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Pigeons huddle on barn roofs under a December sky that holds all the warmth of a witch's heart. Geese walk on frozen water in the Woodbine infield, on the last day of the thoroughbred season at the Toronto racetrack.
"Even he's wearing a coat today," says the track's director of racing, Tom Cosgrove, nodding toward a sartorially attired goat, which stares balefully at the intrusion on his breakfast from the edge of Northern Dancer Boulevard.
- 8:30 a.m. -- Normally the backstretch is bustling but today it is quiet. Horse trailers wait everywhere. By tomorrow night the 700 horses here will be gone, turning the backstretch over for the winter to carpenters and the mice.
- 8:50 a.m. -- Trainer Scott Fairlie steps into a glass enclosure to escape the raunchy wind whipping across the track. Still, it's better than last year when cold cancelled the final race day.
"I had two winners, too. They couldn'ta got beat," he says, ear flaps on his woolly hat nodding as he laughs. Fairlie has 41 wins and the hard-luck story of the year in Milwaukee Appeal.
"She got beat a neck in the Queen's Plate and a nose in the Prince of Wales. We had a good year but it was a heartbreaker getting beat a neck there."
- 9 a.m. -- Three horses emerge from a tunnel.
"Just babies," Cosgrove says. Owner Anna Lisa Delmas is introducing her yearlings to the starting gate.
"Bittersweet," she says, blinking into a wind that ruffles the infield pond. "We've got 18 broodmares in foal to keep us busy at the farm but you miss this. This is the exciting part; the dreaming part. When you don't yet know what you've got."
- 9:20 a.m. -- Buck Fierheller has been babying horses to the post for more than three decades as Woodbine's assistant starter.
"I've seen horses throw themselves backwards over the gate," Fierheller says. "Sometimes they just lose it. They get spooked by noise, sometimes just the wind." He searches for a description of the thoroughbred temperament.
"How about 'Nuts'," says Lloyd, the gate driver. Everyone laughs. And sniffles.
- 9:30 a.m. -- The sign in trainer Robert Tiller's office in Barn 36 reads: Good Morning Let The Stress Begin.
"Haven't had a day off since Feb. 10," says Tiller, track curmudgeon and Hall of Famer, "but I'll be OK in three days and getting stir crazy."
Tiller is a public trainer which means he has a half-dozen bosses. He wins big, spends big; paying about $1-million annually to employ 28 stablehands, hot walkers, settle stable fees, vet bills and a shopping list of licences and taxes.
"The purses here are big. They throw us a big piece of steak but you better be ready to get your share of the steak or ... starve," Tiller says. "There's no pension. There's no business to sell. I'm the company -- my business is all up here," he says, pointing to his head.
The backstretch is a picture of incongruity. Tiller's office has dingy windows, partly hidden by twisted, dusty white blinds. There's a barn couch, a well-worn desk and he's wearing a parka that would look at home on any rack at the Sally Ann. Outside is a $125,000 exerciser for his horses. Muck and gold in perfect harmony.
- 12 p.m. -- On the front side there is a Champagne party. Glad-handing. There is a one-day handle Saturday of $3.6-million making guys in suits giddy.
- 2:45 p.m -- Behind the door reading, "Restricted access" jockeys sit smoking, playing cards or watch out-of-town races. "There's a bite to the wind but nothing like the final day last year," jockey Jim Aleney says. "I couldn't feel my fingers then."
Wayne Mercer has been doing jockey's dirty laundry for 22 years. "I've got 11,600 (jockey tops) and I know where each one is without looking," he says.
- 7 p.m. -- Lights out. On the backstretch a horse is led to a trailer. The faint sound of a radio comes out of the darkness. Somewhere the mice are celebrating.


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The computer Lab, INSET: Togbe Afede, Sun Baohong and Helen Ntoso being conducted round by Gideon Obeng, the project supervisor
An ultra-modern Information and Communication Technology (ICT) laboratory has been inaugurated at the Ho Bankoe Philip-Akpo Memorial Junior High School (JHS) in the Volta Region.
The laboratory, which can accommodate 25 people and valued at GH¢1 million, was funded by the Chinese Embassy and equipped with computers and a projector with full internet connection.
At a brief and colourful ceremony on Tuesday to officially handover the facility to the school, the new Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Sun Baohong, said the facility showed that China would continue to invest in projects to develop Ghana and expressed the hope that the gesture would further deepen the cordial relationship between the two countries.
She said, 'China's foreign aid and cooperation projects place more emphasis on improving the livelihood of people.'
She further disclosed that the ICT laboratory is the first project in Ghana to be executed under the 'China-Africa People-to-people Friendly Action,' a programme adopted at the 5th Ministerial Conference of China-Africa Cooperation Forum in 2012.
The Chinese Ambassador also presented 10 footballs and 30 schoolbags to the school and reiterated China's continuous commitment to the development of the Volta Region and Ghana as a whole.
The Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV advised teachers and students to make good use of the facility to enhance their ICT skills and commended the Chinese Embassy for the support.
He asked managers of the laboratory to allow other basic schools and interested persons in the community to use the facility.
Togbe Afede also tasked them to install devices on the computers to bar children from accessing 'inappropriate contents.'
Hellen Ntoso, the Volta Regional Minister, entreated the school authorities to develop a comprehensive maintenance plan to keep the facility in good shape.
The headmistress of the school, Lydia Sedzro, expressed gratitude to the Chinese Embassy for investing in the project and urged both teachers and students to use the facility judiciously.
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Veterans Service Officer will be full-time position
Hubbard County commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to advertise for a full-time Veterans Service Officer.
This follows nearly a year of wrangling over staffing the formerly part-time position, which had the added duties of Emergency Management.
The Hubbard County Sheriff's Department will assume temporary oversight of the EM duties until a permanent solution can be determined.
The county VSO will be staffed five days a week for now, with help from Fargo and retired VSO John Lombard taking the helm until a replacement is hired. That's more help than the office has had for the past two years.
"That's great news," said Dave Free, Park Rapids American Legion commander.
"I'm glad they finally did it," Free said. "It was needed."
Free led legions of veterans into the county boardroom the past six months, all complaining of poor service and no service due to the frequent absences of the former VSO.
The board rejected a proposal, brought through commissioner Don Carlson, from a retired Air Force commander to offer his services free so that the county could then hire two part-time staff.
"I don't think the board has ever had concerns about cost," board chair Lyle Robinson said. "Our concerns are coverage."
The board, in splitting the two positions, saw the wisdom of doing so. Training is extensive for each job and contributed to the absenteeism that prompted some complaints.
The county entered into a purchase of services agreement with Lombard that will pay him $30 per hour for three days a week.
Fargo VA claims supervisor Jeff Burth is staffing the office two days a week, providing training to interim VSO Darryl Hensel, on loan from the county recorder's office. Burth said he would stay on to train whoever is hired.
Free said there are many good candidates in the immediate area. One man, Eric Nash, attended the board meeting and said he would apply for the position.
"We need to dwell on making the vets happy, getting the vets everything they have coming," Robinson said.
"When I look at what other counties are bringing in (for outside financial assistance), we've got to make sure we get the right person."
Robinson and the board, in assigning the Emergency Management duties to Hubbard County Sheriff Frank Homer, said the county wants the EM position to bring in federal and state funds, too.
Those outside dollars, grants and other financial help, are forms of economic development, Robinson continually says.
"When you look at the part-time guy in Bemidji bringing in $1 million and us bringing in $16,000," Robinson said, there needs to be more focus on obtaining those grant funds.
The state-mandated EM position carries 250+ hours of training for initial certification. State Homeland Security personnel said they would contribute $16,000 to fund the position.
That has griped county officials. "They expect the world for that $16,000," Robinson said at a previous meeting.
Homer said he would evaluate the needs of the EM position and whether he can fill it internally.
"It's an option, no question, we're exploring," Homer said. "I would first off have to find the person who is qualified, who has the energy to do the job and then make it fit in with what they do at the sheriff's office at the same time.
"I would hate to try and bring that position here, give it to someone who's basically 70-80 percent of their time is SO and 20 percent would be emergency management. I don't think we would do justice to our county if we did that," Homer said.
The position carries a lot of responsibility, Homer admitted.
"You're setting guidelines for the county and reflecting off the surrounding counties," he said. "You're grabbing the bull by the horns. You're in front."
Nevis Fire Chief Kerry Swenson is Cass County's part-time Emergency Manager and a dispatcher the remainder of his time.
"There's a lot of things that never get touched with a part-time position because you're doing what you need to do to get your grant qualifications," he said.
He's Cass County's point person for grant procurement.
He said all counties need to have a hazard mitigation plan in place to obtain any FEMA disaster money. It's unclear what the status of Hubbard County's plan currently is. Swenson said both the hazard mitigation plan and a county emergency plan must be constantly upgraded and maintained.
"There's a lot of things involved that people don't see," Swenson said. "When something happens they look to someone for resources and if that position isn't there those resources are hard to find."
Homer said he would report back to the board once he finds a qualified person willing and able to accept the responsibility.


