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"The Battle for Gotham is a brilliant account of the struggle between Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs - a struggle for how New York would develop in the twentieth century. A meticulous researcher, Roberta Gratz makes every fact resonate; she has made this story matter for our own time, and for people who are not New Yorkers. Anyone who cares about cities should read this book."
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"For close to fifty years, Roberta Brandes Gratz has - with tenacity, acuity, and brio - been fighting the good fight for humane and sustainable cities. Her latest report from the trenches is filled with tales of villainy but, more importantly, with an unshakeable and persuasive hope for a better future. Like those of her great mentor, Jane Jacobs, her prescriptions are both logical and personal, precise and visionary. This is a book that springs from deep feeling of love."
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It's kind of amazing to think that as recently as a few years ago, invoking "the Koch brothers" to almost any American would have drawn a blank stare. Then, as now, Charles and David Koch were the wealthy heirs behind Koch Industries, one of the largest privately held companies in the U.S., and they were major donors to conservative politicians and causes. To the general public, they were almost completely unknown.
That changed in 2010, when the New Yorker's Jane Mayer wrote a long piece describing the Kochs' "war against Obama" and shining a light on the many political tentacles of what liberals have taken to calling "the Kochtopus." Rather than staying in the shadows, the Kochs reacted by attacking Mayer—precisely the wrong strategy for a couple of reclusive billionaires hoping to maintain their anonymity. Since then, they've been cast as Machiavellian villains by political opponents, including the Democratic majority leader of the U.S. Senate, who has made a hobby of demonizing the Kochs.
Because their fortunes are privately held and they don't need to answer to public shareholders, the brothers have largely appeared immune from the effects of having political mud thrown at them on a regular basis. Maybe not: A study by the media-tracking firm CMAG found Democrats running ads "lambasting the Kochs by name and image" in nine states. As CMAG's Elizabeth Wilner notes, the ad campaign resembles the one launched by liberal Super PACs against Mitt Romney and Bain Capital in the 2012 presidential race.
In response, Koch Industries has begun running "image ads" such as this one to put a softer face on the company—and implicitly, the two men behind it:
This ad is, as Wilner suggests, "a tell"—a sign that political attacks on the Kochs may be having a negative effect on their business interests. Koch Industries is behind all sorts of popular consumer products that range from Dixie Cups and Brawny paper towels to cattle. (Beef Magazine recently extolled their stewardship of Matador Cattle Co.) Recognizing this, anti-Koch activists have pushed boycotts of their products. It stands to reason that four years of mounting attacks may finally be hurting Koch Industries' bottom line.
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When my kit arrived I set out to get a little ahead and was really happy with the cutting instructions. Although I am not going to cut out the whole quilt at once, I love that the instructions are given by the fabric. I think I'll be able to save more scraps for other projects this way!
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- Quilts By Laurel said...
I love your house blocks! I just realized I completely screwed up my fabric order for this quilt, so I'm going to enjoy it vicariously through your blog and make my Summerville Quilt instead. :)
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Cute blocks Sherri xx
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I too love house blocks! Love your blocks - beautiful fabric line by Figtree. I'm still deciding on my fabric.
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Love your houses! I still haven't ddecide if I'm making the whole quilt or just a smaller version (it's just a tard bit too big for me) but then I love this quilt so much.
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Central Catholic looks to stop hot Woodland Hills
Trevon Mathis remembers how the Woodland Hills football team prepared for its Week 3 game against Bethel Park.
Focused, alert and ready could've described the Wolverines, though it came as a shock to Mathis given Woodland Hills had started 0-2.
"We needed those two losses," Mathis said of falling to Upper St. Clair and McKeesport. "We were cocky. We needed those losses to find out where we were at, and it just went from there."
Where it went was to Heinz Field, the location of Saturday's WPIAL Class AAAA final between the Wolverines and Central Catholic (12-0.)
Woodland Hills (10-2) has been perhaps the hottest of the eight teams left, rattling off 10 straight wins starting with a 38-23 defeat of Bethel Park and averaging 36.6 points per game during that stretch.
"We started playing as a team," running back Miles Sanders said. "At the beginning of the year, we were still developing. We had to beat Bethel Park. That was our first goal. Then we just had to take it one game at a time."
The reasons for Woodland Hills' slow start were many.
Upper St. Clair and McKeesport, of course, are no slouches; they reached the WPIAL Class AAAA semifinals and quarterfinals, respectively.
The Wolverines also were breaking in several new starters — six on offense, seven on defense. Quarterback Harry Randall tore his ACL three games into the 2012 season and was only cleared the week before playing Upper St. Clair.
He was hardly the player who since has accounted for 1,659 total yards and 25 touchdowns.
"Earlier in the year, we were ranked high because we had some good, skilled athletes," Woodland Hills coach George Novak said. "But they didn't focus as much as they had to each week."
While Woodland Hills has struggled starting seasons, Central Catholic has battled the opposite problem: finishing them as well as anyone would like.
Since winning the 2007 WPIAL Class AAAA title, the Vikings have failed to make it back to Heinz Field, falling in the quarterfinals three times and the semifinals twice, despite some tremendously talented teams.
"They've had some disappointing losses in the playoffs in past years, but this group drew a line in the sand and said they're going to come together and get there," Central Catholic coach Terry Totten said. "So far that's what they've done."
The Vikings have a Florida State recruit at quarterback in J.J. Cosentino and a pair of 1,000-yard running backs in Luigi Lista-Brinza and Riley Redman. They start 10 seniors on offense, five on defense. Their offensive line averages 256 pounds, the defensive line 245.
