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Scottsdale's latest downtown infill-incentive proposal calls for construction of a 420-unit luxury apartment complex northwest of Indian School Road and Goldwater Boulevard.
Zaremba Residential Co. plans to purchase the roughly 5-acre parcel from Shawn Yari's Triyar Corp. to build the five-story complex. The property houses a Travelodge hotel, a closed Village Inn restaurant and a mostly vacant office building.
Zaremba's corporate offices are located in Cleveland, but its western United States operation is based in Scottsdale.
The proposal, referred to as the Scottsdale Goldwater Development, would replace the development plan approved in 2007 for the Hanover project, a complex that included apartments, retail and office uses.
Scottsdale citizens filed a referendum in 2008 to stop the Hanover project. A Maricopa County Superior Court judge tossed out the referendum because it did not follow the proper filing procedures. But the project stalled because of the depressed real-estate market and restricted investment capital.
"I can't say if this will be equally controversial," said Dan Symer, senior city planner.
The Hanover project drew opposition because the city had just started working on its downtown plan, and some residents felt it should hold off on allowing any projects until after the plan was approved, Symer said. Also, some residents didn't want apartments downtown, and others were unhappy with the height and density, he said.
Kent Chantung, Zaremba's director of residential development, said the new proposal is more viable and financing has been secured for construction. Zaremba completed the two-tower West 6th apartment project in downtown Tempe. That complex is 90 percent occupied.
"We are really bringing something that (Scottsdale's) downtown core can use," he said.


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(Springfield, MA) — Western Mass may be seeing the fallout of its own state drug lab scandal. Criminal defense lawyer Luke Ryan is seeking all evidence used to prosecute former state chemist Sonja Farak. The Northampton woman faces trial next year for allegedly stealing drug evidence and tampering with samples while working at the crime lab in Amherst. Ryan says he needs the evidence about Farak to defend a Springfield man accused of being a cocaine and heroin dealer. In the Boston area, hundreds of inmates have been set free because of alleged evidence tampering by Annie Dookhan, another former state chemist.
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Survivor: Caramoan – Winner Results – Finale Video
Survivor: Caramoan is over, and you'll have a hard time convincing me (or any students of the game) that the right person didn't win. "Last Push" serves as a showcase for the talents of John Cochran, perhaps the biggest fan that ever played the game. In many ways, it's fitting that a fan (cast as a favorite) wins the Fans vs. Favorites season, as only someone who knew the game inside and out could have performed at such a high level, particularly in terms of jury management. I found myself wondering if, perhaps, Cochran hadn't delivered the greatest jury performance in the history of the game, rivalling similar showings by previous winners Chris Daugherty (Vanuatu), Todd Herzog (China) and Parvati Shallow (Micronesia). I couldn't help but be impressed with the ways in which he both owned his game, and told the jury exactly what they wanted to hear. It's hard to argue that Cochran didn't play a near-flawless game, keeping the blood off his hands, for the most part.
In looking into the bare facts of what happened, this was one of the more exciting finales in recent memory. Almost immediately after last week's tribal council, Eril is pulled from the game for medical reasons, which is a shame since, while I don't think he would have won the million dollars, I think he was on-track to making final tribal council. He was playing a solid, under-the-radar, "anyone but me" game, in the vein of two-time winner Sandra Diaz-Twine. At least, that's what we could surmise from what we've been shown, and only then if we're being generous. Erik has been one of the more difficult players to get a hold on this season, as it became increasingly hard to tell whether his strategy was genuine, or if he was simply being carried along by the tides of better players. That said, I wouldn't be averse to seeing him play again, since I think there's the kernel of a decent player there, even if that potential hasn't exactly been realized.
Erik's medical evacuation brings us down to four, which makes it a bit easier for Cochran to win the final reward challenge, a card-stacking challenge that gives him an advantage in the final immunity challenge. With that advantage, he's able to secure a comfortable lead, winning the final immunity challenge and securing his spot in front of the jury. I honestly can't think of a moment, as a Survivor fan, as satisfying as seeing Cochran win final immunity, particularly since he and I were both 13-year-olds watching Survivor on our couches when it premiered. Except, obviously, he's a million dollars richer. There's a lot to be said for how exquisitely Cochran played this game, though, as he sticks with Dawn and Sherri by eliminating Eddie, and then plays up the unworthiness of both in front of the jury.
It's wonderful watching Cochran not only exhibit his lawyering skills in front of the jury, but it's also terrific to see him completely own his game, explaining that he made many of the decisions that put the jury where they are, while Dawn played a game that would never have come to fruition without his help. That final tribal council, while undoubtedly a clinic put on by Cochran, was one of the more dramatic in recent memory, particularly when Brenda demanded that Dawn remove her teeth for all to see. Her rationale was in Dawn's earlier insistence that she'd have pulled herself out of the game if Brenda hadn't found her retainer in the water. Thus, Brenda calls Dawn on her vanity, asking her to show the world what she looks like without teeth, to prove that the game is more important than her appearance. After a bit of back-and-forth jockeying, Dawn follows through, and I almost expected that the bravery on display might have secured Brenda's vote for Dawn. But the jury was a mercurial sort, completely unpredictable, with Phillip revoking Sherri's Stealth R' Us certification, while Reynold begged Dawn to give an honest assessment of him, since she's been relatively phoney throughout the entire competition. Throughout it all, Cochran handled the jury beautifully, assuaging Phillip by explaining how Stealth 'R Us fell apart in his absence, and placating Eddie by detailing how he'd be every bit the bro outside of the game, if he won the million dollars, that they would want him to be. It was a beautiful bit of business, so it was unsurprising when Cochran became only the second person in the history of the game to win a unanimous vote.
I don't think, as a Survivor fan, that I've ever been happier to see someone win this game than I was to see Cochran take the million. It was a game nearly devoid of flaw, and I wouldn't have wanted it to end any other way.
