number of children, single or married people who worked full-time or part-time at some point in 2015 can qualify for the EITC.
Find out if you qualify for the EITC.
|Family Size
|Family Income
|Maximum Federal EITC
|Maximum State EITC
|Three or more children
$47,700 (single)
$53,200 (married)
|Two children
$44,400 (single)
$49,900 (married)
|One child
$39,100 (single)
$44,600 (married)
|No children
$14,800 (single)
$20,300 (married)


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Verizon agreed to a tentative contract settlement with its unions today, eliminating the threat of a walkout by 65,000 workers after midnight.
The 3-year labor pact calls for wage increases of 10.5 percent over the life of the contract, the New York-based telecommunications company said.
It also keeps promised retiree health care benefits intact for current union-represented employees. New union hires will be placed in a potentially less generous system that will set aside a fixed dollar amount, based on years of service, for their retiree health benefits.
The contract also grants union recognition to 600 ex-MCI technicians, changes some temporary union jobs to permanent positions, and eliminates subcontracting of some work to non-union shops. Some 2,500 new union jobs should be created by the agreement, according to the Communications Workers of America, Verizon's largest union.
"This is a breakthrough agreement in many ways," CWA president Larry Cohen said in a statement.
"From the start, our goal has been to continue to provide our employees with a package of competitive wages and benefits," said Mark Reed, Verizon's executive vice president for human resources.
Verizon's previous union contracts lasted for five years. The 3-year agreement will allow the company to adapt more quickly to changes in the marketplace, the company said.
The agreement also covers the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.


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Utah Rocks: Adventures Among The Arches And The Rapids (Part I)
You know how it feels when you witness something so astonishingly exquisite and surreal it literally takes your breath away, and all you can do is gasp in amazement?
You'd think a community pounded by Hurricane Sandy that went more than a week without power would embrace a simple, effective and reliable energy-saving measure, but apparently appearances supersede practicality in tony Great Neck Village on Long Island's North Shore, which voted last week to ban clotheslines from front yards.
Violators would be subject to a $1,000 fine, 15 days in jail or both – almost as harsh a sanction, I suspect, as the penalty for failing to wear white shorts at the Great Neck Country Club tennis courts or neglecting to replace divots on the golf course.
"Frankly, I think it's rather disconcerting for people to come into a neighborhood and view on the front-filled lawn of someone's home, various articles of clothing, undergarments, what have you, flapping in the breeze," Jeffrey Bass, a member of the village board of trustees, was quoted as saying in various media outlets.
Village Mayor Ralph Kreitzman, who proposed the new law because of a complaint from a resident upset by a neighbor's front-yard clothesline, sniffed, "I think that I can reiterate that we are embarrassed there is a need for this."
The ordinance does permit backyard clotheslines – as long as they're at least 10 feet from any neighbor's property.
Frankly, I'm not surprised a Thurston Howell-like law would pass in Glen Cove, where such barons as J. P. Morgan and F. W. Woolworth built sprawling private estates in the 19th century, giving way to its Gold Coast nickname. It turns out I had a passing connection, literally, to the exclusive enclave a few years ago when two friends – a rabbi and a psychiatrist (no joke!) joined me on a 13-day, 303-mile circumnavigation of Long Island in kayaks.
After taking the ferry from New London to Orient Point we began paddling west along the island's North Shore and reached Glen Cove, nearly 100 miles distant, just before dark on the fourth day. Alas, we could find no public takeouts, only private mansions and yacht clubs, so we executed a stealth landing worthy of Navy Seals. A waiting car whose driver we summoned by cellphone spirited us away before the local constabulary could respond.
After spending the night with friends on Long Island we returned to the site and executed a pre-dawn stealth launch, paddling like bandits until we were well offshore.
I haven't been back to Glen Cove since then, but I'm tempted to return and rent a house for a few days just to test the new clothesline ordinance. I have a pretty colorful collection of garments I wear while running, cutting firewood, spreading composted manure on my garden and other activities, and I'm sure they would stand out handsomely among so many yards surrounded by wrought iron gates.
I'm a firm believer in clotheslines and laundry racks, and also have been known to drape wet clothes on the deck railing when I'm too lazy to pin them to the line that runs between our house and one of the woodsheds. (If I'm expecting, say, a royal visit, I will move the clothes to the laundry room).
A few years ago I also cut off a limb from a silver beech tree, leaving some of the branch ends protruding a few inches. Then I split the limb lengthwise and lag-screwed it to a beam near one of the wood stoves. The branch stubs serve as laundry hooks, and when the stove is cranking, as it is now, it takes less than an hour for a soaking wet towel to become dry as a bone.
