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Basketball skills also come in handy off the court, whether tossing wadded up paper into a wastebasket or tater tots into the mouth of a hungry carnival worker. See how practice makes perfect with this GrouponLive deal to see the Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament at KeyArena. Because the ticket is a G-Pass, Groupon customers can use it to enter the venue directly; they will not need to redeem their Groupon at will call. Choose between the following options:
The semifinals games on Saturday, March 9, at 6 p.m. and approximately 8:30 p.m.
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- $13 for one G-Pass for general admission in sections 103–125 (up to a $26.30 value, including all fees)
Doors open one hour prior to tip-off.
When the 2012–13 regular season wraps up in early March, the Pac-12 will pit each of its teams against each other in a battle royal for conference supremacy. Much like a family brawl for the last turkey leg on Thanksgiving, this year's tournament sets itself up as yet another competitive gauntlet: as of this week, the conference boasts four teams in the Top 25, including the reigning conference champion Stanford Cardinal.
A year ago, the Cardinal emerged as the tournament's victors en route to an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament—where they eventually fell to powerhouse Baylor in the Final Four. This season, they haven't missed a beat, compiling a 13–1 conference record behind the Pac-12's leading scorer, Chiney Ogwumike. Not to be outdone, the California Golden Bears lumber into the postseason seeking revenge for last year's finals loss to Stanford. Cal might be the Pac-12's hottest team, as they've won 11 straight games and play each one wearing heavy fur coats. Washington, Colorado, and UCLA, meanwhile, all lie in wait backed by impressive win-loss records.
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Go Pre!
Morning before: 1-2 slices toast, water + gatorade before race, absolutely no fiber, dairy, or coffee
"Today I broke my record for most consecutive days lived!"
I've got a fever...
On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.
Person of Interest
Okay, don't laugh at me, but my pre-race meal 1-2 days before a race is Liver.
Last year, just before a race, I had Liver and I shattered my PR in the 5 mile 43: something down to 38:21
So we kidded about it and for my next race, my wife again made liver for me and I shattered my 5K PR from 24:06 down to 21:48 (same course).
So every race since them she makes me liver and my performances have been fantastic.
Had it last Sunday and went out and did a 5M on Memorial Day and shattered my previous time on this very difficult course (45:+ to 38:18) and set a new 5M PR
So maybe it's just that I'm getting a lot better, but this works for me and I'm sticking to it.


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CONTROVERSIAL plans to permanently house a secondary school in a former office block in South Bucks were rejected yesterday.
The Department for Education applied to change the use of Pioneer House in Stoke Poges after the Khalsa Secondary Academy was given temporary permission to move in last year.
But councillors on South Bucks District Council's Planning Committee threw out the plans, after fears were raised over traffic issues and noise problems for neighbouring residents should the Sikh school move in for good.
Cllr Roger Reed, SBDC's Deputy Leader, said: "This is the first chance that the Local Planning Authority has had to determine this very important issue.
"Last year, the Secretary of State frustratingly withdrew his planning application for the school at the last minute, preferring instead to rely on his Government's newly granted permitted development rights for the site's temporary use as a free school.
"In so doing he prevented both local people and the Council from voicing their significant concerns over the many aspects of this development.
"Whilst the notification procedure now being used by the Secretary of State falls well short of the rigour of a full planning application process it has at least given the Council, on behalf of our local community, a chance to assess the impact of the site's use as a school on a permanent basis and the right decision has been reached."
It marks the end of a long campaign from Stoke Poges residents since the plans first emerged early last year, with protestors insisting South Bucks does not need or want another secondary school.
The Free School opened its doors in September after the DfE used new permitted development rights to allow the 12-month use of the building for education purposes.
But the academy, operated by the Slough Sikh Education Education Trust, said is now intending to work with the DfE to review its legal options over the current site.


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GDC 2014: NVIDIA, AMD Announce New Game Dev Partnerships - Crytek, Epic, & Moreby Ryan Smith on 3/19/2014 7:00 PM EST
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Hyperlite - Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - linkWow, that headline gave me a serious headache. AMD and nVidia are not partnering, this article is about partnerships they have independently with development companies. Reply
teiglin - Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - linkAgreed, the headline is quite misleading. I think it should be NVIDIA, AMD announce rather than an ampersand. Definitely clicked on the story with a "holy shit are NVIDIA and AMD partnering with each other in some way?" Reply
Ryan Smith - Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - linkSorry about that. Obviously I didn't intend for the article title to be confusing like that. I've gone ahead and modified it slightly. Reply
varad - Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - linkWhy is this story in the AMD center? Isn't that only for AMD specific news? Reply
Trefugl - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkPersonally, I'm tired of these AMD Center pipeline articles... not because it puts up all the AMD stuff everywhere (even if it's almost inappropriate in non-AMD centric articles like this one), but because I can't get to other pipeline on the side. Can you please, please, put the pipeline stories in the side below the AMD stuff so I don't have to go back a page just to click on the next pipeline story? Reply
Krysto - Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - linkCryEngine as a Service - $10 a month, no royalty:
http://www.cryengine.com/news/crytek-announces-its... Reply
Gigaplex - Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - linkAMD really need to get Mantle into UE4, given the interesting licensing news lately. Shouldn't be overly difficult since the source code is easy to obtain. Reply
mayankleoboy1 - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linki woulod love to see Crytek releasing Mantle patches for their old games ( C, C:W, C2) . Everybody loves these games.
C2 will benefit immensely from Mantle on 2 core systems.
C and C:W should get some boost on 2 core systems Reply
nathanddrews - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkBut Titanfall already plays in 4K... Reply
nathanddrews - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkSo, DX12 will be supported by 4th Gen Intel IGP, AMD GCN/GCN1.1, and Kepler/Maxwell... Superb multi-core enhancements, lower overhead, closer to the metal. Shoulda guess MS wouldn't let anyone else steal the show. Reply
nathanddrews - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkOMG... AND Fermi??? Nicely done, NVIDIA. Reply
nezuko - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkWow, nVidida seems to win the partnership project with UE4. honestly, almost 80 % previous game (for PS3, XBOX 360, and PC) are UE3 based game engine. So, unreal 4 is likely have tremendous effect in PS4, X1, and DX12 PC. AMD should partners with Unreal. And some proprietary game engine like DUNIA ENGINE, ANVIL, JADE, CHROME, idTech engine. Reply
Antronman - Sunday, March 30, 2014 - linkCompletely, absolutely not true.
The majority of the games were not made with UE3.
And besides, almost every game that was made with UE3 uses Havok for physics. And will continue to do so, as it is considered #1 on the market by many.
