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>Racing>Goal of sub 17 minute 5k
2 solid weeks for me.
51 miles, with 1 key workout (5 x 3on/3off @ 5:27/7:30 - kind of a reintro to speed after a long time with no workouts)
56 miles with 1 3m tempo (surprised myself here at just a little slower than pr pace), 1 fartlek (10x 2on/1off), and a nice moderate 10 today.
First check-in race will be 2/10 - a pretty flat course, that hopefully I can get on the right side of 17:30 and get started down the ladder a bit.
Come all you no-hopers, you jokers and roguesWe're on the road to nowhere, let's find out where it goes
I'll jump in this thread as well.
I actually hope to go sub 17 for the first time next Sunday, so I'll take my first real crack at it then. I ran 17:16 in December which was a 1 minute + PR over my spring 5ks.
Racked up 75ish miles this week, biggest week ever. Had a 10k tempo earlier this week in 38:45 and yesterday did a moderate 5x1k workout yesterday where I was running 3:30-3:32 kms off 200m recoveries. Gonna try another 10k tempo tomorrow, might do it on some hills, though.
Feeling good so far and recovering well, though I've packed on 6-7 lbs in the last month. Hope that's not going to have too much of an impact, but at this point of the year I'm eating a bit more to try and stay healthy rather than tackle my hardest training ever while trying to cut weight.
17:15 for me yesterday - solid early season effort and nice even splits, am already feeling strong from my highest ever couple of weeks, but lacked any zip at this early stage of the training cycle.
Robin, nice start. You were so close last year, just a good break here or there and you'd have had it. Keep on keepin on.
Yeah! 90 mile week closing with a solid 5k.. Thats how you do.
And we run because we like itThrough the broad bright land
Thanks Ken/Parklife - onwards and upwards.
I actually hope to go sub 17 for the first time next Sunday, so I'll take my first real crack at it then. I ran 17:16 in December which was a 1 minute + PR over my spring 5ks.
Mission complete!
Ran 16:48 for 3rd place in my 5k today. Super excited about that. Splits were (3:19, 3:23, 3:23, 3:23, 3:20). so I was dialed in well enough. The last km had 600m of uphill so that was diabolical, but managed to suffer through it okay.
Last week was my highest ever week, 122 km (~76 miles) and I'm running ~116 km (~72 miles) this week, so not really any sort of taper.
Last Saturday I did a 5x1k workout at ~10k pace and averaged 3:31/km with ~56s,. 200m recoveries and that was tough trying to do it at the end of that high volume week.
I recovered decently enough by Monday though and managed to crank out a solid 10k tempo divided up into 6.8k with 2x up a big hill and 3.2k on the track. Total time was ~38:10. Then had a moderate VO2 max session on Thursday of 5x300s with 200m recovery.
So a few solid workouts, nothing overly strenuous, a good volume of running and a shiny new PR. Very happy now!
Next 5k is in February and I'm looking for a low or sub 16:30. Ultimate spring 5k goal is sub 16:20 or even better. .
Nice job, JLC. I had a feeling you were just passing through. Keep it rolling.
Runners run.
Yup impressive JLC - if that was the year opener you should be able to bring that down sub 16:30 without too much trouble.
First (I think, correct me if I'm wrong) graduate of sub 17 in 2013, congratulations! Keep us posted on your assault on 16:30!
Hi guys. I'd like to join the assault this year. I just squeaked under back in October, but I'd like to go much faster this spring. Probably I won't make a serious attempt until after April, but I'll be interested watch others' progress in the mean time.
- Joe
We are fragile creatures on collision with our judgment day.
Thanks guys. Will do. Gonna train the guns on a sub 16:30 and hope I can finally grab that coveted first win in the process.
I really like the idea behind threads like this. I do all of my training alone (have done all of two group runs in my entire life) so it's cool to see the workouts and progressions of others and share in the experiences. Keeps things a lot more interesting.
I throw my hat in for this during 2013 as well.
Went 17:17 late last spring. Need to get back into that sort of racing shape and then figure out how to knock off last last 18 seconds.
17:04 this morning in some slop. Damn happy with that.
Nice work!
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Bridgwater 30 Randwick 41
DESPITE strong circle defence from Lucy Brown (GD) and Saskia Middleton (GK), top of the league Randwick made a confident start as Bridgwater failed to apply enough pressure to stop the visitor's drive down the court.
Settling into their rhythm, Bridgwater outscored their opponents in the second quarter, precise circle feeds from centre Chloe Trout, combining with great teamwork and shooting from Morganne Dunn (GA) and Sophie Cornish (GS) to boost the team's confidence.
Excellent centre court pressure enabled Gardener and Shorthouse to pull off vital interceptions, but these were squandered by careless passing the length of the court.
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Mr. Adnan Oktar constantly praises Devlet Bahçeli and his movement in his talk program, and says that the MHP is the cement holding Turkey together. Most recently, Devlet Bahçeli offered advice similar to that which Mr. Oktar gives the government, calling for them to follow up on corruption.
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ADNAN OKTAR: Mr. Devlet Bahçeli and the MHP's devotion to the nation, the state and the people, the way they act as guarantees and cement, their love and passion and their deep love for Allah, the faith, the country and the flag, and their profound faith, all give rise to a deep love in the heart, of course.
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ADNAN OKTAR: Of course, Devlet Bahçeli's warnings are useful. They show a care and a punctiliousness and he needs to say it. There need to be people saying these things and uttering warnings. If the entire nation is silent it means there is something wrong. The MHP needs to make its weight felt in that regard . That will strengthen the government against external forces. It is useful and proper.
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ADNAN OKTAR: I do not think that Tayyip Hodja will embark on dangerous, fanciful things; there would be no logic or sense to that. If something is sound, he will settle it by legal means. But I favor the members of the judiciary and the police being treated with much more affection. I do not think there is a revolt being carried out by a secret state. As I always say, if people have stolen, you must come down on them and put them in prison and that is the end of it. It does not concern the government. This tension seems unnecessary to me. The way ahead of the judicial system must be cleared. And the police must be strengthened.
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ADNAN OKTAR: The important thing is that our nation is a heroic one and must not be used up for nothing. If there is a parallel state, it should have been exposed long before now. The state needs to be very sensitive to that. If there really is any evidence, then they must follow it up.
As I have said right from the start, they must come down on them without wasting time. There can be no question of sitting back and watching, and if there is nothing, so be it.
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ADNAN OKTAR: There is this idea of not liking Tayyip Hodja. But what Tayyip Hodja needs to do here is to emphasize time and time again that he will have no mercy on those who commit crimes, in legal terms. He must emphasize the need to follow it up to the end. What they concentrate most on in society, and I notice this, is "Will it be covered up? Are they trying to cover it up?" That kind of thing. Our prime minister needs to say, "If there is anything to be covered up, I will bring it out into the open. I will also remove the people trying to cover it up from their posts. I want everything to be open and transparent. Our party is white, as the name AK [White] Party suggests. I will root out those who want to blacken it, and I will ensure that it remains white."
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MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli said that the prime minister needed to follow upon corruption and clear the way for the public prosecutors. "We have and will have no desire to benefit from conflict. The prime minister's most serious responsibility now is to strengthen the hand of the law. If he wants to restore respect for the AKP, he must follow up on this," he said.


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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
Every salesperson would like to have more appointments with more decision-makers. The reality is, these are relatively rare events—particularly with regard to the C-suite.

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 3. What are key things that you want to know about the client the most? What questions will you ask? It helps tremendously to have a list prepared before you go in. You'll want to ensure during the meeting that you get a list of their issues and understand which are most important to them. Also, do your homework in researching their company. Don't ask questions that you could have found answers to on their Web site. Use the knowledge you've gained during your research to ask more thought-provoking questions. This will demonstrate to the client that you took the time to prepare for the meeting.