Still, Lista-Brinza isn't buying into any of the praise that Central Catholic has enjoyed since limiting opponents to 5.7 points per game and shutting out six teams during the regular season.
"We're just worried about what we've been doing since January, which is working hard," Lista-Brinza said. "Woodland Hills has a good team, so we're going to come out and try and stop them."
The way Woodland Hills has played this season, that's a much different task than it was back in September.
"They do that every year," Cosentino said. "They don't have a great beginning to the season then they finish strong. It happens every year. It will be interesting to see how they can do. We've been watching a lot of film on them. They're getting a lot better."
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A state analysis of health care insurance under Hawaii's new exchange says rates compare favorably with other U.S. states. The study conducted by Kaiser Family Foundation and Avalere Health, show rates for a 40-year-old Honolulu resident will average $217 per month. That would make Honolulu the third-cheapest compared with rates in 18 cities.


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Gold Reaches New Record High - News Barely Reported by Mainstream Media
Gold prices settled at a new record high yesterday, as unrest in North Africa and the Middle East pushed the safe haven currency to $1,435/oz. Silver surged to new 30-year record nominal highs at $34.74/oz. Prices surged in dollars and all major currencies and look set to reach record highs in other currencies.
Given the continuing strong fundamentals and the concerns of geopolitical instability spreading to Saudi Arabia and other autocratic oil producing nations, gold and silver look set to challenge $1,500/oz and $40/oz in the coming weeks.
Gold's all time record nominal high yesterday was barely reported in most of the mainstream business and financial press today - slightly more online but there was little or no coverage in print.
This is an indication that gold and silver remain far from the bubbles that some have suggested. Speculative manias and bubbles are characterised by mass participation and widespread enthusiasm and irrational exuberance by all sectors of society including the media and particularly the retail investor and the man in the street.
As seen today, this is clearly not the case at the moment as there continues to be little or no reporting (let alone analysis) about gold and silver - even when they reach record nominal highs.
While the specialist financial press such as Bloomberg, Reuters. Dow Jones, the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times did report the record highs; it was unreported in the mainstream press in most western countries.
In the UK and Ireland, none of the main papers (including the Times of London, The Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, The Irish Times, the Irish Independent, and the Irish Examiner) reported the record highs.
The Financial Times print edition reported the news with one sentence saying that concerns were underlined by gold rising to a three-month high. In fairness to the Financial Times, they do report on the gold market far more than most media outlets.
The media's continuing non-coverage of gold and silver is a clear indication of the lack of animal spirits in the sector. It is proof, if any were needed, that the mainstream media and the man on the street remains far from bullish on gold and silver.
Indeed, recent years and recent months have seen many so called experts warning about the dangers of the gold bubble. They have been proven badly wrong and it would be interesting to read a story about how wrong they got it.
The majority of investors and savers in the western world do not know what gold bullion is and could not tell you the price of an ounce of gold or silver in dollars - let alone in pounds, euros or other local currencies.
The majority are unaware of the huge developments in the gold markets (only reported by specialist financial press) such as China's emergence as one of the largest buyers of gold in the world (see our video below) and the fact that central banks and astute hedge funds are some of the largest buyers of gold in the world today.
A bubble only takes place when entire societies , including many - if not the majority - of journalists and media become convinced that you cannot go wrong with a certain speculation or investment and it is a risk free way of making returns.
This leads to gushing reportage and commentary about the sure thing that is a certain stock, bond, commodity or property market. It is characterised by widespread commentary and a belief not just in the financial press but in the mainstream media (day time radio and television etc) that one must speculate or invest by buying a certain security or asset class - whether that be tulip bulbs, Nasdaq, Apple or property in London.
Greed and buying motivated to make a profit or quick buck becomes widespread. This has not happened in the bullion markets as the majority of bullion buying has been safe haven buying for wealth preservation purposes rather than accumulation.
Concerns about a bubble in gold may be justified when it reaches its inflation adjusted high of $2,300/oz. Similarly with silver, concerns about a bubble may be justified when it reaches its inflation adjusted high of $130/oz.
Concerns about a bubble in gold will be justified when gold is covered in a regular manner in not just the specialist press but also in the mainstream. When vested interests selling gold regularly appear in mainstream media advising people to but all their money into gold because it is a sure thing, it will be time to become very cautious about the sector.
Near the top of the gold market (when the price is likely trading at thousands of dollars, euros and pounds per ounce) we are likely to see front pages in the business press (such as Fortune, Business Week etc) devoted to gold and snappy front page positive headlines about how Gold is King, Why Gold is a Must etc.
When that happens it will be time to be wary of the gold bubble and reduce allocations to gold and silver.
The lackluster, negligent media coverage of gold's record highs yesterday suggests that we are a long way from there yet.
Gold is trading at $1,432.88/oz, €1,036.59/oz and £878.10/oz.
Silver is trading at $34.73/oz, €25.13/oz and £21.28/oz.
Platinum Group Metals
Platinum is trading at $1,836.25/oz, palladium at $818.00/oz and rhodium at $2,350/oz.
GoldNomics - Cash or Gold Bullion?