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Photographer's Note
I had taken this photo at Simena in Kekova region this september. Simena is a ancient site with several rock tombs from classical times and a very good medieval castle in which there lies possibly the smallest theater of the ancient world. It barely has 200 people capacity!!! The sea level here during tectonic movements has risen about two meters since ancient times, thus most of the ruins have sunk under the sea. Hence the place is called 'sunken city'...
You can only get to Simena through sea, there still is no road connection to the site... Of course that was the way the ancient Lycians travelled.
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martin-images (661) 2005-11-21 16:47
A great and calming photo and soft subdued colours, i like it very much
misterB (2250) 2005-11-21 16:50
A lovely simple peaceful photograph, just the pastel colours in the sky reflected in the water, and the land in silhouette. Superb. TFS.
anesugur (18789) 2005-11-21 17:10
Merhaba Tolga
İyi bir zamanlama, güzel bir kompozisyon ve harika renkler.Çok güzel yakalamışsın. Tebrikler. Uğur
barrufeto_77 (28886) 2006-02-02 11:14
Hi Tolga.
I like the sunrises. Maybe a lot of people photographied them but are always greeat pictures like this one.
Great colours & silouethes.
Regards, Oscar
lukas (2067) 2006-02-03 11:14
Excellent sunrise, nice colors. Congratulations.
GSHodg (104) 2006-03-07 12:13
Lovely peaceful colours and composition.
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Six days of training a week, 12 competitions a year and risking career-hindering injury every day on the mat is all part of being a gymnast. And for Oak Ridge High School senior Natasha Sundby, it's paying off in a big way.
In November Sundby, 17, signed a letter of intent to attend Arizona State University on a gymnastics scholarship, making an important stride toward a successful future both on and off the mat.
Sundby has an impressive list of accomplishments in her bio: She won the 2010 California State Floor Championship. She's one of the only female gymnasts to complete a 2 1/2 Yurchenko (a roundoff into a back handspring) vault. She's been a level 10-rated competitor (the highest attributed to any gymnast) since age 12.
According to her dad, Mike Sundby, Natasha showed promise as a gymnast long before entering a gymnasium.
"She was jealous of the amount of time I was spending with my son in the gym getting ready for wrestling," he said in a Village Life interview last spring. "So she came out and asked to do pullups with us. She proceeded to rack off 25 and beat my son's record … gymnastics, here we come!"
Natasha took to the sport naturally and found herself on the fast track to competitive success.
"She won level 5 at States and was fast tracked to go right to level 7 on back-to-back seasons," Mike Sundby said. "Then it was level 9 for two years. She's been a level 10 gymnast since the age of 12."
Natasha currently trains at Technique Gymnastics in Rancho Cordova for several hours a day, six days a week under the guidance of four coaches: Rick Neuman, Mark Holtzclaw, Tara Dumas-Gilmore and head coach Lisa Porch.
All that time spent in the gym leaves little for normal teenage stuff. "I try and find time to spend with my friends," she said. "It's tough."
When she does get free time, it's usually spent doing a little shopping with friends or visiting with family, she said.
Since gymnastics is often obscured in the high school realm by popular girls team sports like basketball, volleyball and softball, it takes a little extra creativity for athletes to get noticed. Natasha's father, Mike Sundby, posted videos of highlights from meets over the past three years on You Tube.
"It's how all the colleges look at you now," Mike Sundby said.
The strategy worked, getting the attention of several schools, including Arizona State, which Natasha says was her first choice after taking a trip to the school in the fall of 2009 and meeting with assistant coach and choreographer Kari Ward. Natasha was offered one of the school's limited scholarships and verbally committed last December. She made things official in November, signing a letter of intent in a special ceremony at Oak Ridge.


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Word is the Chicago Cubs will keep their spring training facility in Mesa, Arizona for the forseeable future.
The championship-starved North side team is close to signing a deal with the city to keep them there for the next 25 years. They've been training in the desert for more than 50 years.
But they won't play at HoHoKam Park anymore.
Part of the bait to keep the team in Arizona -- and away from Florida -- is the pledge to build a new $84 million facility that would include a 15,000-seat ballpark, making it the largest such facilities in the majors. The facility will also include four full-sized practice fields, something the team has lacked.
The Cubs received the proposal Thursday, and a decision is expected from new owner Tom Ricketts by the end of the month.
The team said "The Cubs are interested in reading through Mesa's proposal and having our board take it under review."
Part of the deal includes giving the Cubs control over the design, naming rights and control of signage. There's even an idea to make it look like venerable Wrigley Field, although no designs have been submitted.
The tentative deal is bad news for Florida Governor Charlie Crist.
He wanted the Cubbies to agree to a deal with a group in Naples, Fla., that tried to lure the Cubs to the panhandle.
Crist said Thursday it's a golden opportunity for the state to land a cherished professional sports franchise that would bring jobs and boost the economy while providing entertainment at the same time.
The governor met with Cubs' officials last fall about the move, but he appears to have failed to sway them.


