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STEUBENVILLE – Attorneys representing two girls who were accused of sending threatening tweets to a 16-year-old Weirton rape victim said Wednesday their clients "learned a valuable lesson."
The two Steubenville High School students who used social media to send the tweets entered guilty pleas Thursday morning to a telecommunication harassment misdemeanor and were placed on probation for six months.
The girls also were sentenced by Jefferson County Juvenile Court Judge Samuel Kerr to 30 days in juvenile detention, but the judge suspended the sentence in favor of the probation and 40 hours of community service.
The pair have never been publicly identified by the juvenile court.
Attorney Francesca Carinci, who represented one of the girls, called the sentencing "a fair and reasonable decision by the court in light of the circumstances."
"These girls are now aware this was against the law. This was not a harsh sentence and they both learned a very valuable lesson,"said Carinci.
Sara Gasser represented the other juvenile.
"This was the right decision today. I am confident my client will be successful in putting this behind her," said Gasser.
The two girls initially were charged with felony intimidation of a witness, aggravated menacing and telecommunication harassment.
The intimidation of a witness and aggravated menacing charges were dismissed as part of the plea agreement.
The girls, through their attorneys, officially denied the charges during a court appearance in March.
Both defendants told the judge Thursday they "made bad tweets."
They were arrested by city police on March 18, the day after visiting juvenile Judge Tom Lipps found Ma'Lik Richmond, 16, of Steubenville and Trent Mays, 17, of Bloomingdale delinquent of charges or rape. Mays also was found guilty of a charge of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material for allegedly having a picture of the 16-year-old victim in an outgoing text message on his cell phone.
Law enforcement officials said the tweets had been posted on social media within minutes of the sentencing.
Assistant Prosecutor Samuel Pate said he was satisfied with the plea agreement and the statements made Thursday by the two.
The judge also agreed to release the confiscated cell phones to the girls.
According to Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla, one girl tweeted, "going to celebrate by beating the s– out of *****, while the other girl tweeted, "You ripped my family apart. You made my cousin cry, so when I see you it's going to be homicide."
Pate said the girls faced a minimum of six months in a state juvenile facility if found delinquent of the charges, but Pate said there is a variety of sentencing options.
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Mrs. Obama's spokeswoman has denied the first lady said such a thing, and a spokesman at the French Embassy in Washington said Bruni-Sarkozy "distances herself completely" from the book, which appeared in French bookstores on Thursday.
The unauthorized book, called "Carla et les ambitieux," or "Carla and the Ambitious Ones," describes the scene of a March dinner at the White House, during which the two first ladies were purported to have had a conversation in English in which they compared notes on their experiences as wives of presidents.
The book claims Mrs. Obama said, "Don't even talk to me about it, it's hell. I can't stand it."
Author Yves Derai stood by the explosive dialogue, insisting it was based on interviews with "reliable sources" — though he declined to name them, in accordance, he said, with his journalistic principles.
"In France, we have something called the 'protection of sources,' so I'm not repeating what Carla or others told me," Derai told The Associated Press in an interview Friday. "We've put in the book the narratives and the information that we verified and compiled and we totally assume responsibility for it as independent journalists."
Derai said he had interviewed about 50 people for the book and that Bruni-Sarkozy herself accorded the co-authors several interviews totaling about 10 hours. But he stressed the book was by no means an "official biography."
The French first lady "didn't read it (before publication) nor did she have the right to correct or vet it," said Derai, an investigative journalist who co-authored the book along with a Michael Darmon, a political journalist for France-2 television.
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Derai acknowledged the French word used in the passage, "enfer," might not precisely correspond directly with the English word "hell."
"I don't know, maybe translated into English, hell is Dante's Inferno where they burn sinners, but in French it's really a rather common expression to say that sometimes it's just 'a real drag,'" Derai explained. He did not say what the original word allegedly pronounced by Mrs. Obama was.
"Carla and the Ambitious Ones" is the second book published this week on Bruni-Sarkozy, an Italian-born heiress and former supermodel turned singer known for her romantic liaisons with rich and famous men including rock icons Eric Clapton and Mick Jagger.
"Carla: A Secret Life," which came out Wednesday, chronicles her life from her lonesome childhood in Turin, Italy, through her years on the catwalk through her functions as French first lady.
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Test your knowledge of the big showbiz news of 2012 with WENN's quiz of the year. Tomorrow you can prove your Hollywood chops, but first let's see if you were paying attention to all things rock 'n' roll this year...
1. In VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Music poll for 2012, who came out on top?
a. Beyonce
b. Lady Gaga
c. Madonna
2. The Beastie Boys suffered a huge loss in May when founding member Adam "MCA" Yauch lost his battle with cancer, but what was the title of their groundbreaking debut album?
a. "Straight Outta Compton"
b. "Licensed to Ill"
c. "King of Rock"
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b. Singapore
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Let's face it, there are a lot of jerks out there and there are a lot of managers and bosses who have no business being in the positions they are. If you pick up on that at your office, every bad decision and every offensive comment they make might drive you a little batty.
Others may be great business leaders but aren't great at communicating exactly what they want or communicating. Dealing with bosses who are micromanagers or who are so hands off that you're doing their job can cause you extra stress on top of the stress you have from producing work.
Sometimes personalities just clash. If you're able to work it out with your boss, assert yourself and get your way, more power to you.
But, if it gets to the point where your boss is just pushing you too far and affecting your health, it might be time to find other employment. It's not worth sacrificing your health for a dumb boss.
No. 1: Compromising your ethics
Ethical compromises come up no matter what type of professional you are: doctor, lawyer, office assistant or journalist. Each profession has either a written or unspoken ethical code. Some people get dangerously close to the line, while others cross it willingly.
If your boss or supervisor wants you to conduct a task that feels ethically wrong and you do it, it can chip away at your soul. If the behavior continues, it can just get worse and become tougher on your conscience.
There's a time and place to bend the rules, but if your gut is telling you there's a problem or it's quite black and white, then you have two choices: go along with it, or say no. Going along with it can be a great short or long term solution and the same goes for saying no -- it all depends on the situation.
Your job may hurt you no matter what -- there are so many ways that can happen. But you know where your line is. As long as you're not crossing your line, you're staying true to yourself.
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Snagging behind enemy lines for the first time
The Rockies are in Phoenix today and I'll be heading up there tomorrow after my last home game at Hi-Corbett Field. Today I plan to check out TEP (Tucson Electric Park).
I'm going to go watch the Arizona vs Oakland game today and see what batting practice for another team is like.
