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Boone, N.C. Capable of providing measurement and control functions in high-voltage power electronics applications, the CGH/CMH high-voltage power resistors from TT electronics IRC Wirewound and Film Technologies Division provide voltage ratings up to 20 KV.
Aimed at medical, military and industrial applications, the rugged precision thick-film resistors use IRC's proprietary thick-film MetalGlaze resistive element, which is said to provide ideal stability, precision, and high-voltage characteristics for a wide range of high power applications. The resistors exhibit low voltage coefficient of resistance (VCR) for excellent stability to provide accurate voltage measurements, said the company.
The CGH series resistors offer power ratings from 0.25 W to 5 W, and are available in resistance values ranging from 100 kΩ to 2000 MΩ at tolerances as low as ±0.5 percent, and temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) values down to ±50 ppm/°C. Voltage rating ranges from 750 V to 20 KV.
Precision can be enhanced by ordering the resistors as matched pairs to provide divider accuracy as low as ±0.1 percent. Custom specifications are available. Click the link for additional information about the CGH series
The CGH series can also be used as a high-voltage bleeder resistor to safely discharge voltage in a power supply. Other applications include medical and laboratory products such as X-ray machines, CAT scans, and particle detectors and accelerators; military devices such as radar power supply and night vision image intensifiers; digital transmission in broadcasting; and industrial applications, including laser controllers, vacuum processing, and electron-beam welding, evaporation and deposition.
The high-reliability version, designated as the CMH series, is military approved to MIL-R-49462 (type RHV) for all values from 0.25 W to 5W.
Typical pricing for the CGH series resistors ranges from $1.25 to $4.00, depending on wattage, in quantities of 10,000. Delivery is from stock to four to six weeks.
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The iPhone can take you anywhere you want to go, including the Scottish moors. In this special event, watch Shakespearean actors (of the Modern Shakespeare Company) perform a dramatic reading of Shakespeare's Macbeth using the free iPhone app, Shakespeare, co-developed by PlayShakespeare.com and Readdle.com.Read more...
Audience members are encouraged to download the application and follow along with this dramatic reading that is the first of its kind to bridge old world literature and new age technology.
Julian Lopez-Morillas* (Actor 1: Duncan, Old Siward, Doctor)
Ron Severdia (Actor 2: Malcolm)
Jason Hite (Actor 3: Donalbain, Macduff's son, Caithness, Young Siward)
Lauren Grace* (Actor 4: Lady Macbeth, Hecat)
Michael Zavala (Actor 5: Soldier, Fleance, Second Murderer, Seyton, Third Apparition)
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Mary Baird* (Actor 10: Witch #3, Lennox, Messenger)
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Date: October 25, 2009 at 5pm
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Charlotte Bobcats swingman Gerald Wallace has as fine a collection of Air Jordan PEs as any guy in the NBA. Thanks to MJ himself part-owning the Bobs, GW3 is regularly outfitted with shoes that you'd either assume were fakes or shed a tear upon realizing they're real, and you can't have em.
So although they were overshadowed by the other hot NBA All Star 2010 PEs, the Air Jordan Icons Gerald Wallace 2010 ASG PE is still worth looking at. Their navy blue patent leather uppers are shiny enough to catch your eye, but it's the white contrast stitching that keeps you there. Check out more photos after the jump and stick with Sneaker News for updates on all Air Jordan Player Exclusives. via in52
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For the longest time, pregnancy scared me. The thought of becoming a parent seemed so overwhelming. I mean, all of a sudden, you have this new person in your life that requires your attention and care twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. It's an enormous change, one you can never truly be prepared for. Another thing that scared me about having a baby was the changes that would occur in my body. Would I gain too much weight? Would I be able to lose the weight post-baby? Would I get varicose veins? Would I get more stretch marks?, etc. When CD and I got married, we knew we wanted kids, but I was definitely not ready. However, last year, something clicked, and I was no longer scared. So, after receiving numerous emails and comments from some of you with the exact same fears I had, I wanted to share some of my thoughts and experiences regarding having a baby. I want all of you to know that yes, pregnancy is not always easy, but it so so SO worth it in the end because you get one of these…
Being a mom is challenging in many ways. My entire day (as well as night) revolves around Summer. It's definitely been a huge adjustment, but CD and I waited until we felt completely ready…although I don't think you can ever be 100% ready for all the changes a baby brings. It now takes a lot longer to get anything done, and my to-do list is never ending. Leaving the house is challenging, and those spur of the moment trips to the grocery store or Target never happen anymore. There are no more mid-morning yoga classes at my favorite studio and no more sleeping in, but that's all okay. Target can wait, and thank goodness for YogaDownload! Yes, my life has been totally turned upside down, but I wouldn't change it for anything.
As far as my body goes, there have definitely been some changes in that department as well. During my pregnancy, I gained about 20 pounds. The first semester was horrible. Not only did I feel awful, but I ate pretty awful as well. None of my usual foods sounded good. I could hardly eat anything and lost about 10 pounds. Then around week 17, my appetite returned, and I ended up gaining a healthy amount of weight. I did my best to eat well but also tried to listen to my body and ate what I was truly craving…read there was a lot of ice-cream consumed. I stayed active. I walked almost everyday and took yoga classes throughout my pregnancy. Just because you have a big belly doesn't mean you can't exercise. I felt great during both my 2nd and 3rd trimesters and usually had a lot of energy. Again, there is nothing to fear about pregnancy. It is an amazing and wonderful thing, and if you lead a healthy lifestyle now, then you have all the tools to stay healthy and active while pregnant.
Some of you have asked how my body is feeling post-pregnancy. Well, to be honest, it's feeling a little flabby. Most of the weight I gained came right off after Summer was born, but there is still some work to do. I wore a Baboosh Belly Wrap for about a month. Post-partum belly binding has been around for centuries, and it really gave my stomach the support it needed following delivery.
This photo of me and my mom was taken the morning we left for the hospital..
And this photo was taken three weeks later…
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I fit into my old clothes, and my stomach is fine. However, I'm not happy with other parts of my body like my legs and arms. I miss my yoga shoulders and biceps. My thighs aren't my favorite things in the world right now…and don't even get me started on my boobs. That being said, I know that as time goes on, I'll tone up, but for now, it's not a top priority. I'm currently working out 5 days a week (Go Team HEAB!), and I know that staying active during my pregnancy allowed me to bounce back fairly quickly. Of course, my beloved tabata intervals are more challenging, and it's been months since I've done a Chaturanga, but I'll get back to where I was. It's just going to take a little time.
So, all this to say that I was frightened to death of having a baby, but I'd do it all over again in a heartbeat. Again, if you're eating well and exercising pre-pregnancy, then you'll be fine when the time comes to have a baby. Some women gain more weight than others, and some may have a harder time staying active due to energy levels or complications, but the female body was made to do this. You can so do this. Don't be scared, and trust me, it's the most rewarding thing I've ever done.
OK, just wanted to share that. Thanks for reading, and I hope that this post encourages some of you out there.
For more on my experience with yoga during pregnancy, please click here to read my interview at Front Porch Yoga.


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Ezra Levant has become an unlikely muse for Stephen Harper. The simple yet provocative phrase he invented - "ethical oil" - which is the title of his new book on the Alberta oil sands, is now part of the Harper Conservative lexicon.
Just like that, Peter Kent, the new Environment Minister, invoked the phrase last week to defend the oil sands; Prime Minister Harper repeated it two days later.
Although neither politician has read his book, Mr. Levant couldn't be more thrilled. "Yeah, I feel great," he said in an interview this week, describing this new and unexpected role as muse as "the icing on the cake."
No wonder. The larger-than-life lawyer, author, conservative political activist journalist and former spin doctor has not always seen eye-to-eye with the Prime Minister.