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Recording Artist Susan Gray To Perform At ChapelMarch 4, 2005
by Amanda Lewis, Student Newswriter
Christian recording artist Susan Gray will perform selections from her latest album, "Live Here," during Baylor University Chapel services at 10 and 11 a.m. Monday, March 7, in Waco Hall.
Gray's music brings a message of hope during times of struggle. She draws from her experience growing up in foster care to inspire her fans to persevere through trials. Gray, whose birth parents met in a homeless shelter in Chicago, lived in more than 12 foster homes throughout her childhood.
"You don't live a perfect life just because you're a Christian," Gray said. "I'm not afraid of feelings, and I'm not afraid to write real and passionately."
For more information on Chapel, contact the Office of University Ministries at 710-3517. Chapel can be viewed live at www.baylor.edu/um .
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Walter Brock has been named the G-MAC Men's Basketball Athlete of the Week for the second time after scoring a G-MAC high 30 points this past week, while also grabbing 10 rebounds, which was second in the conference last week.
In the team's only game last week, against Glenville State, the Tigers dropped a close game 102-93 battle. Brock had a team-high 30 points on 7-13 shooting and was a perfect 15-15 from the free throw line. He added 10 rebounds, including four offensive, with three assists, two steals and one blocked shot in only 25 minutes of action.
With his scoring efforts last week, Brock has moved into a tie for fourth among the scoring leaders at 16.6 points per game. He also ranks among the best in the conference with 6.6 rebounds per game, ranking seventh. Despite his solid performance, he actually lowered his season shooting percentage which stands third in the G-MAC at 64.6%.
Brock leads his team in both scoring and rebounding, coming on a roster that combines to score 98.6 points per game as a team.
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Subject: [TGF] Interesting Potential Client
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:51:36 -0600
Hello All,
I just had to share this! I am talking with a potential client (which you will probably guess after reading this that I probably won't pick up) that has some strange ideas. This started out with a single document request and when she got that from somewhere else she emailed me the below email excerpt. What planet is this person from? Professional Genealogist doing free research? Copies for free? Am I missing something?!!!
I emailed her with my hourly rates, I don't think I will get this one, will see.
Melissa Barker
Professional Genealogist for Tennessee and Kentucky
My Website: www.freewebs.com/genealogyservices/
So i DO NOT need this document now i received it but if you could find any record showing G. W. CHAMPIONS Parents mentioned! ill be glad to pay the $25. Also G W Champion full name is George Wesley Champion,He had a brother named Micajah Champion,name sake for there father supposedly! After there parents died George and Micajah champion are living with a family named John and Rebecca Stokes and children in 1850
Thats all i have to go on! If you can find anything on THIS champion family before this year,this is what iam interested in! I well be happy to pay the $25 for your services but no more then that Iam also a Professional Genealogist but i do research for free! I know the researching takes time,gas,etc but for the most part court,library anything public is free for the copys! With this said iam happy to pay $25 for your services and time!
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Keyboard shortcut to screensaver
Hi,I used to have a keyboard shortcut to my screensaver but now It's not working.
I have tried and tried to make another one but have had no success.
I have done the google search for the answer but no help there.
I have a shortcut to one screensaver on my desktop and made a keyboard shortcut to it.
I have tried finding the screensaver folder in explorer but no luck there.
I have tried a multitude of searches on net and explorer,I have tried many keyboard shortcuts to the files I find to .scr but no luck.
Now I am asking here.
How to make a keyboard shortcut to the scrensaver .
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The .exe (or .scr) for it is on system32 folder. Make a shortcut to that when you find the specific one.
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Solved,could not do it the system 32 way,tried that before,so I found the .scr folder from my old XP folders and used that one.
A workaround but it works.
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Lab Glass
It's interesting. AT:NY wrote about lab glass way back in November. We've seen it for sale from time to time, and we included a Craigslist posting for it in last Friday's Scavenger. But we were completely taken aback at just how many booths it appeared in at Alameda on Sunday.
We really like its funky, old school look, although after AT reader/lab scientist Erin's reminder that "putting food items in secondhand glassware is potentially very unsafe", we'd stick to using lab glass for display or to hold things like cotton balls, Q-tips, pens. Some resources (other than Alameda) are below the jump.
• American Science & Surplus
• Berkeley Outlet (although lab glass isn't listed on the website, they recently posted an ad on Craigslist)
• Research Laboratory Supply
• Surplus Lab
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The Callier Center for Communication Disorders at The University of Texas at Dallas seeks applications for a Callier Postdoctoral Fellowship. The successful candidate will have a doctoral degree in a relevant field and a record of scholarly productivity appropriate to his or her history. Preference will be given to applicants whose research will use the Callier Center's unique resources to extend its research portfolio.
As part of the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, the Callier Center provides outstanding opportunities for interdisciplinary research into basic and applied aspects of communication sciences and disorders, psychological sciences, and cognition and neuroscience. The Callier Center's two locations house research laboratories with cutting-edge equipment to integrate areas as diverse as neuroscience, speech processing, auditory and visual perception, functional braining imaging, electrophysiology, kinematics and behavioral sciences. In addition to an on-site preschool, the center houses outpatient clinics and programs that serve adults and children with a variety of speech, language, and hearing disorders. Callier has ongoing collaborations with the UT Dallas Center for BrainHealth, the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, and hospitals, clinics, schools, and rehabilitation facilities in the north Texas area.
Research programs at the Callier Center address the broad themes of communication development, disorders, and technologies. Research in communication development includes studies of processing in adults (Dr. Assmann), children (Dr. S. Jerger), and infants (Dr. Spence); electrophysiological and other correlates of language acquisition (Dr. Maguire and Dr. Dollaghan); psychoacoustic processing and speech perception (Dr. J. Jerger, Dr. Thibodeau, Dr. Martin); and pre-literacy (Dr. Van Kleeck). Research in communication disorders includes studies of individuals with hearing impairments and cochlear implants (Dr. Tobey), autism (Dr. Rollins, Dr. Stillman), and neurologic deficits (Dr. Campbell, Dr. Katz, Dr. Ulatowska). Communication technologies under investigation include amplification devices (Dr. Roeser). In addition, two new Callier initiatives address Autism Spectrum Disorders and the quality of scientific evidence for clinical decision making. For more information about the current research, visit the Callier web site at www.utdallas.edu/calliercenter.
The Callier Postdoctoral Fellow will receive two years of full-time support to develop a program of independent research in a field related to communication sciences and disorders, including psychology, linguistics, and neuroscience in collaboration with one or more Callier Center faculty. Researchers in the hearing sciences are especially encouraged to apply. The Fellow will be appointed as a UT Dallas Faculty-Research Scientist with an 11-month salary of approximately $45,000, and a standard benefits package and financial support for travel and research supplies.
The University of Texas at Dallas is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action University and strongly encourages applications from candidates who would enhance the diversity of the University's faculty and administration. Indication of gender and ethnicity for affirmative action statistical purposes is requested as part of the application but is not required for consideration.
Review of applications will begin September 1, 2009, and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants should submit their curriculum vitae, up to three scholarly publications, and a minimum of three letters of reference via the ONLINE APPLICATION FORM available below. Questions about the position may be directed to email@example.com, but all applications must be filed electronically.
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To take the temperature of the conservative movement, just tune into talk radio.
For the past two weeks, talkers' phone lines have been jammed with angry calls from frustrated listeners. They're hot as blazes about the immigration bill, and their anger has emboldened grassroots conservatives to criticize President Bush like never before.
"There's no other topic that I talk about that has the passion of this," says Washington, D.C., talk-show host Chris Core. "Not the war in Iraq, not abortion, not gun control. Nothing."
Core isn't alone. From nationally syndicated hosts to local commentators, the issue of immigration has divided traditional allies and caused what could be an irreparable rift between Bush and conservatives. In my nearly six years living in Washington, all under the reign of Bush, I can't recall a time when conservatives and the White House have clashed so virulently.
Don't get me wrong, things were bad during the battles over No Child Left Behind, the Medicare prescription drug bill and the failed Supreme Court nomination of Harriet Miers. But the debate over immigration has the likes of Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) and the National Council of La Raza agreeing more often with the Bush administration than conservatives. That spells trouble.
Bush's decision last week to insult critics of the immigration bill didn't help. His assertion that they "don't want to do what's right for America" caused such a backlash that opponents are now even more determined to stop the legislation. One leading critic told me privately, "His remarks were offensive to many grassroots citizens and activists. How elitist! Outrage is growing because of remarks like these -- just tune in any talk radio program or read any newspaper."
With nearly ever major conservative columnist opposed to the bill and talk-show hosts railing about it each and every day, it's not surprising that so many conservatives have fallen in line. But then again, Bush handed them a divisive issue to rally around. Unfortunately for him, it could be his ultimate undoing.
Take, for instance, a Rasmussen poll that showed just 16% of Americans think the bill will reduce illegal immigration. Four in 10 Americans believe it will actually increase illegal immigration. No wonder Bush's approval rating is going from bad to worse. Since the immigration debate began dominating the news, disapproval of the president's performance has jumped to the 60% level.
You can't reach such stratospheric unpopularity simply by ticking off liberals and moderates. Those pathetic ratings mean that the president has succeeded in alienating conservatives like me, one-time supporters who have now lost faith in this administration's commitment to upholding conservative principles.
The White House knows it's losing its conservative base over this issue, and is desperately trying to stop the bleeding. In its latest attempt at damage control, the administration dispatched Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Press Secretary Tony Snow to high-profile conservative meetings. But instead of easing tensions, their appearances only fueled the opposition.
"As time passes, conservatives become more informed about the bill and more comfortable disagreeing with the president and the establishment GOP -- just like the Harriet Miers situation," said Jessica Echard, executive director of the Eagle Forum. Her group has mounted vociferous opposition to the bill.
With conservatives keeping the White House on the defensive, the greatest fear is that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will team with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to ram the bill through so quickly that there won't be any time to debate amendments or offer alternative proposals.
Popular conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, who aligned himself with the White House in the Miers fiasco, told me he doesn't think the bill can pass in its current form, especially if its supporters are unwilling to make sacrifices.
"Some are angry, others are just not persuaded," Hewitt said of the bill's critics. "I am in the latter camp. I oppose the bill because it does not secure the whole fence first, because it does not distinguish between Spanish-speaking economic immigrants who pose very little in the way of a national security threat from illegal immigrants from countries with well-established jihadist networks among whose numbers could be sleepers, and because there is no chance that the current staffing of the federal government is remotely capable of handling millions of background and security checks."
Hewitt may be correct in thinking the bill can't pass without significant amendment. But the handful of senators who negotiated this deal behind closed doors insist that it can't survive if it is significantly amended. One of the authors, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), voiced skepticism about the viability of an altered bill after the Senate passed an amendment that limited the number of guest workers.
As the White House carefully plots its course over the next few days, so too will conservative critics. For radio-show host Core, it comes down to two key points. "If there are two things that conservatives stand for, it's the rule of law and that the government belongs to the people. ... I feel betrayed. I think most people who supported President Bush feel betrayed."
Robert B. Bluey is director of the Center for Media & Public Policy at The Heritage Foundation and maintains a blog at RobertBluey.com
First appeared in TownHall.com


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At the end of the day, it all comes down to love.
Standing in the lobby of the Dirksen Federal Court building after the ex-governor's case was sent to the jury for deliberations, Sam Adam Jr. told reporters just how deep his affection for his client was.
"One thing, I'll say it honestly," said Adam Jr. "I love Rod Blagojevich."
Speaking in his characteristic highly emotive tones and looking weary but somewhat relieved, Adam Jr. credited the ex-governor's All Kids program for saving the life of his child.
"What you guys do not know, and what I've never said until this moment, was that my daughter was born at 1 pound 3 ounces, and that it was All Kids was the reason she was allowed to live," Adam Jr. "And I will never forget that man for that.
"But I didn't want somebody early on saying that was the reason why I told you when this case first started that I love that man. And my wife who is here and I now have a beautiful 35 pound child because of him. And whatever you say, I will go to my grave being grateful to him."
Adam Jr. also told reporters that he was proud of the work the defense team had done.
"This team that was put together was led by my father and I who have very -- especially me -- no experience in federal court," Adam Jr. said, as attorney Sheldon Sorosky patted him on the back. "And to do the kind of job that that team did, I just want to tell them I am grateful for who they are and what they did. And if we did anything that was successful in this case, it was not me. It was that team."
He also said he was optimistic that the jury would return a not guilty verdict.
"We believe they listened to the evidence," Adam Jr. said. "They've seen that the government has proved their case."
Adam Jr. also spoke about how he perceived the press coverage of the case, saying that he believed they did a fair job.
"I'll tell ya, you did a heck of a job, and thank you," Adam Jr. said. "


