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Multiple drug busts over four days at the Nogales port of entry netted Customs and Border Protection officers more than half a million dollars worth of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine.
— Friday, officers found nearly 13 pounds of heroin and almost 10 pounds of meth hidden in a Chevrolet sedan driven by a 28-year-old woman from Nogales, Sonora. The drugs had a street value of $208,500.
— At the same location Saturday night, a drug-sniffing dog alerted to the presence of narcotics in a Nissan pickup truck driven by a 48-year-old man from Nogales, Sonora. Officers found 23 pounds of meth – worth nearly $70,000 – in a spare tire.
— Sunday, officers found 19 pounds of cocaine, worth more than $200,000, in a vehicle driven by a 26-year-old man from Hermosillo, Sonora.
— At the pedestrian crossing Monday, 22-year-old Saul Beltran of Chandler, was arrested for trying to smuggle 2.5 pounds of heroin into the U.S. Beltran had three packages of heroin not-so-discretely taped to his abdomen and groin area. The heroin was worth almost $36,000.
All drugs and vehicles were seized. The suspects were turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.


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Tomlinson, Chambers limited by injuries
Published: October 22nd, 2008 | Tags: Chris Chambers, LaDainian Tomlinson, San Diego Chargers
The Chargers are in London, but it's much of the same for RB LaDainian Tomlinson and his lingering toe injury. Tomlinson sat out practice on Wednesday, which has been the norm in recent weeks, but will practice with the team on Thursday, according to coach Norv Turner.
"We're on a schedule that he's been on that gives him a chance to be the healthiest before the game," said Turner.
It was also much of the same for WR Chris Chambers, who has missed the last two games with an ankle injury and was limited in practice.
"He did some things well," said Turner. "I'm not sure where he's at. The biggest thing about after a guy goes out and practices is how the injury reacts to it and how he feels tomorrow."

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At last, it's sunny and warm in Newcastle today and it feels like summer's here. One of my favourite things in summer is the fragrance of roses, that heady, heavy, scent I associate with August, the six weeks holiday and playing outside as a child. Aunty Mary and Uncle Stan lived opposite us, across the back lane, and their garden was full to bursting with rose bushes, big, glorious blooms that spilled out their perfume in the air, especially in the evening. Happy days.
My daughter has inherited my love of that flower's scent, though it's a shame she won't get to experience the joy of Uncle Stan's garden as I did. Her love of roses though translates to perfume – currently one in particular, Alesha Dixon's Rose Quartz.
|(It's a press image - our kitten chewed up the perfume box before I got a chance to take my own photo)
Containing geranium, bergamot, grapefruit and magnolia, I don't know if this eau de toilette includes any actual roses, but it smells like it does. It is very light, not cloying, so will suit a wide range of people. In the absence of actual roses around our way this is an enjoyable substitute. Not that I get to wear it often – Dot has acquired it and added it to her getting-larger-every-day haul of make-up and fragrance.
Usually I'm not one for celebrity scents, but this one is a belter.
Rose Quartz by Alesha Dixon costs £24.50 for 100ml from here.


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Covesville Historic District
From:Covesville Historic District Application:
Nestled in a valley, or cove, created by the Boaz and Heards Mountains to the north and west and the Fan and Brush Mountains to the south and east, the rural village of Covesville is located fourteen miles south of Charlottesville in Albemarle County, just north of the Nelson County line. Covesville is a cohesive residential, agricultural, and commercial community originally settled in the late 18th century. Covesville was officially established in 1828 when the first post office was constructed. Covesville, which has no official boundaries, is a rural community that has historically included the village center and the surrounding countryside, but never included a formal plat or plan. Although not the original impetus for settlement, the Charlottesville to Lynchburg stage coach route, which was established prior to 1822, gave the early village its linear form. The stagecoach road was later incorporated into U.S. Route 29 in the 1920s. Based on subsequent growth in the village, in response to the central role of the railroad and the orchard industry, Covesville expanded beyond its initial linear form. The historic district, which encompasses 2,308 acres, represents the historic and visual core of the village and is bounded primarily by the properties lining the central transportation corridors which are U.S. Route 29 and the parallel Norfolk-Southern railroad tracks. The boundaries of the historic district include the buildings lining the railroad tracks, Route 29, Covesville Lane, and expand westward along Boaz Road to include the adjacent apple orchards and the early settlement areas along Cove Creek. The northern and southern boundaries of the district are drawn where modern growth has expanded along U.S. Route 29.
The community, surrounded primarily by rural farmsteads with agricultural fields and wooded mountainsides, was initially settled by Scots-Irish immigrants who came to Albemarle County from the Shenandoah Valley seeking land to establish a Presbyterian Church, settling in the Rich Cove area along Cove Creek circa 1756. Although none of the early settlement period resources remain intact, ruins of the Maxwell house built circa 1750 remain on the Boaz property. Buildings and farms from the late 18th-and-early 19th century associated with some of the original families and their religious mission remain the core of the historic village. Expanding steadily into the 20th century, Covesville includes buildings that display stylistic and vernacular architectural features reflecting the community's historic development from circa 1750 to 1954, with a small amount of infill construction added in the latter part of the 20th century. In addition, the original Boaz orchards survive as an intact vernacular landscape that was developed through sustained agricultural use.
Today, Covesville remains a small, rural village located along a major transportation route and is supported by outlying farms and orchards. The historic resources dating between 1750 and 1954, which include domestic, commercial, agricultural, educational, and ecclesiastical buildings, are constructed of log, wood frame, and masonry. These buildings are set both on smaller lots along the roads and on larger more secluded farm tracts. Many of the buildings display the fashionable architectural styles of the period in which they were constructed, while others are vernacular, representing a more rural utilitarian function. The dominant forms and styles in Covesville, also vernacular in interpretation, include the Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Classical Revival, Colonial Revival, Craftsman/Bungalow, and commercial resources, probably reaching the rural village through the popular dissemination of pattern books. Many of the properties are supported by historic outbuildings, including barns, tenant houses, sheds, springhouses, and smokehouses, among others. Although a number of these resources have some replacement materials or small additions, the overall integrity of the community remains intact. A total of forty-nine primary resources, which include forty-two contributing and eight non-contributing primary resources, are located in the historic district, of which two are historic orchards located on the same property. An additional seventy-one supporting resources are contributing, while thirty-eight others are non-contributing. Overall, a total of ninety-four tax parcels, associated with the forty-nine primary resources, are included within the district boundaries.
Residential, Ecclesiastical, and Educational Architecture
In the late 18th century, southern Albemarle County (part of Goochland County until 1744) was settled as rural agricultural farmland. By 1745, 160,000 acres of land in Albemarle County was divided into 191 patents, averaging approximately 830 acres each. The 18th-century farm complexes, spread over vast acreage, resembled small villages with numerous outbuildings supporting the main dwelling, which was often located on a hill or rise. The associated outbuildings often included kitchens, icehouses, slave quarters, granaries, smokehouses, barns, dairies, and other domestic and agricultural-related dependencies. As the agrarian "village" grew and the economy became more complex, gristmills, taverns, schools, and churches further enhanced the landscape beyond the self-contained plantation. Although the early, 18th-century, domestic architecture of these large, self-sufficient plantation complexes consisted of simple log dwellings, including claim houses, much more substantial architecture reflecting the owner's growing wealth soon followed.