Contrary to the impression I may be giving, we don't wash our clothes by pounding them with rocks alongside a stream, and own not only a modern washing machine but also an electric dryer – but I use the dryer as often as I do a gas-powered leaf-blower or electric can opener, which loyal readers realize means never.
I'm not alone in this passion. A "right-to-dry" movement has spread across the country in recent years fighting – and overturning – dozens of clothesline bans similar to the one adopted in Glen Cove.
The Sightline Institute of Seattle, Wash., an independent, nonprofit research and communications center dedicated to making the Northwest a global model of sustainability, reported earlier this year that "tens of millions across the United States live where homeowners associations or apartment or condo rules ban clotheslines."
On the bright side, though, the institute noted lawsuits filed in Florida, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland and Vermont overturned these bans, but various clothesline restrictions of questionable legality remain on the books in 13 other states.
According to the institute, courts have repeatedly supported the concept of "solar access," noting, "The legal terminology varies, but the letter and spirit of these laws has one overarching message: homeowners may utilize the power of the sun."
So get ready, Glen Cove. We may yet see the day when George DuPont Pratt's magnificent village estate Killenworth – formerly used by the Soviet Union for its United Nations delegation, where both Premier Nikita Khrushchev and Cuban President Fidel Castro once stayed – may no longer have embassy flags flapping in the breeze, but BVDs.
You know how it feels when you witness something so astonishingly exquisite and surreal it literally takes your breath away, and all you can do is gasp in amazement?
• Alert readers have correctly pointed out a slight flaw in my instructions for the proper rock climbing command when you have unclipped from your rope. You should loudly announce, "Rappel off," not "On rappel."...
Nature really hates a vacuum when it comes to paths.
So a rabbi and a psychiatrist are kayaking in the ocean when a giant wave crashes over them and knocks the rabbi unconscious. The psychiatrist manages to pull the rabbi ashore, where he regains consciousness.
"On your left!" Phil Warner shouted from the bow of a tandem kayak, racing toward a buoy during the paddle leg of last Sunday's Josh Billings Runaground Triathlon in Lenox, Mass.
Early Thursday evening was a magical time to paddle on the lower Connecticut River near Lyme.
"Every now and again people do something so monumentally destructive, dimwitted and dishonorable it belongs in a class of disgracefulness normally reserved for trophy hunters ... It's almost as if they wake up one morning and say to...
Citronella candles, bug zappers, insecticides – people go to elaborate and often poisonous lengths to combat mosquitoes, deer flies and other nettlesome insects as we move into the steamy weeks of late summer, but I've been letting...
"Sweetie, do you know what that is?" No response. "Look at that bird! You know what they call it?" Still no response. "It's a seagull!"
All right, technically my buddy Spyros "Spy" Barres and I weren't hanging 10 toes off the end off boards while riding waves at Westerly's Fenway Beach on Thursday, but we were surfing.
All of us who have ventured atop mountains, out to sea, or simply into a nearby park have occasionally faced Mother Nature's wrath – a sudden thunderstorm, pounding blizzard, gale-force winds, locusts …
Some years ago, preparing to hike the Hundred Mile Wilderness – the final stretch of the fabled Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine, I stuffed my backpack with what I initially considered to be the absolute bare minimum for a week in...
At 16, Montville 'political junkie' learns the ropes, waits for chance to vote
Records: Wrong-way driver in fatal Massachusetts crash cited 5 times
Eastern Pequot tribal member says state should not bill him for son's health care costs
Police: Drug deal gone wrong in Old Saybrook ends with 5 arrests
Groton, Bozrah utilities commissions want changes to halt future lavish CMEEC trips
State GOP chairman files complaint in Bowles/Somers Senate race
Coach Delio models dedication and accountability for Whalers
Norwich man arrested in connection with toddler found abandoned in New London
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Is Miley Cyrus being racist when she twerks with three young black women playing strippers in her latest music video, "We Can't Stop"? Is her newfound love of gold grills, Tupac headgear, tats and elaborately painted fingernails also a problematic appropriation of hip-hop's "ghetto" subcultures?
Or is young Miley just a girl who wants to have fun?
White pop stars have been appropriating black culture since before Elvis. And anyone who has every danced the Dougie or done the Twist, has, too. In many ways, we are beyond the early debate. African-American pop culture is integrated into the mainstream today -- as everything from the iTunes music charts to the Hollywood movie box office will attest.