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Each morning during the school year, an estimated 22 million children and teens ride the school bus. Every year, many children are injured and several are killed in school bus incidents.
The National Safety Council encourages parents to talk with children about bus safety.
- When waiting for the bus, stay away from traffic.
- Line up away from the road as the bus approaches.
- Wait until the bus has stopped and the door opens before stepping onto the road.
- Use the handrail when stepping onto the bus.
- Find a seat and sit down.
- Never put head, arms or hands out of the window.
- Keep aisles clear - books or bags can block the way in an emergency.
- Before you reach your stop, get ready to leave by getting your belongings together.
- At your stop, wait for the bus to stop completely before getting up from your seat. Then walk to the front door and exit, using the handrail.
- If you have to cross the street in front of the bus, walk at least 10 feet ahead of the bus along the side of the road, until you can turn around and see the driver.
- Make sure the driver can see you.
- Wait for a signal from the driver before beginning to cross.
- When the driver signals, walk across the road, keeping an eye out for sudden traffic changes.
- Do not cross the center line of the road until the driver has signaled that it is safe for you to walk.
- Stay away from the bus's rear wheels at all times.
AN UNBROKEN CIRCLE: SELECTIONS FROM THE COLLECTION OF JULIA J. NORRELL: Through Feb. 18; Morris Museum of Art, 1 10th St.; museum open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday; $5 adults, $3 military personnel, students, seniors; museum members and children 5 and younger get in free; free Sundays; (706) 724-7501
FROM TY TO CAL: A CENTURY OF BASEBALL IN AUGUSTA: Through June; Augusta Museum of History, 560 Reynolds St.; museum open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday; $2-$4; children 5 and younger get in free; (706) 722-8454, augustamuseum.org
AUGUSTA FUTURITY: Cutting horse competition through Jan. 27, James Brown Arena, 605 Seventh St.; (706) 828-7700, augustafuturity.com
SALSA LESSONS: 10 p.m. Fridays; Tropicabana Latin Club, 1251 Broad St.; $5; military free
ASTRONOMY OF AUGUSTA MEETING: 8 p.m.; Augusta State University, 2500 Walton Way; Mark Nagy will speak about black holes; includes handouts, door prizes and refreshments
THE ASPEN ENSEMBLE: 7:15 p.m. pre-concert, 8 p.m.; Grover C. Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre, Augusta State University, 2500 Walton Way; $20 general public, $5 pupils; no children younger than 6; ASU students, faculty and staff are admitted free with an ASU ID; (706) 790-9274
FRIDAY NIGHT FILMS: 7 p.m., The Lion King; Jan. 26, Fried Green Tomatoes; Feb. 2, Groundhog Day; Jabez S. Hardin Performing Arts Center, 720 N. Belair Road, Evans; (706) 312-7191
RHONDA VINCENT & THE RAGE: 7:30 p.m.; Imperial Theatre, 745 Broad St.; $12.50-$22.50; (706) 722-8341, www.imperialtheatre.com
STEEL MAGNOLIAS: 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and Jan. 26-27 and Feb. 2-3, and 3 p.m. Jan. 28; Aiken Community Playhouse, 126 Newberry St., Aiken; $17 adults, $15 seniors, $12 students, $6 ages 12 and younger; (803) 648-1438
SOPHIE MILMAN CONCERT: 8 p.m.; Imperial Theatre, 745 Broad St.; $25-$15; (706) 722-8341, www.imperialtheatre.com
BROADWAY IN AUGUSTA SERIES: I Can't Stop Loving You, Saturday; Bell Auditorium, 712 Telfair St.; $31.50-$45; (706) 722-3521
THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE COCKTAIL: 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25; Fort Discovery, 1 Seventh St.; includes hors d'oeuvres, cocktails; open to ages 21 and older; $10 per person, $15 per couple; ticket-purchasing deadline is Saturday; (706) 821-0646
USC AIKEN EXTRA INNING BULL RIDING: 8 p.m.; James Brown Arena, 605 Seventh St.; $8 (children) to $19 (premium lower level), benefits University of South Carolina Aiken Baseball Scholarship Fund; (706) 828-7700.


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NORTH Durham Labour MP Kevan Jones is backing a campaign to make bus travel easier for people with sight loss.
He attended a reception at the Houses of Parliament for the charity Guide Dogs' campaign for all new buses to have audio visual (AV) next stop announcements, which are vital for blind and partially-sighted bus travellers.
The reception, which was addressed by Bus Minister Baroness Kramer, highlighted how announcements enable blind and partially sighted people to find out where they are and to help them avoid missing their stop.
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AV systems are only fitted to about one fifth of the bus fleet, with the vast majority of these operating in London.
Guide Dogs is calling for the Government to require all new buses be fitted with AV, as currently bus operators are under no obligation to include this technology when upgrading their fleets.
Mr Jones said: "I was very pleased to attend this Talking Buses event highlighting this very important issue. I will also be raising this issue with the local bus companies to ensure that bus travel in my constituency is as safe and easy as possible for blind and partially sighted people."
James White, Guide Dogs' campaigns manager, said: "Buses are a lifeline for people who are blind or partially sighted, and we welcome the support of Kevan Jones MP for people with sight loss to be able to travel safely and independently.
"Without AV, bus travel for people with sight loss can be especially difficult, stressful, and dangerous when stops are missed and they end up in an unfamiliar area.
"Safe and accessible bus services give people with sight loss much greater freedom to work, socialise and participate in the community."


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It is deeply disappointing to see the Scottish Secretary of State, Michael Moore, use his trip to the US to talk Scotland down, when it could have been used to talk the merits of our nation up (your report, 10 December). Mr Moore comments that independence will reduce Scotland's clout on the global stage.
This is intriguing, given the UK's already diminished impact on that stage, with declining military forces and its being viewed in many parts, especially of the Muslim world, as an international pariah, given the illegal war in Iraq.
Much of this global impact is in part due to membership of the European Union, a membership which is to be tested by Mr Moore's Con-Dem government through an inevitable referendum, with UK public reaction in favour of withdrawal.
Many smaller nations have used independence as an opportunity to act as a force for good in the world, and one only has to look to the example of Norway in the Middle East and Sri Lanka to see this in action.
An independent Scotland acting in such a way will clearly have a greater impact than the UK, whose international reputation is tarnished and which is trying to cling on to the vestiges of a global influence that has not existed for some time.
Alex Orr
Leamington Terrace
Defence is likely to be an important issue for an independent Scotland and while the recent decision to become a non-nuclear member of Nato goes a long way towards clarifying the position, I suggest that we might also benefit from looking further afield for ideas.
New Zealand is, of course, a non-nuclear country and though smaller than Scotland in population has not dissimilar geography, with a very long coastline. Their 2011 defence review, which was completed after wide-ranging public consultation to discover what New Zealanders actually want for their money, produced interesting results.
Their Unified Defence Force will comprise 8,758 regulars and 2,368 reserves, plus 2,669 civilian staff members, across the navy, army and air force.
These resources will provide not only conventional defence but also make a contribution in the case of civil emergencies such as the Christchurch earthquake in 2011 and the coal mine disaster in 2010 on South Island.
Interestingly, they currently have some 500 defence force personnel deployed on 16 UN missions and defence exercises across 12 countries, from Afghanistan, where they have an SAS operating, to the Solomon Islands and Sudan.
Perhaps Scotland can learn something from New Zealand, and not just on the rugby field.
East London Street


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I bought myself one of those nifty $30 pasta machines at Bed & Bath on black friday, and I figured that I'd give it a shot. I'm stuck making the dough, and I'd love a bit of help.
I'm using the 2C AP flour, 2Eggs well method as has been recommended to me. I make the well, put in the beaten eggs, and stir it up slowly incorporating the sides as I go. I get a dough that's really loose (like threats of old clothes), which I then pull together with my hands and then put out on a board to kneed. The dough goes from loose to stiff as a board in about three kneeds, and at that point i can barely work it. I'm sure I've missed something here--any ideas what it could be?


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Aug. 9 Update: PG&E has 36 workers on the ground, clearing brush and vegetation around transmission poles. It is part of the utility's efforts to protect transmission lines serving power to the communities of the Feather River Canyon and the Lake Almanor Basin.
The Lake Almanor Basin is not at risk of power outages from the Chips Fire. The Hat Creek-Westwood 60,000-volt line also can provide power to the Lake Almanor Basin communities and is not threatened by any fires. Should the Caribou-Westwood line be impacted by the Chips Fire, all power needs to the Lake Almanor Basin can be served by the electric transmission feeds from the Hat Creek-Westwood line. The Quincy and Feather River Canyon communities are served by two transmission line feeds and both have the potential to be impacted by the Chips Fire.
On Wednesday, PG&E crews began clearing a 10-foot radius area of vegetation around transmission poles that run from the Caribou Powerhouse toward Lake Almanor and another line running toward Quincy. Crews are clearing the bases of poles for five miles on each transmission line starting from the Caribou Powerhouse. Should the fire pose a threat beyond the five-mile clearance zone, crews will continue clearing trees and brush along the transmission poles. Clearing the vegetation will help protect the poles from fires, and PG&E is prepared to use fire retardant on the poles wherever possible to provide additional protection should the fire approach.
(The story below was posted on Aug. 8.)
Plumas County: PG&E Sending in Mobile Generators as Wildfire Threatens Power Lines
QUINCY – PG&E acted quickly this week to minimize possible power outages to customers as the result of a fast-growing wildfire in Plumas County that posed a significant threat to the utility's electric facilities.
The Chips Fire, which began July 29 about 20 miles northwest of Quincy, had grown to nearly 17,000 acres by Wednesday morning (Aug. 8). A number of campgrounds were closed and some communities were advised to prepare for evacuation.
As a precaution, PG&E was arranging to truck in mobile generators to three substations so power to 3,400 homes and businesses can continue should the fire damage two 60,000-volt transmission lines serving those substations.
The generators were expected to be in place by Friday.
PG&E teams, including one of its Mobile Command Vehicles, were staged in Quincy to assess at-risk facilities and pre-treat wooden poles for fire protection where accessible. In some cases, line workers will de-energize power lines for firefighters' safety.
Meanwhile, the utility warned residents that fire damage could cause outages. Crews were prepared to work as quickly and safely as possible to restore power, though remote and hazardous terrain could slow that work.
PG&E also advised residents to stay away from any downed power lines and assume they're energized. In the event of a downed line, residents should call 911 and then notify PG&E at (800) 743-5002.
Fire officials have said full containment of the fire isn't expected until Aug. 21.
Deb Harrigan, PG&E's incident commander for the fire, said PG&E's effort shows a new approach the company is taking toward improving customer service, reliability and response.
PG&E has provided a much more progressive response to emergencies. Already this year, the utility has provided support to fire officials in Placer, Shasta and Colusa counties. It also put into action the many hours of first responder training PG&E is providing firefighters throughout its territory.
"I think in some ways this is the new PG&E," Harrigan said. "We identified a risk and developed a creative solution to meet our customers' needs."


