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South Carolina hits the state of New Jersey hard and the Gamecocks are in a good position for one of the top junior athletes in the Garden State.
Tevin Shaw, a 5-foot-11, 190-pound athlete from Piscataway, had a huge junior season last year.
Offensively he carried the ball about 100 times for 1,237 yards and 17 touchdowns. On defense he registered 59 tackles and picked off four passes.
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Shaw can get it done on both sides of the ball and isn't sure which position he will play in college.
"I think running back is my best position now but I think the more I play defensive back the better I'll be at it," he said on Tuesday evening.
Shaw said he has been receiving interest from Boston College, Rutgers, UConn, Tennessee and Wisconsin.
He has been a regular visitor to Rutgers and says he likes the facilities at the Big East school. He has also been to Boston College and liked what he saw there as well.
That said, Shaw likes one school more than the rest.
"I would say maybe South Carolina's sticking out," he said.
"My coach told me when South Carolina came to the school that they're supposed to offer me this upcoming August. He said somebody sent them my film and they liked it. I'm supposed to visit them over spring break."
Shaw said some schools are recruiting him as an athlete, others a running back, and some like him as a defensive back.


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Several other carriers have announced plans to begin offering Samsung's new hardware on April 11, so it's not exactly a surprise to learn that that's the date that AT&T will begin sales as well. Still, it's nice to get confirmation from the big blue carrier, because now AT&T customers can begin perfecting their "call in sick" voice so that they can spend all of Friday playing with their new toys.
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Carolyn Stringer
Age: 56
Lives: Vermilion
Pursuit: Line dancing
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A dance instructor. I teach line dancing. I've been line dancing for 17 years, teaching for 15. They became popular in the '70s.
What are some of the more popular dances?
"The Electric Slide" — they still do it at weddings, "The Cupid Shuffle," "Boot Scootin' Boogie," "Watermelon Crawl." It's great exercise — it's like exercising without exercising.
How would one find one of your dances?
I'm on Facebook. ... I teach at Kingston Nursing Home — the one behind the Drug Mart — in the Therapy Room. It's for the public not just residents. Tuesdays at 6 p.m. You don't need to bring a partner.
What got you interested in dancing?
I've always danced. I could dance before I walked.
Do you teach other dances?
I do everything from the twist, polka, freestyle, boogie woogie, jitterbug, swing dance.
Any hobbies other than dancing?
I'm a cross stitcher. I lawn bowl at Lakeview Park. I clean cottages at Linwood Park.
Do you have any other notable events in your life?
Yes, back in the '70s I was the first one to picket "Killer Crossing" — the railroad — to get them to put up gates. They never did until about five years ago. About 13 people got killed in 16 years. I also picketed the water tower in Vermilion. Harry Enlow led the effort and a bunch of other people, we picketed to try to save the water tower in Vermilion. We called it Water Tower Gate. We made it a landmark.
Who's in your family?
My husband is Richard. We've been married 37 years. We have a daughter, Stephanie. She lives in Vermilion.
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MURRIETA —— In an effort to jump-start the city's largest shopping center project, the city has worked out an agreement with specific deadlines stating when road improvements associated with the development will be done, city officials said Thursday.
The developer needed the city to set specific dates for road construction so it could market The Orchard, a 460,000-square-foot shopping center that will be built on 54-acres at the northwest corner of Clinton Keith Road and Interstate 215, City Manager Lori Moss said Thursday.
The center is planned to include retail shops, clothing stores, an office supply store, grocery and drug stores, coffee and sandwich shops, and restaurants and is expected to bring the city at least $1 million in sales tax revenue a year, Moss said.
The proposed agreement calls for city officials to monitor on a monthly basis the progress of three projects: widening the Clinton Keith Road bridge over I-215, building an I-215 overcrossing at Linnel Lane and widening the overpass at the Los Alamos Road interchange on I-215. As needed, the city will work with federal and state officials to ensure specific goals are met, the agreement states.
The City Council is scheduled Tuesday to approve the agreement and upgrade the priority of the overcrossing at I-215 and Linnel Lane. The council meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 26442 Beckman Court.
As a result of the agreement, construction on the Clinton Keith interchange would be targeted to begin in May 2007 and be finished in October 2008. The city would have specific dates by which it must receive approvals from state and federal officials before construction can begin. The interchange project is expected to cost $15 million, with funding from a variety of sources.
Officials say the widening on Clinton Keith is needed because the bridge now has just one lane each way over I-215, not enough to serve additional traffic going to and from the shopping center.
City engineers had said that 2008 was an "optimistic" goal for starting construction. Now, city leaders say they can hasten construction by working with state and federal agencies to place approvals on a fast track. The Orchard's developer, Allan Davis, president of Yorba Linda-based Retail Development Advisors, said Thursday that's the purpose of the agreement.
"We're working with the city to try to accelerate Clinton Keith as much as possible," Davis said.
Future shopping center tenants want to know when Clinton Keith will be done so they can determine their opening dates, he said.
Upgrading the priority of the Linnel overcrossing, which is just north of the shopping center site, allows Murrieta officials to start seeking needed approvals from state and federal agencies, according to the agreement.
The $9.5 million Linnel project would be funded with $4.4 million from fees paid by developers to help fund freeways, $2.4 million from Measure A transportation sales tax money, $2.4 million from a future bond to be paid back from Measure A money, and $300,000 from developers building in the area, Deputy City Manager Teri Ferro said Thursday.
Retail Development Advisors is paying $1 million toward the Clinton Keith bridge widening and toward the Linnel overcrossing.
The agreement calls for the Linnel work to start in March 2007 and be completed in November 2007, six months after construction is expected to start on Clinton Keith. Moss said the Linnel overcrossing can be used as a detour around the work on Clinton Keith, although there will not be access to the freeway.
The city also will pursue finishing the Los Alamos overpass widening by spring 2007 so traffic can be detoured from Clinton Keith once construction starts there, according to the agreement.
The developer also plans to realign and improve McElwain Road, widen Clinton Keith between I-215 and McElwain, provide the needed right-of-way at the Clinton Keith southbound offramp, and install traffic signals at Clinton Keith and McElwain and Delaney Road and McElwain, at the shopping center's main entry and exit, city documents show.
Road work at the shopping center —— realigning McElwain Road and widening Clinton Keith west of the freeway in front of the site —— is planned to start Dec. 1, he said.
The shopping center site is now being graded and Davis expects that to be finished in the middle of December.
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The building that once housed the Regal Cinemas Nickelodeon 5 in North Falmouth, Massachussetts has been sold to a landscaping company, effectively ending any hope of the theater reopening. The theater closed in October 2012 due to declining attendance and the costs of converting to Digital Cinema Projection systems. The Cape Cod Times published an article about the sale recently:
After a long period of inactivity and speculation about its future, the Nickelodeon Cinema building has finally found new ownership — and its movie days are over.Hamilton Tree & Landscape, based in Falmouth, finalized its purchase of the property Thursday.
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Ellen Davis, one of our yarn reps, has shared a pullover she has made for her daughter Shannon in Worsted Merino Superwash.
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The pattern is by Elizabeth Lavold, published in The Best of Knitter's Arans and Celtics.
