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How tiresome to read the latest sexist onslaught on Anglican women - they have a lot to put up with (''To love and to submit: a marriage made in 2012'', August 25-26).
A few Sydney male Anglican groupies must have laboured long and hard to come up with the idea that women should ''submit'' to husbands like 18th-century girls. No wonder the churches are so empty now and young people who want to marry seek out marriage celebrants and write their own vows.
When I went to a suburban Anglican church and sang in the choir in the 1940s, the Sydney diocese was more liberal; the church had three services on Sunday mornings, and the choral service was packed.
Surely the Anglican hierarchy can find something more useful to do in our diverse 21st-century society than find new ways to demean women?
Barbara McGarity Turramurra
Kevin Giles objects to the new Sydney Anglican marriage service, and wants to consign a husband's leadership in marriage to the dustbin of history on the basis that it purely reflects first-century patriarchal culture. But the Bible does not say ''do marriage this way, because that's the way marriage is done these days''. Neither does it say a husband can neglect or abuse this responsibility to lead.
It says a husband is to lead his wife because marriage works best when it reflects the greatest romance of all: that between Jesus and his people, where he leads and loves us - even giving up his own life for us - and we humbly accept his leadership and love.
Put that in the dustbin and we're all history.
Claire Smith Roseville
Yes, it certainly is biblical to exhort wives to submit to husbands. The First Letter of Peter, after instructing slaves to ''submit yourselves to your masters with all respect'' even if they are harsh , exhorts wives ''in the same way, be submissive to your husbands''. In both cases the verb is hypotasso meaning ''be subordinate to'', ''be submissive to''. Yet is this a model for us to follow?
Peter was urging the Christian community to conform to the social order of the day - not to rock the boat - so as to not bring discredit on Christians in the eyes of the ''pagans''.
But could it be that it was necessary to rein in these Christians as they had been drawing problematic attention to themselves by daring to act out their liberating belief that all are equal in Christ? ''There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus'' (Galatians 3.28).
That is a model for us to follow.
The Reverend Anastasia Webster-Hawes Blayney
Your story claims that the Sydney diocese of the Anglican Church ''supports an exclusively male leadership doctrine''. This claim shows a lack of understanding of the diocesan position on leadership, and is simply not true. Although I am not able to be rector (nor do I wish to be), I am a woman who is ordained as a deacon and working for an Anglican church in Sydney. As such I am considered an integral part of the leadership team in the church.
The Reverend Kate Haggar Cremorne Point
Muriel Porter is right to be concerned about "society's propensity for domestic violence". But domestic violence is not a product of marriage vows, as she implies. If only more husbands kept their vow to "love as Christ loved the church" - to the point of death. Domestic violence rates will not be curbed until violent husbands are moved to imitate Christ's deep, sacrificial and self-giving love.
Nick Colyer Newtown
As Sydney Dance Company's Contemporary Women program at the Opera House demonstrates, women don't need men to lead. Seems the Anglican Church is running out of relevant analogies, or simply relevance.
Kari Lancaster Kirribilli
Pedestrians lack redress
I suspect the statistics Bob Moore (Letters, August 25-26) cites are based on reported incidents of collisions between cyclists and pedestrians.
Many pedestrians have simply given up on reporting such incidents as the chances of identifying the offender are almost nil in light of the lack of ways of readily identifying the cyclist (registration would be enormously helpful here).
Moore should spend some time in Sydney's central business district on any weekday and observe the number of offences committed by cyclists, riding through red lights, riding the wrong way on one-way streets and, most annoying and dangerous of all, riding illegally on footpaths (there are no shared pedestrian/cycleways in the CBD). Incidentally, insurance cover, which is optional anyway, is null and void if the cyclist is committing an offence that leads to a collision.
It really is time that some protection is afforded to pedestrians. While most cyclists behave sensibly, the small but growing number that do not must eventually lead to consideration of registration for all cyclists.
Donald Urquhart Rozelle
Supposed naivety hints at another HSU episode
Are the people writing to the Herald defending Julia Gillard as naive as she would have us believe she was? At the time she established the AWU Workplace Reform Association, she was seven years qualified, 32 years of age and a partner in a legal practice. Even a non-lawyer would have made sure that, because the entity was dealing with funds donated for the benefit of the working public, an auditor and somebody to act in a trustee-type capacity was appointed to ensure there was no misuse of those funds by the promoters.
This sounds like the Health Services Union all over again.
Frank Adshead Mona Vale
Fair enough, let's forget about the probity of the Prime Minister. This was only ever a side issue. The main issue that must be addressed is the probity of the unions.
If the legislation that regulates unions had required the same standards of probity as is required of corporations then union organisers would not have been tempted to set up ''slush funds'' or rort their expenses.
So, when will legislation be put to Parliament to bring more appropriate standards of accountability and probity to unions?
Brent Walker Killcare
By sitting this one out, Tony Abbott continues to show uncanny political judgment, unlike you know who (''PM and a fistful of questions'', August 25-26).
George Fishman Vaucluse
Was Slater & Gordon ahead of its time? In 1993, was it the first firm to introduce low doc (or no doc) housing loans?
Paul Tooker Bald Knob (Qld)
Hanged if I know
On the subject of ties (Letters, August 25-26), why would any man start the day by hanging a noose around his neck?
Paul Sutcliffe Tanilba Bay
RBA must answer
It's simple really: was the Reserve Bank board informed of the allegations of criminal behaviour when they arose (''Bank chiefs told of bribe claims'', August 25-26)?
If the board was informed, there definitely needs to be a royal commission into its failure to meet its responsibilities and the Australian Securities and Investment Commission should be investigating a breach of duties on the part of all directors, including Glenn Stevens and Ric Battellino. At the same time, we also need to know who, if anyone, in government was advised, particularly as the then Treasury secretary, Ken Henry, was also a director.
If the bank's board was not informed, Stevens should be marched today.
John Richardson Wallagoot
Still the best
What a disgraceful turn of events (''Armstrong to lose seven Tour titles'', August 25-26). A man who has won seven Tours de France, been the most drug-tested athlete on the planet (with no positive tests), has been pursued by an association with limitless funds for 16 years.
Its key evidence is samples kept at a university to which thousands of people have access. This certainly amounts to a modern-day witch-hunt.
He has no way of winning this and I sympathise with him giving up. The financial strain along with the emotional strain would have crippled anyone else long ago. It just shows what a champion he really is. Lance Armstrong will always be the best.
Fred Flanagan Baulkham Hills
Good principles
Mark Berg (Letters, August 25-26) paints a catastrophic scenario of ''locally empowered'' principals sacking hundreds. Aren't these ''locally empowered'' principals in fact teachers who, by their ability to teach, have worked their way up the education system and know what is needed to get results in the classroom? Only incompetent teachers have any reason to fear from the power given to principals.
Brian Jobbins Beacon Hill
ANZ and welfare
There has been a good deal of comment from Herald readers regarding your article ''Cut dole to boost jobs, urges bank boss'', (August 22).