He once famously declared himself as a "Stockaholic" - his way of characterizing the depths of his support for Stockwell Day's leadership of the Canadian Alliance.
Mr. Day's stint as leader did not go well. Neither did Mr. Levant's stint as his communications director. It lasted only 13 weeks - back then he needed to work on his communication skills.
Later, Mr. Levant kept Mr. Harper sweating on the sidelines, taking his time to decide whether he would step aside for the new leader as the party's candidate in Calgary Southwest. Finally he did; Mr. Harper went on to win the riding.
All of this, however, is water under the bridge. Mr. Levant, 38, is a calmer fellow now and back influencing public opinion, having provided the Tories with new language, and a fresh way to sell the much-maligned oil sands and its dirty reputation.
Known more for self-promotion than humility, Mr. Levant considers his book a "debate changer."
"It's tough for Conservatives to defend the oil sands because the traditional Conservative arguments sound a little bit heartless - property rights, money, things like that," Mr. Levant said.
He believes the Prime Minister's characterization of Canada as an "energy superpower" is an ineffective phrase and poor way to sell the country's oil assets. "It doesn't ring true for Canadians," he argued. "First of all, I don't think we really think of ourselves as a superpower. … The Soviet Union was a superpower, you don't want to be like them."
Canadians, he asserted, see themselves as ethical - "People who try and do the right things, sort of the Boy Scouts of the world, the guys who help with foreign aid."
So the argument he poses in his book is really quite simple: Wouldn't you rather buy your oil from a country that respects human rights, workers' rights, peace and environmental responsibility rather than from countries such as Venezuela, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Iran?
"We don't kill gays. Well they do in Iran," said Mr. Levant. "We don't stone women to death. Well they do in Saudi.…"
Although he supports improving the operation of the oil sands, he cautions against comparing them to "some impossible-to-achieve perfection."
It was this way of thinking that led to him to concoct the phrase "ethical oil."
"I was just thinking about what would fit," he recalled. "There is the phrase 'conflict diamonds' and 'conflict-free diamonds' and that makes sense. I get it."
The genesis of the phrase, however, dates back to 2009 when he attended a writer's conference in Ottawa. He was asked, at the last minute, to participate in a panel on the oil sands. Realizing he was the "token Alberta whipping boy," Mr. Levant also knew that after 90 minutes he hadn't convinced anyone in the audience the oil sands were a good thing.
He decided to write a book to try to change some minds.
And he pictured the imaginary small-l liberal - a "twenty-something student at McGill, maybe taking vegetarian studies. Her name is Zoe, she's never been west of Hamilton" - he needed to win her over. "How am I going to talk to her," he asked himself. "Let's win the debate on her terms instead of trying to get her to accept my values."
Not wanting to repeat the same old lines, he purposely avoided contacting the big oil companies. "Instead of looking at right-wing sources, let me read up on Amnesty International …," he said, describing how he pursued his research. He wanted to come up with "new arguments" and "weird comparisons."
Last September, his book, Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada's Oil Sands, hit the stores. It's a "liberal book," Mr. Levant said, from a "right-wing guy."
Mr. Kent, meanwhile, plans to "eventually read Ezra's book as well as the books of people across the environmental spectrum," said the minister's spokesman Bill Rodgers.
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The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, 15 U.S.C. §2301 et seq. ("MMWA") is a federal law (basically a federal Lemon Law) that applies to all consumer product written warranties (including Motor Vehicle and RV/Motor Home warranties).
In some instances, the MMWA incorporates State warranty law for limited written warranties and implied warranties. For a majority of States across the nation, an RV/Motor Home warranty is breached under the MMWA if defect repairs are untimely, repetitive, or unreasonably numerous.
The main remedy for an RV/Motor Home limited warranty breach is diminution in value damages instead of a refund or replacement (the remedies for a Lemon Law violation; in some instances rescission, i.e., a refund/repurchase may be possible). Diminution of value means that a Motor Home was not worth what was paid for it at the time of purchase (the sales price) because of its defects. Basically, you should get some of your money back from the RV manufacturer because you did not get the new RV value you paid for, but instead got the equivalent of a used worn down RV that should have cost substantially less. See Milicevic v. Fletcher Jones, 402 F.3d 912, 919 (9th Cir. 2005). See also De Shazer v. National Holdings RV, 391 F.Supp.2d 791 (D. Ariz. 2005), Bray v. Monaco, 371 F.Supp.2d 1135 (D. Ariz. 2005), Muller v. Winnebago, 318 F. Supp. 2d 844 (D. Ariz. 2004).
Fortunately, a majority of RV/Motor Home cases are settled out of court without any lawsuit being filed. When litigation is required, our Firm brings RV/Motor Home MMWA cases in federal District Courts where the federal law is generally more favorable to consumers. The types of cases that can be brought are those where the amount in controversy is over $50,000. The amount in controversy for many RV cases meets or exceeds this requirment.
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At university you need to do much more than read books, listen to lectures and write essays and exams. In particular, there are two types of speaking skills you need to develop in your university study.
In many of the classes you attend, especially 'seminars' and 'tutorials', you will be expected not just to listen to the lecturer or tutor, but to actively contribute to discussion that takes place in the class between teacher and students.
You may also be required to prepare and make an oral presentation, by yourself or with one or more other students, on a particular topic – an item on your reading list, for example, or a piece of research that you have undertaken for the class – and to answer questions and participate in discussion.
The following pages offer suggestions, guidelines and, particularly for students who feel they are not fluent in English, language, to help with both these types of speaking skills.
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I love sweet potatoes. I can eat them smashed, whipped, baked, fried. I really don't care. I love them that much. Well in preparation for Thanksgiving, I went a bit overboard when it came to buying sweet potatoes. So not wanting any of my sweet potatoes to go to waste, I started thinking about fun ways in which I could prepare my favorite starch. I started looking for sweet potato recipes, and was intrigued when I saw recipes for sweet potato burgers. However, I was a bit turned off by the addition of tofu, beans, spices. I mean, I enjoy beans, tofu, and spices, but not with my sweet potato. I didn't want to add a lot of ingredients that would camouflage the sweet potato taste. So in thinking about my ingredients, I decided to stick with the basics, and just added a sweet potato, flour, brown sugar, and bread crumbs. What I created was simply delicious. Now I'm sad I only made enough for 1 serving. I know better next time ;). I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Dice up 1 small sweet potato and add to a pot of boiling water. When sweet potato is fork tender, drain water from pot, and mash diced sweet potato with a fork. Once mashed, add 1/4 cup of the mashed sweet potato to a bowl. Then add 1 tablespoon flour and 1 tablespoon brown sugar to bowl. Mix well.
Form sweet potato mix into a patty. On plate add panko breadcrumbs, and pat into patty. In a frying pan add 1/2 tablespoon canola oil and place on medium heat. Once oil is heated, add patty and pan fry. When 1 side is brown, flip and brown the other side. When done, keep patty in frying pan, and place pan in 375 degree oven for 5-10 minutes. When done, remove pan from oven.
What patty looks like once removed from oven.
Of course EVERY great burger needs a GREAT sauce. In keeping it simple, I just whipped up a sauce using 1 teaspoon brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon honey, and 2 teaspoons mayonnaise. Add all ingredients into a bowl and whip until completely mixed.
To assemble burger, add sauce to toasted honey wheat bun. Place warm patty on top of sauce, top with spring greens, and drizzle remaining sauce over greens.
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Sweet Potato Burger with Brown Sugar & Honey Mayo
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1/4 cup cooked mashed sweet potatoes
1 tablespoon flour
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1/2 tablespoon canola oil
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Hi, we have a wasp's nest in the woodwork at the front of our house and they've started dropping into our lounge through a hole by the windowsill!
We're putting them out the back garden, as they are drowsy and I don't think they will last much longer anyway in the cold - poor things really.
