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Telegram kicks off campaign to help bring comfort to victims of domestic violence
It's one thing to visit Iris Kirby House - it's another thing to have to live there because your own home just isn't safe anymore.
A visit to the St. John's shelter as part of a series on domestic violence spurred a Telegram reporter to initiate a campaign to raise awareness of domestic violence and collect small items of comfort for women and child victims.
In December, Telegram arts and lifestyles reporter Tara Bradbury visited Iris Kirby House as part of her three-part series "Violence at Home," and felt compelled to try to help in some way.
"While the facility is lovely, it hurt my heart to see women of all ages, many of them with small children, forced to stay there to avoid abuse and violence in their own homes," Bradbury said.
"I hate to think of how much they might have endured, what those children saw, and how long the older ladies might have put up with the situation before choosing to get out. I wanted to do something to provide some kind of comfort during what has to be a very stressful and scary time for them."
To that end, The Telegram is launching its Warm Hearts Campaign for Iris Kirby House, collecting pyjamas, blankets, underwear, socks, slippers, housecoats, hats, scarves, mittens in various sizes for women and children (new items only), as well as Tim Hortons gift cards - all things the shelter can use to provide warmth to its residents this winter.
The official patron of the campaign is "Republic of Doyle" actress Lynda Boyd.
"Life is challenging for all of us, but no one should live in fear in their own home. Home is supposed to be the shelter from the stuff out there," Boyd said.
"It occurred to me that kindness and compassion, no matter where it comes from, have the ability to help someone who feels helpless begin to heal. I would like to be a part in some way of contributing to that healing, in any way I can.
"The women who can break the cycle and find their true place in the world, I pray for them, that they can remember just how amazingly powerful they really are."
Iris Kirby House is a 22-bed shelter where women and children fleeing abusive relationships can stay until they get back on their feet. More than just a home, the shelter provides a support network to help them transition, if they choose, into a new life.
February is typically the facility's busiest time of year, said executive director Gail Tobin.
"Christmas is over, and the bills are coming in from the Christmas season. If there's a history of abuse, often we see that it can escalate around that time," she said, adding couples often pull together to make it work over the holiday season.
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"You'll see our stats spike in February, and they'll stay like that well into March."
The women who stay at the shelter generally have been stripped of their self-esteem by their abusers, Tobin said, and love and support - even from strangers in the community - can mean the world to them.
"I want the public to know that an important step in the healing process of any woman who's been abused is to know that she has the support of an entire caring community - that's paramount in their moving forward in the healing process," she explained. "It might be a pair of underwear, but boy, does that mean something to that woman. You see that smile on her face, you see that confidence. It might only be for that second, but that builds and builds and builds."
Those wishing to donate to the Warm Hearts campaign can drop their items off at The Telegram's offices, upstairs in the Village Shopping Centre.
Monetary donations can be made directly to Iris Kirby House by calling 722-8272.
A tally of donations will be kept and regular updates will be published in The Telegram over the course of the project.
The Telegram is pleased to support Iris Kirby House, said publisher Charlie Stacey.
"The Telegram is only too glad to get behind this very worthy cause. This institution provides an invaluable service to the community and I would encourage everyone to donate what they can to aid in the positive work of Iris Kirby House," he said.
"I would also like to thank The Telegram staff, particularly arts reporter Tara Bradbury, for initiating the Warm Hearts Campaign. Thanks, as well, goes to Lynda Boyd for taking time out of her busy schedule to act as patron for this very worthwhile campaign."
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Rapper Lil Wayne was among the hundreds of people who attended services today, Thursday, December 30, for slain rapper Renetta "Magnolia Shorty" Lowe in New Orleans.
Services ran from around 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. A second-line and repast began immediately afterward, starting at the Club LeRoux, 1700 Louisiana Ave.The avenue was soon as packed with people as Bourbon Street on Mardi Gras. The Stooges Brass Band led a second-line of as many as 2,000 people, including rapper Katey Red, DJ Raj Smoove, singer Kourtney Heart and Don Bartholomew, son of Dave Bartholomew.
Lowe, a popular local rapper, was gunned down Monday, December 21, in a double homicide in eastern New Orleans.
Wayne was keeping it low-key, disguised in a scarf and hat partly covering his dreadlocks. He and fellow rapper Bryan "Baby" Williams did their best to blend into the crowd.
He did go forward in the church to view the body when the family was called to do so.
At 28, Lowe, was already a veteran of the New Orleans bounce scene. She signed to the Cash Money label in 1995.
Her debut album is considered a classic and she had recently released two club hits. One of those hits was a collaboration with R&B singer Kourtney Heart, and helped land that teenage artist a deal with Jive Records.
Her murder prompted prayer vigils, memorials and an outpouring of grief from friends and colleagues in the New Orleans hip-hop and R&B community, including Juvenile, Mannie Fresh and Lil Wayne.
Donations to the Renetta Lowe Memorial Fund may be made at Capital One banks, account #5626134485.

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West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez did not comment on a report that he interviewed for the Michigan coaching job today.
Stepping off a plane and into his car at the Morgantown Municipal Airport this evening, Rodriguez only said he was headed to his team's scheduled 6 p.m. practice, according to The Associated Press.
FAA flight records show that the plane Rodriguez had arrived from Toledo, Ohio, where he had interviewed with Michigan Athletic Director Bill Martin and university President Mary Sue Coleman, according to a report in The Sporting News.
"I didn't know any of that took place," West Virginia spokesperson Mike Montoro said late Friday afternoon. "We're supposed to have practice in an hour."
Messages left with West Virginia athletic director Ed Pastilong and Michigan athletic director Bill Martin were not immediately returned Friday.
Earlier Friday, Pastilong told the Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette: "I don't know anything about it. The only person who can clarify that is Rich Rodriguez."
A native of Grant Town, W. Va., Rodriguez played three seasons at West Virginia under Don Nehlen from 1982 to 1984. Nehlen was an assistant at Michigan under Bo Schembechler from 1977 to 1979.
"He's an excellent coach," Nehlen told The News today. "He played for me a long time ago, but he's done a great job here and was a great offensive coordinator at both Clemson and Tulane."
Rodriguez has a buyout clause in his contract that would cost a suitor $4 million.
Rodriguez has a 60-26 record at West Virginia, where he has been since 2001. The No. 9 Mountaineers are scheduled to face No. 4 Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 2.
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Turning the Tables
August 6, 2007
On Saturday night, the Brewers took advantage of a couple of infield hits and a Phillies miscue to rally for an improbable win. Corey Hart took a home run away from Tadahito Iguchi in the top of the ninth with a leaping catch above the right field wall. It would have tied the game.
Yesterday, the tables were reversed as the Phillies scored five in the top of the ninth to tie and then won in 11, 8-6. An infield hit, a couple of miscues and a hit batter were part of the ninth. In the last of the 11th, Aaron Rowand's leaping catch robbed Ryan Braun of a solo home run.
Baseball can be a strange game. At times, it helps to be lucky. The Phillies were unlucky on Saturday night and lucky yesterday.
The Phillies record for runs in the ninth inning: 10, first set at Cleveland, first game, on July 4, 1891 and tied against the Marlins two years ago, September 17 . . . When trailing after eight, the Phillies are now 2-45 . . . When scoring three or more runs (57-25) . . . Pat Burrell has a 14-game hitting streak; he's reached base in 28 consecutive starts.
Attendance Notes
Phillies will top two million in attendance tomorrow night for the fifth straight year. It marks the 18th time they have surpassed two mill, all coming in the last 31 years. Yes, 1976 was the first year over two (2,480,150).