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The executive chef of The Dutch in New York shares his recipe for Asian Ribs and Napa Slaw with Spike.
Not only are these some seriously delicious ribs, they're secretly super easy to make. Especially if you have the recipe in front of you. And wouldn't you know it? Here it is.
New School Asian Ribs
Recipe courtesy of Andrew Carmellini/ Men's Health Magazine
2 Tbsp Chinese five spice powder
1 tsp chipotle pepper powder
½ tsp garlic powder
½ tsp salt
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
1/3 cup hoisin sauce
1/3 cup ketchup
1/3 cup rice-wine vinegar
2 tbsp black bean sauce
3 Scallions
1 Tbsp sesame seeds
1 In a small bowl, mix the dry ingredients together to make a rub. Cut a piece of foil a little longer than the rib rack; place the foil on a baking sheet and lay the ribs on top. Sprinkle both sides of the meat with the rub, massaging it in. Refrigerate the ribs, uncovered, for 2 hours so the rub infuses the meat.
2 Preheat the oven to 250°F. Fold the foil around the ribs so all the meat is covered, but leave a small vent on top. Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 3 hours. Then reduce the heat to 225°F and bake until the meat is very tender, about 2 hours more. Meanwhile, whisk the sauce ingredients with 2 tablespoons of water in a bowl.
3 When the ribs are done, unwrap them and place the rack directly on the baking sheet. Pour any cooking juices into the bowl with the rib sauce, and stir them in. Brush both sides of the ribs generously with the sauce.
4 Raise the oven temperature to 400°F; return the ribs to the oven and bake them until the sauce caramelizes slightly, 5 to 10 minutes. Brush the ribs with more sauce, sprinkle with scallions and sesame seeds, and serve with the remaining sauce for dipping. Makes 3 to 4 servings as an appetizer.
Napa Cabbage Slaw
4 cups napa cabbage, sliced
1 cup cucumber, sliced
1 cup red pepper
½ cup red onion
1/3 cup mint, chopped
1/3 cup cilantro, chopped
½ cup peanuts chopped
2 cups taro chips
2 Tablespoons rice wine vinegar
¼ cup lime juice
½ cup corn oil
1 Tablespoon honey
2 Tablespoon fish sauce
¼ teaspoon ginger powder
1 Tablespoon sriracha
1. Combine all the vegetables in a medium mixing bowl.
2. Combine all the dressing ingredients in a small bow and whisk together.
3. Dress the salad mixing everything together.
4. Top with taro chips
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September 23, 2017 This race includes a 1,500-meter swim, 12-mile bike and a 5K run. The swim takes place in a channel system between Wrightsville Beach and the mainland. The flat, one loop bike course takes participants over the Wrightsville Beach drawbridge and onto the mainland. The 5K run course is...more about Wilmington Family YMCA Triathlon
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The John Nesbitt Loop is scenic 2.45-mile circuit sidewalk course that is very popular among locals of all ages. It encompasses a portion of the perimeter of Wrightsville Beach Park along Causeway Drive, plus Lumina Avenue and Salisbury Street. If you bring your dog along there's a free Dog Bar (serving water) beside...more about The Loop at Wrightsville Beach
March 24-25, 2017 The Quintiles Wrightsville Beach Marathon is presented by Landfall Realty each March. Throughout this fast, flat, Boston Qualifier course, runners enjoy the scenic coastal views of Wrightsville Beach, Landfall community and Mayfaire Town Center. There is also a marathon team relay, half marathon, Susan G. Komen 5k and 1...more about Wrightsville Beach Marathon


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Photographer's Note
The Clérigos Church is a Baroque church in the city of Porto. Its tall bell tower, the Torre dos Clérigos, can be seen from various points of the city and is one of its most characteristic symbols.
The monumental tower of the church, located at the back of the building, was only built between 1754 and 1763. The baroque decoration here also shows influence from the Roman Baroque, while the whole design was inspired by Tuscan campaniles. The tower is 75.6 metres high, dominating the city. There are 240 steps to be climbed to reach the top of its six floors. This great structure has become the symbol of the city.
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PaulVDV (36656) 2014-08-30 2:11
Hello Daniel,
The vertical format is best suited for a view of the tall clock tower through one of the narrow streets with multi-storey buildings on both sides.
At the same time we see a part of the colourful old town of Porto.
The different colours go well with the full blue sky.
Excellent presentation of a city quarter interesting to discover.
Best regards, Paul
snunney (113609) 2014-08-30 2:13
Hello Daniel,
I like the point of view looking up this narrow street toward the fine focal point offered by the church tower. Also, the light and shadow play that contributes much to the mood of the composition. Very good colours and clarity.
npecanhuk (79319) 2014-08-30 3:31
Oi Daniel! The city of Porto is certainly wonderful and your very beautiful pictures of it really show you truly enjoyed your stay there! Sharpness, exposure, colors, vertical format, chosen pov, dof and composition are all excellent here and this image makes me want to go back there some day! Tfs, congrats, enjoy your weekend! Neyvan
ryno (6865) 2014-08-30 5:24
Great light and pastel colours, Daniel. Your vertical composition works very well down this narrow alley. This type of shot is always hard to execute, because of the shadows and the difficulty in capturing the atmosphere of a place, but I think you pulled it off to a large degree here.
Sergiom (96603) 2014-08-30 5:49
Bonjour Daniel,
J'aime beaucoup ce cadrage vertical. Il accompagne parfaitement la forme haute des maisons qui bordent la rue avec comme beau point d'orgue ce beau clocher dans le ciel bleu.
Bon samedi
Nicou (159900) 2014-08-30 7:23
super cadrage avec l'étroite rue et les deux côtés des façades tout en couleur un personnage tout en fond et ce clocher qui ressort dan la belle lumière fantastique.
Bravo et amitié
jemaflor (108505) 2014-08-30 9:15
Hi daniel,
Good pov on this naroww street, interesting colors for these houses,, good focal point with the tower, the strong contrast of light is well managed.
marabu61 (11537) 2014-08-30 9:32
Hello Daniel
This is a pleasing scene out of the old town of Porto. The old and multicolored houses are beautiful and the eye is drawn naturally towards the bell tower, towering over the city.
have a great weekend
serp2000 (46526) 2014-08-30 12:35
Hi, Daniel,
Good continuing theme of Porto, very nice architecture and fine details and elements.
Perfect quality, outstanding DoF! Excellent slim format, I have found very good point of view. Well done.
carlo62 (61332) 2014-08-30 13:46
Ciao Daniel
bella prospettiva, la strada guida l'occhio verso il centro della foto e il formato verticale crea profondità.
Le facciate hanno bei colori e il cielo corona il tutto.
Buona domenica
ktanska (30907) 2014-08-31 0:01
Hi Daniel,
A beautiful view along this narrow alley. Your high viewpoint is excellent. Sidelight looks good making contrasty result. I like all those colourful buuildings and that tower is perfectly placed.
jjcordier (79297) 2014-08-31 0:07
Très bon cadrage vertical, parfaitement adapté ici avec l'église comme point d'attrait. Le contraste entre les façades colorées et celles restées brutes est étonnant.
dta (86544) 2014-08-31 8:26
Hello Daniel ,
A superb perspective twards the Church , by the straight street . Splendid colors and contrasts .
delpeoples (60236) 2014-08-31 23:04
Ciao dear Daniel
I knew this was yours even before seeing your name. No one does narrow characteristic alleys like you do. This is delightful, charming and of superb quality. Stunning colours and an original book mark cut add to the photo's dynamism.
Warm wishes
ourania (51103) 2014-09-05 14:47
Hello Daniel,
a most rewarding and pleasing view to the attractive baroque tower. Amazing how many details you included in this tight vertical composition, how much we get to see before we arrive at the distant background. You found a great perspective and enhanced its impact with excellent sharpness and depth. The blue sky sets off the tower and works superbly as contrast to the other colours too. I also like the spreading shadows and the silhouette crossing the lower part of the frame. Congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a great weekend,
Photo Information
- Copyright: Daniel Draghici (dkmurphys) (69745)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2014-08-15
- Categories: Architecture
- Camera: Nikon D60
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2014-08-30 2:01