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In a league dotted with Argentine playmakers, Javier Morales doesn't get the attention of Marcello Gallardo (D.C. United) and Guillermo Barros Schelotto (Columbus), but he has been just as valuable for Real Salt Lake,
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In the second year of the Play for Parkinson's fall tournament series, a day was added for Division I women's competition and you couldn't have asked for better competition. Maryland, Duke, Georgetown, Stanford, Penn State and defending champion Northwestern took the field for three games each on Sunday.
First things first — for the second year in a row, former Princeton and Team USA defenseman Christian Cook and the rest of the ProjectSpark team did a fantastic job of putting this event together. While the event is only in its second year, it's quickly become one of the premier events of the fall, not only bringing in top competition on the men's and women's sides, but also doing it for a great cause.
Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder and affects one out of every 100 people over the age of 60. Cook's mother, Diane, was diagnosed in the fall of 2008 and the ProjectSpark Foundation was established shortly after to help combat this devastating disease. Diane Cook has kept a blog for those recently diagnosed with PD, which includes everything from uplifting words to valuable resources and facts about PD.
Onto the tournament. Teams played two 25-minute running halves. In possibly the most anticipated matchup of the day, Maryland and Northwestern faced off in a rematch of last year's national championship game. Unofficially, the Terps won 9-6.
The Hoyas midfield has stayed mostly in tact from last season. Kelsi Bozel, Sophia Thomas and Rosie Corcoran ran on one line together with Kelyn Freedman, Hannah Franklin and Erin Lovett playing together on the other.
Thomas looked to have picked up right where she left off coming off a season in which she was named the Big East Midfielder of the Year. On one impressive play in particular, Thomas showed great hustle, getting in the passing lane of Emma Hamm and knocking the ball down to get possession back for the Hoyas. Thomas wasn't the only Hoya who was persistent on the ride as Georgetown gave a lot of teams trouble on their clears and coach Ricky Fried said he thought it was the most consistent aspect of the team's game all day.
"The ride is something we emphasize all the time," Fried said. "Overall on the day I was really happy with our ride, even the consistency of it. We're not going to break a team's clear every time but I think we made it hard for them to get the ball over and we played as a unit there."
With Dina Jackson as the lone returning attacker, Georgetown has some new faces on the offensive side of the ball. Freshman Caroline Tarzian stood out on Sunday, playing mostly behind the net around X and working around the crease. Fried said she has proved herself to this point and will have a role with the offense this season. He also said that no one else has really separated themselves from the pack and that might result in Georgetown using different personnel based on matchup or some other determining factor.
The goalie position is also still up in the air with sophomores Barb Black and Abby Bisbee fighting for the starting job. Fried thought Bisbee had the better day at the event on Sunday.
The Nittany Lions are without a good chunk of last year's leaders and while they're young, Sunday showed they have a lot of potential as a team, getting contributions from a talented pool of freshmen who came in this year as IL's No. 10 recruiting class.
Tatum Coffey, who was named the MVP of the Under Armour All-America game this summer, was taking draws and making plays on the offensive side of the ball, playing mostly on the left wing. Maggie McCormick looks like she'll be a solid player at the collegiate level too. Playing mostly from X and looking to feed, McCormick showed great field vision and feeding ability. Kelly Lechner provided a lot of speed through the midfield.
Senior Aly Adams looks like she'll be a go-to player on the offense. She scored two goals in the second half against Maryland, one in which she cut down from the top of the 12 and converted on a pass from Avery Curley.
Penn State coach Missy Doherty said she was pleased with the play of Lizzy Carney in the midfield and Brittaney Chamberlain on the defensive end, both players who will be filling bigger roles this season.
"We're a young team so it was great to see some people step up that you don't always see necessarily," Doherty said. "[The freshmen] have been not necessarily surprising, but I'm glad they're coming out and being impact players right away."
Sunday marked the end of a big fallball weekend for the Cardinal as Stanford played three scrimmages at the Navy Fall Invitational on Sunday before heading to Alexandria for the Play for Parkinson's event. Like Penn State, Stanford is also working to fill the shoes of some of their biggest playmakers from a strong 2011 campaign.
The Cardinal showed their youth a little against Northwestern in their first game of the day but seemed to tighten up on the defensive end against Georgetown and were also able to find some success when they got the ball moving smoothly in transition. Coach Amy Bokker said she's been working to install some new zones on the defensive end to incorporate in with the man-to-man and zone packages they already have.
"I thought we made some great adjustments throughout that game compared to our first game against Northwestern," Bokker said. "Defensively, we're trying out some new things and our younger players are really responding."
Midfielders Emilie Boeri and Carolyn Bradley were the most impressive players in the midfield for Stanford on the day. Boeri had at least two goals (again, all stats and scores are unofficial) against Georgetown and the Cardinal led 13-5 at one point late in the second half.
On the defensive end, Bokker was impressed with Caroline Scanlon and Rachael Kalick. Megan Lerner also played well, manning up on Northwestern's Shannon Smith and showing some physical play against the reining Tewaaraton Trophy winner.
Bradley and Boeri were key players in the transition game and sophomore Annie Anton got in the mix a couple times too, scoring on a fast break late in the second half against the Hoyas.
"Our transition certainly struggled early," Bokker said. "It's a result of getting amped up and needing to take an extra second. The freshman are playing at this new speed and throwing the ball away before we really know where we are. Once we settled in and had some more fastbreak opportunites, it was good to be able to capitalize on some of them."
The defending national champs looked like just that on Sunday. Northwestern returns just about all of their major players from the 2011 team and adds IL's No. 7 recruiting class this year. The cupboard is stocked in Evanston and it showed on Sunday. Even when coach Kelly Amonte Hiller inserted some of her freshmen and younger players into the game, the pace and level of play didn't drop off.