One hundred years ago, the Phillies drew 341,216 at Baker Bowl. The team was third, 83-64.
Plenty of tickets are available for the Marlins series that starts tomorrow night. Tickets are also available for Friday night's Braves game and the Wall of Fame induction ceremonies. Both Saturday night and Sunday night could be sell outs.
Moyer Charity Event
While it is a day off for most of the team, Jamie and Karen Moyer and some of his teammates will be participating in a "Philly Celebrity Waiters Dinner & Auction" tonight in the Diamond Club.
Proceeds benefit Camp Erin Philly and the Moyer Foundation's initiative, bereavement camps for children grieving the loss of a loved one.
Jamie will open the series tomorrow night against the Marlins, who will start a 22-year-old rookie, Rick Vanden Hurk, from the Netherlands. Moyer was in his second pro season pitching for Winston-Salem when Vanden Hurk was born in 1985.
Savery Update
Joe Savery, the Phillies' no. l pick in June's draft, made his pro debut last night at home against Batavia.
The lefty threw three scoreless innings as a starter. He was on a pitch count (40) as he hadn't pitched since the College World Series in June. His next start is scheduled for Friday and he could throw 60-65 pitches.
Pitching coach Bill Bliss: "Showed maturity and mound presence with calm outing. FB showed plus velocity and deception. Breaking ball was on the slurvy side but with tight rotation. Change-up showed plus potential with good arm speed."
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It was a crazy weekend. Yesterday's rally was pretty big and made up for Saturday's implosion. The bullpen came up big yesterday. It would be great if they could keep it up.


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It's a new year, and the economy is showing signs of life. That means many people who need a job are aggressively starting to look again.
If you have been putting off your job search and are ready to re-ignite it, here are some tips on how to do so while striving to stand out from the crowd.
Get in a routine. Set the alarm clock, get out of bed, shower and get the day started. Don't allow yourself to wear sweatpants all day. Dress nicely, even if you're going to the bank. You never know who you might meet.
Have you been networking? Work those relationships. Reach out to your connections on LinkedIn, your alumni network and your professional groups. Let them know how excited you are to find a job and get back to work. Do they have any advice for you? Do they know of anyone else that you can network with?
Stay in touch with your recruiter. If you are registered with a recruiting firm, be sure to contact them and check in. Let them know you are still seeking employment, and wish to remain active. If anything has changed in your search, make your recruiter aware. (Think — new salary expectations, expanded geographic preferences, different types of positions that you'd like to consider.)
Reach out to your references. Give them a call and let them know you're still seeking employment. Remind them that you may be sharing their contact information so potential employers can complete a reference check on you. Ask them if they've heard of available jobs that might fit you.
Revitalize your resume. Make sure all information on it is relevant and accurate. Have you learned any new computer skills? If so, add them onto your resume. (If not, now is a great time to learn something new. Take advantage of some of the local resources that offer free computer training.)
Practice your interviewing skills. Prepare yourself so when the time is right, you can speak comfortably about your skill set. Ask a trusted friend to help you practice your interviewing technique, and be open to feedback.
Check out your social networking sites. What does your "page" say about you? What if someone you're connected with on Facebook is hiring — is there anything on your page that will prevent them from contacting you about a job? It's always a good rule of thumb to avoid badmouthing former employers, and that holds true for anything you may post on the Internet.
Stay social. Many people have told me they become depressed during their unemployment. Resist the urge to stay home. Continue to enjoy yourself — meet friends for coffee, invite people over for dinner, go out to watch a game. You might prefer to stay in and watch a movie, but it's important to keep yourself actively engaged in conversation with others, plus it'll give you something to look forward to.
Consider volunteer work. Find a cause that you are passionate about, and strive to make a difference in our community. Not only will you feel good about your decision to volunteer, you also might meet someone who could become part of your network.
Most importantly, have a positive outlook! It's a new year, and hopefully that means you will have a new job. Be optimistic.
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The early returns are trickling into the clerk's offices in Muskegon and Ottawa counties and the results of the initial precincts are being reported.
As of 8:30 p.m., 10 of the 72 precincts in Muskegon County and 12 of the 113 precincts in Ottawa County have been tabulated.
The early returns show that Pete Hoekstra, the U.S. Congressman from Holland, is doing well in his home district. In Ottawa County, Hoekstra had 55 percent of the vote, followed by Rick Snyder. In Muskegon County, Hoekstra had 43 percent of the vote, followed by Snyder.
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U.S., China Top Ranking for Renewable Energy Project Investments
U.S. and China are the top two most attractive global locations to invest in renewable energy projects, according to Ernst & Young's latest global renewable energy country attractiveness indices. Rounding out the top five are Germany, India and Spain.
China has moved steadily up the ranking from number four in 2008 and number six in 2007. China, which is ranked just behind the U.S., has moved ahead of Germany for the first time in the reports' six-year history due to its increased commitments to reduce emissions through its carbon intensity reduction plans, according to the study. Earlier this year, China announced the Golden Sun subsidy scheme that will support 500 megawatts (MW) of PV installations over the next two to three years, along with four other major solar projects that deliver 1.8 GW of installed capacity, according to the report.
The Ernst & Young Indices rank countries according to their desirability as locations for investing in renewable energy technologies including wind, solar biomass and geothermal power. The indices provide rankings for national renewable energy markets, renewable energy infrastructures and their suitability for individual technologies.
The indices also see increases for both Brazil, which moved up from rank No. 20 to 17, and Japan, which rose by one slot to rank No. 20, due to their beefed up renewable energy plans and greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets. The Japanese government's new targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent (based on 1990 levels) by 2020 are a significant increase on previous targets of 8 percent, said Ernst & Young. Brazil's energy plan to 2017 includes 7.3 GW of wind, biomass and small hydro combined generation capacity to meet a 2020 target of 10 percent of consumption from renewable energy.
The report shows that the UK has risen one point (ranked No. 6) following additional announcements relating to grid connection improvements. But Ernst & Young said the speed of growth by the renewables industries in the tiger economies has impacted the UK's ability to attract significant investment from the global market.
However, the UK is poised to adopt a national feed-in tariff, which is expected to drive growth in the UK solar industry next year.
In the U.S., although the ambitious climate change bill has not yet been passed, forecast developments remain optimistic, according to the report. In Eastern Europe, investment has become increasingly attractive over the last year as investors increase their interest in new high-growth potential markets, said Ernst & Young.
However, further consolidation is expected in Europe's solar module manufacturing industry as it comes under increasing price pressure from Chinese products as the cost of raw materials has fallen, according to the report.
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Artist Jane Labowitch likes to doodle. In fact she's made it her full-time profession. And the instrument she's chosen? None other than the humble etch-a-sketch.
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Universally admired, the World Heritage-listed Taj Mahal is India's finest example of Mughal architecture. Built in the 17th century by grief-stricken Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal, not only is this building a masterpiece of Muslim art, but a monument to love. Standing before the stunning white marble inlaid with semi-precious stones, like Andre van Staden you'll be swept up in its immeasurable beauty…
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We'll warm over the weekend with the next chance for showers early Sunday with an approaching cold front. This will likely push far enough south early in the week to keep us dry with high pressure centered over northern New England.
The Perseid meteors have been with us since last weekend and peaked on a night when we were cloudy. We can view them again tonight, but they are fading as we leave the debris trail left from comet Swift-Tuttle. Also in the sky are many planets with Mars and Jupiter closing in on each other in the pre-dawn eastern sky. From SW to SE, look for Pluto followed by Neptune as well as Uranus rising and moving with the waning moon. Also, setting early evening in the SW sky is Mars and Saturn. Clouds return this weekend with Sunday showers along with muggier air. Enjoy the show while we have the clear sky!