The staple crop of the early Albemarle plantations was tobacco, which was an extension of the Tidewater culture. A need to replace lands exhausted by tobacco motivated the initial land patents located on eastern Albemarle's rich soils. The institution of slavery, which is intrinsically linked to Virginia's tobacco production, was therefore transplanted to the Piedmont; a development which dramatically influenced the landscape. While the affluence obtained by the early Tidewater gentry would never fully be realized in Virginia's Piedmont, the cultivation of tobacco continued to play an important role in the region's economy until wheat cultivation completed its ascendancy during the mid-19th century. The early settlement patterns in the district were tied to this tobacco culture, with large plantations linked to the James River by an early and fairly sophisticated road system, promoting trade to Richmond and Tidewater. By at least the first quarter of the 19th century, the Charlottesville to Lynchburg stagecoach road was in operation through the valleys of the surrounding landscape, spurring linear development along its entire route.
Initial settlement in the Rich Cove area was tied to a 4,030-acre patent held in 1741 by Charles Lewis. Although part of the large land patents, the Rich Cove area was not initially settled for tobacco production, but rather as a religious haven for Scots-Irish moving eastward from the Shenandoah Valley. One of the first known buildings to be constructed in the area was a small, log Presbyterian meetinghouse, no longer standing, but dating to circa 1769. Large farm tracts surrounding the church were, or had recently been, purchased by settlers with ties to the church, including members of the Hart, Maxwell, and Harris families. In 1751, Lewis deeded 400 acres to Bezaleel Maxwell.1 Ruins of a house appear to date to this period and are now located on the Boaz property (VDHR 002-0775). The Maxwell family, in 1779, acquired another 400 acres from George Douglass, one of the early church founders, making the Maxwell family one of the area's largest landowners.
The stage coach stop for the area was located just to the south of Covesville near the community of Faber. A map of the stagecoach route in 1822 reveals that the area was beginning to resemble of village. Francis Hart's dwelling at Cove Lawn Farm (ca. 1782, VDHR 002-5038-0019), Eli Ames' store, Drumheller's blacksmith shop, and the Cove Church (VDHR 002-5038-0024), as well as "Edgstend's" (correctly Hestands's tanyard) are all depicted on the map.3 Deed records also indicate that the Ames' dwelling was constructed of stone and was located in the Ames Gap vicinity. 4 Of these early properties, only Cove Lawn Farm and the rebuilt Cove Church (ca. 1809/1880) are extant. While not depicted on the map, it is known that the Maxwell house also existed by the mid-18th century. 5 Today, all that remains of the Maxwell House are the exterior-end chimneys. Based on historic photographs and/or extant architectural features, both the original Cove Lawn dwelling and the Maxwell house are known to have been one-and-a-half story wood-frame vernacular dwellings with hall-parlor plans, stone foundations, exterior-end chimneys, weatherboard cladding, and side-gabled roofs. It appears that circa 1806, Cove Lawn was expanded into a center-hall dwelling, probably remaining one-and-a-half stories in height. Carved Federal-style mantels in the Cove Lawn dwelling remain a feature from this period. Only the chimneys remain of the Maxwell house.
Constructed in 1809, the present Cove Church was originally a one-and-a-half story brick structure with detailing typical of many early-19th-century rural churches, probably displaying classical-style elements. The decorative detailing on the present structure dates to 1880 when the church was partially rebuilt after a tornado demolished part of the building. Prior to being rebuilt, the brick church resembled a more classical colonial church form, as evidenced by physical ghosting in the brickwork.
Although no resources retain their late-18th or early-19th century appearance, later fashionable expansions or updates reflect the substantial growing prosperity and social affluence of the district. In 1837, the existing one-and-a-half story Cove Lawn dwelling was fashionably updated in the Greek Revival style and was expanded to a two-story I-house form. The Greek Revival style adhered strictly to the systems of proportion and ornamentation demonstrated by the Greek Orders. Like the dwellings erected in the previous period, the Greek Revival domestic resources of the antebellum period maintained the central-passage, single-pile plan, but incorporated Greek Revival proportions and applied decorations. Grander domestic examples generally featured a columned portico supporting a triangular pediment, as on a monumental Greek temple, while more vernacular interpretations simply included shallow-pitched gabled roofs, symmetrical fenestration, a heavily molded cornice, a porch with columns, and/or a multi-light transom and sidelights. The stylistic alterations of Cove Lawn included the addition of a one-story portico with Tuscan posts and a roof balustrade. The central entry was updated with sidelights, dado panels, and a transom. An investigation of the interior suggests that the stair was also reworked at this time. Similar vernacular I-house forms dating from the mid-to-late-19th century include the Eva Boaz/Blain House (ca. 1840, VDHR 002-0038-0025), the original portion of the Boaz House (ca. 1855, VDHR 002-0038-0021), and the original portion of the McCormick/Norvell House (ca. 1870, VDHR 002-5038-0030), which was greatly expanded around the 1890s. It is unknown whether these featured Greek Revival style detailing as the buildings were later substantially enlarged.
The only other dwelling in Covesville dating to the first half of the 19th century is the Pugh House (ca. 1840, VDHR 002-5038-0010). Located on a steep wooded hillside behind Cove Presbyterian Church, the vernacular wood-frame dwelling at 6068 Cove School Court is set on a solid random rubble foundation, capped by a side-gabled, standing-seam metal roof, and features weatherboard cladding. The facade, which faces toward the railroad tracks, extends three bays with a central entry flanked by 6/6 wood windows. The main block of the dwelling is two bays deep with a circa 1920 rear shed addition. A half-hipped porch with replacement turned posts with scroll-sawn brackets is located on the façade. Detailing includes a large, exterior-end stone chimney, square-edged wood sills, molded wood surrounds, overhanging eaves, turned balusters, and attic-story replacement diamond-light windows. The interior appears to have originally featured a center-hall plan, but subsequent changes have opened the space into two rooms. An enclosed winder stair remains intact.
Although the Greek Revival detailing at Cove Lawn appeared by 1837, no other stylistic references are noted in the first half of the 19th century. However, in the latter half of the 19th century a multitude of architectural influences emerged reflecting the rise in commerce and the growing apple industry throughout Covesville. During this period, rapid industrialization and the growth of the railroads also led to considerable changes in house design and construction. Mass production of doors, windows, roofing, siding, and decorative detailing in
large factories allowed merchandise to be shipped at relatively low costs. Covesville, located along the Southern Railway, most certainly took advantage of this opportunity. However, hostilities throughout the country during this period greatly restricted the progress of the early Victorian trends until after the close of the Civil War (1861-1865). Although no major battles occurred in Albemarle County, the economy declined quickly, resulting in a lack of domestic construction. Thus, no dwellings were recorded as being constructed in Covesville during the Civil War.
Expanding on the Victorian trends that began during the Civil War period, the architecture of the Reconstruction and Growth Period (1866-1917) in Virginia includes more elaborate detailing and more intricate floor plans. Often, a number of elements were taken from various styles and were applied to vernacular house forms, particularly I-houses, as evidenced by a melding of Queen Anne, Gothic Revival, and Italianate detailing. Similarly, the orchard industry was prospering by the late-19th century, increasing the wealth of the local economy.
The Gothic Revival style was the first of the Victorian-era styles to challenge the symmetry and ordered reason of classicism. Brooding and romantic, it was a picturesque mode with vaulted ceilings, battlements, lancet-arched windows, and tracery, all suggesting the mysterious architectural vocabulary of the medieval past. Popular between 1840 and 1880, the Gothic Revival style was often seen in rural communities as it was considered particularly compatible with the open landscape. The vernacular interpretations of the style are identified by steeply-pitched roofs, decorative vergeboard, and the use of Gothic, or lancet, arches. The style was popular for domestic as well as ecclesiastical architecture, both of which are represented in Covesville. Examples include the J.J. Boaz House at 6100 Monocan Trail Road (ca. 1870, VDHR 002-5038-0026) and the stylistically-rebuilt Cove Presbyterian Church.
