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After an extremely demanding 2013 Dakar Rally stage which crossed the border between Argentina and Chile, Giniel de Villiers and Dirk von Zitzewitz mastered 319 stage kilometres featuring not only the event's second crossing of the Andes, but the barren heat of the infamous Atacama Desert plus around 100km of extremely fine sand and dunes before reaching the finish. The reward for the 2009 "Dakar" winners: Yet another crucial step towards the "Dakar" finish in Santiago de Chile, a shortening of their deficit to leader Stéphane Peterhansel in the X-raid-Mini and simultaneous extension of their lead to 40:45 minutes over Nani Roma/Michel Périn, who displaced their X-raid-Mini team-mates Leonid Novitskiy/Konstantin Zhiltsov for third place.
De Villiers and von Zitzewitz enjoyed a trouble-free run on the twelfth "Dakar" stage "even if the route was tougher than we thought it would be", as the former put it. The pair made up good time on the key section, preventing Peterhansel from pulling further away. Currently a deficit of 50:21 minutes separates Three-O-One from the lead, with 569 stage kilometres still facing "Ginny", "Schnietz" and their Toyota Hilux. Friday's route to La Serena consists of a tough, 441-kilometre test. So the "Dakar" is far from over.
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"We knew the twelfth stage would not be easy. However, it was even tougher than we had thought. We got stuck briefly on a dune, but hardly lost any time. We didn't take risks, preferring to have a steady run, which our Toyota Hilux handled perfectly. It was a good Thursday for us." Giniel de Villiers
"We were well prepared for the twelfth stage, and our preparations certainly paid off today. On Friday we face another tough test, which could be even tougher than today's. Celebrations would be premature today, too much hinges on the 13th stage. But we are prepared." Dirk von Zitzewitz


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Benton County houses the bulk of the Tri-Cities area as Richland, West Richland and Kennewick are all part of the area. Pasco, the other component of the Tri-Cities area sits in adjacent Franklin County and is the county seat there. Kennewick is the county's largest city, though Prosser is the county seat. The county was founded in 1905 as an off shoot of Klickitat County in honor of former Missouri Senator Thomas Benton. The county is surrounded on the north, south and east by the Columbia River, which gives the county its borders.
Washington's Wine Country
Perhaps the most distinct aspect of Benton County is its role as the wine country of Washington, housing a rapidly growing wine industry that rivals all areas of the United States outside of Napa Valley in size. Agriculture has traditionally been the backbone of the area and as time as gone on, that has meant more of a focus on the wine growing in the area. Along with that trait comes the tourism that accompanies the extensive network of wineries in the area. Prominent wineries include Bookwalter Winery, Goose Ricdge Winery, Tagaris Winery and Bernard Griffin Winery in Richland. Kennewick hosts Badger Mountain Vineyard (an all-organic vineyard) and Powers Winery among others.
Additionally, Benton City has a large proportion of the wineries in the county and Prosser rivals it in that regard. As a whole the entire Benton County area is ripe, no pun intended, with wineries that have attracted both locals and tourists to leisurely tasting sessions. With a climate and soil makeup that fits wine-making well, the wine industry in the area has potential to grow bigger than it is now.
The Hub of Southeast Washington
Benton County houses some significant attractions, all accessible by the main highways that run through the county: Interstate 82, US Route 395 and US Route 12. Columbia Center Mall is a large and popular shopping destination for residents throughout the county and is situated in Kennewick, taking its name from the Columbia River. The Toyota Center houses a variety of sporting and entertainment events aimed at the entire area and the Hanford Nuclear Reservation has long been an integral component in the Benton County area.
The people utilizing those attractions are 86 percent white, 12.5 percent Hispanic or Latino, 2.2 percent Asian and less than one percent each African American, Native American and Pacific Islander, according to the 2000 census. At that time, Benton County was home to over 142,000 people and over 52,000 households. Of those over 52,000 households, over 38 percent housed children under 18. The majority of households in the area consist of married couples with 23 percent of households single individuals.
A Growing Area
The population base of the area is spread out amongst the various age brackets in a mostly uniform fashion, but the largest demographic is the under 18 group, which accounts for nearly 30 percent of the residents in the area. Resident aged 25 to 44 make up 28.5 percent of the area, 45 to 64 make up 22.9 percent, 18 to 24 come in at 8.6 percent and those over 65 make up 10.3 percent. There are slightly more females than males in the area, a figure which gets just slightly more predominately female in the 18 and under age bracket.
The income distribution centers on the median family income of $54,146 and the median income for any household stands at $47,044, according to the 2000 census. County wide, the per capita income is $21,301 with 7.8 percent of families and 10.3 percent of residents overall below the poverty line.
Kennewick is the largest of the cities in the Benton County census-defined area, with Richland coming in as the second largest city. From largest to smallest, West Richland, Finley, Prosser, Highland and Benton City are the remaining cities in the county. As a whole, Benton County is a growing area with the rising prominence of the wine industry in the area a strong indication of just that.


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GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- The Rauwerda family is hoping for a cold and snowy winter.
That's not on everyone's wish list, but when you're in the business of crafting extravagant ice forts, those are prime conditions. Outside their Southeast Side home stands a large fort -- a winter playground where kids spend hours throwing snowballs and sliding around on a structure made completely from snow and ice.
The ice house -- with two rooms, a tunnel and a slide this year -- causes drivers to stop along Boston Street SE and stare. Needless to say, it's a hot spot for neighborhood kids.
"We embrace winter. That's pretty much what it is," said Jim Rauwerda, who started the family tradition in 2008.
It all began with a fort for Rauwerda's daughter, Annie, now 14. Rauwerda constructed a fort large enough for children to walk in and out of. He quickly fashioned stairs, walls and a slide for safety after neighborhood kids tried to climb on it.
Now his sons, Sammy, 5, and Joey, 10, are the kings of the ice houses.
Water is the key, Rauwerda said. The family fills up recycle bins with snow and adds a five-gallon bucket of water to make the snow slushy before allowing it to freeze overnight. The next day they have big, solid blocks that they can crack into smaller chunks using hot water.
Slush is used as mortar. Adding water so ice forms makes for a strong structure that can withstand some sunshine, Rauwerda said.
"If we get a thaw, then I condemn it and no one can go on it until it's deemed safe," he said. "You'd be surprised. One 50-degree day can just decimate that thing."
Rauwerda's building process has evolved since the more primitive days when his wife handed single buckets of water out the back door. For less running back-and-forth, they fill a garbage can with hose water to serve as their main source.
The bulk of the current fort went up in four hours last week. But Rauwerda isn't done. He plans to add more walls and a roof.
The roof is crafted from solid ice blocks, a thick 8 to 10 inches of ice. It holds steady for Rauwerda to jump around on top, and for multiple kids to pile on.
The forts get the whole family outdoors. The kids' new Wii went unused for some time a few years back, Rauwerda recalled. They had other entertainment.
"The kids are outside. They're active," he said. "This is snow and water, that's it. It's not genius."
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Baton Rouge - LSU's victory against North Carolina moved the Tigers up two spots to No. 19 in the latest Associated Press college football poll.
The Tigers moved up two spots in the USA Today Coaches poll to No. 16.
Alabama retained the No. 1 spot in the AP Top 25 with 47 of a possible 60 first place votes. Ohio State was second and Boise State third. The Broncos received eight first place votes.


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WASHINGTON (AP) � The Democratic-controlled Congress is moving to restore a Bush administration policy that allowed loaded guns in national parks.
The Senate voted Tuesday to allow guns in national parks and wildlife refuges, and the House could follow suit as soon as Wednesday.
The measure is included in a popular bill imposing new restrictions on credit card companies. Democratic leaders have said they hope to send a final version to the White House for the president's signature by week's end.
The Senate vote is a stark reversal from what many gun-control advocates expected when a federal judge blocked the Bush policy in March. The decision reinstated restrictions that had been in place since the Reagan administration. The rules severely restrict guns in the national parks, generally requiring them to be locked or stored.