Other than obtaining Clint Hurdle and Don Baylor's autograph on my magazines, my hunting is complete.
<—–Andy still needs to get Tulo's autograph on his wife's visor or he's in big trouble.
By the way, it's not cold here, Andy has the hoodie on because of his sunburn🙂
Here are pictures from yesterday's game against the Dodgers.
Here's Manny Corpas warming-up.
Next is one of my favorite Rockies pitchers of all time. Josh Fogg, aka "The Dragon Slayer". The smoke this guy can throw is amazing. Plus myself being the Ranter I'm all about cool nicknames and "The Dragon Slayer" is a helluva cool nickname.
I always assumed he was bigger. I'm just glad to see him back. Good Luck DS, I hope you make it brotha.
Here's Jason Grilli.
Brandon Hynick One of the Rockies best…"Q"
Dexter Fowler looks like he's put on a couple pounds. He was skinnier last season.
Eric Young Jr. out at first.
Alan Embree, who has 14 years to Todd Helton's 11.
Here's Jhoulys Chacin who who was nice enough to autograph a baseball for me.
Clint Hurdle and Seth Smith
Finally catcher Wilin Rosario
I'm off to explore Tucson Electric Park.
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I imagine a wife without her Tulo autograph would be pretty incensed. Good luck, Andy…
Good luck at Tucson Electric. Last year I went to games at Disney and Joker Marchant (Braves, Tigers) in addition to Osceola County (Astros). I found that neither of those stadiums, in particular Joker Marchant, was in any way fan-friendly like Osceola was. At Osceola, I didn't even sit down–I stood by the clubhouse door for eight hours and talked to players, coaches, and other auto hounds. Fortunately it seems that Hi-Corbett is quite fan-friendly, so I'm looking forward to that for next year.
I LOVE JOSH FOGG. I was really hoping the 'Stros would sign him last year, and then they didn't. I tried to get his autoraph when the Reds came to town but he was on the 60-day so he wasn't traveling.
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Great pics D.! Enjoy yourselves and tell your friend to use sun screen!
Great pictures D! Thanks for your advice on autographs, I got seven yesterday!


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What do you think will happen with Orochimaru or what will he try to do now when he's freed?
There's going to be a link between him and the scroll, that I think is going to be the downfall of Madara.
i think naruto is following them. idk
i think Orochimaru would want to get the body of Sasuke.
help sasuke to meet someone
After Sasuke is done with him, he should humiliate him even more than last time, before killing him for the god damn third time!
Oh he'll probably just get Uchiha'd for the fourth time.
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Oh he'll probably just get Uchiha'd for the fourth time.
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This is pretty much my favourite album of all time, and has been since the day it came out. This album is the perfect 10 in my eyes.
It is true that DiGiorgio and Murphy are rarely heard here, but the music is in no way lacking. They seem to tackle the embarrassment of riches with mixing the album for the listeners enjoyment and leaving the ego's out. Things are busy enough here as it is, imagine having the bass and lead guitar also battling for attention - would it actually make it any better?
My favourite aspect of this album - and what really keeps me coming back to the entire album, not just certain songs - is the variety. There is the ferocious death metal of Fall of Sipledome, the stoner groove of Careful what you wish for, there is thrash and rock and many other genres all blended together with a heavy dose of oppressive atmosphere throughout. Yes I'm a complete fanboy, and this is my yardstick for perfection.


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Traditional Apple Pie
- Prep Time: 30 min
- Cook Time: 45 min
- Ready Time: 120 min
- Yield: 8 slices
- 6 to 7 cups peeled, thinly sliced Jonathan or other tart baking apples (about 2 lbs. or 6 to 7 medium)
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons Pillsbury BEST™ All Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons butter
Preparation Directions
- HEAT oven to 400°F.
- PREPARE recipe for double crust pie, using a 9-inch pie plate. Roll out dough for bottom crust and place in pie plate according to recipe directions. Do not bake.
- PLACE apples in large bowl. Combine sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg in small bowl. Sprinkle over apples. Toss well to coat. Spoon into unbaked pie crust. Dot with butter. Moisten pastry edge with water.
- ROLL out dough for top crust, place onto filled pie and finish edges according to pie crust recipe directions. Cut slits in top crust or prick with fork to vent steam.
- PLACE pie in oven. Immediately reduce temperature to 350ºF. Bake 45 minutes or until filling in center is bubbly and crust is golden brown. Cool until barely warm or to room temperature before serving.
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Serving Size (1 slice, 1/8 of pie), Calories 430 (Calories from Fat 190), Total Fat 21g (Saturated Fat 6g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 10mg, Sodium 310mg, Total Carbohydrate 57g (Dietary Fiber 3g, Sugars 28g), Protein 4g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 2%, Vitamin C 6%, Calcium 2%, Iron 10%.
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PB restaurants are cracking into stone crab claw season, which starts today
- 6:58 pm Monday, October 15th, 2012 by M.M. Cloutier
After an annual five-month, state regulation-mandated hiatus, the commercial and recreational harvesting season for stone crab claws—a pricey indulgence that's one of Florida's claims to fame—starts today and runs through May 15.
While several Palm Beach restaurants report they'll have stone crab claws on hand to serve within a week, some have arranged to be out of the claw-gate by tomorrow.
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Oracle and Sun Middleware Resources
By kevinschmidt on Jan 29, 2010
For my last blog entry here, I thought I'd post a few links for those wondering where they can get more information about Oracle's plans for Sun's middleware offerings.
Oracle hosted a 5 hour event on Wednesday where executives covered all of the plans for Sun's products at a high level. You can take a look at all of the webcasts and presentations but for Sun's middleware customers, pay close attention to Thomas Kurian's webcast and presentation.
Subsequently, detailed strategy webcasts were made available providing deeper insight into the strategy and plans including timelines for continued support of existing Sun products. Those of most interest to Sun's middleware customers will be the Application Server, SOA, Identity Management, and Developer Tools webcasts.
As far as my blogging going forward goes, you'll be able to find me at ktschmidt.blogspot.com.


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What Will The Next Four Years Be About?
By editor • Jan 21, 2013
Originally published on January 21, 2013 1:54 pm
Hope and change were two of the watch words of President Obama's first presidential campaign. As he begins a second term, Tell Me More speaks with people gathered in the nation's capital about what they think the next four years will be about.


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Trend In Second Inaugural Addresses: They're Not Very Good
On Monday, President Obama will join a select group of presidents who have delivered a second inaugural address...