It is worth clarifying that at no point has Mr Smith advocated changing Australia's current welfare structure or reducing unemployment benefits. The quote attributed to Mr Smith in the Herald was: "Instinctively, mobility in Australia feels low compared with, say, the US. In the US if you don't move, your house goes and you don't eat. So that is the difference. The welfare net [in Australia] is such that it doesn't provide an incentive for people to move."
Mr Smith was reflecting on why labour mobility might be lower in Australia than the US, of which, as your readers point out, there are many complex reasons. The statement attributed to Mr Smith does not call for a reduction in unemployment benefits (nor was such a statement made in the interview). In relation to the Australian welfare system, Mr Smith believes that it (obviously) has many advantages over that in the US.
While recognising the specific matter of unemployment benefits is a complex area, in addition to adequately supporting day-to-day needs, business also believes that adequate benefits are important to help ensure people have the support they need to keep them employment-ready for when appropriate opportunities do come along.
Paul Edwards group general manager corporate communications, ANZ
Giving voice
Australians love to have opinions on everything, but we often don't feel the need to look for evidence for our positions. Why should we? This is a democracy, after all.
Adele Horin's articles, often based on reports and investigations, have made it harder to hold uninformed opinions about people on the margins of our society. Harder to see unemployed people, mentally ill people and others in stereotypical ways. Harder to dispense with compassion and remain intolerant.
Some of the investigations she has described would have remained unreported had she not written about them. But she has always managed to make their results intelligible and interesting. I thank her for that and I will miss her byline (''For richer and poorer; the battle goes on'', August 25-26).
Bronwyn Bryceson Mangerton
An over-the-moon experience
Neil Armstrong was very learned and private (''Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon, dies at 82'', smh.com.au, August 26). I feel particularly fortunate to have shared two weeks with him and my father, Sir Edmund Hillary (he and Tenzing Norgay were the first two men to climb Everest) and Stephen Fossett (first man to fly a balloon solo around the world) in the high Arctic when we all flew in small ski-equipped aircraft to Ellesmere Island at 82 degrees North and then up to the Geographic North Pole in 1985.
It was a terrific adventure but best of all it gave us time to spend together and to share stories from each other's lives. And, of course, Armstrong's really were out of this world. To be sitting in a tiny Arctic hut with ice and cold all around and listen to the captain of the Apollo mission tell it like it was, was a thrill never to be forgotten.
Armstrong and Hillary were two remarkable individuals who epitomised the adventurous spirit, who achieved extraordinary feats that expanded the realm of possibility for all of us, but, who also used their triumphs to keep on achieving. Perhaps that is what sets them apart.
As a testimony to our time together in the Arctic in 1985 I received a letter from Armstrong just five years ago with warm reminiscences and a copy of his book. I think that says it all. We will miss him but he sure lived a great life.
Peter Hillary Auckland, New Zealand
Rugby needs the Libs' frontbench
It is becoming tiresome to read the carping complaints about Robbie Deans's lack of success with the Wallabies (''Defiant Deans refuses to let loss bring him down'', smh.com.au, August 26). The simple fact is that New Zealand has many more players than Australia and on balance we shall get the occasional win. The reverse occurs with cricket - we have the numbers and they have the occasional win. Is there a cry to change the NZ coach every time they lose? Of course not.
The call goes up that we need more mongrel. What do you expect from a team when so many have come from schools that aim to turn out thoroughbreds. The problem is that the same schools turn out people with verbal mongrel. Can you imagine a Wallaby team with Tony Abbott, Joe Hockey, Chris Pyne and Julie Bishop as hooker to play the All Blacks. Then we could really talk the talk. Maybe with Bishop we wouldn't need to talk at all - we could just stare them down.
Ian Bersten Roseville
We can assume the Deans family re-entry visa to NZ will be granted.
David Warren Palm Beach
Any increase in private school funding should be tied to improved performance by the Wallabies.
Mike Kenneally Balmain
Breivik's sentence
The reports of the sentencing of Anders Behring Breivik give an interesting cultural insight (''Norwegian mass killer gets 21 years'', August 26-25). He is to be sentenced to 21 years, then re-assessed. People interviewed in Norway were pleased with this arrangement. Imagine in the US: he would have been told he was in for 7700 years if not executed. In Australia we would probably have doorstep interviews with grieving relatives demanding a tougher sentence. Yet, seemingly, this is a satisfactory outcome for the Norwegians.
I wonder what it says about the states of civilisation in different countries.
Terry Beath Wollongong
Emperor is dressed
Actually, Prince Harry is fully dressed in those so-called ''nude'' photos. Anyone who can't see the clothes is a fool and should keep their opinion to themselves.
Oscar Bravo Bondi
Sensible high-rise
I am glad to see that apartment owners of old, under-funded buildings are able to stand up against local councils and their NIMBY attitudes and win (''Sky's the limit for rundown apartments'', August 25-26).
There are plenty of old, under-funded buildings in and around the eastern suburbs and other parts of Sydney that could and should follow the example of this building, so let's hope this is the start of a trend, rather than an anomaly. I think they call this progress.
Rupert Clifton-Bligh Singapore
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"I felt (the pressure) in the offseason," Brantley said to the media after the annual Orange and Blue Debut spring game. "As a quarterback at Florida you have to work as hard as anyone else or even harder. You have to watch more film, you have to be the first one out to practice, last one off...all of that. To keep that mentality up and being able to face the stuff off the field."
Watching the first couple of practices this spring I was a little worried about Florida junior starting quarterback John Brantley. I had seen Brantley throw a thousand times before and almost every time he was always right on the mark with where he wanted to place the ball. Now, that mark may have been in the hands of the defender as he didn't read the defense correctly as a younger quarterback, but at least the ball went where he threw it.
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Brantley talked about how tough it was when spring first started.
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It took a few days of practice for it to wear off in my opinion, but once everyone was on the same page and Brantley settled down, the laser sighted rifle that he has hanging from his right arm was doing exactly what he wanted it to do again.
With that accomplished it was a matter of getting Brantley and his receivers on the same page. Offensive coordinator Steve Addazio has implemented an offense that will look a little different in 2010 with a great deal of the snaps coming from under center and back in an I-formation or an off-set I-formation. Addazio needed Brantley to take charge of the group and he felt his junior signal caller really progressed in that facet of his own maturation process.
"He had a great spring," Addazio told the media about Brantley Saturday after the spring scrimmage held in front of 51,000 fans. "We know he can throw the ball, (the biggest improvement for him) was watching him take command of the team. All that other stuff is over rated. Can he lead, can he win, motivate, and grab the team? Johnny did all of those things and it was pretty cool.
It now has become Brantley's team and the receivers love for him to throw the ball. We saw the different throws he can make in the Orange and Blue Debut on Saturday and he has every throw in the book.
Addazio got what he wanted out of Brantley and it appears Brantley is vocalizing that leadership responsibility now.