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I frequently disagree with Financial Times writer Wolfgang? Münchau, especially on keeping the eurozone and EU intact.Today, I largely agree (but sometimes for opposite reasons) with Münchau's take in Britain's bluster serves the eurozone well.Münchau: The singular importance of the budget negotiations, and of British prime minister David Cameron's insistence on an EU budget freeze, lies in what they reveal about the future of the EU itself. A frozen budget means that the EU is stuck with what it does. Forget the Agenda 2020, or any other pretence at growth-enhancing policies.What the fraught budget negotiations tell us is that the process of European integration – at the level of the EU – is largely completed. In that sense it matters little whether the UK, for example, stays inside or not. In formally leaving the EU, there would be no need for the UK to give up on any existing rights, including the right to take up work and residence in the EU and, of course access to the single market – whatever that is worth. The terms of a withdrawal from the EU are freely negotiable. Even now, it does not feel that different, apart from the temperature, whether you are in Britain inside the EU, or in Norway outside the EU.Mish: From the point of view of the EU, Münchau is largely correct. The EU can blunder along in its creation of an economic nannyzone with or without the UK, but not with or without Germany.However, from the point of view of the UK, it would be better for the the UK to leave. The UK does not need inane EU agricultural subsidies, inane financial regulations, inane work rules, or this endless bickering over rules and budgets that the EU nannyzone requires of member states. Münchau: Today's EU has two important functions left. Some readers may find my list shockingly short. The first is that it provides the institutions and legal framework for the eurozone to muddle through to a solution of its crisis. I am not saying that the eurozone will necessarily achieve that goal. There is a non-trivial probability that it will not.The banking union could be a first step towards a single market for finance at eurozone level. Ultimately, I would also expect a single market for labour and for services, all at eurozone level. If there is a fiscal union, its budget will end up not only bigger than the EU's, but also different in composition – to fulfil the purpose of macroeconomic stabilisation.Mish: I advise betting on the "non-trivial probability" things do not work out as Münchau sees. Ironically, the more "success" the EU has on achieving one-size fits none "nannyrules" for everything under the sun, the lower the overall growth in the region because the bureaucracy, financial taxes, agricultural rules, etc., are generally headed in the wrong direction.Münchau:The EU's second important function is to serve as a waiting room for member states who are not yet in the eurozone, but are willing to enter it at some point in the future.In the end, it does not matter whether the outs leave the EU formally, linger compliantly on the fringes or whether the eurozone leaves them. A messy divorce of some sort will take place, at some point, possibly still quite a few years away. It could take numerous forms. A formal separation is only one of several possibilities. But it is not sustainable for a group of permanent outsiders to enjoy permanent co-decision rights, even though the EU is endlessly patient when it comes to accepting transitional arrangements. The reality is that there is no sustainable biosphere that is outside the eurozone, but inside the EU.Mish: There is a big difference between the UK sitting on the fence and the Czech Republic, Denmark, or Sweden sitting on the fence. The difference is the UK's size and ability to make waves.However, let's assume Münchau is correct, that "there is no sustainable biosphere that is outside the eurozone, but inside the EU".Given there is very little chance of the UK joining the eurozone, the sooner the UK leaves the EU, the better. Since that is what Münchau implies (assuming he agrees the UK will not join the eurozone), we are largely in agreement.Münchau: By insisting on an EU budget freeze, Mr Cameron is ultimately doing the eurozone a favour. By undermining the EU, he provides further incentives for the eurozone to grasp its collective interest. I support him.Mish: Not quite. Cameron sits like a wimp on a fence unable to do what needs to be done, nor will he even put the matter to a vote. Monti Presses Cameron for EU ReferendumMost likely to the shock and horror of the bulk of nannycrats, Monti presses Cameron for EU referendum.
Italy's prime minister has publicly urged David Cameron to call a decisive referendum on "the fundamental question" of whether Britain should remain in the EU.In comments that will complicate the British prime minister's efforts to fend off Eurosceptic demands for an "in-out" vote, Mario Monti argued that an unambiguous plebiscite was the best way to address "the British problem" and prevent an exit.He added: "Above all, one day Britain must – I spoke with David Cameron about this last week – Britain must ask their electorate, not whether they agree or disagree on the latest change?.?.?.?but pose the fundamental question: do you want to remain in the European Union?"Opinion polls suggest a majority of Britons want to leave the EU. A ComRes survey for the Independent newspaper, released on Tuesday, showed 54 per cent wanted Britain to exit and maintain close trading links.While Mr Cameron has indicated he favours a referendum on a new "settlement" between Britain and an increasingly integrated eurozone, he makes it clear he wants the UK to retain its membership. He has refused to yield to pressure from his own Conservative party to hold an in-out vote.The prospect of reopening Tory splits on Europe haunts Mr Cameron; the two previous Conservative premiers – Margaret Thatcher and John Major – were both brought down by party infighting over Europe.Michael Fabricant, a Conservative vice-chairman, on Monday called on Mr Cameron to offer a referendum non-aggression pact at the next election with the Eurosceptic UK Independence party. He warned the Conservatives could otherwise lose 20-40 seats.But Mr Cameron rejected the idea, saying there would be "no pacts" with Ukip, which secured its best-ever parliamentary by-election result last week. Nigel Farage, Ukip leader, said he could not do a deal with the Tories while Mr Cameron was in post.Meanwhile, Mr Cameron said on Monday that a deal on the EU's long-term budget was "still doable" in spite of a breakdown of talks in Brussels last Friday. Britain sided with other EU paymasters – including Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands and Finland – in calling for cuts to proposed spending.
Losing by WinningCameron raised the EU's bluff and Merkel promptly folded.The problem is the UK would be far better off by having a straight up or down vote on the EU by British citizens (which I am sure would be rejected), and sadly that outcome was avoided.Instead, Cameron has decided to plod along instead of doing what needs to be done: having a national referendum on UK membership in the EU.
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INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler baseball team exploded for 13 runs in the bottom of the 1st inning en route to a 28-5 blowout win over IPFW Wednesday afternoon at Bulldog Park. The game featured 39 hits and seven multi-run innings.
Twenty-five Bulldog players saw action, including nine pitchers in the nine-inning game. Junior Corey Moylan led Butler with a 4-for-6 day with three doubles, five RBIs and three runs scored. Juniors Kevin Crane and Luke Duncan each drove in three runs. Sophomore Nick Hladek was 3-for-3 with two doubles and a walk and two RBIs before being subbed out. Senior Kyle Schultz, freshman Bob Akin and junior Michael Letzer each added two RBIs.
In all, 12 different Bulldogs had a run driven in.
Trailing 2-0 early, BU sent 18 hitters to the plate and racked up 11 hits and three walks. Leadoff hitter Luke Duncan was one batter away from his third at-bat of the inning. Six of the first seven – and the first four - Bulldogs at the plate got a hit and scored. BU got four hits and two walks the second time through the lineup.5
BU (8-13) added to their 13-2 lead with five runs in the bottom of the 4th. Butler added a pair of runs in the 5th inning and two more in the bottom of the 7th.
Leading 22-3, Butler scored six more runs and sent 10 batters to the plate. IPFW scored two in the top of the 9th to provide the final margin.
Freshman Joel Leichty (1-2) was credited with the win. Everybody pitched one inning for BU.
Butler will return to league play this weekend with a three-game home series against Wright State. Game one is Friday, April 2 at 3 p.m.


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Where Were The Aliens?: CG Flyby Of Mars
This is being billed as the most accurate flyby of Mars. Which, Jesus, you know things are shitty when the most accurate flyby of Mars is entirely CG.
