text: Arts Notes: Sept. 23, 2012 By Sara Busse September 22, 2012 Story Share Smithsonian Museum DayCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Four West Virginia Division of Culture and History museums are joining more than 1,400 others across the country Sept. 29 to celebrate Smithsonian Museum Day.The Culture Center will showcase special artifacts that were aboard the battleship USS West Virginia, including a bell, and several military and ship accessories that were donated to the museum by individuals who served on the ship, which was sunk in the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, repaired, and saw much action during the rest of World War II. A model of the ship will be on display.Adults and children also can participate in the West Virginia State Museum's Journeys Program for 2012-13 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. New challenges for the program are available at the front desk in the Great Hall.Museum Day in Logan coincides with the Rebellion in the Hills re-enactment at Chief Logan State Park. Included are children's activities, a ladies tea, a battle skirmish re-enactment, historical portrayals, a Civil War-era period dance featuring 19th-century music, Civil War church services, and public displays at the campsites with re-enactors. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.Grave Creek Mound in Moundsville and West Virginia Independence Hall will participate in Museum Day as well.The Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences West Virginia and the Huntington Museum of Art also will mark Museum Day.To participate in Museum Day, visitors must present the free Museum Day admission card, which is available in the September issue of Smithsonian magazine or can be downloaded from www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday.Preservation grantsCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Applications are being accepted for a second round of historic-preservation development grants through the State Historic Preservation Office. About $250,000 will be available for grant awards, contingent upon appropriation of funds from the Legislature or Congress. Applications must be postmarked by Nov. 15.Eligible projects include the restoration, rehabilitation or archaeological development of historic sites listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Properties owned by church organizations or used exclusively for religious purposes are not eligible for funding. Privately owned properties are eligible only in instances where there is evidence of public support or public benefit. Heritage education grant applications for technical workshops related to historic preservation restoration work also are being accepted. Local and county governments, historic landmark commissions and nonprofit organizations interested in co-sponsoring a workshop should contact the office for a workshop application.For more information about the historic preservation development grants, a complete program description, including funding priorities and selection criteria, or a heritage education grant workshop application, contact Pamela Brooks, grants coordinator, at 304-558-0240, ext. 720. Visit www.wvculture.org/shpo/forms.html.Chalk, pastel drawingsHUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Gallery 842 will exhibit large-scale chalk and pastel drawings by Michael K. Paxton, an artist based in Chicago and a Marshall University alumnus, executed directly on the gallery walls. The exhibit "Riven" has involved months of coordination and several intensive days of collaborative work with students on site, according to John Farley, director of the gallery. Paxton grew up in Raleigh and Wayne counties graduated with a degree in art from Marshall in 1975. He received an MFA in drawing and painting in 1979 from the University of Georgia. Paxton was a visiting artist at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1981. Two years later he and his wife moved to Chicago, where he has maintained a studio ever since.Paxton has been featured as a visiting artist at Miami University, West Virginia University, Loyola University in Chicago, and the Snow City Arts Foundation in Chicago, among others. He has been an adjunct instructor in drawing and painting in the art and design department of Columbia College Chicago since 2005. Gallery 842, noon to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. 842 Fourth Ave., Huntington. Contact Jaye Ike, 304-696-3296 or email@example.com. Admission is free.VH1 Save the MusicCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Entering its third year, the statewide VH1 Save the Music Foundation Program will introduce music instruments to 16 more middle schools this fall, bringing to 35 the number of middle and K-8 schools in the state that have benefited from the program. Sponsors throughout the state have contributed $450,000 to match the national VH1 Save the Music partnership program to secure $30,000 worth of instruments for each of these schools.Among the 16 middle schools are Barboursville, Bluefield, Clay, Gilmer County High School, Rainelle, Ravenswood and Sherman. "West Virginia is the largest and first statewide effort we have undertaken to ensure, over time, greater access to music education in each of the state's 55 counties," said Paul Cothran, executive director of VH1 Save the Music.Any traditional West Virginia public elementary or middle school that has a certified music teacher and wants to build its instrumental music program may qualify for a VH1 Save the Music Foundation grant.For more information, contact Jeff Pierson at 304-558-0240 or firstname.lastname@example.com on displayCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Members of the West Virginia Chapter American Institute of Architects invite the public to view an exhibition of submissions and winners of the 2011 Design Awards Program at Tamarack through Oct. 2.For 34 years, the West Virginia AIA has sponsored the Design Awards Program to celebrate its members' accomplishments and highlight noteworthy architectural design within West Virginia.Seventeen project entries were submitted, illustrating original designs for new construction, additions/alterations to historic structures and rehabilitation of existing buildings. Award-winning projects successfully meet specific, individual project goals and requirements. Entries are weighed individually, not in competition with each other. Projects are designated with Honor or Merit Awards for exemplary design by an independent, anonymous jury review of their peers. Here is the list of projects receiving Honor and Merit awards:Honor Award for Excellence in Architecture: West Virginia Housing Development Fund, Charleston; ZMM Inc., architect; G&G Builders Inc., contractor.Honor Award for Excellence in Architecture in Preservation: Princeton Public Library; E.T. Boggess, Architect, Inc., architect; Fredeking/Stafford Construction Co. and Main Street Builders, contractors.Merit Award for Achievement in Architecture: Mon Power Regional Headquarters, Fairmont; Omni Associates Architects, architect; The March-Westin Co. Inc., contractor.Merit Award for Achievement in Architecture in Preservation: Capital Centre, Huntington; Edward Tucker Architects Inc., architect; Structures Inc., contractor.Merit Award for Achievement in Architecture in Sustainable Design: Spring Mills Primary School, Martinsburg; Williamson Shriver Architects Inc., architect; Warner Construction, contractor.To have your announcement included in Arts Notes, email email@example.com or send it to Arts Notes, The Charleston Gazette, 1001 Virginia St. E., Charleston, WV 25301. Artwork can be submitted electronically or by mail. Deadline for inclusion in the Sunday Gazette-Mail is the Tuesday before Sunday publication. 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The whirlpool of frigid, arctic air known as a "polar vortex" swept through the nation's midsection Monday, pushing temperatures across the region well below zero.
By mid-morning on Monday, wind chill advisories and warnings from the National Weather Service stretched from Montana to New York, reaching as far south as Florida. Reuters reports that temperatures plummeted to -19 degrees F in Fargo, N.D., and -11 degrees F in Chicago.
Even the air temperature at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica was a comparable -11 degrees F.
In Wisconsin, where temperatures hovered between around -13 degrees F and -26 degrees F across the state on Monday morning, dairy farmers were prepared for the arctic chill.
"We grumble about it," Belleville, Wis.,-based dairy farmer Cory Brown told NBC 15. "But with the tools we have today, everything keeps moving, even when it's fairly cold. Our barn will actually work til about zero degrees.
Brown spent the past week insulating the barns, stocking up on special bedding and increasing his herd's calories to help them stay warm.
"We're going to be looking for frost bite on the animals. With the colder snap earlier, we did have a little frost bite on some of our younger animals. It will definitely be a big concern here," he said. "Ourselves, working outside, even our employees working inside. This barn is not 100 percent cold-proof. It will be very chilly inside."
The South Dakota State University Extension also released a guide, available here, to help producers understand the effects of cold stress on beef cattle.
Dr. Brian Mahoney, medical director of emergency services at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, advises those who work outside – including livestock producers – to take extra precautions to prevent frostbite and hypothermia.
"People need to protect themselves against the intense cold," Mahoney said in an Associated Press report. "They have to wear a hat, they have to have face protection."
The bottom line, Mahoney said, is to avoid the cold if you can - or make sure all body parts are covered up and covered up well.
"You could die if you don't respect the environment you live in," he said.
Read, "Dangerous cold can mean frostbite, car trouble."
NBC News reports that the chill will be relatively short-lived as temperatures across teh country begin moderating by the end of the week.
But will we see the polar vortex return later this winter?
Like any unpredictable weather phenomenon, whether or not this can happen again, "is hard to say," Frank Giannasca, senior meteorologist with The Weather Channe said.