Possibly begun as a vernacular I-house, the J.J. Boaz dwelling was either constructed as or expanded into a Gothic Revival-style structure circa 1880. Set on a solid, random-rubble foundation, the wood-frame dwelling features asbestos shingle cladding and a multi-gabled standing-seam metal roof. Two projecting gables and a corner gablet dominate the roofline. A one-story porch with turned posts and a gablet stretches across the two-story structure. Five bays in width, the facade is marked with 2/2 windows (and 1/1 replacement windows). A molded cornice with returns, Gothic-arched attic-story vents, leaded diamond-patterned sidelights, and scroll-sawn porch brackets further detail the building. A one-story sunporch projects to the north, while two interior-end chimneys and one central-interior chimney, all of brick, rise from the roof. A rear two-story ell and one-story rear shed addition further expand the house. The property also includes an historic root cellar, shed, and garage.
The two-story, three-bay Cove Presbyterian Church, rebuilt in the Gothic Revival style after a tornado in 1880, features brick construction, lancet-arched windows, and a granite foundation. Capped by a steeply-pitched, standing-seam metal roof, the church facade features a central, double-leaf, wood-paneled entry with a six-light transom and a segmental-arched, double-row brick lintel. The entry is flanked by stucco-clad lancet-arched panels that may have been designed as windows. An elongated lancet-arched window is set above the door, while recessed panels with stepped brickwork follow the gabled roofline. Extending three bays deep, the church is marked by three symmetrically-placed, lancet-arched 9/9 wood windows. The rear elevation also features stepped brickwork panels that follow the cornice line. Other architectural features include overhanging eaves, a wood cornice, two interior-end brick chimneys, square-edged wood sills, and a molded wood cornice with decorative brackets at each corner.
The Italianate style emerged in the 1830s along with the Gothic Revival style and in general proved to be more popular throughout the nation, lasting well into the 1880s. With square towers, asymmetrical plans, broad roofs, and generous verandas, the rambling Italianate houses that began to appear in both the American suburbs and countryside were romanticized interpretations of rural Italian villas. During the mid-1800s, the Italianate style was enthusiastically adapted for urban rowhouse designs, characterized by ornately molded door and window surrounds, bracketed cornices, and decorative cupolas. However, like the Gothic Revival, the style also lent itself well to the rural "picturesque" landscape. Despite its widespread popularity throughout the country, only a single example of the Italianate style appeared in Covesville, the Covesville Depot (VDHR 002-5038-0037), which is no longer extant. 6 Historic photographs of the late-19th century depot reveal that the one-story wood-frame structure exhibited a modified form of the Italianate style, expressed through the use of wide overhanging eaves with large brackets and turned drop pendants.
Among the attractions generating considerable interest at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia were several English buildings designed in the Queen Anne style, which would prove to be widely influential in America from the 1870s until the turn of the 20th century. The facades showed a great variety of forms, featuring projecting oriels, bay windows, varied rooflines, rich textures, and an open, asymmetrical plan. In America, the Queen Anne style was favored for everything from urban rowhouses to sprawling seaside retreats to rural farm dwellings. The style found an exuberant expression in wood and featured patterned shingles, turned spindles, carved brackets, large verandas, turrets, and sleeping porches. The Queen Anne style in Albemarle County, particularly Covesville, while not widespread, is found on several notable dwellings.
Dominated by a double cross-gabled roof forming a modified H-plan, the Johnson house (ca. 1878, VDHR 002-5038-0031) reveals an early influence of the Queen Anne style. Set on a solid rubble foundation, the wood-frame dwelling, clad in weatherboard, features a standing-seam metal roof, a central entry, symmetrical fenestration, and 1/1 wood windows. A one-story porch with bracketed turned posts stretches across the first story of the three-bay-wide facade. The two projecting gables, flanking the center entry, are detailed with a molded cornice with returns, square-butt and saw-tooth wood-shingled gable peaks, and decorative round vents. Two central-interior brick chimneys rise from the roof at the gable crosses.
Similarly, the McCormick/Norvell House (ca. 1870, VDHR 002-5038-0030) represents the rural Queen Anne style. Originally a side-gabled I-house, the dwelling was significantly expanded in the 1880s or 1890s with a large hipped roof addition with an off-center projecting three-sided gable with a closed tympanum. A similar projection is located on the north elevation. Both feature a lunette window and pressed metal decorative shingles in the gable peak. A one-story porch with turned posts and balusters and scroll-sawn brackets extends across the facade, culminating at an attached gazebo. The main block features an off-center, single-leaf entry, 2/2 wood windows, two oval fixed stained-glass windows, an eyebrow dormer, and a decorative stairwell window with an arched cap. A steeply-pitched gable dormer caps the south elevation, while a one-story enclosed porch and a two-story small shed addition extend from the ground floor. The rear elevation features a gabled ell with cornice returns and two one-story shed additions. Three brick chimneys rise from the roofline. An historic garage, shed, and a springhouse are associated with the property.
Following on the heels of America's Centennial celebrations in 1876, the Colonial Revival style emerged strongly in the early 1880s throughout America. The style, which borrowed heavily from early American architecture, was largely an outgrowth of a new nationwide pride in the past. In the early phase, the Colonial Revival style remained the exclusive domain of fashionable architectural firms and was favored for the large residences of wealthy clients. Designs incorporated characteristic features of Colonial buildings, including Palladian windows, gambrel roofs, pedimented porticoes, columns, and classical detailing such as swags and urns, and crisp white trim. This new building type was larger than its historic counterparts, with details also enlarged and plans laid out on a grandiose scale. As the style spread to rural areas, it was more conservative in design and scale, and was often applied to modest residences. Identifying features of the style commonly include accentuated main entry doors, symmetrically balanced facades, single and paired double-hung sash windows, and side-gable or gambrel roofs. Despite its frequent use for domestic buildings, the style also lent itself well to religious and institutional buildings such as churches, schools, and municipal buildings.
Located at 5342 Lackey Lane (ca. 1915, VDHR 002-5038-0040), the Lackey House is vaguely representative of the Colonial Revival style. The two-story, three-bay, wood-frame building sits on raised concrete piers and features a four-square form with hipped roof. The dwelling has a two-story, wraparound porch with a horizontal-board balustrade. Other details include overhanging eaves, an exterior straight-flight stair, and chimneys rising from the half-hipped dormers. Windows have 6/6 and 2/2 wood sashes. The dormers contain nine-light casement windows.
The more suburban interpretation of the Colonial Revival style is noted on the Cape Cod dwelling at 5964 Covesville Store Road (ca. 1930, DHR # 002-5038-0032). The house is set on a poured concrete foundation, and features vinyl siding, and a side-gabled roof with asphalt shingles. The house is symmetrically fenestrated and is adorned with a dominant shed dormer across the front and rear elevations. A gabled portico with an arched entry, keystone, and Tuscan posts projects centrally from the facade. Details include 6/6 wood windows with square-edged surrounds, concrete steps, and an aluminum-clad cornice. A one-story rear shed porch with screened openings was added.