We've had lots of workers, and drones...but today one dropped through and it was a big wasp, about one inch, and she was black - hardly any yellow on her - would this be the queen? She was very dozy too. She doesn't look like any of the queens I have seen online, hence my question; she wasn't bright yellow?
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|Acceleration response induced by buffeting and vortex may be large enough to go beyond the serviceability criteria when wind speed is lower than the design one. For long span bridges in the high wind speed, flutter stability performance often needs to be further improved with installment of control devices. The control to achieve the two objectives with an adaptive energy absorber system whose stiffness can be adjusted is adopted in the paper. The adaptive controller is designed to meet the serviceability criteria when wind speed is lower than the design one. When wind speed is high than the design one, the adaptive energy absorber is tuned to trace the optimal variables to make the acceleration response be minimal since too large acceleration response may cause the accumulation of fatigue on the bridge. When wind speed is even higher, the continuo[u]s tracing of frequency for the flutter dominant mode may control flutter accordingly. Yichang Suspension Bridge is selected to demonstrate the multiple objectives control scheme.
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MANAMA, Bahrain, May 22 (UPI) -- Bahrain Tuesday amended its penal code to provide for freedom of speech and expression in a bid to end year-long protests and preserve the monarchy.
On another front, the government is seeking to fast track a Gulf Cooperation Council union, an idea promoted by Saudi Arabia to create a federation for the six member countries to bring more stability to the region and counter Iran's interference, the Gulf Daily News reported.
Prime Minister Khalifah ibn Sulman al-Khalifah and Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa met to discuss the situation and warned against those who "sold their souls to become tools of destruction," the Gulf Daily News reported.
In response to rights groups' call for a "more open society," the Shura Council approved an amendment to the penal code to allow people to exercise freedom of expression and speech in line with the Constitution and the National Action Charter, the Daily Gulf News said.
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That pucks. The NHL announced Thursday that it will postpone its opening day two weeks as the 19-day-old player lockout shows no sign of ending before Oct. 11, the previously planned start of the season. The delay—the new opening day will be Oct. 24—means 82 games will be canceled. Players and owners are currently at a stalemate on how to divide hockey-related revenue; previously, players were receiving 57 percent and the owners were receiving 43 percent. Sadly, hockey fans are used to this by now. This is the third time in 18 years that the NHL has canceled games because of a lockout.


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When a wiki page is renamed or deleted, the counters used by the PageViewPlugin (http://www.jspwiki.org/wiki/PageViewPlugin) are not adapted accordingly. As a results of this, the overview of counters can contains pages that do not exist anymore. The counters of these pages will not be incremented anymore, so they will disappear of the top list, but they still remain in the full list. It would make sense to remove the counters for deleted pages. It would defnitely make sense to update the counters when a page is renamed.
A visit to a non existing page is also stored by the PageViewPlugin, eg by clicking on a link to a page showing the message "This page does not exist. Why don't you go and create it?" is stored as a valid visit. Counting visits to non existing pages seems something of very low value.
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This problem is making testing via the PageViewPluginTest difficult. Enclosed patch fixes the problem with PVPT's testShowCountsBasic() by using new pages not referenced by any other test. However, it introduces a problem in testShowCountsSorted() because it ends up seeing new pages (already deleted in testShowCountsBasic()) that end up conflicting with what it is trying to test. Along with attached patch, I'd recommend disabling (ignoring) the testShowCountsSorted() just to allow JSPWiki to build until this issue is fixed.
Enclosed patch does not handle renames (yet), but does appear to handle deletes fine. With a delete, the count in the PageViewPlugin for that page resets to zero. The patch also fully fixes
JSPWIKI-750 so a specialized test suite is no longer necessary.
In this patch, I created a temporary nonStaticDeleteTestPage in TestEngine (needed because a "delete page" event needs to be thrown) that sits alongside the current static deleteTestPage. If this patch is accepted, I plan on soon sending another patch getting rid of the latter and renaming the former to the latter. I'm holding back on that now because it's a nontrivial amount of work and I don't want to go too far into the patch if there's a problem with it for other reasons.
I also noticed the current trunk doesn't seem to do a good job in incrementing page views (perhaps it's just because my IP address viewing it and the page view plugin is careful not to increment multiple times under those circumstances--I'm unsure.) AFAICT that's unrelated to this patch.
Test case: Create a list of most frequently accessed pages (show=list), as described here: http://www.jspwiki.org/wiki/PageViewPlugin, along with a few pages that have the PageViewPlugin defined within them. Then delete a page--you'll note the deleted page is still in the PVP's count. After applying this patch, a page delete will result in that page being removed from the PVP's list.
Glen, just to let you know, I hope to get me some time this weekend to get this patch in.
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Our commitment to progress and innovation has inspired best-in-class initiatives. We have policies in place to help protect against discrimination. Full benefits are offered to same gender domestic partners. And, since 2007, Toyota has had a transgender policy and transition plan in place.
Our GALA Business Partnering Group promotes professional development for LGBT associates. We proudly support the Human Rights Campaign, GLAAD, The Point Foundation, AIDS Walk Los Angeles, and the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) as well as LA based LifeWorks which provides mentoring for LGBT youth. Accolades from leading LGBT organizations recognize Toyota's efforts. Our perfect 100% score on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index serves as but one example. We accept these honors with pride and appreciation. They serve to acknowledge that we are indeed making a difference and that our words are supported by our deeds.
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Britt Montero is staying on a blissfully solitary tropical
island while healing from the death of her fiancé when her
best friend, photographer Lottie Dane, shows up. Lottie and Britt
go surfing, and soon after expressing the wish that they'd brought
a camera to capture the glorious views, they find one in the surf.
It's a waterproof disposable camera with three exposures to go. So,
while Lottie fills Britt in on what's happening back home in Miami
and at the newspaper they both work for, they snap a few
Britt is intrigued to learn that the Cold Case Squad is looking for
her. She is also suffering from cash flow problems, so she decides
to head home with Lottie. They leave contact info with locals in
case the camera owner appears, and then they fly on home.
Back at work, Britt persuades her editor to let her return to the
police beat, although he seems reluctant. Lottie shows her the
photos she's developed from the found camera. The pictures portray
a vibrant, handsome young couple obviously in love, probably on
their honeymoon. Britt can't help but feel sad; if Kendall McDonald
hadn't died, the pictures of the tropical honeymoon might have been
of Kendall and Britt.
At the police station, Britt discovers that the notorious
kidnapper, Spencer York, has been murdered. York had been a
kidnapper-for-hire for fathers without custody of their children,
and his methods had been brutal. Britt had been instrumental in his
arrest and imprisonment; she also had spoken to him right before he
jumped bail. Now he is dead, and there are too many suspects.
Britt gets an even bigger shock when she sees a Coast Guard alert
for newlyweds missing on their honeymoon. She recognizes the
photos. It's the same couple whose happy faces had appeared on the
film from the camera she and Lottie found on the beach.
Britt's personal story weaves through and between the two mystery
plots --- and it packs some startling revelations. The characters
in LOVE KILLS are fleshed out, three-dimensional and real, and
they're surrounded by lots of terrific Miami atmosphere, capturing
the flavor of the city. Edna Buchanan is masterly at pulling the
reader along with clever cliffhangers; she also incorporates a
chase scene that manages to be thrilling, frightening and crazily
hilarious. Three plot twists truly surprised and delighted this
jaded, seen-it-all mystery reader.
LOVE KILLS is pure enjoyment, and while Buchanan is a new author to
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A US high school athlete has surprised visitors to his games, displaying an unusual skills set on the sporting field.
The giant 152kg gridiron player was talent spotted while enjoying his other sport – cheerleading – Fox4 reports.
Armand Fernandez-Pierre, a senior student at Episcopal School of Dallas, was reluctant to give up the cheer squad so struck a deal with football coach Clayton Sanders to participate in the cheer routine at halftime. "The deal was that he and my cheer coach would have to figure a way that I could play both sports in the same season," Armand said.
