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Ironies abound.
The City of Santa Monica has just been awarded $1 million
by the inaugural Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge
to help finance its proposed project to develop means of
improving and sustaining the "well-being" of residents.
The timing is perfect. Never, in its 138 years, have as many
residents been as angry at City Hall as are angry now. The
primary cause of the residents' rising rage is the City's
anything goes development policy, which has led to an epidemic
of mediocre architecture, a serious diminution of available
open space, ever-spreading traffic congestion, gridlocked
streets, and serious fractures in our built out, once low-key,
relaxed beach town.
In recent months, crowds of residents, ranging up to over 100
people, have attended City Council and Planning Commission
meetings to inveigh against specific mega-projects and what
has been described as a tsunami of proposed new commercial
Some of the most vociferous protests have been inspired by
a unilateral City Hall decision to end an extended moratorium
on too-tall buildings and virtually invite the construction
of towering edifices on Ocean Avenue on what City planners
have dubbed "opportunity sites."
At the moment, the Miramar Hotel, on Ocean at Wilshire, is
proposing a new half-million square foot, 241 feet tall faux
Art Deco tower, renowned architect and longtime Santa Monica
resident Frank Gehry aims to build a new tall hotel on Ocean
at Santa Monica, and the new owners of the new Wyndham Hotel
(the former Holiday Inn) across Ocean from the Santa Monica
Pier, want to add three towers to its existing building.
Large numbers of residents oppose the proposed towers –
because, as they have said myriad times before, they're
more suitable for Miami or Las Vegas than a beautiful,
small beach town.
The divide between the City and its residents grew even wider
when residents learned that Jeff Tumlin, the City's leading
traffic consultant, had characterized Santa Monica residents
as "NIMBYs" (NotInMyBackYard) on his website.
He added fuel to the proverbial fire by claiming that reducing
the number of parking spaces would reduce traffic, or, as he
ever so jauntily put it: people won't drive if they can't park.
In a flash, over 600 residents signed a letter asking for
Tumlin's dismissal (see below).City Manager Rod Gould promptly
dismissed him, but added that the City would continue its
association with Tumlin's firm.
Not incidentally, Tumlin had worked for the City for seven
years and made more than a million dollars for his firm, but
traffic got measurably worse on his watch.
So it is that even as the City's Community and Cultural
Services and the Office of Sustainability and The Environment
staffs are developing ways and means of increasing residents'
well-being, City Planning and Community Development people
are simultaneously shepherding commercial mega-projects
that have enraged residents and shattered any remaining
sense of well-being in the community through the process.
The staff planners and consultants could take a giant step
toward restoring Santa Monica residents' sense of well-being
by simply listening to and heeding the residents they are
pledged to serve, but they stopped doing that some years ago.
According to a story in the Los Angeles Times, City staff and
RAND researchers initially proposed tracking residents'
"physical health, social connectedness and community resilience,
in the belief that the resulting index "could be a first step
toward changing the way city governments serve their residents…
"The coastal city is often associated with the progressive
vanguard. But the idea of tracking well-being is catching on
"The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has
launched the Community Disaster Resilience project, which
will test resilience strategies across Los Angeles in the
coming months.
Gallup-Healthways introduced its Well-Being Index in 2008
and now doles out a national score that varies daily based
on polling.
"Advocates say well-being measures can capture intangible
factors important to civic life. For example, the more
connected people feel to their community, the more likely
they are to bounce back after a natural disaster, city
officials told The Times in previous interviews. And people
with better mental health tend to pay less for healthcare,
they said."
Deep. Very deep.
Several months ago, Santa Monica released a "Youth Wellbeing
Report Card" as part of its Cradle to Career Initiative,
which tracks young people to the age 24. Among its findings were
that 81% of students were physically healthy, 67% felt safe at
school and 25% said they experienced "significant periods of
extreme sadness" during the prior year.
The Times reported that Santa Monica Mayor Pam O'Connor
called the City's award "'a game changer…It's about building
a resilient community. And that resilience will help people
Given that the City has consistently favored developers' needs
over residents' needs and wishes, residents have been remarkably
resilient, repeating their objections over and over again.
We neither need nor want City Hall to "build a resilient
community." We want it to approve far fewer projects — smaller,
genuinely useful and architecturally distinguished buildings,
and value this gloriously idiosyncratic beach town as much we do.
The Times story went on to say, "Santa Monica's project will
be carried out over the next two years, and its creators hope
to develop a model that can be used nationwide, said Office of Sustainability and the Environment Director Dean Kabani.
"Work with RAND Corp. and other experts will continue as the
index develops, Kabani said. The city will need to gather
data on factors that drive well-being, such as economics,
education, health and social connectedness, and ultimately
that data will be funneled into an overall well-being score.
In the second year of the project, officials said they will
use the index to frame decisions by city government, neigh-
borhood groups and nonprofits."
In America, residents' well-being derives primarily from the
democratic process, and the of, by and for the people principle
that is, or should be. the basis for everything else. That
principle has been dormant here for some years.
Kabani told the Times, "Much of the prize money (i.e., a million
dollars) will be paid to consultants who help develop the index,
adding that the city is contributing about $750,000 in contribu-
tions of staff time, but no additional dollars."
"Factors that drive well-being," in Kabani's phrase, surely
must include a trustworthy City government – a government that
listens to its residents, recognizes and understands their
priorities and responds to their wishes and needs. Santa Monica,
sadly, does not have that sort of government. It has government
of, by and for the staff, its acolytes on the Council and its
We are here, all 87,000 residents, on the ground, present,
aware, articulate. Unlike our previous mayor and certain
Council members, we speak in complete sentences. But, on its
quest for the bases of our well-being, the staff prefers to
rely on a visiting team, the million-dollar consultants.