The Colonial Revival style was also often mixed with other popular styles, as exhibited by the transitional Queen Anne and Colonial Revival Boaz-family dwellings at 5272 Boaz Road (ca. 1855, VDHR 002-5038-0021) and 5519 Covesville Lane (ca. 1850, VDHR 002-5038-0036). The Boaz House at 5272 Boaz Road, originally constructed as an I-house around 1855, was substantially enlarged circa 1910 with a Colonial Revival/Queen Anne-style addition to the façade. The original block, set on a solid brick foundation, features weatherboard siding, and a side-gabled roof with asphalt shingles (originally wood shingles). A gabled ell, exterior-end, shouldered brick chimneys laid in an irregular American bond, 9/6 first-story windows, 6/6 second-story windows, cornerboards, and a boxed wood cornice define the structure. The circa 1910 addition, which projects from the original dwelling, is Colonial Revival in form, but includes some Victorian-era details, including exterior decorative woodwork and multi-light dormer windows. The wood-frame addition, set on a granite foundation, features an off-center recessed paneled door with original decorative hardware and a three-sided bay window with 2/2 wood windows on the first story. A wrap-around porch with wood post supports with splayed caps extends across the façade and includes a modified porte-cochere, once part of the wraparound porch. The second story is symmetrically pierced with three 2/2 wood windows. The hipped roof is capped by a central gabled dormer with a pair of 49-light square windows and features carved woodwork in the gable peak. Overhanging eaves, weatherboard cladding, cornerboards, exposed rafters with rounded tails, square-edged wood surrounds and sills, and a one-light transom further define the addition. A central-interior brick chimney rises from the asphalt-shingle roof, while 2/2 wood windows and similar gabled dormers accent the side elevations. Incorporating an original porch, there is a one-story shed kitchen addition that was added to the rear elevation in 1965. Ruins of two historic houses, an office, a corncrib, an icehouse, and two cemeteries support the Boaz property.
The Boaz House at 5519 Covesville Lane (DHR # 002-5038-0036) is a mid-19th century vernacular I-house, once used as the church parsonage, with a transitional Queen Anne and Colonial Revival-style addition. The two-story, two-bay-wide house features a steep hipped roof addition to the original side-gabled structure. A pedimented cross gable with closed tympanum extends off-center on the facade, recalling the Queen Anne period. A one-story porch wraps around the north and west elevations and has Colonial Revival-inspired Tuscan columns, rock-faced concrete block piers, and turned balusters. The windows have 2/2 wood sash. A one-story ell with shed wing extends off the rear elevation. Other details include closed tympanums on the original block, one with a lunette window, and an original granite foundation. The dwelling originally faced east, but was reversed when the renovation occurred.
Similar to the Colonial Revival style, the Classical Revival style lends itself well to public buildings throughout the country. The Covesville School located at 5583 Covesville School Lane (ca. 1916, VDHR 002-5038-0016) is constructed on a hill just off U.S. Route 29. Capped by a standing-seam metal hipped roof, the one-story school building features a solid parged brick foundation and weatherboard cladding. A central, half-hipped projection extends from the facade of the building and is sheltered by a half-hipped porch with wood posts. Although the posts are replacements, the intact Tuscan pilasters reveal that the porch was originally supported by Tuscan posts. The three-bay porch shelters a central, single-leaf, five-paneled door flanked by single 9/6 windows. Banks of three 9/6 windows also pierce the flanking wings. Two interior-end brick chimneys rise from the rear of the roof. Other detailing includes a boxed wood cornice, a molded fascia, square-edged sills, and square-edged surrounds with a projecting cap molding. The building, which features an intact interior, is currently used as a storage building, while the original cafeteria/kitchen is currently used as a primary residence.
After the turn of the 20th century, longstanding traditional domestic forms began to be interpreted for economy and convenience. The resulting bungalow, an English form derived from small Indian-inspired dwellings, often mimicked the fashionable Queen Anne style, although applied to a one-and-a-half-story cottage. Overwhelmingly known as a style rather than a form, the bungalow, also became inspired by the Craftsman style and featured a low-pitched roof, irregular open plan, and a wrap-around porch. The Bungalow/Craftsman is typically one of the most popular styles and building forms noted throughout Virginia, as the form tends to lend itself well to more suburban environments. Stylistic elements include battered wood posts on brick piers, full-width, gable-front porches, exposed rafter tails, eave brackets, and multi-light windows. The proliferation was enhanced by the mass availability of kit-houses, often purchased though mail-order catalogs. Although not widespread in the rural district of Covesville, the overwhelmingly popular bungalow form is represented at 5954 Covesville Store Road (ca. 1925, VDHR 002-5038-0034). Set on a parged foundation, the wood-frame bungalow stands one-and-a-half stories in height and three bays in width. Capped by a side-gabled roof with a large gabled dormer, the dwelling features a shed porch with wood posts. Clad in weatherboard, the dwelling features a central entry flanked by 1/1 replacement windows. Details include exposed rafter tails, interior-end brick chimneys, square-edged wood surrounds, and cornerboards.
Other early-20th-century domestic architecture of note in Albemarle County, and particularly Covesville, is represented by the influx of workers' housing. These primarily wood-frame, one- or two-story structures are largely vernacular in form and usually span two or three bays across the primary façade. Porches are also an element common to many of the examples. These dwellings were constructed to house local workers that were needed to support large farms or business ventures that developed with an increased prosperity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In Covesville, workers dwellings were constructed for orchard laborers as well as railroad workers. Examples of this vernacular building type include the Moseby House at 5425 Ames Gap Lane (ca. 1900, VDHR 002-5038-0002), which was constructed in four phases. The wood-frame dwelling, which began as a one-over-one, two-story dwelling sits on a concrete-block foundation (originally stone piers) and features textured aluminum cladding, a side-gabled, asphalt-shingle roof with overhanging eaves, and an exterior-end brick chimney. The main block also features replacement 1/1 windows, an aluminum soffit, and vinyl louvered shutters. A one-story wing with a half-hipped porch, supported by wood posts, extends two bays to the northwest and features similar detailing. A one-story shed addition extends northwest one bay further. Two one-story additions extend from the rear elevation. A horizontal-board porch balustrade further details the dwelling.
Located at 5847 Piedmont Apple Lane (ca. 1940, VDHR 002-5038-0048) a concrete block dwelling was constructed for workers at the nearby Wayland apple grader factory. Set on a solid, concrete-block foundation, the two-story dwelling features a flat roof with parapet and a central one-story enclosed portico with flat roof. Built into the hill, the dwelling also features a two-story rear projection, a molded concrete cornice, 2/2 wood windows, and square-edged concrete sills. An off-center entry (with missing door), a basement three-light window, a two-bay deep main block, and a rear single-leaf door further define the building. An off-center stair with a solid, stepped balustrade accesses the main entrance.
Located at Cove Lawn Farm (VDHR 002-5038-0019), the migrant worker lodge is another example of worker's housing that was constructed in Covesville to meet the housing needs of apple orchard industry workers. Constructed for the Garcia family, the migrant worker dwelling appears to have been an original storage building (ca. 1920) for the apple industry that was later expanded into housing. The main block apartment features a side-gabled, standing-seam metal roof with exposed rafters, a shed awning porch with metal supports, and first-story, sliding, vertical-board doors. Architectural evidence suggests that in the 1950s the building was renovated into migrant worker housing and the second floor was converted to an apartment. Added in the 1950s, a six-bay, concrete-block wing featured motel-like entries, which are now infilled with paneled roll-up doors. Square-edged surrounds define the openings. The shed porch extends across the entire building. A concrete addition was added to the wing and it features a metal roll-up door and one single-leaf door. A newspaper article from 1970 describes the barracks-style camp structure as having several families to a room, with a community bathroom, beds, a few chairs, a sink, a stove, and no heat. 7 A second 1950s migrant house (002-0058-0049) was constructed on the original Boaz property near the orchards. The one-story concrete block motel-style building features a side-gabled roof and a single-leaf door and 8/8 wood window for each of the nine units on each side of the building. A central corridor extends through the center core of the building. Although not specifically constructed for worker's housing, other dwellings in Covesville were historically used to house the numerous workers. The McCormick/Norvell house and the Lackey Store both functioned as hotels, which housed railroad workers as well as other travelers.