Sanders also had to overcome Fernandez-Pierre's reluctance to rejoin a sport he quit after suffering a serious neck injury in the eighth grade. He now enjoys both sports and his prowess on the football team has inspired interest from scouts for college teams, opening up tertiary educational opportunities for the teenager under the US sports scholarship system.
"We fought tooth and nail to keep him just on our team and our sideline," Eric Daboa, Episcopal School of Dallas cheer coach, said. "But we realised what a good athlete he is and understand the opportunities that he may have with football."
Armand finds similarities in the two sports, though he approaches each with a different attitude. "[Cheer] is about encouraging each other and moving forward as a group and a team," Armand said. "When it comes to football I love being able to be, I guess - how could you say it - brutal."
"He's the big brother of the entire team," says Daboa. "He never lets anyone fall, never lets anyone hit the ground."
"Believe or not, cheer is one of the most physical sports I've ever done and I've done a wide range of sports including lacrosse or wrestling," says Fernandez-Pierre.
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Home Center Eyes Rival Ace Hardware
A merger between two major do-it-yourself chains may be in the offing, Haaretz has learned: Home Center is looking into the possibility of buying Ace Hardware.
But such a merger might well be vetoed by the Antitrust Authority. "On the face of things, it seems that a merger between Home Center and Ace would be problematic," Antitrust Commissioner Dror Strum said last night. "But we haven't yet received any such request. If we do, we'll examine it."
Home Center is Israel's largest DIY chain, with some 40 branches nationwide and estimated annual sales of about NIS 1 billion. Ace, its principal competitor, has 25 stores, plus 12 stores under the Auto Depot name. Ace's turnover in 2004 was about NIS 570 million.
Ace is currently owned by Zeevi Holdings, a member of the Galaxo group. Galaxo was recently taken over by a court-appointed receiver, attorney Lipa Meir, at the request of its creditor, First International Bank.
Sources connected to Home Center said that the chain is currently seeking access to Ace's books to help it decide whether to pursue the acquisition. According to these sources, Antitrust Authority officials have said that they cannot bar such access, but Meir, Galaxo's receiver, is refusing to open the company's books to Home Center without a pre-ruling from Strum that he would not bar the merger.
Home Center is interested in buying Ace because it is currently having trouble growing on its own, the sources added. They rejected the suggestion that Home Center's overtures are merely a way of obtaining information about a key rival.
No response was obtainable from Home Center last night. Ace CEO Yaki Vadmani said that he has no idea who the candidates to acquire Ace are, but as far as he knows, the chain has not yet opened its books to any potential buyers.
But Vadmani was skeptical about the chances of Strum's approving a merger between Home Center and Ace. "I have no doubt that the commissioner would permit Home Center to buy Ace - a minute after permitting Yedioth Ahronoth to buy Maariv and Supersol to buy Blue Square," he said sarcastically, referring to two megamergers that Strum would almost certainly veto.
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Over the past week, I've spent more time on the 1900 block of Market Street than I have over the past ten years or so — if you don't include my regular Sunday-night stops at El Chapultepec (1962 Market Street) for live jazz. The 'Pec, which has been around for more than seven decades, was once one of the few reasons to go to this sketchy part of town (Mori was another). But with the opening of Coors Field in 1995, bars poured into the neighborhood, and as a result, Friday and Saturday nights could be completely nuts. We're talking cars with the booty bass pumping and sidewalks littered with the drunken Abercrombie & Fitch frat-guy set and the gals they adore — you know, the ones with the fake tans who love to have as much skin exposed as possible.
But lately the block has been undergoing another transformation, most evident at 1920 Market, which closed its doors as B-52 Billiards in early 2006, then re-emerged several months later as the set for The Real World: Denver. Last December, Shane Alexander and Josh Hawkinson bought the building to turn it into a club/restaurant named the Abbey, which then became Theorie when a place with the same name in California took offense. The change put a major crimp in the owners' plans, but they still managed to open the doors to Theorie on Monday, August 13.
This wasn't the first change in plans, either. Originally, Alexander and Hawkinson had planned to put the Abbey in a building at 3300 Osage Street, a block east of St. Patrick's. But when the Real World building went on the market, they jumped at the chance to scoop it up for upwards of $3 million. The 7,000-square-foot Osage location is currently on the market for $995,000, down from the initial $1.3 million asking price.
But they haven't skimped on this spot. When I checked out Theorie on its first night in business, I was blown away by how slick it looked, and how very un-Real World: lots of exposed brick, private booths, lush sofas and chandeliers. These guys have obviously spent a ton of money, hoping to attract an elite, ultra-chic crowd. And at last Friday's soft grand-opening party, it looked like they'd succeeded. The place was packed inside and on the patio with a mixture of the standard LoDo crowd and swankier folks you'd normally find five blocks away, at places like Monarck (1416 Market) or Mynt (1424 Market). It seemed like people were digging Theorie; I even spied couples getting cozy against some pillows in the front room and in one of the back rooms, where topless (except for body paint) go-go dancers got their groove on while a bongo player kept time with the music on the sound system.
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I couldn't help but think about how far this neighborhood has come since my favorite night at the 'Pec back in the early '90s. One quiet Sunday, the house band invited this lanky guy, maybe in his seventies, up to the stage. Horn players were rarely miked in those days, but they set up a microphone for this guy. His tenor had a light, wispy, Stan Getz-like tone. After his few songs, I learned that he had cancer of the tongue. If he didn't get his tongue cut off — which would mean he couldn't play the sax — he'd die.
But he'd decided to go out playing.
Club scout: Congrats to Rockbar (3015 East Colfax Avenue) owner Jesse Morreale, who's throwing the club's first-anniversary party this weekend. On Friday, August 24, the music will flow with DJs Wesley Wayne, Thomas, Wigdan Giddy, Dragondeer and St. Higgins. On Saturday, August 25, it's DJs Dealer, Paris and Scooter. Oh, and Mad Dog shots are free from 9 to 11 p.m. both nights. On August 30, Rockstar Aaron celebrates a year of spinning at Rockbar, with Lipgloss DJs Tyler Jacobson and Michael Trundle.


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It seems the Denver Broncos, thanks to their bungled trade efforts regarding Kyle Orton, have one confused and less than happy quarterback in camp.
But it's not Orton, it's Tim Tebow.
Given how everybody believed Orton was on the way out, Tebow thought the No. 1 quarterback job had fallen into his lap. But when the deal with Miami never materialized, Orton is back running the offence and has reclaimed the No. 1 job.
Tebow, it seems, doesn't quite know how to react.
"My dream, since I was a young boy, of being a starting quarterback in the NFL seemed to be coming true," Tebow told Woody Paige of the Denver Post. "Then, I felt like it was grabbed back away."
Not only that, the past few days Tebow has been ripped in some quarters, especially by ESPN analyst Merril Hoge.
"I'm trying to insulate myself from what people in the media are saying, but I've seen some of it, and it hurts because it's coming from people who haven't seen me practice, haven't seen me play, haven't seen what I can do," he said. "I did an interview the other day with someone on the NFL Network who said last year I'd never play a down in the NFL. He was wrong.
"Others who say I won't make it are wrong. They don't know what I'm capable of and what's inside me. My family and my friends have been bothered by what's gone on, and I tell them to pay no attention to it. I'm relying as always on my faith. I'll always use the negativity as more motivation to work even harder and become even stronger."
What Tebow has to do is suck it up and not come across as a player who believes he's entitled to the job that was almost his.
Now, he'll have to earn it the old fashioned way -- through hard work and perseverance.
One thing that is money in the bank remains the fact that if the media offers a suggestion to New England coach Bill Belichick, it will be immediately dismissed and be followed by a terse dissertation, the message being that those asking the questions are know-nothing fools.