"We want to try to get as many kids in as we can and get them experience at the highest level so they know what they need to do when they train," Amonte Hiller said.
The combination of sophomore Alyssa Leonard on the draw and junior Taylor Thornton on the circle will be a tough one to stop this season. Leonard's ability to draw the ball right to her stick or pick it out of the air combined with Thornton's ground ball prowess and speed meant a lot of draw wins for the Wildcats.
It didn't always translate to goals, as the offense struggled in the first half against Maryland in the team's second game of the day. Northwestern was held to a single score, a free position goal by Thornton, in the half. They found more of a rhythm in the second, getting goals from Kara Mupo, Ali Cassera, Erin Fitzgerald and Smith.
Defender Lacey Vigmostad had a goal as well. The senior has taken on a bigger leadership role on the defense this season with the graduation of Colleen Magarity and Amonte Hiller said she's trying to get her involved a little more with the offense as well, one of a few moves she's trying out with her personnel.
Emma Hamm looked as dominant as ever on the draw for Duke on Sunday. Both Hamm and Kat Thomas shared draw duty and were able to have some success. The Blue Devils had some trouble clearing against Maryland in the first half but tightened things up and coach Kerstin Kimel was pleased overall with the transition game.
"We have not spent a lot of time on defense and given that, I think we've played pretty well defensively," she said. "We played yesterday at Loyola and our transition game wasn't that great so we made some adjustments and I think we're transitioning the ball a lot better. Where I think we have to do better is on offense. Some of that is having some new faces in there. We run kind of a loose freelance type of system that is very predicated on knowing each other's strengths and weaknesses and very simple rules but it's still new for a lot of the new players."
Those new players include IL's No. 2 recruiting class and No. 1 overall recruit Taylor Trimble, who saw a lot of time in the midfield throughout the day and Brigid Smith, who showed great field vision and speed and quickness playing with the offense.
Based on Sunday, it appears the Blue Devils' defense will be stronger in 2012. Senior Bridget Nolan returns as the leader of the unit after battling injuries last season and was a vocal leader throughout the day. Molly Quirke and Taylor Virden have benefitted from having a year of experience under their belt and are both explosive athletes who also sparked Duke's transition. Quirke in particular was very impressive and is a monster athlete.
With some of the Terps' 2011 impact players gone on both the offensive and defensive end, the Maryland team that took the field Sunday was a slightly different group of players but didn't appear to drop off at all.
With just four seniors on the team, the Play for Parkinson's event was a great chance for the Terps to incorporate a lot of new faces onto the field.
The defense had a very strong outing, particularly in the first half against Northwestern in what was a rematch of last year's national championship game. Despite it being a fall contest, both teams were fired up and played an intense, physical scrimmage. Maryland had Iliana Sanza, who has taken on a much larger leadership role with the defense this season, on Shannon Smith and held the Wildcats to just one goal, a free position goal, in the first half.
"I think [the defense] has been coming along really well," coach Cathy Reese said. "We've been spending a lot of time on it because we have a lot of new faces in there. Some of our returners are really stepping up and we have a solid group of freshmen defenders who are really going to make an immediate impact for us."
Some of those impact players include Shanna Brady and Meg Douty, who both stood out on the defensive end and played considerable minutes with the top line. Brady spent time covering Northwestern's Jess Russo and Douty showed tremendous speed coming off the draw, which the Terps had stacked on the defensive end against the Wildcats.
Karri Ellen Johnson was fully cleared to play this summer after sitting out most of last season with a concussion and didn't look one step slower than she was the last time she played — she's picked up right where she left off, taking the majority of the Terps' draws throughout the day and playing a big role on the offense, looking to feed teammates as well as taking the ball in herself on a couple occasions.
Maryland's freshman class showed why they earned IL's No. 1 ranking this year as Jen Cook, Kelly McPartland, Erin Collins and Kristen Lamon all saw a lot of time and seemed to fit in pretty seamlessly with the offense. Brooke Griffin, who was IL's No. 2 recruit for 2011 but was sidelined all last season with a torn ACL, also saw time and could be an impact player for Maryland.


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You know that iTunes app on your iDevice (Touch or Phone) that says you can download on the go and listen without a computer? Well kinda sucks how you have to pay, right? I'm a jailbreak n00b so I don't want to get dTunes and deal with torrents, terminal commands, and all that stuff. So I found a really easy (AND FREE (but I don't know for how long so hurry up ) way to download music.
No, it's not MewSeek. Or how to get a hacked version of it. Nothing like that.
Nope. It's so simple.
It's called Grooveshark. Yep. Pretty awesome name. Go to Cydia and search for Grooveshark and install it.
1) Go to Grooveshark.com on your computer or iDevice and register. This isn't mandatory but it makes EVERYTHING easier.
2) Open the Grooveshark app. I don't remember but I think the first thing that pops up is like Login or something so go ahead and do that.
3) Once you're in, search for a song in that search bar that says "Search for music". (i.e. "Like a G6")
4) Choose a song from the list.
5) It will start to load and play, but press pause.
6) Tap the plus (+) button next to the song name on the top left corner.
7) Select or create a new playlist. My playlist is named "Blah".
8) Tap the "Search" arrow in the top left corner to go back to the search results page.
9) Search for as many songs as you'd like. I don't THINK there are any limits... because Grooveshark is an awesome service.