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A Derry man has been handed down a ten year sentence after he was caught with a pipe bomb, guns and ammunition last year during an undercover police operation.
Nathan Hastings (21) of Stradowen Drive in Strathfoyle, was described in court as a "foot soldier'' for dissident republicans who was helping to move the cache across the border for "safe keeping'.
Sentencing the father-of-one at Belfast Crown Court, Judge Piers Grant told Hastings he would spend five years in custody and a further five on supervised licence on his release.
The judge found that Hastings did not pose "a serious risk of harm to members of the public'' on his eventual release.
But Judge Grant warned Hastings: "If you committed any further offences while on licence the court may take the view that you are a dangerous offender."
Belfast Crown Court heard that would-be lawyer Hastings was caught in an "intelligence-led'' police operation on April 12, 2013.
The former spokesman for the 32 County Sovereignty Movement in Derry had pleaded guilty to possession of the pipe bomb, pistols and assorted ammunition with intent to endanger life.
The prosecution lawyer said the guilty pleas were being "tendered'' on the basis of 'the second limb' - that he did not intend using the weapons himself but had it for someone else.
The lawyer told Judge Piers Grant that at 9.30 am on the morning of April 12 last year police stopped a Citroen Zsara car and was found to be "untidy" but no items for terrorist purposes were found.
"At 8 pm police stopped the same Citroen vehicle again on Northlands Road and the accused was the driver. A second vehicle was also stopped and it had a single driver."
Belfast Crown Court heard both vehicles were searched and police tasked Army Technical Officers to the scene after a "bag was found in the front passenge footwell of the Citroen car."
"The defendant was arrested, cautioned and during interview made no reply to questions.
"The bag recovered from the car was examined and was found to contain firearms and ammunition," said the prosecution lawyer.
"Inside the bag ATO recovered an item wrapped in a towel and consisted of an improvised explosive device, namely a pipe bomb device."
The court was told that the contents of the bag were examined by forensic officers expert in explosives, firearms and ammunition.
"The forensic expert who examined the IED device found it consisted of the component parts of a pipe bomb, namely a metal flask, small amounts of propellant and a firework burning fuse."
The lawyer said another expert examined the bag and found it contained a Walther X-esse .22 pistol and magazine, two modified 9 mm handguns, 31 shotgun cartridges, 138 rounds of ammunition and 95 black cartridges "which had been modified to contain steal ball bearings."
The court was told all the weapons were test fired and were found to be in working order. Asked by Judge Grant if the modified weapons had the potential to kill someone, the prosecutor replied: "Yes."
The lawyer added that there was clearly "logistical planning involved'' in the operation but he said the Crown accepted that Hastings was not involved in this and had "been under the influence of older and more experienced individuals."
The court was told that police do not believe the explosives and the weapons were for immediate use but were in the process of being "transported across the border for safe keeping for future use."
Describing Hastings as a "foot soldier'' in the operation, the lawyer said: "This was the hum drum, everyday activity which requires items to be moved."
Defence barrister Gavan Duffy QC told Judge Grant that Hastings "was not acting under duress or coercion' when he was caught with the terror cache.
"He accepts that he did this voluntarily."
Mr Duffy QC added that shortly after Hastings was remanded in custody, he received notification from the Univeristy of Ulster's Magee campus accepting him to do a law degree.
He said that while in custody he was studying English, Irish and until his arrest he had involved himself in politics and during one newspaper interview he said he "opposed the use of arms and bullets and didn't want anyone to die."
The defence QC said that Hastings wanted to pursue his studies in prison and academic activities on his release and also his political work.
Judge Grant remarked: "If he is now saying he has turned his back on violence, the proof of the pudding is the eating on that one."
Mr Duffy added that Hastings was a father of a three-year-old son and his partner of five years and his sister were present in court "not to condone his actions but to show him support."
Handing down a ten year sentence, Judge Grant said that although Hastings DNA had not been found on the weapons and explosives, it was clear, he added, that the defendant "had been trusted by other people of influence" to transport the cache cross the border into Derry.
Describing the offences as "serious" and saying they "presented a serious risk to the public", the judged added that "many innocent people, including police officers", had suffered as a result of dissident republican pipe bomb devices.


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I finally brought the camera along on one of our walks to capture some of the sights along our regular two mile route. In the full bloom of spring there is so much to see in our pretty little town. G peacefully rides along while clutching his favorite (for now) toy, Sofie the giraffe.
Huge red tulips:
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There are at least eight separate breaks to surf here each with quality waves. With warm clear water and beautiful beaches this is a surfers dream!
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A recent study in the US has found that crowdfunding is becoming a driving force behind building and community projects. Whether this is the case in Australia is still unknown, yet Mathieu Gallios' Reincarnated McMansion project which has had difficulty taking off for a variety of reasons, may just be the Australian test case.
Crowdfunding is the practice of investing in projects through the use of a crowd-supported web-based fundraising campaign. Campaigns can be donation based, reward based or can offer financial returns.
Usually, crowdfunding is applied to projects that may perform a common good or service, or represent a new and innovative idea, while it rewards the donor in a variety of ways working on a scale of benefits. At the upper end of the scale you may receive naming rights or an edition of the product. The Kickstarter 3Doodler, the world's first 3D printing pen is a point in case. Depending on the level of your support, you will be entitled to your very own pen or more.
Crowdsourcing, through recent research by the American Institute of Architects, shows significant promise for attracting investors to smaller real estate projects and getting them off the architect's drawing board.
According to the white paper, Crowdfunding Architecture, the increasingly popular tool is being used to gain community support for financing an assortment of infrastructure ventures that would ordinarily have difficulty finding money due to their smaller size. Perhaps this is the result of recent economic difficulties and cutbacks in the US but nonetheless it represents a new way of getting a project off the ground.
The report concludes that 'donation-based crowdfunding holds the most potential as a financing tool for beleaguered developers and architects. According to massolution's May 2012 Crowdfunding Industry Report, the amount of money generated by crowdfunding was close to $1.5 billion in 2011, of which almost half was raised via donation-based crowdfunding. The Massolution 2013 Report can be found here.
Why such a high level of donation based funding? It is speculated that not only does the crowdfunding model provide tangible returns for the success of the project or venture to the donor, it also reflects "the enthusiasm of a local community for causes such as covering an individual's medical expenses, political campaigns or community projects that would otherwise require municipality or government funding for completion".
It is a model of altruism. Perhaps this is a successful working model where communities experience considerable financial hardship, as we have seen in recent times in the US.
Would this model work as well in a buoyant economy as that of Australia? It will be interesting to monitor whether architectural projects get off the ground in this way in Australia, if not now, perhaps in the near future.
"Crowdfunding Architecture" details specific examples where crowdfunding has already had an impact in providing financial support for community projects that were too small to get started with traditional financing methods. A link to the report can be found here. A link to the AIA's database of Stalled Projects can be found here.
Developers Ben Miller and Daniel Miller and architect Tobias Holler, AIA, share their experiences on the best practices and successes of crowdfunding in this webinar hosted by the AIA on January 31.
AIA media release here.


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Leon A. Takhtajan is a mathematical physicist at SUNY Stony Brook.
Quantum mechanics for mathematicians, Graduate Studies in Mathematics 95, Amer. Math. Soc. 2008.
The following 2 articles make parallel between some notions of quantum field theory and of number theory and in particular about the analogy between the Weil reciprocity law for function fields and the Takahashi-Ward identities of quantum field theory:


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Local food, no waste.
The Growing Abundance Project is all about Local food.
From Growing it to Eating it.
We harvest from backyard trees.
We prepare local feasts.
We share produce between our volunteers and the community.
We feed children in our Canteens.
We love community.
Our new social enterprise cafe.
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Open Tuesday – Saturday 8am – 4pm
Thursday evening Tiffin take away dinners – 5.30 – 8pm order online at shop.growingabundance.org.au/thelocal
Catering service also available. Go to the cafe page under 'Eat'
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The Supreme Court has agreed to decide when prosecutors may retry criminal defendants after a jury votes not guilty on some charges, but fails to reach a verdict on others.
Federal appeals courts are divided on the issue of when the Fifth Amendment's prohibition on double jeopardy kicks in.
The justices, in an order Friday, say they will hear arguments in the cases of a former executive of Enron Corp.'s Enron Broadband Services unit. He was charged for his role in a scheme to deceive the public and drive up the price of Enron stock through false statements about the health of the energy giant's telecommunications arm.
Former company Vice President F. Scott Yeager also was accused of enriching himself by selling millions of dollars of Enron stock at inflated prices.
In 2005, a federal jury acquitted Yeager on some counts, but was unable to reach a verdict on others. Later that year, a grand jury returned a new indictment against him that basically re-alleged some insider trading charges on which the first jury did not agree.
He demanded that those charges be dismissed because the jury already decided, through the acquittals, that the underlying facts did not amount to insider trading. Yeager said trying him again would violate his constitutional rights.
The government argued that there is no constitutional problem in the retrial and the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New Orleans, agreed.
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Painting Chocolate/coloring Cocoa Butter
Sugar Work By still_learning Updated 14 Dec 2010 , 6:28pm by imagenthatnj
I'd like to try and paint some chocolate pieces and I'm wondering if anyone has some advice for me. What best to use as the 'paint'? I've read about melted cocoa butter. I bought a few solid bars today that would need to be colored. At the cake shop they said I could use regular gel colors but I keep reading you need to use candy or powdered colors. Would it be better to paint with melted chocolate? I was thinking that could get a little clunky as I was working. Thanks for any advice you have!!!
well as i understand u will need an oil based food coloring or powedered.. anything water based might not be a perfect solution because it might get chuncky but it might not.. there is a ratio of water/chocolate that u need to keep in mind when adding anything that contains water "to which i dont remember" i have colored white chocolate with light pink once using wilton gell food coloring didnt cause me trouble.. im guessing the more color u add the more you will be at rick of getting it chuncky.... wat colors are u going for??
I have tried colouring chocolate using normal gel pastes and it was a FAIL! The choc immediately turned hard and chunky and looked seized. Sorry I don't have any advice for you, but a warning should shed some light in what NOT to do. Hope somebody has an answer!!
I like to use powdered colors with melted cocoa butter. You should be able to get them at your cake shop. Cocoa butter is much thinner than melted chocolate, so it's far superior for painting than melted chocolate.
Thanks for the replies! DianeLM - I read somewhere that it's hard to get the cocoa butter to have deep colors (I'd like to do red) with the powdered colors. Have you had that problem? How do you melt the cocoa butter - I just have bars. Thanks!
I haven't tried any of this, but I'm going to tell you what I'm listening to on my DVD.
I just got the baking arts DVD. This guy's instructions to make this kind of cakes:
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Those cakes are covered in rolled chocolate. He is talking about not using white chocolate because the colors can't be that vivid. He uses coating chocolate (white or dark). He's also saying that the other reason not to use white chocolate is because it contains cocoa butter (which has a lower melting point). The other two ingredients in his chocolate modeling paste are corn syrup and glycerin.
And then, he adds just the regular blue color from Americolor. And he talks about what you might have heard about the color not being good for chocolate. He's saying it's not true, and that if you check the ingredients for the color, it's corn syrup with a dye, and that's not going to seize your chocolate.
Haven't checked though, if that's true, but according to him, using the gel is fine. It's actually his preferred coloring.
So...cocoa butter can't have vivid colors (still_learning might be right)...gel colors might be OK to paint/color your chocolate, or so Richard says in his video.