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It's 'brAvo' for Coach Cut
Posted December 2, 2013
David Cutcliffe, Duke, A Saturday, A Season: It's fitting that a classic regular season coaching performance ended with a such classic, memorable outcome.
The 27-25 win at UNC on Saturday perfectly reflected the Blue Devils' resiliency and collective commitment to purpose.
Cutcliffe gets my vote for ACC and National coach of the year.
No. 24 Duke beats North Carolina 27-25
Auburn's Gus Malzahn obviously did a remarkable job. But at the same time, Auburn is a factory school and has been for decades. The school itself functions in large part simply to win football games.
Duke is the school that's more likely to graduate 90 percent of its players than win 90 percent of its games.
Regardless of how it goes against Florida State in the ACC title game, its bravo for Coach Cut.
Previous grades: Six As, three Bs, one C, one D.
Ruffin McNeill, ECU, D Saturday, A Season: The 59-28 loss at Marshall put a miserable punctuation on an impressive regular season.
Among other things, the performance puts a good deal of pressure on the team and McNeill's staff to notch a bowl win. A repeat – physically, mentally and tactically – of what happened at Marshall wound be amount to a disastrous way to go into a new conference.
Marshall glides past East Carolina 59-28
But anytime ECU goes 9-3 with easy wins at UNC and NCSU, the purple people can't be but so sad.
Previous grades: Six As, three Bs, one C, one D.
Larry Fedora, UNC, C Saturday, C Season: A strange, uneven, unlikely regular season ended in exactly that same manner.
Along the way, the Tar Heels somehow became a model of special teams give and take. Whether they were kicking or kick-catching, each play was apt to be an adventure and highlight film material for someone.
So after 6-6 overall and 4-4 in the ACC, the highlights of Fedora's second season turned out to be the win at N.C. State and if you stretch it some, scoring 80 points in a game (Old Dominion).
The defense rarely performed to preseason expectations. But on the other hand, several promising, young skill-position players emerged and should provide the 2014 with imposing big-play potential.
Like ECU, the Heels will need a bowl win in a big way.
Previous grades: Five As, one B, one C, four Ds.
Dave Doeren, NCSU, D Saturday, D Season: It started on a relatively positive note with a 40-14 win over Louisiana Tech to launch an eight-game home schedule.
That was as good as it got and a textbook example of a coaching transitional disaster ensued straight through the 41-21 loss to Maryland.
As bewildering as the 3-9 (0-8 ACC) record is the fact that spring drills will begin with a boatload of personnel question marks.
NC State caps winless ACC season with 41-21 loss
New quarterback candidates Jacoby Brissett (a transfer from Florida) and Jalan McClendon (signee from Charlotte West Mecklenburg) are expected to add some offensive pop but the overall outlook is still fuzzy.
State fans can take heart in knowing that Mack Brown started 2-20 (1-13 ACC) in his first two seasons at UNC in the late '80s and that David Cutcliffe was 4-8 (1-7 ACC) in his 2008 debut at Duke.
The first three currently schedule 2014 opponents – Georgia Southern, Old Dominion and South Florida – are similar to three early '13 non-league victims. Another successful September should be there for the taking.
Previous grades: Three Bs, two Cs, six Ds.
Ron Rivera, Carolina Panthers, A: You have to think that Rivera is right there with Andy Reid (Kansas City), Marvin Lewis (Cincinnati) and Pete Carroll (Seattle) in the running for NFL coach of the year.
Panthers top Bucs 27-6 for 8th straight win
Sunday's 27-6 win over Tampa Bay was in tune with the overall seasonal theme of winning at home, taking underdogs seriously and allowing the defense to set the game tempo.
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On Monday night, Leather Knights distributed checks from several events held during the year to AIDS Services of Dallas, Resource Center Dallas, Youth First Texas and AIDS Interfaith Network.
Jason Kloss, president of Leather Knights, said he's having a New Year's party and asked us to help him invite the community.
"All I am asking of my guests is to consider bringing a donation to benefit either the Food Pantry or AIDS Services Dallas-Hillcrest House," he said. "They prefer daily hygiene products (toothpaste, soap, toilet paper, razors, deodorant) or non-perishable food items (canned goods, pasta, condiments)."
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THE third victim to die following a major crash on the M4 earlier this month has been identified.
The incident involved a van and a lorry and took place on the westbound carriageway close to junction 17 at Chippenham shortly after 4.30am.
Two men in the van were pronounced dead at the scene and two other men, also travelling in the van, were taken to Southmead Hospital in Bristol .
One of these died from his injuries on Wednesday, June 11.
The third man to be identified has been named as Steven Sheldon, 35, of Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.
Steven's family, including his mother and two sisters, paid tribute to him yesterday.
They said: "He leaves behind a loving mother, Margaret, two devoted sisters, Lisa and Sarah, and two much loved nieces, Shannon and Kloe.
"The family would like to thank family and friends for their support during this very tragic time."
The other two men who died as a result of the collision have been named as James Vernon Stark, 37, of Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, and Martin Williams, 36, of Trecynon, Wales.
The remaining victim remains in hospital in a critical condition.
A fifth man, who was driving the van, was taken to the Great Western Hospital in Swindon with minor injuries but was released the same morning.
A 37-year-old man from Aberdare was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
He has been released on police bail pending further inquiries.
Anyone who witnessed the collision is asked to contact Wiltshire Police on 101.