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Blue Sees Another Bee - Poem by Darlene Walsh
I see a bug, is it a bee
Darla has said no bee for me
It is a bug, a bug for Blue
But I was taught to listen to you
I want the bug, even it is bee
Bee is bug, all bug are for me
I see bee in bush, and bee in tree
Bee is bug, it must not be free
Darla can't see, she is not here
And bee sits in bush right over there
One snap of teeth, and no more free
Quick is bee, quicker I must be
Catch bee I must do, I'm quicker than you
Snap bee with teeth, now I must rue
Hurt me it did when I catch the bee
Should listen to Darla, bee must be free
Next day again I see a bee
Bee is bug, bug must be for me
But careful I am, you will see
Snap fast fast and faster at the bee
Snap fast fast and fast at bee in bush
Snap fast at bee, snap in a rush
Buzz goes the bee as I snap very fast
Falling to dirt goes the bee at last
Quick was the bee, but quicker was I
Bee lies on ground, not very sly
Bee doesn't flee snapped to pieces
Then swallow it I do, the bee ceases
Bee is bug, all bug are for me
Bee is bug, it must NOT be free
Topic(s) of this poem: humor
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Comments about Blue Sees Another Bee by Darlene Walsh
Bri Edwards (11/28/2015 1:21:00 PM)
this is a great sequel to an equally great prequel: Blue Sees A Bee. nice work Darlene! nice work Blue! !
bri :)
both will go (arm-in-arm, or tail-in-tail) into my/our DECEMBER a showcase for PH poets, Section D [for LONGER poems], on my PH site.
thanks 'Darla'. bri :) (Report) Reply
Patricia Grantham (6/18/2014 8:08:00 AM)
I love your play on words about bees. I am afraid of them but I
respect this insect. From a bee I would rather be free. Good. (Report) Reply
Darlene Walsh (6/1/2014 8:24:00 PM)
Hi Bri, Thanks for your comment, I changed lays to lies as suggested, it does work better, but it took a long time to convince Blue to agree to the change.
Yes it is dog speak, and Blue isn't too good with indefinite articles, therefor the lack of a in key places. I'm also not very good at English either, but it's what I have since I don't speak any other language. Blue has also watched a lot of Star Wars, in case you can't tell from the way he speaks, his favorite character is Yoda. (Report) Reply
Bri Edwards (6/1/2014 6:56:00 PM)
i laughed out loud (but not too loudly; my wife might be listening) at the ending. is the poem dog-speak or bear-speak? i've heard that bears eat bees as well as honey.
i really enjoyed this after getting over the lack of a? after I see a bug, is it a bee....or is that supposed to read it is a bee? i guess i've seen some sentences in novels that sound like questions to me but lack question marks. hmmm?
and maybe lies instead of lays? in Bee lays on ground, not very sly........oh well, dogs usually aren't english majors.
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my favorite stanza is:
Bee is bug, all bug are for me
Bee is bug, it must NOT be free................BUT there were plenty of stanzas in the finals. thanks for sharing.
i really like how you make the words and the word order work for you. and how you make it (i think) dog-speak.
bri :) (Report) Reply
Susan Sparks (5/3/2014 2:16:00 AM)
Blue needs to chase cockroaches or bugs just as disgusting, like fleas. Bees are for me. They must be free! Great poem. Love the play on words. (Report) ReplyDarlene Walsh (9/7/2014 5:24:00 PM)
I'm also a fan of bees, they are critical for human survival, and they are endangered. Blue does chase other pests, he likes all flying insects, snakes, lizards, birds (though he's never caught one) , frogs, squirrels and rabbits (he's never caught either) and anything else that moves. Even leaves, however I don't think he eats the leaves. He's never seen a cockroach, and flees are a bit small to get his teeth into.
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Tony Abelar of Rowland Heights was out to lunch at an Italian restaurant with his IBM colleagues when he heard the news. President John F. Kennedy had been shot in Dallas.
"It was so sad, we just could not believe it," the 70-something man said in the Steinmetz Senior Center. "All of us, including myself, started crying. We just couldn't help thinking about what a wonderful person he was."
Abelar said IBM gave its employees three or four days off to join in the nation's mourning for the youngest president ever elected.
The senior citizen said his family watched the around-the-clock coverage of this tragic event as it unfolded on television. They joined in the nation's grieving process.
"I kept thinking about all the wonderful things he had done for our country," he said. "Then I thought of all the wonderful things he wanted to do for our country."
The past came back to haunt him recently, while he was watching a PBS special on President Kennedy.
"He was a very charming, wonderful person. We all loved him and miss him. We still do."


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I learned from some young friends recently that "golden" is a term applied to that which is valuable, important, or possibly precious. Historically there are some golden plants. I am not speaking of those that grow to bloom a golden color, nor do they bear golden fruit, and most never attain golden leaves. They are simply golden in the role they played in history.
I was not a history buff, the result--I think--of the paragon of muscle I had as a history teacher. At a time when I should have been learning how the world worked in the past, I sat in class along with 30 other teenagers, while our teacher read about body building one day and hot rod cars another day. He had a lot of magazines. I am a teacher, so I can safely say things like that; besides, all my classmates know it to be true. I kept that history book closed for a long time, but found myself eventually wanting to know the why of things, how we became who we are, and where we are going. I thought a better knowledge of history might answer some of my questions. And so it did. One of the most interesting turns I took along that road, was to study the cultural history of plants.
When I was little I thought plants that remained green throughout the winter months did so just for holidays. Mistletoe was green for Christmas. Lilies bloomed for Easter. Shamrocks grew for St. Patricks Day. And trees turned red and gold for Thanksgiving. Little did I know that the roles were reversed. The plants were there long before the holidays were attached to them.
The early Christian missionaries were a tough lot. They ran into roadblocks with their teachings, so in order to cause the least disruption in the lives of those they were teaching, they chose to adopt some pagan rituals and incorporate them into the new Christianity. That made the transition much easier for the new believers to adapt to the new regime, and much easier for the early Christian teachers to lead the followers into new beliefs and ways of worship.
Let's think of the rose for a minute. It is one of the most popular plants in any culture. From the very earliest cultures we find that the rose was associated with divinity. The Greeks had associated it with Aphrodite, the goddess of love. Before the Greeks, the Egyptians had offered the rose to the souls of their dead pharaohs. Rather than ban this lovely flower, the church fathers reconsecrated it to the Virgin Mary. As the Christian missionaries spread across Europe, they converted flowers as well as people.
It is in our nature to resist new things, but this seems to be how it happened in reference to plants. Think about mistletoe. A strange little parasite, it has habits that elicited the druids' worship. It defied nature by living its entire life in the branches of trees, never touching earth. How could that be, since the earth is a plant's natural habitat? Because of this phenomenon the druids declared mistletoe sacred. For centuries it was used medicinally and it also was hung in homes as insurance against all sorts of ills: witchcraft, disease, bad luck and fire, and other natural disasters. The early Christians had little to do with its association with Christmas, but its use at Christmastime is obvious since that's when it is visible in bare branches. On the other hand, its sacred meaning transferred itself anyway. Today it hangs as a holiday decoration where it effects another kind of magic: holiday kisses.
Digging a little deeper, I found more plants with interesting religion related roots. Vervain, a plant that I knew in my mountains as a child, played a part in the religious rites of early Germans and Celts. The missionaries came along and rechristened it "herb of the cross" claiming it stanched Christ's wounds. The holly underwent a similar transformation. The druids thought it provided winter refuge for the wood spirits who protected against bad fortune, and the Celts decorated their huts with its branches to ward off evil. Under the Christian influence, holly became a symbol of Christ's sacrifice, the spiny leaves represented the crown of thorns, and the red berries, the blood. It was left in the homes to continue to ward off demons with its Christian association.