Integrated Mantle on UE4 would be really awesome. But PhysX?...yeah, I think I'll stick to preferring Havok. Reply


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Hi, I wanted to clarify something. During the six-tails arc in the anime there was this strange ANBU guy who used a rain technique against naruto and yamato that "ate" the rasengan and all other jutsus. I've read the wikia page on this,but i still don't understand. If it can "eat" all jutsus then...i don't know...maybe it can "eat" thru sumfin like...let's say...AMATERASU...Neji of the gentle fist (talk) 21:40, July 9, 2010 (UTC)
No it can't
We've learned that Amaterasu's flames are inextinguishable. So this rain eating jutsu is no exception - it can't quell the flames of Amaterasu. The only way to do so is to have the Mangekyou yourself and extinguish the flames like Sasuke can. Okay... Thanks.Neji of the gentle fist (talk) 22:29, July 20, 2010 (UTC)
Maybe it can
FYI Jiraiya extinguishes Amaterasu by using a fire seal scroll in the episode arc where Itashi and Kisame encounter Naruto and Sasuke in the hotel.
- He sealed it, not extinguished it. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 00:58, August 6, 2010 (UTC)
What if a technique that absorbed chakra, like Pain's Preta Path can use, was used on Amaterasu wouldn't it be extinguished? As its origin lies in chakra and keeps burning, even if there is no fuel, it would be 'burning' chakra right? So taking that away would cause it to dwindle and die, right?
why is rain so inportant to some ppl it is just water and i know what ur gonna say it makes plants grow and gives us drinks i dont care it is water and we have a lot of it on our planet it makes up 2/3 of the planet we dont need more and indians the rain dance doesnt get u more rain it makes u look like an idiot so just stop i will bring u a pepsi if u stop that stupid dance
yeah i think nagato's preta path can absorb it. Because it was said that it can absorb any jutsu no matter what element it was


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The Crap We Missed – Monday 1.14.13
"I was a neurosurgeon in Bosnia," the man in between them mournfully thought, deciding right then that tonight would be the night that a single bullet would grant sweet release from this twisted joke called life.
Welcome to Monday's The Crap We Missed where you'll find the last scraps left on the floor by this weekend's full schedule of events. Having covered the bustiest most notable talents of our day already, what's left for this post is the famewhores and the awkward moments. Take George Clooney, for example. You know that feeling, when you bump into a chick you banged a while back and can't remember her name? Just happened there. Ditto goes for this fine gentleman with Tara Reid except 'a while back' was 5 mins ago in the bushes behind them. And we'd be remiss if we didn't include at least one shot of Bond on the red carpet, as well as the dude who plays him in the gay porn parodies.
Speaking of gay porn, is it me, or is John Travolta's fake hair even starting to recede?
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ICE queen Shelley Rudman's World Championship triumph left her feeling "complete'' – but that won't stop the Pewsey slider from targeting an even more precious gold medal next year.
The 31-year-old became the first British woman to claim a sliding world title, and the first Briton since her fiancé Kristan Bromley won the men's title in 2008 – with victory in St Moritz, Switzerland.
The win followed her silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and last year's first victory in the World Cup series, with Rudman also crowned European champion twice.
She said: "When I won my Olympic medal in Turin (2006) after only competing in the sport for four years, I didn't want to be known as a 'one hit wonder' and only ever win that medal and nothing else, then disappear out of the sport.
"Gradually over the years, I've achieved every medal in skeleton, and the World Championship medal was the only one outstanding, so I set that as my goal two years ago. When I won it I actually felt really complete with what I've achieved so far in the sport.
"I didn't realise that I was the first woman to ever win a world championship in skeleton so that was a lovely added bonus.''
Rudman destroyed her rivals in St Moritz, leading the field by a second after two of the four runs and going on to claim victory by 0.57 of a second from America's Noelle Pikus-Pace and Canada's Sarah Reid.
She added: "I had quite a good cushion going into my final two runs but I am experienced enough to know it was nowhere near over. (I knew) just one mistake could put me out of the medals.''
Rudman followed Olympic bobsleigh champions Tony Nash and Robin Dixon (1965) and Frederick McEvoy's four-man crew (1937) as a British world champion at St Moritz and immediately set her sights on the top prize at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, which start a year today.
She jetted out to Russia this week on a fact-finding mission at the Olympic track, ahead of the final round of the World Cup series there next week.
The mum-of-one added: "This trip is all about learning the track and everything about it as fast as possible.
"I'm not concerned about the World Cup race next week and will be using it as two extra training runs because my main focus is to try and qualify for Sochi 2014 next season and race as well as I can there.''


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Once I determine which international governing body has the sole authority, there must be a procedure, or some excruciatingly detailed protocol to follow, when one wishes to petition for a change in the usual way of doing things. I'm talking about the age old, "in sickness and in health, for better or worse," traditional marriage vows.
While the idea of promising to give yourself so completely and unselfishly to another is serious business and quite appealing for many, I am proposing the addition of a single amendment which would, on the surface, appear to alleviate what I perceive to be the most friction-causing event to the newly (or not so newly) betrothed. Whether performed by the local justice o' the peace or your clergy member of choice, the simple phrase "and when shopping for furniture" could be tagged onto the end of the "I do" response segment of the ceremony, and when delivered with conviction and undying love, would leave nary a dry eye amongst the guests.
I would never have thought this to be a serious consideration for wedded bliss, but for the fact that my wife and I, after 20 some odd years of marriage, (I'm not using odd as in "I have no idea how long we've been married." I'm using odd as in "At times I can be very odd.") began the long, arduous task of thinking about refurnishing the family room in our home.
Reluctantly, I trudged off with my beloved to the We Have a Payment Option for You Mega-Furniture Warehouse. This is where we met "Steve," the overly zealous yet personable salesman. His name was Mark, but to save embarrassment, he shall be "Steve" from here on.
Steve greeted us with a practiced, friendly smile, a firm handshake, and the textbook "How are you folks today? What can I help you with?" greeting.
"Well Steve, we're shoppin' for furniture. You got some?"
He blinked nervously while pondering my response, as I continued.
"We're just starting to look. You know, getting ideas. Let us wander around, peruse your fine home furnishings, discuss some things," I said. "But I'll tell you, if you notice us sitting on a couch whispering and nodding our heads, it would be in your best interest to hurry over with some fabric samples."
Steve should have simply walked away, but he countered with his best "Law and Order" courtroom style line of questioning.
"So," he continued, "What styles or colors do you folks have in mind today? Do you prefer big, overstuffed pieces or are your tastes more minimal?"
If Steve had been a dog, he would have instantly sensed the change in my demeanor and warily backed away while avoiding direct eye contact.
"It's like this Steve," I began. "My dear wife, she likes what you'd call Earth tones. You know, tan, tan variants, or shades of tan. Those colors in the crayola box rarely used, except for desert landscapes, sand dollars or chimpanzee faces. If we had been cavemen, the blood I used to sketch hunting scenes on the cavern walls would have been too much color. She's more traditional, style wise, while I would prefer something not totally out of place on the set of a Tim Burton movie. She enjoys comfortable, inviting furnishings. I, on the other hand, am not running a bed and breakfast. Comfort only causes visitors to linger and overstay their welcome. Show me something unforgiving and scratchy, preferably in orange."