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ALUN Rossiter admitted his Robins simply carried too many passengers as they fell to a 52-38 defeat away at Wolves last night.
Rossiter's men made all the early running as they continually edged in the early stages of a tight contest, but no heat advantages after heat six told the whole tale as the Robins plunged to defeat.
The biggest surprise was captain Troy Batchelor as he only managed three points from four rides, while Simon Gustafsson only managed a point more despite racing against the home reserves on a night where Swindon debutant teenager Nathan Greaves failed to score.
The one bright spot for the visitors was Dakota North, who managed 10 on a damp, grippy surface, but it was not enough as the hosts ran away with things as three 5-1s in the final three heats sealed the deal as world champion Tai Woffinden returned to form with 13+1.
"We carried too many passengers, simple as that," Rossiter told the Advertiser.
"Troy has bailed us out a load of times in the past but him only scoring three points was a real factor, and we were simply beaten by the best team.
"I'm not sure what was up with Troy, whether it was his head or bikes, but we can't make any excuses because we weren't good enough."
Rossiter was impressed with North's best display since joining the club but that joy was eclipsed by the concern over another below-par display from Swede Gustafsson. However, the Robins boss feels he has little room to manoeuvre even if he does consider making a change.
"Dak was really good out there but Simon really does need to pull his socks up a bit more now," he said.
"There's no magic want though, that's what people have to realise is that there's no flexibility for us to do anything like there used to be. People moan and call for change but there's nothing more we can do, that's the way the league is."
Peter Kildemand got the Robins off to the perfect start as he made the first corner of heat one alongside Woffinden, pushing the world champion wide and allowing partner North to cut under the pair for what proved a good win.
Nathan Greaves' first outing in the Elite League saw him retire after hitting the deck, but not before a good move on Joe Jacobs which he couldn't make stick, with Ashley Morris winning heat two to level the scores at 6-6.
Nick Morris made a superb gate to pick up his first win of the evening in heat three, before North added to his earlier victory with another success from the gate which was backed up well by a steel shoe-less Steve Worrall in third.
Robins' Morris was warned to stay still after and aborted the start to heat five and, in the re-run, found himself tied up in knots before falling and seeing the maximum awarded to the Wolves.
The heat advantage levelled the scores, but the Robins edged ahead again just four laps later as Batchelor jumped Ty Proctor on the line to back up Kildemand for a 4-2.
Two shared heats followed as Gustafsson and Proctor took a win apiece for each team, before the second meeting of the reserves saw Worrall pick up his first victory of the night. However, Greaves was well adrift once again the points were shared for the third straight race.
The scores were level again at the end of heat 10 as world champion Woffinden streaked clear of Ncik Morris as Batchelor again struggled out the back, before the Wolves edged ahead for the first time before the interval as Piotr Pawlicki got the better of Kildemand.
The home side's two-point lead remained intact after a 3-3 in heat 12 as Thorssell beat North, but when Kildemand was excluded for leaving Woffinden no room to move in heat 13 it looked as if the game was up for the visitors. Batchelor struggled round as the hosts took a maximum which left them on the brink, before Proctor and Ashley Morris did the same in the penultimate race of the night, leaving the Robins needing a maximum in the last to take anything from the meeting.
It was a feat the pairing of Kildemand and Morris could not manage, as the Robins left the West Midlands pointless.
Speaking afterwards, Batchelor was upbeat despite struggling all night and just put his troubles down to an off night.
"I'm only human and I still had fun," he said, "The guys were fast and with the new race format we race their top guys every time so it's hard and I had a bit of an off night. That can happen but I'll be back.
"I'm racing in Sweden on Tuesday so I'll have a good one there and come back on form. You're only human and you have a bad one sometimes.
"I changed bikes for my last race and was out the front until Kildy crashed, and then I was all on my own and it's hard. I felt like I had some pace in the last one so it's not all bad."