They're professionals, experienced.They charge a lot for
their services, so they must be good.
Last week, the City Council approved a Bill of Sustainable
Rights. Perhaps it should pledge its allegiance to the Bill
of Rights this week.
Better late than ever.


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Sheffield Doc/Fest 2013: Mirage Men
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- Ashley Clark
Initially, it seems as though tricksy doc Mirage Men is going to focus on a fellow by the name of Paul Bennewitz, an Albuquerque, New Mexico resident who, back in the 1970s began to see odd lights from the comfort of his home. Bennewitz concluded that what he'd seen must have been UFOs. However, rather than be dissuaded by the authorities, Bennewitz was unfortunate enough to find himself the subject of a cruel and bizarre counterintelligence operation from the U.S. government. This mission, led by the implacable, slippery Special Agent Richard Dody – who we meet in a series of vaguely creepy talking heads, and who gradually becomes the closest the film has to a central character – was designed to encourage domestic paranormal speculation and throw Russians off the scent of defense development.
That Mirage Men spins an initially intriguing tale is undeniable, and moreover its peek into the bizarre machinations of American government intelligence is particularly timely in the present era of NSA surveillance controversy. Unfortunately it's undone by a distinctly wobbly structural approach. There's no real thesis to speak of, and the interest generated by the Bennewitz strand fizzles out into an uninteresting narrative of smoke, mirrors and unsubstantiated, patience-testing conspiracy theories from a series of clammy characters in shadowy hotel rooms. There's also a distinct lack of human interest on show. Other than Bennewitz, who is only ever seen frozen in time in the same haunting photograph, we're not really given much of a reason to care about anybody. Particularly disappointingly, there is much talk about the "UFO community" but, save for some brief glimpses of conferences, we find out little about their mores, beliefs and history.
However, the filmmakers deserve credit for piecing together some clearly well-researched and evocative archive footage of post-war America (the era in which interest in UFOs took off), and there is some captivating time-lapse photography of the vast, parched Albuqueque landscapes, which will be familiar to fans of TV's Breaking Bad.
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First off, I wanted to apologize for the paucity of posts as of late. We're into the end of the semester and I have been buried in both preparing new lecture/labs for both of my classes and attempts to grade all said work. This has devoured the time I usually have to write posts. Combine that with the overall exhaustion from the semester, the continued work on my first Lassen manuscript, organization for my tenure dossier submission and preparation for this summer's research campaign (along with the rough winter here in Ohio), and it has been difficult to concentrate on writing posts that are up to snuff for the blog.
Now, all of this shouldn't be an excuse for me to getting out even brief posts on some of the new activity out there, but since I started this blog 6 years ago (this week!), we've seen the rise of a number of other blogs that can constantly update us on every little burp from volcanoes around the globe — something that was missing when I started Eruptions back in 2008. This is not to say that having a volcanologist discuss all this activity isn't vital, but it does mean that I'm no longer the only source of information. Twitter has also changed the way news is spread and when I don't have time to post, I end up tweeting that volcanic tidbit there instead of here on the blog.
It is hard for me to believe that Eruptions started six years ago (the official anniversary is May 1) … and I still love writing this blog. When I started this blog, I was a postdoctoral research at UC Davis trying to make a name for myself in the field. Now, six years later, I'm headed up for tenure this coming fall here at Denison and feel like I've done a good job establishing myself as a teacher, researcher and public outreach figure in volcanology. I can't complain about a lick of it — but the workload adds up over the years.
So, right now, the posts may be spread out a little more than they used to be, at least until the semester has settled down after mid-May. I'm also pressing to make sure the promised return of the past comments actually happens and the front-page links to past posts and link to the "Volcano Webcams of the World" (which I will update right after the semester) come back. I'm going to attempt to swing back to having some shorter posts about the volcanology of new eruptions along with the longer pieces on volcanic research and my battle against poor science journalism and pseudoscience. Stay tuned because Eruptions will be back in full force — it has been a great ride so far.Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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friends ?
What purpose does the friends function serve? Accepted the first couple friend requests and didn't notice any changes. Don't want to ignore them if there's a purpose or if it's considered rude.
They just show up in your profile. When I click on yours it shows hvaclover and lucky. Friends tend to be people who think similar to you or are people who request it as a way to say thanks sometimes.
I send friend requests to members that contribute on a regular basis as a "Thank You".
Other than that, I have no idea if there are any other reasons/perks.
So there isn't any kind of ranking bonus granted to people with more friends? I think I heard someone talking about that.
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Shares tumbled on the first day of May as investors sold banking stocks despite strong first-half earnings by ANZ Banking Group, while miners fell after the iron ore price plunged further.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index lost 40.3 points, or 0.7 per cent, on Thursday to 5448.8, while the broader All Ordinaries Index also lost 0.7 per cent to 5430.4, with all sectors in the red. An optimistic outlook for US economic growth from the United States Federal Reserve, which helped lift the Dow Jones index to a new record close, was not enough to buoy the market.
In the afternoon, a report commissioned by the government sparked fears of a tough Federal Budget that could curb domestic growth at a time the value of Australia's most important export, iron ore, is under pressure.
Local shares rose briefly when trade began following equity markets in the US, which lifted after the Federal Reserve concluded its April meeting with the announcement it will cut its monthly stimulus by another $US10 billion as flagged.
"The commentary was more upbeat than last meeting and I think that's appropriate," BlackRock Australia head of fixed income Steve Miller said.
Local investor confidence took a hit after the National Commission of Audit recommended the government consider cutting Medicare, raising the pension age and allowing the states to tax income ahead of May's budget.