Case in point is the fact that the Patriots are the new employers of defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth, who last year had a running battle with the Washington Redskins who wanted Haynesworth to be the centrepiece of a 3-4 defence.
So given that, it seemed like a logical query to ask Belichick about the Patriots defence switching to a 4-3 defence given Haynesworth's presence and preference.
Belichick's response was that the Patriots had often used four lineman in the past, that he employed the 4-3 defence when he was with Cleveland and the Giants and that he isn't married to any one defensive set.
"We won two Super Bowls playing a 4-3," Belichick told reporters. "In '01 and '04. Second half of the '01 season, we played 4-3 after Bryan Cox and (Ted) Johnson got hurt."
It's the personnel, not the scheme that matters in the end.
"I think honestly (the 3-4 reliance) is something that's a media fabrication," Belichick said. "There are a lot of different alignments out there, you see 4-3 teams use odd spacing, you see 3-4 teams use even spacing. Look, you have 11 players. You can put them in various positions. Whether you want to put it in the pre-game depth chart as one thing or another I think is a little bit overrated."
No matter the sport, a sore back is about the last ailment an athlete wants to suffer through.
One thing we know to be true about backs is that what looks to be a minor issue can easily develop into something of substance as backs usually get worse before they get better.
So when Jacksonville quarterback David Garrard felt something in his back Thursday night, the Jaguars immediately shut him down.
"David's back got a little tight, so we're just icing him down," coach Jack Del Rio told reporters. "He'll get treatment and all that. But he should be fine, so nothing major there.
"He came to me after the first team period, then to (trainer) Mike Ryan, and said it was getting tight. It's not the time to push through that kind of thing, so just let it settle down."
Del Rio added that he expects Garrard to play during the team's scrimmage Saturday night.
"I would be surprised if he didn't," he said. "Based on what Mike had relayed just now, it's just a little tight. Sometimes you need to work the core and the stretching and some of those things that maybe you don't do when you're not here all the time working with trainers. We'll get a handle on it, but all indications are it won't be a major deal."
Still, with backs you never know and in the past Garrard has missed practice time because of similar problems.
It's worth watching.
Titans receiver Kenny Britt believed his hamstring issues were a thing of the past but like his run-ins with the law, they just keep cropping up.
Due to lingering hamstring problems, Britt has been unable to participate in the team's practices even though he kept in shape during the off-season through a workout routine that was yoga based.
"I thought it was behind me when I was doing all that yoga this summer," Britt said. "But I guess the yoga lady took my money and ran.
"I am doing whatever the trainers tell me to do and hopefully I will be back (soon). To tell you the truth, I ask every day to get out there ... I am just taking a precaution."
All in all it's been an interesting off-season for Britt.
In June, the day after he paid $478 in fines after pleading guilty to a misdemeanour charge of careless driving in New Jersey, he was arrested with two counts of resisting arrest.
Britt was also charged with tampering with evidence as police alleged that he tried to conceal and crush a cigar that was loaded with marijuana.
Not sure if that was part of the yoga exercise treatment.


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If you can't resist the smell of popcorn at the cinema or bacon sizzling in the pan - and it's wreaking havoc on your waistline - there's good news. Scientists from the US believe they could be onto a new way of tackling the obesity problem. And that's by making foods smell less appealing.
The researchers, from the University of California, claim to have discovered why food smells so much more delicious when you're hungry. And by developing drugs that could block the process, those aromas could seem far less tempting.
In other words, chips, fry-ups, curries and puddings just won't smell that good. And that, the experts claim, could help you eat less - or at least when you're hungry you may eat something healthy rather than something stodgy.
Writing in the journal Cell, the researchers came across the idea after studying fruit flies - which are more genetically similar to humans than most people realise, which is why they're often used in lab studies.
In tests the flies that were hungry were more attracted to food than those who had been fed - no surprises there. But when the researchers interfered with the insects' sense of smell, the hungry ones no longer showed interest in the food.
Apparently it's all down to a protein that's produced when insulin levels drop, making the flies feel hungry. The more of the protein they produce, the keener their sense of smell. And human noses may behave in the same way, so taking insulin-boosting drugs could make food smell less tasty and thereby reduce your appetite.
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It is time to make your opinion known as the 7th annual SportsBusiness Journal/SportsBusiness Daily Reader Survey is underway. The survey features more than 100 questions across leagues, teams, facilities, sponsorship, media, labor and more.
■ Which company does the best job aligning with college sports?
■ Which naming-rights deal will be the most effective?
■ Which facility is in the greatest need of renovation or replacement?
■ What is the biggest threat to sports?
■ What's the best sports event to attend?
■ Which agent would you want to negotiate your next contract?
■ Which event is produced the best on television?
■ Who is your favorite TV game broadcast analyst?
Those are some of the questions you'll find in this year's survey. Cast your votes and then see highlights of the results the week of Nov. 28. We want to hear from you. Vote now!
Catching Up With Loudmouth Golf CEO Larry Jackson
Loudmouth Golf CEO LARRY JACKSON is making moves that are just as bold as his product offerings. Jackson went from consumer to CEO in '07, when he joined the company known for its loud designs. He has since watched the company's profits reach $1M in '08 and double since that time. Jackson estimates Loudmouth will reach $10M in gross revenue by the end of this year. With testing for a new kids line in the final stages and samples and designs for a new swimwear and resort line in the queue, Jackson said the company will be making a strong push into licensing to expand its product line. The brand made famous by golfer JOHN DALY and the Norwegian curling team is hoping to make its name in sports and entertainment, and Jackson is at the helm of that effort.
Describe Loudmouth in one word: Fabulous.
Number of days a week you wear Loudmouth apparel? I don't remember the last time I walked out of my door without some Loudmouth on me. I am 24/7 unless I'm going to some event that it might be construed as rude to upstage someone. Like a wedding I might just wear a Loudmouth and then put a sports coat on for the reception. … The last funeral I was at I was even in Loudmouth at the behest of the bereaved wife.
Q: What is the best (or most memorable or unique) reaction to wearing Loudmouth clothing in a business setting?
Jackson: I came from the high-tech world and I lived in Japan for a long time, so every business meeting was so prim and proper and organized, and they had agendas. And before you walked into a meeting, you all sat in the correct seats in the room based on your position within your company. It was neat to learn that whole extremely tricky and intricate business etiquette in Japan. But Loudmouth is just the diametrically opposed opposite because every business meeting some crazy thing happens or some weird story pops out. We never walk into a meeting where we're not appalling someone in some way.
Q: Can you articulate what your brand is, what it stands for and who you are targeting?
Jackson: The original thought behind the products was the great golf pants of the '70s, bring them back into fashion because they were fun and when you wear pants like these you have more fun. … Our target market is people who like to have fun, who want to increase their chances of having a better and more exciting day than they would otherwise.
Q: So your target market isn't specifically golfers?
Jackson: I've got to say it is for golfers right now and that's probably 90% of what our sales go to is golfers, but a huge chunk of these golfers who are buying Loudmouth products right now are wearing them to everything -- parties, concerts, sporting events. … You get hooked on just the fun and attention factor of Loudmouth. Those customers that have been wearing the golf clothing outside the golf course are clamoring for us to put Loudmouth patterns on more and different products, both apparel and other categories of items. That's why we have done ski pants now, we're working on kids clothes, we've got a resort line with board shorts, hoodies and things like that, swimwear, coming out in the next few months. It's aimed at golfers now, but we are on the verge of rapidly expanding into other arenas.
Q: What other categories are you looking to expand into?
Jackson: We're going to top manufacturers and working on licensing deals where they put Loudmouth patterns on other types of products, and over the next year or so, we're going to produce the apparel lines ourselves, like the resortwear, the kids and so forth. We're talking to lots of different types of companies right now to put Loudmouth patterns on soup to nuts at least in regard to products that we, inside Loudmouth, like, would use ourselves and would consider a quality product and that we will use in our daily lives.