Several commercially-oriented structures remain intact within the district. These buildings were located along the county's primary north-south transportation artery as early as the first quarter of the 19th century when the Charlottesville to Lynchburg stagecoach route was established. Later commercial structures include the general stores that served the small apple orchard industry-based community. Originally run by the Boaz family, who owned and operated the adjacent orchards, the Boaz/Johnson Store at 5930 Covesville Store Road (VDHR 002-5038-0043) was constructed just prior to the turn of the 20th century. The two-story, three-bay-wide building features a front-gabled roof with standing-seam metal. The double-leaf, multi-light main entrance is flanked by commercial three-sided bay windows. A two-story porch four bays wide and eight bays deep, wraps around the building on the east and north elevations. The porch features Tuscan posts on battered concrete piers on the first floor and Tuscan posts and square balusters on the second story. An exterior stair on the north elevation, sheltered by the porch, leads to a second-story gallery and apartments above. Enlarged in the late 1920s, the original rectangular-footprinted store now features a two-story and a one-story shed addition on the south elevation and a large one-story rear shed addition. The two-story south addition appears to have been originally fitted with a porch deck or stair. At present, only the single-leaf door with three-light sidelights and six-light transom remains. A second-story door on the rear also features a removed porch or landing. Detailing on the store includes a molded wood cornice, overhanging eaves, two interior-end brick chimneys, 6/6, four-light, and 2/2 wood windows, weatherboard cladding, cornerboards, and off-center fenestration. The building continues to operate as the Covesville Store.
The two-story, wood-frame building at 5974 Covesville Store Road (ca. 1900, VDHR 002-5038-0033), originally the Kennedy Store and now an apartment/residence, is dominated by a two-story full-width porch. The porch features Tuscan posts on the first story and square posts and balusters on the second story. An exterior, partially-enclosed stair leads to the second story. A slightly off-center, single-leaf paneled door is flanked by large four-light display windows. A second paneled door also accesses the main floor. The second floor features a single-leaf door and 6/6 wood windows. Presenting a rectangular footprint, the store building also features weatherboard cladding, a hipped roof, overhanging eaves, cornerboards, Tuscan pilasters, square-edged surrounds with a projecting lip, and an inboard showing that the rear portion of the building was added.
The Lackey Store/Hotel at 5362 Lackey Lane (ca.1890, DHR # 002-5038-0038) stands two stories in height and six bays in width. Appearing as a center-gabled vernacular structure, the building is actually capped by a multitude of roof types, suggesting numerous periods of construction. It appears that the store/post office was originally a front-gabled, three-bay commercial block that was later expanded two bays to the south and two bays to the north. The original three-bay section features central two-leaf doors with transom flanked by large commercial four-light windows. At present, a two-story porch extends across the entire facade, featuring wood post supports. Square balusters are noted on the second story. An exterior stair accesses the second level. Wood-sash 2/2 and 6/6 windows and three single-leaf wood doors also pierce the weatherboard-clad facade. Other details include square-edged wood surrounds, operable paneled shutters, square-edged wood sills, a concrete-block porch deck, a molded wood cornice, and a decorative round-peak vent. Built into a hill, the original portion features a rectangular footprint, while later additions have greatly increased the overall size. Three central-interior brick chimneys rise from the roofline.
Located at 5430 B Covesville Lane, the Toombs Store (ca. 1940, 002-5038-0041) is constructed of concrete block. The one-story store features a side-gabled roof with asphalt shingles, a central, gabled portico, and a one-story slightly recessed shed wing. The central entry is flanked by metal multi-light casement windows with square-edged concrete sills. The shed wing, also constructed of concrete block, features a single-leaf door and metal casement windows. An exterior-end, concrete-block chimney rises from the north elevation.
Central to Covesville's success as an internationally-recognized modern apple producer is the apple packing complex located at 5861 Piedmont Apple Lane (ca.1940, 002-5038-0045). The core of the historic industrial center consists of two cold-storage warehouses. The original cold storage facility is constructed of concrete block with a flat roof with parapet. Built into the hill, the seven-by-seven bay building stands two stories in height and features a partially exposed basement. Exterior projecting buttresses mark the distinct bays. A projecting band also encircles the building at the ceiling levels. The only fenestration on the facade is block-infilled windows on the upper story and large infilled openings on the basement level that feature modern doors and windows. The rear of the building features an enclosed loading dock with three delivery doors and four small windows. An elevator shaft rises from the roofline. The two-story office building, attached to the original cold-storage building, features concrete-block construction, a flat roof, 2/2 horizontal wood windows, rowlock brick sills, and modern, vinyl-louvered, fixed shutters. Devoid of any stylistic detailing, the industrial building features a single-leaf door on the ground level and a single-leaf door on the second story, accessed via a modern wood porch. The circa 1960 concrete cold-storage building features a rectangular footprint, flat roof, and is twenty-by-sixteen bays. Each bay is delineated by an exterior concrete buttress and lacks any fenestration. A one-story concrete-block wing features metal 4/4 windows and a single-leaf wood door. The structure holds industrial equipment. Non-historic structures have further expanded the site including an open apple-crate warehouse, packing sheds, and apple washers.
Representative of the early plantation villages, the Boaz House stands as the most intact example of the farm complex in Covesville. Not constructed until 1855, the main dwelling was preceded by the Maxwell house, a circa 1750 hall-parlor dwelling that now stands as ruins. As the property was expanded in 1855 with the original Boaz I-house, a series of supporting outbuildings soon followed. These include an ice house, dwelling ruins, a doctor's office, a corncrib, remnants of a smokehouse, and two cemeteries. Surrounded by the original Boaz orchards, the property once featured common wood-frame packing sheds that were scattered throughout the orchards. Another packing shed/barn was located near the intersection of U.S. Route 29 and Boaz Road. Although no longer standing, historic photographs reveal that the structure featured a raised pier foundation with a warehouse on the main floor and a sheltered, open-air packing floor on the ground. 8 Also associated with the apple industry, Covesville featured an early 20th century large wood-frame apple cider/vinegar warehouse (VDHR 002-0982) next to the Boaz/Johnson store. Now demolished, the site was incorporated into a parking lot.
Cove Lawn farm, another large farm complex also includes a variety of supporting outbuildings. An original tenant house/kitchen, hay barn, dairy barn, smokehouse, and migrant worker's dwelling support the farm, which once included some of Covesville's apple orchards.
The existing Covesville orchards are located along Boaz Road and extend northwest into Boaz Mountain, with an intact access road system. Characteristically, the orchards are planted along hillsides, utilizing less fertile land and allowing the early blooms to be sheltered from frost. Although not currently harvested, the historic Boaz orchards remain intact with fruit-bearing trees and little undergrowth. With the active apple-packing plant and vast orchard lands, Covesville's landscape remains tied to its historic roots as a thriving apple industry driven village.
Some mining operations have been associated with the district. These include three small iron mines and a granite quarry, which are all located on the Munday property (VDHR 002-5038-0015). These resources, located on the mountainside, are part of a large vein of mineral and stone deposits located in southern Albemarle County. The inactive iron mines measuring approximately ten feet wide and up to twenty feet, feature wide, sloping trenches. The iron mines, once owned by Thomas Jefferson, are currently held in easement by the Reading Iron Company. The granite quarries are carved from above-ground outcroppings. The remaining evidence of the operation, which supplied material for local foundations, includes split-face rocks with drill markings.