The Obama administration accepted the March 19 ruling, saying that the Interior Department would review the policy over the next several months.
That timetable changed quickly last week after Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn inserted an amendment to the credit card bill that would allow concealed, loaded guns in parks and refuges.
To the surprise of many, the amendment easily passed, winning support from 67 senators � including 27 Democrats. Among those who voted "yes" was Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, who had blocked Coburn's amendment from coming to the Senate floor for more than a year. Seven other Western Democrats voted with Reid to support the Republican senator's amendment, which allows a range of firearms in national parks and wildlife refuges as long as they are allowed by federal, state and local law.
Spokesman Jim Manley said Reid is a strong supporter of the Second Amendment, adding that the guns in parks issue was a major concern for many Nevadans.
"The rules that apply to our federal lands are felt acutely in Nevada, where 87 percent of the state's land is managed by federal agencies," Manley said.
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, which sued to block the Bush policy, called the Senate vote reckless. The group called on President Barack Obama to demand that the gun provision be stripped from the credit card bill.
"Families should not have to stare down loaded AK-47s on nature hikes," said Brady campaign president Paul Helmke. "The president should not remain silent while Congress inserts reckless gun policies that he strongly opposes into a bill that has nothing whatsoever to do with guns."
Helmke and other critics, including environmental groups, park rangers and the Humane Society, say the Coburn amendment goes further than the Bush administration policy that briefly allowed loaded handguns in national parks and refuges. The measure would allow individuals to openly carry rifles, shotguns and even semiautomatic weapons on ranger-led hikes and campfire programs at national parks, the groups said.
Coburn said the gun measure protects every American's Second Amendment rights and also protects the rights of states to pass laws that apply to their entire state, including public lands.
"Visitors to national parks should have the right to defend themselves in accordance with the laws of their states," Coburn said.
House Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters on Tuesday that the House could vote separately on the gun legislation. Doing so would allow each measure to pass, but Democrats who endorse credit card reform could still vote as they wished on the gun measure.
Hoyer said the two bills would then be rejoined and sent to the president as a single bill.
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Gentle reader, as promised last week, we continue with our recollections of the membership of the Bar as it was when I was admitted to it in March of 1959.
My intention from the time I first resolved to pursue the law was to open an office and establish a general practice in Harriman as soon as I could, however it was not until some six months after I was admitted that I was able actually to open my first office on the second floor of Mrs. Edington's building at 416 Roane Street, up the street from the bank, and down the street from the post office.
I was hoping to get some response from my disparaging words about tax abatements for the rich, and I did get a response from The Roane Alliance President/CEO Wade Creswell himself.
First, let me say that I don't think it's the job or right of the government to take money out of the pockets of taxpayers, many of whom can't afford to feed and house their families, to aid or prop up rich businesses.
As a matter of fact, I think it's downright immoral.
Gentle reader, strange as it may seem to one as intelligent as you, there are those of our fellow citizens who do not comprehend the truth of the following proposition, namely:
What was, was; what is, is; only what will be is uncertain.
The reason we bring this proposition to your attention today is because of the inordinate amount of time, energy, anxiety, antagonism, and resources that are currently being expended by the aforementioned citizens trying to change the past while doing little or nothing to try to ameliorate the present or prepare for the future.
A comment on a couple of articles in Jan. 4 and 6 papers:
The first comment concerns the "Investing in jobs" story. I am one of those who simply hates the use of taxpayer money being used to lure these rich companies to locate in our county.
I realize some jobs may be created, but the tax abatements, which have to be made up by the taxpayers ... couldn't this be construed as we taxpayers paying the wages of these rich company employees?
A pretty good deal for them, bad for us.
Generally during the coming of a new year and the passing of the old year, we often evaluate our lives and what we are trying to accomplish in life.
As county leaders, we reflect also on what we accomplished, what we failed to accomplish, what decisions we made that we consider good decisions and what we consider not so good decisions.
As we evaluate the past, we also focus on the future.
Let's first talk about the recent property tax bills. Some were very painful.
My own property taxes increased. I wish that had not happened, and I
know that others went up even higher.
The claim by the brash North Korean dictator that they have detonated a hydrogen bomb is not the stickiest issue facing America and her allies today. Not even close!
After hours of searching the Net and interviewing experts in the field I have discovered a worrisome and previously ignored threat. Forget the bomb; look at his fat Cabbage-Patch-Doll face and the plastic hairdo!
What if that style is suddenly adopted by our pop stars and rock bands across the country? Imagine it on Broadway? Or even worse — on Rush Limbaugh!
Dolly Parton is turning 70 years young on Jan. 19.
Please join your neighbors and friends wishing her A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
From now until the end of January, each of the public libraries will have a birthday banner for you to sign and even include a personal greeting.
An award-winning singer, songwriter, performer and philanthropist, Dolly's career has spanned more than 50 years and is still going strong.
Gentle reader, our holiday hiatus is at an end, and we now resume our weekly Friday communication with you.
As you will recall, our last column of 2015 was one of reminiscences of Christmas parties of years past.
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Mountain Lion Reports in Virginia
The Old Dominion Wildlife website maintains a fairly close watch on reported mountain lion sightings in Virginia, including recent discussions on a photo that clearly shows a cougar and is claimed to have come from the Montebello, Va., on Dec. 31.
The website writer acknowledges that he's received a number of requests for verification of the details of the photo, including one email that noted, "The photo means nothing unless it can be proven it was taken at the claimed location."
In the meantime, additional photos of other mountain lions allegedly sighted more recently in other Virginia locations.
Mountain Lions in Pennsylvania
And, outdoor writer Marcus Schneck continues to gather reports of mountain lions in Pennsylvania, and anywhere in the eastern U.S.
If you have something to report, contact Schneck at email@example.com.
Tracking Isn't Really His Strength
Randy W. Pilarcik, Pennsylvania Game Commission wildlife conservation officer in Butler County, received a complaint from a trapper that someone was disturbing his traps.
"Meeting the trapper at the site, it was simple enough to find the person that was disturbing the traps by following his boot tracks in the freshly fallen snow right back to his house," noted Pilarcik.
"Interviewing the man, he admitted to the act and a citation was issued for the violation."
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Bass Fishing Pro Big on Damiki
When it comes to selecting a "search tool" for locating fish, bass fishing pro Hank Cherry recommends a four-inch Damiki Anchovy Shad.
"Most guys think "big" when they are talking swimbaits, but this is just an average-sized bait, which is why I have referred to it as my 'finesse' swimbait," he explained.
"Typically, I cast this lure in places where other anglers already have thrown other baits, so I am showing the fish something that's totally different. It looks natural to them, it doesn't make a lot of noise, and it pulls through the water easily.
"Best of all, I can fish it in six inches or 50 feet of water. It doesn't matter."
Cherry likes to rig his Damiki Anchovy Shad on a darter head jig made with a 4/0 or 5/0 hook.
"I will use anything from a 1/16- to ½-ounce jighead depending on where – or how shallow – I am fishing," he noted. "When I'm fishing the lighter weight jigs, I pair it with the Damiki Pandla Jig Head, but for larger sizes, I pour my own jigs. Whatever you use, it's important that your jig has that pointed head feature so that the bait tracks true."
According to Cherry, the versatility of the Anchovy Shad makes it especially useful.
"I will fish this bait in a lot of different scenarios. A swimbait is great any time bass are on bait or on the feed – before a front, getting ready for winter, busting big schools of baitfish," he said. "A lot guys target schooling fish with baits that make a lot of noise and have a lot of flash. But I have found that I can come into some areas where the fish are highly pressured and still pick off a few key fish with this presentation."
As far as colors go, Cherry prefers pearl white.
Birding Writer Recognized
The American Birding Association has awarded Laura Erickson, a popular birding writer, tour leader, public speaker and author, its highest honor, the Roger Tory Peterson Award.