Christian priests effectively used plants and flowers as teaching tools, because most of the time their audiences were illiterate farmers. Teaching with writings would have been impossible. As farmers, they were very familiar with weeds and wildflowers. The priests grabbed the opportunity and found many lessons that could be taught. An example is the shamrock, a single stem bearing three leaves. Three leaves on one stalk represented the Trinity. Another, and one I had to go back to Botany 101 before I understood the connection, is Alchemilla. Its flowers set seed without fertilization, and the early Christians saw that as a miraculous virgin birth. Renaming the plant Lady's Mantle, they created a reminder of the Virgin Mary's purity.
The missionaries also associated certain plants, according to their period of bloom, with the holy feasts. Monks called the shamrock, alleluia. They did so because it flowered between Easter and Whitsunside, a season when the Psalms read in their services all ended with that exclamation. Similarly, Michaelmas daisies flower around the feast of St. Michael, September 29, so they were called Michael's Mass. By watching for these specific blossoms, the faithful could punctually observe the holidays, even if they could not read a calendar.
The Christian role of St. John's wort was also connected to pagan origins. Actually it was a plant of golden hue, and its habit of being in bloom at the time of the summer solstice had made the herb a totem of sun worshipers throughout the ancient world. The Romans had burned it in bonfires that were a part of the celebrations on Midsummer Day. With the coming of Christianity, since the plant's association with the summer solstice linked it to the day celebrated as the birth of John the Baptist, June 24, Christian priests rededicated the plant to that martyr. After its conversion, St. John's wort continued to be hung in doorways to repel evil demons and witches, a custom rooted in pagan beliefs. The Christian priests simply collected the holy herb to use in casting out demons, and so the conversion went very smoothly.
I am glad that I learned something from that muscle bound history teacher of mine all those years ago. I learned that if I wanted to know something, I needed to start digging for myself. And so I did. I found all kinds of golden botanical treasures: legend, lore, superstition, myths, all the qualities that enhance our relationship with our own plants; all the qualities that enrich our own lives.
So, what kinds of legends do you have growing in your garden? Quite recently, I'll bet you were surrounded by mistletoe and holly.
Photos are from Plant Files. Thanks to these photographers: Evert, Stevenova, MotherNature4, Gabrielle, and Poppysue. Special appreciation to Trois who left for us many photo treasures. The thumbnail is from Wikipedia's Public Domain. Thanks to my friend, Melody.
"Plant lore, legends and lyrics" by Richard Folkard, printed in London, 1884 (www.books.google.com)
The New York Times, March 19, 1989, Collecting the Religious Legends of Plants, by Carolyn Battista
"The Folklore of Plants: by T.F.Thiselton-Dyer, D. Appleton and Company, New York 1989


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The Hardaways will be together again.
According to a league source, Knicks rookie Tim Hardaway Jr. and his father, Tim Hardaway, will be on the same team for "The Shooting Stars'' competition during All-Star weekend in New Orleans.
The Feb. 15 event features teams consisting of one active player, one former NBA player and one WNBA player. The Hardaways likely will be joined by a player from the Liberty.. All teams will be announced by the NBA.
The contest involves shooting from six locations of increasing difficulty — from a 10-foot bank shot to a halfcourt shot. Allan Houston stole the show two years ago by hitting the halfcourt shot on a Knicks team with Landry Fields and the Liberty's Cappie Pondexter


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Baazigar DVD
Genre : Crime / Drama / Thriller
Starcast : Shahrukh Khan,Kajol,Shilpa Shetty
Description : Outwardly Ajay Sharma looks like another young man with big dreams in his eyes ... if only anyone knew how bold and how diabolical those dreams were . Ajay's life is nothing but a constant desire for vengeance against Madan Chopra , a wealthy industrialist who had betrayed Ajay's father years ago and seized his business empire , leaving their family penniless . Ajay assumes the identity of Vicky Malhotra and befriends Chopra . Chopra's two daughters Priya and Seema are in love with Ajay . However Ajay has no love for either in his heart .... and will stop at nothing to bring about the downfall of Madan Chopra , even using his daughters as pawns if need be
Duration : 3hr 1min
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Volunteers are needed to help conduct a survey of substandard housing in West Augustine.
The survey is the first part of an effort to eliminate substandard housing throughout St. Johns County, said Bill Lazar, director of the St. Johns Housing Partnership.
The Housing Partnership along with Habitat for Humanity and other organizations are heading the project.
"Identifying the problem is the first step for us," he said.
"This is how something grows," Lazar said. "You identify the problem and come up with solutions."
The group met Friday to discuss ways to conduct the survey and decided to break the county into sections to make it easier to identify.
"There are 3,600 parcels in West Augustine," Lazar said.
Six teams to eight teams of two-to-three people are needed, he said.
Teams will drive through the selected area, street by street, take a quick visual and complete a survey sheet on each.
Houses are given a rank of 3 or 4 depending on severity.
"We're looking for issues that appear to be health and safety related," Lazar said.
A 3 ranking structure has an overall neglected appearance and requires maintenance. A 4 ranking structure appears defective and may endanger life, health and the safety of the its occupants or the public.
The survey will be conducted in July. Individual teams can decide on days and times.
A quick training will also be provided, Lazar said.
Survey results will be entered into a database, Lazar said, and then resources can be identified.
Diane Quick, executive director of Habitat for Humanity, said this project fits perfectly into the organization's 21st Century Challenge.
The 21st Century Challenge is a national effort to eliminate substandard housing throughout the country in the next 20 years.
"We're real excited about this," she said. "Not many communities in the United States have taken on this project."
Quick said she hopes to have 1,300 more Habitat homes built 20 years from now.
"That will be a huge accomplishment," she said.
This isn't something one organization on its own can achieve, she said.
"We're going to get the whole community to buy into this project," Quick said. "I'm glad to be a part of it and I know Habitat is."
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The Following's James Purefoy On Serial Killers
Ahead of season 2, we asked the show's star about real and fictional murderers
Joe Carroll is a man with two strings to his bow. He's quite good at killing people, what with being a serial killer. Two: he's also good at persuading others to kill people for him. All of which presents a bit of a problem for law enforcers when he escapes jail and sets about an elaborate revenge plan – enacted by his murderous followers - on the FBI agent who put him there in the first place.
Such is the premise of The Following, which stars Kevin Bacon as Ryan Hardy, the agent giving chase to serial killer Joe Carroll, played by British actor James Purefoy. Ahead of series two, Purefoy talked to Esquire about the show and serial killers, real and fictitious.
The Following Series two starts on Sky Atlantic Tuesday 10pm
Sherlock: The Story Behind Its Success
Why Boys Should Watch Girls
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Field Marshal Montgomery's battle plan for Normandy, following the D-day landings on June 6, 1944, resulted in one of the most controversial campaigns of the Second World War. Carlo D'Este's acclaimed book gives the fullest possible account of the conception and execution of Montgomery's plan, with all its problems and complexities. It brings to light information from diaries, papers, and letters that were not available in Montgomery's lifetime and draws on interviews with senior officers who were involved in the campaign and have refrained from speaking out until now.
This is military history at its most dramatic and destined to become the definitive account of the Normandy campaign.
Carlo D'Este retired from the US Army in 1978 with the rank of lieutenant colonel to write full time. Among his books are Bitter Victory; Warlord: A Life of Churchill at War, 1874–1945; Patton: A Genius for War; World War II in the Mediterranean, 1942–1945; and Eisenhower: Allied Supreme Commander.
©1983 1994, 2004 by Carlo D'Este (P)2012 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
"Superb…An extraordinarily careful and provocative study of the Normandy campaign." (Max Hastings, New York Times bestselling author)
"The best-researched, best-written account [of the Normandy campaign] I have ever read." (New York Times Book Review)
"A fresh perspective on the leadership of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and the Allied landings after D-day." (Publishers Weekly)
"Good history choice to listen to"
Typically I avoid listening to history books as I'm listening on the drive to an from work and there are so many map references it's hard to follow along. Since this book was of a narrow focus there were few places to look up. If you're a history buff you won't even need to do that much.