Small family cemeteries associated with the Boaz, Munday, and Smith families are located in the district, while the Cove Church cemetery features a larger, more community-oriented burial site. Each of the cemeteries features late-19th century metal fences, large trees, and ornamental markers. The most artistic headstones are located in the Boaz family cemetery, which is still in use enjoying commanding views of the surrounding mountains.
Since 1954 little development has occurred within the boundaries of the Covesville Historic District, resulting in a total of only seven non-historic primary resources. Of these, two represent the suburban expression of the modern Colonial Revival style including Cove Hill Farm (VDHR 002-5038-0022) and the house at 6114 Monocan Trail Lane (002-5038-0029). In general, the small amount of infill development either is clustered on setback cul-de-sacs or has occurred as a family division on a larger farm tract, as evidenced by Cove Hill Farm. An exception is the Covesville Post Office which was moved to a modern manufactured building next door to its location at the Johnson Store. In general, the massing, material, and scale of the modern buildings is consistent with that of their historic neighbors, creating a cohesive rural community reflective of the building trends from circa 1750 to the present and do not detract from the historic integrity of the rural district, which is dominated by the surrounding mountainous landscape.
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Unlocked Smartphones: Policies By Network, How To Unlock & Where To Buy
March 11th, 2016
Everything you need to know about mobile unlocking. Find out which networks lock, how to unlock your handset and where to buy a new unlocked smartphone.
In the UK, many mobile networks will lock your smartphone to their network so you won't be able to use the handset on another network. The process of removing these restrictions is known as 'mobile unlocking'.
In this article, we'll discuss the benefits of unlocking of your smartphone: how it will allow you to access cheaper tariffs both in the UK and abroad and how it allows you to make better second-hand usage of the smartphone. We'll also look at the handset locking policies of different UK networks, how to unlock an existing smartphone and where to buy a new unlocked handset.
- 1 Benefits of Unlocking
- 2 Which Mobile Networks Lock Their Smartphones?
- 3 Find Out Whether Your Phone Is Locked
- 4 How To Unlock Your Smartphone
- 5 Where To Buy A New Unlocked Smartphone
- 6 More Information
Benefits of Unlocking
There are three key benefits of having an unlocked smartphone:
- You can access cheaper deals when at home in the UK. Many people save about £20/month (£240 per year) by switching over to a SIM-only deal.
- You can change to a different SIM card when travelling abroad – this could save you substantial amounts of money compared to roaming on your normal UK tariff.
- An unlocked smartphone will retain its value much better. Whether you're giving your old handset to friends & family or whether you're selling the phone on eBay, it will be a much more attractive second-hand device.
It's perfectly legal to unlock your smartphone and almost all UK networks provide a way for you to do it. Unlocking will not affect the warranty of your device (assuming that the unlock is done officially through your mobile phone network).
Access Cheaper Tariffs In The UK
For many people, the primary reason for unlocking their smartphone is having the ability to be able to use it with a cheap SIM-only deal.
A SIM-only deal is an airtime-only contract where you'll get a generous allowance of minutes, texts and internet for a low monthly price (they're often about £20/month cheaper compared to normal traditional contracts). You can keep your current phone number when changing to these deals but you might need to unlock your smartphone before you're able to change over.
Our recommended SIM only deals currently include:
inc. £5 discount
* A £5/month discount is available on BT Mobile for customers who live in a BT Broadband household.
Typically, SIM-only contracts have a 12 month commitment. For greater flexibility, you can instead choose a one-month rolling contract. For a complete overview of all the available options, see our guide to the UK's best value SIM-only deals.
Save Money When Travelling Abroad
If you're travelling abroad and using your normal UK SIM card, you can quickly run up a large bill for international roaming if you're using your normal UK SIM card.
With a specialist SIM card or with a locally-purchased SIM card from the country you're visiting, you can often save a huge amount of money on roaming. Before you're able to use another network when abroad, you'll need to first unlock your smartphone (this is the case even if you're using another country's branch of the same network group e.g. Vodafone Spain or Three Italy).
Travelling to Spain, France, Italy, the USA or one of 14 other countries?
If you're travelling to one of 18 selected countries, the best way of using your smartphone abroad is by taking advantage of Three's Feel At Home offer.
With Feel At Home, there's no extra charge for using your smartphone abroad. Better still, you can benefit from the offer regardless of which network you normally use in the UK. Just order one of Three's All-in-One Pay As You Go SIM cards and you'll be able to benefit from the offer in any unlocked smartphone. A £10 top-up will give you 1GB of data, 100 minutes and 3000 texts (all available to be used when abroad). Meanwhile, a £20 top-up will give you 12GB of data, 300 minutes and 3000 texts (again, all available to be used when abroad).
Three's All in One Pay As You Go bundles can be used in conjunction with their Feel At Home offer. The inclusive minutes, texts and internet can be used abroad in any Feel At Home country. The £20 bundle has a fair usage policy of 12GB/month when in a Feel At Home country.
Countries included in Feel At Home: Australia, Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Macau, New Zealand, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States of America.
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Second-Hand Usage & Resale Value
An unlocked smartphone will give you additional benefits in terms of easier second-hand usage and a higher handset resale value.
If you're passing your old smartphone on to friends or family members, they'll be able to use an unlocked smartphone on their network of choice (this includes on any of the best value SIM-only deals).
For second-hand sales (e.g. on eBay and Gumtree), an unlocked smartphone will often sell for a higher price. The potential audience of buyers will also be much higher (as customers of any mobile network can buy your old handset).
Which Mobile Networks Lock Their Smartphones?
In the UK, most mobile networks lock their handsets before they provide them to you so you can only use it on their network. The main exceptions are giffgaff and Three who provide fully unlocked smartphones to all customers on their network. Virgin Mobile also normally provides an unlocked smartphone to customers on Pay Monthly.
The following table gives a quick summary of which mobile networks currently lock their smartphones:
|Mobile Network
|Pay Monthly Handsets
|Pay As You Go Handsets
|✘ Will typically be locked
|✘ Will typically be locked
|✔ Will be provided unlocked
|✔ Will be provided unlocked
|✘ Will typically be locked
|✘ Will typically be locked
|Tesco Mobile
|✘ Will typically be locked
|✘ Will typically be locked
|✔ Will be provided unlocked
|✔ Will be provided unlocked
|Virgin Mobile
|✔ Will be provided unlocked
|✘ Will typically be locked
|✘ Will typically be locked
|✘ Will typically be locked
Mobile networks often choose to lock their smartphones as they may subsidise the upfront cost of the handset. By offering a new phone as a loss-leader, they're able to attract new customers to their network. The network-locking mechanism is a way to stop you from taking a subsidised device and from immediately using it on another network (this would cause a loss to the mobile network that subsidised your handset).
On request, almost all UK mobile networks will now unlock your smartphone. This will sometimes be done for free but other times, you'll need to pay a small fee for the unlocking (up to £19.99). You may also need to have been a customer on the mobile network for a certain amount of time before you qualify for this service.
Find Out Whether Your Phone Is Locked
The table above should give you a good indication about whether your smartphone is likely to be locked to a network. If you're still not sure about whether your smartphone is unlocked, the best way to check is by ordering a free Pay As You Go SIM card. The SIM card should come from another mobile network (though there are a couple of caveats*, see below for details).