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This is one of the rarest and most sought after sealed items on the Magic market today! With the inclusion of enemy colored fetch lands and full art basic lands in every pack, this has become one of the most sought after and hardest to find magic boxes!
Zendikar is a plane of deadly perils and priceless treasures. Look for the following key cards:
Arid Mesa
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Verdant Catacombs
Chandra Ablaze
Eldrazi Monument
Felidar Sovereign
Iona, Shield of Emeria
Kalitas, Bloodchief of Ghet
Lotus Cobra
Mindbreak Trap
Nissa Revane
Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
Rampaging Baloths
Sorin Markov
Warren Instigator
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The basic land cycle from Zenikar is noted for the spectacular full card art showcasing the plane. Land cards like this had previously only ever been seen in the Unhinged and Unglued.
The first set in the Zendikar block takes you to the plane of the same name. The home plane of the race called the Kor, Zendikar is a strange landscape where large stone Hedrons float through the sky free of gravity and goblins, elves, and strange vampires roam the land.
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The mining stock business is unique in that it is based on using up its assets. Naturally, the most important thing for an investor valuing these companies is to know how much of what the company has. This is where the feasibility study comes in. In this article, we'll look at the feasibility study and what it is actually telling investors.
The Mining Cycle
The mining cycle looks fairly simple on paper. A mining company stakes a claim, does a feasibility study of the deposit, digs it all up and sells it on the market. However, the actual process is much more complicated and is at its most vulnerable between the feasibility study and the beginning of the actual mining. Because of this, most of the action in a mining company's stock occurs between the feasibility studies and the start of operations – at least it does when the deposit in question is significant to the company's overall operations. The stock of a mining major with a mixture of producing mines and deposits undergoing feasibility will move less on the results of a study than a smaller miner betting a large amount of its operations on the deposit.
Breaking Down the Feasibility Study
At the end of the day, every mining project must pay back the money that is put into developing it, plus a profit. The feasibility study simply tells the mining company and its investors whether or not a certain deposit is going to be worth mining based on a range of factors. For this reason, the feasibility study can be thought of as the end of the exploration phase. If a deposit is feasible, the mining company can begin development, or sell the claim to a bigger player or take some other course of action to realize the value of the deposit.
Capital Costs
Just like any other company, mining companies need to pay for machinery, labor and taxes, etc. The capital costs in a feasibility study will usually include mine design (equipment and infrastructure needed to get the rock above ground), processing needed to extract the minerals from the rock, disposal of tailings, power and water supply, support facilities, consultants, reclamation costs and so on. The capital costs sum up many of the other areas of the feasibility study by putting a total price on extracting the mineral deposit from beginning to end.
Geological Challenges
Mining is a 50% geology and 50% market story. The geological analysis within a feasibility study addresses the complexity of the ore body within the deposit – its orientation, shape, width, any twists, etc. Complexities add costs to the extraction process, thereby making a deposit more sensitive to market prices than a similar deposit with less geological challenges.
A general rule is that the closer an ore body is to a vertical orientation, the more likely the rate of extraction will be slower. A nice wide horizontal deposit can be taken out at much lower costs and much faster than a narrow, vertical one. Moreover, some vertical mines are rejected because significant structural support is needed to make them safe. This is not an issue in most horizontal deposits.
Mining Rate
Due to geological challenges, the deposit may not be conducive to quick mining. This directly affects the mining rate and how many years it will take – assuming full operation – to pull all the material out of the ground. When a deposit is relatively easy to get to, a company can ramp up or slow down operations in response to market signals. When the mining rate is limited by the geology, the company has much less flexibility to take advantage of rises in the market price.
Dilution refers to the rock that must be mined, taken away and processed in order to get to the minerals that the company wants; more rocks to go through means more costs per ton. For many deposits, the rock that comes out of the ore body is crushed down into fine sand to extract minerals and precious metals. Mining companies obviously want as much material in each rock as possible, but market prices will decide what level of dilution is acceptable.
Market Prices
All mines are affected by the market value of the minerals they contain. However, market price affects untapped deposits much more than mines already operating. A rise of a couple of dollars an ounce for a commodity can turn a costly and difficult deposit into a profitable project. For this reason, the feasibility study also looks at the market price of the materials that will be mined and what they are likely to be at the time of production. Even in the best market circumstances, the cash flow on a mine usually looks like a check mark, with the first years running negative as the infrastructure is built, and the latter years showing increasing cash flow as the mining gets easier and extracted minerals are sold on the market.
The Feasibility Study and Mining Investors
A feasibility study is a snapshot of the economics of the time. As the price of metals and minerals fluctuates over time, so too does the feasibility of a deposit. If a feasibility study is good, the company takes the mine to the next phase, whether that is the start of operations, a partnership with another company or a sale. Each of these actions will have a different impact on the stock, but most will be positive.
In contrast, a negative feasibility will almost always hurt a stock, although the negative impact will be in proportion to how important that deposit is to the company overall. If it is one of 50 or 100 claims and operating mines, then it may not even be noticed. If it is one of three or even the only one, then expect the market reaction to be severe.
The Bottom Line
As a mining investor, it is important to remember that a feasibility study is not bulletproof. There are many cases of a company underestimating capital costs, overestimating the ore grade and botching the entire process. A feasibility study is an important piece of information in evaluating a mining stock, but there are others that are equally important, including the company's mining record and balance sheet.


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The art of the summer cocktail is something I take most seriously. Because several years ago I realized what surely is obvious to most people – but I can be a bit slow. Summer is better with a signature cocktail. Not a fancy dinner cocktail. Not a party cocktail. And certainly nothing that anyone who goes by the title "mixologist" ever would deign to make.
I'm talking about an everyday cocktail, something that can be thrown together after work or a day of swimming, then casually sipped – or even slurped – while standing at the grill or sitting by the pool or dock.
A good summer cocktail must be simple to assemble. It must be sweet and refreshing, but not cloying. It should have a crispness. It should welcome ice and not suffer noticeably as the ice melts. And it must be versatile enough to go with whatever is on the dinner menu.
Each summer, I seem to discover a new cocktail, which then becomes my summer cocktail for the remainder of the season. A few years back, it was my trashy sangria, which I could slosh together in under a minute. Red wine, sugar, lime juice and ice on nights I was feeling rushed. A bit of fruit and muddling were added on nights I wasn't.
As complex as a true sangria concocted from far more (and better) ingredients that are allowed to meld for hours? By no means. But still refreshing and satisfying.
The summer after that it was my vodka watermelon chiller. Watermelon, vodka, ice, lemon juice and honey. Blend and done. Is there anything more refreshing than watermelon in August? And last year I discovered the magic that is gin and bitter lemon. Ice plus gin plus a splash of bitter lemon tonic. Add a slice of lemon and it's heaven in the end-of-day sun.
This year it will be the pisco sour. Pisco is a South American brandy that has a clean, mildly sweet flavor. Traditional versions of this cocktail call for shaking it over ice with sugar and lemon juice. My take swaps in lime juice (which so loves barbecue) and rather than shaking it, I blend until frothy. Think frozen margarita, but so much better.
I also should add that proper stemware is essential for enjoying a summer cocktail. In my house that usually means either canning jars or recycled jam jars.