10) Keep adding them to the playlist you created. I don't think I can explain this step. Just add to the same list.
11) Go back to the Grooveshark main page.
If you're at a song page then press "search" arrow in the top left hand corner, then cancel at the top right.
If you're at search results just tap Cancel at the top right.
12) Tap Playlists.
13) Tap your playlist.
14) Now at the very bottom bar of the page you see a Play button, this little down arrow, a side arrow, and a trash icon. Click the little down arrow (the one next to the play button).
15) This will download all the songs in your playlist. Wait.
16) NOW. Press the Playlists arrow button thing in the top left corner. Press the grid button to get to the main page.
17) Go to settings.
18) Scroll down. Under Application Mode select Offline Mode.
19) Tap yes if it says it will clear queue. You have saved a playlist. You didn't need a queue.
20) Tap the grid button to get to the main page.
21) Tap "Offline Songs".
22) You're done! Tap a song to play it. You can try to disable your Wifi/3G to see if it will really play without internet. Go ahead!
NOTES: This won't import your downloaded songs into your iTunes library. You will have to play it with Grooveshark, not the default iPod music application. Sorry, but it is free and a way!
Have fun! Comment and I'm a n00b but I'll try to help!
EDIT: THIS APP SUCKS BALLS. EITHER BUY MEWSEEK PRO FROM CYDIA, TRY TO GET DTUNES TO WORK, OR DO WHAT I DID AND GET DOWNLOADS MANAGER FROM **********. It's called Downloads but that name's too general (i.e. John Smith) so search Downloads Manager. It lets you download anything (not torrents though) and it has a Media Player in it. It's like DTunes but for me it actually works.


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So in the start of the first run at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Grange shifted immediately into attack gear
and ripped down the Gudiberg race hill, barely beating the only man who had skied before him, Italian
Manfred Moelgg. But of the 58 men who completed the first run, none other would come within a half
second of Grange. Most were well off his pace.
The wait before making his second run, Grange said, felt like "eternity." Try as he might to dismiss
them, he said ghosts crept into his thinking. Pressure continued to build steam.
His second run would be the last significant start of the Championships. It was a worthy title test made
after all of 29 other leaders had started and the course reduced to ruts.
The Swedes were swarming. With three in the top six (Andre Myhrer third, Mattias Hargin fourth and
Jens Byggmark sixth) after the first run they seemed destined for a medal. Byggmark was the one who
rose to the occasion.
"I actually felt fast," said Byggmark. "Usually I get nervous when I feel fast, that I'll be going out, but
today... that was the best feeling I've had in three years." With few expectations and a buzz of excitement fueling him, Byggmark crushed the Gudiberg, cashing in on every risk he took.
There was little chance of Grange putting down a run to match Byggmark, the leader at the time. Byggmark, the 18th starter in the first run, was producing his best skiing since the slalom game was tweaked
by a rule change in 2008.
Moelgg couldn't catch him; nor could World Cup leader Ivica Kostelic; nor the other two Swedes.
But Grange didn't need to beat Byggmark's best of the day. He had a first-run lead of a second on
him. It was a matter of completing his run in a reasonable fashion, but that was no certain feat. Course
workers had the fire hose out and were periodically dumping water on turns of the Gudiberg steep, and
then scraping the slush off to get a hard surface. It kind of worked. "They made a great job on the snow,"
said Grange, "but it was tough to ski, very bumpy. I felt it already in the first gate. I was a bit nervous."
His nerves hardly showed. Unable to be as aggressive has he had been in the first run, Grange took
chances only when they presented themselves, and skied a relatively conservative run. Moelgg had
already dropped behind Byggmark, and second-run challenges from Mario Matt and Julien Cousineau
had already been uncovered as too little, too late. Grange would win his title with Byggmark for silver
and Moelgg for bronze.
Jean-Baptiste Grange joined a very short list of Frenchmen to win the world slalom title: Emile Allias
(' 37) Charles Bozon ('62) and Jean-Noel Augert ('70). It was the first gold medal (outside of the team
event) for France since 2001, the first for a French male since 1982 and the first for a male in slalom
since Augert in '70. In Portillo ('66) the French won 16 medals, six of them gold.
The fifth-place finish for Canada's Cousineau was a personal best at any elite level and was among
the best of the success stories beyond the medal performances. He matched the second-best slalom
performance of any Canadian ever, that of Ernie McCullough in 1950 at Aspen when the term "soft
snow" had a wholly different meaning. "I'm starting to get tired of fifth, "said Cousineau. "I want to get
on the podium. I can't wait. I know it's coming. I've just got to keep doing what I'm doing." Cousineau


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Lessons From The European Tigers
When Connie van Kints was laid off last year from Ovis, a Dutch bakery company, it took her only four months to find a new job at the same pay. The 53-year-old grandmother now reconfigures hard-disk drives at United Parcel Service Worldwide Logistics' high-tech warehouse in the small eastern city of Roermond. Opened in 1996, the UPS facility employs 60 people, is hiring four more per month, and will increase its space by one half by yearend. "We're having a hard time finding enough workers," says senior sales executive Theo de Vlieger. No wonder: Unemployment in the Netherlands has fallen to 4%, a 17-year low. Meanwhile, four miles away across the border, German joblessness tops 10%.