"I feel like it is my huddle now and that is what I have been working on, being more vocal in the huddle," the junior quarterback said.
The best thing Brantley did this spring is not come out scared. He is a gun slinger and he came out on day one and was throwing it all over the field and letting his arm do the talking. He did this even when he was misfiring and the staff just has to love the confidence that he has in his own abilities. That confidence will carry over onto the field in September.
The lone knock on Brantley this spring was his ability to really run well in most of the run option stuff the Gator offense incorporates. This offense relies on the advantage of the quarterback being a runner in this offense and therefore outnumbering the defense with the number of blockers and I have seen Brantley run this a lot better in past springs. They went away from practicing a lot of it this spring, and when he was thrown into it he was often late making the pitch or keeping it for the right read of the defenders playing him. In the end, the offense is changing and they will rely on other quarterbacks to carry that part of the game, but he will have to still get better.
One caveat to the above has been the turnstile along the offensive line this spring. Not so much in their inability to play the positions, but the changeover up front due to injuries has really hampered the consistency along the line. Just like a leader, Brantley won't place blame and uses the excuse as a building point for the team moving forward.
"It is a little (frustrating)," Brantley said about the injuries up front. "You just have to go out there and get better every day. We have a young offensive line and they did a great job of working together. I am very happy with their performance. Stuff happens and if something does happen does happen during the season we know they got some good work in the spring and we know they can perform if needed."
Another huge concern this spring was developing a back up behind Brantley. No one expected a whole lot out of Trey Burton, but what we saw was a young guy that should still be in high school, that really came out focused not afraid to let it all hang out, much like Brantley. The other surprise has been Jordan Reed. The quarterback turned tight end who now will play a little of both looks good doing both and suddenly the back up pair gives the Gators some options in the offense and at least a little bit of relief knowing there are some options in the awful case that Brantley were top go down.
"I feel great about them, always have," Brantley said about the duo Saturday. "Trey came in early and I am just happy to see he is learning the offense. It's tough to come in as a high schooler and learn this offense. He has done a great job. He is very attentive at the meetings and grasps it really well. He had a great spring.
"To see Jordan Reed who hasn't really played quarterback in a while and throw the ball around a bit. I was happy to see that (Saturday).
Still, he had a lot to learn this spring. Knowing that I thought he would be tentative and that just wasn't the case. Florida couldn't afford for him to be tentative, but he stuck his chin in there and made throws he probably regretted, all in all a trial by fire that he performed very well in.
During the process he just improved. He started finding receivers that he didn't find in the first few practices. He has slowly started going through some of the progressions in the passing game. And he has gotten some poise in the pocket as time has gone by. He still knows he has to do more before the fall.
"I am starting to settle in real well and happy to be here," Burton said Saturday. "I am going to try and get really big muscle-wise. I want to get stronger and learn, learn, learn."
Burton was intercepted on his first play of the scrimmage Saturday. It was a deep ball down the left sideline, a play drawn up by someone on the student body as a promotion for the game. He just kept his chin strap buckled and got out there. He told the media that he got some sage advice from Gator Great quarterback Chris Leak during the game on Saturday.
"He said, 'how a quarterback rebounds from an interception is how good he is going to be'," Burton responded when asked what Leak told him. "...I try not to get myself down and know I have to play the next play."
Burton is certainly a different style of quarterback than Brantley and brings a running dimension that he feels totally comfortable with. Having been a running back through the ninth grade, Burton has big time skill doing that and showed a lot of that Saturday accounting for 120 yards on the ground. He understands that is something this staff will like to utilize as a compliment to Brantley's gun slinging abilities. He is often times compared to Tim Tebow, but just shrugs that comparison off.
"I am excited to play, I don't care what package I get and I hope I get a chance," he said. "I'm not Tim Tebow I am Trey and I am going to do what I'm going to do."
The back up quarterback is often times the darling of the fans and Burton certainly did nothing to hurt that notion on Saturday. He has played hard all spring and more times than not has taken hits not normally allowed by quarterbacks. His toughness is underestimated. He actually enjoyed the physical play he was a part of this spring.
"I love it and wouldn't want to be anywhere else," he said.
In the end, Burton had about as good a spring as can be expected and still has a lot of work to do. The fact he has only really been a quarterback for a little over three years means his throwing should improve dramatically during his stay in Gainesville. Right now, his ability to move around allows him to not be a 'perfect' thrower, and so he can learn going forward without being stressed about it.
Reed left the quarterback position, not because of his lack of ability to throw or anything physical, he just couldn't grasp the full scheme of the offense at the position.
Saturday, we saw him make the deep throw and some underneath, he really has a gun. We also saw what he can do running the ball. At 6-4, 240 pounds he is a beast and as big as Tebow was running in short yardage. Reed will likely be the short yardage quarterback when they want to run the option.
They had him throw and will likely out a small package of pass plays in there for him to keep teams honest or catch teams off guard, because he can throw the ball well.
More than anything, as a quarterback, he has now allowed the staff to a chance to breathe maybe a little easier in the unbelievable happens and Brantley gets hurt. As the starter at tight end at the end of the spring and his new role as an option quarterback, Reed has now turned himself into one of the most valuable players on offense. Something I never saw happening before spring started.
Look for extensive highlights of the quarterbacks from the spring to follow. We were able to come up with over 100 highlights of Brantley and Burton and split them up for you. Also stay tuned as we continue our evaluations of every position along with individual highlights.


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2013-2014: Western team captain... 11-7 record in horsemanship... Opened the season with a 77-76.5 win over No. 5 Kansas State on Sept. 20... As part of a 5-0 sweep for the horsemanship team, she knocked off her Fresno State opponent, 72.5-59, on Sept. 27... Picked up a 71.5-70 victory over SMU on Oct. 5 in a neutral site meet in Dover, Del... Improved to 4-1 on Oct. 11 in the SEC opener against No. 1 Georgia, defeating her opponent, 75.5-75... Ended the fall semester with a 73.5-67.5 victory at South Dakota State... Won her first MVP of the season in the spring opener at New Mexico State on Feb. 1, defeating her Aggie opponent, 74-71... Earned a 73.5-72 decision at home over Texas A&M on Feb. 22... Picked up a 75-71 win over Auburn on Senior Day on March 1... Closed out the regular season with a 71.5-69 win at UT-Martin on March 8... Competed at the SEC Championship... Competed at the NCEA National Championship, going 2-1... Went 2-fo-2 on April 19 in the Gamecocks' semifinal win over Auburn and championship loss to Georgia... In the win over the Tigers, she defeated her Auburn opponent, 149-146.5... In the national championship meet, she defeated her Georgia opponent, 148-141.5... Fourth-year letter winner... Voted "Team MVP".