Tonight: Clearing sky. Stars, moonlight, meteors and planets. Low near 54.
Saturday: Sunshine and some p.m. clouds with a slight warm up. High near 80.
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Jon Favreau's going to 'The Magic Kingdom' and Tim Herlihy's playing with 'Pixels'
One of the things that sidetracked me yesterday was some time spent with the always-engaging Jon Favreau, and in that entire time, the wily filmmaker never once mentioned his involvement in "The Magic Kingdom," which is being described as a "Night At The Museum" style adventure set in…. well, you get the idea. It's the ultimate idea in corporate synergy, and since anything in the park can theoretically appear in the film, it opens Disney up to using anything they want from any of their classics.
What he did mention, though, was the general idea that there's a specific game you have to play as a filmmaker these days if you want to work at a certain level and make movies with certain kinds of movie stars and work with certain kinds of effects. He talked about his reaction when he first heard the idea for "Pirates Of The Caribbean," the same reaction that so many people had. "Has it really come to this?" It was when he first heard that Johnny Depp had been cast that he started to believe that the film could be something more than a cheap cash grab.
I guess "Magic Kingdom" was inevitable. The success of the "A Night At The Museum" films is undeniable, no matter what I think of them as films, and it seems like there's an entire subgenre of fantasy films that has sprung up in the past few years, the "things coming to life" movies. To be fair, I don't think "A Night At The Museum" is where it began. "Jumanji" was an obvious early example of the idea, and the sequel to that film was "Zathura," directed by none other than Jon Favreau.
It's surprising to hear that Ron Moore of "Battlestar Galactica" fame wrote the most recent draft of the film. Whatever it was that he turned in, that's what got Favreau interested, and now it looks like they'll bring on a new writer to develop it with the director. In all of the reporting I've seen on "Magic Kingdom," people are writing about how Favreau is expected to make "Iron Man 3,' which Disney's already set up for 2013. Based on what he said today, though, I wouldn't lay money down on him returning. Not yet. I think there are a number of things, creatively and financially, that would have to happen before Favreau signs on for that third film. He seems far more interested in moving forward at this point than moving back.
And since it's not enough to announce one big "things coming to life" job today, it looks like Tim Herlihy, one of Adam Sandler's most frequent collaborators, is going to be the man in charge of "Pixels." Do you remember that short film from a few months ago? It's the one where the familiar video game icons play in the real world. I'm not sure how the deal for "Pixels" worked, since so much of the fun iconography of the short is the recognizable video game characters that show up. Will Happy Madison be able to license all of those properties? I'm unclear on whether or not Patrick Jean, who directed the original short film, is going to direct the feature, but it's going to need some real work to be an actual story. Herlihy is one of those guys who has written on many of the Adam Sandler films, and his sensibilities are very close to what people think of as Happy Madison movies. It makes sense Herlihy would be the guy that they'd hire.
Neither of these films is anywhere near going in front of a camera, and we'll see what happens as development continues.


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Parents accused of planting drugs appear in court
SANTA ANA – The arraignment Monday of an Irvine couple accused of planting drugs in the car of an unsuspecting school volunteer who they thought was not properly supervising their son was continued to Aug. 23.
Kent Wycliffe Easter, 38, and Jill Bjorkholm Easter, 39, are charged with conspiracy to procure the false arrest of the elementary-school parent volunteer, false imprisonment and conspiracy to falsely report a crime.
The Easters appeared in court, with their individual attorneys, but declined to comment to the media afterwards.
Beginning in February 2011, the Easters conspired to have the volunteer arrested because Jill Easter was angry over the supervision of their young son, according to prosecutors. Kent Easter then drove to the woman's home on Feb. 16, 2011, and placed a bag of Vicodin, Percocet and marijuana and a used marijuana pipe behind the driver's seat of her unlocked vehicle, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office.
The drugs, prosecutors said, were visible from outside the vehicle. The Easters were in constant cellphone and text message contact as Kent Easter – a lawyer – drove to and from the woman's home, prosecutors said.
A short time later, Kent Easter called Irvine police on a non-emergency line, gave a false name and phone number, and told the dispatcher that he was a concerned parent who had witnessed an erratic driver park her car at the elementary school, according to prosecutors. He also identified the volunteer by name and claimed to have witnessed her hide a bag of drugs behind her driver's seat, prosecutors said.
When Irvine police officers arrived at the school, they found the car described in the phone call and saw the bag of drugs by looking through the window, prosecutors said. An officer contacted the woman on campus and she consented to a search of her car, police said, and then adamantly denied that the drugs were hers and insisted she did not know how they ended up in her car.
The volunteer was detained by police for two hours until the investigating officers determined that she was in a classroom at the time the caller claimed to have seen her hiding the drugs behind her driver's seat, prosecutors said. She also consented to a search of her home, which showed no evidence to support drug use or possession.
Irvine detectives investigated the possibility that someone planted the drugs in the woman's car and discovered that the call that alerted them was placed by Kent Easter from a phone in a business center of a Newport Beach hotel, according to prosecutors. The hotel's surveillance cameras captured images of him at the time the call was placed, prosecutors said.
Kent Easter has been an active member of the State Bar of California since 1998. Jill Easter was also admitted to the Bar in 1998, but her legal license was changed to voluntary inactive eight years ago.
If convicted, they face a maximum sentence of three years in prison.
Editor's note: This article was updated Dec. 19, 2012 to clarify the status of Jill Easter's legal license.
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Town of Cicero Police are encouraging residents to lock their car doors after investigating numerous cases of thieves stealing valuables from unlocked vehicles in the area.
NewsChannel 9 WSYR TV posted the following list of areas that were targeted and items that were stolen from unlocked vehicles in the Town of Cicero:
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• Hebrides Trail - Car Stereo, coins, money clip, miscellaneous cards
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You've got the rhythm, raw talent and drive to shred the axe, wail on the drums or scream into the mic — so why not unleash your musical talent while embarking on an epic journey to save rock 'n' roll? Power Gig: Rise of the SixString thrusts the opportunity for real musical simulation into your hands by giving you a chance to step up your game and play chords on a guitar controller that can be used as an actual guitar when you're looking to rock out on an amp or to the music in your head when not playing the game. Power Gig features a massive list of songs — most have never been featured in any video game before — providing you with exclusive artists like the Dave Matthews Band, Kid Rock and Eric Clapton in addition to a slew of other great musicians, including upcoming indie artists. Power Gig knows you have what it takes to become one of the greats, so why not learn from the greats?
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If you're expecting vegan and vegetarian guests, you might add 1-1/2 to 2 cups garbanzo beans to this knockout recipe for more protein. It's a new take on two local favorite ingredients, eggplant and artichokes, with Middle Eastern spicing, from the "Fresh from the Vegan Slow Cooker" cookbook by Robin Robinson (Harvard Common Press).