The award, not given every year, recognizes a "lifetime of achievements in promoting the cause of birding," according to the ABA.
Erickson's column in BirdWatching magazine, "Attracting Birds," covers attracting, feeding, sheltering and understanding birds in the backyard.


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The Arizona Wildcats' new athletic director pledged success and priorities Wednesday.
Meeting the media for the first time, in a packed McKale Center conference room, Greg Byrne listed four priorities for the Arizona Wildcats under his leadership.
"We're going make sure that first and foremost we graduate our student-athletes," he said. "We're going to follow the rules. The third thing is we're going to be first-class in how we represent the university. The fourth thing we're gonna have is we're going to make sure we have fiscal integrity.
"If we do those four things right then we have an opportunity for a fifth thing, and that's to compete for championships."
In coming to Tucson from Mississippi State, the 38-year-old Byrne joined an exclusive club. He becomes only the seventh UA athletic director since 1914, and the fifth since Dick Clausen took over in 1958.
"I knew a lot already from my years in the Pac-10," he said. "This was a university that I had up on a pedestal as one of the top programs not only in the Pac-10, but nationally."
Byrne replaces Jim Livengood, who in December accepted the vacancy at UNLV after being told his UA contract would not be renewed. Senior associate athletic director Kathleen "Rocky" LaRose had served as the interim director.
Byrne, who will make $390,000 annually plus incentives in a five-year deal, was introduced by UA president Robert Shelton and Arizona Board of Regents president Ernest Calderon.
Shelton said he "couldn't be happier" about the hire, while Calderon was "very pleased" with Byrne. "We understand by no means are we the most important part of the university," Byrne said. "But the reality is we're a highly visible part of the university. "We want to do everything we can to reflect positively on our student-athletes, on the university."
Byrne was joined by wife Regina and his two sons, Nick, 14, and Davis, 12.
His father Bill, the Texas A&M athletic director, was in the crowd. Bill's 94-year-old father, Greg's grandfather, even came down from Phoenix. Byrne took exception with any concern about the fact he attended rival Arizona State, graduating in 1994.
"I am absolutely 100 percent proud to be an Arizona Wildcat," he said. "You will never have to doubt where my loyalties are."
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Dynamo move into social games
Scottish mobile games developer, Dynamo Games, has decided to move into the social games market.
Dynamo has already seen huge success developing the Championship Manager series for mobile phones and the iPhone and is now seeking to emulate this success on social networking sites.
Their first social networking game, titled Soccer Tycoon, is set in familiar territory for Dynamo.
Dynamo MD, Brian McNicoll, said: "The games market is undergoing an incredible transformation which is changing every aspect of the business. New devices and platforms are creating and opening up markets, which simply didn't exist a few years ago. Developers cannot afford to ignore these new channels since the business models underpinning the 'mainstream' games industry simply do not work. Dynamo has repositioned itself to take advantage of these new opportunities and ensure we remain at the forefront of the games industry as it continues to evolve. It's about being smarter, not larger."
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- Call of Duty: Black Ops III is coming to the PS3 and Xbox 360 after all
- Tomonobu Itagaki's Devil's Third gets a release date
- Adr1ft is coming to PC and consoles at the end of the summer
- EA gives the new Mirror's Edge a name – Mirror's Edge Catalyst
- ZombiU PS4 and Xbox One port reportedly in the works
- Mike Bithell's Volume to be released this August
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Independent MP Brendan Horan has come to the defence of embattled National MP Aaron Gilmore, who he says has been unfairly treated for his behaviour during a boozy night in Hanmer Springs.
Mr Horan, who was expelled from the New Zealand First Party last year after claims he improperly accessed his dying mother's bank account, said he sympathised with Mr Gilmore's situation.
Mr Horan told Radio New Zealand this morning Mr Gilmore, who has been encouraged by Prime Minister John Key to resign, was the victim of a trial by media.
"He's in a difficult situation and once again, what did he do? He went out and he got drunk and he was stupid," Mr Horan said.
"I can speak from experience here when I say trial by media is not fair in so many cases. In my case it was demonstrably false, so I'm not about to judge Aaron Gilmore on what I read."
Mr Gilmore was "off duty" when the incident happened so shouldn't be treated the way he has been, said Mr Horan.
Mr Gilmore has come under fire since it was alleged he asked a restaurant staff member "do you know who I am?" and threatened to involve the Prime Minister in getting a staff member fired.
"He may or may not have tried to exert some influence but it obviously didn't work," Mr Horan told RNZ.
"I think what he's mostly guilty of is a poor selection of friends."
Mr Gilmore's friend, Christchurch lawyer Andrew Riches, has stood by the statement he released last week, which said the MP had been the only person in the group to behave badly. Mr Riches also said Mr Gilmore had threatened to get the Prime Minister involved.
Yesterday, Mr Gilmore turned up for work and sat in the House for question time, in spite of Mr Key saying he had lost confidence in the MP.


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Woody Harrelson and Owen Wilson team for animated hijinks in 'Turkeys'
Woody Harrelson and Owen Wilson's latest movie is for the birds.
The two stars have signed on to play voice roles in a new animated comedy entitled "Turkeys," which centers on a pair of - you guessed it - turkeys "from opposite sides of the tracks" who must band together to get their species "off the menu for good." To accomplish this, they must travel back in time and alter the course of history. Are you laughing yet?
The Reel FX-produced film will be directed by Jimmy Hayward ("Horton Hears A Who!") and distributed by Relativity Media. The screenplay was written by David I. Stern ("Open Season 2") and John Strauss ("The Santa Clause 2," "The Wild"), with a rewrite by Craig Mazin ("The Hangover Part II").
"Turkeys" is being eyed for a 2014 release, presumably around Thanksgiving.
Harrelson, who can currently be seen in the Martin McDonagh black comedy "Seven Psychopaths," is set to reprise his role as Haymitch Abernathy in "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" for director Francis Lawrence. Wilson, meanwhile, hasn't appeared on the big screen since the 2011 mega-flop "The Big Year" opposite Steve Martin and Jack Black.


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Bob's Red Mill in Milwaukie is holding the third annual Trade Bikes for Breakfast even from 6 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at its headquarters at 5000 SE International Way in Milwaukie.
Just as the title suggests in no uncertain terms, you donate gently used bikes and Bob's Red Mill gives you free breakfast.
The bike drive is co-sponsored by the Community Cycling Center with the goal of broadening access to bicycling and its benefits "to financially restricted adults and youth."
All bike donations are tax deductible. The company, an active supporter of cycling that sponsors cyclocross events across the country, says the bikes will be "transformed by the Portland Community Cycling Center into road-worthy bicycles for people of all ages, abilities and incomes."
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Before we get settled in to watch the games, it's time to check to see if we have all of our pre-game rations, our post game rations, and more importantly, our "in game" rations, such as our favorite beverages, whatever they may be. And as a safety precaution, I do have my tums handy, ya just never know about those things.
Ok, Chips? "check", Pretzels? "check", Pizza and Chicken Wings? "check and double check" "That's good for start, but what else do ya got"? Ain't that enough? Ok Ok, I do have some Italian sausages for sandwiches later for supper, if I'm hungry.
Beverages? Well ya can't watch basket ball without the home version "Dome Foam", right? So there ya go, and I do have some extra just in case of company. Of course some will want the "less is more" stuff, and that's ok. Variety is the spice of life! I just don't happen to have any of that stuff.
Syracuse isn't playing today of course, so I consider all of the above as my "dress rehearsal", lest I make a mistake or something. And just in case Syracuse decides to make history (the wrong way I might add), then I got the ole still behind the shed just a "thunking" along quite nicely. Ok, not really. But I do need to make my way to the spirits store just in case the impossible happens. Don't want to get caught "flat footed" you know!
Did you hear that Andy, Wes, Rick, Brandon, KJO and the rest? Good! Just making sure, don't want no flat footed Orangemen out there tomorrow night!