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2011-2012: NCEA Honorable Mention All-American in Horsemanship... 13-3-1 regular season and postseason combined record... 4-1-1 post season record... 9-2 regular season record in Horsemanship with one MVP... In her first competition as a Gamecock, she defeated her Fresno State opponent 76.5-75.5 in the season opener on Sept. 23... improved to 2-0 a week later when she picked up a 76.5-69 win over TCU... Improved to 3-0 on Oct. 8 in her first away competition as a Gamecock, as she defeated her Auburn opponent, 74.5-69.5... Improved her record to 4-0 as she defeated her New Mexico State opponent, 71-70.5 on the road on Oct. 29... Won her fifth point of the season on Jan. 29 as she defeated her Oklahoma State opponent, 73.5-72.5... Earned her first MVP as a Gamecock on Feb. 11 at No. 10 UT-Martin, as she scored an event-high 74 to defeat her opponent's 69.5 as part of a 5-0 sweep for the Horsemanship team... Defeated her Tiger opponent, 72.5-71.5, on Feb. 25 as part of a 4-1 Horsemanship win and 12-6 overall win over No. 1 Auburn... Won her ride, 72.5-71, on Feb. 26 as part of a 4-0 Horsemanship shutout against No. 4 Baylor... Closed out the regular season with a 72.5-67.5 win at Delaware State on March 16... Competed at the Southern Equestrian Championships, where she went undefeated, going 1-0-1... In the opening round upset over No. 3 Auburn on March 30, she held her Tiger opponent to a 144.5-144.5 tie... In the Southern Equestrian Championship win over No. 1 Georgia on March 31, she defeated her opponent, 145.5-145... Competed at Nationals, going 3-1... Picked up a win over Tennessee-Mart on April 12... Defeated her Texas A&M opponent on April 13... Closed out Nationals with a victory over Georgia on April 14... Fall 2011 President's List... Spring 2012 President's List... Won the "Western Grooming Award" along with Kayla Gamble at the team banquet... Second-year letter winner.
2010-2011: Performed several demo rides throughout the season... traveled with the team to Waco for the 2011 Varsity Equestrian National Championships... performed demo rides at Nationals... First-year letter winner.
High School: QHYA 8th High Point Youth All Around, 2009 AQHYA 5th High Point Performance Gelding, 2009 AHQYA 6th Limited Rider High Point Youth Western Horsemanship, Three Top-10 Finishes at Congress, and was selected to represent Team USA at the 2010 AQHA Youth World Cup Competition. Ceresani is the senior class president and currently ranked 8th in her class. She a member of the National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, and International Thespian Honor Society... Fall 2010 President's List... Spring 2011 President's List.


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Acronym for Sisters With Voices, these ghetto sisters from Brooklyn and the Bronx, New York, comprised the talents of Coko (Cheryl Gamble), Taj (b. Tamara Johnson) and Lelee (b. Leanne Lyons). Shaped by swingbeat producer Teddy Riley to reflect streetwise dress and attitude, the trios sound was somewhat harder than that which might be expected of new jill swingers. On tracks like Downtown they revealed themselves happy to engage in intimate details of the sex wars. Their 1993 debut also encompassed both rap and a cappella vocal stylings, and included three massive crossover US hit singles, Im So Into You (number 6), the chart-topping Weak and Right Here/Human Nature (number 2). The latter also provided the trio with a UK number 3 hit single. Nominated for a Grammy in 1995 they returned in 1996 with the equally slickA New Beginning, and repeated the formula in 1997 with Release Some Tension. More sexual innuendo recorded to perfection, but too smooth for some peoples taste in urban R&B. The group broke up in 1998, with Coko releasing her solo debut the following year.
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Planning for Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon hits sour note
The Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon — a race built around a music theme that was planned for Aug. 4 in Pittsburgh — has been canceled before the first note could be played.
Organizers of the race, which would have featured live music along the course and a concert by a national music act at the finish line, notified 4,000 registrants by email over the weekend that the race was off, said Dan Cruz, a spokesman for Competitors Group Inc., based in San Diego, where the first Rock 'n' Roll race was held in 1998.
Cruz said on Sunday that the city has refused to issue a permit for the race. Organizers hope to reschedule the event for 2014.
"We've applied for a permit several times and have repeatedly been denied," Cruz said. "In November, the city raised concerns about the heat associated with running a race in August. We offered other dates for September, but those were also turned down.
"We felt that we could no longer proceed with organizing this year's event without the support of the mayor's office, the director of public safety and the (city's) special events committee."
Michael Huss, the city's director of public safety, said on Sunday that decision not to allow the race on Aug. 4 was made after consulting with city emergency medical services chiefs and a physician who advises the public safety department.
They raised concerns about problems runners might face because of high heat and humidity, he said.
"During last year's (Pittsburgh) marathon in May, we were up against the wall with resources even though we brought medical units from outside the city to help," Huss said, adding that half marathons often can result in more medical problems among runners because they often do not train as hard as those running in full marathon races. Half marathons typically are around 13 miles long.
Part of the key to the Rock 'n' Roll series' popularity is its accessibility for novice racers, and its emphasis on fun and the overall race experience, organizers said when the event was announced at a March 2012 event at the Heinz History Center in the Strip District.
"As far as offering us other dates, they (organizers) were dug in on Aug. 4, until recently," Huss said. "We felt that holding it in September would conflict with the Great Race."
Organizers said Aug. 4 was selected to prevent conflicts with the Dick's Sporting Goods Marathon on May 5 and the Richard S. Caliguiri City of Pittsburgh Great Race scheduled for Sept. 29.
About 4,000 runners — half of whom are from outside Western Pennsylvania — were registered for the race, Cruz said.
They were offered the option of applying their entry fee to another race, including the 2014 race in Pittsburgh, or a refund.
"We're very disappointed that we have to cancel this year's race (in Pittsburgh), but we're still hoping to have one next year if city officials will cooperate," Cruz said.
There are 17 more Rock 'n' Roll races scheduled this year in the United States and Canada, as well as four in Europe. The closest ones to Pittsburgh are in Philadelphia on Sept. 15, and Cleveland on Oct. 5.
Craig Davis, CEO of tourism promotion agency VisitPittsburgh, which has been trying to add Pittsburgh to the lineup of Rock 'n' Roll races held each year, said his organization plans to continue offering its assistance.
"We will continue to work with the city and Rock 'n' Roll marathon officials to create a successful event in Pittsburgh in 2014," he said.
The race was expected to generate about $7.9 million in direct spending in the city, Davis said.
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Wallace Spearmon's soulful 19.95
Wallace Spearmon Jr. has always been one of the most soulful guys on the track and field circuit. He runs with heart. He speaks from the heart.
If only he could stay healthy, he could capture America's heart.
Wallace Spearmon Jr. has always been one of the most soulful guys on the track and field circuit. He runs with heart. He speaks from the heart.
If only he could stay healthy, he could capture America's heart.
A couple days ago, Paul Hamm announced his retirement.
Is he the most accomplished male American gymnast ever?