Slow Cooker Moroccan Eggplant and Artichokes
Makes 6 servings
2 teaspoons olive oil (optional)
1 medium-size yellow onion, minced
4 garlic cloves, minced
1-1/2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger
1 large eggplant, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch dice
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1-1/2 teaspoons ground coriander
1 teaspoon sweet paprika
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice or cardamom
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper, optional
1-1/2 cups thawed frozen artichoke hearts or 1 (14-ounce) can artichoke hearts, drained and halved
1 large red bell pepper, seeded and cut into ½-inch dice
1/2 cup pitted and halved kalamata olives
1/2 cup golden raisins or chopped dried apricots
1/2 cup vegetable broth
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley or cilantro, for garnish
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest, for garnish
Couscous or rice for serving (optional)
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and saute until softened, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and ginger and cook until fragrant, 1 minute longer. Add eggplant and season to taste with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes. Sprinkle on the coriander, paprika, cumin, cinnamon, allspice, and cayenne (if using), and stir to combine. (Alternatively, omit the oil and saute these ingredients in a few tablespoons of water or combine them in a microwave-safe bowl with a little water, cover, and microwave for 2 minutes.)
Transfer the onion mixture to a 5- or 6-quart slow cooker coated with nonstick spray. Add artichokes, bell pepper, olives, and raisins. Stir in the broth and season to taste with salt and pepper. Cover and cook on Low until the vegetables are tender, 4 to 5 hours.
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If you follow my feed here on Babble then you know I am going full steam ahead with my Dia De Los Muertos creations and celebrations. Day of the dead (Dia De Los Muertos) is a celebration that combines traditional foods, flowers, spirits, sweets and skeletons. This year I joined a collaborative of amazing women to create this Dia De Los Muertos free e-book called "Ofrendas," which means offerings. I submitted 3 recipes, one being the jalapeno mezcal shooters featured below. I was so honored to collaborate with some of the most talented ladies in the blog-o-sphere: Kathy Cano-Murillo, Maura Hernandez, Denise Cortes, Ericka Sanchez, Vianney Rodriguez, and Leslie Limon on this lovely e-book. Click here to view our free downloadable e-book for crafts and recipes to celebrate Dia De Los Muertos! Keep an eye out for the other recipes I created in the e-book…. Skull sugar cookies, and mazapanes de pepitas!
Ingredients for jalapeno mezcal shooter:
12 – jalapenos
- 1 – tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 2 – tablespoons tajin
- 1/2 – cup lemonade (chilled)
- 1/3 – cup mezcal (chilled)
- 1 – tablespoon minced cilantro leaves
- Cut off the top of the jalapenos, about 1/4 of an inch below the stem.
- With a small knife carve out the seeds from the center. Rinse out the inside of the jalapenos with water. Dry with a paper towel and set to the side.
- Place lime juice in a little bowl. Set to the side. Place the tajin in a small little bowl and set to the side.
- Dip the jalapeno into the lime juice, then dip it into the tajin for a perfectly tajin rimmed jalapeno.
- Place the jalapenos in a holder to make them stand upright. OR place each jalapeno in a shot glass to hold it in place.
- In a big glass with a spout (measuring glass is ideal) mix lemonade, mezcal, and cilantro.
- Evenly pour liquid mixture into each jalapeno!
- Salud!
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Tim Jacobsen: Local ownership of electric utility makes sense
Our city, like many, is facing some challenging times. Often, the reaction is to retreat; to bunker down – maybe even to start giving our responsibilities to others.
In contrast, I want to propose an idea that looks forward, to the long term – a positive and far-reaching idea that has the potential to support many of this community's goals. Can you think of one idea that has the potential to support all of the following community goals?
– Lower the cost of operating our homes and businesses in the future;
– Create a more self-sustaining local living economy;
– Give us greater control over lowering our carbon footprint, conserving energy and responding to climate change;
– Provide a source of local family-wage jobs, and a way to recycle millions of dollars within our community rather than exporting those dollars;
– Enable our city to more efficiently deploy crews and equipment to accomplish multiple services for our community, and;
– Give us a long-term strategy for cleaner, more reliable and less costly electric power.
The idea is public power through local ownership of our own island-wide electric utility. Many communities in Washington, including communities our size or smaller, have elected to own and control their own electric utility.
The Northwest has had a public power heritage since the building of Grand Coulee Dam in the 1930s. Under federal law, we could form a public power utility that would have a preferential right to buy low-cost power from the Bonneville Power Administration.
BPA would be obligated to arrange delivery to the island, however, it has set aside a limited amount of its lowest price power for new public utilities. We need to act if we want to consider this opportunity.
BPA generates its power with close to zero carbon emissions, primarily from hydroelectric dams. PSE has a heavy dependence on coal-fired and fossil-fuel plants. Community power would allow the island to reduce its carbon footprint.
The BPA wholesale power would enable our city – after a two- to three-year waiting period – to offer rates lower than PSE rates. The island would also be more competitive in attracting clean businesses.
Here's a remarkable fact. All but one of the public power systems in Washington have lower electrical rates than PSE, and this difference is expected to grow in the future.
Recently, PSE was sold to foreign investors resulting in the profits from our electricity to leave our community and country. By contrast, local control would allow the city to reinvest its utility's surplus revenue in the Island – perhaps to invest in subsidizing home and business energy conservation programs, or improving power reliability by burying more power lines.
We could invest in renewable energy such as solar. We could conduct more aggressive electrical conservation programs to reduce unnecessary power usage and reduce the need for new electrical infrastructure.
Is it really feasible? The small cities of Port Angeles and Blaine have done it. Nearby Jefferson County just last November voted to do it through a Public Utility District.
Should this be a county-wide effort through a PUD or should it be a city-owned utility? We would realize many of the benefits under either ownership. A county-wide PUD would give us strength in numbers. However, a city-owned utility would give us more local control over how the surplus revenues are used to accomplish the goals important to the Island.
Is the city capable of managing an enterprise of this size? Although our city has experienced challenges in the operation of its utilities, it can develop the expertise necessary. However, this will only happen if the city proactively addresses those issues, and does not just run from them or transfer the responsibility to others. We also would need council members with the skills and ability to lead the community through the feasibility review and decision process.
It would be a large step for the island to establish the utility. However, we will not know if public power is the best long-term solution if we do not take the first step. It will be a community decision.
To make that decision, we need to learn more about the advantages and disadvantages of a locally owned utility. We need to know the costs. We need to understand the process. Others who have preceded us in accomplishing this goal are there to help us through the process.
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KALAMAZOO, Mich. - Kalamazoo junior forward Adam Peters was held in check for most of the game.
The Hickory Corners native had scored just three points in the first 39 minutes, but after a miss from senior guard Mark Ghafari with less than 10 seconds remaining in regulation, Peters collected the offensive rebound and converted a layup while getting fouled.
The free throw that followed hit nothing but net as Kalamazoo escaped an upset bid from Adrian College defeated the Bulldogs 65-62 on Senior Day at the Anderson Athletic Center.
"We drew up a play for Mark [Ghafari] and Adrian defended it very well," Kalamazoo Head Coach Eric Dougal said in a post-game interview. "Mark drew the defense which allowed AP [Adam Peters] to crash the glass and put it in."
Senior guard Keaton Adams opened the game with a three-pointer to give the Hornets an early lead.
Adrian responded, however, scoring 12 of the next 15 points en route to a 12-6 lead in with 15:53 to play in the first half.
Kalamazoo would trail by as many as 12 points in the first half, and after a three-pointer from Adrian's Earl Swift, the Hornets found themselves trailing 37-25 at halftime.
"They [Adrian] played very well in the first half," Dougal said. "When you hit shots, you are going to be in good shape. We were giving them some open looks, and Adrian converted them."
Adrian, which came into the game with a 5-17 record overall and 1-10 in Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) play, connected on 8-12 three point field goals in the first half. Rickey Jackson scored 15 of Adrian's 37 points while Adams and junior forward Aaron Schoenfeldt led Kalamazoo with six points each.