Seriously, good luck tomorrow night and thru the entire tournament!!!
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He was asked about the team's recent struggles and "having this load taken off" him, as a reporter phrased it. Here's his answer:
"The two gentlemen to my left here are the experts in basketball. I am by no means an expert in basketball. I'm a fan, but my expertise lies in managing companies and businesses. So, I think I'm a little out of my element when it comes to the team. I found myself in a position where I needed to be more of a part of the decision-making for a while. It wasn't necessarily something that I wanted to do, but as the chairman of the company, I felt obligated to do. I am happy now that we have a team of Phil and Steve [Mills] to do that and my whole job here now is about supporting them in winning a championship. And that's a lot easier than what I've had to do in the past."
Knicks fans might be relieved as Dolan is to have Jackson running the front office now.


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The neighbor, Kiwanis Club member Lee Zimmerman -- or Zim to the O'Malleys -- offered to put a 10-foot U.S. flag in their yard on Memorial, Flag, Independence, Labor and Veterans days in return for a donation to the club.
Zimmerman did the same for the rest of his neighborhood near Ella Sharp Park, and one by one, everybody accepted just as the O'Malleys had done.
"It's wonderful to be able to drive through the whole neighborhood -- and this is a very small neighborhood -- and see that every single person participates," Fraga-O'Malley, 60, said. "There wasn't anything at all like this (in Shelby Township)."
For the seventh time in little more than a year, members of the Downtown Kiwanis Club of Jackson such as Zimmerman have painted Jackson red, white and blue with American flags at parks, homes and businesses across the city. This weekend, about 600 flags were planted for the Fourth of July, nearly triple the amount of last year's inaugural distribution for Memorial Day.
The flags fly 10 feet off the ground on PVC plastic sleeves and cost $30 a year, with the proceeds going to the Downtown Kiwanis Club of Jackson's general fund.
The Kiwanis Club helps local children's organizations through service projects and financial donations.
Flags planted by Kiwanis Club members are most visible near the entrances of Sparks Foundation County and Ella Sharp parks as well as several Jackson-area businesses.
"We're very pleased to be able to do that in supporting our current troops who are serving and defending our freedom and in memoriam of those who died while serving," said Melanie Roenigk, executive director of Vista Grande Villa, 2251 Springport Road, which has 20 flags surrounding its premises.
With the drastic increase in demand for flags for Memorial and Independence days, Kiwanis Club member Herb Poulson said the 20 to 25 volunteers setting up the displays are being stretched a little thin.
"We've got a system now that is quite good as far as getting the job done is concerned," Poulson said. "My main concern is that we can sustain the program because after some time it gets to be a load for the individuals who are involved."
Kiwanis Club members will continue to spread their patriotic message as more Jackson residents clamor for flags.
"We get raves from most of the people we meet and say how pleased they are with the way the program is going," Poulson said.


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Owners of Birmingham nightclubs and bars this week are getting letters from City Hall with a stern warning about violence and illegal activity at their businesses.
City Councilman Johnathan Austin, chairman of the Public Safety Committee, mailed letters telling club owners to keep their establishments crime free or expect to receive a second letter -- a cease-and-desist order.
Austin, whose committee recommends the revocation of business and alcohol licenses, said his letter was a courtesy to owners as the city tries to quell problems at nightspots, including violence and underage drinking.
"I must reiterate that I want good businesses to operate here in the city and I encourage them to move here," Austin writes. "However, if you are a venue of violence, I will do everything I can to make sure that your doors are closed."
Austin said his letter is intended to take away any excuses from owners concerning the city's policy on nuisance businesses. Austin's letter also spells out the legal reasons for the city to revoke business and liquor licenses.
"We all know ignorance is no excuse, and to take that 'I didn't know' response out of it, here is the law," he said in an interview Thursday. "All I am attempting to do is make sure they are aware of the law."
The council next month will hold a business license revocation hearing for an event center on Bessemer Road where there was a non-fatal shooting on June 26 in the parking lot. The move to close Galaxy Magic in the Night comes weeks after the council revoked the licenses of another business after complaints of violence. The council on June 28 voted to close L.R. Hall, a downtown event center, following a fatal stabbing in May and reports of other violence. That venue had previously drawn the ire of city officials in 2008, when it was closed after numerous complaints of gunshots, vandalism, curfew violations and other illegal activity.
Councilwoman Valerie Abbott, also a member of the public safety committee, called the letter a good strategy.
"It's an excellent idea," she said "It would be wise for us to spend more time making sure businesses in Birmingham know the laws that affect them. You would think they would spend time to find it out for themselves, but since that does not happen it's good for us to let them know."
Rebecca Howell, a University of Alabama criminal justice professor, said some governments have found crime-fighting alternatives to simply closing venues by cracking down on existing rules including lighting, occupancy and alcohol regulations.
"The notice is a great example of a cooperative strategy that some jurisdictions are employing to reduce club-related violence, loitering, noise, and plain old nuisance-type behavior, as well as cut-down on the cost of taking clubs to court and mandating closure," she said.
Mark Lanier, UA's chairman of criminal justice, said the notices sent to every club sends one clear message to the entire city.
"Doing it in a blanket approach would be more fair and equitable than singling out specific clubs because the law applies equally to everybody," he said. "If I had received a letter like that from the city it would get my attention."
Still, Lanier said officials must be careful not to infringe on the rights of business owners or impede the operation of legal establishments.
"If people are going to drink and congregate it's better to have it in a controlled legal environment than to have it in a speakeasy or at somebody's backyard cookout," he said.
This is the second wave of the council's get tough approach. The group in 2008 made similar proclamations of launching a crackdown on nuisance nightclubs following a shooting that killed two men and wounded two others at Banana Joe's nightclub at Five Points South, and again in 2009 when officials closed Club Zen on Morris Avenue after a fatal stabbing.
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Los Angeles -- In their last meeting against the Lakers, the New Orleans Hornets could not hold a 25-point lead after allowing Lakers star Kobe Bryant to score 18 of his 42 points in the fourth quarter.
Hornets Coach Monty Williams is hoping his young team won't experience a repeat Tuesday night when they face the Lakers at the Staples Center.
With five games left in the regular season, the Lakers (40-37) are desperate for wins because they trail the Utah Jazz (41-37) by a half-game for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
"You have to be able to withstand their runs,whether it be their 3s or Kobe hitting a few shots,'' Williams said Tuesday. "You have to give them one shot. We did a bad job of executing the last time we played them down the stretch.''
In last month's 108-102 loss at the New Orleans Arena, the Hornets allowed the Lakers to close out the game on a 20-0 run, with Bryant scoring 13 points during the stretch.
"We had a chance to win the game and we just didn't seize the moment,'' Williams said. "You are going to have those moments with this team. We can't get caught up on what they're trying to do.''
Williams put his team through a spirited shootaround practice Tuesday morning at a high school near their hotel in Santa Monica, Calif. The Hornets (27-50) are coming in with momentum from Sunday's 95-92 victory against the Phoenix Suns that ended their eight-game road losing streak.
"We are looking to win,'' Hornets guard Eric Gordon said. "We know they are fighting for playoff position, but we're not worried about that. We're still growing and we're going to go at them.''
The Lakers have won 10 consecutive games against the Hornets. Besides Bryant, the Hornets also must find a way to defend center Dwight Howard. Howard is the Lakers' second-leading scorer with a 16.7 average and leads the team with a 12.5 rebounding average.
"We have to focus on keeping Dwight off the glass, eliminating easy buckets,'' said forward Ryan Anderson, who scored 17 points against the Suns that ended a 1-of-18 shooting slump.


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Plain cold water that allows you to jump and splash, that gets you so wet that you get goose bumps, get refreshed and don't care about language or age, you have fun.