Europe's big economies have a lot to learn from its smaller ones. While France and Germany will be lucky to turn in gross domestic product growth between 2.5% and 3% this year, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Portugal are growing faster--in some cases much faster. It's not dumb luck, either. Eager to qualify for the first round of European monetary union in 1999, Europe's little tigers have done more than just wrestle down their budget deficits and interest rates. They also have tackled politically sensitive, structural economic reforms that most core countries have scarcely started (table).
FLEXIBLE. Now their efforts are bearing fruit. Building on its 10% corporate tax rate for manufacturing and international services, Ireland has attracted dozens of foreign multinationals and nurtured a boom in technology and finance. After a wrenching recession in the early 1990s, Finland boasts a restructured manufacturing sector that is among the world's most competitive, plus a thriving electronics industry, with global cellular star Nokia Corp. at its center. Flexible labor laws and wage restraint have turned the Netherlands into a low-cost exporter. And tiny Portugal, thanks in part to a sweeping privatization program, grew faster than any other Continental European Union country last year, at 3.5%.
As the EU prepares to adopt a common currency, the tigers' strong growth is raising some concerns. When the new European Central Bank begins setting monetary policy for the entire euro zone on Jan. 1, it will look at the zone's average economic strength. That means Europe's fast-growing tigers could get stuck with interest rates too low to keep inflation in check. "There is some danger of overheating," warns Pedro Braz Teixeira, head of fixed-income research at Spanish bank Banco Santander de Negocios Portugal.
For Europe's small economies, the trick will be holding the line on wages and applying taxes judiciously. Ireland's steamy growth rate and the punt's 15.1% drop against sterling over the last year could push inflation above 5% for 1998, from 1.5% in 1997. Yet experts say that with prudence on wages and taxes, Dublin can keep the party going. That will mean offsetting election-year demands for cuts in sky-high income taxes with national wage agreements that keep labor costs competitive.
What may help is that the tigers have made huge progress toward flexible, competitive labor markets. Ireland, Denmark, Finland, and the Netherlands permit overtime, weekend work, and even layoffs to be negotiated between unions and their employers. In core Europe, by contrast, national regulation still governs such issues and keeps costs high. Hourly total compensation in Germany is $31.87, vs. $14.12 in Ireland.
In addition, the smaller economies have seen the benefits of modest pay increases. Explains Dutch Prime Minister Wim Kok: "Workers have said, `O.K., we will abstain from wage increases, but in return we get jobs.' My job has been organizing this trade-off."
STOCKS SOAR. The tigers also have core Europe beat when it comes to supplementing old-line manufacturing with high-growth services. In Finland, cellular technology has spawned not just $10.5 billion Nokia but a host of job-creating startups. Finnish industry has revamped, cutting costs and shedding marginal businesses. In 1997, industrial operating margins averaged 12.6% of revenues, compared with negative numbers in the early '90s.
Portugal, meanwhile, is pushing aggressively into financial services. In the banking sector, growth has been fueled by privatization of all but one state-owned bank over the past few years. Their profitability is impressive. The top three private banks posted returns on equity of 19% to 25% in 1997. And the privatization boom has powered the Portuguese stock market, up 78% in 1997 and 43% year-to-date. For newly private companies, that has meant a pile of fresh capital to grow in emerging markets such as Brazil. "I will pay for my expansion from cash flow," beams Miguel Horta e Costa, vice-chairman of Portugal Telecom, which intends to bid for a chunk of Brazil's Telebras.
As the tigers race ahead of France and Germany, pessimists fear Europe isn't ready for monetary union yet. Brendan M. Walsh, economics professor at University College Dublin, worries that Ireland's boom will raise pressure for income-tax cuts--the last thing a fast-growth country needs. Yet others are sanguine. Robert A. Mundell, economics professor at Columbia University, for one, believes improved productivity in Europe's hot economies will let wages rise faster than prices. "It sounds foolish for the Irish to be complaining," he adds. For the moment, Europe's tigers should probably be boasting instead.


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Pope urges Angola to build peace, do more for poor
By Henrique Almeida and Philip Pullella
LUANDA (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, making his first visit to Africa, Friday urged Angolans, still recovering from nearly three decades of civil war in their oil-rich country, to build peace and understanding between peoples.
The Pope, on the second and last stop of his tour, spoke shortly after landing at Luanda airport, where he was greeted by President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, his government and members of the Catholic Church.
Millions more are expected to turn out over the next three days in the overwhelmingly Catholic capital Luanda.
"Dear Angolans, your land is abundant and your nation is mighty. Make use of these advantages to build peace and understanding between peoples," the Pope said.
"To this end, I ask you: do not yield to the law of the strongest! God has enabled human beings to fly, over and above their natural tendencies, on the wings of reason and faith."
While flying over the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, the Pope also sent a message of reconciliation to that country and its leader, President Joseph Kabila.
His predecessor, John Paul II, visited Angola in 1992 during a lull in fighting between the ruling MPLA and UNITA rebels. The fighting resumed after UNITA rejected the results of an election.
The war, which claimed over half a million lives and displaced millions, ended in 2002. Since then the former Portuguese colony's economy has been growing rapidly on the back of record oil and diamond exports. Continued...


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Each year our first graders study Martin Luther King Jr. and prepare and present their own "I Have a Dream" speeches. In honor of Rev. King, they will be giving their speeches in class next week. Here you can see the portraits they painted of Rev. King giving the original "Dream" speech. Quite an acheivement for six and seven-year old children!
High praise is due as well to First Grade teacher Jenny Crotty and art teacher Russell Powell who lead their students through this inspiring project each year.