The flyby uses 3D data gathered from HiRISE, the 0.5-meter reflecting telescope on board NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The 3D data set was calculated by comparing HiRISE's ultra-crispy images taken from two different points of view. The photos were matched using picture recognition software and converted in a 3D surface map using the position of the orbiter. The result is the most accurate terrain information on the surface of Mars yet. The best thing: All this data is being published by NASA for everyone to use.
Impressive, but it didn't really look any more accurate than the flyby I made this morning with my crumpled bedsheets. And that one had a giant sleeping dog in the middle of it. Plus, oh I don't know, THE EPIC-EST LEGO BATTLE YOU EVER SEEN!
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Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers form a line with tanks after completing their part of a joint U.S. and Japanese live-fire exercise during exercise Rising Thunder 2013 at Yakima Training Center, Wash., Sept. 17, 2013. Rising Thunder is a U.S. Army-hosted exercise designed to build interoperability between I Corps, the 7th Infantry Division and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. James Bunn/Released)
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On Thursday, John Brennan, the White House deputy national security advisor for homeland security and counterterrorism, will come before the Senate to interview for one of the most powerful jobs in the world: director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Brennan's nomination is by no means a fait accompli.
Brennan, who served in the top echelons of the CIA during the key early years of the Bush administration, still has many questions he hasn't answered regarding the agency's role in torture, indefinite detention and kidnapping during his time there. And he has at least as many questions to answer about his role running the killing program in the Obama White House.
Today, the ACLU and a coalition of other human rights and religious organizations sent a letter (.pdf) to Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Ranking Member Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) urging both senators to ask Brennan tough and probing questions regarding any role he had in the CIA's interrogation, detention and extraordinary rendition practices.
After then-President-Elect Obama passed over Brennan for CIA director four years ago because of torture concerns, Brennan protested that he opposed the agency's torture program during the Bush administration and had no decision-making authority when the United States plunged into the torture abyss. That may be so, but according to Reuters, the Senate Intelligence Committee's 6,000 page report on the CIA torture program shows that Brennan knew intimate details of the program. Complicity isn't only attained by setting policy or issuing orders; one can be complicit by carrying out orders as well. Here is where the Senate can set the record straight regarding Brennan's role in the United States government's lawless embrace of the dark side.
Regardless of his 2008 statement of moral objections to torture tactics, Sens. Feinstein and Chambliss should ask Brennan whether he helped develop, carry out, advise on, or implement policies that that included torture, abuse, extraordinary rendition, and secret prisons. In the past, other members of the intelligence community, such as Bush nominees for CIA general counsel and for deputy attorney general, had their nominations denied or withdrawn because of their roles in CIA interrogation, detention and extraordinary rendition practices.
John Brennan should be held to the same standard.
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Thor Neureiter, M.A. '11, wins Emmy for Mets documentary
November 18, 2010
Thor Neureiter, M.A. '11, has won an Emmy Award for the documentary "Miracle in New York: The Story of the '69 Mets," which commemorates the 40th anniversary of the New York Mets' first world championship season.
The one-hour documentary was honored in the historical/cultural special category by the New York Chapter Emmy Award. Neureiter, a politics specialist in the Master of Arts program at Columbia Journalism School, served as the director, producer and editor of the film.
"Miracle in New York" received seven nominations in all, including editing, photography, sound editing and score.
"I think that says more about the production than one Emmy. Its very gratifying to know the film was recognized as a collective effort," Neureiter said.
With the 40th anniversary of the Mets' championship season on the horizon, SNY, the Mets' television network, sought a film that would celebrate this landmark event in sports.
"Working with the executive producer, I set out to frame the story within the cultural context of 1969," Neureiter explained. "It was an intense year with growing frustration over the war in Vietnam, Woodstock and landing man on the moon. Then this improbable team, a team that never had a winning record, came out of nowhere to win the World Series. The team didn't change the world, but the idea of The Miracle Mets provided perspective that despite everything else, anything is possible."
Neureiter has contributed to programming for FRONTLINE on PBS, including "Showdown with Iran," "News War: Secrets, Sources & Spin," "The Last Abortion Clinic" and "The O.J. Verdict." He has worked extensively for HBO and Ken Burns/Florentine Films.
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Before this fortnight is over, the United States will know their next president though given the recent history of legally challenged results in that country, it may be wise not to hedge any bets on this.
Before this fortnight is over, the United States will know their next president though given the recent history of legally challenged results in that country, it may be wise not to hedge any bets on this. Perhaps, what can be counted upon with more confidence is that no matter which way the election goes, whether Barack Obama wins the elections or not, his will be the profile that most people will reassess with greater gusto, not Mitt Romneys. Not since Gandhiji used the personal to rally ever more people towards very public and politically transformative causes has anyone updated, in real time, his biographical detail as vividly as Obama has done in an exercise in persuasive politics and diplomacy.
It used to be joked during his contest of the primaries against Hillary Clinton more than four years ago that he was making a bid for the most powerful office on earth just on the strength of two memoirs (Dreams From My Father, The Audacity of Hope), and not on an accumulation of experience to qualify for the job. So he may have, but by placing his life story at the heart of his policy prescriptions in such a way that every retelling of his story made the narrative yet more capacious to accommodate the arc of history, geography, race relations, generational shift and the welfare state. It was not, as Tea Party types would have it, a confidence trick Obamas has been an attempt to transform by articulation, and his story has been central in that endeavour even after he made it to the White House. Recently, he gave Michael Lewis unusually open access to his work and domestic spaces to allow a view from the inside, and a few lines from the resultant article for Vanity Fair spring out: He (Obama) was especially alive to the power of a story to influence the American public. He believed he had been elected chiefly because he had told a story; he thought he had had problems in office because he, without quite realising it, had ceased to tell it.
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BOSTON After an extended illness forced Boston Mayor Thomas Menino to stay away for months, he has returned to his house in the Readville section of Hyde Park.
Menino is still undergoing physical therapy to regain his strength after an eight-week hospital stay that began in late October and has been followed by months of rehab.
But his convalescence at the city-owned Parkman House is over. Menino said Monday he's happy to be back in his own bed.
"Let me tell you, I love it, it's great to be back home," he said. "It's always nice to be in your home in your own bed."
The mayor had been staying at the Parkman House since December because it's equipped with an elevator and is closer to City Hall and Spaulding Hospital, where he's been undergoing rehab.


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This is an excerpt from Wilma My Friend My Wife.
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Getting To Know One Another
What a surprise it was when I received a postcard from Huntsville Ontario; it was from her. Imagine, we had only spoken briefly that Sunday after church. I must have made some sort of impression, she had thought enough to send me a card. Wow! I was floating on clouds until she came home.