Needless to say, Steve did not make a sale that day. And I found out how important a comfortable couch is that night.
Chuck Mason, a self-described opinionated wiseguy, can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Today, we announce the launch of Adobe Media Server 5.0.1 – a product that has completed a successful decade in the Video Streaming industry. Adobe Media Server is targeted for Broadcasters, Enterprises and Governments across the world for their video on demand and live Streaming initiatives. It enables adaptive bit rate streaming to desktop and mobile devices along with content protection. It has features to enable DVR, IP multicast, Application multicast, Media origin configurations that are useful in global video streaming workflows.
In the communication space, Adobe Media Server supports scalable P2P communication like in Online Games, many to many Video Chats on Social networks and in Collaborative Web Conferencing.
Our recent success stories include Streaming of BBC Olympics and landing of NASA Mars Rover Curiosity.
Adobe Media Server 5.0.1 brings to you – Closed Captioning compliance, DRM protection for millions of iOS Devices and Playback Support for Multiple Language Audio Tracks. Before we detail these features – let us tell you about a few goodies.
There is a Starter edition that is free for you to try out the various features. Adobe Media Server 5.0.1 comes bundled with Adobe Media Gateway – a powerful technology to connect SIP telephony devices to flash based applications. The Sample Player that gets in the bundle and the Flash Media Live Encoder together provides a comprehensive suite of technologies to jump start your Video Streaming initiatives. There is a Closed captioning plug-in which helps you to play HDS and RTMP closed captions. And there is Adobe Access iOS library written in Objective C for your HLS DRM players.
We have simplified the product upgrades pricing from the earlier versions. The product has also been re-branded to reflect our reach beyond Flash devices. We would explain the features now.
Closed Captioning
Closed captioning allows the content provider to display text overlayed on the video content thus providing
additional information about the video content to the consumers. The term "closed" in closed captioning indicates that the captions are not made part of the video by default. Hence, the captions have to be decoded/extracted by an external tool. Adobe Media Server supports CEA-608 (also called Line 21) and CEA -708 closed captions in video files containing H264 video codecs. This plays in HLS, HDS and RTMP Streaming protocols.
Additionally, the timed text track defined by Apple for Quicktime movie files is also supported. AMS provides a tool to convert videos with timed text tracks to videos with captions embedded in H264 video codecs.
Adobe Media Server 5.0.1 also provides support to embed your content programmatically while encoding the content via an AMF message. This works for RTMP and HDS techniques. More details can be read in our User Guide. The Closed Captioning feature provided by Adobe Media Server will help the US broadcasters achieve FCC compliance.
Support for Multi Language tracks
Adobe Media Server 5.0.1 has support for including multiple language tracks for HTTP video streams, without requiring duplication and repackaging of the video for each audio track. This feature, called as "late" binding of audio tracks allow content providers to easily provide multiple language tracks for a given video asset, at any time before or after the asset's initial packaging. The initial packaging of the video asset can include an audio track, and the publisher can still choose to provide one or more additional audio tracks for the video. The OSMF framework based Strobe Media player provides support for allowing the viewers to switch between audio tracks either before or during playback. Read Details here.
Content Protection for HLS Streams
Adobe Media Server offers both stream and content protection across HLS, HDS and RTMP protocols. It also enables DRM protection using the Adobe Access DRM license server.
In this release, we added the ability to provide Adobe Access DRM protection to HLS streams. Now, Adobe Media Server can dynamically segment, encrypt, and deliver standard MP4 assets using the HLS format with Adobe Access DRM policies on native Apple iOS applications (using the Adobe Access Objective-C library for iOS). This would enable broadcasters using our Adobe Access DRM to secure their streams to millions of iOS devices
Adobe Media Server 5 also supports a light weight content protection of HLS video streams using Adobe Access protection but without requiring a separate license server. This technique is called PHLS ( Protected HLS). Here the content encryption key is sent via a metadata that has the license files and the access rights are negotiated between the player and the Adobe Media Server instead of a license server.
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We are committed to deliver awesome features that simplify your Video Streaming flows. So stay connected and expect more action from us in the coming months.
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Immersion Blender: We make a lot of soups, many of which need to be pureed. Transferring the mixture to a food processor is not only messy, but can be dangerous if the mixture is still hot. An immersion blender takes care of both of those problems.
Lemons, Lemons, Lemons: We make sure we're never out of lemons. We use the zest to garnish and brighten the flavor of all sorts of dishes. If we don't need the juice right away, we freeze it in ice cube trays. And we don't even throw away the juiced carcass; we use them with salt as an easy way to keep our copper polished.
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Trick-or-treats are just a few days away: orange and yellow striped candy corn, mini-Snickers bars, and chewing gum-filled suckers. Halloween is the season opener for the rest of the year's holidays, so I say, let's get the party started.
Bowls of individually wrapped bite-size chocolates are perfect single-serve holiday treats, so when it came to putting together this week's post, I thought it fitting to make a recipe that could be eaten out of hand. These chocolate cheesecakes are baked in paper liners in a standard 12-cup muffin tin. The crust is made of vanilla wafer crumbs and butter, quickly and evenly pressed into the cups with the back of a 1/4-cup measuring cup. Once parbaked, the crusts are topped with a creamy cheesecake filling made rich and velvety with melted bittersweet chocolate.
These mini-cheesecakes are perfect party food anytime of year, but for a season-appropriate topping, decorate them with white chocolate icing in a spider web design or any other spooky decoration that may strike your fancy.
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I have just been taking a look at http://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/ . This website is a niche site which confines itself to military records, this is no bad thing as what is on offer are quality records with plenty of background information so that you understand the why, where and when of the documents.
The time span covered by this site's records are from Medieval records dating from 1350 through the Crimean, Boer and 1st & 2nd World Wars. The documents are cross matched with information about regiments, bases and ships.
The search form is a breeze to use, enter first name, surname and record type and press the "Search Now" button. It is not necessary to enter details in all of these slots, for example I simply entered the surname POTTINGER and the results came up with 104 results.
|POTTINGER 104 results
|Napoleonic 1793 – 1815
|4 records
|Early 19th century
|1 record
|Victorian Conflicts 1857 – 1899
|8 records
|Boer War 1899 – 1902
|5 records
|51 records
|21 records
|Post WW2 1946 – present
|1 record
|Forces Reunited Living Veterans
|13 records
Quite an impressive result for a relatively unusual name.
A growing number of family historians are specialising in researching their military ancestors only and this site will be an essential subscription for them. Options are monthly or yearly subscriptions.