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON: My fellow citizens...
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: Members of the United States Congress.
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN: Members of my family and friends.
PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER: We meet again, as upon a like moment four years ago.
SIMON: Those were Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Dwight Eisenhower. Is there any common theme in second inaugural speeches?
MARTIN MEDHURST: The only trend I see is the trend that started very early and continues, and that is that most of them are just not very good speeches.
SIMON: Martin Medhurst is a professor of rhetoric and communication at Baylor, who is considered an expert on presidential speeches. He says that at least George Washington's second inaugural speech didn't make anyone stand outside very long: It ran just 135 words. We don't have any audio of that. Richard Nixon's second inaugural address in 1973 contained a fervent hope.
PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON: Let us pledge together to make these next four years the best four years in America's history.
SIMON: But they weren't for him. President Nixon resigned in 1974. Professor Medhurst says it's a challenge for presidents to lift and inspire the second time around.
MEDHURST: In a first inaugural, it's all new. There's a sense of rebirth. And after four years, you know, all of that has sort of worn off.
SIMON: There is, of course, the exception that may prove the rule.
MEDHURST: The greatest of all was Lincoln's second inaugural, which perhaps was the greatest speech of all, much less an inaugural address.
SIMON: And we do have Daniel Day-Lewis, portraying Lincoln in the current film - a saddened president, made wiser through the war, who is horrified by the huge suffering he has seen but now glimpses triumph and healing
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS: (as President Abraham Lincoln) And until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with a sword...
SIMON: On Monday, President Obama's voice will roll across the mall to the Lincoln Memorial, where these words are carved in stone...
DAY-LEWIS: (as President Abraham Lincoln) To do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright National Public Radio.


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Seasoning Fleet Week with the salt of the earth: A culinary pro puts a brigade of Navy galley guys through the paces.
By Leslie Bilderback 07/01/2010
I like sailors.
Not in a hot-to-trot, looking-for-action way. In a professional culinary-instructor way.
I mention this because I have just returned from 10 days aboard the U.S.S. Philippine Sea (CG 58), a guided missile cruiser where I was invited on board to train its cooks and participate in New York City's Fleet Week. This is my eighth training trip for the Navy, but the first time that I was attached to such a nice (and handsome) group of sailors. They were professional, conscientious, polite, respectful, fun and eager to learn. (The handsome part is probably because they were dressed up most of the time. I may not have felt that way if I saw them in real life, say, buying diapers at Costco.)
I feel strangely at home on board Navy vessels. Perhaps it's because cooks in a kitchen, like sailors on a ship, are confined to small workspaces, rarely see the light of day and must accomplish repetitive, tedious tasks. Or maybe it's because the great Auguste Escoffier (king of chefs, chef of kings… look him up, people) modeled his kitchen brigade system on the military.
The brigade is a kitchen hierarchy, with each station assigned to a specific taskmaster, such as saucier, garde manger, poissonnier, etc. The brigade is not seen much in American kitchens, but we borrow from it here and there. For instance, most fine restaurants employ a sous chef, who is essentially the XO (executive officer) of the kitchen. (You may be familiar with the brigade if you have seen the movie Ratatouille. And now, Escoffier is turning in his grave as I mention him in the same paragraph as an animated rat. Of course the dead Escoffier reads this column.)
Yes, we are kindred spirits, the sailors and I.
So off I flew to Norfolk, Virginia, to meet up with the ship. Super Navy Perk No. 1 is getting picked up at the airport by high-ranking sailors in khakis. Everyone thinks you're a big shot. I am confident that, at the sight of my escorts, my fellow passengers felt bad for treating me like doo doo on the flight, seated as I was in the very last seat on the aisle, where it is perfectly acceptable to bump me, elbow me and casually lean on my seat as you wait in line for the lavatory. (And feel free to speak loudly to strangers about your pregnant cousin's foot trouble. Yep, I'd much rather listen to that than to the movie.)
From Norfolk, the ship set sail for a five-day test drive after being upgraded with the latest technology. Super Navy Perk No. 2 was getting to see the combat control center, which closely resembles NASA's mission control, only it's darker, rocks back and forth and has better-looking nerds. Super Navy Perk No. 3 was visiting the bridge, where they let me steer. (Just relax! It was for only a couple of minutes. I didn't run her aground or anything. It was like when I was 9 and my dad let me sit on his lap to steer the Ford LTD. Hard to believe I'm not running Daytona with training like that.)
The real reason I was there was to improve the galley's culinary skills. The culinary specialists (CS's) were a great group, eager to rejuvenate their Navy menus. They had lots of requests for recipes and demonstrations, so the first five days were non-stop cooking, trouble-shooting and fitting lessons in between meal prep. Few chefs I know could hack the schedule these sailors keep. When they leave the Navy, they will be better prepared for restaurant life than most culinary school graduates. Sure, they may not know how to make rillettes de lapin (yet), but they will never shudder at a 15-hour workday. (Super Navy Perk No. 4 is that at the end of a long day I sleep like a baby. Sleeping while underway is like being in a giant cradle. Plus, a week after being home I can still occasionally feel the rocking. Actually, this might be more of a disorder than a perk.)
The night before we arrived in New York, we held an Iron Chef competition. Ten teams from all over the ship were invited to the galley and given an hour to create a dish using specified ingredients. It was a hoot. The results were (mostly) terrific. (I learned that boot camp does not include a unit on rice cookery. FYI, you need to add water.) I served as a judge along with the CO (commanding officer), XO, CMC (command master chief) and SUPPO (supply officer). I think the event brought new appreciation for the galley (or at least made the other sailors thankful for the jobs they had).
The next day, after an awesome parade of ships into New York Harbor (Super Navy Perk No. 5 is sailing past Lady Liberty while manning the rails), I took the cooks on a culinary tour of the Big Apple. Our first stop was the James Beard House. These young men had barely heard of Julia Child, let alone James Beard, and I was worried they would be bored. But the staff gave us a warm welcome and a fascinating tour. When the sailors learned of Beard's impact on American cooking and realized the number of world-class chefs who had stood at his stove, they were impressed. The James Beard staff was impressed by the sailors too. (Super Navy Perk No. 6 is all the warm attention. The sailors were repeatedly stopped and thanked for their service.)