"Over the past 12 months the impact of low interest rates has been felt in an improving housing sector and retail spending in the eastern states, but in the past fortnight that has pulled back as consumers start to worry about budget cuts," Legg Mason Australian equities chief investment officer Reece Birtles said.
"Talk of a new 'deficit tax' is bad for consumer confidence. It will be hard for local stocks to push higher over the coming months," Mr Birtles said.
Fund managers said budget tightening would limit the company earnings growth needed to underpin gains in the value of the local sharemarket.
Impact of budget
"It is politically expedient to have a tough first-term budget, and I expect this one to have a bigger impact on the sharemarket than normal," Mr Miller said. "Fiscal tightening is warranted but I think the market has underestimated the need for it. It will create headwinds for equities over the coming months, particularly for retail and housing related stocks."
ANZ dropped 1.2 per cent to $34.07 despite beating analyst forecasts to report a 11 per cent rise in half-year profit, lifting its interim dividend more than expected by 14 per cent to 83¢ per share, and showing the bank's controversial strategy to expand in to Asia is on-track. Credit Suisse analysts expressed concerns the bank is setting aside a smaller proportion of capital for provisional coverage, at 0.7 per cent down from 0.85 per cent in the previous six month period.
The rest of the big four banks were also lower. Commonwealth Bank of Australia fell 0.3 per cent to $78.64, Westpac Banking Corporation lost 1.2 per cent to $34.70, and National Australia Bank shed 1.7 per cent to $34.71. Telstra Corporation declined 0.4 per cent to $5.20. Elsewhere in the financial services sector insurance stocks were mostly higher, with QBE Insurance Group, AMP Ltd, and Suncorp Group advancing.
Mining worst performing
Mining was the worst-performing sector, down 1.1 per cent, as iron ore prices approached a 12 month low, official Chinese data showed demand for Australia's biggest export is growing more slowly than hoped, and the world's biggest producer, Brazil's Vale SA, posted a steeper decline in first quarter profit than expected due to weaker iron ore prices and tipped them to fall further.
China's official manufacturing purchasing managers index rose 0.1 points in April to 50.4 points, missing expectations for a rise to 50.5. The spot price for iron ore, landed in China, fell 2.7 per cent to $US105.40 a tonne, or near two-year lows.
Australian resources giant BHP Billiton lost 0.7 per cent to $37.50, main rival Rio Tinto fell 1.5 per cent to $60.79 while iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group dropped 4 per cent to $4.85.
Wesfarmers, owner of Coles and Bunnings, moved up 0.1 per cent to $42.75. Earlier in the week, its quarterly sales growth figures beat Woolworths, who fell 2.1 per cent to $36.52.
Gold, copper and nickel miner
Logistics group Brambles lifted 0.4 per cent to $9.47 after analysts upgraded their recommendations in response to Wednesday's third quarter trading update. "The company has more than offset the adverse short term impact on pallet volumes of the North American winter and the later timing of Easter," Deutsche Bank analyst Cameron McDonald said.
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Construction to start soon on new hotel in downtown Bristol
BRISTOL - Construction on a new boutique hotel in downtown Bristol could begin soon. The Virginia-based developers, Creative Boutique Hotels, told us they've bought two of the properties they'll use for The Sessions Hotel. They purchased the old Owen Equipment Company building and Jobbers Candy Company building.
They still have to close the deals for the old Simply Grand Flour mill building and the KSS Instructional Aid store. We're told those purchases should be finalized by the beginning of next week.
The developers told us they'll connect the Owen Equipment and Jobbers Candy buildings to the Simply Grand Flour mill building to create a 70 room hotel with a spa and restaurants.
"We're using everything about the buildings we can use," said architect Hal Craddock, with Creative Boutique Hotels.
Despite being old, the buildings still have good floors and structure, said Craddock. The developers plan to use, and restore, as much as they can.
"We're going to use the equipment in the mill building to create art out of that equipment," said Kimberly Christner, with Creative Boutique Hotels. "We're going to have granary shafts in the guest rooms and the windows are going to be original in some places."
Christner told us they hoped to have all of the buildings purchased by February 2014. The delay in closing these deals means they will not open by Spring 2015 as originally intended, she said. Once the group has secure the final two buildings, they plan to start construction. It will include knocking down the KSS building.
"It's not a contributing building to the historic part of downtown so we'll raze that and that will be the drive-in part of the plan," said Christner.
Employees with KSS told us they will relocate the store.
The project is expected to cost around $20 million. The developers told us they'll use tax credits to make up for some of that amount. They also hope to have about $3 million in local investments. When the project was announced, the city offered a $1.2 million dollar contribution.
Local businesses have told us they're looking forward to the completion of the hotel. At State Line Bar and Grille, owner Amy Booher, said they think it will create more business.
"The more people downtown, the better," said Booher. "It's going to create a better community and a tourist destination for downtown Bristol."


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Submitted to: Transactions of the ASABE
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/14/2006
Publication Date: 11/1/2006
Citation: Dunn, R.O. 2006. Oxidative stability of biodiesel by dynamic mode pressurized-differential scanning calorimetry (P-DSC). Transactions of the ASABE. 49(5):1633-1641. Interpretive Summary: Biodiesel, an alternative diesel fuel made from vegetable oils or animal fats, is very reactive to oxygen when placed in contact with air. Oxidative degradation during storage can compromise fuel quality of biodiesel fuel. This work applies non-isothermal pressurized differential scanning calorimetry (P-DSC) to study the effects of oxidation on biodiesel made from soybean oil (methyl soyate) under accelerated reaction conditions (positive air flow, ramping temperature). Methyl soyate samples, including those treated with oxidation inhibitors, were tested for relative resistance to oxidation and results compared to those for a fatty acid methyl ester standard. Results showed correlation to those obtained from more time-consuming oil stability index (OSI) analyses. This work demonstrates P-DSC is a rapid and accurate analytical tool for assessing relative resistance to oxidation of fuels formulated with biodiesel. Data from this work will directly benefit biodiesel fuel producers, distributors and customers by providing a rapid and user-friendly means for monitoring fuel quality during long-term storage.