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ORLANDO, Fla - Two persons of interest have been cleared in the fatal shooting of a woman at an Orlando restaurant, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies on Thursday named Adriel McKee, 17, and Glenn Lamar Quick II, 33, as persons of interest in the death of 53-year-old Ying Jie Sun, who worked at China Wok on Silver Star Road. On Friday, the Sheriff's Office said McKee and Quick had come forward and cooperated with investigators and were cleared in the shooting.
Sun was shot dead just before 8:30 p.m. Wednesday when a masked gunman stormed into the China Wok on Silver Star Road near Pine Hills Road.
"When he came up to one of the workers, there was a language barrier," said Orange County Sheriff spokeswoman Jane Watrel. "She didn't understand what he was saying and he shot her in the head."
Sun died at Orlando Regional Medical Center, deputies said on Thursday. Another worker was pistol-whipped in the incident and suffered minor injuries.
Restaurant customers gathered to pay their respects for Sun by placing flowers at the door on Thursday.
"She was a sweet wonderful lady. She had a kind heart, and she was always looking out for the kids," said customer Billy Vilsant.
Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to call Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS.
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ARLINGTON, Texas — Despite being eliminated from the playoff race when the Minnesota Vikings tripped the Houston Texans a couple hundred miles south of Cowboys Stadium, the New Orleans Saints weren't interested in throwing in the towel Sunday.
Not by any stretch of the imagination.
Not after they watched a 14-point lead evaporate when the Dallas Cowboys, who are fighting for a playoff berth, scored two touchdowns in less than 31/2 minutes to send the game to overtime.
Not even after a near-disastrous play almost short-circuited the winning drive but instead set up Garrett Hartley's 20-yard field goal in the Saints' 34-31 victory.
"We just wanted to win a game and just work as hard as you can to win a game," interim coach Joe Vitt said. "It doesn't matter if it's overtime or regulation, it's to win a game. Everybody was on board. … There was no panic."
That was evident when Tony Romo fired touchdown passes of 16 yards to Dwayne Harris and 19 yards to Miles Austin — the latter with 15 seconds remaining — to force overtime.
Then, after the Saints defense stopped the Cowboys (8-7) on four plays on their first overtime possession, the offense went the other way with the ball and quickly moved to the Cowboys' 33, where they faced second-and-9.
Wide receiver Marques Colston caught a pass from Drew Brees on a slant pattern but had the ball stripped from his grasp at the Cowboys' 24 by former LSU cornerback Morris Claiborne. A wild scramble ensued as tight end Jimmy Graham, who had just returned after dislocating the ring finger on his right hand while making a catch, outhustled safety Eric Frampton for the ball at the 2.
That brought in Hartley for the field goal that gave the Saints (7-8) the win and an opportunity to play for a break-even season in Sunday's finale with the Carolina Panthers.
"I said, 'Let's get this kick and go home,' " Vitt said.
"That's what this team does," said Graham, who caught seven passes for 88 yards. "We have a lot of lot of resolve, and we've been though so much. To have that type of play and win like that here in Dallas, that's just how this team is. We all give what we have. … That's what is expected."
Colston, who caught 10 passes for 153 yards, was especially thankful for Graham's alertness. The play capped an up-and-down day for Colston, who had one drop and another fumble that went out of bounds before the Cowboys could get their hands on it.
"Yeah, that's definitely not how you want it to end," Colston said of his final catch, "but a great hustle play by Jimmy saved my butt."
Colston said there was no doubt in his mind that it was a fumble even though the play was reviewed.
"I felt like it was a fumble. … I felt like I took a couple steps and just didn't secure it tight enough," he said. "(Claiborne) was able to get the ball and get it out pretty easily."
It turned out to be the last pass of the day for Brees, who completed 37 of 53 passes for 446 yards — which equaled the second-highest passing total in club history — and three touchdowns in leading his team to a season-high 562 total yards.
Brees, who threw a 5-yard TD pass to Pierre Thomas to snap a 17-17 tie in the third quarter and a 3-yard scoring pass to David Thomas to extend the lead to 31-17 with 11:10 to play, said he relished the opportunity to get another shot after the Saints defense held in overtime.
"I figured that if they don't get anything now, we just have to realize that all we need is a field goal," Brees said. "I just wanted to get us in field-goal range, and obviously the fumble got us down to the 2. I was like, 'Oh my gosh.' I was so far away when he fumbled. I just ran down there."
Brees had thrown a 6-yard touchdown to Lance Moore before the Saints got a 37-yard field goal from Hartley in the final 1:11 of the first half to take a 17-14 halftime lead. The Cowboys had wiped out a 7-0 deficit on a pair of 58-yard TD passes from Romo to Dez Bryant.
On both touchdowns, Bryant easily eluded cornerback Patrick Robinson to pull in the ball and race to the end zone.
Bryant caught nine passes for 224 yards, and Romo was 26-of-43 for 416 yards with four TDs and no interceptions to lead his team to 446 total yards.
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They did, and six plays later they were watching Graham come up with an improbable fumble recovery to bring on Hartley, who finished 2-of-3 for the day, for the chip-shot field goal.
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According to a collaborative report by ESPNNewYork.com senior writers Andrew Marchand and Wallace Matthews, it is anticipated that Rodriguez will be released on Thursday and could begin a closely-watched and lengthy rehabilitation program thereafter,
"Rodriguez is expected to be released from the hospital Thursday and will begin a supervised rehabilitation program under Kelly and a physical therapist. It is expected that a full recovery will take six months, which will put A-Rod's return right around his 38th birthday on July 27."
In lieu of Rodriguez's long-term absence, newly signed third baseman Kevin Youkilis becomes an important piece of the Yankees puzzle and will assume full-time duties at third base while Rodriguez recovers. Even upon his return, it's not out of the question to speculate Rodriguez will mostly assume a DH role.
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A WEEKEND of foxtrot is set to take place at the Fleece Inn in Bretforton as the Foxs Border Morris come to the Vale.
The dancers, who are based in Cookley, are holding their annual weekend of dance at the National Trust pub near Evesham from Friday.
The first evening will see the Foxy Frolics, where there will be, singing, dancing and instruments being played and maybe some informal Morris and ceilidh dancing.
On Saturday the group will be based in Worcester around the Cathedral, the Quayside and the city centre, from 10.30am to 4.30pm.
In the afternoon all sides are performing in the grounds of Greyfriars, a National Trust Property, in Friar Street.
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EZ's adds healthful ingredients
Updated 10:45 am, Friday, October 28, 2011
Thanks to EZ's Brick Oven and Grill, the selection of healthful restaurant options in San Antonio has grown a little bigger.
Twenty-two years after the San Antonio fast-casual restaurant chain opened its first location in the Sunset Ridge Shopping Center, EZ's — which now has four San Antonio locations and an Austin site — is shaking up its menu to eliminate some of the less-than-wholesome ingredients and substitute good-for-you items instead.
"The world doesn't need another restaurant to fill us with cheap, unhealthy calories," says Suzy Monford, president of EZ's, which features hamburgers, pizza and salads.
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Among the changes: EZ's now serves brown rice and whole-grain pasta. It's working with Pioneer Flour Mills to roll out a primarily whole-wheat pizza crust.
EZ's has abolished trans fats, MSG and genetically modified foods and is working on eliminating corn syrup as well.
The chain also introduced an ancient-grain, gluten-free bun for its veggie burgers, chicken sandwich and burgers.
The innovations are courtesy of Monford, a restaurateur, food retailer and food manufacturer who started with EZ's soon after its first store opened. After 10 years, she left to work with Central Market and H-E-B.
She later founded Food Sport International, a consultancy for grocery stores and restaurants. She returned to EZ's as president last year and has been working to revitalize the business.
"We've got your back," says Monford, who also has an extensive health and fitness background. "We want to serve you and your family and your children foods that we want to serve ourselves and our family and our children."
And longtime fans of the restaurant need not worry about drastic changes in taste, Monford says. When they tested the new pizza crust, brown rice and pasta at their restaurant at U.S. 281 and Bitters Road, most of the guests didn't even notice a difference.
"We lead with taste, and we sort of fool you with the nutrition," Monford says.
Of course, negotiating for mayonnaise without corn syrup and using extra-virgin olive oil in salad dressings isn't cheap. The more healthful ingredients and products cost about 30 percent more than what the chain was using before.
But the chain views those costs as an investment in capitalizing on the country's increasing interest in eating a better diet.
"It's smart business and it's right for the community," Monford says.
She says those costs won't be passed on to customers; instead, EZ's is finding ways to save money elsewhere and to get more customers in the door. In fact, prices of some menu items have gone down.
Monford is willing to share tips on the process with other restaurants interested in making similar changes.
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What bothers me the most about this is if it was any other team but New England the media would've moved on by now.
Even if it was called that doesn't mean the Pats would win (people seem to forget that ended up being an INT) they would just have another shot at the endzone.
Its not like the Packers/Seahawks game where that really was the difference between a win/loss here.
That was way worse.
Regardless the refs should've explained it right then and there otherwise it just fuels the "conspiracy theories"


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Back When You Were Easier to Love by Emily Wing Smith
Joy's boyfriend Zan finishes high school early and goes to California to attend school. Joy is brokenhearted and sets out on a road trip to California with Zan's friend Noah in an attempt to get closure. The story alternates between the present and flashbacks to Joy and Zan's relationship.