This is a story about diversity, about tolerance, about the make-up of California and, more, the United States of America as it really is now. There were seven girls on this year's Santa Ana Valley High School water polo team. Six are Latino. One is Vietnamese-American. "We had to find some way to communicate to become a family," said one of the team's seniors, 17-year-old Bianka Baeza.
It's about one really great coach, Fred Lammers, a 59-year-old biology teacher who has been at the same school since 1976, who gets up at 4:30 every morning and then rides his bicycle to and from work, who is on the pool deck before dawn, who believes in the elemental mission of helping young people become the best they can be.
In the late 1970s, when Doug Beal was named head coach of the first U.S. men's national volleyball team, he was the driving force for establishing a full-time, year-round training center. The first facilities were in — of all places — Dayton, Ohio. The idea was to gear up for the 1980 Moscow Summer Games.
One of the first training sites was Roosevelt High School. A bunch of the players had day jobs unloading produce for local supermarkets. This was hard, physical work, and then the guys were expected to show up for practice at 7 at night.
Mario Vazquez Raña, arguably the most influential figure in the Western Hemisphere in the Olympic movement, abruptly announced his resignation Thursday as a member of the International Olympic Committee.
In a four-page press release, Vazquez Raña, who will turn 80 in June, said he is stepping down from the IOC; from his spot on the IOC's policy-making executive board; as president of Olympic Solidarity; and as president of the Assn. of National Olympic Committees.


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Sydney's slowing market has brought out a swarm of property predators determined to pick up a cut-price home.
About 300 houses went under the hammer yesterday, many of them owned by investors wanting to offload their properties before the State Government's 2.25 per cent exit tax comes into force on Tuesday.
They attracted hundreds of bargain hunters - many of them first home buyers, others armed with "ambush" tactics - keen to save thousands of dollars on a property.
Indicators show that while property prices may have taken a dive, bargain hunters are becoming increasingly active, buying property only if the price is right. This has resulted in an improving auction clearance rate that has climbed steadily from 40.4 per cent three weeks ago to 45.4 per cent last Saturday, Home Price Guide figures show.
First home buyers have received a double confidence boost: a flood of cheaper properties to choose from as well as a stamp duty exemption on homes selling for $500,000 and under.
The slowing market has also brought out vocal bidders ready to pounce on bargain-price properties and unafraid to make vendors and real-estate agents work hard for a sale.
Designer Neil Rowland bought a large terrace home in Paddington last Saturday for $2.86 million after 12 months of house hunting.
Throughout the auction Mr Rowland heckled the auctioneer with carefully placed and well-rehearsed calls. At one point, while holding the highest bid, he threatened to withdraw his offer within 60 seconds if the auctioneer did not decide whether the house was to be sold or passed in.
While bidding climbed steadily in increments of $50,000, he offered $1000. Although the auctioneer rejected it, he got away with a $10,000 bid instead, slowing down proceedings.
He admits he may not have made many friends among the selling agents and auctioneers at auctions he has attended, but thinks he has saved himself plenty of cash by using his "bag of tricks" at the auction.
"I ended up controlling the auction," Mr Rowland said.
"I think that the property's true value was around $3 million. These are money-saving tactics. There is a different breed of bidder out there. They [agents] have had it their way for too long and we have turned the tables.
"The market is flooded with vendors wanting to dispose of their property. Buyers have more bargaining power and bargain basement prices can be found. They are out there."
"I have been looking for a home for 12 months and as time has gone on the market has definitely moved to my benefit. With the Paddington house I certainly didn't overpay." Mr Rowland's friend, property lawyer Edward Sunna, is also on the warpath, attending at least one auction a week as he hunts for discounted properties.
He said he had bought 10 properties in the past 18 months.
"The market has definitely changed," Mr Sunna said.
"Agents needed a wake-up call. There is a more intelligent level of bidders out there who do their own research before entering the market."
Mr Rowland and Mr Sunna say that when researching a property they look for one of the "three Ds" - divorce, distress and death. Any of these indicates that the vendor is genuine about selling and may be open to pre-auction negotiation.
They admit their methods may seem harsh, but say they are simply acting appropriately in the free marketplace.
"It's business," Mr Rowland said.
"At the end of the day it's your money. We are throwing it back on them and they don't like it.
"It's a game. It's an act. You are on the stage as much as the auctioneer is on the stage. Be vocal, don't be scared. Yell it out."
Richardson & Wrench auctioneer Peter Baldwin has noticed a surge in the number of bargain hunters attending his auctions.
And his comeback to bidders who feel like giving him a bit of a heckle during an auction?
"I'm firm but polite. There are people who just can't help themselves."


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British Man Convicted of Attempted Murder After Posing as Bring Me the Horizon Frontman
British McDonald's worker David Russell, 20, pretended to be lead singer Oliver Sykes of UK metal band Bring Me the Horizon in order to meet an American woman whom he repeatedly stabbed and slit her throat.
Russell has been sent to prison for life for attempted murder and calculated kidnapping of Maricar Benedicto, 19, from California, according to the Daily Mail.
Prosecutor Christopher Donnellan told the court of the horrific account between Russell and Benedicto. "He asked her to sit down on a fallen tree trunk and said he was going to blindfold her and said she would get a surprise or a present. He stood behind her, blindfolded her, asked her to put her head back, and her arms up. She did so with her palms up, entirely trusting him. Although she did not see any implement because of the blindfold, the next thing she felt was her neck being sliced."
Donnellan continues, "He turned to run away but he caught up and stabbed her in the back. The victim was then stabbed three more times, hit in the face with a log, and headbutted. She said she gave his name and address to immigration upon arrival. It was true and it worked."
Russell's Defense Lawyer stated, "Tragic above all for the victim and tragic for Mr. Russell who for 19 years until this offense led a blameless and hard-working life. He is a troubled young man, very young, who committed an act in bizarre circumstances, never to be repeated."
Russell will serve a minimum of 17 and a half years in prison after being sentenced yesterday (Oct. 5) at Northampton Crown Court.
The real Oliver Sykes commented on the tragedy by saying, "I woke up to the news in L.A., and didn't really believe it at first. It's very unsettling. I'm aware that people have used my identity for pranks and whatever, which has always been something that's been uncomfortable for me, but for something like this to happen is terrifying."
The Bring Me the Horizon frontman continues, "My heart goes out to Maricar and hope she recovers soon. I would also urge anyone using social networking sites about a really great foundation called the Carly Ryan Foundation (carlyryanfoundation.com). Carly suffered a fate worse even worse than this case but the story isn't worlds apart. The foundation was set up to raise awareness and educate people on the risks of meeting people online."


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The amount of discipline and perseverance that it takes to train for a fight is incredible.
This is a remarkable story of perseverance and friendship in a time when women had few rights.
And his subsequent personal journey was emblematic of strength, perseverance, growth, and hope.
Lieberman is guided by the lessons her family taught her about passion, perseverance, and wonderful food.