When your new SIM card arrives, insert it into your smartphone. If the SIM card is accepted and you can see the name of the network being shown on the screen, then your smartphone is unlocked and there's nothing further you'll need to do. If you see an error message such as "SIM Not Valid" or "Invalid SIM" then your smartphone is currently locked and you'll need to unlock it.
* Caveats: A giffgaff SIM card may work in your iPhone even if it's locked to O2. A SIM card from EE will also work in iPhones that are locked to T-Mobile. You should bear this in mind when testing the phone with a SIM card from another network (ideally you should test the handset on a network that uses a different coverage provider).
If you see a message saying "SIM Not Valid" or "Invalid SIM" then your smartphone is locked to a network.
When ordering a SIM card for your handset, be sure to order a SIM card of the right size.
How To Unlock Your Smartphone
There are four simple steps to unlocking your smartphone:
- Find out whether your smartphone is already unlocked. If you're still not sure, a good way to check is to order a free Pay As You Go SIM card from another network.
- Obtain the IMEI number for your smartphone. If you need to unlock your smartphone, the next step is to obtain your 15-digit IMEI number. This is a unique identifier for your smartphone and you can find it by entering *#06# on your telephone keypad (star hash zero six hash).
- Ask your mobile network to unlock the smartphone. Depending on your network and tariff, this could either be free or it could cost you up to £19.99. For more information, see our guides on unlocking an iPhone and unlocking a Samsung Galaxy.
- When the unlock has been processed, enjoy using your new mobile network or SIM card. It can take anything from a couple of hours to 10 working days for your unlock to be processed. Once this is done, you can enjoy cheaper rates at home and cheaper rates when abroad.
For more information, you can follow our step-by-step guides on unlocking an iPhone and unlocking a Samsung Galaxy smartphone. If you have a different Android smartphone, you can still follow most of the instructions in our Samsung Galaxy article (the menus will look a bit different on your phone but the instructions for unlocking will be exactly the same).
Where To Buy A New Unlocked Smartphone
Apple iPhone
If you're looking to buy a new unlocked iPhone, the best place to buy it is generally John Lewis. They provide permanently unlocked at the same price as Apple with an added two-year guarantee at no extra charge. Unshackled is another online retailer that sells permanently unlocked iPhones, with the option for you to spread the cost out over 24 months.
You can also buy a new unlocked iPhone from giffgaff or Three on Pay As You Go. Both giffgaff and Three provide the iPhone permanently unlocked, so you're able to use it on any mobile network. There's no obligation to actually use the iPhone on giffgaff or on Three, but you'll normally need to get a SIM card from them at the same time as when you order (this may have a £10 minimum top-up requirement).
The following table compares how much you'd pay for an unlocked iPhone at the Apple Store, giffgaff, Three, John Lewis and Unshackled:
|Apple Store
|John Lewis
|iPhone 7
|iPhone 7 Plus
|iPhone SE
|iPhone 6s
|iPhone 6s Plus
|iPhone 5s
iPhone prices were correct as of the 9th December 2016. * On giffgaff and Three, you can get a permanently-unlocked iPhone on Pay As You Go. You'll need to order a Pay As You Go SIM card at the same time, with a minimum top-up of £10 on the SIM card. There is no obligation to actually use the SIM card: you can easily use the handset on another mobile network.
In general, we wouldn't recommend buying a SIM-free iPhone from any other retailer. Though you may be able to save a bit of money, their SIM-free iPhones will automatically lock to the first network used. You'll then subsequently need to go through the process of unlocking the iPhone from your first mobile network (this can be greatly complicated by the fact you bought your iPhone from another retailer). SIM-free iPhones from a third-party retailer will also be restricted to working only on UK mobile networks.
All Other Smartphones
If you'd like to buy an unlocked smartphone that isn't an iPhone, there's a wide choice of retailers you're able to choose from.
If you're happy to get the phone on a Pay Monthly contract, try the Carphone Warehouse or Mobiles.co.uk. Both of them will provide you with an unlocked handset on a 24-month contract (the contract will often be the same price or slightly cheaper than getting it directly from your mobile network).
On Pay As You Go, you can get a handset from either giffgaff or Three (both giffgaff and Three provide their handsets unlocked so you'll be able to use them on the mobile network of your choice).
Finally, for a SIM-free smartphone (without a contract or SIM card), you can go to one of the following online retailers:
Often, you'll also be able to buy a SIM-free smartphone directly from the manufacturer (e.g. from the HTC, Microsoft, Motorola, Samsung or Sony official websites).
More Information
For more information about unlocking your smartphone, please see our step-by-step guides to unlocking an iPhone and unlocking a Samsung Galaxy. Once you have an unlocked smartphone, you may find it of interest to see our guide on the best value SIM-only deals.
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(Reuters) - Drew Brees torched Carolina's much-vaunted defense with four touchdown passes as the New Orleans Saints routed the Panthers 31-13 to regain control of the NFC South on Sunday.
A week after throwing for just 147 yards in a loss to Seattle, Brees picked the Panthers apart in a dominant performance that saw him pass for 313 yards.
In the process, Brees became the fifth quarterback to reach 50,000 career passing yards.
"I love this offense and I love what (coach) Sean Payton has put together," Brees told reporters. "We've been through some great times. We've shared the joy of a world championship, and now we're attempting to make another run at it."
The victory gave New Orleans (10-3) a one-game lead over Carolina (9-4) in the division with the two teams scheduled to meet again on December 22.
The Panthers, who had been on an eight-game winning streak coming into the game, took a 6-0 lead in the first quarter with two Graham Gano field goals, but it was all Brees from there.
The New Orleans quarterback tossed consecutive touchdown passes to Marques Colston in the second quarter and added a five-yard strike to Jimmy Graham for a 21-6 halftime lead.
Brees cooled a little in the second half, where he led New Orleans to a field goal in the third and another passing touchdown to Graham in the fourth, giving the home side a commanding 31-6 advantage.
Colston finished with nine catches for 125 yards for his best game of an up-and-down season.
Carolina quarterback Cam Newton threw for 160 yards and ran for 48, throwing a 17-yard score to Steve Smith late in the fourth.
The Panthers defense came into the game giving up an NFL-best 13.1 points per game but were shredded by the potent Saints.
Instead, it was the New Orleans defense that stepped up, sacking Newton five times.
Carolina coach Ron Rivera lamented his team's inability to capitalize on possession deep in Saints territory.
"In the red zone, you've got to score touchdowns if you're going to beat a team like the Saints," he said.
"When you get to the red zone, you have to score."
(Reporting by Jahmal Corner; Editing by Peter Rutherford)


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For more information on waste reduction efforts within U-M Athletics, visit their Sustainability website.
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The so-called Arab Spring political upheaval across North Africa and parts of the Middle East has also been a significant disruptor of airline business in the region. The most seriously impacted were Libyan carriers Afriqiyah Airways and Libyan Airlines, which had aircraft destroyed or damaged by NATO air strikes against the former government of the late Col. Muammar Gaddafi. In neighboring Egypt, flagcarrier Egyptair and Air Cairo are trying to rebuild against a backdrop of continuing political upheaval in what until this year's revolution had been viewed as one of the Middle East's fastest growing air transport markets. More optimistically, Tunisair is now preparing for what is hoped will be a revival in Tunisia's fortunes following October's elections of a post-revolt government.