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Company receives 10 citations for illegal towing at Spring Arts Festival
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A Gainesville company received several citations for illegal towing at the Santa Fe College Spring Arts Festival and faces the possibility of a city-mandated suspension from roam towing activities, according to the Gainesville Police Department.
The owner of Advantage Towing received 10 police citations for illegally towing vehicles from the parking lot of the Sun Trust bank in the 400 block of North Main Street, Police Chief Tony Jones said in a memo sent out Monday.
The first citation carried a $125 fine. The second brought a $250 fine. The subsequent citations require court appearances and the possibility of additional penalties, according to police.
The memo stated that, according to officers who worked the event, festival organizers offered tow truck drivers $1,000 not to tow the vehicles from the lot.
Just before the festival, the company signed a contract with the bank to tow unauthorized vehicles from the property. But the contract was not scheduled to take effect until April 19, according to police.
Advantage Towing owner Susan Forron could not be reached for comment Tuesday afternoon. The company plans to reimburse owners of the vehicle towed, according to the police memo.
In an email to the Gainesville City Commission, Jacquelyn Modesitt Schindehette, an Ocala painter, said she parked her truck in the parking lot after the bank closed late Friday afternoon. When she returned Saturday morning, the vehicle was gone.
"People who had parked there for years were stunned," she wrote in the email.
Schindette said Tuesday that she had received a letter of apology and a promise of reimbursement from the company.
On Thursday, the City Commission is scheduled to consider a request from tow companies to increase the trespass towing rate. It has been set at $76 for years.
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Ripon Loiterers began in 2000 and now ranks as one of the strongest and most active sections within CTC in the north and has a strongly increasing membership. At the latest count the group boasts 150 members.
The group each week puts on 5 separate types of run - hard, medium, easy, off road and family. One regular club run member is blind and has pool of pilots for his tandem drawn from the Loiterers. Bikes and equipment are often loaned until 'newbies' get started, and children are welcome.
Much work has been done by the Loiterers especially in the last 12 – 18 months in relation to safe routes to schools. The local primary school now has a significant increase in the number of children cycling to school from home.


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The sky survey consists in detecting orphaned objects orbiting Earth or entering its atmosphere. They could be natural objects, like meteorites, or from human space activity, like satellites and debris from satellites or launch vehicles. Space surveillance is dedicated to various applications, ranging from scientific research to security, and involves national and international projects. Survey telescopes require wide field of view (WFOV) because this is the primary way to observe large areas of the sky simultaneously. For instance, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) covers the sky twice each week (1).
Space observation has several goals, but mainly it contributes to the inventory of near-Earth objects in order to improve the known population distribution or to scan the sky rapidly for fast-moving satellites. This kind of projects would be able to detect weak light appearance in the large observed space; this requires a WFOV telescope, as well as a higher resolution, to determine the lights origin (meteorites, debris, supernovae, exoplanets, gamma-ray bursts etc.). Moreover, increasing the instruments sensibility would allow scientists to realize a 3D map of the universe with numerous details; these maps open new possibilities for detecting and localizing dark matter and perhaps characterizing dark energy.
Unknown space objects are a risk for future launches. Space and security surveillance by military and government agencies is designed to track space objects, especially satellites or asteroids, and to build a full catalogue with their characterizations and exact orbit locations. This register also would help warn of potential collisions between asteroids and the Earth, or terrorist attacks. But to catalogue exactly where space objects are, the register must be updated constantly, and this represents an important task, especially with the increasing amount of space debris, the growing number of satellites and the miniaturization of launched microsatellites. To meet these challenges, this survey would require a WFOV instrument with good resolution in order to cover a large part of the sky.
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Telescopes with large field of view and high resolution require a large aperture diameter and a very fast camera. However, these cameras present a challenge of correcting aberrations of curvature. Correction of aberrations has been investigated through two solutions. The traditional approach adds optical correction elements. However, telescopes working around the aberrations limitation need very complex compensators and these solutions are difficult and expensive, and are limited for the large telescope size. Moreover, this solution complicates the design and increases the system size. So the traditional way to correct these aberrations seems to be insufficient, leading to systems limited by the poor sensitivity and field of view achieved.
Interestingly, nature has solved this problem. Indeed, most animals eyes have large field of view and high resolution vision systems; small insects have a small volume dedicated to the vision system but they do have good resolution and large field of view. In all eye architecture, the focal plane is curved (Figure 1), which enlarges the field of view and decreases some aberrations, especially aberration of curvature.


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On Buchina: KBBK's 4,000 lbs of Good Karma
This entry was posted on March 11, 2014.
Written by Jon Lane, Demogod
So, amidst all the talk about the finer points of home brewing, and minuscule details of fine tea that I can't even fully wrap my brain or my palate around, I'm gonna break from the course, a bit. Now seems like an ideal time to introduce you to present-day KBBK's most unsung hero, and probable loudest brand ambassador:
Meet the Buchmobile.Well… actually, that's her occupation. Those of us who know her best know her as Buchina (or, Boo-CHEE-na, if you're into the whole phonetic thing).
I first came to Kombucha Brooklyn as a part-time delivery driver,so my days were almost entirely spent piloting the Buchmobile around the city (we weren't on a first name basis, yet), slinging kegs and bottles to all our direct accounts… and learning very quickly that driving a fluorescent beacon of Brooklyn 'buch was a slightly different experience than I'd expected.
While it was immediately apparent to me that there could be no possible better vessel for a company called "Kombucha Brooklyn" than a van that looks like the offspring of Brooklyn graffiti culture and the Scooby-Gang's Mystery Machine, It takes a little time to get used to being stared at constantly…. I'm a fairly laid back guy, almost to a fault, but found myself having to stifle the "what the hell are you looking at?" reflex more than a few times… for about three seconds, before I'd realize (with a reasonable helping of sheepish embarrassment) that they were quite obviously eyeballing the van, rather than the driver…. I've undoubtedly had my picture taken over a hundred times, at the wheel, in the last year and a half, and have had 5-10 folks come up and pantomime 'tagging' the hood, at a stoplight -- starting with one in my first hour of driving her, on my first day. He scored extra points for using his 'breath freshener' spray, for added authenticity. Chuckle….
But I'm at risk of straying from the point here. In the last few years, since having been rescued from the inhumane drudgery of life as a white cargo van, this little thing has schlepped an almost unfathomable amount of Kombucha, and hauled a pretty ridiculous list of other random cargo… all of which I'll spare you.
She's got all the little ticks and idiosyncrasies you'd expect from a 25 year-old Chevy Astro. I'll spare you most of them too. For a brief example, throughout the entirety of my employment here, the place where her radio should be has been occupied only by a little stuffed Pound Puppy in a Santa hat. I've never asked why. Sometimes you just roll with these things. She's got a pretty mean overbite, as the result of being sandwiched between a poorly-driven minivan and a predictably unappreciative NYPD van. One door doesn't open from the inside, one doesn't unlock from the outside… you get the idea. And sometimes things go rather dramatically awry...
But, semi-miraculous as it is that she keeps on charging forward, with scant complaints, the awesome thing about this little van is the reactions it gets from people, every day, everywhere. Whether I'm in a sketchy Brooklyn neighborhood, or in the prime-rent section of the upper west side, people of every hue, every crowd, every age and every income level break out into smiles, grab cameras, walk up to the window and start conversations, or just throw a thumbs up, or shout approval from across an intersection.
Hell, I met the Buchmobile's first dedicated driver, AJ, in the middle of Times Square, after he spotted the van and skated up to the window to introduce himself (he kept pace with me for a few blocks, then went back to being noticeably faster than the traffic). He incidentally now drives a fluorescent green delivery machine around town, for our friends at Runa. Coincidence? ;)
At least one person has given us an artistic rendering of the van… somewhere we've got a picture of a freshly married couple posing together, standing on her back bumper. I've even snuck her into a rock video. The only real downside is having to constantly explain to people that I have less artistic ability than the average tree squirrel, and am not personally responsible for the paint job (they always ask). But it's worth it.
It's particularly worth it, in that it changes the way *I* act, when I drive. You can't stare at smiling faces and jubilantly bewildered kids, all day, and not have it improve your outlook on life. Sure, it's lovely when people spot the KBBK logo on the hood, and throw up their fists and cheer (yeah. that happens too), as you trundle towards them, but it's a lot more fulfilling when you find yourself smiling and waving back, rather than being annoyed by traffic, honking horns, deadlines, tickets, and all the other things that weigh on you, when you do this for a living. You find yourself waving pedestrians and other cars ahead, rather than racing them through an intersection, or bullying your way through a crosswalk (you also find that it usually works out better that way, anyway). And nine times out of ten they're visibly appreciative. Then they look at the van, and smile even more brightly. It's like driving 4,000 lbs of weaponized good karma around the city.
It's maybe the only sad aspect of the fact that KBBK has very definitely begun to outgrow the Buchmobile, in its past/present role. We've handed the reins of our keg delivery program to our new friends at Phoenix / Bee Hive, which is a really exciting move for the company, and our customers… and possibly my back. So Buchina is down to one weekly patrol of the city, to make sure our bottle program is running smoothly, and the occasional trip to set up a new account, or do whatever else is necessary to bring a smile to the face of someone who probably has no idea what kombucha even is. I'd expect she's looking forward to Spring Smorgasburg as much as a van can possibly look forward to a thing.
So there you have it. If you see her on the street, give her a pat on the hood, or a low-five on the gas cap lid (yes. it's always open), or just throw the thumbs up… or better yet, just smile. It's kinda what she does to people. ;)
Her name's Buchina. Every Chevy Astro may have been made in Baltimore, but she was very definitely Born in Brooklyn.
Brooklyn rock band and avid KBBK drinkers The End Men called in Buchina (and, more dubiously, her driver) for a cameo in the video for "Work," their ode to the struggle of surviving in the city. She was more than happy to oblige.