Wilma told me the usual vacation stuff and when they would be arriving home. The heart stopper was when I read, �I�ll see you when we return.� I had lost count of how many times I read that card. I purposely waited a couple days after they got back before calling her, I didn�t want to appear too anxious to see her. I asked her if she would like to go to see a movie. She said that she would like that. As I was working steady on the night shift at GM and she was working days at Metropolitan Hospital, our first date would have to be on Saturday evening.
I soon discovered there was something different about this girl. She had a quiet innocence about her that I had never seen in any girl before. She also had a meekness about her that showed an inner beauty that matched her outward appearance.
I mentioned earlier, in A Bit about Myself, of living in Tecumseh. Most of the people I knew were from a different lifestyle; there was coarse talk and a lot of drinking. Even the girls had a hard way about them. I didn�t realize there was a different world just twenty miles away. I didn�t dare take her to a restaurant in Tecumseh for fear of embarrassing her.
Thinking back, I wasn�t sure just what to expect but that first date was everything I hoped it would be. I tried to do everything properly, I wanted to treat her like a lady but this was something new to me. I didn�t want to appear brash or come on too strong. I wanted to make a good impression. I bought a large bag of popcorn which we shared and a pop for each of us.
I desperately wanted to hold her hand but fear wouldn�t allow it. In an awkward moment our hands touched as she reached for the popcorn. This brought on an embarrassed laugh which broke the ice for both of us. After a couple more accidental bumpings in the popcorn bag she didn�t pull away. I think I missed most of the movie because of this, and planning my strategy while sneaking sideward glances at her. She must have had a good time that evening because she said she would go out with me again.
We saw The King and I. I know it was The King and I, because one day while I was helping with the dishes several years later, out of the blue, Wilma looked me straight in the eye and asked, �Do you remember what we did on our first date?� I drew a blank. All I knew was that it must have been fun; we were together. She knew by the look on my face that I didn�t have a clue. We both had a laugh, and then she reminded me, �We went to see The King and I.� Now, I don�t think I will ever forget what we did that night. I do know, I didn�t kiss her on that date; that was to come, some time later.
Wilma and I went to the beach at Point Pelee quite often. She couldn�t swim but we played, splashed, and soaked up the sun. Because of her hearing problem she didn�t like to get her ears wet and would wear one of those funny looking rubber bathing hats. Actually she looked cute in it.
I remember the ads in all the guy magazines for Charles Atlas the muscle builder; in the ads the muscle guy always had the girl and would kick sand in the face of the wimpy guy who did not have a girl of his own. I always felt proud as we walked across the beach, hand in hand. I don�t know if she noticed or not but almost all the single guys seemed to be looking at us. She was mine, all mine. By the way, I didn�t have to kick sand in anyone�s face.
I enjoyed many meals at the Ciphery�s. Her Mom was a good cook, and I think she liked me; I seemed to have had the approval of the family. Wilma�s oldest brother Carmen had not met me yet, as he had moved to Alberta in 1950. We met a few years later and had an immediate kinship.
I did a lot of extra driving that year; eighty miles a day. I would drive the twenty miles to our farm; work for the afternoon then race back home for supper and clean up. I then would drive back to see her for a couple hours and then drive the twenty miles back to Tecumseh, just in time to head to work in Windsor for nine o�clock. If anyone had been watching me, they probably thought I was out of my mind.
It was hard to get too personal, with her family around. Sometimes we played Chinese checkers or we would go for drives. When time permitted and I didn�t have to race off to work, we often went to the Detroit River to watch the boats sail by and do a little snuggling.
My Mom and Dad immediately fell in love with her, as did almost everyone else who met her; she was just that kind of a person.
I soon realized that this honest, hard working farm family had something going for them that had been missing in my life; I never heard a curse word and there was no drinking. They were people of integrity; could it have something to do with their Christian beliefs? I began attending church regularly with Wilma, and have continued to do so to this day.
One day in the spring of 1956 while parked on the Mole Side Road, where the Gestwood camp now exists, I asked her to marry me. Of course, she said yes. We went shopping for rings and being the frugal person that she was; we passed over the more expensive and settled on a more modest set.
One evening while we were out driving around we stopped for ice cream at the Dairy Freeze in North Ridge. On our way back to her place, I was pulled over by the police as we were approaching Essex on No.3 Highway. I know I was not speeding because we were in no hurry to get home. Maybe the officer thought we were drinking or casing the homes in the area to break in. I was ordered to get out of the car. The officer shone his light around in the car, finding no beer bottles, the light finally settled on Wilma�s sparkling ring. He turned to me and told me to get back in the car, then said, �If you two want a little loving, get off the highway and go down a back road.� We often had a laugh about that incident.
The date for the wedding was set for August 18, 1956, the first day of my vacation from GM. I don�t remember much about the ceremony; I think I was numb with brain freeze. I do know she was very beautiful, and I know it was a very hot summer day and there was a heavy down pour of rain. Leaving the church with my brother Dan, my best man and June Goodwin, Wilma�s cousin, her maid of honour, we went to Colchester where we had our pictures taken.
On returning to the Ciphery farm, we had a chicken dinner equal to any Christmas feast with all the trimmings which Wilma�s cousins happily served to us. Later, early in the evening, we left in my 1948 Ford with cans tied to the bumper clattering as we drove down the road. We headed for Niagara Falls. Not wanting to drive into the night we stopped at a motel near Wardsville, about an hour�s drive passed Chatham, long before reaching our destination.
It was there, we consummated our union as God had intended. Genesis 2:25, says, �The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.�
Although fifty years have come and gone, the memory of our first night together is etched in my mind. I shall never forget the sight of sparkling beads of water cascading over her sheer loveliness as we showered together for the first time. I can only imagine how Adam must have felt as he gazed upon his lovely bride for the very first time.
This was the beginning of forty-five fleeting years of really getting to know one another. With the Lord�s help and guidance we were able to survive as we traveled the road of life together with its many twists and turns, hills and valleys. Over the years, our love had deepened and the bonds of love had grown stronger and drawn us closer together as we worked, played and raised our family.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Supreme Court has reversed a lower court's dismissal of drug charges against two men who had state-issued cards allowing them to grow and use marijuana for medical purposes.
The high court on Monday said a Superior Court judge had prematurely thrown out charges against Dean DeRobbio and Joseph Joubert. Cranston police arrested them in 2010 and charged them with violating the state's medical marijuana law.
DeRobbio and Joubert had said the amount of marijuana and number of plants they had were legal. The state appealed after the charges were dismissed.
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A high-octane thriller by a New York Times bestselling author and "master of courtroom suspense" (Lisa Gardner) about a father who takes the law into his own hands to save his son who is trapped in a juvenile detention center from hell.