"Great meta-narrative of a tough campaign."
I haven't read the print version.
D-Day by Anthony Beevor; Max Hastings' Overlord
The description of the interplay between Montgomery and his subordinates in the battle for Caen.
D'Este achieves what few have - an impartial and reasoned view of Montgomery. Given all the controversy around the man, this was refreshing. Also, Tom Weiner's performance was exceptional.
"A detailed analysis of the post D-Day struggle"
This book though controversial upon publication has become the standard interpretation of the struggle from Caen to Falaise and the irritations between the Allied Commanders. I believe Carlo D'Este has put forward a fair and unbiased summary of events with painstaking analysis. The crux of the thesis is unfortunately that Monty was rather mendacious in cementing his image for posterity. The sad realisation for me was that many military commanders ( and perhaps the most effective) are ultimately driven by ego and a desire for a place in dusty history books and many have to die to appease this appetite. That said, I am grateful to Monty, Bradley, Patton and Ike, and all those who served and to rid Europe of Nazism. The book concentrates on strategy and interpersonal relationships and the reader will need to avail himself of maps to familiarise himself with the events and movements of those evocative names Villers Bocage, Goodwood, Epsom, Charnwood and Cobra.
The narrator stumbles occasionally on the pronunciation of French place names and acronyms but I guess many US troops did just the same. He also has trouble with the cadence of military literature and exposition but I found it a riveting listen none the less.
"Loads of historical content let down by narration"
Author yes, narrator no.
I dunno about compare to, but it's a good companion to say a Max Hastings or similar book about the Normandy campaign, as it covers the high-level military decisions and interactions, which a lot of the other books don't.
Frequently impossible to tell where narration ends and quoting someone starts. Reading was deathly dull, with very little light and shade, and very poor at pausing for section and chapter breaks. Quite spoiled what would have been an excellent book.
The recording that made me appreciate the art of narrating an audio book. Sadly for all the wrong reasons.
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Obama may be forced to delay US climate action
Barack Obama may be forced to order a two-year delay in Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) action on climate change to try to avoid a complete government shutdown, an environmental conference has been warned.
President Obama faces the prospect of a government shutdown by March 4, with a funding gap leading to federal employees being sent home and government services temporarily closing down, unless he can reach a deal with Congress Republicans who are demanding a crippling $61-billion iin budget cuts.
The Republican plan would destroy Obama's capacity to pursue his green agenda, cutting the budget of the EPA by 30%, and stripping funds for projects he has championed such as clean energy research and high-speed rail.
Obama may be forced to sacrifice the EPA's efforts to take the first steps this year towards regulating greenhouse gas emissions if it means he can continue funding the federal government for the next seven months.
"If I was predicting, I would say that he might sign a delay provision, to delay the EPA effort for two years or something like that. It probably depends on the particular circumstances," Eileen Claussen, president of the Pew Centre on Global Climate Change, told a conference at the Georgetown Climate Centre.
"I would bet that if it was a delay, and it was part of a money Bill that was really important, he would sign it," she said.
The Obama administration committed to cut emissions by 17% from 2005 levels at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen in 2009. The EPA took the first steps to monitoring greenhouse gas emissions on January 1 2011.
The White House has said repeatedly that it would veto isolated measures to strip the EPA of its legal authority and funds to act on climate change.
'Win the future'
But officials have pointedly not offered the same assurances on whether the White House would be willing to risk a shutdown of the entire federal government to protect the agency and its green agenda.
Some have suggested that a freeze on the EPA, is among the least damaging options available to the administration, which is facing a wholesale assault on Obama's green-tinged "win the future" agenda.
Buried among the $61bn in Republican budget cuts are a series of measures that would strip the overall budget of the EPA by 30%.
The cuts are aimed at restricting the EPA's legal authority and financial capacity to act on climate change, but they would also stop the agency from regulating broader concerns such as mountaintop mining removal and coal ash.
Bob Perciasepe, the deputy head of the EPA, called the cuts "reckless", and suggested they were motivated by Republicans' opposition to government regulation.
"They are not concerned so much with fiscal policy but really with disabling part of the EPA's capacity to do its job," he told the Georgetown climate conference.
The Republican Bill would specifically bar the Obama administration from funding programmes regulating greenhouse gas emissions, or connected to climate science and international negotiations for a deal to end global warming.
It cuts funds for the post of White House climate adviser, Carol Browner, who has announced her resignation, and the State Department climate envoy, Todd Stern. It de-funds the UN climate science body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the UN body for climate talks, the UNFCCC.
The White House and Democrats in Congress have called the proposals extreme. - guardian.co.uk


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Spoilers ahead!
A few not-so-shocking giveaways about this week's new movie releases, including Justice League and Frank Serpico
Matthew Lickona 6 p.m., Nov. 17
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This summer, Abrego's story got much worse. When I visit on a Saturday in July, she is on the couch, crying. She's depressed, she says. Clutching a California Lottery ticket, she tells me that First Advantage sold her loan to Ocwen, a mortgage lender in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Currently Ocwen faces one class-action lawsuit in federal court, based on 57 cases, and 331 individual lawsuits in Florida: all allege fraud.) Because Abrego has not made her mortgage payment for three months, Ocwen sent her a Notice of Default: her house would be sold at public auction, July 25, on the steps of the county courthouse. Abrego owes $44,746 on the loan. For $2600, Ocwen will stop the sale, what's called a "foreclosure rescue." But even that sum is nearly impossible for her to raise. In an 11th-hour move, Acorn is trying to secure a Federal Housing Administration emergency loan for Abrego; a promissory note would pay what she owes to date and reinstate her loan with Ocwen.
According to Bryan Piccolomini, a broker and the personnel director with First Advantage Financial, Balistrieri left First Advantage in February 2006, a few months after Piccolomini started. The California Department of Real Estate lists Balistrieri as having no disciplinary action; there was a "conditional license suspension" for "unfiled education requirements" between September 2005 and January 2006; these requirements were met and the suspension was removed. Why did he leave? "I can't tell you," Piccolomini says, "but he went somewhere else. He was an independent contractor." Piccolomini does admit that complaints surfaced from clients with whom Balistrieri worked. But, Piccolomini says, "He wasn't here long enough for me to see a pattern of complaint." He doesn't know anything about the Abrego case: "Maybe Tony didn't fund the loan through us." (I have tried to track down Balistrieri through his current employer, Home Capital Lending, but neither he nor the company has returned my calls. I have referred Abrego's case to the city attorney's office, which is investigating.)
"I don't know if Tony fits this profile," Piccolomini continues, "but there are people in our industry who make money during a refinance craze. Much like day traders, a lot of people went in and out" of mortgage brokering in the mid-2000s. "I know there were a lot of people buying advertising time on the radio and sending out mailers that had boiler-room operations that no longer exist and had workers who were not very well trained."
At the courthouse, July 25, 169 foreclosures are offered for sale. The majority are either postponed or canceled: deals have been struck between lender and borrower, in some cases, that morning. Abrego's property is on the block, put up by Alliance Default Services. The auctioneer announces the address, details the standard restrictions -- "sale of this property is on an as-is basis" -- and states that he has an "authorized bid" of $1000. "Are there any qualifying bidders?" he asks. Two men raise their hands. "Again, I have an opening bid of $1000. Are there any other bids?" One bidder says, "$351,000." The other does not counter. Going once, twice -- sold. This price is nearly $100,000 less than Abrego paid for the house in 2002. She and her husband are now out of the house, renting an apartment.