After much deliberation at Blending Spectrum, we decided to have a day of pure fun, and introduce paints to the children we work with. It's a big achievement for us in the project. We NEVER take paints. But the simple logic of water+ paints+ fun+ colour = us won out. We also had interns Hannah and Jess work with us from the University of Birmingham observing how we taught life skills and crafting geography lesson plans for class. Taking a break with colours seemed like a super fun and slightly ridiculous idea.
Blending Spectrum is a project that connects urban young people through a peer-to peer community interaction with street and slum children with the aim of increasing sensitivity between street and slum children and the urban youth. Blen Spec, as we affectionately call it, provides healthcare and non-formal education (including Life Skills Education), building the potential of children with limited access to opportunities.
The project works in two locations, the Nizamuddin Basti and the Umeed Home for Boys with partner Aman Biradari in South Delhi respectively. Blending Spectrum currently supports over 130 street and slum children. In the past two years, we have supported 110 children transition into mainstream education by equipping them with basic knowledge of Math and English, with a 0% drop out rate. Blending Spectrum is currently supported in part by the Global Fund for Children.
Coming back to paints. I don't know whether I was shocked or surprised by the way children reacted to the paints. I have never seen them so engrossed in class, beautifully attempting to draw something on their white sheets. Usually it's the battle of crayons and rolls of sheet thrown about. This was completely different. Maybe it was due to Hannah and Jess, with whom they interacted really well with, or the charm of the paints, or the artists within each of them. I have no clue. By the end of the day, we got completely wet and I discovered that it didn't matter whether it was paint or water.
Children love you more when you are not afraid to have fun.
– Chandini Gochhayat
Language. A barrier.
"Is this your first time at Nizammudin? Will you come again?"
Their first questions and I can't answer.
Still, taking the hand of a little girl, we're soon singing our way to the park outside Humayun's Tomb. Gathered on a hillock, Chandini didi rallies the troops and when their raucous squeals crescendo to an unbearable pitch, Chandini emits a scream that outdoes theirs and shocks them into obedience.
I observe the 'energising exercise' from behind the camera. It is peaceful here – almost safe.
But soon paint pots are distributed and painting day begins. It looks too fun to miss out on, so I relinquish my role as observer and join a circle of artists. I love getting paint on my hands. Our pallet is bright and soon I have scribbled a cluster of trees under a sunny sky. Another painter, who poses to be photographed with her artwork, soon claims my picture.
The boys are playing with a football and I fold a paper aeroplane for them. We chase the ball and the plane into the waterlogged grass. I look around. Our elation has attracted a gaggle of spectators – all smiling as though they are living the fun we are having. And soon the paints are abandoned in favour of spouting water, splashing games and children cleaning up.
Water – pure life, pure fun. Later a young man approaches the volunteers. He wants to volunteer too. He sees how rewarded we feel, realizes the importance of the child, seeks the satisfaction of investing in the young.
– Jessica Zausmer
The selfish barrier of language on our part proved to be a problem, sometimes even a little frustrating! Nevertheless I managed to be included with the painting and playful games. They were eager to copy and learn new things, getting me to write out numbers and telling them what they were. They looked for reassurance on their drawings, as if they using their own ideas could be wrong. This was the furthest possible from the truth, as I was encouraging them to draw from their own imagination.
Approaching the nearby broken sprinkler primarily to wash their hands, obviously the simple fountain soon turned into a bathing/splashing occasion for all genders and ages! The children were very patient but always wanted to be involved with the activities that were going on around them.
I found the way the Basti children were unfazed by the lingering on-looking men, surprising in contrast to how it made me feel. They showed me that the men were just as inquisitive as the children to begin with; this made me forget about the countless stares, recognising the lack of interaction people at the Basti may have had with foreigners, in particular young women like Jess and me.
Building bridges and breaking away from the norm was a positive experience and hopefully broke some barriers that may or may not have been there. We helped alongside Blending Spectrum's tremendous work.
– Hannah Gale
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Book Arts of Isfahan: Diversity and Identity in Seventeenth-Century Persia
Alice Taylor
100 pages
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In the seventeenth century, the Persian city of Isfahan was a crossroads of international trade and diplomacy. Manuscript paintings produced within the city's various cultural, religious, and ethnic groups reveal the vibrant artistic legacy of the Safavid Empire.
Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Getty Museum, Book Arts of Isfahan offers a fascinating account of the ways in which the artists of Isfahan used their art to record the life around them and at the same time define their own identities within a complex society.
Table of Contents
- Reference Map
- Foreword
John Walsh
- Preface and Acknowledgments
Alice Taylor
- Isfahan and Its Peoples, 1597–1722: An Historical Overview
- Contemplating the Other: "Isfahan Style" Miniatures
- Imagining a Persian Community: Judeo Persian Illustrated Manuscripts
- The Place of Memory: Armenian Manuscript Illumination
- Importing Europe: Armenian Printed Books
- Conclusions
- Index


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Once a year, I take the team I coach, Catalina Foothills High School from Tucson Arizona, to High School Nationals. Every four years, Super Nationals is held, which is where Elementary (K-6), Junior High (K-9), and High School Nationals (K-12) all play at the same location! This year, Super Nationals is held April 5-7, 2013, at the Gaylord Opryland Convention Center, In Nashville, Tennessee.
As of the time of this writing, over 5000 students are pre-registered, and for most will be one of the most exciting experiences of their life. If you are a scholastic player and never attend Nationals, I highly recommend it! The website for United States Chess Federation (USCF) is www.uschess.org.
I have 15 students from Catalina Foothills attending, along with some private students. It should be a tremendous experience for everyone, win or lose.
As our team prepared for Nationals, I had to discuss with students various issues. I thought it would be helpful for the public to hear the problems, issues, questions, etc of my students. I am sure many of the things that my students discussed with me are common to most of you!
1. Opening Study: Chess Study these days tends to focus on openings. Players tend to know certain lines very well because they get to practice them against fellow players either in chess club or online. Chess is such a complicated game that it is really not possible to know everything. I did numerous, what I call, massive reviews, where we covered every single thing we had ever covered. This took a lot of time but was a good review. Also, as I prepared students I made sure each student could explain to me the middle game plans in the popular openings.
2. Training Games: Training games is perhaps the best way to prepare for an event. All too often, I see people studying too much and not getting any practical experience. You can learn a lot by playing training games against fellow team members in a group setting (I call these strategy sessions) or online. In the group setting, we were about to review the games afterward (usually games played the same opening), and students were able to learn from each other's mistakes. The advantage of playing someone online is that people play a wide range of lines and it broadens their horizons. I always recommend students look up lines that are played against them.
3. Time Controls: Some students don't like playing blitz, so I had those students play 15 minute games. Some students, in order to maximize the opportunity to see more games, played faster time controls – though 5 minute was as fast as I would recommend. Playing 3 minute games is too fast.
4. Middle Game Approach: With some students, I spent some time discussing how should you approach a position. Examples of things to look for include: evaluate the pawn structure, trade bad bishop, look for half-open files, trade off pawn weaknesses, gain space, etc. This was a great refresher course.
5. Chess Tactics: I gave some students chess puzzles and had some use the Tactic Trainer on www.chess.com – it definitely helps stay sharp.
6. Chess Mentor. Some students used chess.com's Chess Mentor to hone their skills.
7. Mental Preparation: Nationals is an endurance test. In some ways, it is very much like the NCAA tournament – survive and advance. You need to take the tournament one game at a time. You also need to have a positive attitude – something that is easier said than done for many. Strong players bounce back from disappointing results – weaker players often tank a game after a tough loss because they are still thinking about the last game.
8. Avoid Time Pressure: Because of the relatively quick time control at Nationals (which is Game in 2 hrs), it is important to avoid major time pressure, or in fact, time pressure at all! It is best to play with confidence and be focused and not get too bogged down spending too much time in a given position.
I am sure there are lots of other issues to discuss, but that is it for now. Until my next blog……good night now!