Afterward we walked through Greenwich Village to Chelsea Market, stopping to shop at various specialty food stores. That week sailors swarmed all over New York… except Greenwich Village. I am confident ours was the first group of sailors that neighborhood had seen since the Village People. Still, they were showered with thanks and random free stuff, including hot dogs, beer and T-shirts. (That is Super Navy Perk No. 7.) I had hoped to get them into the Food Network studio, but the doorman was apparently a communist and had no love for the boys in uniform. So instead, we watched baguette production through the window at Amy's Breads, shopped for truffle oil and dried mushrooms at an Italian grocer, ogled the shelves of an international spice purveyor, drooled over beautiful fresh produce and fish and bought too many cooking gadgets.
Our day ended with the royal treatment at the French Culinary Institute, which is surely the cream of the culinary school crop. The sailors were in awe. Their future in culinary school was the main topic of conversation as we headed out to a Mets game. (Super Navy Perk No. 8 — free tickets to stuff.) We got back to the ship just before curfew and, despite my credentials, the Marines thought the sailors were trying to smuggle me on board. (Me! I look like their moms. I am old enough to be their moms. I am quite possibly older than some of their moms.)
The next day was spent preparing for a reception of 300 guests, featuring the Navy band, bagpipers, a silent drill team and lots of speeches from admirals and commanders. The helicopter hangar bay served as our buffet line, festooned with banners and flags. We even had an American eagle ice sculpture (which, for future reference, is best disposed of after such an event by tossing overboard). The day was spent carving fruit, arranging platters, decorating cakes, poaching seafood and roasting meat to perfection.
A ship's galley is not built for such an event, but as any caterer can tell you, it is not the venue but the organizational skills that count. The event went off without a hitch and, to top it off, two admirals gave me their coins (Super Navy Perk No. 9 is collecting coins. Ships and sailors have personalized coins that are exchanged.
I have amassed a nice little collection, including a coin from the secretary of the Navy, which I like to brag about. I am told that whoever has the highest-ranking coin at the bar gets a free round. I have never witnessed this personally, mind you. I am strictly business.)
All in all it was a successful trip. I showed them some useful skills, and they impressed the heck out of me. They were sweet and fun and smart and, with proper care and feeding, will grow into a fine batch of culinarians. I thank my lucky stars (and my patient family) that I got the opportunity to meet them. That was Super Navy Perk No. 10.
Leslie Bilderback is a certified master baker and chef, a cookbook author and a former executive chef of Pasadena's California School of Culinary Arts. A South Pasadena resident, Bilderback teaches her techniques online at culinarymasterclass.com.
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Two U.S. Navy petty officers are in custody in Okinawa in the alleged sexual assault and robbery of a Japanese woman in an incident that could further inflame anti-American sentiment on the strategic Japanese island.
The two sailors followed a 27-year-old woman to her apartment complex where they allegedly raped and robbed her in the parking lot about 4 a.m. Tuesday, authorities in Japan said. A third sailor who reportedly witnessed the assault was taken into custody by Japanese police and later released to the U.S. Navy, according to NBC News.
The sailors were identified as Seaman Christopher Browning and Petty Officer 3rd Class Skyler Dozierwalker, both 23, of the Fort Worth Naval Air Station in Texas, The Associated Press reported.
According to Japan broadcaster NHK World, the woman told police that she was walking home when she was attacked. She said she did not know the men. She suffered a neck injury.
Under the terms of a Status of Forces Agreement between the U.S. and Japan, Japanese authorities have jurisdiction and the authority to charge and bring the accused to trial. If convicted, the men could also be imprisoned by the Japanese.
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The Naval Criminal Investigative Service, or NCIS, is conducting a parallel investigation alongside the Japanese in the event the two accused are released to U.S. Navy custody.
The two sailors in custody were on overnight leave and crewmembers on a U.S. Navy cargo plane that was in Okinawa for only a day or two while on a delivery mission, officials told NBC News.
Okinawa prefecture spokesman Susumu Matayoshi said the alleged rape "shocked all Okinawans and is unforgivable," the AP reported.
Vice Foreign Minister Shuji Kira lodged a protest with U.S. Ambassador John Roos, who promised full cooperation with the investigation, according to the AP.
Okinawa hosts more than half of the nearly 50,000 American troops in Japan. Local opposition to the U.S. bases over noise, safety concerns and crime flared into mass protests after the 1995 rape of a schoolgirl by three American servicemen.
Many Japanese want to see the U.S. airbase moved off the island chain.
NBC News' Jim Miklaszewski contributed to this report.
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Monticello police arrested Hiram Bolden jr. (38) of Monticello on Thursday 8/8/13. Bolden was charged with felony assault in the 2nd degree.
On Monday 8/5/13 at approximately 9:30 AM Bolden was involved in a dispute with a 38 year-old Florida woman who is a relative of Bolden's. The incident took place at a residence on Wood Avenue in the village of Monticello.
During the dispute Bolden struck the woman several times in the head and face with a closed fist. The victim sustained a fractured nose as a result of the assault and was transported to C.R.M.C. by mobile medic ambulance for medical treatment.
Bolden was arrested on Thursday by Monticello Police officers on an arrest warrant after he was observed walking on Broadway. Bolden was remanded to the Sullivan county jail on $500.00 bail pending further court action.


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By CAPT Mary Riley, Director of the Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response
As we closeout the 2013 National Preparedness Month, let me remind everyone that preparedness is a year-round effort. Over the past year alone, we have seen many disasters – the ongoing Superstorm Sandy Recovery; the Oklahoma tornadoes, the flooding in Alaska, the Colorado flooding – only to mention a few.
Some came with a warning and some did not. In disasters, we have seen families displaced. We have seen child care centers and Head Starts badly damaged or destroyed. These are places that families can safely leave their children. We have seen homeless youth shelters and domestic violence centers badly damaged or destroyed. We have seen families who have foster children impacted by disasters. We have seen that there are increases in domestic violence following disasters. We have seen social disruption in families and communities following disasters. We have seen economic loss in families affected by disasters. We have seen the coordinated effort of ACF offices and programs, along with partners, who have been deeply committed and have valiantly responded in the effort to restore human services for individuals, children, youth, families and communities in their recovery from disaster.
In our office, the Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response (OHSEPR), we work hard to provide information and tools that better prepares our Administration for Children and Families (ACF) programs, individuals, families and communities, to respond and recover more rapidly from disasters. We are proud to have recently released preparedness information on Infant Feeding During Disasters; How High is Your Family's Risk in a Disaster, the Children and Youth Task Force in Disasters: Guidelines for Development, and the Early Childhood Disaster-Related Resources. Please do check them out!
So remember, preparedness begins with you!
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Tate is going up against challenger John Shearl in the primary for the Highlands seat.