I'll be writing in-depth posts about the individual record sets later and also be adding some lessons using the data on the MadAboutGenealogy sister site www.teachyourselffamilyhistory.com.


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Nick was one of the first friends I made here. I'm pretty sure I made his 18th birthday successful by making a list of all the shit he could and should do. Unfortunately, since he's turning 22, he doesn't level up again for 3 more years (you'll be able to rent so many cars!).
Anyway, he's a nice guy and I've heard he does cool things with wood and I think he shouldn't be judged for eating candy in his bed even though he's clearly is unable to do it without making a mess.


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I'm brand new to the world of Python and I must say up front that it kind of reminds me of the BASIC language from the old 16 bit days. Not in the syntax, but in how it feels. This is a good thing, I have never enjoyed coding so much as I did in HiSoft BASIC!
In recent years and in all OO languages, code has tended to be organised with a single class in a file of the same name with related classes in the same folder. Each folder equates to a name space. During various Google searches for unrelated questions, I have seen quite a few Python programmers say that this is an "un-pythonesque" way of organising your code.
None of them have said why or, more importantly, what is a pythonesque way of organising classes. Is it something completely different?


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HOUSTON - For weeks, congressional leaders have grilled officials with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives about an operation in Arizona called "Fast and Furious." Now, some of those pointed questions are focusing on a gun trafficking investigation conducted by the ATF's Houston office.
According to testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, agents involved in Fast and Furious allowed Mexican drug cartel recruits to buy guns in the United States with the hopes of following the buyers and weapons back to key cartel and smuggling operations. The operation, called "reckless" by some congressional leaders, was aimed at curbing guns bought in the U.S. from reaching the hands of cartel members in Mexico.
"It got people killed," said U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, a Republican congressman from California and chairman of the House's Oversight Committee who has been critical of the ATF's operation.
A congressional report showed hundreds of the guns slipped through the cracks during the investigation. A joint staff report prepared for the House Oversight Committee and Senate Committee on the Judiciary claimed some of the Fast and Furious guns wound up in Mexico, some guns were found at crime scenes in the United States and hundreds more are missing.
The report read that Fast and Furious ended when guns that were part of the operation were found at the murder of border patrol agent Brian Terry.
Now, congressional leaders want to know if similar problems happened in Houston during an investigation done under the auspices of an ATF initiative called "Gunrunner." The operation targeted "straw buyers" in border states recruited to legally purchase handguns and high-powered rifles only to hand the weapons over to members of the drug cartels.
"The ATF agents encouraged them to go through with the sales," said Houston attorney Dick DeGuerin, who represents Carter's Country, the largest independent gun retailer in our region.
DeGuerin said starting in 2006, Houston ATF agents asked Carter's Country for help by alerting agents when a suspicious gun buyer tried to purchase multiple weapons. DeGuerin referred to this effort as a "stall and call."
"Stall the purchaser, call the ATF, let an ATF agent come out and watch the sale so they could follow it," DeGuerin said.
"Did the ATF always show up?" asked Local 2 Investigator Robert Arnold.
"No, they didn't," DeGuerin said.
DeGuerin claimed there were at least six instances when agents did not show up when store employees alerted the ATF to a suspicious gun buyer. Yet, DeGuerin said the ATF still told employees to let the sales go through.
"So they went through with the sale, reported it and who knows what happened," said DeGuerin.
Officials with the ATF's Houston Office declined Local 2's request for an on-camera interview. However, during a face-to-face meeting with Arnold, an ATF spokesperson denied agreeing to such an arrangement, citing a lack of manpower to respond to every call about a suspicious gun buyer.
An ATF spokesperson also told Local 2 the Bureau has always asked for the cooperation of firearms dealers.
"They're one of our best sources of information on suspicious gun purchases," the spokesperson said. However, ATF officials conceded Carter's Country may have "misconstrued" the bureau's request for help in reporting suspicious sales as a request to allow suspicious sales to go through so the ATF could track the buyer later. ATF officials said they never asked anyone to perform a "stall and call."
"They did (the sales) because they were asked to do so by the ATF," DeGuerin argued.
The Houston operation led to the arrest and conviction of more than 20 so-called "straw buyers" purchasing weapons for the drug cartels.
In a criminal complaint filed in Houston federal court, ATF agents wrote the discovery of these "straw buyers" came during a routine audit of gun sales in January 2007, which revealed a suspicious pattern of certain individuals making multiple purchases of high-powered rifles and handguns.
In the criminal complaint, ATF agents noted some weapons purchased at Carter's Country stores in 2006 were eventually found at murder scenes and gun battles in Mexico. ATF officials pointed out these gun sales were made prior to the start of the Houston investigation. The criminal complaint credited Carter's Country with alerting the ATF to one of these suspicious gun buyers.
DeGuerin flatly denies the ATF's version of events, saying Carter's Country routinely supplied the ATF with tips about suspicious gun buys starting in 2006.
"The ATF agents told personnel at Carter's Country to complete, that is go through with, questionable sales that otherwise those folks would have said, 'No we're not going to do that,'" said DeGuerin.
ATF officials said they have no authority to order any firearms dealer to either accept or deny a legal sale.
Still, DeGuerin said Carter's Country continued calling ATF agents with reports of suspicious gun buyers until 2010.
"They got notified they were under investigation, and that's what pulled the plug," said DeGuerin, referring to a federal grand jury investigation launched by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Houston.
DeGuerin said despite years of supplying tips to the ATF, Carter's Country employees were accused of "being in league with, in other words, conspiring with the straw purchasers and it simply wasn't true."
DeGuerin prepared a chart that responded to investigators' questions about 16 specific gun sales that took place during the ATF's Houston operation.
"On each and every one of them, we had the date and time and the manner in which the ATF had been notified," said DeGuerin, who allowed Local 2 to view the chart. DeGuerin declined to allow Local 2 to copy the chart, citing personal information of Carter's Country employees.
DeGuerin said at his insistence, the U.S. Attorney's Office and an ATF agent involved in the investigation met with him and Carter's Country's owners. DeGuerin said during the meeting, he presented the chart of information regarding the 16 suspicious gun sales. DeGuerin said "pretty promptly" after that meeting he received a letter from the U.S. Attorney's Office stating the investigation into Carter's Country was being dropped.
"I don't believe the ATF agents involved or even their supervisors were being honest with the U.S. Attorney's Office," said DeGuerin. "They tried to cooperate with ATF. It got them nothing except attorney's fees and a tarnished reputation for these people that have been in business for 50 years."
When asked about that meeting, ATF officials said they had not seen the chart and had not been able to obtain a copy.
However, an ATF spokesperson told Local 2 they never denied Carter's Country had always been extremely cooperative with the ATF before and during the Houston investigation.