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Awesome article, good luck to your team ;)
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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- Quarterback Connor Brewer, who recently announced that he was transferring out of Texas, said he's heard from Alabama and a number of other major programs, according to a report Tuesday from the Arizona Republic.
Brewer, a Paradise Valley, Ariz., native, spent one season with the Longhorns and never saw the field. He was among three quarterbacks in line to back up junior David Ash in 2013.
Along with Alabama, Brewer said he's heard from Notre Dame, Tennessee, Stanford and Duke.
"It was a hard decision but it was the right thing to do," Brewer told The Republic. "I've had a lot of success. I think I still have a chance at that. I felt I'd have a better opportunity at another place. I want to go to a place where I can play sooner."
Alabama will need a replacement for AJ McCarron in 2014, but there appears to be plenty of candidates on the current roster. The Crimson Tide, which recently landed a commitment from five-star quarterback David Cornwell, is currently positioned to have five scholarship quarterbacks -- Alec Morris, Cooper Bateman, Parker McLeod, Blake Sims and Cornwell -- on its 2014 roster. Preferred walk-on Luke Del Rio, who passed on scholarship offers at a handful of Pac-12 programs, makes it six.
During his recruitment out of high school, Brewer, whom 247Sports ranked as the No. 5 pro-style quarterback in the class of 2012, was in Tuscaloosa for the 2010 Iron Bowl and left with a Crimson Tide offer. He committed to Texas a few months later.
If Brewer lands with a Division I program, he will be forced to sit out a season, per NCAA transfer rules.


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John Charles Wood, 84, of Alexandria Township, passed away on Thursday, April 24, 2014 at Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township.
Born March 29, 1930 in Leominster, Mass., John (Jack) lived in North Plainfield, before moving to Alexandria Township in 1965. Jack graduated from Clemson University in Clemson, SC with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering. He was a member of the Tau Beta Pi honors fraternity. Jack served in the US Air Force during the Korean Conflict.
He was a program manager for Lockheed Electronics in Plainfield for 35 years. Jack enjoyed gardening, working with his hands, doing projects, and volunteering. Most of all, Jack enjoyed spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren.
Jack was a former member of the Alexandria First Presbyterian Church where he served as a trustee. He was also a member of the Lester D. Wilson School Board for nine years and served two years as president and he was a founding member of the Alexandria Historical Society.
Son of the late Walter and Evelyn (Richmond) Wood, Jack is survived by his beloved wife, Joanne (Hart) Wood, with whom he would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on May 1 of this year; his daughter, C. Rebecca Cline and her husband Gary of Hew Haven, Conn.; his two sons, John Charles Wood III and his wife Annmarie of Holmdel and Jeffrey Hart Wood and his wife Nancy of Easton, Pa.; his sister, Virginia Soule of Salem, N.H.; and his seven grandchildren, Emily, Jeremy, Ryan, Katie, Patrick, John and Seamus. He is also survived by many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
He was predeceased by his brother, Walter H. Wood.
Services will be private under the care of the Johnson-Walton Funeral Home, 24 Church Road, Holland Township.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hunterdon Hospice, 2100 Wescott Drive, Flemington, NJ 08822.
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New Orleans episode of "Secret Millionaire" is set to air Sunday. TV tweet of the day so far. TV weekend.
TV Linkzilla Daily for 8/23/13 starts now.
An episode of ABC's "Secret Millionaire" for which Amos Winbush III visited New Orleans organizations is scheduled to air Sunday (Aug. 25) at 8 p.m. on WGNO-TV. Originally scheduled to air a year ago but pulled by ABC, the episode features Winbush, a Shreveport native who founded the high-tech firm CyberSynchs. Among the groups he mixed with — incognito, hence the "secret" in the title — were St. Paul's Homecoming Center, Hope United Church & Community Center, and A's and Aces.
"Amos also meets some strong and determined local residents who change his life in a number of ways," a network news release says.
Further reading about "Secret Millionaire:"
Larry Simpson @ NOLA.com:
The focus of the A's and Aces program is to provide academic assistance, life skills and tennis instruction to New Orleans public school children. Their objective is to offer services to underserved children who are in need of quality assistance that will help them have the opportunity for success in life.
"Secret Millionaire" follows some of America's most successful people as they help the less fortunate across the country.
"We were shocked," said David Schumacher, executive director of A's and Aces. "We have many wonderful people who volunteer, but this was totally unexpected. ... I thought this was simply a documentary about nonprofit organizations throughout the country that are trying to add quality of life to others by offering educational assistance, recreational activities and teaching life skills to reduce poverty and violence in our communities."
Leigh Ann Stuart @ NOLA.com:
St. Paul's Homecoming Center opened its doors in August 2006 in Lakeview as a respite for residents seeking aid during New Orleans' recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
"We kind of address the whole life," Connie Uddo said. "It's one thing getting a house back together, but really for (residents) to feel like they're in a home and a functioning community has been important."
Jonathan Forani @ NYDailyNews.com:
Though he built a multimillion-dollar company from the ground up, one of the hardest things Amos Winbush III has had to do was live on $30.50 a week for "Secret Millionaire."
"I went to a grocery store the first day and completely broke down," says the CEO of CyberSynchs, a New York City-based technology firm worth upwards of $196 million.
"I bought bread, milk and cereal and realized that the bill was like 60 bucks. I had to put stuff back," says Winbush. "It was a huge eye-opener. This was my life for one week, but this is someone's life every day. "
ABC's preview of the episode, including photos.
Watch an interview with Winbush, then keep reading:
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Following Chris Kirk's steely victory at the Deutsche Bank Championship, the FedEx Cup 2014 continues on. And as the top 70 golfers in the FedEx Cup standings prepare to tee it up at Cherry Hills for the BMW Championship, we're faced with a number of burning questions.
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It takes a lot to get musical titans like NME, DJ Mag, and the Guardian to sit up and take notice; Ikonika, a young woman from West London, has done exactly that. Releasing her debut album in 2010 on the legendary Hyperdub label, Ikonika received critical acclaim for Contact, Want, Love, Have - The Guardian listed the album in their top tens albums of 2010 alongside mainstream stars like Taylor Swift and Erykah Badu.
Ikonika makes synth laden, emotive music for robots. As she said in an interview with Pitchfork:
"I don't really know how to play keys so I just smack them until something nice comes out. But I want my melodies to speak. They're simple, polite and to the point…I guess they're from my attraction to Pop and R&B hooks. I love things that are catchy and memorable, they do turn out a little sour and deranged but that's what I love about messing around with synths…To me, that's the whole point, making these machines express their emotions, just like WALL-E."
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Kyle and her husband moved to Brookfield in 1986. She became active in local politics and started blogging in 2004. Her focus is primarily on local issues but often includes state and national topics, too. Kyle looks at things from the taxpayers' perspective in a creative, yet down to earth way, addressing them from a practical point of view.
Rumors persist that Biden will step down and Hillary step in
The rumor mill is churning out that Sen. Joe Biden will step aside for medical reasons* and that Sen. Hillary Clinton step in as VP. Never mind that her husband just said yesterday that Hillary never wanted to be Vice President.
An enthusiastic Hillary talks about...Hillary!
I caught some of the Democratic convention last night. It was Hillary's big night. The video before she spoke was very well done and I think candidates will be using that medium more and more.
Dr. Gibson flirts with 4K again to cure Elmbrook's budget woes
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difficult decisions our district needs to make to keep our schools
operating within budget. (Unfortunately, I missed at least the first half of the meeting, but I will watch again and take better notes.)
Oops, "Clinton, Osama meet to discuss unity" boo boo?
What's in a name? Plenty.
Hillary, we agree, Steve Schwei, we do too!
I have often said that if you wait long enough, there will be something that two opposing camps can agree on. Hillary Clinton and I do not see eye to eye on much, but when she gave her "Celestial Choir" speech the other day, we finally found our common ground!
Primary election picks: Sutton, Halmstad, and Hillary?