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If you are using the To Do view in Workspace ES, you may notice that the queue list is not sorted. The queues appear in the list in the order in which tasks arrive, which can be confusing and difficult to find when you are a member of many groups and shared queues.
This issue is fixed in LiveCycle ES2 (184.108.40.206), and later versions, where the queues are now sorted alphabetically, with the group queues appearing above the shared queues as follows:
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Senzo Meyiwa, the captain of South Africa's national football team, was clearly a popular and talented player whose star was on the rise.
So when South Africans woke up to the news that the 27-year-old goalkeeper had been shot and killed in what appears to be an attempted robbery at his girlfriend's house on Sunday evening, it is little surprise that there was an explosion of grief.
Television stations provided blanket coverage. The presidency quickly offered its condolences, with President Jacob Zuma saying "the law enforcement authorities must leave no stone unturned in finding his killers."
At a hastily arranged press conference, Riah Phiyega, the national police chief, announced there was a R250,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the killers. Ephraim "Shakes" Mashaba, the national football coach, broke down in tears as he recalled a young man who was "was a team player, he was everything."
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Padres end tough road trip on a high note
Homers by Grandal, Venable back Kennedy vs. D-backs
PHOENIX -- For a wonderful as it was Sunday to get out of Phoenix with a victory, a 7-4 win over the D-backs to finish a 10-game road trip, Padres catcher Rene Rivera couldn't help but feel just a twinge of remorse about what could have been.
"All the rest were pretty good games. We battled in all of them," Rivera said of a road trip that saw the Padres go 3-7. "We just needed a big hit."
They got them in the finale.
The Padres got home runs from Yasmani Grandal and Will Venable and strong work from the bullpen to salvage one game in the three-game series with the D-backs (55-76) before a crowd of 20,852 at Chase Field.
Rivera's sentiments weren't just a Pollyanna take during a season of struggle, but one shared by others and one backed by statistical evidence, as the Padres' seven losses on this trip came by margins of one, two, one, two, one, four and three runs against the Cardinals, Dodgers and finally the D-backs.
"You look back and if you get two [wins] in St. Louis, two in L.A. and two here, and then we're four behind them [second-place Giants]," Grandal said. "But it's one of those things where you can't say what if. … You just have to keep on going."
The Padres (60-69), leading 2-0 against D-backs starting pitcher Chase Anderson (7-6), got walks from Ian Kennedy and Yangervis Solarte to start the fifth inning.
Rookie Rymer Liriano, however, then hit into a double play and the inning appeared to be falling flat, but Seth Smith walked to set the stage for Grandal, who figured with Anderson scuffling with his command, he'd jump on a fastball if he got it. He got one -- up in the strike zone. Really, really up, Grandal said.
"It wasn't a strike," he said.
It didn't matter, as Grandal turned on it and pounded it into the right-field seats for his 11th home run of the season. In the eighth inning, Venable came off the bench to hit a two-run homer, ensuring this one wouldn't get away like others had on this trip.
"Power like that can really come into play," said Bud Black, who won his 600th game as Padres manager. "… We haven't really shown that this year. But we have guys capable of that. We've got to get that out of them. Three run home runs are beautiful. It's nice when it happens."
Kennedy (10-11) took a shutout into the fifth inning before allowing two runs on a two-out single by his former teammate, Miguel Montero. One inning later, he allowed an RBI double to Ender Inciarte as the D-backs pulled to within 5-3.
All told, the former D-backs pitcher -- making his second start at Chase Field since he was traded to San Diego on July 31 last season -- allowed three runs on eight hits over 5 2/3 innings. He finished with three walks and six strikeouts.
"He had really good command today," said D-backs manager Kirk Gibson. "He threw his breaking ball and his changeup, mixed them in good."
The pitchers who followed him helped hold that two-run lead, beginning with Nick Vincent and then left-hander Alex Torres, who was called upon in the seventh inning to face the lefty Montero with a runner at first base and one out.
Torres, who has struggled of late, allowing earned runs in three of his last four outings, got the second out of the inning by striking out Montero. Dale Thayer did allow a single to Alfredo Marte, but got Jake Lamb on a ground ball to end the inning.
Closer Joaquin Benoit, appearing in his first game since Aug. 13 because of a sore right shoulder, set down the side in order in the ninth inning for the save, his ninth of the season and eighth since the team traded Huston Street to the Angels in July.
"It was good to get him back, that's a good sign for Joaquin," Black said. "He's turned the corner on the shoulder soreness."
Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. Keep track of @FollowThePadres on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The upcoming ADEP Data Services for JEE 4.6 release will ship amongst a bucketful of features [1], a brand new HTML5/JavaScript client SDK as well. At a high level, it will provide the following feature set (for SDK usage etc. refer to [2]):
- Calling into remoting and messaging destinations in Data Services without going through Flash.
- Communicating using JavaScript based AMF over various HTTP-based and HTML5 WebSockets [3] channels. A full server-side NIO-based WebSocket channel implementation has been added, similar to RTMP channel.
- Clustering and failover support.
- All major desktop browsers as well as mobile browsers will be supported.
You will get all this in a single, highly optimized JavaScript library of just about ~100k size! This makes it perfect for use in mobile and desktop web apps, hybrid native/HTML5 apps and more.
… Model-Driven Development
And that's not all. The Data Service Modeler plug-in will also contain a HTML5/JavaScript Code Generator with it. You can use it to generate HTML5/JavaScript VO and Service code for Remoting-backed services (like SAP), to ease building of HTML5 applications using the above client SDK. Once you generate your code, all you need to do is to wire up your UI and you should be ready to go!
[1] For complete feature set, refer to the Data Services feature overview presentation.
[2] HTML5/JavaScript client SDK feature overview/usage presentation.
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Prison Break!
Guest post by Cairie Riney, a digitization/online access intern at the Balboa Park Online Collaborative (BPOC). For the past few months, Cairie has been working with MOPA to digitize some of the Museum's special collections.
The first guy, middle mug shot of first photo, Mr. Eddie Blanch fits into the cartoon stereotype of escaping from prison. He was arrested in Stockton, CA. Stockton gives more description of the crime than any other city so far. Here's how Blanch tried to escape "4-29-21 attempted to break jail by sawing bars. also took keys from jail trusty." You think he used a file to saw through the bars then used the file to lift the keys off the guard's belt while he was sleeping? Too bad he was caught, looks like he was sent to San Quentin for 1 - life.
The second smiling escapee, top of second photo, was arrested and brought to Washington State Reformatory for Burglary and attempting to escape from prison by force. Looks like William Braden got 1/2 - 10 yrs. I think after trying to escape by force this guy has just given up. I imagine him thinking "Hey I get to have my picture taken…. smile!"
The third guy, bottom of third photo, well he's not smiling but his description is great. In case it's a little hard to read, his name is Frank Deardorf, 24 years old from Iowa. The note to the left of his photo says "ESCAPE, WANTED. $50 REWARD. Washington State Reformatory. Escaped en route to this institution at Seattle Oct. 14th 1925" It goes on to explain Mr. Deardorf's physical characteristics then states "This man is an Actor, will be found around cheap Vaudeville Houses. Also a tramp printer." Tramp printers were men who worked with handset type, the printing press, and linotype. These men, and sometimes women, would travel from print shop to print shop utilizing their skills. They were often envied or looked down upon because of their independent lifestyles. Oh Frank Deardorf, I hope you found a cheap vaudeville house to take refuge in.
Another interesting side note, Radiolab (WNYC Radio, http://www.radiolab.org/) did a great episode on the concept and act of escape. They interview a man named Christopher Daniel Gray who "has broken out of jail more times than anyone else alive." His two most famous escapes were fleeing from prison then stealing a tractor to get to his mother's funeral and stealing Crystal Gayle's tour bus (famous country singer for those who aren't acquainted). Find the full story on Christopher Daniel Gray here: http://www.radiolab.org/2012/feb/20/great-escape-artist/
Make sure to check out the other fellas in the mug shots, there are a lot of aliases. Like…Reginald Hanscombe? Grover Cleveland?! What's up with John Canton, you'd think he'd be more careful with that track record.