Kalamazoo, needing a win to keep its MIAA Tournament hopes alive, trailed by as many as 14 points (42-28) early in the second half. The Hornets began to chip away at the deficit, however, going on an 11-2 run in six minutes capped off by a three-pointer from senior guard Grant Carey to make the score 47-39 with 10:55 to play in regulation.
Minutes later, K trailed 53-47 until freshman guard Adam Dykema checked into the game. The Forest Hills Central alumnus scored 11 of Kalamazoo's next 13 points with three field goals from beyond the arc. Kalamazoo trailed 61-60 with 2:55 remaining.
"Adam Dykema has ice water running through his veins," said Dougal. "We needed a big shot, and he knew he was the one who needed to take it. He really put Adrian on its heels with his aggressiveness."
Neither team scored until the 0:21 mark when Ben Rodak hit the back end two free throws to extend the Bulldog lead to 62-60.
Enter Adam Peters. Peters converted the aforementioned three-point play to give K a 63-62 lead. After an Adrian turnover, two free throws from sophomore guard Cam Schwartz iced the game.
Three Hornets finished in double figures - Dykema scored 13 points, Carey finished with 11 while Schoenfeldt added 10. Jackson, who scored 15 points in the first half, added just a free throw in the final 20 minutes for his game-high 16 points.
"Our seniors played like seniors are supposed to play," said Dougal. "They made big plays all game. Keaton [Adams] hit two threes in his first shift on the court. Mark [Ghafari] did a lot of great things for us. Grant [Carey] shot a high percentage and gave us a ton of hustle plays."
Kalamazoo shot 44.7 percent (21-47) for the game while Adrian shot 42.3 percent (22-52). The Hornets made 7-19 three-pointers compared to 10-24 for the Bulldogs.
With the win, Kalamazoo snaps a four-game skid and improves to 10-13 on the season and 5-7 in the MIAA. The Hornets are two games behind fourth place Albion which sits at 7-5 in the conference.
Kalamazoo's last two regular season games are Feb. 19 vs. Hope and Feb. 22 at Alma.
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This Animated Video Courtney Love Commissioned About Her Style Evolution Makes No Sense
Which is exactly how it should be!
Courtney Love will never be the next Fashion Toast or Sea of Shoes. And that's fine, because before she was a personal-style blogger, she was, well, Courtney Love. But while her photos aren't getting any less blurry, she's taking her Internet presence to the next level with an animated video she commissioned filmmaker Michael Mouris to create about her personal style. It includes Karl Lagerfeld, André Leon Talley, and pasta and flowers that talk to each other. Also, it makes no sense, but would you want it to? If you have some time to kill over your lunch, hopefully this won't affect enjoying it as much as the Crystal Renn spread we posted earlier. Enjoy!
Courtney Love Animated Short Film Explains Her Style Evolution (VIDEO) [HuffPo]


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After hours of deliberation a Spartanburg County jury issued the death sentence for Ricky Blackwell.Video Transcript
GOOD EVENING. I'M ANGELA RODRIGUEZ. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS... IN A CAPITAL MURDER CASE... FULL OF EMOTION. THE HEARTBREAK STARTED NEARLY 5 YEARS AGO WHEN A LITTLE GIRL WAS SHOT TO DEATH. A SHORT TIME AGO, THE CHESNEE MAN... CONVICTED OF MURDERING 8 YEAR OLD BROOKE CENTER... WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH. Mr. Blackwell you have been found guilty by a jury of your peers in the offense of murder, the jury in this case has recommended that you should be sentenced to "death" THE SENTENCE WAS READ JUST BEFORE 9 O'CLOCK. IT TOOK THE JURY... ABOUT 5 HOURS TO REACH A UNANIMOUS DECISION. THE SAME JURY CONVICTED RICKY LEE BLACKWELL OF MURDER WEDNESDAY... IN JUST 20 MINUTES. PROSECUTORS CALLED THE MURDER.. REVENGE.. BECAUSE BLACKWELL'S NOW EX-WIFE WAS DATING THE YOUNG GIRL'S FATHER. THE DEFENSE CLAIMED THAT BLACKWELL SUFFERED FROM AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY. C13 15:25:20 it brings justice to the family. They've waited a long time for this. I can't say enough for jury. They had a very tough decision to make but their consideration is so much appreciated by us, the community and the family. BLACKWELL WAS ALSO SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS FOR KIDNAPPING. THE DEATH SENTENCE IS SET TO BE CARRIED OUT JUNE 14TH OF THIS YEAR.... BUT THE MATTER IS EXPECTED TO BE DELAYED... FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME... WHILE THE CASE IS REVIEWED ON APPEAL.... BY STATE AND FEDERAL
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JAMESTOWN - The Cornell Cooperative Exten-sion of Chautauqua County Master Gardener Program will hold its fourth annual Plant Sale on Saturday in the Big Barn at the Frank Bratt Ag Center on Turner Road off Route 60.
The sale will begin promptly at 9 a.m. with no early sales and it will end at noon. Cash or check only.
"We will have tried and true perennials, annuals, vegetables, herbs and shrubs from the Master Gardeners' gardens and our MG volunteers will be available to answer questions," said Betsy Burgeson, Coordinator of the MG Program. In addition to the plants, there will be used gardening books, gardening tools, and Mother's Day gardening gift baskets. "Proceeds of the sale will go to Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County to keep the Master Gardener Program "growing." Burgeson said.
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Master Gardener volunteer Patty Luciani flags the native plants at last year's plant sale.
Burgeson also added that there will be a new addition to this year's sale. "I am very happy to announce that we (the MG Program) have partnered with the artists of The Resource Center's Day Habilitation Services who will be selling their garden art at the event." Many of the items are re-purposed, such as the bowling ball sculptures, and plant stands made from "old" chairs. Proceeds from their art will be used to purchase additional craft supplies as well as items for The Riverwalk Community Labyrinth.
The garden art sale will be held in the large conference room inside the Ag Center.
"We are hoping to make this our most successful sale yet," Burgeson concluded. "Master Gardener Volun-teers are such an incredible resource, from the Helpline and Demonstration Gardens to the presentations they give it is an amazing program that truly gives back to the community in too many ways to count. Since starting up in 2009, MGV's have donated over $380,000 worth of time to Chautauqua County and we hope that anyone who has utilized our services will come out and support the program at the sale."
The Master Gardener program is a volunteer educational outreach program administered through Cor-nell Cooperative Extension. The goal of the program is to train enthusiastic volunteers that, in turn, educate and provide research-based information to the community on a wide variety of horticultural topics.
The mission of Cornell Cooperative Extension is to enable people to improve their lives and communities through partnerships that put experience and research knowledge to work. Master Gardener Volunteers are a key link in helping CCE accomplish this mission.
For more information on the Master Gardener Program, contact Burgeson at 664-9502 X 204 or firstname.lastname@example.com
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Syracuse—Mark Fiore thinks that the best way to stay sane while following American politics is to make fun of American politics. Judging from the success of the San Francisco cartoonist's online animations, most of America agrees—and on Thursday, Syracuse will see what all the fuss is about.
"Political cartooning combined my love for cartooning and journalism," Fiore said. "I wanted to show people a different viewpoint, to get into people's brains and talk about certain issues that I felt needed to be talked about."
Fiore's animations are between one and three minutes long, and tackle topics like the Keystone XL Pipeline, gay marriage and drone warfare, using animated characters like "Tar-Sands Timmy" and "Blasty the Magic Drone." His work has been published on over 20 websites, and he won the Pulitzer Prize for political cartooning in 2010. He started cartooning with the San Francisco Chronicle in the mid-90s, and will be featured Thursdays on syracuse.com starting today.