It is an inspiring story of perseverance that should be a catalyst for committed activism wherever one sees a need.
With a little industry and perseverance wonders might be done in this country.
He was a man of great intelligence, perseverance, energy, and determination.
Almost any job can be shaken off in time and with perseverance.
Can we rely on the constancy and perseverance of the people?
She has an obstinacy and a perseverance in sticking at you that drive you almost wild, but make you learn "lots" in the end.
mid-14c., from Old French perseverance "persistence, endurance" (12c., Modern French persévérance) and directly from Latin perseverantia "steadfastness, constancy," from perseverantem (nominative perseverans), from perseverare (see persevere).


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Hi, my name is André Schnabel and I'm a Computer Science student from Germany.
In my spare time I love to program videogames and compose music.
I share most of my code (e.g. the Kosu game development framework) on bitbucket and GitHub.
|Many old games I've written while still in school can be downloaded here.
|Quite recently I've written a small Wolf3D-clone. It's called
SpaceSoldier3D (or Weltraumsoldat3D in German). It is open source!
I wrote it in Java using the incredibly awesome libgdx.
This library allows the game to run on all major desktop platforms (Win32/Linux/OSX) as well as on Android. It was later ported to C#/Kosu for an iOS release.
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My first Ludum Dare Entry. I used the theme as game name throughout development and now I'm too lazy to change that so I just called it Tiny World with my username as prefix.
On Android tap on the left/right border of the screen to run left/right and tap both left&right borders at the same time for jumping. Press the back button on your device to return to the world overview.
Difficulty: Easy -> small inertia, no spikes. Normal, Hard, Impossible -> growing inertia, with spikes.
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Without going into any lengthy tirade over the whole issue of remakes, I think it's safe to say that there should at least be an honest reason for remaking an earlier film. One such reason would be that the original was a flawed or somehow failed work such as "The Amityville Horror" or "The Hills Have Eyes", both of which have their loyal admirers but clearly had much room for improvement. Unfortunately this was not the case with a bona fide classic like "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", which simply stands on its own, needing no financial or artistic assistance whatsoever, and a few extra dollars and Jessica Biel add nothing to the original work.
A second, perhaps more compelling reason to remake a film would be that the original failed to truly exploit its basic premise due to the censorship of the times or the limitations of visual effects available. Films such as Cronenberg's "The Fly" and Carpenter's "The Thing" both re-imagined, expanded, and expressed the full force of the source material in ways the original could not conceive. Which brings me to this 2006 remake of "The Omen".
The original was made in the wake of the 70's big budget studio devil movies "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Exorcist", and although it remains memorable, it's certainly no classic. The real reason for this remake seems to be the novelty of the release date — June 6th, 2006 . And that's unfortunate since the concept could have used some dusting off. For those of you who don't already know the story, it's the one where this kid named Damien has the number 666 marked on his head, and who turns out to be not a human boy, but rather the Anti-Christ himself, born from the womb of a jackal and raised by his unsuspecting parents in the world of politics. And even if you have never seen the original, you probably still know the film's lore. The movie's mythology has surpassed the film and moved securely into the mainstream of popular culture.
For this we can credit screenwriter David Seltzer, best known at the time of the original as the uncredited writer who reworked Roald Dahl's script for the original "Willy Wonka" (itself remade recently by Tim Burton and Johnny Depp). And although Seltzer reportedly banged out "The Omen" script for purely mercenary dollars, his version of Revelations still stands almost as strongly as the lore Curt Siodmak created for the 1941 classic "The Wolf Man". Both films even share their own respective poems to recite.
Now for those of you who missed Richard Donner's original, go out and rent it instead of seeing this 2006 version. Then after you've enjoyed that trashy but fun film, close your eyes and replay the highlights of the movie in your mind, only replacing Gregory Peck with Liev Schreiber, Lee Remick with Julia Stiles, and a constipated, pouting little brat as Damien. That's all you need to tell your friends that you saw the "new" film.
The 2006 version is credited solely to one David Seltzer, writer of the original. You would think Seltzer would take the opportunity to work with director John Moore to re-imagine, expand, and express the full force of his Revelations concept for our current times. You'd be wrong. Either Seltzer did no work at all on the remake, or he was very cleverly and simply printed up a new copy of his stale script, slapped a fresh "sell by" date on the cover and lit up a cigar. John Moore's movie was shot with the exact same script as the original, line for line and scene for scene. As a result, we are left to sit in the dark watching the very slow unravelling of a mystery that is mysterious to no one.
If you thought Gus Van Sant's "Psycho" reshoot was weird, check this one out. It's like a community theater version of that old classic "The Omen", filled with all your favorite scenes. The Birthday Party hanging — check. The Priest skewering — check. The monkey attack — check. Cemetery dogfight — check. Shocking decapitation scene — check. Most of these scenes are exact replicas of the original, only not as good. And when director Moore gets creative and tries to do something different with the familiar scenes, you wish he would go back and make his replica instead.
Prague once again stands in for all of Europe , but still looks like Prague . Fortunately Prague is very photogenic, and the movie is actually rated R, which I have to give the filmmakers credit in this land of bland PG-13 horror movies. But if the film feels like "community theater", the acting is thankfully as good as expected. Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Mia Farrow (whose casting is a joke in itself), Pete Posthlewaite, David Thewlis and Michael Gambon are all very good actors and do their best with the material at hand. The problem is that while they're all good at their craft, but they're not movie stars.
The original "Omen" depended heavily on its casting for its effectiveness. For instance, Peck's movie star persona as the father figure from "To Kill a Mockingbird" is turned on its head as he decides to kill a child. His gravitas drives the movie, and the audience accepts the absurd plot machinations because Peck convinces us that he believes them. His presence and the black mass score by Jerry Goldsmith save the movie from total absurdity.
And that's another final nail in the new "Omen's" coffin: They junked the Oscar winning score by Jerry Goldsmith. Except for a few piano notes from the original, we get horror stings and suspense strings from Marco Beltrami that is instantly forgettable. Why would Fox Studios not use the original score with all its Latin chanting and creepy Dies Irae riffs? The music of "The Omen" is as tied to that score as Herrmann's shrieking violins are to "Psycho". A terrible choice, but unfortunately right in line with all the other wrong choices made by the creators of this 2006 version. It is, in the end, a dishonest and pointless remake.
John Moore (director) / David Seltzer (screenplay)
CAST: Liev Schreiber …. Robert Thorn
Giovanni Lombardo Radice …. Father Spiletto
Julia Stiles …. Katherine Thorn
Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick …. Damien
Amy Huck …. Nanny
David Thewlis …. Keith Jennings
Reggie Austin …. Tom Portman
Pete Postlethwaite …. Father Brennan
Mia Farrow …. Mrs. Baylock


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Reports in Spain on Tuesday say Real boss Jose Mourinho has drawn up a five-strong shortlist of players - who are all under 20 - that he wants to sign in the next three years.