There are a lot of similarities between Tate and Shearl. For starters, theyŌĆÖre both Republicans. They both own landscaping companies. Tate was an EMT, Shearl a volunteer firefighter.
But there are also major differences. And the differences present a defining choice for Macon County voters, and Republicans in particular. Shearl hails from the right side of the Republican Party, while Tate is a more moderate, mainstream Republican ŌĆö a delineation thatŌĆÖs clear from the candidatesŌĆÖ voting record, platform positions and their respective backers.
ŌĆ£IŌĆÖm very conservative,ŌĆØ said Shearl.
Macon County is conservative territory, in general.
The current board is Republican-heavy: it has four Republicans and just one Democrat. But the four Republicans have been consistantly divided on fiscal issues and spending.
Two more moderate Republicans ŌĆö Tate and Chairman Kevin Corbin ŌĆö have supported spending on myriad new initiatives over the past 18 months.
They include: a $3.8 million ballfield complex, $400,000 in new medical equipment for emergency responders, $145,000 for land for a new soccer field in Highlands, a $500,000 budget increase for schools, $290,000 for airport runway work and lighting and $750,000 annually in county employee raises.
The two more conservative Republicans on the board ŌĆö Paul Higdon and Ron Haven ŌĆö have voted against all of these spending measures. But the fiscally-conservative Republicans were in the minority.
Tate and Corbin currently hold the majority, forming a three-man voting bloc with the lone Democrat, Commissioner Ronnie Beale.
The countyŌĆÖs direction under this voting bloc is viewed by some as progressive and by others as irresponsible.
The dynamic on the board could flip should Shearl beat Tate, shifting the majority control to Higdon and HavenŌĆÖs camp and a more conservative spending philosophy.
But Shearl doesnŌĆÖt view the race or his campaign through the lens of the Republican divide ŌĆö ŌĆ£whether that changes the 3 to 2, I have no ideaŌĆØ ŌĆö but does categorize his opponent and the other offending commissioners as ŌĆ£excessive spenders.ŌĆØ
ŌĆ£They are living way outside the budget,ŌĆØ Shearl said.
The incumbent Tate defends his decisions. During the recent candidate forum in Franklin, he assured attendees he could stand behind his record.
ŌĆ£I donŌĆÖt know of a thing IŌĆÖve voted for thatŌĆÖs wasteful,ŌĆØ Tate told them. ŌĆ£I can honestly tell you, every decision IŌĆÖve made so far, IŌĆÖve been able to sleep well at night ŌĆö IŌĆÖm proud of that.ŌĆØ
Later, Tate would elaborate. He pointed out that a large chunk of MaconŌĆÖs budget was committed to schools and public safety.
ŌĆ£Those are your big guys, those are the places you look when you go to make cuts,ŌĆØ Tate said. ŌĆ£Those are areas that IŌĆÖm not willing to make cuts in. Those areas are very important to me.ŌĆØ
The difference between these two candidates has not gone unnoticed. The Macon chapter of FreedomWorks, a political organization from the far-right end of the conservative spectrum, has advised voters to go for Shearl.
FreedomWorks wants to reverse what it considers a ŌĆ£left-leaning threesome majority on the commission,ŌĆØ according to an appeal to primary voters posted on its website. A vote for Shearl, the organization contends, would ŌĆ£begin moving the county back in the ŌĆśrightŌĆÖ direction!ŌĆØ
Shearl quickly ticks off several recent board decisions that have irked him. ItŌĆÖs not just the spending thatŌĆÖs troubling, but that in many cases the county borrowed money for pay for the initiatives, instead of tapping into the countyŌĆÖs robust savings account. This is another key difference between Tate and Shearl.
In TateŌĆÖs world, Macon County has a ŌĆ£healthy fund balance.ŌĆØ In ShearlŌĆÖs opinion, it has a ŌĆ£slush fundŌĆØ that would best be returned to taxpayers. MaconŌĆÖs fund balance, as a percentage of itŌĆÖs overall budget, is among the largest in the state.
Higdon and Haven last year led an unsuccessful push to tap the fund balance in order to lower the property tax rate.
The candidates for MaconŌĆÖs Highlands seat do agree on some things. They both view the coming property revaluations as the biggest issue facing the county. Property values have plummeted by about 30 percent on average, compared to the real estate values currently on the countyŌĆÖs tax rolls.
The county is required to periodically adjust its property tax values and bring them in line with the actual real estate market. Property values, in turn, dictate property taxes. So when the values come down, so does the amount the county collects.
The county has two choices: cut its budget to makeup the difference, or increase the tax rate to offset the drop in values.
ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖre obviously going to have a decrease in property valuation, which is going to mean an increase in our tax rate,ŌĆØ Tate said.
Shearl disagrees with that choice. He suggests that reining in ŌĆ£borrowing and spendingŌĆØ will help cushion the blow. Beyond that, heŌĆÖd look at ŌĆ£some serious budget issues.ŌĆØ
ŌĆ£IŌĆÖm not in favor of raising taxes,ŌĆØ Shearl said. ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖd have to seriously look at services and everything.ŌĆØ
Whoever wins in the May primary will face Democrat Michael Rogers in the general election. This candidate, coincidentally, also owns a landscaping business.
Meet the candidates, pick one
Three seats are up for grabs on the Macon County Board of Commissioners this year, but only one has a primary contest: two Republicans vying for one seat in the Highlands district.
Any Republican or unaffiliated voter in the county can vote in this primary race, even though itŌĆÖs the Highlands district. Candidates must hail from that district, but the election is open to voters countywide.
Two commissioner seats are also up for election in Franklin, but all the candidates in that race ŌĆö two Republicans, a Democrat, and Libertarian ŌĆö automatically advance to the general election in the fall. A Democrat will join the mix for the Highlands seat come fall as well.
Here are the two Republicans facing off the primary:
Jim Tate, 42
Owner, Tate Landscaping Services
Tate graduated from the University of Georgia with a landscape architect degree. He lives with his wife and children in Highlands. The candidate has served on the Highlands zoning and planning boards, as well as Macon CountyŌĆÖs planning board.
Political philosophy: ŌĆ£I feel like everybody needs to be responsible. [Use] simple, common sense.ŌĆØ
On MaconŌĆÖs fund balance: ŌĆ£[My opponent] doesnŌĆÖt like the fact that we have a big piggy bank.ŌĆØ
John Shearl, 45
Owner, J&J Lawn and Landscaping Services and Shearl Produce
Shearl is a retired firefighter. He lives with his wife and children in Highlands. The candidate currently serves on the Macon County Planning Board.