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McFarlane's Didact action figure captures every detail of the Master Chief's powerful nemesis, from the wicked spikes of his metallic armor to the glowing lines tracing along every piece. The figure stands approximately nine inches tall, includes 29 points of articulation, and includes a code that unlocks exclusive Halo 4 video game content.100,000 years ago, the Didact served as a military commander of the Forerunners, a powerful race of aliens who were at war with ancient humans. But humans weren't the only threat to the Forerunners. Besieged by an unstoppable, parasitic enemy known as the Flood, the Forerunners desperately tried many radical plans to save themselves, and the rest of the universe, from extinction.
Since the Flood only devoured sentient organic life, the Didacts plan was to defeat them by creating an army of advanced robotic soldiers the Prometheans. But before he could use his synthetic creations to destroy the Flood, the Didact was sealed inside a Cryptum, locked in suspended animation, and exiled to the artificial world of Requiem.
100,000 years later, in Halo 4, the Master Chief and Cortana discover Requiem, and are tricked into releasing the Didact from his prison! With the Flood threat ended by the Master Chief in Halo 3, the newly awakened Didact now turns his army of Prometheans upon his ancient enemy humanity!
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In his Opinionator column last week, Mark Bittman laid out a good rant on how McDonald's managed to screw up their " 'bowl fulla wholesome' also known as…oatmeal".
I appreciate that he's become somewhat of a food-politics populist over the past few years; and I really like that when Mark Bittman opens his opinionated mouth, the mediasphere responds quicker than popcorn in a microwave.
Two days after Bittman's piece ran, McDonald's responded via their Twitter feed: "It doesn't make sense to compare McDonald's Fruit & Maple Oatmeal to a candy bar. Here's why."
The link leads to a nutriton facts page on the McDonald's website, where you can read in bullet points noting how full of wholesome McD's bowl is.
Yes, you can order oatmeal from the drive-through without fruit and sugar and get a reasonably nutritious breakfast on the run, but what you get will still be processed McDonalds-style with "11 weird ingredients you would never keep in your kitchen".
My solution: Make your own oatmeal mix. It takes almost no time and you'll know exactly what's in it. Here's the version I make.


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tiltbillings wrote:How do you know who is and is not an arahant?
Good question, and I suspect in practice it's largely a matter of faith. And what about when these various teachers disagree on assumptions and methods, which they often do - who do we believe, and why? It all seems very subjective to me, so I think there's a good case for referring back to the suttas in an attempt to understand the Buddha's "original" teachings.


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I saw some interesting statistics in Wednesday's trading, including several metrics that surprised me.
One of these was the number of stocks making new highs, which chimed in at 444 on the NYSE -- far more than what I had expected. Back in September there were 495 new highs, and the market is now just about 5 points away from the September high, so that is a statistic to watch closely. Should we see any move above the September high that's not accompanied by more than 495 new highs, that would constitute a negative divergence.
Another surprise was that the NYSE saw 90% of its volume on the upside for two trading days in a row, yet the Nasdaq -- which rose nearly 100 points -- didn't see cumulative volume keep pace. On both days, the upside volume fell just shy of 90% for that index.
Then there was Wednesday's put-call ratio. Even amid the seeming total euphoria exhibited in the media, it came in at 97% -- quite high for such a big up day. Yet the ISE's equity call-put ratio, which typically broaches 200% when the put-call ratio sinks, chimed in above that level for two sessions in a row. In any event, neither of these indicators saw a change in their moving averages, especially as it concerns the put-call: Both are still moving upward.
Considering the market rally for the past two days -- and considering that, without Wednesday's last-hour push higher, the indices would have sat there all day following the gap-up open -- I expect some pulling back or chopping about for Thursday.
With the cold weather upon us, I was asked once again to review the charts of oil and natural gas.
Oil has tried my patience of late, but it finally did rise above $90 per barrel, and it's now getting close to resistance. My target had been near $95, and I still expect it will get up there, but I do not expect it to get through. Rather, I expect it to climb to that level and then correct, perhaps all the way back to the $90-to-$91 area (drawn in red).
Nat gas is another story, as it broke badly in Wednesday's trading. Typically a move like this demands that we watch it for a few days following; in this case, I give natty a few sessions to recapture $3.40 per MMBtu, the level from which it broke. Failure to do so would set up a downside target near $2.70. One reason I am willing to give it a chance to recapture $3.40 is that the double-top measured to $3.20, so it's possible this was a false breakdown.