Lawyer David Sloane is desperate to get through to his troubled teenage son Jake. Still reeling from the devastating loss of his mother in a brutal murder, Jake has spiraled out of control and Sloane can barely keep him out of jail. So when his old friend, detective Tom Molia, suggests that they take their sons on a camping trip, Sloane accepts.
What Sloane imagines will be the perfect excursion turns into a nightmare when the boys are arrested for vandalizing a general store late at night while their fathers are asleep. The next morning, before Sloane and Molia even realize they're gone, their sons are convicted and sentenced to six months in the county wilderness detention camp, Fresh Start. For the teenagers, a grueling physical and psychological ordeal begins.
As Sloane fights the conviction against the boys, he discovers that local judge Earl Boykin's authority seems to extend far beyond the confines of his courtroom. With their legal options exhausted, Sloane and Molia will do anything to save their sons—even mount a daring rescue operation that could win the boys their freedom…or cost all of them their lives.
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Robert Dugoni has practiced as a civil litigator in San Francisco and Seattle for seventeen years. In 1999 he left his law practice to write full time. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University with a degree in journalism and worked as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times before obtaining his doctorate of jurisprudence from the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law. A two-time winner of the Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary Contest, he lives with his wife and two children in the Pacific Northwest.
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The question isn't solely about the injuries; They are relatively minor even though I look pretty rough right now. It's as much about how to avoid them in the future.
I took a spill on my morning ride yesterday. It was my own fault ---- isn't that frequently the case? I was where I shouldn't have been, had to turn to avoid a 4-wheeler while I was running through a large puddle, and lost the grip on the front wheel. I ended up with a somewhat shredded knee and elbow, and a knot on my hip about the size of a tennis ball.
My question is: Is there a better tire than the standard smooth 700 X 23C that came on the bike? I see tires with a little 'tread', but question whether they really would do any better in the same sort of situation I was in yesterday, i.e. lateral thrust on a slick surface. I spent a little time at the LBS yesterday looking at different tires, and didn't see anything that seemed to offer any meaningful improvement.
The obvious thing is to avoid falling, and to some small degree, I do have control over that. Yesterday's spill was completely self-induced. I was cutting a corner, running a stop-sign, and the vehicle I had to avoid was where he had every right to be. Mea culpa. So now I will be a lot more careful, and not allow myself to get into that position again. But now I'm now wondering about the next time I fall, whether it's a flat tire, an animal running in front of me, or any of a number of hazards that happen and are completely beyond my control. Is there a way to minimize the damage to my body that always seems to ensue?
Is it too weird to consider some sort of padding, especially on my knees and elbows? I was wearing a long sleeve jersey, and still managed to sacrifice a fair amount of skin off my elbow, so covering those areas with clothing does not appear to be the answer. There are pads for skate-boarders and BMX riders, but I hate to look like I plan on crashing. lol
My 70-year old body can't just shake these things off any more, and I see the options as somewhat limited. It's padding of some sort which might be too silly to even contemplate, slowing down to reduce the severity of 'sudden dismounts', giving up riding altogether, or just sucking it up and accepting that I'm going to get a little banged up once in a while.
Going slower might be the most sensible option, but that tends to defeat the purpose of why I'm riding in the first place. It's great exercise, and wallowing around at beach cruiser speeds just doesn't appeal to me.
Giving it up altogether? Forget it. Why live at all if you can't do the things you love?
Pads? I don't think they would be any less inconvenient than the occasional scab.
Anyway, I'm really interested in how you guys deal with this issue. Also, I'd appreciate any pointers you might have on treating road rash so that I can continue riding while the abrasions heal.


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I had a big long drawn out response, but I'll sum it up. Hypocrite. You keep pointing out my faults but yet you refuse to respond to anything I've called you out on. Bye.
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The World Is Flat And Other Tales From Spain
From Mark Grant, author of Out of the Box
The World is Flat and other Tales from Spain
"The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views... which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering."
-Dr. Who
The art/science of Deduction is a process that I engage in daily. To paraphrase Mr. Sherlock Holmes; it is where I make my bread and cheese. On the most fundamental of levels you must have the facts right before you can reach any conclusion or series of conclusions and here is where Europe tries its best to mislead you; they do not wish for you to have the correct data. I used to think it was just some political strategy of giving the public information but I now honestly believe that the Europeans engage in a very devious manipulated charade quite on purpose. It probably dates back to the Church claiming that the Earth was flat when it was heretical to disagree with the doctrine which was provided by Rome. The way the Spanish Prime Minister is behaving concerning the Spanish bailout he must still believe this heretical nonsense today. This week the bailout; next week the Inquisition.
"But as to the fable that there are Antipodes, that is to say, men on the opposite side of the earth, where the sun rises when it sets to us, men who walk with their feet opposite ours that is on no ground credible. And, indeed, it is not affirmed that this has been learned by historical knowledge, but by scientific conjecture, on the ground that the earth is suspended within the concavity of the sky, and that it has as much room on the one side of it as on the other: hence they say that the part that is beneath must also be inhabited. But they do not remark that, although it be supposed or scientifically demonstrated that the world is of a round and spherical form, yet it does not follow that the other side of the earth is bare of water; nor even, though it be bare, does it immediately follow that it is peopled."
-St. Augustine
The Church may now recognize that the world is round but the attitude remains the same and it is still almost heretical to disagree with the numbers handed out by the new hierarchy; the European Union. They count what they wish to count, they add what they wish to add and when I count all of the numbers and not just those they wish me to count then I am branded an evil-doer making "mischievous comments" which is how the Irish characterized me at one point. It is no surprise I suppose, governments in peril will go to any length to preserve their own existence and the more they are under siege; the worse their behavior.
After the now humorous proclamations by Europe and the IMF that the austerity measures in Greece would bring the country to a 120% debt to GDP ratio the second most ludicrous claim was that the EFSF and then the ESM will ring fence the core countries in Europe. This notion was heralded by both the EU and the IMF and the concept was just as effective for keeping Spain out of trouble as the advice of Mr. Ponzi for making investments. Now Troubadour Rajoy of Spain sings that the bailout for Spain was "a great victory for Europe" one supposes that we have returned to the flat earth theory. Since neither of the stabilization funds were actually funded of course; contingent promises to pay, which seem to get counted and then counted again like votes under Mayor Daly of Chicago are once more in vogue. However now with Spain to actually receive $125 billion (a $26,400 debt for each and every person in Spain) in the first round of funding and I say the "first round" because the money is nowhere near adequate for their banks much less their regional debt no matter what nonsense Ms. Lagarde speaks these days as she follows the advice of Marie Antoinette, "Let them eat cake;" now someone has to come up with the cash. You may have noticed in your life as I have noticed in mine that promising to pay and actually paying are two very different things. You may have also noticed that actually paying lessens the amount of money that the payer has left which is just what the European nations are concerned about as their credit quality deteriorates as they cough up the cash. Funny how that works!