Technical Abstract: Biodiesel, an alternative diesel fuel made from transesterification of vegetable oils or animal fats, is composed of saturated and unsaturated long-chain fatty acid alkyl esters. During long-term storage, oxidation caused by contact with ambient air presents legitimate concerns for monitoring fuel quality. Extended oxidative degradation can affect kinematic viscosity, cetane number and acid value of the fuel. This work investigates the suitability of dynamic mode (positive air purge) pressurized-differential scanning calorimetry (P-DSC) as a means for evaluating the oxidation reaction during non-isothermal heating scans. Methyl oleate, methyl linoleate, and soybean oil fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) were analyzed by P-DSC and the results compared with those from thermogravimetric analyses (TGA), conventional DSC and static mode (zero purge gas flow) P-DSC scans. Results from TGA showed that ambient air pressure was too low to allow measurable oxidation during analyses. Although some degree of oxidation was detected for DSC and static mode P-DSC heating scans, results demonstrated the highest degree of oxidation occurred during dynamic mode P-DSC scans. For DSC and P-DSC analyses, oxidation onset temperature (OT) increased with relative oxidative stability with the highest values being observed for methyl oleate. Treating soybean oil FAME with antioxidants increased their relative oxidative stability resulting in an increase in OT. Statistical comparison of response factors (RF) relative to methyl oleate obtained from non-isothermal heating scans with those obtained from OSI analyses showed the highest degree of correlation (P = 0.79) with respect to dynamic mode P-DSC.


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Brooklyn's Finest strives to be a gritty cop drama were all the characters live in that grey area of life. The film even opens with a discussion on how sometimes breaking the law is actually a good thing for bad people to do in times of crisis. Yet the true murkiness is not found on the hard Brooklyn street but in the film's script. The picture is a slow burner that actually starts off very promising. Antonie Fuqua's film teases us at first, just when you think the payoff is about to happen...he decides to keep you dangling just a little longer. Unfortunately we are dangling for so long that Fuqua give us, unintentionally of course, a film with two endings. The first one is what I like to call the "false ending." It is the point in the film where, if the credits began roll, you would feel like you had a satisfying experience. I will not give away the details but will merely say it is the redemption moment for the characters. It is where they wake up and realize that they need to start making better choices.
The only problem with this style of ending is that it does not fit with the usual aesthetics of an Antonie Fuqua film. After seeing seven of his nine films, the one thing I have come to expect from Fuqua is some sort of shootout or action sequence to cap things off. A film is not over until the body count rises and the characters are all out of bullets. Which brings me to the preposterous final act of the film, or the "official ending" if you will. This is where all logic is thrown out the window and the men find themselves in the same housing complex in "Dirty Harry" mode . It is at this point in which both the story and the characters lose all credibility. By time the film ends we feel nothing for these characters or the situations they found themselves in. Brooklyn's Finest might have actually been a decent film without this ending. Sure it would still be formulaic but enjoyable nonetheless. Sadly the final act of the film is so bad that it is tough to recommend this film on any level.


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The crowd settled to a dull murmur as Wesleyan president Michael Roth stood in the center of the room. A former professor known for his jazz piano skills and formidably tight jeans, he was making his first foray to the tech event . "All across this country, the notion of a liberal arts education is under attack," Mr. Roth declared. "But looking around this room tonight it's clear to me that the skills we teach are becoming increasingly relevant in the digital age."
Digital Wesleyan was not, of course, started as an networking effort on the part of the university. "This isn't Harvard or Stanford—we're actually really bad at organizing these kinds of alumni events," Mr. Borthwick noted. "But the young Wesleyan people in tech, they're popping up fucking everywhere."
The events were in fact the initiative of a young graduate named Jake Levine. Betabeat found him huddled with Union Square's Brad Burnham, debating the best way to keep the Internet free from corporate interference.
"It's not always in the interest of the incumbent players to innovate," Mr. Burnham explained. It's a topic he knows firsthand, having begun his career at AT&T, a company notorious for eating its young when it comes to disruptive technologies. There Mr. Burnham, a decade older than his alumni peers, helped to build AT&T Ventures, a shop charged with the difficult task of finding promising new technologies within the strictures of a recalcitrant monopoly.
Mr. Levine had just finished reading Yochai Benkler's The Wealth of Networks and began asking Mr. Burnham for more insight. "I never heard such a clear, concise explanations of how patent law encourages and stifles innovation," he declared.
Mr. Burnham shook his head. "What I envy about someone like you or Benkler is the clarity of thinking. It's like an early Maoist. You know where you want to go and don't concern yourself with the obstacles along the way."
The younger set at the event comprised mostly entrepreneurs, who are just as numerous, if not as powerful yet, as Wesleyan's tech investors. Mr. Levine was working as an analyst at The Ladders when he began organizing Digital Wes. Early this year he was offered a spot as an entrepreneur-in-residence at betaworks, and four months later took a job as general manager at News.me, the social reader from betaworks backed by The New York Times.
"The people in this room where the ones who gave me my first advice," said Dina Kaplan, co-founder of blip.tv. "At the time we started, none of us had run a business. We just had a vision for something we believed in."