Q: What's the number one request from consumers on a category they would like the company to expand into?
Jackson: The ski pants we heard a lot. … Snowboard, kids, board shorts and boxer shorts we hear all the time.
Q: How did the association with the Norwegian curling team come about?
Jackson: In the summer curling championships in 2009 the Norwegian curling team, in every international competition as long as anyone can remember, everyone has only worn black pants. So the curling team wore black pants in 2009, but they put on pink belts. And the pink belts themselves got enough airplay and mentions in various publications, and they only won third place in that particular tournament. But they got so many mentions that they said why don't we step it up a notch and do something more interesting? In the process of researching the Olympic uniform that you can and can't use, they decided interesting pants would be the way to go and they basically Googled "wild pants" or "crazy pants" or something like that and we popped up number one. They just ordered them online with a credit card and didn't even tell us!" (Editor's note: Loudmouth signed the Norwegian curling team to a five-year sponsorship deal through the next '14 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The team wears Loudmouth pants in every competition.)
Executive Transactions
Breeders' Cup COO & CFO MATTHEW LUTZ is "stepping down at the end of the year and has accepted a position working for Gainesway Farm owner ANTONY BECK" (PAULICKREPORT.com, 10/18)....The Fore!Kids Foundation named AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Tournament Dir STEVE WORTHY CEO and Tournament Dir of the Zurich Classic. He succeeds TOMMY FONSECA, who stepped down in June after running the event for five years (NOLA.com, 10/18)....The Royals named TIM CONROY and JIM FREGOSI JR. as Special Assistants to GM DAYTON MOORE (Royals)....The Univ. of Alabama named ACC Associate Commissioner SHANE LYONS Deputy AD (AL.com, 10/18).
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Four U.S. Senate Democrats and health officials from Dallas and St. Louis are urging the MLBPA to "agree to a ban on chewing tobacco at games and on camera" ahead of the start of the Rangers-Cardinals World Series tonight. The senators are DICK DURBIN (Ill.), FRANK LAUTENBERG (N.J.), RICHARD BLUMENTHAL (Conn.) and TOM HARKIN (Iowa). With the current CBA expiring in December, politicians and groups like the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids "want the players to agree to a tobacco ban in the next contract" (AP, 10/18).
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE: First Lady MICHELLE OBAMA; DR. JILL BIDEN, wife of Vice President JOE BIDEN, and MLB Commissioner BUD SELIG this afternoon will visit a VA Medical Center in St. Louis for a military family appreciation event. The event will also spotlight a new PSA for the Welcome Back Veterans charity debuting today on MLB.com and the MLB Network featuring Yankees 1B MARK TEIXEIRA and Rays DH JOHNNY DAMON. Mets Owner FRED WILPON, a key figure in the creation of the Welcome Back Veterans program that aids returning military personnel, also is slated to attend. Obama and Wilpon are also scheduled to attend Game One of the World Series tonight (Eric Fisher, SportsBusiness Journal).
DREAM ON: In Columbus, Ken Gordon reported PepsiMax Field Of Dreams video contest winner TIM WISECUP will get to "throw out the first pitch at a World Series game and -- in the spring in Columbus -- field a team to play against a 'dream team' of former major-leaguers." The Pepsi contest had entrants "voting for their favorite all-time players on MLB.com," and four finalists "were chosen via a random drawing." An MLB film crew helped each finalist make "a short video -- posted online -- suggesting why he should win the contest." Site visitors from Sept. 14 to Oct. 5 "could vote for the 'best' as often as they wanted." Wisecup's daughter, KATIE, "helped him set up a Facebook account to promote his candidacy, and he and his friends canvassed" Hilliard, Ohio, athletic events seeking support. Pepsi "did not release the final vote tallies" (COLUMBUS DISPATCH, 10/15).
NATIONAL PRIDE: Heat F MIKE MILLER, Bulls G DERRICK ROSE, Hawks G JOE JOHNSON, Hawks C AL HORFORD, Bobcats G D.J. AUGUSTIN, Kings G TYREKE EVANS, Wizards C JAVALE MCGEE, Nets C BROOK LOPEZ and Suns C ROBIN LOPEZ will appear in the "Hoops For Troops" USO/Armed Forces Entertainment tour Oct. 23-28 in Hawaii. The tour is scheduled to include "visits to multiple military bases, two youth clinics and time with military families" (South Florida SUN-SENTINEL, 10/19)....Former U.S. track athlete MARION JONES will represent the U.S. State Department this week in a "series of diplomatic visits" to Serbia and Croatia (AP, 10/19).
NAMES: MLS DC United F CHARLIE DAVIES filed a lawsuit last week in D.C. Superior Court against Das Enterprises, owner of nightclub Shadow Room, and Red Bull North America, the company that hosted a party on Oct. 12, '09 at which "alcohol was served to the driver responsible for a car accident that severely injured the soccer player and killed another passenger" (WASHINGTONPOST.com, 10/18)….Late Dolphins TE and broadcaster JIM MANDICH will be "inducted into the team's Honor Roll" on Dec. 4 during a game against the Redskins (South Florida SUN-SENTINEL, 10/19)….Martinsville Speedway "has painted its curbs in the inside of its corners pink in recognition of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month." The track will host the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Tums Fast Pain Relief 500 on Oct. 30 (ROANOKE TIMES, 10/19).
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POL251 (Liberal Arts) Puerto Rican Politics 3 hrs. 3 crs. The process of political modernization with focus on mass participation, elite interaction, and urban-rural relationships; analyses of Puerto Rican political parties and interest groups, such as the Catholic Church, students, workers, the industrial elite, and United States foreign interests. Preq: 3 credits in Political Science or permission of the instructor.


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The Madison Park Greetings building will live on (Image: CHS)
Plans for a 250-unit apartment building with a whopping 12,000 square feet of retail space on the backside of Pike/Pine will be revealed to the public next week as the 1020 E Union project begins its path through the city's design process. Beyond height, bulk and scale, there are some big questions to ask. As the largest site to ever be developed in Pike-Pine — a half block with frontage on three streets — does the project do enough to preserve the character of the neighborhood it is planned to be part of?
Developers of the project that will fill a 44,000 square-foot half-block at 10th and Union say they plan to take advantage of the neighborhood's programs that reward preservation of character structures with the right to build taller, thicker and bigger.
"We're excited about the Madison Park building at the corner," a rep for Alliance Realty Partners tells CHS. "It really can be quite spectacular. They want to go beyond restaurants. We will be sitting down Friday with retailers to brainstorm."
This massing proposal will be part of the discussion Wednesday night (Image: Alliance)
Project: 1020 E Union St mapDesign Proposal available (33.3 MB)
Review Meeting: March 21, 6:30pm Seattle University Casey Commons 901 12th Ave map 5th Floor 500E Review Phase: EDG–Early Design Guidance Project Number: 3013040 permit status | notice Planner: Lisa Rutzick
Plans for the development call for a six-story apartment building with 250 units, 12,000 square feet of ground floor retail along Union and 10th and 11th Ave and underground parking for 180 vehicles. The project is directly across the street from this 10th/Union project where demolition is just being completed and just across Union from the development planned to take the place of the Undre Arms apartment building (that we're told is still happening, by the way). Additionally, Alliance tells us that they are planning the 1020 E Union project's north wall as if there will soon be yet another project built in the Hunters Capital-owned parking lot behind the recently-sold Winston apartment building.
Project Goals (from design packet, below)
1. ENHANCE CONNECTION BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS — Currently the 12th Ave Urban Center and the Pike/Pine Urban Center are connected via 12th Avenue,which has emerged as a lively street with a varietyof shops, restaurants, and bars. Our project's streetlevel character will create more reasons to go a littlefurther on 10th, 11th, and Union, enhancing the connectionbetween these two neighborhoods.