The EU notion of ring walls did absolutely nothing, as I long ago said it would not, because the economic decline happens from within and not from without. The EU attempted and failed to protect itself from a threat that did not really exist because economic deterioration happens because of fiscal and monetary policy and not real or perceived threats from real or perceived bond vigilantes. A coral may protect the horses from the wolves but it does nothing to keep the horses from getting sick and the horses are most assuredly sick.
For those of you that keep waiting for some giant change-the-world event; I invite you to re-gear your perspective. Greece has fallen, Portugal has fallen, Ireland has fallen and now Spain has followed the road into Purgatory. These are significant events that are, in fact, changing the world though none has caused Armageddon to date though they may by their aggregate but not singular importance. This is also why Greece is of such key importance; it has nothing to do with staying in or out of the Euro or of the preservation of the European Union as a political entity. That part of the equation is barely relevant. What is of critical importance though is that if they leave the Euro that they will default on some $1.3 trillion in total debt that can be afforded by no one. That is the rub and you may ignore the rest of the Eurospeak that is bandied about from Brussels to Berlin. A default by Greece will bankrupt and cause re-capitalization at the European Central Bank, it will throw the IMF into a tailspin and it will play havoc with Target2 and the German Central Bank. Do not allow yourself to be taken in and mis-directed; this is THE issue and the only issue of real importance.
Pay close attention, as well, to the method of funding. First the EFSF money because the ESM is not yet in existence and then the ESM money, if/when approved, to the Spanish FROB (Fund for Orderly Bank Restructuring) which is part of the Spanish Government. The ESM money then immediately subordinates not just Spain's sovereign debt but any and all bank debt in Spain so that the senior debt of Bank Santander gets subordinated and the bank's assets can be called upon just like the sovereign to repay the fund if necessary. Look at the fine print here; pretty frightening. Then the Regional Debt will come into play which will cause another round of funding for Spain and which will toss the country into the vice-grips of the Men in Black who will arrive in droves from Berlin and Paris. We are also about to confront a very angry Ireland, Portugal and Greece who will legitimately ask why Spain is being funded at 3.00% while they are penalized for their indiscretion in much more painful ways. The first reaction of the markets may well be that the Three Kings of the Orient have arrived to save the day and, if so, take advantage of it because like in times recently passed the daylight will soon dawn that the core countries, Spain represents 12% of the budget of the EU, has now been infected and the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes as the "great victory for Europe" becomes the severing of the coronary artery. Now it is just not that Spain had to be bailed out but the problem is squared as Spain can no longer afford to pay to help the rest of the periphery nations.
"Hemmed in by the Americans and the Russians in the final days of World War II, Hitler convinced himself that he had two armies in reserve to mount a counter-attack and win the war.
Meanwhile, having lost the entire Pacific, Japan's Imperial Cabinet believed that no enemy could set foot upon the country's sacred soil.
When the truth is unimaginable, human psychology finds an alternative reality in which to dwell."
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The World is Fiat?
No, Spaniards are flat, flat broke.
My definition of wealth is to ask yourself what you would have left if all your debtors refused to pay you and you hold no physical security from these debtors. On this basis anyone who has lent to Europe or her banks surely qualifies for food stamps.
If your wealth is based on trust, you should already have broken out into a cold sweat.
It's funny, when I first looked at this headline, that's how it appeared to me: "The World is FIAT"!
It's a FIAT 500
Kinda funny when you realise they are next in the cue... :)
Italian and Spanish 10 years are headed to low earth orbit as I type...
Burn bitch, burn!!!!!!!
The moon is made of cheese
There are little green men on mars
Those titties are real
and banks are well capitalized
Subprime is contained
But...but...I thought they had solved everything today...? It must be true because Junker said so.
Question: If you kick a can far enough, does it eventually come back around and hit you in the ass?
Yes, when you kick it all the way around the world. Seems like they are almost there. Haha.
Never having lived through an economic depression, Its good to have a forum where one can analyze this event with other folks in real time.
Great work ZH.
Spanish 10-year bond took a V-shaped recovery this morning. That's a good sign, right? Oh and the ESTX Banks after a strong opening at 89 only went south to 86.
Looks like some guys out there had a tough weekend and needed some time to go through this stuff.
What's the capital of spain?....3 euro
(a $26,400 debt for each and every person in Spain
Clearly Spain only has 5 million inhabitants for the purposes of this post
Get your DP in the right place Mr Grant.
Perhaps he divided the number with only the people working in Spain.
In order for your post to be credible GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT!!!
You said: "However now with Spain to actually receive $125 billion (a $26,400 debt for each and every person in Spain)"
You inflated the per capita debt in Spain 10 times over, the correct number is $2,640/capita.!!!!! not $26,400, you obfuscate this even more.....!!!
Based in this, the earth is a flat triangle that curves at the edges.
Don't get upset, Mark is only acting according to his favorite Dr. Who quote.
LOL. Point taken but give the author a break. He may still be proven right by the time they finish bailing out Spain. And maybe it is already that figure if you factor in unfunded liabilities.
Understood, and I mostly agree with the author, sometimes you really wonder when the basic numbers are wrong. It is important to get the right number of zeroes now that we deal in these ginormous numbers.....
Great read this morning and the markets are green. What a crazy world we live in. Thanks ZH. Looks like they will take the investors down the same road as they did with Greece. In theend all the investors will get screwed. Well all but the bonds from London that is!
Let us consider the unthinkable.
A famous American once said that "deficits do not matter." Can it really be that simple? Can we contemplate that if deficits do not matter, then Soverein debt paid to its respective citizens, its employees and other sovereigns "does not matter."
As long as trust is maintained in the full faith of "somebody," the interest on sovereign debt is paid and bond maturities are turned over, then the perception is that - all is well. Economic theory be damned, the majority of people on this planet do not know or could care less of economic theory.
Where are our friends? http://www.handelsblatt.com/images/original-oder-faelschung/6735328/6.jp...
Not to fact check Mr. Grant too much, but a $125,000,000,000 bailout is only a $2,739/person bailout. $125x10^9/4.6*10^6. So, we are talking an order of magnitude difference, but I suppose it's all relative.
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What is of critical importance though is that if they leave the Euro that they will default on some $1.3 trillion in total debt that can be afforded by no one. That is the rub and you may ignore the rest of the Eurospeak that is bandied about from Brussels to Berlin. A default by Greece will bankrupt and cause re-capitalization at the European Central Bank, it will throw the IMF into a tailspin and it will play havoc with Target2 and the German Central Bank.