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"I had to pop all those suckers out."
Is he the last guy standing?
"This shoot is the hottest thing ever."
There's an inspiring story behind the shredded Bachie suitor.
Danielle Macdonald is one to watch.
Please, do tell.
"Guys, I'm sixty f---ing five."
After months of near-inseparable togetherness with Blac Chyna, Rob Kardashian has pulled a 180, deleting all evidence of his girlfriend from Instagram.
The dawning of another year is the perfect time to start working on a new you. Need some inspiration? Just look to these badass celebs who have changed their life through health and fitness.
Uh oh. Looks like Diane Kruger might need the 101 on the subtleties of infidelity.
The model-turned shoe designer is speaking out for the first time.
"Such a bummer."
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LOVE & LAUGHTER: ERIN AND HER CELLO to Celebrate CD Release at Joe's Pub, 7/31
Once upon a time there was a girl in Idaho who loved to play both her cello, and basketball. Sadly, games on the courts clashed with orchestra concerts, and eventually she was forced to choose between the two. The instrument won. She quit the high school team and marched into the future. She still has her cello, her voice, and now Erin and Her Cellois putting out her second album, Petits Bisous (released July 31st, 2014).
"I'm a musician first, a cellist, but I'm also a songwriter," Erin explains. "And many of my songs are funny. I'm kind of a stand-up, but sitting down."
That humor is evident in songs like the sly "Rebound Magnet," where girl-group vocal harmonies tell the tale of a woman who only seems to attract men who've just ended relationships.
"It was sort of autobiographical, at least for a while; that's how my life was. I just switched things to have me breaking up with them, instead of them crawling back to their exes."
And then there's "Damn," a wry look at the bad days we all experience. At heart, her work is somewhere between performance art and musical theatre, but without the acting.
"That's a big part of me," she notes. "After college, I knew I was never going to be a classical cellist. So I drove to Seattle and auditioned for a musical theatre program in New York. I learned so much, but more than anything it made me understand that I was better off working alone. But I still love those songs from musical theatre, Cole Porter and people like him-the storytelling in their songs."
Erin's great moment of revelation was when she was asked to play at a dramatic reading series called 'Tuesdays at Nine' in New York. The only requirement was that she had to write her own material.
"I did two songs," she recalls, "and accompanied myself, playing pizzicato on my cello. My life literally changed that night-- I honestly felt like I had found everything I had been missing. I'm not kidding about that. My life suddenly felt right."
She began to write and perform, working completely solo, a magpie who drew musical inspiration from all styles, simply because she didn't know where to begin.
"I just chose genres because I love all kinds of music," Erin says. "And because my songs were funny, I suddenly found myself in comedy clubs and theaters singing my songs. And somehow, it made sense - how many singing comedic cellists do you know?"
She released her first CD in 2008, selling out the prestigious Joe's Pub in New York for the launch, followed by a hugely successful appearance at the renowned Brooklyn Academy of Music. Petits Bisous (French for "little kisses," a nod to the year she spent in Belgium as an exchange student) has been six years in the making, but she's been busy writing and performing all over New York City. She performs regularly with her seven-piece band (in addition to Erin on cello, there's piano, sax, drums, harpsichord, glockenspiel and backup singers), and also purchased a loop pedal, thereby crafting new songs, like "Walk Of Fame," which is propelled along by its relentless, buoyant drive.
"I noticed that if I stayed the night with friends, it always felt like the 'walk of shame' when I was heading home. Then I realized why should I even worry about it? "Walk of Fame" literally popped into my head - the lyrics came very quickly - but at first I was afraid to sing it!"
It's a paean to the lives of single people around the world, proud and unapologetic - and a reminder that people are often very quick to judge.
Although she might remain very commitment-phobic, at least about musical genres, there's a very '60s feel ("I think it's because my father used to play in a Beach Boys cover band, I took all that in") to Petits Bisous. And the music isn't just American; there are also nods to classic French pop - on both the title track, with its unexpected whistling harmonies, and "Bonbons Chocolat," a lush, playful piece that Erin composed on that loop pedal.
But not everything is played for laughs. Songs like "Just Maybe" and "Chaz" show Erin's serious side and demonstrate the wide, accomplished range of her writing." The album just turned out that way," she says. "I still love so many types of music, and I still write in everything from straightforward pop to bossa nova, if it's right for the song."
And so the tale continues. Backstage has described Erin as "a vibrant mix of music, comedy, and theatre...[with the] ability to describe ordinary experiences in ways that are both poignant and funny," while the Philadelphia Inquirer said she sound like "Blossom Dearie fronting They Might Be Giants."
She's ready for the next step- to tour and delight all over the world. "Yeah," she agrees. "That would be good. Very good. With my cello. And my loop pedal."
The "Love & Laughter; Erin and Her Cello" CD Release is set for Joe's Pub on July 31st at 9:30 p.m. Call 212.539.8500 for more information. Joe's Pub is located at 425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY.


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Václav Havel, who died this past Dec. 18, was one of the great contemporary exponents of freedom lived nobly. His moral mettle proved true in both the world of ideas and the world of affairs; indeed, few men of the past half-century have moved more surely between those two worlds. In that respect, and for his personal courage, Havel reminded me of one of the American Founders"if, that is, one could imagine James Madison hanging out with Frank Zappa.
After his death, Havels brilliant literary deconstruction of the moral tawdriness of late bureaucratic communism, the underground essay called The Power of the Powerless, was widely and appropriately quoted. Another Havel essay from his days in opposition also bears re-reading: The Anatomy of a Reticence, the Czech playwrights 1985 critique of the willful blindness of western peace activists about the nature of Soviet totalitarianism. Both Havel masterpieces continue to speak to us today, about the dangers of political conformity and the dangers of political utopianism.
As the United States enters a presidential election cycle of momentous consequence, however, it is President Havels Jan. 1, 1990, speech that comes to mind. The Velvet Revolution that deposed Czechoslovak communism had swept Havel into Hrad??any Castle three days before. Here is some of what the man who had spent much of 1989 in a communist prison said to his countrymen in his first New Years Day address as their president:
My dear fellow citizens:
For 40 years you heard from my predecessors on this day different variations on the same theme: how our country was flourishing, how many million tons of steel we produced, how happy we all were, how we trusted our government, and what bright perspectives were unfolding in front of us.
I assume you did not propose me to this office so that I, too, would lie to you.
Our country is not flourishing. The enormous creative and spiritual potential of our nations is not being used sensibly. Entire branches of industry are producing goods that are of no interest to anyone, while we are lacking the things we need. A state, which calls itself a workers state, humiliates and exploits workers . . . .
But [the economic mess] is still not the main problem. The worst thing is that we live in a contaminated moral environment. We fell morally ill because we became used to saying something different from what we thought. We learned not to believe in anything, to ignore one another, to care only about ourselves. Concepts such as love, friendship, compassion, humility, or forgiveness lost their depth and dimension, and for many of us they represented only psychological peculiarities, or they resembled gone-astray feelings from ancient times, a little ridiculous in the era of computers and spaceships . . . .
When I talk about the contaminated moral atmosphere . . . I am talking about all of us. We had all become used to the totalitarian system and accepted it as an unchangeable fact and thus helped perpetuate it. In other words, are all"although naturally to different extents"responsible for the operation of the totalitarian machinery. None of us is just its victim. We are all also its co-creators.
Why do I say this? It would be very unreasonable to understand the sad legacy of the last 40 years as something alien, which some distant relative bequeathed to us. On the contrary, we have to accept this legacy as a sin we committed against ourselves. If we accept it as such, we will understand that it is up to us all, and up to us alone to do something about it. We cannot blame the previous rulers for everything, not only because it would be untrue, but also because it would blunt the duty that each of us faces today: namely, the obligation to act independently, freely, reasonably and quickly . . . . Freedom and democracy include participation and therefore responsibility from us all.
The candidate who can speak with that kind of moral clarity to the American people about the decisions we face is the candidate who should take the presidential oath of office on Jan. 20, 2013.
George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.
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Václav Havel, who died this past Dec. 18, was one of the great contemporary exponents of freedom lived nobly. His moral mettle proved true in both the world of ideas and the world of affairs; indeed, few men of the past half-century have moved more surely between those two worlds. In that respect, and for his personal courage, Havel reminded me of one of the American Founders"if, that is, one could imagine James Madison hanging out with Frank Zappa.