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PLYMOUTH, N.H.—Professor of English Meg Petersen has been named the Stevens-Bristow Distinguished Professor at Plymouth State University. Alumni Wallace R. Stevens and Meredith Bristow Stevens, class of 1962, established the endowed professorship in 2007 to celebrate and recognize extraordinary faculty who "educate the educators."
The Stevens-Bristow Distinguished Professor must have a record of excellence in teaching, advising or mentoring, evidence of scholarly activity or creativity that is recognized nationally or internationally, and exhibit outstanding contributions to the profession, University or state.
Professor Petersen is a teacher, a writer of fiction and essays, a poet and a passionate advocate for the teaching of writing. As founder in 2001 of the Plymouth Writing Project, now National Writing Project in New Hampshire (NWPNH), she leads the organization's efforts to promote exemplary instruction of writing in every classroom in New Hampshire. She says NWPNH believes that access to high quality educational experiences is a basic right of all learners and a cornerstone of equity. Summer workshops and student camps are held in Laconia, Concord, Hampstead and Plymouth. Plymouth State is also the host site for NWPNH Invitational Summer Institute for Teachers of Writing.
PSU Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Julie Bernier said, "Meg is an exceptional teacher who has been honored in the past for her work in both graduate and undergraduate English education. This professorship provides one more opportunity to highlight Meg's good work."
Petersen says the Stevens' vision and generosity in creating the professorship honors their heritage as Plymouth Teachers College (1962) alumni, and the historical foundation of Plymouth State University. "We remain one of the premier teaching programs in New Hampshire, and this professorship honors the importance of that mission and acknowledges it as one of the many things at which PSU excels."
The Common Core for Education has a broad emphasis on writing in all subjects, according to Petersen. "The craft of writing is all the more important and exciting in this participatory culture. Anyone can reach a large audience through online publishing and social media. Writing is not just a skill for communication. We talk about what writing means, and how it is done today. It is also a tool for thinking and for participating in a democratic society. This is a wonderful time to be involved with teaching," Petersen observes.
Stevens loves the idea that the professorship touches the lives of professors who are educating educators. "If this allows a professor the opportunity to explore a new idea, then everyone ultimately benefits. By underwriting this professorship, we can provide an experience that the recipient might not otherwise have had," he said.
In 2008 Petersen was awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to work with teachers in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, in the teaching of writing. Nineteen teachers from a single school voluntarily registered for her course to improve the teaching of writing. Petersen conducted many courses at schools and universities in the Dominica Republic throughout that year. Since that first visit she has established a group of teacher leaders capable of continuing this work at other schools in the Dominican Republic under the aegis of a Writing Project site in Santo Domingo. She has also worked to create opportunities for exchange between the two cultures to enable New Hampshire teachers to gain a better understanding of students from this region, and by extension, all students from other cultures.
She also serves as Coordinator of the PSU M.Ed. program in English, including teacher certification for grades 5-12, and the M.Ed. program in the teaching of writing. She teaches Theory and Practice in the Teaching of Writing, Teacher Action Research, and Leadership in Urban Schools. With undergraduates, she teaches composition, creative writing, introduction to English Teaching and Teaching Writing in the Secondary School, and is responsible for supervising student teachers in English at the secondary and middle school levels, serving on the Writing Across the Curriculum Task Force and other University committees, and is an academic advisor.
A New Hampshire native, Petersen earned a Ph.D. in reading and writing instruction from UNH. She earned her B.A. at Franklin Pierce College with interdisciplinary studies in psychology, sociology and education.
Petersen has presented and published widely, and has earned honors and awards both for her creative writing and for scholarly articles. She has received both the undergraduate and graduate Distinguished Teaching Awards at Plymouth State University and was a finalist for the NH Edie Award for Excellence in Higher Education. The New England Association of Teachers of English named Petersen New England Poet of the Year for 1998.
Petersen is the daughter of Dorothy Peterson and the late Gov. Walter R. Peterson Jr. of Peterborough.
"I hope this professorship will enable me to continue to do what I am doing, but to do it better and more effectively. Teaching teachers is the most important thing I do, and what I hope to do for the rest of my life. Teaching is the way I can make an impact on the world," Petersen concludes.