Jordan Goldman, whose acceptance to Wesleyan was chronicled in the New York Times best-seller The Gatekeepers, found funding for his first company by cold-calling the Wesleyan alumni network. "There is a very deep base here that young entrepreneurs can tap into," confirmed Mr. Goldman, founder of Unigo, an online college guide that just raised $1.6 million from McGraw Hill. "These were the folks that go me started."
Mr. Goldman was showing Christopher Lake, '05, around the party, pointing out the various big names he should meet. Mr. Lake had just left an analyst position at McKinsey to try his hand at business development in the start-up world. "It's a real eye-opener, especially compared to some of the Wes alumni at finance events I attended," Mr. Lake said. "You'd meet a few investment bankers, a few hedge fund guys, none of whom you'd ever heard of, along with a gaggle of recent grads trying to break into the world. In that scene you get the feeling that Wesleyan will always be an also-ran. In tech, we're distinct."
In the elevator heading home, Betabeat met Kai Bond, from Hatch Labs, who had been chatting with several of the investors in attendance. Typically the process of finding funding for a start-up is a challenging one. Investors like to rake a new project over the coals before they commit capital. But for better or worse, the Wesleyan connection seems to have streamlined that process. "When you come to an event like this, it's not, 'Pitch me your idea,'" Mr. Bond noted. "It's more like, 'Come in for a meeting and let's find an idea we can get behind.'"


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When the strains of a well-remunerated, high pressure job gets too much then some work on your handicap in warmer climes is the ultimate cure.
Carlos Tevez has provided the perfect case study for proof that a bit of R and R is infinitely preferable to prescribing a course of a baffling variety of happy pills.
The Argentina striker was given a six-month sabbatical by his blue-chip employers, and has returned the office playing off scratch and full of renewed vigour.
There were more than few people at the Etihad Stadium last night who voiced their disapproval at Tevez's arrival back from his extended break. The pre-match boos directed at him might have been greater in number were it not hard for people to jeer a man wearing a t-shirt bearing the message 'Get well soon Muamba'.
Still, the majority seemed to be cautiously happy to have Tevez back in the fold. Someone had even come with messages welcoming back the man who scored at a rate of one goal every 1.5 league games in his first two seasons at City.
It's not hard to see why, in spite of his infamous refusal to warm up against Bayern Munich which led to his exile from City, they are happy to see him back. After all, their title challenge had stuttered to the point where Manchester United were four points ahead of them, and it had been a while since they last looked anywhere near as scintillating as they had in the first half of the season.
Manager Roberto Mancini – who repeatedly said that Tevez was finished as a City player following that embarrassing night at the Allianz Arena back in September - had already said it was likely that the striker would make an appearance off the bench last night against Chelsea. Not long after Gary Cahill had put the visitors ahead on the hour mark, on he came.
Sure enough, after Sergio Aguero had levelled matters from the penalty spot, Tevez just how missing the vast majority of a season really keeps you sharp by slipping a canny reverse pass into to Samir Nasri's feet for the Frenchman to score the winner.
Victory sealed City's 20th consecutive home win in the league, the first time that feat has been achieved in the Premier League era and – after Liverpool, Newcastle United and Preston North End – makes them only the fourth club ever to do so in the top flight. So it was kind of a big deal.
"Carlos is not 100% but that is normal," said Mancini after the game. "But he knows the football. That was important because he did an incredible assist for Samir.
"What happened with him finished one month ago when Carlos came back and everything was finished. I have spoken to Carlos every day in the last month.
"If he can find good form in 10 days that would be important for us. Now it is important for him to play some games, for us, him and his future."
The win effectively puts City's title fate back in their own hands. With nine matches left to play they are a point behind United, who still have to come to the Etihad at the end of April.
Such a turn of events does potentially put City in an awkward position. After disciplining him and putting him in the doghouse for six months, they are now back in his debt just 24 minutes into his return.
It is hard to believe that if City had maintained or even extended what was once a five-point lead over United then they would have been quite so eager to cast their differences with Tevez aside. Both his offence and the punishment he received are seemingly without precedent in football, and for so long the thought of him even returning to Manchester, never mind running out for City again, seemed inconceivable.
But had he signed for Corinthians, Boca Juniors, Inter, AC Milan, Juventus, Paris St Germain , QPR, Limavady United, Renford Rejects or any other club he was linked with during one of the longest and most absurd transfer sagas ever then City would not have been able to bring him out of mothballs at this crucial stage in the season.
It may be morally questionable and leave a bad taste for many City fans, but if Tevez can help the club to the title then all will be forgiven. Until next time, at least.
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Whilst the balance of power shifted slightly in Manchester last night, it was completely overhauled in north London.
Arsenal claimed a nervy 1-0 victory at Goodison Park - where Everton had beaten Man City, Chelsea and Tottenham in their last three league games there - while Spurs only salvaged a 1-1 draw courtesy of Rafael van set Vaart's stoppage-time equaliser.
Arsenal are having their worst season under Arsene Wenger, while Spurs are having their best campaign of the Premier League era, and yet the Gunners are now a point above their local rivals in third place with nine games to go.
At one stage this season Harry Redknapp's side sat in the final automatic Champions League spot a 10-point cushion. Now they face having to guard a play-off spot against Chelsea, who they meet at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
Spurs had 18 shots on target against the Potters and enjoyed 71 per cent of the possession, but could not stop Stoke taking a total of four points off them this season.
In all fairness, if you can't beat a team with Salif Diao and Cameron Jerome in midfield, perhaps you have no business being in the Champions League anyway.