First-time home buyers like Mario and Joaquina Abrego typically get one shot at owning a home. If they make payments faithfully, they will build equity, on which so much is possible in America. But if they fall behind -- whether the fault is theirs or the tactics of predatory brokers, or both -- they may never get another shot.
Jim Bliesner is the director of the San Diego City-County Reinvestment Task Force. The 15-member committee, whose cochairs are city councilmember Tony Young and county supervisor Ron Roberts, meets monthly at city hall to monitor local banking practices and develop strategies for reinvestment in low-income neighborhoods. This year the task force has heard the sobering testimony of housing advocates and real estate analysts as well as the heartbreaking stories of people facing foreclosure. Often those who testify are in tears, often they can't finish, always they stretch beyond the allotted five minutes. In June, one woman, her voice quavering with anxiety, says, "I don't want to sound like I'm on the pity pot, but I can't pay my $4000 mortgage." The astute Bliesner has come up with a metaphor for the foreclosure process: "It's a lot like a glue sheet. Every time you put one hand down, you get stuck. Then you put another hand down to try to push away. But every time you try to push away, you get stuck even more."
The stickiness is as bad as it was in the mid-1990s, during the last slowdown in the local housing market. DataQuick Information Systems has found that for the first half of 2006, the number of foreclosures was 445; for the first half of 2007, it was 2896. That's a 551 percent increase.
What's happened in San Diego is this: during 2005, when home prices were setting records every month (the high was reached in November 2005), it seemed that anyone buying, selling, or financing a home could make money. Brokers made commissions selling loans, realtors earned fees buying and selling houses. Wall Street made money offering "mortgage-backed securities," or bundled loans, as investments. Developers made money supplying new homes, whether in South Bay or Temecula, to people who'd drive two hours to work. Even people buying homes were making money by "flipping," or selling quickly as the price went up. With a rising housing market, with a shortage of new homes, with more buyers qualifying, any investment yielded results. No matter the size of your mortgage, if you got in over your head, you could -- you were told -- refinance. At a lower rate! It's a classic predatory tactic: the broker pushes a homeowner to refinance a loan, which may or may not lower the payment. By taking advantage of the home's increased equity, the broker can collect a commission. For a few golden years in the mid-2000s, all this easy money was true.
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No.**, Sathyavathi Nagar,
Padi, Chennai - 600 050.
Tamil Nadu, India.
Ph: 044-26543321
Email: email@example.com
To utilize my skills and abilities in the field of development that provides opportunity to learn and professional growth while being resourceful, innovative and flexible.
Name of the Degree Institution / University Year Marks Secured
Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Social Work** Department of Social Work, Loyola College (University of Madras) 2009-13 Pursuing
Master of Social Work (MSW) - Community Development & Empowerment (CD & E) The Madras School of Social Work, Egmore, Chennai. (Madras University) 2005-07
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) Jaya College of Arts & Science, Thirunindravur. (Madras University) 2002-05 72%
Higher Secondary I.C.F Silver Jubilee Matric.Hr. Sec. School, Chennai - 600 ***. ****-02 81%
SSLC Lakshmi Matric.Hr.Sec.School,
Chennai - 600 ***. **** 59%
Distance Education Stream / Part-time
Bachelor of General Law (BGL) Madurai Kamaraj University
Directorate of Distance Education 2007-09 59%
Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management
(PGDHRM) Loyola College & Pondicherry University (Twinning Programme) 2006-07 71%
Post Graduate Diploma in Public Relations (PGDPR) Madras University
Institute of Distance Education 2006-07 55%
** Completed Part-I in Full-time basis and converted into Part-time basis.
• Qualified for the award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and eligible for Lectureship through National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by University Grants Commission (UGC) – Dec. 2008.
Tally Graduate Course on Tally ees 6.3.at GENESIS Info Systems - 2005.
Position Period Organization Location Reporting to
Operations Executive (Coordinator) 17.01.2011
15.07.2011 Cognizant-Life Sciences Outreach, CSR arm of Cognizant Technology Solutions (as Contractor) Perungudi, Kancheepuram District Mr. Shankar Balaji, Manager - Life Sciences, CTS
Coordinator - SRI / CSR 26.09.2008
27.09.2009 Saint-Gobain Glass India (CSR Initiatives) Sriperumbudur, Kancheepuram District Mr.P.Padmakumar,Team Leader-HR,
Executive - Community Development 01.07.2007
30.04.2008 Srinivasan Services Trust - SST (TVS Motor Company's CSR Initiative) Thirukkurungudi Site, Tirunelveli District Mr.Ashoke Joshi, I.A.S.(Retd.), Chairman, SST-TVS
'Certificate Course on Gandhian Thoughts' conducted by Gandhi Study Centre, Chennai during Nov.2010 to Jan.2011.
'Training Course on Political Leadership Development' conducted by Academy of Honest Politics, Chennai during Mar. to June 2010.
Certificate Course in 'Applied Diploma in Taxation Applications' at GENESIS Info Systems, Chennai - 2005.
Certificate Course in 'First Aid' - St. John Ambulance Association, Chennai, Tamil Nadu State.
Conducted Training Programmes on PRIs & Local Administration for ICDS Officials/AWWs/AWHs - 2010.
Trainer - District Level Workshops on Disaster Management & Managerial Skills for ICDS Officials at Madurai, Virudhunagar, Krishnagiri & Nammakal Disticts conducted by FORYOUCHILD during Feb. to May 2010.
Conducted Sensitization Programmes on Child Rights / Right to Education Act.
Coordinator – 'Southern Regional Consultation on People's Mid-Term Appraisal on XI Five Year Plan' organized by WNTA, WVI, NCN & TN-FORCES at Chennai on Dec. 2009.
Member in the Organizing Committee - 'PAADHAIGAL' – State Level Workshop on Self-Help Groups organized by Social Work Forum, MSSW, Chennai – Jan. 2007.
Member in the Organizing Committee - 'Corporate Social Responsibility – Social Work Perspective' organized by FORCES, MSSW, Chennai on Sept. 2006.
Member in the Organizing Committee - 'MAZHALAI' – State Level Seminar on Child Protection Issues organized by MSSW, Chennai on Sept. 2005.
Tamil Nadu State Level, Regional & Chennai District Level Consultation on the RTE Act and Model Rules supported by UNICEF, Tamil Nadu & Kerala at Chennai – Aug. to Dec. 2010.
'Tamil Nadu State Level Consultation for Evolving Strategies on Children's Participation' supported by UNICEF, Tamil Nadu & Kerala at Chennai – Nov. 2010.
SWIDE – Social Work Intervention on Environmental Conservation, Social Work Association, Dept. of Social Work, Loyola College, Chennai – Aug. 2010.
National Seminar on 'Social Work Research – Challenges & Perspectives' sponsored by UGC organized by MSSW, Chennai – Jan. 2010.
Seminar on 'Mental Retardation' organized by BVSN Murthy Centre for Special Children, Chennai – 2009.
'Workshop on Social Science Research Methodology and Data Management & Analysis Using SPSS Software' at Bharathiar University, Coimbatore – Nov. 2010.
One-day Workshop on 'Writing and Publishing Articles in National and International Journals' at LISSTAR, Loyola College, Chennai – Sept. 2010.
Training on filing petition under the Right to Information (RTI) Act – 2005 at 5th Pillar, Chennai.
Southern Regional Workshop on 'UN-Convention on the Rights of persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD)' organized by NIEPMD, Chennai – Apr. 2010.
Regional Level Training Programme on Social Defence for Social Work Professionals sponsored by NISD at MISS, Madurai – Feb. 2010.