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WORK has started on a £500,000 railway academy in south Essex which will pave the way for future engineers.
Prospects College is creating a new training centre at its campus in Luckyn Lane, Basildon.
There, experts will train up technicians to work on high-profile projects such as HS2, Crossrail and the modernisation of London Underground.
The new base will have its own replica railway station, track, signalling systems and control room.
It will open in September initially to 100 advanced apprentices, with a further 350 pupils set to benefit in the next two years.
It is hoped the centre will help address a major skills shortage in the industry in the wake of recent Government investment.
Lee Bland, from Prospects who is working on the project, said: "The railway industry is a vibrant part of the economy with a number of high-profile infrastructure projects being undertaken and in the pipeline.
"We are working with the National Skills Academy for Railway Engineering and other key employers to provide the skills that are needed. There is a big demand for skilled workers.
"There is fierce competition for jobs in the railway industry.
Up to £500,000 has been invested in the centre, creating a unique learning environment with the capability to provide training."
Prospects is one of only six colleges in the country which was awarded a Government grant to develop its facilities.
The centre already has financial backing from such industry heavyweights as Atkins, Thales, Bombardier, Serco and possibly Carillion and C2C.
Apprentices will qualify as technician-engineers in areas such as signalling installation and design, telecommunications, and stock maintenance.
Applicants can be aged between 16 and 24.
The basic requirement is five GCSEs at A-C, including maths and science, or 'A'- Levels.


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The story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman now living alone in England, dwelling on the recent suicide of her daughter. In a story where past and present confuse, she relives scenes of Japan's devastation in the wake of World War II.
©1982 Kazuo Ishiguro (P)1999 Random House Audio
"Delicate prose - intense book"
This is not the type of book that can generate a juicy recommendation.
The prose in this book is very delicate, never mentioning the tragedie in Nagasaki directly.
The protagonist in this story (who is also the narrator) doesn't relate to her own experience directly, but only as a listener to her family at the time, and by watching a close friends attempt to move to 'America'.
Layer by Layer, it creats an intense picture.
The author (through this story) carefully tells a story about the old Japanese way, which trigered a lot of emotions in me. (as a non Japenese reader) and another emotional stroy about parental choices.
The narrator did a very good job.
College English professor who loves classic literature, psychology, neurology and hates pop trash like Twilight and Fifty Shades of Grey.
"A Rich Tapestry...."
Ishiguro delicately weaves a story with present tense narrative and flashbacks, bringing the grief of a suicide alongside the ravages of WWII. A great addition to Japanese literature.
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New Tool Provides Strategic Analysis for the Ag Industry
Red Wing Software, Inc. announces the release of the CenterPoint Management Accounting Module for CenterPoint Accounting for Agriculture. The Management Accounting Module allows owners and managers the ability to match costs to revenue for a more accurate picture of profitability. Cost Center reports allow managers to measure the impact of strategic decisions when managing costs for a particular responsibility center. Profit Center reports allow them to match those costs against the revenue generated.
"We believe the addition of the Management Accounting Module will provide users a tool to help efficiently manage and improve their profitability," said Ken Hilton, Red Wing Software President, "Understanding and properly allocating all costs is the key to better decision making and will give mangers the analysis needed to make strategic decisions that impact their financial performance ."
Red Wing Software, Inc., along with its nationwide network of business partners, offers industry-leading service, as well as training, on-site installation and implementation of the software. Their vision is: "Creating the Best Management Software Experience".
For more information about Red Wing Software, visit www.redwingsoftware.com


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Spaghetti Night at the Elks will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Ravenna Elks Lodge, 776 N. Freedom St.
The menu includes spaghetti and meatballs, salad bar buffet and dessert. The cost is $8 for adults, $4 for children, and $5 for the salad bar only.
A drawing will be held for two free dinners. Carry-out orders are available by calling 330-296-9583 and the dinner is open to the public.