"They constantly provided us information, but sometimes the information would come in one hour after a sale and sometimes the information would come in seven days after a sale. There was one time during the investigation they called us in enough time to actually get an agent to a store in time to track the buyer," the spokesperson told Local 2.
ATF officials did admit the federal investigation soured its relationship with Carter's Country and "damaged the reputation" of the ATF's Houston office with other gun dealers in the area.
In addition to the meeting, ATF officials provided Local 2 with a written statement in response to direct questions as to whether the tactics being scrutinized in Arizona were used during the Houston investigation.
"It is the priority of the ATF Houston Field Division to stop all firearms trafficking to Mexico. We have never knowingly allowed firearms to be diverted to Mexico and we work closely with licensed dealers to prevent this from happening," wrote an ATF spokesperson.
DeGuerin said this was not the end of the questions. DeGuerin said he and Carter's Country owner, Bill Carter, traveled to Washington, D.C., at the request of congressional staffers and attorneys looking into the Fast and Furious operation.
DeGuerin said Carter recounted his relationship with the ATF during the Houston investigation. DeGuerin said he also gave attorneys for the "minority and majority" a copy of the same chart he shared with the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Local 2 requested to speak with congressional leaders regarding the allegations lodged by Carter's Country.
A spokesperson for the House Oversight Committee sent Local 2 the following written statement.
"Anytime guns are put into the hands of known criminals is clearly a catastrophe. What happened in Houston was an egregiously reckless act. Unfortunately, people pay with their lives when the basic foundation of the ATF rulebook -- don?t let guns walk -- is disregarded in favor of controversial methods. Going forward, we?re expecting the Justice Department to provide our Committee with the information we need to conduct our investigation."
Iowa Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, ranking member of the Senate committee on the Judiciary sent a separate statement to Local 2.
"Knowingly allowing guns to be purchased by straw buyers and then transferred to third parties is wrong no matter how you cut it. Whether it?s one or 1,800, the ATF?s actions in Houston and Phoenix were reckless and ill-advised. The Justice Department and the ATF need to come clean, accept responsibility, and provide honest, straightforward answers from here on out."
If you have a news tip or question for KPRC Local 2 Investigates, drop them an e-mail or call their tipline at (713) 223-TIPS (8477). Copyright 2011 by Click2Houston.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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People of poor faith, or those having no faith at all in the Hereafter, have a distorted perception of death and the life that comes after it. That is why, they consider death a calamity rather than as a blessing. They believe that when they lose someone to death they lose them for ever; therefore, according to them, in the ground he is reduced to nothingness.
The fact is, however, that death is not eternal extinguishment; on the contrary, it is a transition to the life of the Hereafter, our resting place. It is a moment we are all drawing near to, to the day we will have to give account of all that we engaged in the life of this world, that is, the Day of Judgment. Every human being, without exception, will meet the moment of death and pass to his eternal resting place. This may happen at an early age as well as later in life. Ultimately then, everyone will one day depart from this world; every day brings that predetermined date nearer. As such, to strive to escape death, or avoiding the very thought of it, or considering it as a calamity, is completely irrational.
Some among those who have faith in the truth of the Hereafter, on the other hand, still find it entirely acceptable to grieve over someone's death. But God is the All-Just. That person who dies will give an account of his deeds in this world and, based on His judgment, be rewarded or punished. For this reason, for everyone who has faith in God and the existence of the hereafter, and thus lived a life devoted to his Lord, death is a gate through which to pass to blissful eternity. But, from the point of view of the ignorant, who deny the hereafter and disregard the Day of Judgment, death is a gate to eternal torment. For this reason, to them, it is difficult to regard death as a good. For Muslims, however, it is the beginning of total salvation.The believer's reaction to the death of another believer differs clearly from that of the type of morality or attitude of the ignorant. Because, death, perceived to be the worst thing that could happen to anyone, is, in truth, a good for believers. The attitude of the believers' towards death is clearly described in the following verse:
If you are killed in the Way of God or if you die, forgiveness and mercy from God are better than anything you can acquire. (Surah Al 'Imran: 157)
As it is with their lives, the death of the believers also brings good. In the sight of God, special degrees await those believers who meet death while striving for His cause, for martyrdom is an honour and blessing that greatly increases a believer's reward in the Hereafter. The death of a believer, who makes his sole aim to attain the hereafter, and thus lives to earn God's consent, is, thus, a glorious event. Aware of these glad tidings given in the Qur'an, believers never grieve over the death of another believer who loses his life in God's way. On the contrary, seeing the good and blessings of his death, they are joyful. Truly, the greatest reward is in gaining the pleasure of God and His paradise.A believer who had led a long life spent in the service of God is prized in God's sight. The Prophet Nuh (as), who was granted long life by God, is such an example. Because this noble man struggled every minute of his life to attain the pleasure of God, His mercy and His Paradise, his efforts improved his reward in the Hereafter.
On the contrary, there is a delusion here into which disbelieving societies tend to fall; they consider a long life a gift. The verse below exposes this falsehood:
Those who disbelieve should not imagine that the extra time We grant to them is good for them. We only allow them more time so they will increase in evildoing. They will have a humiliating punishment. (Surah Al 'Imran: 178)
Those who belong to the societies of the ignorant, who make the pursuit of the temporary pleasures of this world the sole pursuit of their lives, consider a long life as further opportunity to enjoy these worldly goods. Thus, these, who forget God and the Day of Judgement, fail to grasp the value of the time they recklessly waste. However, as mentioned in the verse above, this time granted to them, in actuality, works against them.
A person who contemplates these issues may attain a deeper understanding of how we are to determine what is "good" and what is "bad", according to the statement of God that "it may be that one hates something when it is good for him and it may be that one loves something when it is bad for him."


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IN the week when Prince rocked Britain the purple reign of UKIP began with a landslide in the Dudley Council elections.
The euro-sceptic UK Independence Party launched a smash and grab raid on Conservative seats to boost their tally on the council from two to nine.
Aa results were declared at the Dudley town hall count, the Gornal ward set the tone when Roger Scott-Dow claimed the scalp of Tory front bencher Tim Wright shortly before 2am.
Sedgley was another gain from the Tories for UKIP with Tina Westwood unseated by Bill Etheridge who overturned a majority of more than 1,200.
A delighted Cllr Etheridge said: "We have got a foothold now, this isn't just one night of glory, we are going forward, we are going to change politics in this borough forever.
"People in Dudley are saying they are tired of being constantly misled, mismanaged and having our town and our borough run into the ground. There is a fresh broom in town and we are going to make changes."
Labour were not spared the pain either, in Upper Gornal and Woodsetton UKIP's Dean Perks delivered a double blow when he claimed the seat with a healthy 608 majority.
Although he deposed Tory Doreen Ameson, the sitting councillor was bumped into third place by Labour cabinet member Tracy Wood who finished second but failed to stem the UKIP tide.