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Do you know How Prides Corner got its name? In 1649 Oliver Cromwell and General Thomas Pride beheaded King Charles 1st in a pivotal event in British History. It was the death of the absolute Monarchy. After Cromwell's death the Royalists came to power again in the form of Charles the second. They proceeded to hang, draw and quarter the body of the deceased Oliver Cromwell and all his followers they could find. Thomas Pride, a signatory of Charles's Death Warrant (He also arrested one third of parliament to create the "rump parliament"), was dead himself by this time (See Prides Purge in Wikipedia) but his son, Joseph, had also been deeply involved in the revolution. Chased by Red Coats hot on his heels, he ran down the pier and jumped into the water and swam for the last longboat to the ship sailing for America. He ultimately settled in Prides Corner and thus its name.
Prides Corner is more than just a Drive in Theater, it is the American refuge of a prominent "Regicide". The site of the Grave of Joseph Pride and descendants is just above Highland Lake just off Prides Farm Road Hidden in the woods. (There are two small plots a mile apart, rapidly degrading and disappearing).
The graves in the small cemetery are now ill tended and nearly forgotten. Some headstones are missing. It is a shame, it is such a fantastic piece of true Americana, it deserves remembrance. The theater, the most prominent area landmark, should consider sponsoring some event to mark it... perhaps a Regicide celebration? Showing several movies of Oliver Cromwell on the 4th of July? We could all honk our horns when it comes to the part of cutting off the Kings head (as Oliver Cromwell put it... "with the crown on it") :) Maybe an afternoon of volunteers spritzing up the small cemetery which deserves more attention that it has had in recent years? Surely this uniquely American story should not pass eon after eon unnoticed.
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Note: Joseph Pride's Great Great Grandson appears in George Washington's 1790 census as an old man, His Great Great Great Grandsons Joseph and Thomas both appear in the 1820 census. The Names Thomas and Joseph repeat in the family history for another 200 years for obvious reasons. (How many get to hang a King :)) http://www.danielpride.com/1790Falmouth.tiff http://www.danielpride.com/1820Census.tiff See Also... Mark Noble, Lives of the Regicides George Bate, Lives of the Prime Actors and Principal Contrivers of the Murder of Charles I and on line at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pride http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride%27s_Purge
Altho Lewis in his 1968 work claimed the Prides arrived in 1726, a death record for an infant Joseph Pride in 1686 in the Prides Corner area conclusively refutes this. (Lewis had to do everything by hand in 1968 :)
Joseph Pride Birthdate: December 12, 1686 Death: Died 1686 in Falmouth, Cumberland Co., ME
Its probably a safe bet that if the Royalists were out to hang you you picked a pretty "out of the way" spot to hang your hat,... and probably didn't formally request any land grants from the crown for a good long time :) (Like the Casco Bay Treaty of 1726...)


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Since first learning of the opportunity, Steamboat already may have seen one exhibit come and go because of a lack of museum-quality exhibition space. One such show, "Siqueiros: Spirit of a Revolutionary," is now on display at the Museo de las Americas in Denver, highlighting the work of one of the greatest Mexican artists, Siqueiros.
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For the Mexican muralist exhibits to come to Steamboat, a space with temperature control, proper lighting and security must be found. The pieces in the Sequeiros show are worth more than $2 million and would require tight security.
Dieckhoff's search has led others to look more closely at the need for a permanent art museum or museum-quality exhibition space in Steamboat to bring high caliber art to the area.
"We need a museum," Dieck--hoff said. "A museum would seed our local art community. It would create a focal point or a landmark for cultural growth in this town.
"Already, we have some decent art in Steamboat that needs to be protected. A museum would offer the opportunity for preservation as well as an information source for people who do have art collections."
If he finds a space that meets all the criteria, Dieckhoff hopes to see the Rivera exhibit come to Steamboat as early as November.
"Since I started looking, I've found there isn't much available," he said. "This could be our opportunity to build one.
"People say we are a small community. We can't afford a museum, but it's a horse-and-cart thing. It's a leap of faith. Build it, and they will come.
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A veteran's flag that was supposed to be used as a funeral drape in North Carolina never made it.
It had been missing for 26 years.
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"(good afternoon, Hondo Anvil, how may I help you?) yes is this Kathy? (yes it is) hey Kathy it's Paula from Odessa with Charlie the flag..."
Paula Roberts was shopping at the Goodwill in Odessa with her daughter. When she found an old veterans flag on the back shelf gathering dust...With a curling strip of masking tape that read "Charlie Gaston, funeral drape" and a price tag of $9.99.
"For us, we know what the flag means. We know that it's a sign of somebody in the military that they've died and the sacrifices that they've given."
And with enough determination Roberts got to work to track down who the flag belonged to.
"I called every place you can even imagine."
One thing lead to another and another.She discovered that Charlie Gaston served in World War Two and graduated from Texas A&M in 1928.
"But how the flag ended up in this Odessa Goodwill on 42nd is a mystery."
Eventually she found his adopted son George. All the way in North Carolina.
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The New Hampshire primary is Tuesday, and it is the second contest of the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Polls show Mitt Romney is still out front but his lead is shrinking. Ron Paul is in second place.
This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm David Greene.
And I'm Steve Inskeep in Manchester, New Hampshire. Drivers rolled past a vivid site on the road leading into one of last weekend's presidential debates. Ron Paul's campaign had put up yard signs. Not just a few; a whole row of them. Nearby stood a cluster of Jon Huntsman signs and more for Newt Gingrich. Beyond that, Mitt Romney's campaign planted what seemed like a hundred blue and white signs in a row. And then, just when the blast of color seemed over, came one more sign for Rick Santorum.