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Montville, N.J. (July 28, 2014) - CBRE Group, Inc., New Jersey's largest commercial real estate brokerage firm, announced today that it has been selected as the exclusive leasing agent for 340 Changebridge Road, two headquarter-quality buildings totaling 218,413 square feet located on a 27-acre, secured corporate campus in Montville, New Jersey.
CBRE's Senior Vice President Geoff Schubert, Vice President Brian Godau, and Associate Todd Ward will be responsible for leasing and marketing the property on behalf of the owner, Vision Real Estate Partners, LLC.
"This is a unique opportunity for companies to establish an institutional presence in a premier headquarters facility on a secure corporate campus, with exceptional on-site amenities, property management, security booth at the gated entrance and high-quality planned upgrades to the properties," said Mr. Schubert.
The two properties, each consisting of three stories plus a lower level, are currently vacant and formerly served as a corporate campus for Bayer Corporation. The buildings have been well maintained since their construction, and are well situated on 27 landscaped acres in Montville Township. The campus is immediately adjacent to Exit 48 of I-80 and Route 46, and just one and a half miles to I-280 and three miles to I-287.
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5 Minutes with Justice Sonia Sotomayor
May 15, 2013 — Although the publication date is still a few months away, we are already working diligently to make the second annual Yankees Magazine en Español even better than the first one.
On April 30, I conducted an interview with Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, which will appear in both Yankees Magazine en Español and in the September Issue of Yankees Magazine (both of which will come out on September 2).
The interview with Sotomayor, who was born and raised in the Bronx, took place in the Justice's chambers. For me, it was an honor to conduct a one-on-one interview with Sotomayor, and it was an even great thrill to spend a half hour with her in the highest court in the land.
From the minute the interview began with the lifelong Yankees fan, I was taken aback by Sotomayor's sincerity and intelligence.
A few questions into the interview, I asked Sotomayor how serving as an assistant district attorney in New York City during the early 1980s affected her views on the world.
"It made me realize that people do horribly bad things," Sotomayor said. "You can't be a police officer, law enforcement agent or judge without being exposed to the worst things people are capable of doing. People commit horrific crimes not just against strangers, but also against their relatives, and that can make you lose faith in people. This kind of work can make you suspicious about the goodness in people, and knowledge of that possibility is important. But if you look at the defendant who has committed the horrible crime as the model of a human being, you're forgetting the police officer who is spending his or her life protecting you. I'd much rather focus on the police officer and those good human traits than on the bad."
A few minutes later, Sotomayor spoke to me about the moment in which President Obama informed her that she was his nominee for the Supreme Court.
"At about 8:10 at night, my cellphone rang," Sotomayor said. "I picked it up, and the voice on the other side said, 'This is the White House switchboard operator. Please hold for the president.' My heart began to beat very loudly. I still didn't want to believe he would pick me because if he were calling me to offer me condolences, I was going to be very disappointed. I was holding my breath with my heart pounding. Thankfully, he got on the phone with me quickly, and said, 'Judge, I am calling because I've decided to make you my nominee to the United States Supreme Court.' I immediately began to cry. I had to put my hand over my heart to keep it from beating out of my chest. I said to him, 'Mr. President, I'm crying.' It was the most overwhelming moment of my life."
Near the end of this interview, which I consider to be one of the very best I've conducted in my life, I asked the Justice a few questions about her favorite baseball team.
I was especially moved by Sotomayor's answer to a question about the ceremonial first pitch she threw at Yankee Stadium in 2009 (see photo below).
"I took my brother with me that day, and at the end of the game, he said, 'If you ever owed me anything, today you've paid me off,'" Sotomayor said. "The Yankees have a history in which people take enormous pride, and I felt as if I was sort of a spec in that history when I was on the mound. That was deeply moving, and I felt as if I had lived yet another fantasy."
–Alfred Santasiere III
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A … a great Yankees fan … a great New Yorker … a great American … and potentially one of the great Supreme Court Justices.
She was a great interview on Colbert Report too…seems too trustworthy for gov't if you ask me
because she's a home girl from the Bronx. She knows who she is and where she came from. No pretense here. What you see is what you get. Amen to that!😉
Now we can say one of the Supremes played at Yankee Stadium


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It is clear that David Cameron and his chums have been burning the midnight oil before PMQs. "Come on guys," said Dave, "I need a new name for the opposition leader. Something insulting."
Everyone looked blank. "How about 'geek'?" someone offered.
Dave looked disgusted. Honestly, he thought to himself, it's a good thing that I used to be in marketing. His eye alighted on his tuxedo, hanging on the door, for he likes to keep his tails handy as they remind him of Eton and the good old days.
"I've got it!" he shouted, high-fiving himself. "Croupier!"
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An Orcas Island woman accused of peddling stolen goods at a pawn shop in Federal Way faces felony charges in connection with the holiday-time jewelry heist at an Eastsound jewelry store.
Roughly $12,500 in hand-crafted jewelry and merchandise vanished from Shinola Jewelry sometime in the early morning hours of Dec. 23. Someone threw a large rock through the front window of the North Beach Road store, then ransacked the shop and made off with a bounty of stolen merchandise, according to authorities.
On Jan. 9, prosecutors filed charges in San Juan County Superior Court accusing Cassia Mara Hernshenow of one count of first-degree trafficking in stolen property, a Class B felony, which carries maximum penalties of 10 years in prison, a $20,000 fine, or both. The 23-year-old, an Orcas Island resident for about a year-and-a-half, according to court documents, is slated to be arraigned in superior court Jan. 18. She was released under court orders and without bail pending arraignment.
The break-in and theft at Shinola is one of six burglaries and thefts under investigation by the Sheriff's Department that occurred in the Eastsound area over a six-week period.
Hernshenow was taken into custody Jan. 7 after being questioned by a detective at the sheriff's office in Eastsound. According to the arresting officer's affidavit, she was identified as the individual who, on Dec. 24, the day after the break-in, traded assorted pieces of jewelry valued at nearly $9,000 in exchange for $850 in cash at a pawn shop in Federal Way. Several of the pieces purchased by the pawn shop match those that were among the inventory missing from Shinola, according to the affidavit.
When questioned about the case, Hernshenow reportedly told the detective that she and a boyfriend acquired the jewelry from a stranger while traveling onboard a ferry bound for Anacortes that same day. According to the affidavit, the two agreed to trade a bag of marijuana they were carrying for the collection of jewelry offered up by the stranger in exchange.
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Lincoln firefighters rescued three cats from a burning apartment Friday.
The blaze broke out in an apartment at 1522 D St. around 10:30 a.m.
The occupant of the apartment was not home at the time, but three cats were rescued from the fire.
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For the past few years, it's been pretty safe to look at the Browns and chalk one up in the win column for the Ravens. Coming off of a bye week and a tough loss to the Steelers, the Ravens should have been hungry. Rather than feasting on the Browns, the Ravens left Cleveland with a loss and a sour taste in their collective mouth.
In the past, the Ravens have been successful by playing mistake-free football. In the Week 9 loss to the Browns, mistakes were plentiful. That gave Jason Campbell and the Browns all the opportunities they needed to put away the Super Bowl Champs for the first time in their last 11 meetings.
One play sums up the kind of error-ridden game the Ravens had:
Tandon Doss fumbles punt, giving Browns the ball at #Ravens 11. And a 12 men penalty on Ravens gets them closer. Comedy of errors for Ravens— Jeff Zrebiec (@jeffzrebiecsun) November 3, 2013
It wasn't a one-off mistake that gave the Browns a victory and a foothold on second place in the AFC North. The Ravens couldn't run the ball. Aside from Joe Flacco's three carries for 25 yards, the Ravens' running game produced just 30 yards on 18 carries.
The Ravens aerial attack was mediocre, but Flacco was sacked five times. And the Ravens defense couldn't get the Browns off the field.