Other AACO members feeling the heat from this year's unprecedented wave of still unresolved political revolt are Yemenia, Gulf Air (based in Bahrain) and Syrian Arab Airlines. Dependence on government support would seem to leave these carriers particularly exposed to the prospect of regime-change. All the Arab Spring countries have seen steeply declining inbound traffic volumes this year. But despite this, overall traffic figures for the Middle East region have continued to show strong growth during 2011, according to figures from the International Air Transport Association.


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Now, those of you who have eaten cannelloni may be wondering what's the difference between manicotti and cannelloni, two very similar dishes. Well, you'd be hard pressed to find manicotti on a menu in Italy. It's cannelloni you'll see there, and they are fresh pasta tubes or sheets of pasta rolled into tubes (canna means reed in Italian) usually stuffed with either meat or cheese and topped with a béchamel sauce. Manicotti are frequently made with a crèpe dough and called crespelle in Italy. In the U.S., manicotti are typically made with ridged pasta tubes (manicotto means "muff" in Italian) that are sold dry in packages. They're usually stuffed with ricotta and topped with tomato sauce. Whether you call them manicotti or cannelloni, the word police aren't going to come after you, so long as the food tastes delicious -- and this certainly does.
You can make your own pasta or go the easy route, as I did, and buy some packaged fresh lasagna sheets at the grocery store. For the stuffing, I would normally use a mixture of chopped spinach and ricotta. But it's the season of wild mustard greens and I've been busy, as you can see from the sinkful I foraged last week. For more information on what to look for before the season vanishes and how to prepare them, click here. After blanching, most of them went into the freezer, but a bit of them were destined right away for these manicotti.
Quick and Easy Manicotti/Cannelloni
printable recipe here
makes about 12
1 cup chopped and cooked wild greens or spinach
1/4 cup chopped onions
2 cloves minced garlic
2 T. olive oil
a handful minced parsley (about 1/4 cup)
3 cups ricotta cheese (about 1 1/2 pounds)
2 eggs
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1 1/2 cups mozzarella
1 package of fresh lasagna pasta (The brand I bought weighed 8.8 ounces)
about 1 - 1 1/2 cups tomato sauce
Sautè the onions and garlic in the olive oil until wilted, and add the greens or spinach and the parsley. Let it cool, then put in a bowl and mix with the rest of the ingredients, reserving about 1/4 cup of the mozzarella. Cut the lasagna sheets in half and fill with the ricotta mixture and roll up. Spread a little tomato sauce on the bottom of the casserole; place the manicotti in the casserole and spread more tomato sauce over the manicotti. Sprinkle the reserved mozzarella on top and bake for about 1/2 hour to 45 minutes at 350 degrees until cooked and heated through.


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'Favorite Son of The Great Lakes', Pat Dailey is counted among the most celebrated entertainers in the heartland. Whether he play in big prestigious concert halls or small saloons, in the midwest or in Key West, the pop singer-songwriter has what it takes to gather together a swarm of fans. He is best known for his fondness for the Great Lakes where he has spent more than two decades, which is something that has inspired his most popular stories and songs. The context of his ten incredible solo albums, these so-called 'island tunes' have brought fame to Pat as a type of present-day troubadour of the region, who has at times been compared to the likes of Jimmy Buffet.
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How To Use Twitter – A Guide For Tweetle Dee & Tweetle Dumb
I haven't been on Twitter too long but I can't get off of it now! It is so addicting and so much better than Facebook, in my opinion. I just wish I had this tutorial when I had signed up!
So you got a Twitter account. Now what? All I hear is "How do I use this thing?" Here are some Twitter guidelines that are pretty general and easy to get you going on your Twitter way.
- What Is A Tweet? A tweet is a single post of 140 characters or less, which can include mentions to other users, hashtags, links, or simply regular text. Kind of like the "What's on your mind" post on Facebook.
- What is a Retweet? A retweet is like sharing a status on Facebook. You Retweet someone's tweet because you like it and want people who follow you to see it. This is often abbreviated as "RT".
- What is a trending topic? A trending topic is just as it states. It is something at the time that is, what the Twitter world calls a "trend". Just like a trend in fashion, it is something everyone on Twitter is talking about. For example after the VMA's Miley Cyrus was a Trending Topic.
- What is a hashtag? A hashtag is simply a means of search. If I wanted to find all the tweets ever tweeted about Miley Cyrus, I would simply search #MileyCyrus this is what the result page would look like:
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Located in the center of Yorkville, Toronto's shopping, dining and entertainment district, this Four Seasons Hotel is less than 1 mile from the University of Toronto and the Royal Conservatory of Music.
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An on-site health club offers everything from massage treatments to private Pilates classes, and the hotel in-door swimming pool has an outdoor sundeck and a covered atrium for year-round use.
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All 259 guestrooms and suites have an antique writing desk, a laptop-compatible safe, satellite TV, and wireless/wired/dial-up Internet access and voice mail.
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The Four Seasons Hotel Toronto is located in Yorkville, Toronto's main district for shopping, dining and entertainment. The hotel features a 24-hour fitness facility with fitness equipment. The full-service on-site spa has a sauna and couples' treatment rooms. Treatments available include body scrubs/wraps, manicures/pedicures, and facials. There are Pilates classes available. Downloadable virtual workouts guide guests through sessions at the gym. A spa tub and separate saunas for men and women are also located on-site. An indoor pool, open year-round, has an exposed sundeck and an atrium providing partial coverage. Child care can be arranged (surcharge).
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Ten Network has confirmed its coverage of Australian Football League will end this year, as flagged in The Australian Financial Review yesterday. From 2012, Seven West Media's television arm will cover all four weekly AFL free-to-air TV matches.Neil Shoebridge
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t a tramcar in Copenhagen the piano teacher Magda Vang meets the young man Knud Svane, who falls in love with her. She is invited to spend the summer with him and his parents at the vicarage in Gjerslev. Outside the vicarage a circus troupe passes by, and Magda is saluted by the performer Rudolph Stern. In the night Rudolph climbs a ladder to Magda's bedroom. She tries to flee his advances, but after a hot kiss she surrenders, and runs away with him. Magda is hired as a dancer with Rudolph at the Empire Varieté. When Rudolph fondles a ballet dancer Magda gets furious, and starts a fight in front of the audience. Magda and Rudolph are fired. To earn some money Rudolph forces Magda to play the piano in a band at a garden restaurant. Knud turns up and recognizes her. Incognito he asks her for a private meeting. Magda thinks she is asked to sell her body and refuses, but Rudolph forces her to go. When Rudloph after a while interrupts and finds Magda with Knud, he gets furious and starts to beat her. During the turmoil she grabs a knife and stabs Rudolph in his chest. In her despair she clings to his dead body, and has to be taken away by force.Resumen IMDb.com
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On tonight's episode of the CBS reality series SURVIVOR: PHILIPPINES titled 'Gouge My Eyes Out,' the million-dollar prize and title of Sole Survivor is within reach for one of the five remaining castaways. Meanwhile, a few castaways strike a final three deal while aboard a moving ship far from their fellow tribemates. The show airs tonight, Wednesday, Dec. 12 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Get a sneak peek below!
Eighteen castaways compete on SURVIVOR: PHILIPPINES when the Emmy Award-winning series returned on Wednesdays. Three of the 18 castaways are former players who were medically evacuated from the game and are returning to finish what they started. Fifteen castaways are new to the competition.
Surrounded by water, SURVIVOR: PHILIPPINES will prominently feature marine-based challenges. For the first time in eight years, castaways will be divided into three tribes named after animals in the region: Kalabaw ("Water Buffalo"), Tandang ("Rooster") and Matsing ("Monkey"). The tribes feature individuals from different backgrounds competing for the same ultimate goal: to be Sole Survivor.