National Level Sensitization Residential Workshop on 'Early Detection and Prevention of Childhood Disabilities' at NIPCCD, New Delhi – Jan. 2010.
Training Programme on 'Participatory Rural Appraisal Methodology' in MYRADA, Gnanodhayam Training Centre, Hosur – 2007.
Workshop on 'Environmental Law' conducted by C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre, Chennai – 2006.
Workshop on 'Project Formulation & Managerial Skills' in RUHSA Department, CMC, Vellore – 2006.
Year Title of the Project Duration
2006 (Aug) Data Collection of A Baseline Study on Anganwadi Centres in Kaatankulathur Block of Kancheepuram District for CII-Ford 15 days
(Jul & Sep) Evaluation of Tsunami Rehabilitation Projects in different places in Cuddalore, Nagappatinam & Vizhupuram Districts of Tamilnadu & Puducherry for FRC (French Red Cross Society) 15 days
(Dec - Mar) A Study on the Causes for Bad debts among SHGs of Kavaraippettai Village in Tiruvallur District 24 days
2005 (Sep) A Study on Elderly Care in the Family (Project Field Work) 30 days
2005 (Nov) A Baseline Study on Iyyaswamy Street of Pudhupet Slum in Egmore, Chennai. 30 days
• Case Study Analysis of Best Village Education Committees (VECs) in Thriuvallur District - 2010.
• A Study on 'Parents' Opinion on ABL Methodology in Thiruvallur District – 2010.
• Participated in Data Collection – A Study on the status of Anganwadi Centres in Kunrathur Block of Kancheepuram District conducted by FORYOUCHILD, Chennai – July 2010.
• Participated in Data Collection – A Study on Dr.Muthulakshmi Reddy Maternity Assistance Scheme in Dharmapuri and Kancheepuram Districts in Tamil Nadu conducted by MSSRF, TN-FORCES & PHRN, New Delhi – Oct. 2009.
• 'A Study on National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) at Oddanchatiram Block in Dindugal District' (Master's Degree Dissertation) - 2007.
Year Agency Duration
2007 (May) Srinivasan Services Trust (SST) – TVS Motor Company's CSR Initiatives, Padavedu & Thirukkurungudi Site. 30 days
2006-07 (Dec - Mar) Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board (TNSCB), Community Development Wing, Chennai 24 days
(Jul - Oct) DRDA - District Rural Development Agency, Thiruvallur District 24 days
2006 (May) ECOMWEL - Emmaus Community Welfare Fund, Chennai. 30 days
(Dec - Mar) WEDTRUST- Women Education Development Trust,
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'RTI Act-2005 as an Effective tool to ensure RTE Act-2009' at National Conference on Inclusive Development – A Social Science Perspective by P.G. & Research Dept. of Social Work, Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirapalli – Nov. 2010.
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System HydroKleen is Toronto-based Altech's membrane bioreactor. It's designed to treat 40,000 gallons of wastewater daily from the weekly fresh-cut processing of 100,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables, according to a news release.
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Hello all,
I am using RTL compiler to synthesize a pure combiniational digital designs. I would like to know how to constraints the synthesis tool to minimize the Area as its first periority or even may be the only periority.
The shell script I use to synthesis my designs is:
$SYN_TOOL > $RC_REPORT << EOFset_attribute lib_search_path ../../../Digital_Standard_Cell_Library/synopsys/models set_attribute library {saed90nm_typ.lib}read_hdl $FILE
set_attribute avoid true LNANDX1 LNANDX2
elaborate synthesize -to_generic
synthesize -to_mapped
synthesize -to_mapped
synthesize -to_mapped
synthesize -to_mapped
synthesize -to_mapped -effort highwrite_hdl -mapped > /tmp/syn.$SYN_ID.v echo [get_attribute area /designs/*]> $AREA
set_attribute lib_search_path ../../../Digital_Standard_Cell_Library/synopsys/models
set_attribute library {saed90nm_typ.lib}
read_hdl $FILE
set_attribute avoid true LNANDX1 LNANDX2
synthesize -to_generic
synthesize -to_mapped
synthesize -to_mapped
synthesize -to_mapped
synthesize -to_mapped -effort high
write_hdl -mapped > /tmp/syn.$SYN_ID.v
echo [get_attribute area /designs/*]> $AREA
How can I constraint the RC to minimize the area as much as possible?
Alos, I have some designs that desribes in truth tables format (Berkeley PLA format), How can I read these designs with cadence?
Thanks a lot.
Hi Hamza,
if area is all you care about, then you may as well not read any timing constraints. RC always reclaims area since the assumption is no user want there design to be bigger than it needs to be :)
I noticed your flow does full mapping 5 times. Doing that even once an getting any meaningful improvement to area would be considered a bug. It is either unnecessary, a bug, or you are running an old version of the tools. A question I always ask is, do you expect the design to be smaller than it already is. Unfortunately, wanting it to be smaller is not enought to make it smaller...
As per Berkley PLA format, I do not have an answer for you altough I seem to recall a similar question a few years back in some EDA forum. A quick search may yield you some results
Is there no way to focus on Area on Cadence?
I have worked more with Synopsys and the tool does not do it very well, it automatically tries to synthesize for speed no matter what you do. There you can ease it a bit by making relaxed timing constraints and use the "set_max_area 0" command. Then you do a "set_max_area" to 10% less than the result and do an incremental synthesis and squeeze a bit more. That is Synopsys though, not Cadence. Cadence does not support the set_max_area command.
Back to the combinatorial code though, you might want to be careful as these synthesis tools should not have too much freedom. The quality can drop quite a bit when you have no constraint at all. The rule at work then was to just put some constraint in to force the tool to do some effort as it stops as soon as all constraints are matched.
RTL-Compiler does not accept a max_area constraint because the tool's philosophy is to always synthesize to the minimum area necessary to meet your other goals (timing and power). Lower area is pointless if you cannot meet timing. And, why would anyone want more area than necessary? With those thoughts in mind, an area constraint doesn't really make sense.
As gh said, the best way to reduce area is to relax your timing constraints, or at least to ensure you are not over-constraining. RTL-Compiler's core engines are much different than DC's. RC analyzes
all paths before mapping, and it maps timing critical paths differently
from non-critical paths. It structures datapath differently depending
on whether the paths are critical or not. Etc. So, RC's results are sensitive to timing constraints. Try not to over-constrain.
That being said, there are multiple things that can cause larger than necessary area. Check that these are not occurring:
There are also things you can try to reduce area.
Neither of the above lists should be considered complete. It is just what I thought of off the top of my head.
Hey Guys,
Thank you for your help.
gh, when I do multiple mapping, the synthesis result is different I don't know why. sometimes, the area geos form 630 to 570. and sometime if you make more mapping the area goes up again. !!
I used to run DC before I switch to RC. DC has a better performance in terms of Area optimization. I guess one of the main reason of that, DC accepts the PLA format (tabular format) which allow me to put some Don't care sets of my design. This gives DC a relaxation space to get more optimized design in terms of Area, power, and Delay.
Also, Do i need to put any delay constraints for my computational circuits in my script shown above to get better area performance??
By the way, I added these constraints to the above script:
set_attribute dp_area_mode true /
set incremental_opto 0
in addition to these, I don't know if they are valid or not :) They are just a guess. :)
set global_area 1
set max_area 0
set area_down 1
Thanks a lot.


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Winslow Finance Director Teresa Foy presented the city council with two options regarding water and sewer rates Tuesday evening, one from a policy used by the City of Wickenburg, and a second moving bars from the third and highest rate group to the second and middle rate group.