Labour's now former environment spokesperson may regret moving from the ward of Netherton, Woodside and St Andrews to fight the 2014 election - her previous ward remained in Labour's hands.
Cllr Perks said: "We fought a clean fight, a truthful fight and we can walk away with our heads held high.
"Labour put someone in there because they thought it was a safe seat, that was always dangerous. There is a new politics on its way for Dudley and nationwide."
Labour also lost out to UKIP in Coseley East where sitting councillor Sue Ridney fell just 33 votes short to Star Etheridge.
Overall, after the 2014 elections, where a third of the 72 seats were contested, Labour remain in control of Dudley with 40, the Conservatives have 20 and UKIP nine. The authority's membership is completed by two independent Tories and one Green Party councillor.
Labour's cabinet member for housing, Cllr Steve Waltho, said: "I think we were shocked and surprised at the level of the UKIP vote.
"I think they will have ridden on the back of this huge european campaign that they have been putting forward, it will be very interesting next year, I think they will flatline or fall back at the general election stage.
"They are a one policy party at the end of the day, we will see how that works out. We are still in quite a comfortable and strong majority."


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PHILADELPHIA – Coming off a 78-73 loss to Big 5 rival Temple in its season opener on Saturday, the University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team makes its first road trip of the 2013-14 season on Tuesday, traveling to Monmouth to take on a Hawks team that won its opener, 88-84, against Hofstra. Tip time in West Long Branch, N.J. is slated for 7 p.m. at The MAC.
GAME 2 - PENN (0-1) at MONMOUTH (1-0)
Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013 * 7 p.m.
The MAC (West Long Branch, N.J.)
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The Penn-Monmouth Series
*The Quakers hold a 4-1 advantage in the series, which started in 2003 and had its most recent chapter written in 2009.
*The last time these teams met was Dec. 12, 2009, again at the MAC, and it ended as the Hawks' only victory in the series, 80-75. The significance of that event? Itwas the last game Penn played before Jerome Allen became the program's head coach. Glen Miller was fired a day after the loss, and Allen was installed as interim coach. He filled that position the rest of the 2009-10 season, then became the official John R. Rockwell Head Coach of Basketball after the campaign.
*Penn holds a 20-13 record all-time against the programs that currently make up the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, or MAAC. This is the first of three games against MAAC opposition this year, Penn will also play Niagara on November 26 and Rider on December 29. (Canisius 0-1, Fairfield 0-1, Iona 3-1, Manhattan 7-3, Marist 1-1, Monmouth 4-1, Niagara 0-3, Quinnipiac 2-0, Rider 1-2, Siena 2-0.)
Ivy Honors For Hicks
Sophomore guard Tony Hicks was named co-Ivy League Player of the Week on Monday, sharing the honor with Yale's Justin Sears. This is the first time Hicks has been an Ivy League Player of the Week; he was Ivy League Rookie of the Week twice last season. More about Hicks' game on Saturday is below.
Notes From Temple
*Sophomore Tony Hicks led all scorers with 28 points, one shy of his career high and the most by a Penn player in a season opener since the 2001-02 season (Ugonna Onyekwe 30 at Georgia Tech).
*Hicks took 24 shots, tying the high by a Penn player in the Jerome Allen coaching era (Zack Rosen took 24 against Princeton on March 6, 2012), and made 12 which was one shy of a player high in the Allen era.
*Hicks scored eight straight points late in the game to push Penn from a 71-65 deficit to a 73-71 lead (the Quakers' first lead in the game since 9-8).
*Hicks also matched a career best with three steals, added three assists, and knocked down a team-high three three-point baskets.
*Sophomore Darien Nelson-Henry scored a career-high 19 points and had 10 rebounds -- one shy of a career best -- for his third collegiate double-double. Thirteen of his points and seven of his boards came in the second half.
*Senior Miles Jackson-Cartwright had 12 points for his 53rd double-figure scoring game at Penn.
*Senior Fran Dougherty, playing his first game since February 2, matched a career high with two assists.
*Freshmen Tony Bagtas, Matt Howard and Dylan Jones saw their first collegiate action. Jones' first collegiate basket came on a dunk.
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It's rush time at Lotsa Lattes, the popular downtown coffee shop. Jamie, the poor barista, just had 5 orders told to her over the sound of the coffee grinder. Help her piece together the correct orders to make sure she'll get tipped.
Each guest ordered a different drink and a different type of muffin.
1. Gary was in line before Lisa this morning, but he decided not to order his usual (mocha and a blueberry muffin) and instead tried something new to eat and drink.
2. By the time Zack got there, the raspberry muffin had just been ordered by the person ahead of him in line. He ordered an extra dry cappuccino while he decided that morning's muffin choice.
3. The 5 orders were: the mocha, the man who ordered the poppyseed muffin, the 2nd person in line, the tea, and Paul's order.
4. The people who ordered something to drink with chocolate in it (including the mocha) could not possibly eat a chocolate chip muffin, too. No chocolate item was ordered first.
5. The men, oddly enough, placed the odd numbered orders.
6. The blueberry muffin was ordered before Paul's order but after the hot chocolate.
7. The 3 fruit muffins were sold to Lisa, the first person in line, and to the person who also ordered a mocha.
AnswerLisa - hot chocolate -2nd in line - raspberry muffin
Paul - latte - 5th in line - chocolate chip muffin
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Cool. Focused. Confident.
This is Winnipeg Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff.
In his nearly two years on the job, he has rarely, if ever, been heard going off message. In fact, he's the man Mark Chipman (and David Thomson) hired to set the hockey message for their organization.
So when Cheveldayoff's blood starts to run a little, you notice.
Last weekend, at an intermission where he was watching 2011 first-round draft pick Mark Scheifele, Cheveldayoff obliged a conversation about the organization's top prospect.
He was asked to comment on chatter out there in some corners of the hockey world that he and the Jets might be disappointed, maybe impatient or worried that Scheifele did not stick with the NHL team after the lockout.
Cheveldayoff became angered without so much as raising his voice. But his eyes flared and his words were not tame.
"I'm worried? Me?" he said. "You know what, I can't even comment on stuff like that. It's not even dignified to comment on it. This player was in the top three for his team at the World Junior. You talk to his coaches about what he was like at the World Junior; this can't be farther from the truth.
"That's the hard part about the world we're living in. It takes one person to say, 'Chevy's thinking this,' and it can have no basis or merit to it whatsoever, so where's the accountability from the person starting this?
"If you hear it from my mouth, believe it. If you don't hear it from my mouth, don't believe it.
"That's, I think, the bottom line. He's got 39 goals. He's becoming a leader. He's doing all those things that need to be done. I don't even know how to respond to that."
Was he disappointed to have to make the send-down decision after four NHL games this season for Scheifele?