Political philosophy: ŌĆ£Limited growth in government, lower taxes and less regulation.ŌĆØ
On weathering economic uncertainty: ŌĆ£The government as a whole has to tighten their belts and stop this excessive spending. ItŌĆÖs going to take some tough decisions and very conservative-minded people to do this.ŌĆØ
On MaconŌĆÖs fund balance: ŌĆ£In my opinion, that fund balance belongs to the taxpayers of Macon County.ŌĆØ


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The Trial (German: Der Process) is a novel by Franz Kafka about a character named Josef K., who awakens one morning and, for reasons never revealed, is arrested and prosecuted for an unspecified crime.
According to Kafka's friend Max Brod, the author never finished the novel and wrote in his will that it was to be destroyed. After his death, Brod went against Kafka's wishes and edited The Trial into what he felt was a coherent novel and had it published in 1925.
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Published in: 1925
Translator: David Wyllie
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I am thinking ahead - my DS is just turning 9 months tomorrow I work full time and pumping is taking up the majority of my preparation time (I am a teacher). We are also nursing a few times a night as well as 3 times during the day, and he takes about 10 oz of EBM at daycare (about all I can pump in 2 sessions) plus a little formula if he is hungry. I don't mind continuing to nurse at night once he hits the one year mark, and at home, but I would like to cut out the pumping sessions at work. I need to have the work time back. I have been determined to pump during the school day so I can reach my goal of BF for a year, and I think I will make it! I have several questions about how to wean, at least partially! I know I have "started", since DS takes 3 solid meals a day of some combo of cereal, veggies, fruit, yogurt and/or cheese, and sometimes meat. But I am unclear how to proceed...I want it to be gradual as to not traumatize DS, but I want it to be effective DS loves his booby, especially at night!!!!
1) What does a daily meal/snack intake look like for a 1 year old if they are not taking breastmilk (at least daycare hours)?
2) How does one go about introducing cow's milk? Is it a tough transition?
3) What are the easiest nursing sessions to start eliminating?
4) What's the best way to avoid problems like breast infections/clogged ducts when cutting out pumping sessions?
TIA for all suggestions!


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If you want to get under the skin of a philosopher there are a few ways to irk us. There's more that just the annoyance of telling someone you're a philosopher and they respond, "Oh, I took a psychology course in university!" Yes, that type of misunderstanding warrants the philosopher's incredulous stare… just as these will:
10. "So, how will you make money? What do you do?"
Okay, so I'm not an engineer. I'm not a research chemist for a Fortune 500 corporation and I may not be able to work most blue collar tasks… However, I, and other philosophers, think (but there's more!). For the philosopher, the act of philosophizing is not a mere intellectual exercise that could exist solely in consciousness. To the contrary, philosophy is a procedure and inquiry to the self, a "discovery and self-liberation." The intellectual and cognitive acts of philosophy are participatory in their inquiry of the world. This would be very similar to the understanding that Socrates is the philosopher. He not only taught and philosophized, but he understood that the very act of philosophizing was an act of engagement with the world and it was a way of life.
9. The university administration putting philosophy in the periphery
Philosophy departments aren't typically the big money-makers at university–typically. However, the university system needs to understand that the philosophy faculty, the philosophy students, and the discipline of philosophy in general is an investment rather than a moneymaker. I've seen firsthand that a university can divest in the philosophy department. Academia, the provost, the administrators, et al, need to view philosophy as the foundation by which a university is built and sustained.


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Intel Corp. on Wednesday confirmed that it had filed a lawsuit against Nvidia Corp. in order to ban Nvidia from making and selling its nForce or GeForce chipsets compatible with Intel's processors featuring integrated memory controller.
"Intel has filed suit against Nvidia seeking a declaratory judgment over rights associated with two agreements between the companies. The suit seeks to have the court declare that Nvidia is not licensed to produce chipsets that are compatible with any Intel processor that has integrated memory controller functionality, such as Intel's Nehalem microprocessors," said Daniel Snyder, a spokesman for Intel.
Intel also accused Nvidia of breaching an agreement by claiming that it does have license to make chipsets compatible with Intel Core i7 microprocessors that use quick-path interconnect (QPI) bus to connect to other components of the system as well as for other similar processors.
"Nvidia has breached the agreement with Intel by falsely claiming that it is licensed [to produce chipsets compatible with Nehalem]," Mr. Snyder said.
Intel also stressed that it has been trying to negotiate with Nvidia over a new license, but the result was negative.
"Intel has been in discussions with Nvidia for more than a year attempting to resolve the matter but unfortunately we were unsuccessful. As a result Intel is asking the court to resolve this dispute. It is our hope that this dispute will not impact other areas of our companies' working relationship," added the spokesman.
Earlier on Monday the chief executive accused Intel of trying to slowdown the evolution of graphics processing units as well as Nvidia's chipsets so to be able to control Intel-based PC platforms itself. Jen-Hsun Huang said that, given the "broad and growing adoption of Nvidia's platform innovations", it is not surprising that Intel is now initiating a dispute over a contract signed four years ago. According the chief of Nvidia, technologies like Nvidia Ion (integrated core-logic for Intel Atom and other processors), SLI (multi-GPU rendering), Hybrid power (ability to switch between integrated and discrete graphics core), and CUDA (programming language for GeForce GPUs) threaten Intel's ability to control the PC platform.
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Stewart said he's thought about Wednesday's doctor visit for the last three days. He's curious to see how his leg is healing since the infected area has been wrapped. "I'm really looking forward to getting back to physical therapy again and starting to get back on my feet again," he said.(Motor Racing Network)(10-16-2013)


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Brooke Bennett murder: Prosecutor pushes for life sentence
A Vermont man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and killing his niece and producing child pornography is looking at a life sentence plus 70 years in prison.
In 2013, Michael Jacques of Randolph, then 47, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of kidnapping with death resulting for the 2008 abduction, sexual assault and killing of his 12-year-old niece, Brooke Bennett of Brookfield.
In exchange for pleading guilty, Jacques was spared a possible death sentence. However, in a sentencing memorandum filed Friday in federal court, U.S. Attorney Tristram Coffin is looking for a sentence that would ensure Jacques never goes free.
For that unspeakable crime this Court should sentence Jacques to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, and should impose a consecutive 70 years imprisonment for his production of child pornography involving a different young girl, he wrote.