2. REINFORCE CAPITOL HILL CHARACTER — Capitol Hill is a diverse and lively community, withextensive street life both in the daytime and the evening. Boutique shops, arts venues, bars, and some ofthe best restaurants in the city fill the street level. Amixture of historic brick residences, industrial "autorow"style buildings, and contemporary mixed-usedevelopments frame these street level activities. Ourproject will respond to and enhance both the historicand contemporary aspects of the neighborhood.
3. CREATE HIGH-QUALITY URBAN HOUSING — This project will be a long-term investment in theCapitol Hill neighborhood. Therefore, the materialsand design are intended to have a lasting and positiveimpact on the stock of contemporary urban living in Seattle and inspire other builders and designers to do the same.
This 1915 building? Doomed (Image: CHS)
Set for a major windfall in all of this is the Jacobsen family. Judi Jacobsen started the Madison Park Greetings company in 1977 and she and late husband Conrad acquired the various parcels on their half-block over the years including the purchase of the 1406 10th Ave E building in 1997 for $850,000, according to King County Records. Alliance won't say what they are paying for the land but we're told the sale will close in the next year. For what it's worth, the parcels had a combined "appraised land value" in 2011 of just under $6 million.
While the masonry 1920 Madison Park Greetings building is currently planned to be preserved as a commercial facade on the southeast corner of the new building, other character structures on the seven parcels that will be combined for the project are most likely doomed — including the 1915 building that has been home to Capitol Hill Housing and the Pravda event space.
"The Pravda building is the most difficult," the Alliance rep said. "Its basement comes up above street level. It's a very complicated site zoning wise."
The developers say requirements around making the building's street level comply to pedestrian requirements make it impossible to incude the 1406 10th Ave E building in their plans.
From the design review document, here's a look at the buildings that will make way for the new development:
Other developers and land owners in the area who have been briefed on the project said they would like to see Alliance do more to address the spirit of the Pike/Pine Historical Overlay District.
"At the end of the day, the overlay is an incentive not a mandate, and developers like Alliance will still prefer to do the kind of project they've done on other large sites around the country," developer Liz Dunn said. "I think it is hard for them to see that a more granular approach to the site might give them a more successful/valuable piece of real estate in the long run, especially given the institutional nature of the money that drives this kind of development."
At next week's Early Design Guidance meeting, the discussion will be, as usual, limited to issues of height, bulk and scale. The preferred option put forth by the developer shows a segmented block designed to create breaks along 10th and 11th Ave and present a friendlier front than the block-long walls running east to west. The architect on the project is Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects.Their work will also become part of the Hill at the project destined to fill the space where the Marion Apartments were just knocked down. You can see other Ankrom Moisan projects in the project design packet, below, on page 28.
The packet also provides some details on the planned preservation of the Madison Park building:
From the beginning of the design on this project, we have wanted to conserve the architectural character of the neighborhood by saving the best elements of our site. We believe in preserving in a way that maximizes the benefit to the neighborhood in general, meets the city's development goals, and the serves future residents of our site.In addition to conservation, other development goals of the Capitol Hill Pike/Pine Urban Village are to build on the network of vibrant street level activities, and create more urban housing. Our response is to conserve the Madison Park building, which meets these criteria:
1. Has significant architectural appeal
2. Has retained original architectural character for preservation
3. Is compatible with future vibrant street uses
4. Is compatible with urban housing density goals
These criteria weigh the desires of preservationists, the city, the neighborhood, and future residents who want to live in Capitol Hill. By these measures, we believe only the Madison Park Group Building on the SE corner of the site is desireable and feasible for conservation. The development bonuses recived makes the conservation feasible.The other brick buildings on the site have undergone significant modification, lack the finer detailing and architectural character of the corner building, and are not compatible with creating vibrant and active street level uses which would extend the pedestrian network in the neighborhood.Saving the Madison Park Group Building's facade is viable and desireable architectural solution for meeting the neighborhood's architectural conservation goals.
Alliance also says that it is planning to include smaller retail spaces in the development averaging 2,000 square-feet or less in size.
The Alliance representative tells us if all goes as planned, demolition could begin by this time next year.
Correction: When first posted, this article included a quote from an unnamed Pike/Pine landowner. That landowner was talking about the other 10th/Union project. We have removed the quote.


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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — It looks like heavy rain and speed led a driver to flip her vehicle over on an exit ramp this morning in Wilmington.
Highway Patrol says the driver was taking a sharp curve on the Castle Hayne exit off of MLK Parkway when she hit the median. That caused her SUV to flip over into the other lane. A trooper says the driver was traveling too fast for the wet conditions.
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The history of print media is, primarily, the history of freedom of conscience. The evolution of conscience freedom in the late '80s early '90s of the last century has catalyzed the substantial development of newspapers and magazines in Moldova. The development of progressive research of the Moldovian news media institutions highlights very rapid and dramatic the changes occurring in the post-totalitarian. The field of communication in Moldova was marked by monopoly dispersing of a single party, by the affirming of pluralism views, asserting of market economy laws and by the appearing of private sector, etc. The periodical publications of that time expressed the need for liberation, solidarity, and became a tool and a combative stand against the old regime of spreading and implementing new democratic standards. In this context, the local press, which is a set of information that the various publications and thematic coverage captures readers' attention and became a mouthpiece of citizen interest in geographical proximity (urban, rural, regional) was not an exception.
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I had the opportunity to eat at Stagioni in Bloomfield yesterday with 7 friends. I was very impressed with the quality of the food and will be returning soon. I am always happy to go with a group of people since all of my friends are sharers. The waiter was kind enough to bring a pile of side plates to our table so we could all pass around samples of the delicious fare.
We started with a variety of appetizers - my favorite being the littleneck clams in a wonderful tomato broth. We also had the spiced fig tart with was rich and served with a hunk of pretty nice Gorgonzola and microgreen salad. Finally, we shared the calamari also in a delightful rich broth. There were two choices of bread - sundried tomato and rustic italian - both were ok but were still kind of "spongy" in my opinion. I am not sure why Pittsburgher's love spongy bread. They did, however, soak up the clam and calamari broths so not a drop was wasted. We moved on to salads and several couples could not resist the special salad of the evening - roasted beets and goat cheese. The beets were fresh and chilled after being cut into nice size bites. The balsamic drizzle added just a little extra sweetness and the goat cheese was sufficiently warm so it melted in my mouth. One couple decided on the bibb lettuce salad and another on the mixed field greens. Both looked nice but I tried a bite of my friend's acorn squash soup which was perfectly thick and nicely spiced. I could see eating this soup paired with a salad for a comfort lunch especially during this cold spell we are being subjected to! The entrees were the stand out of the evening and I believe we would all agree the Beef Braciole was the favorite. It was cooked to perfection in a tomato broth and served over homemade tagliatelle pasta. The pasta had a nice firmness to it but I think it could have been a little thinner. Other than that - wow! I chose the Braised Short Ribs over pureed parsnips. Again, the beef was fall off the bone perfect. My husband chose the Lamb Shank - delicious and sweet. It was served over pillowy gnocchi and with caramelized cippollini onions. I will go eat the porcini gnocchi at another time as my entree. These were the best gnocchi I have had in Pittsburgh. The Lobster Risotto was rich and filling. It was served with a large slice of blue cheese which added to the decadence. Needless to say, my friend took some of this dish home with her. Finally, two friends chose the angel hair pasta with tomatoes, basil, fresh mozzarella. The dish was fine although the tomatoes were forgotten in both dishes. A generous bowl of them were delivered to the table moments after the entrees were delivered so it all worked out. We then sampled all of the desserts - ricotta cheese cake, creme brulee with raspberry compote, a divine chocolate mousse with a salted square of dark chocolate tucked on top, and an apple crisp tart. All were nicely prepared - the mousse was most in demand.