"The only way to do animation when I was in high school was to be a cog in a wheel at Warner Brothers," Fiore said. He took the print cartooning route at first, and slowly acquired the technological knowledge to animate his drawings using the original version of Adobe Flash.
"When I first presented my preliminary animations to the editors [at the Chronicle] in the late-90s, they were blown away because the character's eye blinked," Fiore said. "There wasn't even sound..I had to use basically text and photos."
His animations hit the internet scene during the first "dot com" craze, and he realized he could do so much more through live, talking characters than through drawings on a piece of newspaper.
"A print cartoon is a one punch, but an online cartoon tells a story," Fiore said. He phased out his print cartooning in the early 2000s and switched exclusively to animation.
Fiore was originally voicing all his characters himself, until a San Francisco editor asked why all the characters sounded like the same person. He knew he had to find bonafide voiceover artists—he now works with a small group of Los Angeles actors who specialize in giving voices to imaginary characters.
Fiore spends most of his week trolling for news and brainstorming stories for his animations, and he will usually take about two days to assemble the animation in the computer program. He finishes Wednesday night for publishing on Thursdays—"I do this because I want to stick close to the most current news," Fiore said.
Fiore's weekly animated videos now get thousands of views on Youtube and other new websites, but not all of his feedback is positive. He provides a forum on his website for comments, and with cartoon content that pokes fun at both sides of the fence, Fiore gets messages with titles ranging from "It's a wonderful thing", to "Teabagger will take your a** down."
"When people attack you, and jump and scream and yell on the internet, a lot of times I'll respond politely and thank them for their feedback," Fiore said. "They realize that there's a person on the other side of the line, and usually this turns the situation around."
Fiore would consider that a good day—"you get the occasional death threat, but you know, you just let those things go," he said with a laugh.
Fiore said he realizes his videos can be inflammatory, but said that's part of his job and won't shy away from getting these issues and the disagreements that go along with them out in the open. His main hope for his animations is that he'll make people think as well as laugh.
"I can have people say I'm a crazy commie and they hate my stuff, but it was a funny cartoon," Fiore said. "That's my hope for what I do—even if people are on the other side of the fence, they'll appreciate my effort to open these conversations in a new way."


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text: I recorded the Menuet from Le Tombeau de Coupering today. I am pretty sure I will re-record it but thought it was decent enough to put up a first version of. Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin, Menuet A little story about the set below: Le Tombeau de Couperin is a suite for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, composed between 1914 and 1917. It is in six movements. Each movement is dedicated to the memory of friends of the composer who had died fighting in World War I. Ravel himself served in the war as an ambulance driver and was wounded in the process. The movements are: I. Prélude. "To the memory of Lieutenant Jacques Charlot" (who transcribed Ravel's four-hand piece Ma Mère l'Oye for solo piano). II. Fugue. "To the memory of Jean Cruppi" (to whose mother Ravel dedicated his opera L'heure espagnole). III. Forlane. "To the memory of Lieutenant Gabriel Deluc" (a Basque painter from Saint-Jean-de-Luz). IV. Rigaudon. "To the memory of Pierre and Pascal Gaudin" (brothers killed by the same shell). V. Menuet. "To the memory of Jean Dreyfus" (at whose home Ravel recuperated after he was demobilized). VI. Toccata. "To the memory of Captain Joseph de Marliave". In 1919 Ravel orchestrated four movements of the work (Prélude, Forlane, Menuet and Rigaudon); this version was first performed in 1920, and has remained one of his more popular works. Ravel transcribed many of his piano pieces for orchestra, but here he reaches the height of his orchestration skills, turning a very pianistic piece into a superb orchestral suite with very few hints of its origins. The orchestral version clarifies the harmonic language of the suite and brings sharpness to its classical dance rhythms; among the demands it places on the orchestra is the requirement for an oboe soloist of virtuosic skill. While the word-for-word meaning of the title invites the assumption that the suite is a programmatic work, describing what is seen and felt in a visit to the tomb of Couperin, tombeau is actually a musical term popular in an earlier century and meaning a piece written as a memorial. The specific Couperin (among a family noted as musicians for about two centuries) that Ravel intended to be evoked, along with the friends, would presumably be François Couperin "the Great" (1668-1733). However, Ravel stated that his intention was never to imitate or tribute Couperin himself, but rather was to pay homage to the sensibilities of the Baroque French keyboard suite. This is reflected in the structure which imitates a Baroque dance suite. As a preparatory exercise, Ravel had transcibed a Forlane from the fourth suite of Couperin's Concerts Royaux, and this piece informs Ravel's Forlane structurally. However, Ravel's neoclassicism shines through with his pointedly twentieth-century chromatic melody and piquant harmonies. When criticised for composing a light-hearted, and sometimes reflective work rather than a sombre one, for such a sombre topic, Ravel replied: "The dead are sad enough, in their eternal silence."


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If Sharon Ferraro could persuade her husband, they'd live above one of the businesses on Michigan Avenue between Portage and Pitcher Streets.
"It's like stepping back into 1910," she said, mentioning Kalamazoo has more than 2,000 historically designated buildings. Most are residential, but there are historic commercial buildings, too, and that section of Michigan Avenue is thick with them.
Because so many downtown Kalamazoo businesses are open nights and weekends, the area is lively, she added.
"I've been in other cities where the minute the business day is over, people are gone," Ferraro said. "Here, downtown is always moving. I see this mix of people of all ages and economic levels. We're not perfect, but it's lively down there."
Kalamazoo's historic preservation director thanked a series of coincidences for making that possible, and for making historic preservation a tool for Kalamazoo's economic development.
"If you look at the businesses unique to Kalamazoo, they all started in historic buildings," Ferraro said. "They didn't have tons of money to move into brand-new buildings. They took old buildings, fixed them up and grew into the unique businesses they are today."
In addition to lower initial rents, well-maintained old buildings create a sense of community stability and character.
"In the 1950s, (old) buildings we (now) consider cool ... they thought were ugly and out of date," Ferrarro said.
Architects developed modern facades that could be applied over the originals with only minor alterations to the underlying surface. If changes were needed, the new facades -- which Ferraro calls cheese graters -- could be removed by cutting a few pins.
New owners have been cutting pins and restoring facades for about 25 years, Ferraro said. The tornado of 1980 that took out or damaged much of Kalamazoo's downtown triggered the change.
"Photos had been taken about two weeks before the tornado," she said. "That meant people could rebuild." They had documentation of exactly how the buildings had looked.
The north side of Michigan Avenue between Edwards Street and Farmers Alley was rebuilt by one group of investors, she said. Others followed.
A second push came from a federal flood plain grant. The area along Arcadia Park could not be redeveloped because of flood plain issues, she said. A question on the grant application the city filed to resolve those problems asked if there were any historical buildings in the area that could be renovated.
"They set up a downtown development authority, which could make use of tax increment financing," Ferraro said.
Kalamazoo has a business-retention specialist to help businesses find incentives to locate or stay in the city. Some incentives Ferraro advised checking:
• Historic tax credits -- both federal and state. These are income tax credits with 10-year amortization. The federal version is worth 20 percent of the cost of improvements, and the state version is worth 25 percent
• New market tax credits -- another type of federal income tax credit
• Brownfield credits -- the definition includes buildings that are obsolete, not only those on polluted ground
• Tax increment financing
• Downtown Kalamazoo Inc. offers facade grants and grants for interior work.