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Get an overview of this hotelBoutique London hotel with Knightsbridge address
Popular property highlights
Near Sloane Street
Re-opened in 2006, this boutique-style hotel in London's exclusive Knightsbridge is 0.7 km from the luxury stores of Sloane Square, and 800 metres from the shops and restaurants of the King's Road.
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Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel features a contemporary bar and 2 restaurants. Fitness and spa facilities are available at Jumeirah Carlton Tower, the adjacent partner hotel.
Satellite television
Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel's guestrooms have contemporary decor and marble bathrooms; amenities include flat-panel televisions with satellite channels and pay movies, and tea/coffee making facilities.
Guest Highlights
- Good location
- Proximity to shopping
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
- Comfy beds
- Bathrooms could've been nicer
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Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel offers 2 restaurants, a bar, and 24-hour room service. Guests can enjoy the use of the Peak Health Club and Spa, located at Jumeirah Carlton Tower, a partner property just across the street. The spa features detox wraps and Thai, aromatherapy, and Swedish massage. Guests of the Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel also have access to the Jumeirah Carlton Tower's 20 meter indoor pool, sauna, steam room, and fitness center. Additionally, the partner property offers a business center, secretarial services, and meeting facilities including a ballroom and banquet facilities. The Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel has a small meeting room onsite, and complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. The property also features a multilingual staff, a 24-hour front desk, and babysitting/child care service.
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- 24-hour front desk
- Express check-out
- Multilingual staff
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Total number of rooms - 88
- Laundry facilities
- Elevator/lift
- Concierge services
- Number of floors - 6
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Full-service spa
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Conference space size (feet) - 312
- Outdoor tennis courts - 2
- Wedding services
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- One meeting room
- Conference space size (meters) - 29
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Free use of nearby fitness center
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Outdoor tennis courts
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Daily housekeeping
- Phone
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- Minibar
- Free bottled water
- Turndown service
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Slippers
- Shower/tub combination
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Desk
- Coffee/tea maker
- Satellite TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Room service (24 hours)
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Espresso maker
Where to Eat
Lowndes Bar & Kitchen - Neighborhood restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner from a menu featuring modern European cuisine. Heated terrace for al fresco dining. Open 7 AM-10:30 PM. Children's and vegetarian menus are offered, as is a Sunday morning "Book and Brunch" menu.
Breakfast is provided for a surcharge.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: GBP 19.50 per person (approximately)
- Valet parking fee: GBP 55.00 per night
- Cribs (infant beds) are available for an additional fee
- Rollaway beds are available for an additional fee
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Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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The Baltimore Experience Corps Study
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|Aging Generativity
|Behavioral: Experience Corps
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Experience Corps Trial: Improving Health of Older Populations Through Generativity
- Decreased disability in mobility and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) [ Time Frame: Measured in 4 month intevals from baseline to 24 month ]Walking speed, chair stands, questionnaires related to mobility and activities
- Decreased falls [ Time Frame: Measured in 4 month intervals from baseline to 24 month ]
- decreased rate of decline in memory [ Time Frame: Measured in 4 month intervals from baseline to 24 month ]
- increased, preserved or slowed decline in strength, balance, walking speed, frailty, timed "get up and go", cortical plasticity and executive function and speed and accuracy in objective IADL task performance [ Time Frame: Measured in 4 month intervals from baseline to 24 months ]
|Study Start Date:
|July 2006
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Volunteer
High intensity volunteering (15 hours a week or greater) in Baltimore City Schools with children in grades K-3
Behavioral: Experience Corps
High intensity volunteering (15 hours a week or more) over a two year time period working with children in grades K-3 in Baltimore City Schools. Controls are assigned to usual activities for two years and then offered opportunity to volunteer with children at the end of two year.
No Intervention: Control
Usual activities
Detailed Description:
The Baltimore Experience Corps Study is a randomized, controlled, community-based trial of the effectiveness of Experience Corps (EC) to determine if participation for adults 60 years and older, over two years of follow-up, results in better outcomes in the EC versus control arm in terms of mobility, strength, balance, and cognitive functioning.
The Experience Corps is a community-based model for health promotion for older adults embedded within a social engagement program. The program places older adult volunteers in meaningful roles in public elementary schools, bringing the time, experience, and wisdom of older adults to bear in improving academic and behavioral outcomes of children. The Experience Corps incorporates health promotion preventing disability and dependency associated with aging, into new, generative roles for older adults.
This program was initially designed by Dr. Linda Fried of this application, along with Marc Freedman of Civic Ventures, Inc. It has gone through two national demonstrations, neither of which evaluated the impact on older adults.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|60 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- 60 years or older
- Agree to commit to at least 1 year of participation in the EC and to participate at least 15 hours per week for the full school year, if randomized to the intervention group
- Meet minimum criteria for cognitive functioning necessary to function successfully in a school setting
- Functionally literate, using a nationally recognized and standardized evaluation which provides grade level equivalency in reading and spelling
- Ability to travel to the schools, if randomized to the intervention group
- Agree to accept randomization and to participate in evaluations
- Clearance on the Baltimore city public school's criminal background check, if randomized to intervention group
- Complete training, if randomized to intervention group
Exclusion Criteria:
- Under 60 years of age
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00380562
|United States, Maryland
|Center on Aging and Health
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205
|Principal Investigator:
|George Rebok, PhD
|Johns Hopkins University
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|Responsible Party:
|George W. Rebok, PhD, Professor, Johns Hopkins University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00380562 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
P01AG027735 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|September 25, 2006
|Last Updated:
|September 18, 2013
Keywords provided by George W. Rebok, PhD, Johns Hopkins University:
Quality of life
Cognitive Functioning
Activities of Daily Living
Disability prevention
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A POLICE officer whose mother had died 12 months earlier was "deeply affected" by vile comments made by a drunk he was in the process of arresting.
Blackburn magistrates heard Wayne Mark Braysford made extremely disrespectful comments about the officer's late mum.
And as he was being handcuffed he spat directly in the officer's face.
"The officer was shocked and disgusted by the defendant's actions and comments," said Catherine Allan, prosecuting.
"He says in a statement that he accepts a certain amount of abuse in the course of doing his duty but this went far beyond what anyone should be expected to receive."
Sentencing Braysford to 18 weeks in prison chairman of the magistrates Jan Alcock said his behaviour had been "distressing and disgusting."
"You made vile and explicit comments, tried to head butt the officer and then spat in his face," said Mrs Alcock. Braysford, 29, of Corporation Street, Accrington, pleaded guilty to using threatening behaviour and assaulting a police officer on December 13 and racially aggravated threatening behaviour in the Job Centre on November 13.
John Thomas McCabe, 42, of Corporation Street, Accrington, pleaded guilty to racially aggravated threatening behaviour in the Job Centre. He was made subject to a four months curfew between 7 pm and 7 am and ordered to pay £100 compensation and £60 costs.
Miss Allan, said the incident involving the police officer occurred at 4 pm in Accrington town centre.
Scott Parker, defending, Braysford, said both offences had occurred because of the actions of other people. He got involved in other people's problems," said Mr Parker.
Rebecca Stanton, defending McCabe, said he had started the Job Centre incident when he made racist remarks over the telephone to a member of staff.
"His involvement after that, when the security officer attended, was limited," said Miss Stanton.