"You're using the term disappointed," the GM said. "Why should we be bringing that up? Why should a 19-year-old have to play in the National Hockey League? Why should an 18-year-old have to play in the National Hockey League? These are things that we as an impatient society, group, hockey industry want to happen now. I don't get it. There's not an ounce of disappointment about sending him back to junior.
"These are things that single words can misconstrue so much. Nineteen-year-olds should be at the junior level unless they are absolutely ready to play at the National Hockey League level. We've talked with Mark when sending him back, we think the skills are there. We thing the hockey sense is definitely there. We think the ability to play with NHL people, that's there. The thing we want to make sure we don't make a mistake on is strength. You can't push a kid to grow. You can't push him; those things just happen on their own. Again, I'm just citing a case in point, but today Buffalo just sent back Michael Grigorenko.
"It shouldn't be a knock against anyone. But it's the reality for 18- and 19-year-old kids, that we as an industry, it's like eating your own young. Why do we want to do that?"
The more calm elements of the conversation at that intermission were immensely supportive of the progress Scheifele continues to make, including comments the player made in an interview with the Free Press a week ago.
"When a young player still realizes there is still lots to learn, yeah, that is a sign that he is kind of maturing," Cheveldayoff said. "He's playing for a coach that really, the more you ask him and the more you tap into his experiences, are only going to help you down the line.
"In today's day and age, it's information now, it's technology now, it's everything now. It's young kids that want now. We all want it now. You've got hundreds of channels to watch on TV, the Internet, you name it and it's like if you're not going to get it here and now, then I'm going to go somewhere else and get it now.
"So it's refreshing to hear when a player knows that in due time, I'll get there and I'm going to continue to learn until I do."
There is no doubt Cheveldayoff has some level of frustration with the hurry many fans seem to have in all areas, underscored by the team's recent surge in the standings. The perfect multiple-meaning of the word "rush."
Of course he understands it.
But the way the GM also answered some recent questions about trade rumours confirm some frustration. It also leaves little doubt he's going to continue to be his analytical self. And patient as well, even if some element of Jets Nation is otherwise.


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Rick Scott is trying to enlist support from the State Board of Education for giving all Florida teachers a $2,500 pay raise.
A letter from Scott pitching the proposal is being presented at the board's meeting Monday in Orlando.
The Republican governor defends his break from GOP orthodoxy. Republicans have in recent years promoted merit pay for teachers as opposed to an across-the-board raise.
Scott writes that all Florida teachers should get a pay raise for reasons that include earning the highest overall grade from the National Council on Teacher Quality.
He also notes the Legislature already has passed a law requiring performance pay based heavily on student test scores. That law, though, is being challenged in court by the Florida Education Association, the statewide teachers union.
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The string of bushfires currently raging throughout five of Australia's six states are so massive that they can be seen from space. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield captured these detailed images on January 8 from on board the International Space Station.
The bushfires stem from the worst heatwave Australia has seen in more than 80 years, with temperatures hitting more than 47 degrees in some areas. Due to the threatening combination of high winds and extreme temperature, Australian authorities say the fires could be catastrophic.
NASA satellites also spotted several areas of burning fires and smoke plumes throughout Tasmania. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), which is onboard NASA's Aqua satellite, captured this image of smoke and fires on January 6 at 6.55pm EST (January 9 at 10.55am AEDST Wednesday). The red pixels indicate heat signatures that MODIS detected. The light brown colour is smoke.
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Friends of Discovery Park, a volunteer group formed to protect the city's largest park, had its annual board meeting last Saturday, March 8, to discuss the park, West Point Treatment Plant and the future of Seattle Parks and Recreation.
Approximately 40 people attended the meeting at the Discovery Park Visitors Center (3801 Discovery Park Blvd.). Presenters from different aspects of the park provided brief presentations before moderator Gary Gaffner opened the meeting up to questions from the public.
Treasurer's report
The group's current budget is about $32,000; $13,000 of that is money transferred to the group from the Water Defense Fund that the park received when the fund went defunct. The rest of the money actually belongs to the park, said treasurer Julia Allen.
The group's biggest yearly expense is the free maps it distributes through the park. It costs more than $2,000 for to distribute about 30,000 maps each year.
The group also pays for a storage unit, which, this year, will raise to $768 annually.
The money from the defense fund will target a project to restore the Utah pond, where the shoreline is eroded. Crews will repair the shoreline and create a viewing area.
The group also plans to use money to create a pedestrian path from the north parking lot to Bernie Whitebear Way and replace trees in the lot.
Environmental Learning Center
Education-program supervisor Belinda Chin spoke about Discovery Park's environmental education. The Parks superintendent has a vision for access, sustainability, opportunity and impact, so that's how the park has been scheduling programming, Chin said.
With tighter budgets, the park has half of the staff it had a few years ago, "so we're in a different place with what we can provide," she said.
One goal Chin has is to reach out to communities who haven't had as many environmental opportunities. She also said she wanted to "deepen the relationship with the environment to nurture the culture of stewardship in Seattle."
Sign-ups for spring programs at Discovery Park opened Tuesday, March 11.
Discovery Park
Discovery Park is a "showpiece" for the city, said Discovery Park manager Patti Petesch. Right now, park maintenance is taking advantage of any dry weather to mow the grass in the park, so they finish before ground nesting birds begin to nest. They will also mow the grass near the historic buildings in the park, because tall grass could be dangerous in the summer.
There is an effort to clean up the grounds around the lighthouse; last year, a storm and an especially high tide flooded the buildings. One trail, near the lighthouse was washed away but will not be repaired because of the changing environment and shoreline there, Petesch said.
Norway rats have invaded the area, which Parks is trying to get under control before summer. Petesch said the city is using a pest control that traps the animals so any of the nearby wildlife won't be poisoned.
The Navy and Forest City Military Communities L.L.C. are trying to sell the historical properties in the park. A new owner has been identified, but a contract hasn't been signed; Petesch estimates that will happen within a few months.
Even though cars are not allowed in the park except for designated parking spots, some volunteers have permission to drive on the grounds; they will post a "Forest Steward at Work" sign in their vehicle windows.
Mountains to Sound Greenway will have a few work parties at Discovery Park this year for the reforesting near former military homes. The fence currently around the area will stay for up to two years, until the plants have been established, Petesch said.
Discovery Park has partnered with United Indians of All Tribes and Daybreak Star. Crews have helped with garbage pickup and building inspections to "try to help them strengthen their programs," Petesch said.
The park now has a staff person working on the weekend. Even though it puts a strain on the staff, there are too many people in the park on the weekend not to have someone there, Petesch said.
One community member asked about off-leash dogs in the park, which are not allowed. Parks did have a successful pilot program for enforcement, in which a parks employee and Animal Control person patrolled the park. The program only lasted two months before the employees were relocated to other areas. Now, Parks personnel must call an Animal Control officer, but they can report license plates, which does get followed up on at the violator's home.