Thank you for noticing this too. The ECB has only 85 billion euros in capital, more or less. I wrote about their nightmare scenario elsewhere and was astonished about how few people understand the basic accounting equation Assets = Liabilities + Capital. If the ECB loses its capital due to Greek debt, then the ECB fails just like any other business fails. It can't just write itself a check for new stock, although most people probably think otherwise. Or they confuse assets with capital and don't understand the problem. The ECB will at least have to go through a straw man process of loaning new cash to member countries, getting collateral in return, so they can round trip it back for new capital stock. Spain is just the warm up act. Will the collateral be junk European sovereign debt from other countries or Chinese assistance? This would be a hell of a Chinese opportunity to expand its commercial empire. Can they legally own ECB stock?
"What is of critical importance though is that if they (Greece) leave the Euro that they will default on some $1.3 trillion in total debt that can be afforded by no one."
OK....total debt, period?
Owed, to who(m) - (..........we including other items in this 1.3 trillion, like pensions and "filler")?
Hell, around 100 billion of Greece's debt is NATO defense purchases (mandated by treaty).....the US M.I.C. tapped them for 60 billion I read somewhere.....
Who(m) else? I'd like a list of the debtors (and the fools who own Greek debt/didn;t sell out long ago) sans the dog bond buyers/speculators.
sorry to break this to you but it is up the greeks and spaniards to take take care of the fraus on their beaches while they themselves get boned by the Junges or Bubs....be careful out there with fraus
holmesian 'logic' is not purely deductive(/indiuctive/intuitive) but is based upon the quality of the observations and the selection of same by the mind/intelligence/person
the intellect is spry and nimble, unlike the plodding watson who is trained in medical observation and methods, by contrast, and has not escaped his school and hands-on 'training'
sherlock, able to grasp the conditioning mechanisms, overcomes them somehow from this vantage point and frees his ability to see and feel, and integrate the impressions from a perspctive not limited by what is essentially white propaganda and white acculturating noise
he does not reject the white propwash; he gets beyond it by working through its effects on his own mentation processes, one must conclude, since that is the 'only game in town' even now, right?
conan-doyle/sherlock solves the riddles b/c he is able to see them from a less-encumbered perspective; then he can explain the logic which is no different from watson's and can be understood by him, but only after drWatson gets to see what sherlock was able to see from the get-go
in order to actually enter the gestalts, sherlock uses everything from disguises to bloodhounds, children, armed escorts on police boats, and his landlady's personality
he follows the public and diplomatic and shipping news like a hungry dog, constantly loading up for new perceptions and connections
how can he understand the different criminalities so deeply? how can he size up the a situ or a person so well? if all he does is eat and drink and get high and sleep and study and observe people & times and mentate and take what comes along, well, what on earth kind of a life is that? i guess one would hafta understand conan-doyle himself for that stuff; the actual man who created the character from the stuff of paradox, itself...?
I think that the mind set is actually one of Soviet Russia. Facts are defined as true if they advance socialism, and falsehoods are those that retard socialism's advance. And since we are dealing with a bunch of European socialists, here is where the dog is buried. :)
PS Socialism es muerte.
your language is so deceptive; you call private oligarchy fascism, state socialism. Not true, but I agree with you that the same result today is potentially the outcome as in the past, as with government totalitarian shenanigans.
Charybdis and Scylla of today's post-industrial world where money is king and the click of a mouse can start a tsunami and its an automated mouse at that; in HFT mode.
But don't mix root causes in terms of who calls the shots. Plato said it all in his works way back then. Just shows, life is a circular game of eternal reset.
and its ALL about private banks, since 2008; the government sector debt is in relative terms just peanuts in itself, but it is the ignition fuse to bigger global financial bang of unknown magnitude.
Rally Warning from last week:
'Daily chart now gives bullish warning and significant
SPX rally & USDX retracement should commence in a week or so'
Seeing that people misunderstand what "armageddon" is, shouldn't we go to the source of the word for a better take? No end of the world is immanent. The financial meltdown is not the beginning of 666. Armageddon is a misnomer, not the Bible's name for the time when all hell breaks loose and not the time of it; it should rather be called "the War of the Great Day of God Almighty", when he treads the grapes of his wrath (armageddon is merely the name of the place where the gentile nations of the world convene their forces to annilate Israel).
'Mine eyes have seen the coming of the glory of the LORD;
He is trampling out the vintage where his grapes of wrath are stored"
That's God's Messiah returning and trampling the gentile nations in vengence and wrath for their antisemitism. The Civil War was traumatic enough that they thought it was the end, too. The War of that Great Day is future.... "the Great Day", by the way, refers to a week of days, or sevens: 7 years of tribulation, the second half of which (3.5 yrs) is the time when no one will be able to buy or sell without the Mark.
This economic shaking is a warning.
Psalm 2 "...kiss the Son, lest He become angry and you perish from the way..."
I agree. Two questions for you:
- Do you believe in a pre-trib or post-trib rapture?
- What is the next eschatological sign you're looking for?
Me, I'm a post-trib, which means I should be more of a prepper/survivalist than I actually am.
However, I believe we should focus much more on our spiritual preparations (ourselves, others) than the physical provisions -- not many Christians are going to make it out alive when it all goes down.
Blessings my brother. It is truly good to hear from you on Zerofaith. Yes, I am pretrib and I think his coming for his own is very close.
Can any preparations change the enevitable? People have no idea of the cataclysms that will happen. And it is all meant to bring people to God, yet they run from God. We need to tell others about Messiah Jesus.
I'm looking at anyone of these signs before the rapture of the church: the transformation of the "Roman" Empire from the east-west balance of power to the one world gov't stage (then 10 kingdoms, then Antichrist), the revealing of his name, and the first of five total blackouts of the sun for a short period. The signs will become more and more intense, like the labor pangs of a woman. But we shouldn't judge these things by newspaper or internet headlines, but only by the bible, because they are very precise in their fulfillment being from the jewish prophets. Read vthe Bible. Here's someone to study by;
click "Come and See"
Haha, ZeroFaith. While very informative and entertaining, it's also very godless here. It is what it is.
Thanks for the link, I'll take a look at the "The Rapture of the Church (039)" study PDF. I used to be pre-trib, but am more convinced now that there are problems with the logic and am leaning post-trib. There are problems with that view too, really for any end-times view (pre, post, ect). It seems like we weren't given a complete picture on this issue, but maybe we place more emphasis on this than we should. We have assurances he will come for the Church and that He will never leave or forsake us, and in the meantime we should obey Him and build the Church. I'm good with that.
I'm looking at the super-unification of Europe as well -- my current thinking is the euro currency crisis will bring them together, and then the global financial crisis will usher in the anti-Christ as the purported savior and peacemaker. Another theory is UFO's will play a huge part in the deception (threat to humankind) and rise to power of the Beast.