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Mystery continues to surround the suspected murder of a popular Melbourne socialite with police still searching for clues that they hope will lead them to the killer.
Mother-of-two and grandmother-of-four, Jeanette Moss, 69, was found dead in her Middle Park apartment, overlooking Port Phillip Bay, on January 15.
Homicide detectives believe she was murdered, but will not comment on the circumstances of her death other than to say that she had sustained injuries.
A Victoria Police spokeswoman said on Thursday the case remained open and police were still searching for leads.
Police believe Ms Moss may have known her attacker and let them into her apartment as the front door of her Beaconsfield Parade flat was locked, nothing was missing and there were no signs of a struggle when her body was discovered by a neighbour.
She had lived alone since about 1999 when she became a widow.
Ms Moss, who had been preparing for her 70th birthday party, was last seen running errands on the morning before her death and is believed to have died some time between then and the next morning.
Ms Moss was a well-known and liked socialite with more than 350 people attending her funeral at All Saints Anglican Church in St Kilda before a wake at her local yacht club, where she had been a member for the past 15 years.
Ms Moss with her late husband Hal owned the Hilton and Kayser lingerie brands for more than 30 years and Ms Moss was elected to the former South Melbourne council in 1983 and served until 1986.
In a bid to unearth clues to the suspected murder, police set up an information caravan outside Ms Moss' home in the weeks following her death.
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Anyone with information about Mrs Moss' death is asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or visit crimestoppers.com.au.


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Duck, goose populations soar this year
If ducks and geese were oil and gas, there might be a few more millionaires come this fall.
There's a boom winging this way for hunters willing to take advantage.
Duck and goose numbers exploded this spring, continentally speaking. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Canadian Wildlife Service have been surveying waterfowl populations since 1955. The joint effort rates as the longest-running wildlife survey anywhere in the world.
Never before — at any time in the last 59 years — has it put the number of ducks and geese on the landscape as high as right now.
Scientists estimate this year's breeding duck population at a record 49.2 million birds. That's about 8 percent more than last year's 45.6 million, and about 1 percent more than the previous high of 48.6 million in 2012.
That's a lot of birds.
"At this point, it looks like it's going to be a pretty good year for ducks," said Jim Feaga, regional biologist serving Pennsylvania and New Jersey for Ducks Unlimited. "Definitely breeding populations are doing pretty well."
The reason duck numbers are "off the charts" is habitat, said Frank Rohwer, president of Delta Waterfowl.
Ducks in particular need lots of water — without too much — to breed most successfully, he said. They got everything in just the right quantities this year.
"Exceptional water this year will lead to high duck production," Rohwer said. "When the prairies are really wet, ducks settle in the best quality habitat. Hens will nest and re-nest vigorously, and duckling survival will be high."
The waterfowl gusher won't be shared equally by hunters all over the country. Duck and goose populations in the Midwest prairie pothole region tend to fluctuate, and much of the increase in waterfowl being seen across the nation is coming from an upward surge there, said Kevin Jacobs, waterfowl biologist for the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
Things are typically much more stable in this part of the country. Nearly 80 percent of mallards, 70 percent of Canada geese and 50 percent of the wood ducks shot in Pennsylvania were born here, he said, so habitat conditions elsewhere don't have as much impact.
But that doesn't mean the hunting here will be poor, he added. Just the opposite is expected.
Habitat conditions in the areas from which Pennsylvania draws its birds were rated as good to excellent, and that should mean average to above average numbers of birds.
"We're anticipating a good season," Jacobs said. "Now, of course, we have to see how the weather plays out, and what that means in terms of triggering movements of ducks. But we should be seeing healthy fall flights throughout Pennsylvania this year."
Mallards are the most important duck to Pennsylvania. Hunters took 38,476 last season. Their numbers are stable, by recent standards, if below the long-term average, Jacobs said. There were an estimated 72,014 breeding pairs this spring.
The number of wood ducks, the second-most harvested duck with 22,511 taken last year, are stable to increasing, Jacobs said. There were an estimated 61,153 breeding pairs this year, an increase of 16 percent over the long-term average.
As for Canada geese, well, there's no shortage of them either.
Ideally, Pennsylvania should be home to about 150,000 breeding pairs, Jacobs said. It has about 241,000, with the highest concentrations in the southwest and southeast corners of the state.
That's partly because hunters are taking as many as hoped.
They killed 104,000 geese last fall and winter. That's about 41 percent fewer than they take in more typical years, though. Jacobs blamed that on lack of effort. Hunters — because of the poor economy, lack of time, family commitments or something else — aren't killing geese the way they were prior to 2008.
"The amount of effort in terms of hunter days really drives our harvest numbers. They're very highly correlated, hunter days and harvest," he said.
Those who go out looking for ducks and geese should find them in lots of places. In wet years, when there are lot of ponds, seeps and wet spots, waterfowl tend to disperse, Feaga said.
That's a good thing, Jacobs said. Hunters won't find birds concentrated in just a few spots, as in dry years, so they may have to do a little more scouting and move around a bit to keep on them.
But, he added, that means less pressure on individual birds, something that will likely keep them around longer into the season.
"You can oftentimes find new birds in secluded areas away from hunting pressure," Jacobs said. "You just have to keep poking around and looking for the good habitat."
Certainly, this is the year to do that, Feaga added. There will be lots of opportunity.
"We may not have the ducks and geese they do in the prairie pothole region or the Mississippi Flyway, but we still get our fair share, enough to keep the great waterfowling tradition we have alive," he said.
Bob Frye is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. Reach him at email@example.com or via Twitter @bobfryeoutdoors.


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Subject: Wilhites - Philip Swank and Polly Wilhoit
Date: 26 Mar 2006 22:21:02 -0700
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Emailed you twice but both were returned, so will post here.
I don't have much on the Swank's but hope this might help.
Jacob Swank died 15 Sep 1851. Married Catherine Unknown. She died 02 Jul 1856.
Notes for Jacob Swank:
Jacob entered land in Mont Co., March 1831 from KY and Fountain Co. This land was later transferred to Phillip, Wilson Swank and James Ames.
More about Jacob Swank: Burial: Oakland Cemetery near Elmdale, Montgomery Co.
Child of Jacob Swank and Catherine Unknown is:
Philip Swank, born 04 Jul 1815 in OH; died 21 Jan 1879.
He married Polly Ann Wilhoit 31 Dec. 1835, daughter of Achilles Wilhoit and Mary Hall. She was born 01 Dec 1817 in IN and died 03 Feb 1897 in Oakland Cemetery, Coal Creek, Montgomery Co., IN.
Child of Philip Swank and Polly Wilhoit is:
Benjamin Swank, born 03 Nov 1836. He married Mary Ellen Cowan.
The source I have entered (sometime ago) is "Family Histories of Montgomery Co., IN 1823-1988 by Turner Publishing Co."
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WANSTEAD'S population has grown by just 21 people over the last ten years, according to latest figures.