The Historic Preservation Commission and the Kalamazoo County Preservation Alliance are working on "Your Guide to Downtown Investing."


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Familiar Red Barrels mark start of OMCC
MARYSVILLE — The 25th annual Operation Marysville Community Christmas food and toy drive kicked off Nov. 7 at supermarkets, grocery stores and other locations throughout the community, as city employees and members of various volunteer organizations accepted donations and shared information about OMCC at Fred Meyer, Albertson's, Haggen, IGA, the Grocery Outlet and Kmart.
City of Marysville Storm Water and Sewer Maintenance Division Lead Worker Paul Kinney was joined by his son Keyton in the entry lobby of Fred Meyer, where his shopping cart for donations, for Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday food baskets and toys to families in need, was already overflowing by midday.
"Last year, we received about 500 pounds, but this year, I suspect we'll be well over that," Kinney said. "I'm shocked, with the way the economy is, that people are still so willing to give, including monetary donations and gift cards. We've had a good turnout."
Kinney was motivated to volunteer his time in part to set an example for his son.
"Getting him to volunteer his time was a big factor," Kinney said. "Not everybody can spare money, but we all have time."
Marysville Kiwanis member Mike Ferri was aided by Boy Scouts in his collection efforts at Albertson's that day, which he believed held steady with the donations made last year.
"It's unconscionable that people can go hungry with the wealth that we have in this country," said Ferri, who encouraged locals to look for OMCC's familiar red giving barrels at the entries and lobbies of more than 50 participating businesses, public buildings and places of worship throughout town.
OMCC operates through the Marysville Community Food Bank and provides for approximately 700 families and 1,600 children in the Marysville area during the holiday season. For more information about basket registration or how you can donate directly, call the Food Bank at 360-658-1054 or log onto marysvillecommunityfb.com.
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Initial simulations of stationary, orographically-forced waves in Mars' atmosphere with the NASA Ames MGCM yield wave structures broadly in line with theoretical expectations and with MGS-TES observations. However, there are some differences between observations and simulations. Perhaps the most obvious is that the MGCM predicts much larger amplitudes of wave 1 during southern midwinter [O(20K)], compared to northern midwinter [O(4K)]. On the other hand, observations from the first mapping year of TES indicate comparable amplitudes.
Reasons for this discrepancy are explored, with a focus on three aspects: (a) the degree to which the observed background winds and temperatures are reproduced in the model (with implications for refractive indices); (b) overall dust loading and distribution, and its implications for stationary wave structures; and (c) the representation of large-scale topographic forcing in the GCM, including the possible need for an envelope orography.
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Hey, Chuck: They have. Let's look at two skill positions, tailback and receiver. In Jim Tressel's first seven full recruiting classes, he brought in 10 receivers, six from Ohio. And he brought in seven tailbacks, six from Ohio.
The current 24-man recruiting class of 2009 includes three receivers -- Florida's Duron Carter, Michigan's James Jackson and Chris Fields of Painesville. And the Buckeyes are still chasing Tennessee receiver Marlon Brown. The class also includes three running backs -- Carlos Hyde and Jaamal Berry of Florida and Jordan Hall of Pennsylvania.
Not that great skill players can't be found in Ohio, but this shows a much greater push to bring in some speed and talent from other states. That's five out of six from outside Ohio this class, compared to 12 of 17 from Ohio in the previous seven classes.
I think the change is being seen on the offensive line as well, where athleticism is starting to be valued over pure size and strength. Current freshmen Mike Brewster (Florida), J.B. Shugarts (Texas) and Mike Adams (Ohio) are signs of that. Jake Stoneburner, who red-shirted this season with an injury, should also emerge as an athletic pass-catching, tight end or H-back that hasn't been seen in this offense recently.
And the fact that Terrelle Pryor is here, and that Virginia quarterback Tajh Boyd is still in the mix for this recruiting class, shows how the Buckeyes have changed their recruiting model for the most important position on the field.


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Senator Robert Menendez announced at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City yesterday that he intends to reintroduce federal legislation that would lift the $75 million liability cap on oil companies responsible for spills, according to today's Jersey Journal.
Similar legislation, introduced in 2010 after the British Petroleum oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, was blocked in the Senate after Republicans said lifting the cap would harm small oil companies that couldn't insure themselves against the claims.
Speaking in front of a 2,500-gallon water tank containing sea life found in the Hudson River, Menendez said oil companies like BP should not be allowed to cause tens of billions of dollars worth of damage, and then "call it even" by paying only $75 million.
"The oil companies want it both ways," the senator said. "They want to keep all the profits when times are good, but they want to have taxpayers foot the bill when there's a spill."
Menendez's comments came shortly before a presidential commission investigating the Gulf of Mexico spill released its final report. The report said that the root causes of the spill are "systematic," and might recur without reform in both oil industry practices and governmental regulation.
Menendez said he hopes the bill will not again get blocked in the Senate, where Democrats retain a slim majority after last year's mid-term elections. The report should create an impetus for bipartisan support, he said.
The bill needs to be reviewed by Senate committees, which should take several months. Menendez said he would like the bill to be passed by the end of this year.
Full story: Sen. Robert Menendez to re-introduce legislation that would lift $75 million liability cap on oil companies responsible for spills, is hopeful for bipartisan support


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As U.S. pork producers struggle to keep pigs healthy, one fact is clear: it is easier to prevent a disease outbreak than to treat it. A good biosecurity program extends from the farm all the way to the processing plant. As the U.S. pork industry battles the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), producers are interested in learning more about what a disease outbreak looks like, biosecurity tips for preventing an outbreak, and advice from veterinarians about both PEDV prevention and treatment.


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An idea with good intentions, but mob justice isn't the answer
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In the great and ever-expanding pantheon of terrible things that people can do to each other, violating a child remains the most unforgivable.
Of course, nobody wants to get into some weird Top Trumps; a perverted Maslow's hierarchy of misdeeds to argue which crime against which person is the more heinous. But by every accepted, civilised standard, violating a child is simply off the scale.
Society's stomach is rightly turned by such acts, even if the sentencing doesn't always seem commensurate with the crime that was committed. But no matter how repulsed we are by the perpetrators, the current piece of draft legislation, which proposes to alert the public about the location of a potentially high-risk sex offender, is something we should be concerned about.
In broad terms this is legislation similar to Megan's Law, which allowed American authorities alert people to the presence of a paedophile in their midst.
And, for many, that makes perfect sense.
If you have children, your first instinct is to be vigilant and aware of any potential threat. So, following that logic, it also seems reasonable to say that if you have been convicted of a sexual crime so heinous that the authorities have marked you down as a risk, then public identification is simply the price you have to pay.
And, on top of that, authorities have been quick to reassure civil-liberties activists that this would only be done in extreme circumstances and extreme cases.
That sounds reasonable and in a rational world would probably, probably work.
But we don't live in a rational world.
You need only look at any high-profile case involving the abuse of children to see people gathering outside a police station holding placards with slogans such as: "Bring back public hanging."
That's hardly rational, even if you can't help but suspect that the people calling for executions are often doing it to tell the world just how much more they care about children than everybody else.
But even if someone just likes to chant slogans or hold daft placards to gain the approval of their peers, the reality is that publication of an offender's address will inevitably lead to cases of mob justice.
And the mob tends to get things wrong.
We famously saw that in Wales, when Dr Yvette Cloete was forced to flee her home after some locals in Gwent confused 'paediatrician' with 'paedophile'.