Jacques has a history of sexually assaulting girls that dates back more than 30 years, Coffin said. In 1985, a pregnant 15-year-old who was seeking an abortion told police she was carrying Jacques child, and said he had been assaulting her since she was 10 or 11 years old.
Jacques, who was 18 at the time, was arraigned on a charge of sexual assault but that charge was later dismissed, reportedly after the Jacques family pressured the victim, the memorandum states.
Court records state that in 1987, Jacques sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl at his Barre apartment after plying her with alcohol. However, after interviewing the victim, prosecutors offered him a plea agreement in which Jacques received a three-year deferred sentence.
The conviction was expunged from his record. In 2013, the victim died of a drug overdose.
In 1993, Jacques was convicted for kidnapping and sexually assaulting an 18-year-old Rutland High School student. This time, Jacques received a six-to-20-year sentence.
He was placed on probation in 1996. In 2000, he requested and was granted release from ongoing sex offender treatment.
Coffin wrote that Jacques said at the time, I have slowly evolved from a selfish, self involved, cruel, manipulative, hurting young man into a man, while still (possessing) a degree of all those characteristics, I can, for the first time in my life, be proud of.
In 2006, Jacques was released from probation for his 1993 sexual assault conviction.
The 61-page memorandum outlines in horrific detail years of abuse of both Bennett and the other girl with whom he produced the pornography, as well as Breckenridge, a fictional group created by Jacques that scared the girls into compliance.
The memorandum discusses several online aliases Jacques created.These includedCharles, who threatened the girls and their families, and Eric, who sent Bennett a romantic poem that she framed and hung on her bedroom wall.
After killing Bennett June 25, 2008, Jacques fabricated an online trail of emails and messages to deflect attention from himself, prosecutors said. Investigators later recovered a number of videotapes that showed his assault of the other girl, the memorandum states.
Nearly six years after Jacques kidnapped and murdered Brooke, a mother, father, sister, brother, grandmother and countless other relatives and friends grieve her loss, Coffin wrote.
No sentence can undo Jacques crimes, Coffin continued, but on May 20 this Court should banish Jacques pedophile, a psychopath, a monster, the embodiment of evil who preyed on girl after girl after girl for more than two decades from civil society to imprisonment for the remainder of his life.
Jacques is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Burlington.
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WEST MIFFLIN, PA – The Allegheny County Airport Authority will recognize eight members of the OX 5 Aviation Pioneers who rehabbed Miss Pittsburgh, the history-making airplane that made the first airmail flight, at the opening ceremony for the 75th anniversary Air Fair at Allegheny County Airport in West Mifflin, PA. The ceremony is at 9:30 am, Saturday, September 9, 2006, on the stage near the Terminal Building.
Individuals being honored include: Ben Venables, Don Riggs, Bob Lee, Jim Kirk, Bob Zorn, Dennis Yerkey, Ivan Livi, and Ralph Hoesch. Miss Pittsburgh is an OX-5 powered Waco 9 airplane that was restored and now hangs at Pittsburgh International Airport Landside Terminal.
That was not always the case. Miss Pittsburgh was found in Florida around 1960 being used for advertising. Though in disrepair, it still bore its original markings. The owner at that time flew it to New York, but soon the plane became disabled and was forgotten again. In 1993, the OX 5 Pioneers rediscovered the plane in the Rhinebeck NY, Aerodrome, and they began the process of returning the plane to Pittsburgh. They raised money and worked with the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics to have it refurbished.
Miss Pittsburgh was first owned by Clifford Ball and made her virgin airmail flight around noon, April 21, 1927, from Pittsburgh to Cleveland. The OX-5 was a World War One training aircraft engine. It is 23 feet long and has a wingspan of 29.6 feet. The wings were made of spruce and the sides of the plane were cloth stretched over metal tubing. It had no radio or brakes. It could carry up to 800 pounds, flew at a speed of nearly 100 miles per hour at a flight altitude of 1,000 to 5,000 feet.
Cliff Ball was able to expand his profitable airmail service and added more aircraft. The venture became known as the Cliff Ball Mail Line and became Pennsylvania Airlines, which became Pennsylvania Central Airline (PCA), which later became Capital Airlines and part of United Airlines.
"These gentlemen demonstrated an incredible drive to restore Miss Pittsburgh so it could take its rightful place in our region's rich aviation history. They have a high regard for the importance of the role that Pittsburgh and Allegheny County Airport had in the early development of our airlines today," explained Kent G. George, Executive Director, Allegheny County Airport Authority.
The Air Fair at Allegheny County Airport is Saturday, September 9 from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and Sunday, September 10 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. It is a festival of vintage and military aircraft. There will be a paper airplane contest sponsored by Corporate Air, on each day beginning at 11:30 in front of the terminal building. Children are encouraged to take part and all participants will get a prize. Music, food, puppet shows are all part of the festivities. More information on the event is at www.FlyPittsburgh.com.


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"The FlyPittsburgh.com Ticket Give Away is our way of saying 'thank you' to our Discount Fares subscribers by offering a drawing for Free Airline Tickets from Pittsburgh to Paris nonstop on Delta Airlines," said Bradley D. Penrod, Executive Director/CEO, Allegheny County Airport Authority.
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- Prep Time: 30 min
- Cook Time: 25 min
- Ready Time: 180 min
- Yield: 8 servings
- Single crust Classic Crisco® Pie Crust
- 1/2 cup Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- OR 1/2 stick Crisco® Baking Sticks Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 4 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 cups (12 oz. pkg.) semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
- 2 teaspoons Medaglia d'Oro® Instant Espresso Coffee
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup Pillsbury BEST™ All Purpose Flour
- 1 cup coarsely chopped hazelnuts
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Preparation Directions
- PREPARE single pie crust according to recipe directions, using a 9-inch pie plate; do not bake.
- HEAT oven to 350ºF. Beat shortening and sugar in medium bowl at medium speed until light and fluffy.
- BLEND in eggs, one at a time. With a wooden spoon, stir in melted chocolate, espresso powder and vanilla until smooth. Add flour and nuts; stir until combined. Pour filling mixture into unbaked pie crust
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- 9:14 pm Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013 by Dian Vujovich
Before the New Year gets out of hand and 2012s market performances are all but forgotten, here's a look back at the top performing exchange traded funds, (ETFs) and stocks of last year.
The folks at the Bespoke Investment Group do a great job of providing performance results on various investments all year long. What follows is a snapshot of how a variety of different asset class ETFs performed in 2012. Then, e a list of top performing stocks. Data all from Bespoke.