Romney's leading here. But over the weekend his rivals attacked him from all sides. And let's start our coverage with NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson.
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MARA LIASSON, BYLINE: Outside St. Anselm's College in Manchester Saturday night, there were dueling clumps of screaming, sign-waving supporters. Inside the debate hall, Mitt Romney was bracing for an all-out assault from his rivals. But it never happened, as his opponents chose to fight mostly among themselves. Here's an exchange between Ron Paul and Rick Santorum, who are competing to be the conservative alternative to Romney.
RON PAUL: But the big difference between the way I voted and the way the senator voted is I always voted against the spending. I voted against all the spending. There's only been a couple of appropriations bill I've voted for in the past, what, 24, 26 years I've been in Washington. So you're a big spender. That's all there is to it. You're a big government conservative.
RICK SANTORUM: I am not a libertarian, Ron. I agree with you. You vote against everything. I don't vote against everything. I do vote for some spending. I do think government has a role to play, particularly in defense.
LIASSON: By Sunday morning, the strategy had shifted, as if the candidates finally realized that they only had one day left to try and stop Romney, who appears poised to roll from one early state victory to another.
Newt Gingrich pounced after Romney gave this explanation for why he decided not to run for re-election as governor of Massachusetts.
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LIASSON: As Romney went on and on, Newt saw an opening.
NEWT GINGRICH: Can we drop a little bit of the pious baloney? The fact is, you ran in '94 and lost. That's why you weren't serving in the Senate with Rick Santorum. The fact is, you had a very bad re-election rating. You dropped out of office. You had been out of state for something like 200 days preparing to run for president. You didn't have this interlude of citizenship while you thought about what to do. You were running for president while you were governor.
LIASSON: The personal animosity between the two men was palpable. Gingrich has been seething ever since a super-PAC supporting Romney aired $3.5 million of attack ads against him in Iowa. When the moderator invited Gingrich to restate to Romney's face his charge that Romney was a liar, Gingrich looked straight at his opponent.
GINGRICH: Governor, I wish you would calmly and directly state it is your former staff running the PAC. It is your millionaire friends giving to the PAC, and you know some of the ads aren't true. Just say that, straightforward.
LIASSON: Romney was as usual prepared, and he had a ready answer, repeating all the charges made about Gingrich in the super-PAC ads.
ROMNEY: Anything wrong I'm opposed to. But, you know, this ain't the bean bag. We're going to come into a campaign; we're going to describe the differences between us. But I do think – but I do think the rhetoric, Mr. Speaker, I think was a little over the top.
GINGRICH: You think my rhetoric was over the top, but your ads were totally reasonable? I just want to understand...
ROMNEY: Again...
GINGRICH: I've taken the governor's advice.
ROMNEY: Mr. Speaker?
LIASSON: Although the other candidates managed to remind voters about all the things they may not like about Mitt Romney, none of the attacks rattled him or made him loose his cool.
Rick Perry, who entered the race in first place and then stumbled out of the gate, found a graceful way to poke fun at the moment his campaign ran aground: his famous brain freeze at a debate in Michigan when he couldn't remember the three federal agencies he wanted to eliminate.
RICK PERRY: Well, let me answer the question that you asked earlier: What are the three areas that you would make some reductions that people would feel some pain? And I will tell you it would be those bureaucrats at the Department of Commerce and Energy and Education that we're going to do away with.
LIASSON: Perry, who's never been able to climb back out of single digits since that oops moment, left New Hampshire right after the debate to make a last stand in South Carolina. The rest of the candidates are spending one last day here hunting for votes.
Mara Liasson, NPR News, Manchester, New Hampshire.
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Journal entry
Wednesday, April 25 1990
Greece and Turkey have a lot of natural springs & where these springs are, quite often they erect, what looks like a stone memorial, with a pipe sticking out that has spring water continually flowing from it, this morning at one of these springs, I did some hand washing as well as myself & also my hair, the water is so cold that your head seems to contract & is quite painful, but the feeling of cleanness is wonderful. We then started our last leg (hopefully) to Gallipoli, Jenny mozzed us all by saying nothing else could go wrong - WRONG - The bloody car wouldn't start - flat battery. I could have pulled my hair out, I am sure there is some force working against us going to Gallipoli (spelt Gelibolu). Luckily Andrew had some jumper leads, & we were finally away.
We arrived in Gelibolu & headed for the tourist office, to pick up map & directions. We drove straight to Anzac Cove, where the soldiers first landed April 25th 1915. Parked the car & read the moving epilogue by ATATURK 1934, & looked at the gravesites. Conway & all the others we travelled to Egypt with arrived, so it was hello's all around, & then we secured our positions as close to the fence, separating us from the stage as possible for the 5.30 am dawn service. The bay is full of naval ships (destroyers etc, all like in battleships!!) as well as a aussie submarine. As it's getting darker, the atmosphere is just getting better & better. Somebody has just stood up, & led us singing all the Aust songs like Tie me Kangaroo, There's a track winding back etc, etc & we all did (there are thousand's of aussie backpackers by now) a really beautiful version of Waltzing Matilda everyone seemed in tuned and nobody seemed to be shouting. It sounded great & made you proud to be an aussie.
They had put lights all around the sub & it was lit up, as well as the aircraft carrier having a huge kangaroo lit up on the side. They looked fantastic. The Australian army was on hand for parking, lighting etc & they did a fantastic job & having them there seem to keep the crowd under control without ever having to become heavy handed. They were efficient & friendly & a full to credit to themselves. As dawn slowly approached, one digger was brought in as well as some war widows, & everyone stood up & gave them a big clap. Slowly more & more people arrived, & everywhere was packed.