Our waiter seemed little overwhelmed at times but did a pretty good job. Spoons were not available right away and questions about the food were brushed over. He did provide the stack of plates for sharing and kept our wines glasses full.
The only real complaint I have is the noise and bright lights! Again, my preference is low lighting. The walls were pretty bare and the small space was filled with noise - especially because every table was filled. We had a hard time hearing each other at times. Some noise dampening could turn this awesome restaurant into an even nicer experience.
The owner stopped by our table to chat which, to me, is always a nice touch. She was personable and nice to talk to.
I recommend giving it a try - oh yes - it is BYOB as well.


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Writing books on bipolar disorder has been my career for over ten years. I enjoy writing and plan to do a lot more. (It can be a challenge when the mood swings are paying a visit, that's for sure.)
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As per the announcement in the thread https://www.rtiindia.org/forum/2310-p...ation-act.html, using the same RTI draft, i had applied the same set of questions to the Ministry of Law and Justice, Legislative Dept.
The reply of the CPIO, Legislative Dept., Ministry of Law and Justice is very bad and evasive. According to him the question number 1,3,4 and 5 doesn't fall in the category of information as u/s 2(f).
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The annual and unfortunate stories will be coming along soon enough.
There is always news this time of the year – whether it is precautionary or all too real – about deaths to athletes related to heat.
The Arizona Interscholastic Association is keenly aware of it and has taken some steps in order to keep it from happening in Arizona, where the last case of a heat-related death is believed to have happened in 1988 when Phoenix Shadow Mountain's Abdul Reed collapsed and died.
The AIA passed a heat bylaw during emergency legislation in late May that went into effect July 1.
The bylaw, recommended by the AIA Sports Medicine Advisory Committee, is called the Heat Acclimation and External Heat Illness Management policy. It is a reminder to coaches about the proper hydrating steps, the signs of heat exhaustion and the difficulties that come with exercising in hottest days of the year.
According to the new bylaw, during the first week, players were not allowed to practice more than once a day. Additionally, the bylaw states that if a practice is interrupted by inclement weather or heat restrictions, the practice can only continue once conditions are safe.
It was OK to have a one-hour walk-through during the first week (last week) in addition to the practice each day with at least a three-hour gap between the two. A 'walk-through' is defined as no sleds, dummies or physical contact.
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Two-a-days are allowed but not on back to back days.
These are great steps and hopefully it leads to less stories and more awareness this year and beyond.
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Archive for the tag 'Mexican Folk Art'
Juan Chawuk's paintings in Colectika
Kevin September 23rd, 2012
Welcome to Colectika Ancestral Contemporary Art Gallery located at #858 Guadalupe Sanchez and the corner of Allende downtown Puerto Vallarta.
Santos Bautista Master Bead Artist
Kevin October 2nd, 2011
Santos Bautista comes from one of the best recognized families of artists in San Andres Cohamita. Extraordinarily traditional Santos has held a number of positions or cargos in his community and is commited to seeing his cultures traditions continue.
Today we are importing new beads for artists like Santos to work with. We like to think of it as offering people a new look at old traditions. Folk art as well as indigenous art cannot remain stagnant. Cultures evolve and change but this does not neccessarily detract from ones core beliefs. It is our sincere hope that these new innovations will breath new life into this ancient art form and allow the Huichol to express their beliefs in a whole new way that will attract more people to appreciate not only their art but more importantly their culture.
Mario Saulo Moreno- Master Paper Mache and Wire Artist
Kevin August 28th, 2010
Deep in the mountains of Michoacan near the border of the state of Mexico is a magical village that has become very famous for its folk art. The artists of Tlapujahua, Michoacan draw their inspirations from the surrounding nature and ancient traditions that this village clings too.
Mario Moreno is the sone of Saulo Moreno one of the grandmasters of the day of the dead paper mache figures. His whimsical sculptures bring skeletons back to life. Day of the dead in Mexico is a time for reflection, to remember loved ones who have passed on. We remember the good times, laugh about adventure and expirences and so it is not a morbid ceremony of death but rather a way of celebrating life.
Purepecha Indian Pottery from Huancito, Michoacan
Kevin June 26th, 2010
The Purepecha indians from Huancito, Michoacan have for centuries made off of their utilitarian cooking pots by digging the clay from the local river beds. Over the last 25years however several families in Huancito have taken it upon themselves to rescue their ancient tecniques of making laquer paints from the natural clay pigments. Red, black, brown, and white are natural colors that the woman extract from the clay by working it on a metate. The pots are hand formed and the colors are barnished onto the pots, painted and fired.
The origins of the Purepecha is just one of the many mysteries surrounding this ancient tribe. Linguistically they have no relatives, but have been very successful in maintaining their dialect; today most kids are sent to school to learn Spanish as it is not spoken in the home. The Aztec called the Purepecha humming birds, it is still a recurring theme in their folk art today.
Santos Daniel Carrillo Jimenez
Kevin June 26th, 2010
Santos Daniel is undoubtably one of the most collected Huichol artists. A pioneer of the art he has over 25years of experience that add real depth to his portfolio. Vibrant colors combined with his unique tecnique of texturing the yarn make up Santos trade mark style. We are very excited to be able to show a selection of his 24″ pieces are are eagerly anticipating his latest 4′ masterpiece that should be done in the next week or two.


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Fruit snacks sold as a healthy-eating option to children contain more sugar than sweets, a campaign group says.
Action on Sugar investigated 94 products on the shelves in the UK such as dried fruit and found that 85% contained more sugar than a packet of Haribo sweets. Health experts have described the findings as frightening.
Action on Sugar has urged parents to give their children fresh fruit and vegetables instead of processed fruit snacks. The industry has said that all products are clearly labelled with their sugar content and most have no added sugar.
Campaigners have called on manufacturers to stop adding sugars to fruit-based foods and labelling them as part of five-a-day.
Colin Michie, chairman of the nutrition committee at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said the investigation's results were 'frightening'.
He said: "None of us needs sugar in our diets at all. It is all completely unnecessary.
"Fruit contains fibre, which we all need to function properly, but in these snacks the benefits of fruit have been sacrificed by covering in yoghurt and other sugary coatings."
Tooth decay is also concerning health experts who say high levels of sugar are causing problems for young children and their teeth.
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Avencast - Preview @ Worthplaying
Worthplaying has put up a preview of Clockstone Software's first title, the action rpg Avencast:Rise of the Mage, currently still in development. It describes the game as a mix of themes and styles from Harry Potter, World of Warcraft to Diablo. It goes on to give some information on general premise, combat controls and overall gameplay:
Avencast casts you, the player, as a young boy found by a hermit wizard... The plot unfolds in a series of quests, some required and others optional, all organized in a fashion reminiscent of Neverwinter Nights. What I read of the English version was well-written and sensible, if a tad on the generic side...
The actual formula feels like it was made for a controller more than the keyboard-and-mouse scheme, which is good in that it represents just how fast and furious the action is. Your player moves as if he were in a first-person shooter and controls with about as many keys. WASD moves you side-to-side (and dodges), the mouse turns you around and aims up and down, E uses things and the mouse buttons use your melee and ranged attacks... A few WASD keystrokes and a mouse click (left button for short range, right button for long range) are all it takes to execute one of your many learned spells...
Clockstone isn't trying to make a completely individual work in the much-filled fantasy RPG genre, but they're trying to take existing elements and merge them into a distinct, tightly made effort. From its top-pace combat scheme to its honed magic system, Avencast is solidly succeeding at this objective.
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Hoy this is my first good drawing it is of Tsukasa from the anime Lucky Star. If u don't know what it is search for it on youtube it is a COOL and total KAWAII anime! I totaly recomend it for little girls around 7. BUT NOT THE LAST EPPIE. Bad word.
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