And African-American artists do not face the same endemic discrimination that faced those in Elvis's day. Rihanna and Jay-Z seem to have no problem getting their songs played on the radio. Or finding a place to perform. Or hooking up an endorsement deal.
But a recent NOLA.com/New Orleans Times-Picayune article by Alison Fensterstock -- and a provocative essay by critic Dodai Stewart on Jezebel -- do raise some interesting points about cultural appropriation in the 21st Century.
Is it OK when white artists like Miley and Ke$sha "play" black, particularly "ghetto" black, to enrich themselves?
The Jezebel essayist Dodai Stewart puts it this way:
"Let's not get it twisted: The exchange and flow of ideas between cultures can be a beautiful thing. I believe in cross-pollination and being inspired by those whose experience is not like your own. If Miley is inspired by gold teeth and bounce music and has friends who are rappers, that's not a problem. But when she uses these things to re-style her own image, she veers into dangerous territory.
"If she didn't have the grill, if the black women were integrated throughout the video instead of being segregated to one weird scene, if she hadn't worn that headband… This clip might not have been so problematic."
..."Miley and her ilk need to be reminded that the stuff they think is cool, the accoutrements they're borrowing, have been birthed in an environment where people are underprivileged, undereducated, oppressed, underrepresented, disenfranchised, systemically discriminated against and struggling in a system set up to insure that they fail."
"It's worth noting this track — which is chiefly about the joys of dancing like a stripper and doing lines in the bathroom— was written by two men, producers Rock City and Mike WiLL Made It and originally intended for Rihanna. (True story: Miley said to them: "I just want something that just feels Black.") But blackness is not a piece of jewelry you can slip on when you want a confidence booster or a cool look. And playing at being poor — while earning a profit by doing so — is just distasteful."
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The Crystal Antler Chandelier from Lawson Glass is now available at Rutherford's Design. The Crystal Antler Chandelier is a very versatile piece that it is being used in rustic, traditional, and contemporary spaces from an ultra-modern Manhattan loft to a rustic Colorado mountain home to a French country traditional living room. Rutherford's also has some Lawson Glass tabletop crystal antlers.
This unique, high-end luxury home accessory piece has recently been commissioned by Bob and Cortney Novogratz for HGTV 's Home by Novogratz as well as garnering much popularity on Houzz.com. It will be featured in a summer issue of Western Art and Architecture.
The Crystal Antler Chandelier consists of a hand sculpted bronze armature by Michael Hall, who is famous for his bronze work. The Chandelier has 12 hot sculpted crystal clear glass antlers and utilizes LED technology to illuminate the crystal antlers.
Each antler becomes the light source for this subtle yet complex fine art fixture. The Chandelier is being introduced into the design market place in two sizes, 52″d and 44″d. The bronze is offered in several different patina finishes. He is and for some reason people like to neglect him when writing about this piece.
"The Crystal Antler Chandelier came about by a suggestion from a long time client. Having seen a very large sterling silver antler chandelier in Aspen, I was approached about the possibility of a glass antler idea. My only concern, apart from actually making large, solid glass antlers, was how we were going to light it. I put an LED flashlight up to the base of a solid bar of glass and bam! We were on our way! Incorporating a hand carved bronze element really took the idea to whole new level. This is a design I'm very proud of and of course very excited about. "- Jason Lawson, Lawson Glass
About the artist, Jason Lawson
Currently residing in the Texas Hill Country, Jason Lawson, 39 years old, the designer and glass sculptor has been working in glass for over 16 years. He has had the opportunity to work and study under some of the most influential glass artists of the 20th century including Dante Marioni, Ann Wahlstrom, and Preston Singletary to name a few.
His state of the art facility provides opportunities for a wide range of site-specific custom glass installations. His work can be found in a variety of locations around the world from New York to Hong Kong.


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The Girl in the Spider's Web, the new book in the Millennium Series, is available now!
Part blistering espionage thriller, part riveting police procedural, and part piercing exposé on social injustice, The Girl Who Played with Fire is a masterful, endlessly satisfying novel.
Mikael Blomkvist, crusading publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation. On the eve of its publication, the two… (more)
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard (July 28, 2009)
Format: EPUB
Page count: 512 pages
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Language: English


text: William Dale Batts, age 82, of Ripley, NY, died Friday, February 14, 2014 at UPMC Hamot. He was born on March 8, 1931 to the late Merle and Josephine Boesch Batts. William attended Ripley High School and then served in the United States Air Force. He was employed as a heavy equipment operator for the Ripley Highway Department for 30 years until retirement and then worked in several grape vineyards