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Kickstarter and Indiegogo, two of the most popular donation-based crowdfunding sites in the country, give creative people the opportunity to fund their projects via online donations or pre-purchasing of products or experiences. Each month, The Report on Small Business will provide a snapshot of the top 10 Canadian entrepreneurial crowdfunding campaigns of the moment. The figures are accurate as of Feb. 3, 2014.
BI V2.0. Designed by Boots Industries, the BI V2.0 is a delta style 3-D printer featuring widely available and self-replicating 3-D printed components. Innovation is at the forefront of the reinforced frame and triple pulley system, allowing for a large build volume and high quality 3-D printed pieces. The Quebec-based company has raised $210,830 of its $30,000 goal on Kickstarter.
PALETTE is a freeform interface that offers hands-on control of you favourite software. Developed by Calvin Chu, it's a hardware platform made up of a variety of modules. Each module has a single physical input, like a button, dial or a slider. You snap together modules like Lego. No coding or soldering required! The Waterloo-based company has raised $158,470 of its $100,000 goal on Kickstarter.
VENQUE. The Toronto-based company launched in late 2011 with the passion to fulfill our childhood dreams and an idea to create bags that both looks good yet lasts. They partnered with the best fabric and bag factory, and in collaboration with them, learned the basics of the craft and of its raw materials. The group has raised $88,285 of its $10,000 goal on Kickstarter. on Kickstarter.
CALGARY ANIMAL ABUSE FUND. Vets To Go has pledged a $5,000 reward for anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the monster who perpetrated this incredible abuse. Inundated by people who want to support this cause, they have created this project to allow them to add to the reward being offered, as well as contribute funds for the fight to hold those who abuse animals responsible. The campaign has raised $71,229 of its $5,000 goal on Indiegogo.
SPACE JANITORS. This sci-fi comedy series about a group of 20-somethings working dead-end jobs aboard a gigantic evil space station. The Toronto-based group has completed two seasons which are available for free on YouTube and have been seen over 2 million times. They have raised $63,122 of their $30,000 goal on Kickstarter.
TAR SANDS REPORTING PROJECT. The Vancouver Observer's award-winning team seeks to create one year of stories about the people, places and conflicts associated with Canada's tar sands that go deeper than daily journalism. Story-by-story, they plan to illuminate the lives of workers in the tar sands, the love-hate relationship with industry on Canada's West Coast, the resistance by First Nations leaders, and the difficult relationship between activists and the industry. The group has raised $53,040 of its $32,000 on Kickstarter.
IDLE NO MORE 2.0. This campaign supports the Indigenous-led movement to transform Canada. They are about to launch a major new stage of the campaign – one that will focus the grassroots power already mobilized in order to produce change through coordinated, strategic, cross-Canada campaigns and successful non-violent direct actions guided by grassroots Indigenous communities themselves. So far the campaign has raised $37,362 of its $30,000 goal on Indiegogo.
JEFFREY BALDWIN MEMORIAL. Jeffrey is the five-year-old Toronto boy who died of pneumonia, septic shock and starvation at the hand of his maternal grandparents, who had been named his guardians. The campaign is raising money to erect a 700-pound bronze monument in Jeffrey's honour. The campaign has raised $36,015 of its $25,000 goal on Indiegogo.
VOICES OF FREEDOM. This Indiegogo campaign, to fund the film "Aung San Suu Kyi & Burma's Voices of Freedom," offered freely to reform a Constitution banning Suu Kyi from President has raised $34,385 (US) of its $50,000 goal on Indiegogo.
CAMPAIGN FOR INGRID. Ingrid, a 23-year-old woman who has been struggling with an eating disorder for several years now, needs intensive treatment that she cannot afford. Her family is asking for support in order for Ingrid to reach full recovery and take back her life. So far the campaign has raised $34,047 of its $60,000 goal on Indiegogo.


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5 Things You Need to Know about Stone Countertops
Making a neat pile of books and magazines will bring order to a coffee table in a matter of minutes. For this Hamptons home, designer David Lawrence created a sophisticated tabletop display by placing flowers and candles atop the books. The fabric on the sofa is Vizir in Indigo from Old World Weavers. Throw pillows by Ralph Lauren.
If you need to clean up a room quickly, storage baskets are a smart, speedy solution that help you divide and conquer the clutter. In the guest room of this Long Island home by designer Suzanne Shaker and architect Cary Tamarkin, five baskets are stacked on an open shelving unit. There's even one on the floor.
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With long hair, groovy Rastafarian hats and his laid back Caribbean vibe, Chef Gavin Kearney knows how to play it cool. But when he's hired to cater a homecoming bash for locals Colin and Barbara Reeve and their daughter Tammi, it's time to turn up the heat. To find inspiration, Gavin travels all over his native St. Thomas, learning from organic farms, legendary Frenchtown fish markets, one-woman "Frenchie" style bakeries, and a luxury restaurant on a historical sugar mill plantation. Showcasing everything he learned along the way, Chef Gavin brings his new culinary tools to the table of the extravagant dinner at the Reeve's Villa, exceeding even Tammi's lofty expectations.
Don't miss out on Chef Gavin's island adventures and exotic recipes today at 1:30pm ET on Caribbean Vibes with Chef Gavin.
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Lake Anne Village Center Comprehensive Plan Amendment
On December 4, 2006, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors authorized evaluation of a plan amendment (ST06-III-UP2) by Department of Planning and Zoning staff for Reston's Lake Anne Village Center and adjacent areas. Staff will consider changes to the Comprehensive Plan to help achieve the land use objectives identified by members of the Lake Anne community through the efforts described below.
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On March 30, 2009, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors adopted the final Comprehensive Plan text to guide the revitalization of the Lake Anne Village Center in Reston. The Village Center encompasses approximately 41 acres located south of Baron Cameron Avenue, on both sides of North Shore Drive and Village Road. The Plan recommendations are contained in the UP5 - Reston Community Planning Sector of the Upper Potomac Planning District in the Area III volume of the Comprehensive Plan. The amendment revised the boundary of the Village Center and the boundary of the Lake Anne Village Center Commercial Revitalization Area. The Plan recommendations provide guidance as to the desired mix of uses and intensities to meet revitalization goals for the Village Center. In addition, the new Plan text includes urban design guidelines to encourage redevelopment that is supportive of the unique character of the historically significant Washington Plaza.
Board of Supervisors - Adopted Text (03/30/2009)
Planning Commission Recommended Approval of the Amended Text (03/18/2009)
Final Staff Report – Lake Anne Village Center (02/10/2009)
Draft Comprehensive Plan Amendment Text – Lake Anne Village Center (11/06/2008)
Lake Anne Village Center Parking and Transportation Study Final Report prepared by PB Americas, September 2008.
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Lake Anne Village Center Study
Department of Planning & Zoning
Planning Division, Suite 730
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Fairfax, VA 22035-5505
Planning Division Main Number 703-324-1380
The citizens of the Lake Anne community and staff from Fairfax County have been engaged in a multi-stage process to develop a vision for the future of the Lake Anne Village Center. The Comprehensive Plan Amendment process was preceded by an intensive information-gathering stage, conducted primarily by the Fairfax County Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD).
The first step in the information-gathering process was an Economic Analysis of the Lake Anne business community and surrounding market area, conducted by Basile Baumann Prost & Associates Inc. and published in March 2005. The Economic Analysis reviewed the physical infrastructure, land ownership, and market and financial conditions of the Lake Anne Village Center to determine if revitalization activities were appropriate for the study area. The study concluded that revitalization efforts in the study area were necessary to allow the Village Center to continue to be an economically viable entity. The consultant team offered three potential revitalization concepts for consideration by the community. These included:
- Strategic Marketing (included no new development)
- Modest Infill (included a low level of new development)
- Master Plan Realization (reflected moderate levels of additional development reflective of those that were proposed for Lake Anne in the original Reston Master Plan).
The consultant report recommended that the Village Center residents and other stakeholders in the area be provided with a forum to evaluate and comment on the three concepts presented as a result of the consultants' analysis and the associated recommendations.
The Economic Analysis and Initial Revitalization Concepts report can be found on the DHCD Revitalization website for Lake Anne.
The next step in the process was to solicit input regarding potential revitalization from Village Center area residents, merchants, developers, government employees and community groups. The Perspectives Group was retained in Spring 2005 to conduct targeted focus groups and a public meeting. The results of this public-outreach effort were used to shape a design charrette that focused on the three potential revitalization strategies identified in the Economic Analysis report. The Perspectives Group prepared a Focus Group Findings report with the results.
In June 2005, the Lake Anne Design Charrette was held to identify the community's preferred direction for revitalization. The purposes of this design exercise were stated as follows:
- To retain and strengthen the signature of Lake Anne;
- To define the best Land Use components for the future;
- To identify possible design options;
- To join plans and programs for implementation; and
- To see consensus for plans and programs for the near future.
The charrette panel of design experts depicted for participants five different options that were derived from the three concepts in the Economic Analysis report.
Comprehensive Plan Amendment Process
The plan amendment process will consider potential changes to the Fairfax County Comprehensive Plan for the Lake Anne Village Center and selected adjacent areas. These changes may include possible adjustments to the boundary of the Lake Anne Commercial Revitalization Area and the addition of new guidance as to a desirable mix of uses in the study area.
Consultant Study
In the fall of 2006, the Fairfax County Department of Housing and Community Development, Office of Revitalization, selected the consultant team of Basile Baumann Prost & Associates, Conklin Costantin Architects LLP, and Architecture Inc. to undertake a study with the following components:
- Review existing plans and policies impacting the Lake Anne Revitalization Area.
- Propose design concepts to support revitalization goals.
- Prepare draft land use text and draft land use design guidelines to support revitalization goals.
Supervisor Catherine M. Hudgins, Hunter Mill District, appointed a Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) to work with the consultant team. The TAP consisted of seven Reston residents with experience in architecture and design, local knowledge of Lake Anne and Reston and other technical and community expertise.
The consultant team worked, with input from the TAP, to refine a revitalization concept from those identified in the Economic Analysis Report and develop draft land use text and draft land use design guidelines that support the concept.
Given that a portion of the study area is the Lake Anne Village Center Historic Overlay District, the consultant team presented a Summary of Draft Land Use Plan Text Land Use Design Guidelines on March 8, 2007, to the County's Architectural Review Board (ARB), which is responsible for evaluating development in the county's Historic Overlay Districts.
Representatives from the consultant team, led by BBPA, presented an overview of the draft Comprehensive Plan recommendations as detailed in their report, Lake Anne Village Center Recommendations for Draft Comprehensive Plan Text and Urban Design Guidelines at a public meeting on Wednesday, March 28, 2007.
A second public meeting on the draft Comprehensive Plan recommendations was held on April 25, 2007. Department of Planning and Zoning staff and consultants from BBPA provided additional information about the draft recommendations and answered questions. Click here for a copy of the presentation.
Next Steps
Staff in the Department of Planning and Zoning is developing revisions to the consultant's draft land use recommendations and draft land use design guidelines. Once this process is completed, the next steps in the plan amendment process will include the following:
- Recommendation by staff of the preferred land use guidance;
- Review by the Planning Commission of the staff recommendation and receipt of public input at a public hearing;
- Recommendation by the Planning Commission to the Board of Supervisors of preferred Plan language;
- Consideration by the Board of Supervisors of the Planning Commission recommendation, staff recommendation and public input at a public hearing.
It is anticipated that the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors' public hearings on this plan amendment will take place in the first quarter of 2009. The Plan Language and the Staff Report for the plan amendment will be posted on this webpage when they are available.