Before looking at a variety of year-end returns, in a nutshell international equity markets outperformed those in the US. [More]


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Hey, I just wanted to tell everyone that if you had anything important in the "My Notes" at the old version of the forum. Please send me a PM about it and I'll send the notes back through PM.
Thanks for inform us Master Zise
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Thank you Zise
Thank you!
Good! I forgot about that...but thank's.
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One word, 'Lifesaver'...Thank you, Zise!
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Thanks Zise ^^
I had some notes that I wanted. Thanks.
UPDATE: It can take a couple of days before you get the notes back after you have sent the PM since it takes long time doing it one by one I'll wait til I have a bunch and do them all at once.
Why thank you kind overlord o_o"
Thanks mate. ^^
That's great news. Thanks Zise! ^_^
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Saturday, November 24, 2012
A Tropical Churchyard
If England had a tropical village, in the deep South of the land, say, and if there were a church in such a place, and if it were a 20th century building created out of the requisite respect for its cultural origins, then it might well be this very church, in Palm Beach, the church of Bethesda by the Sea.
And as all English churchyards are in effect gardens then this one, that might have existed in subtropical England, would surely have had a garden as well. But what kind of a garden would it have been?
Would it have been the right choice, or completely wrong, to have planted, if you could, a Canary Island palm tree in the center of its courtyard?
And could Bougainvillea, fuschia colored ones in fact, have climbed the hallowed outer walls of the cloister, as if it were in Guatemala, say, and not at all in southern England, albeit subtropical southern England.
But this is a masterful garden in any event. Built in the Gothic Revival style in 1927, this graceful structure of cast stone was designed by Hiss and Weeks of New York. It features a prominent bell tower and notable ornamentations, including sculptures of the four Evangelists standing in niches in the main entrance archway. A cloister to the left of the entrance leads to a courtyard and then to the Cluett Memorial Gardens, a small formal garden with fountains, a gazebo and cruciform parterres.
Every stroke, every consideration, in its conception, was studied.
Wandering through, I asked myself, But we're so far from the mother culture here...
And yet they pulled it off.
The vision that saw this project through was simply inspired.
The koi...
The pepper pot houses...
The basins, the rills...
The result is a little gem.
6 comments:
- Kay G. said...
The Episcopal Church of Bethesda By The Sea is very lovely indeed.
I appreciate the photos that you have here. From the church website, it looks as if the photography is not allowed to just anyone.
- November 25, 2012 at 12:42 AM
- Tara Dillard said...
Been hired by several private people thru the years for their church. Undercover.
Too many cooks in the kitchen.
Why the majority think it's ok to plop a tree, rose bush, bench, WHEREVER, is beyond my brain cells.
Great to see a church that understands a garden & its Providential power.
Garden & Be Well, XO Tara
- November 25, 2012 at 4:01 PM
- Laurent said...
this is a beautiful gift, Paul.
- November 25, 2012 at 4:42 PM
- Parnassus said...
The surreal contrast between the tropical plants and the Gothic architecture makes it all the more enjoyable.
- November 25, 2012 at 6:49 PM
- Kirk Dale said...
I suppose the closest you could get to this in England is the Abbey Gardens on the Isle of Tresco although of course the Abbey is a ruin these days.
- November 25, 2012 at 10:21 PM
- columnist said...
The last two photographs of the coi and the reflected bamboo are stunning "watercolours".
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Won't be more of that coming out of Russia for a while. Hopefully this will inspire some.
Queerty, off topic, but the comments are not turned on in the Justing Vivianne Bond article.
@Cam: True. Russia has basically fallen back to the medieval period. During the 80's I always thought gay people would eventually be *more* accepted there. Boy was I wrong.
You Amerikkans are so stupid.
Haven't seen you on here in a while. you must have been spending a lot of time on the anti-gay boards.


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And they're quite right to. Surely every team in the playoffs intends to peak? Leeds are just better than everyone else at doing it.
I was asked about whether Leeds care about league placing, not about whether they care about getting to wembley and winning the WCC (which they did this year but they haven't always done). I simply think they care more about the grand final. Their performances have changed at the back end of the season too many times now for it to be a coincidence. Any team wants to win any match; no team will go out to lose anything and to suggest otherwise is silly. But that is a lot different from planning when to peak, and training up to that point. Athletes do it all the time, for the Olympics, for world cups, etc. Leeds do it for grand finals.
You say the old system was basically the top two thrashing it out at Old Trafford yet the only reason that this wasn't the case this year is because Leeds put Wigan out. They have beat the top two ranking teams in back to back weeks and as a result thoroughly deserve their place as champions.
Why are their fans suckers for buying season tickets? I suspect many fans who buy season tickets do so because they love the club regardless of week to week performances. On top of that the struggle of the journey surely adds to the sweetness of the triumph. To claim that they are a waste of space and deliberately look to finish fifth is quite extraordinary. To say that losing 11 games doesn't make them champions is also a rather odd statement, it's the games that they've won which make them champions, and that isn't an opinion - it's a fact.
It is hard to see the team that broke our hearts four times in five years triumph again, but that's just the way it goes.
I understand concerns about the system and I don't like it myself, but personally my main gripes with it are the gimmicky club call and that a team that finishes in the bottom half of the table is involved. I have no problem with what Leeds have achieved again this year and how they've gone about doing it.


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Starting January 1, 2012, all hunters are required to have in their possession a valid Hunter Education Certificate (or equivalent) when hunting in Manitoba. Photographic images are NOT considered adequate. Manitoba Conservation has recently implemented new requirements for licence eligibility. Details on the new requirements can be found here: Manitoba Conservation – Wildlife Branch
Hunting Regulations:
- An orange vest and hat are mandatory for all big game hunters.
- A wounded big game animal will be considered a kill at the discretion of the guide and/or outfitter.
- You are allowed to bring 2 boxes of rifle rounds into Canada with you. Please see equipment and clothing checklists for specifics on ordering shells.
- Hunting licenses will be provided with your hunting package when you arrive.
- All of the hunting regulations are supplied with the purchase of your hunting license and should be reviewed carefully.
If you would like more information about Canada's hunting regulations, visit the Manitoba Hunting Guide.
Webber's Lodges would like to remind our guests to treat our environment and wildlife with the utmost respect.
Big Game Tags:
- Caribou: Two tags per hunter available.
- Moose: One tag per hunter.
- Bear: One tag per hunter.
- Wolf: Available on any unused big game tag, once filled, tag can still be used for original big game kill.
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