The 2011 census shows that in the six wards covering the west of Redbridge, Wanstead has experienced the smallest increase in population since 2001, with a 0.2% rise.
Church End ward has experienced the largest increase, with a rise of 15.2 per cent from 9,993 to 11,516.
Cllr Richard Hoskins said there has been significant development in the ward, compared to Wanstead which is a conservation area, with around a fifth of properties built in the last 10 years.
He said: "The upside is that it has made George Lane a very popular shopping area, but the downside is the pressure it puts on local services."
The ward in Redbridge which has seen the largest increase in population is Clementswood, which covers Ilford town centre.
The population has increased from 11,294 people in 2010 to 14,257 in 2011, which is an increase of 30 per cent.
Redbridge as a whole has seen a rise of 17 per cent, compared to 18 per cent in neighbouring Waltham Forest and 14 per cent across London.


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|terrymichael.net | thoughts from a libertarian Democrat
by Terry Michael, October 4, 2006
A Trinity of Big Lies in the
(1) Fag-abetting Democrats
The possibilities for a New York Post headline were endless, but I'd have gone with, "Foley Diddles, Denny Fiddles."
More than a little reminiscent of the disaster that rocked that other gay-hating defender of family values, the Roman Catholic church, this Republican made-for-cable sex scandal has spawned an unholy trinity of big lies.
Let's start with the most outrageous, courtesy of Newt Gingrich. What a waste of talent is the former speaker. A big picture guy, capable of so much more, he resorted to throwing red meat to the GOP's embarrassed Taliban wing, when he offered the over-the-top observation that Democrats would have charged gay-bashing had the Republican leadership aggressively gone after Congressman Foley when the first emails surfaced months ago. What a slimy sound-bite crock!
In fact, Democrats would have done exactly what they're doing now, which brings us to the second big fib: playing the "Our Endangered Kiddies" card.
During the cold war, you could get attention for any ill-conceived public policy pronouncement if you connected it to the commies. Now, the late-parenting baby boom generation of mommy-party liberal Democrats, engaged in political pandering by press release, reacts in mock outrage at daddy-party conservative Republican leaders placing our precious children at risk.
I've never been a parent, thank god, but I was once 16. And by the time I was a sophomore in high school, I'm sure I would have recognized a creepy old man, gay or straight, when I saw one, as did the teenage pages who got unwanted cyber-attention from the honorable, what-are-you-wearing Mr. Foley.
So now, in the Oprah-ized world of arm chair TV psychology, we are confronted hourly by an endless array of Childrens' Advocates, seeking their 15 minutes on every poorly-rated cable babble outlet, offering advice on how to save our babies. Sixteen ain't an adult, but at the beginning of the sex-sophisticated 21st Century, these kids are not babes-in-the-cradle either. They were perfectly capable of taking care of themselves, which they obviously did.
Last, but certainly not least, there's Mr. Foley's big lie. His initial contrition was pretty straight-forward. But after he had the "benefit" of legal counsel, it didn't take 24 hours before he entered alcohol re-hab, followed in the next news cycle – surprise, surprise! – by the revelation that he was a victim of child molestation.
In the world of modern trial law, it appears that nobody is ultimately responsible for his own actions. It couldn't simply have been bad judgment by a jerk. It had to have been the demon rum, or some demonic priest that made him do it. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, this man is also a victim; show him a little compassion, please.
What it really was is really simple: a sexually repressed middle-aged man, spending a career colluding with the anti-gay bigotry countenanced by the national Republican Party, finally crashing and burning.
You play with fire, you may end up in hell.
Director of the Washington Center for Politics & Journalism, Terry Michael writes at his "thoughts from a libertarian Democrat" blog, www.terrymichael.net.
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House prices have increased by almost 13% in England and Wales in the past year, but the rate of growth has fallen significantly, official figures show.
The Land Registry said prices were 12.52% higher in the three months from April to June 2003 against the same period a year earlier, with the average home now worth £149,935.
But price rises have slowed dramatically as between January and March house prices were showing annual rises of nearly 20%.
The number of sales has also fallen by more than 16%. Recent property surveys have suggested this is due to first-time buyers being priced out of the market.
Million pound properties
The Land Registry figures confirm the recent trend of prices rising faster outside London and the South East.
The East Midlands, North of England and Wales saw the biggest rises.
While Greater London remains the most expensive place to buy a house, price increases have slowed markedly.
Prices rose by 5.96% between April and June, down from a rise of 12.07% in January to March, when compared with the same period last year.
Between April and June the number of sales in the capital fell by more than a quarter to 28,911 from 38,681 a year before.
But, despite the slowdown, the million pound plus housing market picked up slightly, with 338 properties worth more than £1m sold, compared to 303 in the previous quarter.
The capital remained by far the most expensive part of the country, with prices averaging £246,710 - far higher than the national average of £149,935.
Mixed fortunes
While prices have risen consistently in many parts of the country, the rate of growth has increased in only two regions: Wales and the North of England.
Property rises in the South West cooled slightly, but are still growing at a healthy rate.
In the first three months of 2003 prices in this region rose by 26.14% compared with the same period last year. But between April and June prices rose by 19.84%.
In the South East where price rises have also cooled, growth still outstripped the North West where average prices increased by 15.27% to £96,253.


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Six out of seven unions agreed to extend the walk-out to Monday, though more services are expected to run than at the beginning of the strike.
The number of strikers has reportedly been dropping since the strike began last Tuesday.
And unions have agreed to attend negotiations with the state rail company management on Wednesday.
"It has been agreed that the union federations will go there, bringing a joint platform of demands," said Didier Le Reste, head of the railway workers' section of the CGT union.
But the government has said it would not enter talks unless strikers return to work.
The strike is seen as a key test of President Nicolas Sarkozy's efforts to reform the French economy.
On Monday around 300 TGV high-speed trains out of 700 and 40% of buses were set to run. One in five trains on the Paris Metro were scheduled to operate.
Pension privileges
Union leaders are hoping to keep the transport strike going until Tuesday, when separate strikes are planned by civil servants, lawyers and magistrates.
The strike, which began on Tuesday night, was triggered by plans to scrap "special" pensions privileges enjoyed by 500,000 workers, mainly in the rail and energy sectors, as well as by 1.1 million pensioners.
The French government last tried to overhaul "special" pensions in 1995. The move sparked three weeks of strikes that forced then-President Jacques Chirac to climb down.
But the polls have so far broadly supported Mr Sarkozy, who says France can no longer afford to let some public sector employees retire on a full pension as early as 50.
On Sunday thousands turned out for an anti-strike protest in Paris.
"The strikers are privileged people compared to the rest of the population. ... They have been holding back the country for the last 30 years," one demonstrator told France-Info radio.
However, one poll conducted during the first two days of the strike suggested confidence in Sarkozy had fallen by five points in a month.
The poll for i-Tele/Le Parisien-Aujourd'hui questioned 959 people across France last week.
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