Its good to know you're on here too, brother. There are more of us on here, I try to reach out to each one when they comment.
There's one more sign I didn't mention that might be seen by the church and that is the Ezekiel 39 invasion of Israel on foot by Russia and her allies. So I'm looking for the breakup of the Eurozone and Russia allying w/ Gomer (Germania to the Rabbis of old). This will bring the demolishing of the eastern part of the balance of power. (it says fire falls on Magog and the isles) laying the road for the OWG.
Yeah, I like ZeroHedge, there are some good thinkers here and some very sharp people, smarter than me. I don't get a lot of the jokes. Maybe there's not much to get.
I like gold and silver, but our faith is more precious than gold that perishes.


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The new season of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra kicked off this weekend, and it wasn't good. It was great.
Vacation time obviously reinvigorated everyone, because the RPO played with plenty of energy, and style to match it. A simple program of complex pieces: Shostakovich's Festival Overture, Beethoven's Emperor Concert with pianist Andre Watts, and Dvorak's New World Symphony. The orchestra ripped through the Shostakovich (and our national anthem) to set the stage for Andre Watts, his Hamburg Steinway, and the Emperor. From the first notes of the Beethoven, we knew it would be a bracing ride;
But the best part was the buzz that filled the lobby and the large number of people who filled the seats. A big, excited house, with plenty of attendees under the age of 50. The RPO now has a Facebook fan page, and they actively pushed this concert on it. Based on the average age of opening night, I would say it's working. If you have a Facebook account, check it out. And if you don't, sign up!
Next stop: Celebrating Tyzik! Hope you're there for the party! Check out the RPO website to see the whole season: www.rpo.org.


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I can see lorenzo getting the holeshot but once pedrosa and marquez get passed it will be game over for lorenzo, he will just settle for third, though will have to keep the pace 'coz rossi will just keep battling away and get up to 4th maybe even catch lorenzo now wouldn't that be great.


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CARBONDALE, Ill. - Tuesday's scheduled baseball game between Southern Illinois and Le Moyne College has been canceled due to rain. The game will not be made up.
The Salukis (4-6) and Dolphins (1-9) are scheduled for another game on Wednesday at Abe Martin Field at 2 p.m.
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Peter Madoff begins his decade in prison this month for crimes stemming from an unprecedented Ponzi scheme.
Peter Madoff, Part 202/06/2013
Mollie Halpern: Peter Madoff—Bernie's brother—begins his decade in prison this month for crimes stemming from an unprecedented Ponzi scheme.
I'm Mollie Halpern of the FBI, and this is Gotcha, the Bureau's closed case of the week.
Peter Madoff pled guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud, tax fraud, and other charges while he was the chief compliance officer at his brother's brokerage firm, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities.
Case agent Paul Takla says Madoff was also ordered to forfeit $143 billion…
Paul Takla: Peter Madoff used the firm as his own personal piggy bank at the expense of other investors. And he used that money to purchase assets, other items of luxury for him and his family.
Halpern: Many investigative methods were used in this three-year case.
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"Funny how different you feel," cattleman Nadine Groot (Walter Brennan) relates near the end of "Red River," "when you know you're going somewheres." He's right, but his is a sojourner's satisfaction, marking the conclusion of a long expedition. For viewers of Howard Hawks' mythic 1948 Western, the foremost pleasure is in the odyssey itself.
Adapted by Borden Chase and Charles Schnee from Chase's novel "Blazing Guns on the Chisholm Trail," first serialized in The Saturday Evening Post and included in The Criterion Collection's new dual-format boxed set, the film opens on a westbound wagon train passing through North Texas in August, 1851. Ambitious, stubborn rancher Tom Dunson (John Wayne) -- "a mighty set man," Groot explains -- possesses an unshakeable conviction that land further south is the keystone of his imagined empire, and even the love of a good woman (Coleen Gray) cannot slow his pursuit. He leaves her with his mother's bracelet, but Hawks and cinematographer Russell Harlan compose the separation as though a fateful crossroads. While the endless train of pioneers shuffles past behind them, Dunson and Groot's wagon carves through the foreground to reveal the lone woman in the center, dwarfed by looming, distant peaks. Dunson will never see her again.
This geography of the places in between, mirrored by the perpendicular lines of Dunson's departure or the parallel double-S of his cattle brand -- "like the banks of a river," he says -- emerges as the film's primary terrain. The eponymous waterway, after all, is neither origin nor destination, but turning point: the hinge on which the action swings. It's near the Red River that Dunson and Groot meet orphaned tough Matthew Garth (Mickey Kuhn), whom Dunson straightens out with a few sharp smacks to the face, fleecing Garth of his pistol in the process. "Don't ever trust anybody 'til you know 'em," Dunson warns.
Garth joins up on the promise that Dunson's brand will one day bear an "M," and the trio strikes out for unclaimed territory, finally settling on a spot near the Rio Grande. The most remarkable sequence in the film winnows the realization of Dunson's vision to a dreamlike fourteen-year leap forward, set to the gravelly melody of Wayne's voice -- destiny manifested by the incantatory rhythms of the rancher's poetic blueprint. Once again, though, Hawks concerns himself with the transitory, the in-between, the impermanent: as soon as we learn that Dunson has achieved his grand plan, the camera zooms out from Wayne's face to reveal him huddled with Groot and Garth (played in the adult years by Montgomery Clift), discussing the dream's deconstruction. The poverty plaguing the South after the Civil War leaves Dunson without buyers, flat broke and ready to drive his livestock from whence he came.


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Nina Dobrev: Who Is the Vampire Diaries Star Spending Christmas With? (PHOTO)
Given the fact that the stars of The Vampire Diaries spend so much time together while filming their hit CW series, we expect them to remain inseparable throughout the holiday season. But when production halts so that everyone can spend some quality time with friends and family, that means the sexy actors and actresses can escape Atlanta and head home. So who exactly is Nina Dobrev spending Christmas with?
It looks like Nina has jetted off to spend some time with her bestie Julianne Hough and the rest of the Hough family. Nina has been filling up her social media with photos of her with Julianne and her former beau (and Julianne's bro) Derek Hough, hitting the slopes and having a grand time. So it doesn't surprise us that Nina posted a photo of her and Jules trimming the Christmas tree.
We have to admit that we're a little surprised that Nina isn't spending time with a certain someone. There have been reports that Nina is back together with ex-boyfriend Ian Somerhalder. And while that would fill us with glee, it's seeming more and more far-fetched. Not only is Nina not spending Christmas with her Vampire Diaries co-star, but she didn't spend Thanksgiving with him either. We're clinging to the fact that she was present for the birth of his dog Nietzsche's puppies.
And, hey, there's always New Year's Eve!
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