Harbaugh on the defense: "We've got to get off the field." http://t.co/jKnvwe0msC— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) November 4, 2013
The Browns do boast one of the NFL's best defenses, ranking fourth in yards allowed per game. The more impressive figure is that the Browns have the best defense in terms of yards per play. A stat the Ravens became all too familiar with as they averaged just 4.1 yards per play against the Browns.
The loss pushes the Ravens to 3-5 and into unfamiliar territory for Flacco and company.
Browns snap their 11-game losing streak vs the Ravens. Joe Flacco is sub -.500 through 8 games for 1st time in NFL career— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) November 4, 2013
Moving forward, the Ravens must fix the running game and eliminate mistakes. Even then, it might be too late for the Ravens to make the playoffs. While John Harbaugh and his players would never show panic, certain analysts have:
The #Ravens may need to upgrade from "State of Emergency" to "Code Red" after another loss. @sportswcoleman has more: http://t.co/s2MXQAqqmy— 105.7 The Fan (@1057TheFan) November 4, 2013
The only positive from Sunday's loss to the Browns was the performance of rookie wide receiver Marlon Brown. Brown hauled in two touchdowns and a two-point conversion, also known as every Ravens point not coming from Justin Tucker's boot.
Bigger than Brown's numbers is the fact that Flacco may have another receiver he can trust. With Anquan Boldin long gone and Dennis Pitta yet to return, the Ravens' quarterback has been in dire need of another receiving option.
Silver lining for #Ravens? Chemistry growing between Joe Flacco, Marlon Brown. http://t.co/Xfka2uAq3V— Baltimore Sun Sports (@BaltSunSports) November 4, 2013
Brown has shown he can fill the void.
While the Ravens locker room is focused on taking care of their own business, they will need help in the playoff picture.
The AFC Playoff picture looks like this:6 teams are fighting for final WC spot. NYJ, Miami, SD, Tenn., Cleve. & #Ravens. #longodds #needhelp— Mark Zinno (@MarkZinno) November 4, 2013
Will the Ravens Make the Playoffs?
With the Bengals, who lead the AFC North, next on the schedule, the Ravens must have a substantial turn around. Perhaps the best news for the Ravens is that Andy Dalton struggled with three interceptions, and the Bengals defense lost Geno Atkins for the season last week according to Joe Reedy, USA Today.
The way Baltimore has looked lately, that won't matter. The Ravens have a long road ahead if they want to defend their Super Bowl title.
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MUNISING - Junior Eric Cousineau reached a milestone while helping the Escanaba boys earn their fourth straight cross country title in Tuesday's Larissa Vartti Cross-Country Invitational.
Cousineau earned his first varsity victory, covering the 3.1-mile course in 17 minutes, 25 seconds on the Valley Spur Cross Country Ski Trails.
He was followed by Menominee's Davey Luplow (17:28), Stephenson's Connor Cappaert (18:18), Kingsford's Nate Carey (18:20) and Esky's Gabe Ostrenga (18:25) on this cloudy, warm and humid day.
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Escanaba's Eric Cousineau runs the 3.1 mile course at Valley Spur in Munising Tuesday. Cousineau was the top overall finisher, completing the course in 17:25 for his first varsity victory, leading the Escanaba boys to a first place finish.
Escanaba's Aimee Geise runs the 3.1 mile course at Valley Spur in Munising Tuesday. Geise was the runner-up among female runners, finishing with a time of 21:36. The Esky girls placed second.
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Manistique's Holly Blowers runs at Valley Spur in?Munising, Tuesday. Blowers placed third among female runners, completeing the 3.1 mile course in 22:05.
"This is a tough course, and I went out way too fast," said Cousineau. "I'm surprised I was able to stay ahead. Hearing Davey right behind me inspired me to push through for the team. I'm very happy we won it as a team."
The Eskymos, placing five among the top 13, scored 35 points. Runner-up Menominee had 92, followed by Munising 124, Ishpeming 139 and North Central 152.
"We had a nice opener," said Esky coach Jake Berlinski. "The boys and girls both had a strong meet. Hopefully, this is just the start of things to come. The biggest point was to run well and stay healthy and we did that."
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Escanaba 35, Menominee 92, Munising 124, Ishpeming 139, North Central 152, Kingsford 154, Stephenson 167, Gwinn 187, Westwood 189, Superior Central 191, Manistique 240, Rudyard 304.
Top 10 - 1, Eric Cousineau, Escanaba, 17:25; 2, Davey Luplow, Menominee, 17:28; 3, Connor Cappaert, Stephenson, 18:18; 4, Nate Carey, Kingsford 18:20; 5, Gabe Ostrenga, Escanaba, 18:25; 6, Gunther DeDamos, Menominee, 18:29; 7, Jordan Ogren, Escanaba, 18:36; 8, Nick Maki, Superior Central, 18:44; 9, Tyler Hardwick, Escanaba, 19:08; 10, Skyler Dakota, Westwood, 19:17.
Menominee 39, Escanaba 49, Munising 74, Kingsford 137, Westwood 148, Stephenson and Manistique 169, Rudyard 210, Superior Central 220, Ishpeming 227, Gwinn 283, North Central 284.
Top 10 - 1, Kameron Burmeister, Menominee, 20:17; 2, Aimee Giese, Escanaba, 21:36; 3, Holly Blowers, Manistique, 22:05; 4, Lily Johnson, Menominee, 22:15; 5, Aubree Peterson, Escanaba, 22:24; 6, Isabelle Wellman, Escanaba, 23:25; 7, Marissa Immel, Munising, 23:53; 8, Anna Baij, Munising, 23:55; 9, Paige Reiswitz, Menominee, 24:01; 10, Michaela Bougie, Escanaba, 24:05.
Esky's Jordan Ogren placed seventh (18:36), followed by Superior Central's Nick Maki (18:44) and Esky's Tyler Hardwick (19:08).
Munising sophomore Brett Hannah, who won at Newberry last Saturday, pulled a muscle in his sternum on Monday and was 11th this time (19:23).
Memoninee coach Suzi Merrill was pleased with Luplow and the Maroons taking runner-up honors.
"Davey had a great race," she said. "He's in better shape and more motivated this year. Actually, I'm shocked we took second here. Three of the six boys we had here are jayvee runners. They should be happy with that today."
The Menominee girls won with 39 points, followed by Esky 49 and Munising 74.
Menominee senior Kameron Burmeister dominated in 20:17. She was followed by Esky junior Aimee Giese (21:36) and Manistique sophomore Holly Blowers (22:05).
"Kameron really went out fast," said Giese. "I didn't see her the whole race. Holly stayed with me until the last downhill, then I was able to surge and gain some separation. I slowed the pace a little in the beginning. Our coaches wanted us to have more left in the end."
Blowers trimmed 20 seconds off her winning time at Newberry.
"Aimee is an excellent runner and I was trying to stay with her," said Blowers. "At Newberry, I had nobody to push me. I was excited for this one. I felt this was good running weather. The heat was not a problem at all."
Esky senior Aubree Peterson placed fifth (22:24), with teammates Isabelle Wellman sixth (23:25) and Michaela Bougie 10th (24:05).
"In a way, I wish I would have started a little faster," said Peterson. "Although, our coaches' goal for us is to win the third mile, and it's helping a lot."
Berlinski was impressed by the performance of Esky's top runners.
"Aimee ran a real smooth race," he said. "The heat and hills didn't bother her. Aubree also had a real nice race. She's in perfect position to lead us where we're going."
Menominee also got top 10 finishes from Lily Johnson, who was fourth (22:15), and Paige Reiswitz in ninth (24:01).
"We consider this a building year because we graduated four from last year," said Merrill. "It's encouraging that we were able to run with Escanaba. It seems like it's always interesting between us."


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Robots: In the Air, on Land and Sea! (4th-6th)
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Ready to tinker? Students will explore the technology of drones, Mindstorms and Underwater ROVs robots three different ways.