City Manager Stephen Pauken noted that there was a third option, which was to make no changes.
The council looked over the options and discussed them.
Pauken said that he and the city staff were not for the first option, which would mostly cost non-profit organizations, the hospital and medical offices and facilities.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The Revolution (3-9-7, 16 pts.) will play two of the its three straight road matches when the team heads to the Nation's Capital and the Rocky Mountains for Wednesday and Saturday matches.
The Revs will travel to Washington to face Eastern Conference foe D.C. United (5-5-8, 23 pts.) at RFK Stadium on Wednesday, July 20, at 7:30 p.m., before heading west to complete the season series with the Colorado Rapids (6-6-9, 27 pts.) on Saturday, July 23, at 9 p.m. ET at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Both matches will be televised regionally on Comcast SportsNet and carried on the radio by 98.5 The Sports Hub.
Both matches this week also wrap up season series. On March 26, the Revs earned a 2-1 win against United at Gillette Stadium behind goals from Zack Schilawski and Shalrie Joseph. On May 7, New England and Colorado played to a 0-0 draw in Foxborough.
Team information vs. D.C. United
- Wednesday's match is the 56th all-time, regular season meeting between the New England Revolution and D.C. United … this will be the 63rd overall meeting between the two clubs, who have played four MLS Cup matches and three U.S. Open contests
- D.C. leads the all-time, regular season series between the two clubs, 25-22-8 ... the Revs are 7-16-4 on the road against United, but own a 15-9-4 advantage in Foxborough – including an 9-3-4 record at Gillette Stadium
- With the 2-1 win against United on March 26, the Revs enter Saturday with a five-game unbeaten streak (4-0-1) against United since the start of the 2009 season ...last season, the Revs took both games in the series - including a 2-0 road win at RFK Stadium on April 3, and a 1-0 home win in Foxborough on August 7 ... in 2009, the Revs played to a 1-1 draw at D.C. on April 17, before winning, 2-1, at Gillette on May 30, during the return leg
- The 2009 and 2010 series wins marked the first time the Revs won back-to-back season series against D.C.
- The regular-season series has been remarkably even in recent years, as the Revs hold a slight 6-4-5 advantage in 15 meetings since the start of the 2006 regular season.
- The teams have met in three postseason series, with D.C. holding a 2-1-1 edge in those matches ... however, the Revs defeated United, 1-0, in the most recent playoff meeting on Nov. 5, 2006, to win the Eastern Conference Championship at RFK Stadium and earn a berth in the MLS Cup 2006.
Player Notes vs. D.C. United
- Shalrie Joseph has scored four times in 25 career appearances against D.C. to lead all current Revolution players in goals against D.C. ...had had an assist and then the game-winning penalty kick in the teams' last meeting on March 26
- Zack Schilawski scored the go-ahead goal in the eighth minute against D.C. on March 26, his first career goal scored against United
- Kenny Mansally has tallied two goals and one assist in five career games against D.C. ... Mansally scored both of those goals in a two-minute span during New England's 2-0 win at RFK Stadium in last year's series opener on April 3, and later won MLS Player of the Week honors for his play
- Kheli Dube has scored one goal with two assists in five career games against D.C. ... Dube had a goal and an assist in a 2-2 draw on May 29, 2008, at Gillette Stadium and assisted on the Revs' lone goal in a 2-1 loss on Oct. 16, 2008, at RFK
- Pat Phelan is the only other current Rev to have scored a goal against D.C. ... Phelan scored the game-winning goal in New England's 1-0 win on Aug. 7, 2010 at Gillette Stadium
- Chris Tierney picked up game-winning assists in both meetings with D.C. last season, feeding Kenny Mansally's opening tally in a 2-0 win on April 3, and setting up Pat Phelan for the only goal of a 1-0 win on Aug. 7
- Matt Reis is the Revs' all-time leader in games played in goal against United with 23 ... Reis has posted a 8-9-6 record all-time against D.C., with four shutouts and a 1.43 goals against average
Team information vs. Colorado
- Saturday's match marks the 38th all-time meeting between two of the founding teams of MLS … Colorado leads the all-time, regular-season series between the two clubs, 18-11-8
- New England is just 3-12-3 in matches played in Colorado, including an 0-2-2 mark at Dick's Sporting Goods Park … at home against Colorado, the Revs have posted a 5-3-4 mark at Gillette Stadium and an 8-6-5 mark overall
- New England is winless in the last three seasons against Colorado, going 0-3-4 against the Rapids since the start of the 2008 season
- Saturday night's match is the second meeting of the 2011 season … the teams played to a scoreless draw on May 7 at Gillette Stadium
- The teams last met at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on Sept. 18, 2010, with Colorado sweeping the season series behind a 3-0 win after taking a 2-1 win at Gillette Stadium on April 24
- The Revolution has not won the season series against Colorado since 2001, which was the first time the club won since the first two season series in 1996 and 1997
- The Revolution's last win against Colorado came in 2007, when the Revs took a 1-0 win at Gillette Stadium on Sept. 29 behind Khano Smith's 88th-minute goal
- The Revolution and Rapids have yet to meet in a match outside of the MLS regular season
Player Notes vs. Colorado
- Kenny Mansally and Kheli Dube are the only two current Revs players who have scored goals against Colorado
- Mansally's second-half strike in Commerce City in 2008 leveled the game and earned the Revs' their first result in Colorado since 2004
- Dube scored in the team's match in Colorado in 2009, giving the team a 1-0 lead before the Rapids leveled in the second half on a penalty kick to send the match to a final 1-1 draw
- Shalrie Joseph has made a team-high 15 appearances against Colorado, recording one assist with a team-high 12 shots
- Ryan Cochrane is the only other player who has recorded any points against Colorado – an assist in 2004 in his rookie season with San Jose
- Only six players started both matches against Colorado last season, including Kevin Alston, Pat Phelan and Sainey Nyassi
- Matt Reis is 7-7-4 all-time against Colorado, including five shutouts … with the Revs, he is 3-7-4 with two shutouts
Week On The Road
After Wednesday's match at D.C., the Revs will travel straight to Denver for Saturday's tilt against the Rapids at Dick's Sporting Goods Park ... the team will depart Washington, D.C., on Thursday afternoon, and the train in Commerce City on Friday afternoon ahead of Saturday night's game ... the Revs' six-day road trip is the team's only two-game trip this year.
Living Out Of The Suitcase For A While
The Revs are in the midst of a stretch that sees them play five of six games on the road through the month of July ... the team played just a single home league game - Sunday's 3-0 loss against Philadelphia – in that six-week span (June 26-July 30) ... the team's travels have already taken them to Seattle (June 26) and Salt Lake (July 4), with Wednesday's game at D.C., Colorado (July 23) and Kansas City (July 30) all up on deck, before they play three of their next four games at Gillette Stadium to open August ... so far the Revs are winless on the road, going 0-6-3 in their nine previous attempts.
Shalrie's Back: Sending Shots On Goal
Midfielder Shalrie Joseph is expected to return to the Revs' lineup on Wednesday after serving a mandatory one-game yellow-card accumulation suspension ... his return will be a boon for the Revs after the team did not put a single shot on goal on Sunday against Philly ... Joseph has taken 29 shots this season, 16 on goal ... his shots on goal percentage (55.2 percent) ranks seventh in MLS, 10 percent behind league leader Marcos Mondaini of Chivas USA (64.7) ... the Revs' captain leads the club in shots on goal and goals (5) - and trails Rajko Leckic (30) in shots by one - in his 17 appearances this season.