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Justin Timberlake, 'The 20/20 Experience'
Before we begin, let's take a moment to consider Justin Timberlake. Among his many gifts is the ability to make all this look easy, but make no mistake, this career is the result of an almost unparalleled work ethic. Timberlake is a lot more than just a triple-threat singer / actor / dancer (comedian / host / writer / produce r/ rapper / designer). He's also got the ability to do all of this in abundance without ever seeming annoyingly ubiquitous. Take his week-long takeover of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, which came after two Grammy appearances and his fifth SNL hosting gig. Who else could have pulled that off without seeming unbearably narcissistic? Who else would America gleefully accept as a regular guest on their television set? Timberlake's never jammed your radar, but he's never been off of it, either—even though The 20/20 Experience is his first album in seven years.
This brings us to the album, and it reveals another side of Timberlake we have not been privy to before this: artist. His 2006 sophomore effort FutureSex/LoveSounds is now rightly heralded as a pop music game-changer, but it wasn't nearly this daring. Topping charts is a younger man's game, and Timberlake seems to know it. The 20/20 Experience is less a bid for popularity than it is for respect.
Take the first track, "Pusher Love Girl." It opens with a series of preposterous strings that call to mind old Hollywood (as does Timberlake's new affinity for sharply tailored suits and Draper-esque side parts.) For eight minutes, this song weaves through soulful plunks laced with Timberlake's own shimmering vibrato. He's been writing pop hooks since before he could legally drive, but he doesn't resort to cheap ear candy here. Instead, he challenges with Marvin Gaye-like vocal runs that soothe, surprise and smolder.
Perhaps you've heard "Suit and Tie," the second most accessible song on the album, which features an uncharacteristically ho-hum verse from Jay-Z. Of every song here, that song sounds the most like modern pop music and lovers of modern pop music can keep it. The rest of the album is for people who remember a time when the music industry wasn't dominated by MTV, and wouldn't mind bringing that era back. The next few songs, "Don't Hold the Wall," "Strawberry Bubblegum" and "Tunnel Vision" make up the album's strongest stretch. "Don't Hold the Wall" has a suspenseful rumble with a chorus of crickets and screaming children to keep things in check. "Strawberry Bubblegum" bobs at a lower, silkier register, girded by a fascinating tapestry of symphonic noises. And then there's "Tunnel Vision," a frenetic blitz of cascading melodies and dizzying beats. It's all a little eerie and adult-sounding, the average track length is around seven minutes, and it's hypnotic.
It all builds towards "Mirrors," the album's penultimate, radio-friendliest and most divisive track. It's an achingly earnest love epic for his new wife Jessica Biel that pulls absolutely no punches. It sounds more like 'N Sync than anything Timberlake's done since his own personal star effectively overshadowed and dissolved the world's most popular boy band, in its heart-clutching, hankie-twisting, brazen confession of undying love. Not for everyone, "Mirrors" isn't, but anyone who doesn't take to it is too cynical for my liking.
But those who don't like "Mirrors" should stick around for the album closer, "Blue Ocean Floor." A slow, haunting series of naval drones that wash over you in vaguely threatening waves. It's reminiscent of being peacefully lost in the deepest part of the ocean.
The 20/20 Experience is getting criticized for not having enough pep or urgency, which is sort of like criticizing an opera for not having a clown. What Timberlake's trying to do here is much more interesting than what anyone expected from him: a brave, unclassifiable exploration of neo-soul, funk, tribal beats, world music and R&B. It's 10 tracks that prove his fame is no fluke; though he could make a comfortable living recycling "My Love" for the rest of his dancing days, he's choosing to push himself, his sound and pop music in general to newer, better heights. It leaves you wanting more, which is just as well: He's announced that he'll have a new album coming later this year.
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I share with my wife that don't hold the wall reminds me of a party at Herod's place (where Christ was taken). So, in modern day, if there was another Easter play about Christ, Christ would be taken by the Pharisees to Herod's place and that song would be it and Herod's people would be dancing to it (whether in unison or individually)


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(Reuters) - And the winner is... Atlantic City, New Jersey, which will once again host the Miss America pageant.
After seven years in Las Vegas, the annual contest will return in September to the place where it began more than 90 years ago, organizers said on Thursday.
"New Jersey is proud to once again host the Miss America Pageant here in Atlantic City," New Jersey's Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno said in a statement.
The pageant, which combines beauty and brains, left the oceanside resort now known for its casinos in favor of Las Vegas in 2006. Officials decided it was too expensive to continue producing the show in Atlantic City, where it was launched in 1921 in a bid to extend the summer tourist season beyond early September.
"Miss America is part of the tapestry of this country," Sam Haskell, the chairman of the Miss America Organization, told Reuters. "Coming back to Atlantic City where it all began is how we hold on to our past yet create a relevant future."
Its return could be a boon to the beleaguered city, following the destruction caused by Superstorm Sandy in October.
The pageant will bring in at least $30 million, according to the Atlantic City Alliance. Plus, Miss America officials say, the last pageant in Las Vegas in January 2013 generated nearly $30 million worth of publicity for the desert gambling mecca.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and other officials approached the Miss America organization as its contract with Las Vegas was expiring, Haskell said.
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Although we can make some helpful generalizations about which type of shoe is typically best for which type of feet, experts warn there is usually some trial and error in learning which running shoe features work best for you.