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Pang & Tong have been added to the 2006 Skate Canada roster.
Pang & Tong have been added to the 2006 Skate Canada roster.
Are they the couple who took that nasty fall during the Olys last year? They are so nice to watch, hope I get a chance to watch SC.
I don't see Pang and Tong listed for Skate Canada. They had to withdraw from Skate America because Qing Pang was ill with pyelitis (kidney infection). Their next scheduled Grand Prix event is the China Cup (along with Shen and Zhou).
Zhang and Zhang will be at Skate Canada, however.
Zhang, the girl, also was sick with something from what the announcer at CCTV said. The announcer is one of the coaches working with Yao, a former ice dancer I believe. She said Zhang Dan is fine now.


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Many thanks to our Vermont Woods Studios staff members who volunteered to pick up trash today as part of Vermont's Green Up Day.
We bagged about a dozen pounds of old beer bottles, empty cigarette packs and plastic shopping bags, most of which we were able to place in Vernon's recycle bins.
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POLYWOOD is a line of patio, porch, pool and beach furniture that's made from (90-100%) recycled plastic bottles. We love the POLYWOOD brand because of it's eco-friendly, green nature but also because it's 100% made in America and the quality is superior to any comparable patio furniture we've seen.
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Haven't we been here before?
The Daily Mail has today run yet another story of a child racking up a overdraft-smashing bill on a free-to-play iOS title. This time it's The Simpsons Tapped out, in which eight-year-old Theo Rowland-Fry spent £980 on virtual donuts.
"It was only when my wife rang me and asked where all the money had gone that we found out what had happened," Theo's dad said. "She got a statement and saw there were more than 100 purchases on iTunes for between £1.50 and £75, from the middle of January and the beginning of this month.
"We received no emails alerting us to what was happening. If you buy something on Amazon you have to agree to pay for it, enter additional information to pay and then get a confirmation email so you can keep track. With the iPad it seems to be a free-for-all.
"I appreciate children are their target audience but it is not right and there needs to be specific controls in place to stop this from happening. I dread to think how many people this has happened to and how many it has happened to and they don't even know about it because perhaps it was £50 and they didn't realise."
Apple has already agreed to refund the cash.
Dad added: "iPads can be great for keeping them occupied but there has to be more control." Which presumably means the in-built parental control settings?
That is, unless he's too busy to take those precautions. "We got Theo and his sister Evie an iPad to help with their schoolwork but Theo's is away in a drawer at the moment," dad said. "We just don't have time to monitor what they are playing."
If that's true then perhaps the kids shouldn't have been given their own iPad in the first place.


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Photo By: COURTESY OF STEPHEN FRIEDMAN
Forget Chick-fil-A's politics. Mountain View and Los Altos residents don't want the traffic hassles.
Residents of Mountain View's Gemello and Los Altos' Eastender neighborhoods were scheduled to share their concerns with the Mountain View City Council Tuesday, after the Town Crier's press deadline. A group of residents registered their support for two appeals filed against the zoning administrator's decision to approve a conditional-use permit for a Chick-fil-A drive-through.
Zoning administrator Peter Gilli approved the conditional-use permit last summer after the city's planning department recommended denial.
"Residents of these neighborhoods seem to be overwhelmingly against a high-volume, drive-through, fast-food restaurant that will surely bring much traffic through their quiet neighborhood streets," said Jardin Drive resident Stephen Friedman.
Friedman said the addition of a Chick-fil-A, looking to occupy the old Sizzler restaurant site at 1962 El Camino Real, would impact several streets. He predicted that traffic problems would occur on Clark Avenue, Distel Drive, Casita Way and Jardin, "as chicken-seeking motorists cut through to Clark Avenue from El Monte and as Los Altos High School students hurry back to school at lunchtime via Distel Drive."
Residents' biggest concern is the restaurant's drive-through. Friedman pointed to a recently opened Chick-fil-A in San Jose that has drawn long lines of cars. Chick-fil-A officials projected 60 cars per hour at peak times.
Gilli downplayed the impact.
"None of the opposition at the hearing I held really cited any concern with this site having a drive-through," he said.
Although some at the hearing opposed drive-throughs in general, Gilli said disallowing them is a policy matter for city leaders to determine – and the city still allows them.
Factoring in Gilli's approval was a promise from Chick-A-fil to mitigate traffic problems by funding a traffic signal at Clark and El Camino Way. A 7-foot soundwall is also proposed to lessen noise.
But residents aren't impressed. Friedman said the traffic signal would actually create more problems for his neighborhood.
"The increased traffic, litter and fried-chicken odors signal a diminished quality of life and lower home values for these households," he said.
Political opposition to the fast-food chain stems from Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy's anti-gay marriage stance. His comments supporting traditional marriage made national headlines last summer.
Residents opposed to Chick-fil-A's presence in Mountain View filed one of the two appeals on the basis of Cathy's views.


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