During the now-defunct News Of The World's campaign to name and shame child abusers, numerous innocent families were also forced to flee after a family member was incorrectly identified as a paedophile.
More recently, the 'Letz Go Hunting' vigilante group came under fire for entrapping paedophiles online and then filming them.
Which may seem fine on an instinctive level, until you realise that at least one of their 'targets' committed suicide, despite never being found guilty of any crime.
In an information age, there is no way such a list could ever be kept under complete lock and key and, as we all know, nothing brings out the flaming torch-and- pitchfork brigade quite like the prospect of giving a nonce a kicking.
Having said that, I wouldn't have much regard for those who believe in rehabilitation and seem to operate under the wilfully misguided notion that serial abusers can be 'cured' and all they need is help and corrective therapy and understanding.
This witless idea has been consistently exposed as a nonsense by American author, criminologist and former prosecutor of child sex crimes, Andrew Vachss.
He knows more than most about the realities of the issue.
Apart from dedicating his life to working as an advocate for the 'children of the secret' as he calls them, his wife, Alice, was also the chief prosecutor for Special Victims Bureau – better known to TV fans as Law And Order: Special Victims Unit.
Vachss now divides his time between his writing and working as a private advocate for kids. His unflinchingly brutal 'Burke' series is about a 'family' of abuse victims who act as avenging angels who targets abusers, and is the hardest of hard-boiled New York crime fiction.
But when talking about alerting neighbours to a paedophile in their midst, he says: "Megan's Law is just another experiment being done on everybody's children. It is saying this to the public: 'There's a beast among you, one that we politicians never should have let out. But we did. So we'll make it up to you: here's his address, and we are sure he'll never dye his hair, grow a moustache, or move without telling us.'"
As ever, Vachss nails it – forget about liberal concerns for the human right to privacy of serial abusers, the simple truth is that alerting the public to their location will inevitably lead to them vanishing in the wind, free from any supervision or constraints.
The motivation behind this idea is well intentioned – Alan Shatter has always shown a reluctance to court something as vulgar as popularity – but the law of unintended, yet inevitable consequences says that is an idea that should be quietly parked and forgotten about.
Just as importantly, Vachss stresses: "This is not something to be left to internet wackos."
Even if they do like to call themselves 'concerned citizens'...
(On an entirely unrelated note, a production error on my end in Wednesday's column saw several words randomly appear in capital letters, prompting one reader to ask why I suddenly started shouting in the middle of a sentence. My bad.)
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The first Gaelic Mass at the Guinness Syracuse Irish Festival attracted about 600 people to Clinton Square this morning, organizers said. The mass was an effort to show the importance of faith to the Irish people.
The festival, which continues until 10 p.m. today, features music, food, cultural exhibits, genealogy, storytellers, poetry and more.


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Lighthouse Bar and Grill adds class to downtown Port Orchard
While spending his adult life in the restaurant business, Joshua Wood has never worked on Christmas Day. But the new manager of the Lighthouse Bar and Grill in Port Orchard is bringing out all of the culinary big guns for today's holiday buffet.
"When I took over the restaurant, I didn't make any commitments," Wood said. "People would call and try to make reservations and I would take their number and promise to call them back. But it turned out the Christmas buffet at the Lighthouse Restaurant was a Port Orchard tradition, and I decided I would sacrifice my tradition of Christmas as a family day. Who am I to make Port Orchard give up this tradition?"
Wood took over the restaurant formerly known as Gino's earlier this month and has already made his mark.
Half the staff is gone, replaced by Wood's hand-picked personnel.
The menu is slowly evolving, from an Italian motif to one that emphasizes fresh seafood and steak.
Once the poshest place in town, the restaurant has lost its luster in recent years.
"When I took over, the last two owners told me 'good luck,'" Wood said. "But I have a passion for the business and will make it work. Before too long, we will improve the quality of the food and lower the price."
Wood's passion comes from a desire to create a great dining experience for the customer, and a willingness to attack any task.
For example, shortly after taking over the building he climbed up to the lighthouse and ordered three bulbs to replace the ones that have been burned out for years.
And he cleaned the area below the stairs and disinfected the outside area, so the brackish smell which was noticed by many diners is gone.
"I can do any job here," he said. "I've filled in as a cook, a busboy and a bartender when we have become shorthanded. If you lead by example, then you inspire the staff."
Wood has wanted to run this particular restaurant since he visited as a kid, saying that the recent state of the business "made me cry."
Once he'd taken over, he recruited chef James K. Miller, whose specialty is the artistic presentation of complicated dishes.
He plans to play down the pastas Gino's offered while concentrating on fresh fish and quality steaks.
The bar will also get a makeover. A Bloody Marys, with alcohol or not, is a meal in itself with shrimp, sausage and celery. And he is removing the current beer on tap, to be replaced by local microbrews.
He currently offers the entire line of Silver City Brewery products.
"Regular domestic beer like Budweiser tastes the same whether it is on tap or in the bottle," Wood said. "But there is a real difference with microbrews' products. We'll still offer bottles of Bud if people want them/"
Wood also plans to offer a wide selections of local wines and cheeses, which he says rivals anything available.
One unique aspect of the restaurant is an old-style brick oven, which can be powered by wood or gas. He hopes to make the oven a centerpiece of the restaurant, both visually and in order to enrich the menu.
Wood called Port Orchard "a jewel," adding that he wants to turn the town into a showplace for fine dining. As for his own establishment, he strives to make a stellar first impression on the town.
"The rule is, if people like you, they tell two people. But if they don't like you, they tell 10," he said. "We have one opportunity to make a great impression to new customers and to serve the best meal they've ever had."
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Next fall will conclude a legendary coaching career as Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice coach Al Fracassa has announced at the team banquet that he will return for his final season as head coach.
"I'm coaching one more year for sure," Fracassa confirmed over the phone.
Fracassa, 80, concluded his 44th season at the Warriors' head coach by winning his first-ever back-to-back state title when it defeated Muskegon, 35-28, in the Division 2 state championship game on Nov. 23.
The all-time winningest coach in state history with 416 victories, Fracassa has won eight state titles with Brother Rice. He will be entering his 54th season overall as a head coach since his career began in 1960 with Royal Oak Shrine.


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kind of researcher are you -- a googler, browser, or Reserve reader? Maybe one
or a blend, depending on what you need, where you are, and time you have.
With the abundance of information available, this workshop will advise on research methods and recommended resources in your field of study. We will explore basic search strategy, helpful tools, and any questions you may have in navigating the road to your degree so that you can use the best resources wisely.
Please rsvp the library by Monday, January 28th, and include a brief note of your research topic, program, and/or department.
Where: 305 Russell
If you are unable to attend this workshop, we will gladly meet with you for an individual research consultation to explore your topic in greater detail.
Individuals with disabilities are invited to request reasonable accommodations including, but not limited to sign language interpretation, Braille or large print materials, and a campus map of accessible features. Address these requests to the Office of Access and Services for Individuals with Disabilities at (212) 678-3689, email@example.com, or Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services at (212) 678-3853 V/TTY.
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To say the New York Jets have had a roller-coaster season to date would be a massive understatement.
The Jets, coming off of an embarrassing 37-14 loss in Buffalo last Sunday, have alternated wins and losses in every week this year.
Despite the team's inconsistencies, Gang Green would still make the playoffs as the AFC's No. 6 seed if the season ended today.
With the team holding a narrow lead in the race for the postseason, each game is of the utmost importance. However, with the Jets' inconsistencies, their week-to-week performances are incredible to predict.
With that said, here are in-depth predictions and accompanying analysis for each of New York's remaining games.