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Reporters' Notebook
OLAF FUB SEZ: According to comedian Slappy White, born Melvin White on this date in 1920, "The trouble with unemployment is that the minute you wake up in the morning, you're on the job."
GLASS GALORE – Postcards, antiquarian books, pottery, glassware, jewelry, toys, coins and Pan American Exposition souvenirs will be offered from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday as the Greater Buffalo Bottle Collectors Association holds its 15th annual Table Top Antique and Bottle Show in the Polish Falcons Hall, 445 Columbia Ave., Depew. There will be free appraisals for all antiques and free bottles for kids. Admission is $2. Youngsters under 12 get in free.
LOOKING BACK – Learn how to search for your ancestors from local historical records at "Genealogy at the Grosvenor Room," a guide to resources at the Central Library in Lafayette Square from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
Librarian Rhonda Konig presents an overview of the collection. After a break for lunch, librarian Charles Alaimo will review the map collection and the Rare Book Room. It's free and open to the public.
Meanwhile, the Niagara County Genealogical Society holds its 2013 Genealogy Forum at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Best Western Hotel, 515 S. Transit St., Lockport.
Admission is free, and speakers include local author Angelo Coniglio, who will talk about how to find immigrants' towns of origin and how to make sense of European birth, marriage and death records. He will also be signing copies of his historical novella, "The Lady of the Wheel." For info, visit www.niagaragenealogy.org.
BABY STEPS – More than 45 businesses will offer services and products for expectant mothers and families with children at the sixth annual Pregnancy & Baby Expo from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday in Hearthstone Manor, 333 Dick Road, Depew.
Admission is free. The first 200 families get free goodie bags.
Proceeds from the basket raffle benefit Special Spaces Buffalo, which creates dream bedrooms for youngsters with life-threatening ailments.
LEASH ON LIFE – Buffalo Pug & Small Breed Rescue Inc., which provides foster homes for unwanted dogs, is sponsoring a one-mile dog walk at 10:30 a.m. Sunday in Mang Park, Kenmore.
Registration is $20 at the park or $15 on the website at www.buffalopugs.org. The first 175 walkers get a free T-shirt. Proceeds help rescue dogs who need new homes.
OLAF FLUB – Correction on that email address for the Country Jamboree at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Cornell Cooperative Extension, 4487 Lake Ave., Lockport. It's actually firstname.lastname@example.com. Info is at the website, www.ashasanctuary.com.
SCOUT'S HONOR – The Como Lake Girl Scouts will hold a flea market from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in Holy Mother of the Rosary Cathedral Hall, 6298 Broadway, Lancaster.
MAKE A BID – St. Teresa's Church, 1974 Seneca St., holds an appliance and electronics raffle in the Parish Center on Saturday evening.
Doors open at 5:30. Raffle starts at 7, featuring 23 prizes with a retail value of $10,000. Tickets are $25 and include pizza, beer and snacks.
SIS BOOM BAH – Southtowns teen cheerleaders will benefit from a "Cheer Blast" from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday in Vinny's Sports Bar, 2704 Clinton St., West Seneca, even though they're too young to be there themselves.
Tickets are $15 and include three hours of open bar and food. Proceeds will help the cheerleaders cover costs of attending competitions.
TAKING WING – The Bert Miller Nature Club holds its first Butterfly Festival from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the Stevensville Conservation Area, 2555 Ott Road, Fort Erie, Ont. Activities will include live butterfly releases, hikes, workshops, native plant sales and kids activities. It's free and open to the public. For info, visit www.bertmillernatureclub.org.
KEYBOARD MASTER – Award-winning Canadian organist Aaron James, a doctoral student at the Eastman School of Music, gives a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday in St. Nicholas Anglican Church, 2784 Seneca St., West Seneca. Admission is free.
WEEKEND MENU – Weekly fish fry, 4 to 8 p.m. today. Father Justin Council, Knights of Columbus, 2735 Union Road, Cheektowaga. For info, call 683-3635.
BW's chicken barbecue, starts at 11 a.m. Saturday. $9, takeout only. Marilla Fire Hall, 1950 West Ave. Yard sale runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Benefits Pet Connection Programs Inc.
Ken-Ton Masonic Lodge smoked beef brisket sale, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. $8, Sutherland Lodge, 1400 Ruie Road, North Tonawanda.
Chowder sale, ready at noon Saturday. $3.75 per quart, Niagara Hose Fire Company 3, 74 Wheeler St., City of Tonawanda. Advance orders call 695-0650.
Pig and chicken roast, 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday. $12 adults at door, $10 presale. $5 and $4 for kids 12 and under. Salem Lutheran Church, 10 McClellan Circle, South Buffalo. For tickets, call 824-2787.
Spaghetti and meatball dinner, 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. $8 adults, $4 kids 12 and under, presale only. Call 892-5746. Also, the Holy Name Society meat raffle.
Krolick's chicken barbecue, 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday. $10, Amherst Presbyterian Church, 151 S. Youngs Road, Amherst.
Wendel's chicken barbecue, 4:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday. $10, Bowmansville United Methodist Church, 5344 Genesee St., Bowmansville.
BW's chicken barbecue, noon to 3 p.m. Sunday. $9, Kenmore United Church of Christ, 295 Delaware Road, Kenmore. Advance purchase recommended. Call 862-9733 or 875-1725.
BW's chicken barbecue, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. $8.50 advance, $9.50 at the door. Lt. Col. Matt Urban Post 7275, Veterans of Foreign Wars, 3741 Walden Ave., Lancaster.
All-you-can-eat pasta dinner, 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday. $10 adults, $5.99 kids 10 and under. Knights of Columbus Hall, 36 Pierce Ave., Hamburg. Sponsored by Ten Lives Club cat adoption group. For info, call 656-5577.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Scarlet Ray O'Neill, Mark Misercola, Ava Marie Ferreira, Vaughn Keller, Linda Pellegrino, Bev Ralyea, Dick Rohm, Sister Mary Joanne Suranni, Danny Sikorski, Madeline Lickfeld, Steven Granelli, Katherine Gibbins, Ashley Guzzetta, Karen Chmiel, Sally Harper, Tony Niescher, Teresa Karg, Joseph A. Anthony, Elva L. Anthony, Colleen Steen, Heather Hassett, Stefanie Stefaniak, Eli Turcurelli and Frank Miranda.
SATURDAY – Claudine Ewing, Judy Kaprove, Judie Bailey, Andrea Haxton, Marian Hetherly, Sister Anne Marie Jablonicky, Jordyn Panek, Ed Kowalczewski. Alyssa Lickfeld, David Karb, Marian Lazickas, Sandy Schilling, Helen Mack, Danielle Popp, Mike Sullivan, Leanne Troutman, Joseph Michael Clark, Tamara Torris, Melissa Byrd, Jeff Blake and Trinity Swart.
AND SUNDAY – Marc Adler, Diane Schafer, David Merrell, Norm Murray, Denise Daniels, Burke Glaser, Diane Cielinski, Brandon Kuczmarski, Sue Campbell Klinshaw, Paul Molik and Eric Palmer.
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text: 80 ministers representing around 50 developing and donor countries, including the UK Secretary of State for Development Justine Greening, will meet ahead of the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings in Washington DC at the Sanitation and Water for All High Level Meeting. The meeting will be opened by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim. New data released ahead of this meeting shows the massive and growing inequalities in access to safe water and toilets around the world. 748 million people around the world remain without safe water, according to an excerpt from the latest report of the World Health Organisation and UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) on Water Supply and Sanitation, using 2012 data. Nearly half of these people, 325 million, live in sub-Saharan Africa. Some 2.5 billion people do not have access to proper sanitation, a number that has remained unchanged for over a decade as the world's population increases. About 1 billion of these people practice open defecation. Nearly 525,000 children died of diarrhoeal illnesses linked to unsafe water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene in 2012. That's one child every minute, or 1,400 a day. Though sub-Saharan Africa is not meeting targets on safe water, there is progress: JMP data shows on average 30,000 people in Africa were reached every day for 12 years starting from 2000. Though progress has been made on eliminating open defecation, this is mostly in urban areas. An estimated 90% of people practicing open defecation live in rural areas. The UN Millennium Development Goal on sanitation, to halve the proportion of people living without it by 2015, is so behind that it cannot be met in time. Though the UN Millennium Development Goal to halve the proportion of people without safe water has been met, many parts of sub-Saharan Africa remain seriously off-track in their progress towards this goal. "Safe water, improved toilets and latrines, and proper handwashing with soap are all it takes to stop a child dying every minute in this global health crisis, which is completely preventable. WaterAid is calling for ministers to step up their commitments to provide these basic human rights to transform the lives of people living in poverty – in particular women and girls – and to allow them to live healthy, prosperous lives," said Barbara Frost, WaterAid Chief Executive. "This High Level Meeting is an opportunity to set the course for achieving universal access to water and sanitation by 2030. For the first time in the history of international development policy, we are seeing recognition that sanitation is not only an outcome of development. It is a critical driver for poverty eradication. No country, no city, no village can achieve acceptable standards of public health without sanitation. Without sanitation, water and access to public hygiene practice, we cannot meet the goal to eradicate global poverty," said Henry Northover, Global Head of Policy for WaterAid. WaterAid has made its own commitments as a founding partner in the Sanitation and Water for All Partnership. The partnership includes more than 90 developing country governments, donors, civil society organisations and other development partners. Our commitments include: A new organisational strategy for 2015-2020 to catalyse maximum change for our vision of reaching everyone, everywhere by 2030 with safe water and sanitation, with a focus on sector strengthening. To align our programmes behind nationally driven strategies to achieve universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene. To strengthen commitment to open and transparent monitoring of progress in water and sanitation through our WASHwatch website. The Sanitation and Water for All partnership 2014 progress update on commitments made at the 2012 High Level Meeting can be found here: http://sanitationandwaterforall.org/commitments/country-commitments >


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Orlando City cleared the next hurdle in their quest to become a Major League Soccer franchise on Monday, and perhaps the finish line is in sight.
The City of Orlando Board of Commissioners voted through the approval of funds for a new downtown, multi-purpose soccer stadium on Monday, the next-to-last piece of legislation needed to secure a new home for the USL PRO club. The vote was unanimous among the six commissioners as well as Orlando mayor Buddy Dyer.
The biggest and most crucial vote comes in two weeks' time when the Orange County Commissioners vote on October 22 for the final stage in completion of stadium funding.
"This is obviously a very big step toward our goal of bringing MLS [to Orlando]," Orlando City president Phil Rawlins said in a club statement. "I am delighted to have the city behind us so we can now focus on the second vote that is only two weeks away."
Orlando City are trying to secure the rest of the funding for an $85 million soccer-specific stadium in downtown Orlando that would be owned by the city. Monday's vote accounts for $20 million of that cost.
If the county approves the plan later this month, Orlando City would be able to enter into final negotiations with MLS to award an expansion team to Central Florida. MLS plans to add four more teams by 2020.
Orlando City also announced on Monday that their current home — the Florida Citrus Bowl — will play host to a friendly between the US women's national team and Brazil on Nov. 10.