Feilhaber Unavailable Against United
With his two yellow cards in the last match against Philadelphia (July 17), Benny Feilhaber will miss Wednesday's match against D.C. United while serving his mandatory one-game red-card suspension ... Feilhaber picked up his second caution and subsequent red card in the 66th minute of the Revs' 3-0 loss after a body check to Carlos Ruiz off the ball while already on one card.
Road Woes
The Revs are still searching for their first road victory of the 2011 season, entering next Wednesday's game with an 0-6-3 mark in away games ... after drawing their first two road efforts - at LA (March 20, 1-1) and at Vancouver (April 6, 1-1), the Revs have dropped six straight road games before their 3-3 draw at Real Salt Lake on July 4... in nine road games, the Revs have scored just eight road goals - one each at LA (Shalrie Joseph), Vancouver (Ilija Stolica), San Jose (Chris Tierney), New York (Zak Boggs) and Seattle (Sainey Nyassi) before exploding for three goals (Lekic, Tierney and Joseph) in Salt Lake City.
Still Searching For Western Win On This Trip
Saturday's match in Colorado will give the Revs an opportunity to snap a 14-game winless streak in matches played in the Mountain or Pacific Time zones, which dates back to September of 2009 … since earning a 1-0 win at Seattle on Aug. 20, 2009, New England is 0-10-4 in matches played in the Rockies or on the West Coast, and is just 2-12-4 since the start of 2009 in the two Western-most time zones.
Joseph Garners All-Star Nod
For the eighth-straight year, Shalrie Joseph has earned MLS All-Star honors ... he was among New York Red Bulls and All-Star head coach Hans Backe's coach's selections, announced on Monday ... Joseph has been named to every All-Star Game squad since the 2004 season ... he will join up with the All-Stars in New York on Sunday, July 24 and will return to the Revs on Thursday, July 28.
Dabo Hangs Up His Boots
Midfielder Ousmane Dabo announced his retirement from professional soccer on Monday ... the 16-year professional cited physical issues that were unable to heal as his reason for his retirement and thereby releasing the club from his contract ... Dabo, 34, joined the Revolution on February 11, 2011, and made three league appearances with the club, in addition to one appearance in the MLS Play-In rounds of the U.S. Open Cup.
Domi Released From Contract
On Friday, July 15, Major League Soccer released left back Didier Domi from his contract with the league and from service to the Revs ... Domi, 33, signed with the Revs on January 11, 2011, after a 14-year career in Europe in France, England, Spain, Portugal and most recently, Greece ... he appeared in nine games, making eight starts at left back, and recorded one assist, a secondary assist at New York (June 10).
Diego Gets To Dress
Diego Fagundez, the Revs' 16-year-old Home Grown player, will be making his first league away trip this week ... he will be among the 18 players dressed on Wednesday in D.C., and then will travel on to Colorado with the rest of the squad ... Wednesday night will mark the first time Fagundez has dressed in the 18 for an MLS contest ... he has previously dressed - and played - in Reserve League matches and U.S. Open Cup Play-In Games, but has not previously dressed for an MLS match.
Revs' Reserves Unbeaten In Last Four
The Revs reserves pushed their unbeaten streak to four games and their winning streak to three games with a 3-1 win against Philadelphia's reserves on Monday morning at Gillette Stadium ... Diego Fagundez recorded one goal and one assist, while Alan Koger and Andrew Sousa also scored goals ... Revs Academy product Dominik Machado (Attleboro, Mass.) and Peguy Ngatcha (Manchester, N.H.) also picked up assists in the game.
Record Winless Streak
With the 3-0 loss to Philadelphia on Sunday, the Revs are now winless in their last nine games (0-6-3) … the nine-game winless stretch is tied for the longest in club history, the fourth occasion for such a streak ... the Revs went 0-5-4 in a similar stretch in 2003, and 0-9 during separate spans in the 1997 (between July 20 and August 9) and 1998 (between May 13 and July 1) seasons.
Heading Back to Texas
The Revs' U-16 team will next compete in the Generation adidas U-17 cup in Frisco, Texas, July 25-31 … several new members of the 2011-12 Under-16 and Under-18 teams will participate in the tournament … the squad's roster for the trip will be released next week.
Youth players get the call against Philly in reserve match
Four youth players were called up to the lineup for the Revs' reserve match against Philadelphia on July 18, with three seeing time in the 3-1 win … Dominik Machado (Attleboro, Mass.) started and played 90 minutes while picking up one assist, Peguy Ngatcha (Manchester, N.H.) also had an assist … Cole Denormandie (Lincoln, Mass.) was a halftime substitute … additionally, Revs Home Grown player and Under-16 star Diego Fagundez (Leominster, Mass.) picked up one goal and one assist in 90 minutes of action.


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Theft At Midwest Siding
- July 11, 2013 10:25 am
A white SUV got away with a pallet of leaf-guard (gutter protector) yesterday, but was caught on business security camera's.
Midwest Siding, located at 1550 S Broadway was burglarized of 800 ft of leaf-guard, totaling $1,000 in losses. The pallet had a "For Sale" sign on it, but apparently the price was too high for the person who decided he'd take it all for free.
There have been no arrests made. Police are looking for a white male in his late 20's to early 30's.
Good luck in getting their stuff back. Police have a poor record in recovery.
How about posting the video so we can see what he looks like get an idea of what the SUV looks like. We all know what SPD Cop Cars look like. Even a pic of the stuff that was stolen would be more help than the pic of the Cop Car. Let me guess the Cam was not working, was a out of order or pointed in the wrong direction during the robbery. Someone on the inside that needed the stuff for a job or to sell to someone to finish a project.


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Worthington City Council continues budget sessions
WORTHINGTON -- For its third round of budget discussions, the Worthington City Council heard from representatives from the city's community development and engineering departments.
The community development department's projected total revenue for 2012 remained the same as the year before at $ 155,600.
According to Brad Chapulis, the city's manager of community and economic development, the primary source of revenue for the department is from the issuance of non-business licenses and permits.
"The number of (building) permits issued this year is up but the valuation is down, so the amount of revenue coming in is less than what was anticipated," Chapulis said.
Additionally, delay in two large scale projects -- namely JBS' expansion of a freezer warehouse facility as well as Worthington's long-planned events center, have contributed to the projected revenue outlook.
Chapulis added that the delay in the JBS project is mainly due to the fact that the company is hoping to "get the kinks out" of the same facility that was recently built in Marshalltown, Iowa.
The projected operational cost for community development is $611,255, which is down about $58,000 from last year. That's largely due to the elimination of a community planner position.
Apart from the eliminated position, the 2012 budget remained mostly the same as in 2011, Chapulis said, with the exception of a one-time contribution to Worthington Rediscovered, a city effort to "strengthen established residential areas through removal of substandard housing and reinvestment of redevelopment projects."
The city engineering department's operating cost for the following year is expected to increase by $12,866.
City engineer Dwayne Haffield said that the two major components that added to the increase in cost are for equipment and furniture/fixtures, and computer software and design services.
The next budget meeting is scheduled for Thursday.


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I'm going to give Kevin Clash the benefit of the doubt this time. The last accuser to accuse Clash of underage sexual relations later revoked his claim as bogus. So now that a second accuser coming forward accusing Kevin Clash (Elmo) of underage sexual relationship, I'm skeptical. However, in response to this accusation, Kevin Clash has resigned as 'Elmo.' Either he is feeling guilty, or he is just tired of being a target of false accusations. Regardless, Tickle me Elmo will have to be voiced by someone else now. Can you tell me how to get to Sodomy Street? This is your tax dollars at work.
Oh wait, I know. Maybe it's RAAAAAAAAAAACIST!
We'll see if this turns out to be true. The first one sure wasn't.