Bob (primeminister) arrived to loud cheers & then slowly one by slowly one the diggers (all 59 - one was N.Z) were sitted & the ceremony began. The microphones appeared not to be working, so it was hard to hear the speakers (as listed in my booklet that was handed out for free). Bob Hawke you could hear fairly well, obviously he knows how to project his voice. We then had prayers before the last post & then the ode:
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Age shall not weary them,
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We will remember them.
We will remember them.
One of the diggers turned 103 today.
We then sang 'God Save the Queen' & of course 'Advance Australia Fair', which made the voice tremble & squeak & bought a tear to the eye. The ceremony finished after the N.Z anthem. The next service was a wreath laying ceremony at Lone Pine we had a brief sleep & then jostled for best positions.
Bob Hawke, gave a great speech, it was moving without going overboard & was not dragged out. It bought a lump to our throats as well as his. A tree was then planted, & then wreaths were laid & of course the last post was played. The ode (to prayer?) was recited by Brigadier Alf Garland, National President R.S,L). You couldn't get near to see all the wreaths so we are dropping the others in town to catch there ferry & after we have a short nap we are going back to have a look. Rang Mum and Dad, talked to long, it will cost them a mint this phone call!
Took ferry across to Cannackle, where a lot of aussies were staying including the group we travelled to Egypt with.
We sat in a cafe, talked & had a few quiet ones. Caught 1.00am ferry back, which was full of Turkish people (it seemed rather late).
Thursday, 26th April 1990
Well I didn't think anything could top yesterday, but today was even more special than yesterday. We arose at 11.00, had brunch, then went to the Museum which was only one small room but interesting artefacts, including a skull with the bulled still in top of it. We then headed back to Lone Pine, where we read the wreaths that had been laid, & had a look at the whole area, which had been covered by people last time. We then looked at all the trenches, that still stretch in all directions just near the cemetary. Earlier we had seen some photographers turning up & wondered what it was about we then heard that all the diggers were turning up. As we were returning from the trenches, the buses pulled up, and all the old diggers started getting out. They were all back to wander at their leisure. It was fantastic to see so many of them walking by themselves & as chirpy as buttons. They were given small wreaths to place on graves, or their battalions listings. One old dear asked how much they were, & was told of course they were free. Again the military was fabulous & helped them all around. One digger who was in a wheelchair, decided he wanted to go for a walk, & asked the soldier escorting him if he minded! The soldier reply 'You can do whatever you want'!! I had my photo taken with J.D. Robertson, who said they had all had a marvellous time, we just wandered about, talking to them, & getting them to sign their names on our Anzac Booklets, as I was talking to one digger, Channel Nine cameras came up & filmed us talking. The digger said we could get engaged if we like! It was all the more special because this visit had not be publicized, so they could look around peacefully & there was only a handful of people there. Of course military, ambulance, etc, made it seem quite a few people. It was a moving & touching experience.
We then travelled onto all the other points that had been held & lost by aussies & turks, & have finished the day in Canakkle ready to start the rest of our journey through Turkey.
Letter to Family
26 April 1990
Dear Mum & Dad, Nick & Jim, This is being written 'upstairs' in the combie, by candlelight (candle courtesy of Agi Theodorra Church) (there were hundreds lying on the ground). This is a tiny church that has 17 trees growing out of the roof. This was in Greece. I spoke to you on Anzac Day & I didn't think anything could top that really special day, but the day after we went back to look at all the wreaths that had been laid at Lone Pine, we had just finished looking at some trenches nearby, when all these buses pulled up & all the diggers descended. They had come to wander around the cemetery at their leisure.
It's hard to explain how watching some old men walking around a cemetary can be so moving, but it was truly touching. You are watching a moving piece of Australian history. Many were pointing out there friends graves & the memorial with their battalions. They were given wreaths to place where they wished, with whatever they wanted written. One old dear asked how much he had to pay for the wreath! We chatted to quite a few & got them to sign our programs, they were happy to talk to us & all of them are full of beans. When I was talking to one of the diggers, Channel Nine cameras came up & filmed for a good couple of minutes, so if you think you saw me, your right!! They were there for about 1½ hours, one bloke I had to break into a jog to catch him, we asked him if he was training for the Olympics & he laughed. Because I think they wanted the diggers to look around in relative peace, they had not publicized the diggers return, so we were virtually the only people there, which was great. Each digger had a Naval, army or airforce person, to help them around & they did their country proud, they also seemed in awe of these blokes & full of admiration. All the diggers were in agreeance, that they had had a marvellous time. One also asked me when we could get engaged!
I hope I didn't make it sound soppy, but it would have to rate as one of the best days in my life.
I said on the phone, that Bob Hawke's speech was brilliant & everyone young & old & whatever party they voted for, were all just as enthusiastic & praiseworthy.
Today we visited the ancient ruins of Troy, some which date back to 3000B.C. Turks are big on pastachio nuts & I have quickly become a convert. I think there expensive in Aus, arnt they? I paid about $AUS3.50 for ½ kilo. We have been eating a takeaway called 'Donna Kebag', it's kebag with lettuce, tomato etc, in bread, which is like a full loaf cut in half, very filling & cost about Aus $1.25 - Yumo! Had a bit of Melbourne weather today - I was sunbaking at lunchtime & then it was raining an hour later! Because we are free camping in the combie, showering is rare, but at least it keeps the flies away! I climbed one the mountains of Gallipoli and neally became a casualty myself, when I started sliding & couldn't stop for awhile! Anyhow stayed tuned, for the next exciting installment of Lisa's leyland brother's trek across Turkey!
Lots of love, Take Care. Lisa xox


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