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Are there any fans of Canadian hip hop out there? I dug up a little treat for you. If you don't already know, allow me to introduce Red1, Misfit (and Dj Kemo) aka Rascalz. They released an album in 1997 called Cash Crop that every hip hop fan (at least in Vancouver) should have played to death – but a few years before that they released another album, Really Livin. This album is what I like about hip hop.
I was listening to a mix of hip hop songs from 1993 by Dj Ayres and I realised not many people talk about or are familiar with what was coming out of Canada around this time. Rascalz had a very distinct sound (thanks to Kemo) right out the gate and it's a shame that no one else really ran with it or the pacific northwest could have had a really specific sound identified with it. Nowadays we have some really great hip hop acts like K-os and K'naan to be excited about, but these guys paved the way. Read More


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Police Chief Col. David M. Rohrer Honored by Ayuda
June 19, 2008
News Highlights
- Col. David M. Rohrer, police chief, honored by Ayuda.
- Recognition cited leadership in service and fairness when dealing with immigrant communities.
"Sound and just policies to protect all residents of Fairfax County," highlighted.
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Fairfax County Police Chief, Col. David M. Rohrer was honored at Ayuda's 35th anniversary gala on June 12. Ayuda, a community-based, nonprofit organization, is the source of multi-lingual legal and social services for low-income immigrants in the metropolitan region.
Rohrer was honored as "a leader in promoting the important community values of service and fairness, especially when dealing with immigrant communities." In his introduction of Rohrer, Ayuda Executive Director Mauricio Vivero pointed to Rohrer's advocacy for "sound and just policies to protect all residents of Fairfax County, including vulnerable immigrant victims of crime."
Rohrer has been chief of the Fairfax County Police Department since 2004 and a member of the department since 1980. He currently oversees a police force of 1,300 sworn officers and 500 civilian employees. During his career, he has been recognized in numerous commendations and has earned a Meritorious Service Award, an Outstanding Performance Award and a Bronze Valor Award.
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Cary Library Teen Advisory Board Open Mic Night
The Cary Memorial Library Teen Advisory Board presents our semi-annual open
mic night, Friday February 28th from 6-8 p.m.
High school students are invited to bring their best acts -- singing, playing
musical instruments, comedy routines, poetry or short story readings and
other performances are all encouraged.
Share your talent in a non-competitive and fun environment. Free food!
Prizes for all performers! Tons of fun!
When the performances are over, the fun begins. We'll play party games such
as charades and other improv games as time allows.
Bring a friend! No sign up required.
Please note: this is an after hours event. Go to the South Lobby (by the
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Archive for the 'SEM' Category
The power of Internet Marketing
There was a time when marketing was done inside of a rather small box. You could make a commercial for television, put an ad in a newspaper or magazine or simply go and hand out flyers. While these methods are still used to varying degrees, the Internet has changed the way marketing works. There are a number of ways that Internet marketing has changed our advertising world.
Internet marketing has exploded through e-commerce. This is the act of buying and selling products or information online. E-commerce is powered by Internet marketing, and can not be accomplished without some type of marketing plan. While many e-commerce businesses use traditional marketing methods, the majority of what they do is online.
Internet marketing is done in many ways, but one of the most popular is through Google ads. Google ads are placed on content throughout the Internet, and then those ads are viewed by people. People click on the ads, and then get sent to your website for money making opportunities. You then pay Google a predetermined cost for the click. This is called PPC (pay per click) and has been around for a while.
Another effective Internet marketing plan is that of social media optimization. This means using blogs, websites, social networking websites, press releases and the like to spread the word about your business or website. You can do this by commenting on blogs, websites and so on and leaving your links to your website. Some do it through posting articles and press releases. You can also use social networking sites such as Digg, Stumbleupon, Twitter or the ever popular Facebook. These websites can send your social media optimization through the roof and they are the most common way to make your website a viral sensation. Many are now using YouTube to post videos about their business or website.
Affiliate marketing is yet another way to send your Internet marketing efforts through the roof as it leverages the power of many. You can sign up at Clickbank or any number of affiliate marketing places, and sign up to have others promote and tout your business or product. Every time someone makes a sale for you, you pay a commission to them. This gives them incentive to sell more great products, and make you even more money. The circle is fantastic because they post advertisements all over the web trying to sell your product, thereby increasing your clout and SEO in the process.
SEO is search engine optimization and it is at the core of every Internet marketing effort. This is the method that one uses to make sure that the search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo list their websites in the search engines. When someone puts in your keywords, you want your website to be listed at or near the top of the search engines.
Internet marketing is not limited to these methods, but this represents many of the most common ways. If you own a business or website, then learning about these important methods can mean a great deal to your success.


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Mouthwatering Foods Made Better by Cheddar
Cheddar can take any dish from dull to delectable. We've gathered up our favorite cheddar recipes that will give your taste buds that extra kick!
Have you ever heard of the saying "cheddar makes everything better?" We love this saying and could not agree more. Whether it is your breakfast waffles or a late night snack, we think that cheddar can add an extra special kick.
Go from dull to delectable by adding cheddar to your recipes! We have gathered up some of our favorite recipes that highlight that cheese of goodness: cheddar.
Apple Cheddar Bites
The perfect combo: apple and cheddar! These simple apple cheddar bites allow you to enjoy all the flavors in one taste. Dipped in a caramel sauce, these bites are perfect to serve as an appetizer!
Potato Skins with Aged Cheddar and Applewood Bacon
Beef up your regular party appetizers with these aged cheddar and applewood bacon potato skins . A sharp aged white cheddar gives these babies a nice kick that will surely impress your guests.
Apple Cheddar Scones
These apple cheddar scones should become a staple in your breakfast repertoire. Mandy Eats suggests sprinkling a dash of cinnamon on top of your scones before popping them in the oven. What a decadent way to start the day!
Apple, Cheddar and Prosciutto Waffles
This might be the most decadent breakfast we've ever witnessed! 10th Kitchen has turned regular breakfast waffles into full-blown goodness by adding prosciutto and sharp cheddar.
Chipotle Cheddar Potato Latkes
Half Baked Harvest describes this dish as "not your average potato latkes." We couldn't agree more. Mixing potatoes, cheddar, and chipotle sauce, this great side dish is bursting with flavor.
Apple Cheddar Bread
Mix savory and sweet with this apple cheddar bread from Gimme Some Oven . Flecks of apple and sage within this bread make it not only yummy but beautiful too!
Jalapeno Cheddar Crackers
This spicy snack will have your taste buds singing. Oh My Veggies makes these jalapeno cheddar crackers for gatherings and swears they are a crowd pleaser. By the looks of them we'd say so too!
See how Dawn Sandomeno and Elizabeth Mascali elevate the every day with their fantastic recipes and ideas!Read More »