Parks Department
Acting deputy Parks superintendent Eric Friedli spoke about the proposed Metropolitan Parks Districts. Parks' budgets have been reduced in multiple areas, which has decreased staffs and maintenance. This has created a $260 million backlog of maintenance needs across parks in Seattle, he said. A citizen's action committee organized around the issue identified 20 investment initiatives that the park system needs, Friedli said. It also recommended $57 million in needs, with $25 million for major maintenance; this may create funding for Smith Cove Park.
Funding in the past has been raised through levies. The Metropolitan Parks District is a funding mechanism that would be governed by the Seattle City Council. Levies don't provide long-term funding solutions, Friedli said, and the districts plan wouldn't have any impact on the Discovery Park Master Plan.
Last week, the citizens committee recommended approval of the park districts. Friedli expects the mayor to make a proposition this week, and the City Council will vote on it in April; if passed, it will be put on the ballot for the Aug. 5 elections.
West Point Treatment Plant
Dan Grenet and Al Williamson from the West Point Treatment Plant spoke about upcoming projects and maintenance to the facility. The facility has started to capture the heat generated on-site to heat the building. The plant is also selling the electricity they generate to Seattle City Light, which has cut the electricity bill in half, Grenet said. Officials are updating the screening process to make the Loop truck process more efficient, replacing corroded pump stations and the raw-sewage pump engines and upgrading to the control systems, among other projects. There will be an open house in April detailing all of the new updates.
The proposed gate on the road leading to the lighthouse has been put on hold until other alternative methods, like improved signage, ticketing and towing are explored, explained water-quality planner and project manager Monica Van der Vieren. Following feedback at community meetings, Parks and the Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) will try these methods through the summer and then make a presentation at a community meeting about their efficacy.
West Point is sending biosolids via Loop trucks to fields in Eastern Washington. Currently, the four trucks cannot leave before 8:30 a.m., which means they're often stuck in rush-hour traffic wasting fuel, before they make the long trip over the passes, Van der Vieren said. WTD has proposed a new system that would allow the trucks to run during the same time as Metro buses, about 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.
WTD tested the noise level and said the Loop trucks generates about the same amount of noise as a bus does. Petesch said Parks was in favor of having the trucks out of the park before main activity hours.
WTD will need to go through a City Council process; there will be three opportunities for public comment.
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A sparkling wine was judged the best wine of the recent Tasmanian Wine Show. This is only the second time a sparkling wine has been judged wine of show in this country, to my knowledge.
The House of Arras E. J. Carr Late Disgorged Chardonnay Pinot Noir Brut 2000 ($139) took out the honour: rich and full in the mouth, loaded with toasted-bread, white-chocolate, nougat and vanilla aromas; immensely complex and rich yet elegant, balanced and displaying a dry, low-dosage palate and finish.
Sparkling wine in general was the biggest winner at this year's Tasmanian Wine Show, which I helped judge a fortnight ago in Hobart.
Of the 32 gold medals in regular classes, seven went to bubbles, not including an extra one in the museum class. Of those eight wines, four were for House of Arras wines, made by Ed Carr and his team at Accolade (formerly Hardys). It's a great vote of confidence in the island state's sparkling wine sector, which is a category in which Tasmania has more potential than anywhere else in Australia.
The wines have been improving steadily to the point that the best of them are now equal to very good champagnes of prestige cuvee status. At the Tasmanian Wine Show, five of those eight golds went to mature or late-disgorged styles: Radenti 2001, and House of Arras Blanc de Blancs 2001 and E. J. Carr Late Disgorged 1998, 2000 and 2001. An amazing suite of great wines in anyone's language.
Lest anyone think aged sparkling wine automatically has some kind of advantage, it must be pointed out not just any wine can be left on yeast lees for 10 years or more and be expected to reward the investment. In fact, few do. The 2001 Blanc de Blancs, though, tastes remarkably young and seems to be defying gravity. Ditto the Radenti wines, and in their case the 2001 is not "late disgorged" by the generally accepted definition: it is the Freycinet winery's current release.
The younger generation was not left out of the party. Jansz Tasmania Vintage Cuvee 2007 also won a gold medal, as did Velo Dominique Brut 2006 and Sugarloaf Ridge Lara 2006. Sugarloaf Ridge vineyard was damaged by recent bushfires, so the award was especially warmly received.
Accolade also did well with its Tasmanian winery Bay of Fires, winning golds with 2011 pinot noir and 2010 chardonnay. Former Hardys/Accolade winemakers Tim James and Peter Dawson – who have their Dawson & James wines made at Bay of Fires – also shone, winning golds for their 2010 and 2011 chardonnays.
Perhaps the most exciting wine among the generally very fine 2011 chardonnays was Riversdale Estate Crater Chardonnay, which vied with the other gold medal winner in that class, Dawson & James, for the trophy. The Riversdale, from a vineyard almost underneath the UTAS radio telescope at Cambridge, in the Coal River Valley, is a stunning wine, with invisible oak and finesse seldom seen in an Australian chardonnay. My notes read: "smoky, toasty oak over grapefruit and lemon fruit; tight, intense and tangy. Lovely clean, long, penetrating palate. Delicious fruit, powerful and concentrated and yet shows the great finesse and delicacy of the 2011 vintage. Power with finesse!"
The vineyard sells grapes to several wineries including Treasury, and the maker of the trophy wine was Nick Badrice, whose daytime job is with Cellarmasters in the Barossa Valley. Home Hill, at Ranelagh in the Huon Valley, is a regular winner of pinot awards and this year was no different. Two vintages of its premium label Kelly's Reserve Pinot Noir – 2010 and 2011 – won golds. The 2010 won three trophies, topped by best red wine of show. Delicious.
Derwent Estate 2011 Pinot Noir was also a gold medal winner and took home a people's-choice trophy, earned at a public tasting of gold medal winners. This is another winery making top wines across the board, whose pinot noirs seem to be improving steadily. Its 2011 riesling also won gold.
There were many great rieslings, none finer than Pressing Matters R9 Riesling 2012, which is like a great German kabinett or halbtrocken style, wonderfully fragrant and delicate, with just the merest tickle of sweetness balancing its mouth-watering acidity. It won two trophies, including best riesling of show.
The final mention goes to Glaezter-Dixon Mon Pere Shiraz 2011, which won the trophy for best "other" red variety. This is the follow-up to the 2010 Jimmy Watson Trophy winner and is due for release in a few weeks.
It's a deliciously spicy, light- to medium-bodied shiraz with fine structure and gentle, soft tannins: truly a shiraz for pinot noir lovers.
Full results will be posted on taswineshow.org.


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7 Historical Sites in Trinity
Historical Walking Tour
Whale Watching Tours
Drink Service by the Water
Ocean View Dining
Kayaking Tours
Rising Tide Theatre
Hikes with Ocean Views
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