Running shoes come in three main types: stability, motion control and neutral cushioning shoes. Some pronation -- inward roll of the ankle -- is normal when you run, but if you overpronate, experts recommend stability shoes to correct your stride and prevent the potential injuries that can result from this type of movement. Any foot type can overpronate, but it's especially common in people with flat feet.
The exact way stability shoes are constructed varies from one manufacturer to another, but the general principle remains the same: Progressively firmer material is layered along the medial (inside) edge of the shoe, often paired with a wider base. Together, the two features gently support the inside edge of your foot to keep it from rolling inward too much. Some models also employ plastic reinforcements near the arch for extra stability.
If you overpronate severely, you may be more comfortable in motion control shoes, which provide even more stability features to correct your stride. Motion control shoes aren't for everybody, though. They may be too stiff or restrictive for people who don't need the extra structure, and might even transform slight overpronation into underpronation (more properly known as supination), forcing you to run on the outside edges of your feet. However, for those who really do need this much of an adjustment, this type of supportive, padded shoe is the key to a comfortable, injury-free run.
At the other extreme, some people supinate, running with their weight on the outside edges of their feet. This is especially common in people with high arches. If this is you, a neutral cushioned shoe can absorb that impact and redistribute it, helping your feet return to a neutral gait. And finally, if you're lucky enough to have normal arches and efficient biomechanics -- in other words, your feet don't roll too far in or too far out as you run -- you will probably be most comfortable in either a neutral shoe or a stability shoe that provides only mild support, so it doesn't interfere with the natural flex and give in your feet as you run.
Remember that trial and error we mentioned? It starts with a visit to a specialty running shop that has the equipment and trained staff to identify your foot and gait type. If you prefer to shop online, you can identify your foot type with a simple wet-foot test; Runner's World has a great guide for doing so.. Examining the soles of your old running shoes is helpful, too. If you overpronate, you'll usually see extra wear on the inside edges of your shoes, and underpronators/supinators will notice more wear on the outside edges. Once you have identified your foot type and stride, it's time to start trying on shoes and determining which features actually agree with your feet.
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Research also serves as an official scorecard to evaluate how we're doing in the hearts and minds of residents, visitors and investors. And based on the results from a recent followup study it looks like we didn't do just good, we did great.
"Congratulation to Lee's Summit. Your latest research scores are the highest scores we've ever recorded. In fact, Lee's Summit is now a benchmark community for marketing implementation and success." This comes from an objective, outside perspective.
Source: North Star Destination Strategies, who have been studying 200 cities in 40 states across the United States over the past decade.
All along the way our marketing decisions were steeped in research. Research was/is the foundation for all our creative and media development in order to ensure the success of our marketing. So let's take a peek at what residents, businesses, visitors and investors have to say about Lee's Summit.
Marketing insights to help our local businesses grow:
1. 75 percent of survey respondents stated, "The current marketing and advertising campaign makes me feel proud of Lee's Summit."
2. 70 percent of survey respondents recall having seen or heard an ad promoting Lee's Summit.
3. 51 percent of survey respondents report that they have already visited or experienced a Lee's Summit place, product or service after seeing or hearing one of our ads. An additional 8 percent say they plan on going to, or utilizing a feature they say advertised.
4. When asked to describe "What comes to mind when you first think of Lee's Summit?" respondents used the following descriptors; friendly, caring community, safe, a great place to live, raise a family, hometown pride, great schools, growing, full of potential, great downtown and quality of life. Ranking our scores in the 94 percent.
5. 20 percent of respondents stated that they were visiting Lee's Summit from out-of-town. This represents an increase over the 2011-12 survey period when the percentage was 8 percent.
6. The demographic sweet-spot for Lee's Summit's businesses and visitors are adults between the ages of 45-64 years of age, (primarily female) with a household income of $75,000-plus.
7. When the new LS logo appears in a ad for a business the reported recognition level is 76 percent.
8. When asked "where did you see or hear any advertising messaging for Lee's Summit?" the detailed responses included; outdoor, television, newspaper, magazine, websites and social media forums.
9. Lee's Summit's scores as a "place to live" in now 7.5 times higher the national average, a "place to visit" is now 7.2 times higher than the national average and a "place to conduct business is now 12.9 times higher than the national average.
10. During a time period where cities across the nation continue to receive decreasing grades on a full scale of attributes, Lee's Summit grades increased on average over 75 percent since the 2011-12 benchmark study was conducted.
The study implication is that in a relatively short period, Lee's Summit has built significant momentum with our marketing efforts that has included cooperative investment marketing dollars at a staggering rate from the private sector. Our consistent messaging and graphic standards is resonating with residents, business owners and visitors alike.
Moving forward it is our plan to leverage and expand this momentum to include other community assets including Economic Development, Downtown Lee's Summit Main Street, Tourism, Education, Cultural Arts and Community Service Organizations. We plan to expand our targeting areas, as wide as our budget realities allows, in order to continue to increase our return on marketing investment.
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DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) - As the race to fill Congressman C.W. Bill Young's seat comes to a close, one thing is certain: the results will be close.
Democrat Alex Sink and republican David Jolly have acknowledged in recent days that both polls and early voting show that there's a razor-thin margin between them.
But there's one unknown in the campaign: libertarian candidate Lucas Overby.
The 27-year old commercial diver has received 5 to 6 percent of the vote in recent polls, and 12 percent in one poll.
Overby says he's "broken through the glass ceiling" that third-party candidates have traditionally had in the Tampa Bay area, and is pleased that he's been treated like an equal in debates and forums.
The special election is Tuesday.
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