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Mention Idris in the Book. He was a true man and a Prophet. We raised him up to a high place. (Surah Maryam, 19:56-57)
People who are ignorant of religion lead a life that is far from Allah. Therefore, they neither observe His commands and prohibitions nor appreciate the countless blessings He grants out of His favor. Unable to think or exercise spiritual intelligence, they cannot appreciate Allah's glory.
Throughout history, Allah has sent Messengers to all societies to convey His commands, prohibitions, and recommendations. In this way, He calls upon people who are far from religion to abandon their ignorance and lack of knowledge and then grants them another opportunity to follow the straight path. These Messengers were members of the nations to which they were sent, and were known for their moral excellence, wisdom, and superior conscience. As the Qur'an states many times, Messengers are people chosen by Allah to warn their people. They are distinguished from their fellows by being the first to notice Allah's existence and greatness, and the nearness of the Hereafter. These features reveal their superiority.
After being granted prophethood, the Messengers called their people to the right path and warned them of the punishment of Hell. The difficulties that they faced, the hardships that the insolent unbelievers placed in their paths, and even the attempts on their lives never diverted them from the right path. On the contrary, such events deepened their faith. At times, Messengers met people who said: "We are Muslims submitted to our Lord," but then suddenly deserted them when they encountered some difficulty. But they persevered, for these chosen servants of Allah were "on a sure footing with the Lord" (Surah Yunus, 10:2) and wholly submitted to Him.
In return for their sincerity and trust, Allah made them distinguished both in this world and in the Hereafter. The related verses read:
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This is the argument We gave to Ibrahim against his people. We raise in rank anyone We will. Your Lord is All-Wise, All-Knowing. We gave him Ishaq and Ya'qub, each of whom We guided. And before him We had guided Nuh. And among his descendants were Dawud and Sulayman, and Ayyub, Yusuf, Musa, and Harun. That is how We recompense the good-doers. And Zakariyya, Yahya, 'Isa, and Ilyas. All of them were among the righteous. And Isma'il, al-Yasa', Yunus, and Lut. All of them We favored over all beings. ( Surat al-An'am, 6:83-85)


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There are two things this New York Giants defense possesses: serious talent and recent grim glitches. The "proper" post-game speeches are being recited about these concerns, but are they able to be mended?
Perry Fewell's defense has a Jekyll and Hyde personality anomaly going on through its first ten games. Sometimes they show up and show out then they collapse and fold. The coaches are clearly using the bye week to evaluate and assess the players in action.
Linebackers coach, Jim Herrmann is looking at basics: tackling and wrapping up.
"It's hard because there's the rules. I mean there's only one padded practice per week….Yeah, it's hard and you can work individual type things, which we do especially like open field tackling and angles and how to leverage the guy… They wouldn't be here if they didn't know how to do that. So what you try to do as a coach is you try to teach them how to minimize the missed tackle. There's going to be some missed tackles….Missed tackles are a part of the game, but being able to eliminate those or not eliminate them but to reduce those is what you're trying to do. You're trying to teach them the proper leverage. All these guys got here for a reason and so we continually work on how do you leverage a ball carrier or what's the best way to tackle a ball carrier when he's on the sideline or where's help? Just reinforcing all of that….We do what we call thud or thud tempo because we don't want anybody on the ground because that's when you get injured. We don't need to necessarily teach the impact part of the tackle because guys here want to do that. That's the way they're playing the game. It's the other parts of it that you have to work on as a coach to get them to see it the proper the way and leverage the proper way and to reduce the amount of missed tackles that you have…"
Secondary coach, Peter Giunta talks more than basics; he's preaching communication along with tackling. In a cover two base, the defensive backs have way more pressure on them than the linebackers do, so overall that constant, loud communication is crucial and he ostensibly views his veterans out there as a large part of what needs to change:
"Everybody is just being aggressive and trying to make plays, instead of doing what they're supposed to do. He [Corey Webster vs. A.J. Green] should have just been a little more patient and waited for the other guys to get there to execute their responsibilities. That wasn't a case of completely, 'Hey, we miscommunicated.' We communicated, but guys are being so aggressive, really playing the game, trying to get in there to make a play, that it opened up the big play….It's a little bit consistency wise. Some of it is tackling…Sometimes, we have to get up and tackle better. It's a multitude of things. It's not just one thing as the reason that that happens. When we studied it last year, we found out that we gave up a lot of big plays over 25 yards. Yet, when the ball is in the air over 25 yards, we were one of the better teams in the league in stopping those kinds of throws. Part of it is making plays on the ball down the field on the deep throws. The other part of it is making tackles when we should…In this league, you have to make plays. Players have to make plays and we as coaches have to put them in position to make plays. It's a little frustrating for them and for us that we've been in position where we haven't made plays that we're capable of making right now."
Defensive line coach, Robert Nunn has a bit more of a laid-back approach when speaking about his pass-rushers that have a goal of disrupting the opposing quarterbacks—especially when asked about the last game played:
"It was a combination of things. It certainly wasn't a game that we were going to be able to rush the passer much. I thought there were a couple of opportunities that we didn't take advantage of, but for the most part, the ball was out pretty quick. We still got our hands on a couple balls, batted a couple of balls, but it just didn't turn out to be a game that we'd be able to get after the passer much….I thought we played the run well. For the most part, I thought we got a little sloppy with our technique a little bit there a couple of times. But overall, I thought we made some improvement there…we certainly are going to go back and look on tape and see what caused it and try to fix what caused it just like we do every week, but take a little more time and go through it and when our guys get back in here we'll go through it individually and try to improve in those areas….He's [Marvin Austin] been positive for us and so it's time for Marvin to step up and he's going to have to see it in practice and he's got to carry it over in the games…[Linval Joseph has] been outstanding…the guy has been outstanding and shows up every day to work and he's tough, competitive, does exactly what you ask him to do and he's off to an outstanding start and we've got to finish the year up strong with him."
Listening to these guys you want to believe that the problems on the defensive side of the ball are easier maintenance. One huge help would be one that's honestly out of their hands to change: getting much-needed help from the offense to keep these guys off the field longer.
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HOUSTON - It's the day before Christmas, and shoppers are now scrambling to buy, wrap and put presents underneath the tree.
At Memorial City Mall, procrastinators are not wasting any time.
"I procrastinated so now I'm here early in the morning," said Helen Camarillo, a last-minute shopper. "I don't know why I waited. Just at home being lazy."
At Toys R Us in west Houston, shoppers showed up at all hours of the night. The store has been open around the clock since Friday and will stay open Monday until 10 p.m.
"Got off work and had to come buy the stuff last minute for my baby," said David Huerta, a last-minute shopper.
Memorial City Mall will stay open on Christmas Eve until 6 p.m.
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Fergie is a terrible live performer
Fergie performed/butchered the Heart classic "Barracuda" this morning on The Today Show (video after the jump). Talk about insulting. It's a documented fact that I heart Heart. Anyway, during the song Fergie decided to pretend she was fellating her guitar player which, you know, hey, that's rock n' roll. But, for the record, her audience was stocked with parents and children, I shitteth thee not! I'm sure lots of questions were asked on the drive home particularly the always awkward, "Mommy, why did that man dress like a lady and make the baby Jesus cry?"
Photos: Splash News, Video: MSNBC