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Mazur Wins!
(courtesy Greg Avon)
Just thought you would like an update on a few Canadians racing in the US.
Peter Mazur had an incredible weekend. On Saturday at the MRC Sterling Classic in Sterling, MA he was in the break of about 10 riders (Frank McCormack, Tim Johnson, Robbie Dapice, Jon Hamblen...) as it ascended the finishing climb. Peter jumped first and the only one who could respond was Saturn pro Frank McCormack, who beat Mazur by a wheel. The rest of the group was about 5 seconds behind. Unfortunately both Mazur and McCormack were disqualified for crossing the center yellow line in the last 50 meters of their sprint. In a show of sportsmanship, Jon Hamblen, who came across the line third, argued on behalf of both riders and ended up offering some of his prize money to Mazur.
Sunday was a much better day for Mazur. At the midpoint of the 160 km NY Spring Festival Road Race, Mazur found himself in a break of 10 riders that included fellow Canadians Mark Walters (Navigators) and Antoine Varghese (Kissena) along with Jon Hamblen (Navigators), Kevin Monaghan (Breakaway), Bill Innes (Kissena), Elliot Hubbard (Navigators).
With one 23km lap to go, Walters and Mazur came through the start/finish with almost an 2 minute lead over the eight chasers. During the final climb Walters attacked a couple of times, but Mazur responded and then countered the last attack, but was caught. As the two riders approached the downhill finish, Mazur led it out and won by a little over a bike length.
NY Spring Festival, Harriman, NY, May 9
1. Peter Mazur (Kissena)
2. Mark Walters (Navigators)
3. Antoine Varghese (Kissena)
4. Jon Hamblen (Navigators)
5, Kevin Monaghan (Breakaway)
6. Bill Innes (Kissena)
Greg Avon
Kissena Cycling Team (www.kissena.org)
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Gyotaku Lesson Plan
1. Lesson Overview
A Lesson for Eastwood Open Room, Students Ages 5 to 8, Grades 1 & 2
Designed by Loren Fawcett, Education Assistant, Allen Memorial Art Museum
(guh-yo-tah-koo) is the Japanese art of fish painting. It was developed more than a century ago as a fisherman's method of recording the size and species of his catch. Freshly caught fish were painted with a non-toxic ink, and covered with a piece of rice paper. The paper was then carefully smoothed down, and removed to make an exact size copy of the fish. Once the print was completed, the fish could be washed and prepared for a meal. By using this technique, Japanese fishermen were able to both record and eat their catch.
Since its functional beginning, Gyotaku has become an art form. Prints are no longer just plain black ink outlines, but colorful reproductions of the original species. Gyotaku art has been displayed at museums around the world.
is a form of poetry that developed in Japan from about 400 years ago. The style reached a peak in the first half of the Edo period (1603-1868), when a poet named Matsuo Basho wrote verses during his journeys around the country describing the seasons and the scenery of the places he visited.
In the Meiji period (1868-1912)
developed as a uniquely Japanese form of poetry under the influence of another poet, Masaoka Shiki. Shiki promoted a new form of
that emphasized realistic portrayals of nature and human life.
is a short verse of 17 syllables, divided into units of five, seven, and five syllables.
use simple expressions to convey deeply felt emotions and a sense of discovery to the reader. As a rule, a
must have a word that is identified with a particular season.
Students will learn to look long and carefully as they create exact replicas of fish. Students will familiarize themselves with the printing process of Gyotaku.
Students will learn about the history and culture of the Japanese fisherman at the end of the Edo period.
Students will learn how to use printing materials properly.
Students will practice writing haiku and understand syllables and pattern in poetry.
Students will select one final print on which to write their haiku and display.
Academic Content Standards
National Council for Social Studies
Culture People Places and Environment
Individual Development and Identity
National Arts Standards
NA-VA.K-4.1 Standard #1: Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes
NA-VA.K-4.3 Standard #3: Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas
NA-VA.K-4.4 Standard #4: Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures
National Science Education Standards
Characteristics of organisms
Organisms and environments
Ohio State Standards
Visual Arts
Benchmark 1A: Recognize and describe visual art forms and artworks from various times and places.
Benchmark 1C: Identify and describe the different purposes people have for creating works of art
Benchmark 2A:Demonstrate knowledge of visual art materials, tools, techniques and processes by using them expressively and skillfully.
Benchmark 3B: Apply comprehension strategies (e.g., personal experience, art knowledge, emotion, and perceptual and reasoning skills) to respond to a range of visual artworks.
Benchmark 4A: Apply basic reasoning skills to understand why works of art are made and valued.
Benchmark 5A: Demonstrate the relationship the visual arts share with other arts disciplines as meaningful forms of nonverbal communication. (Use visual art materials to express an idea from a song, poem, play, or story.)
Benchmark 5B: Use the visual arts as a means to understand concepts and topics studied in disciplines outside the arts.
Language Arts
Distinguish between stories, poems, plays, fairy tales and fables.
Develop a main idea for writing.
Rewrite and illustrate writing samples for display and for sharing with others.
Produce informal writings (e.g., messages, journals, notes and poems) for various purposes.
Print legibly, and space letters, words and sentences appropriately.
Use active listening strategies, such as making eye contact and asking for clarification and explanation.
Social Studies
Use historical artifacts, photographs, biographies, maps, diaries and folklore to answer questions about daily life in the past.
Identify and describe examples of how science and technology have changed the daily lives of people and compare (prints were used by fishermen before photography was invented)
Describe the cultural practices and products of people on different continents.
Describe ways in which language, stories, folk tales, music and artistic creations serve as expressions of culture and influence the behavior of people living in a particular culture.
Demonstrate skills and explain the benefits of cooperation when working in group settings
Demonstrate self-direction in tasks within the school community
Obtain information from oral, visual and print sources.
Identify that there are many distinct environments that support different kinds of organisms.
Investigate the different structures of plants and animals that help them live in different environments (e.g. gills).
Extend simple number patterns (both repeating and growing patterns), and create similar patterns using different objects, such as using physical materials or shapes to represent numerical patterns. (haiku syllables/lines)
Benchmark B
Identify and respond to music of historical and cultural origins.
Benchmark A:Explain ways that music interrelates with other arts disciplines and with various disciplines outside the arts.
The Japanese art of printing fish.
Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry; often centered around nature and natural things in the universe. The pattern for Haiku is the following:
Line 1: 5 syllables;
Line 2: 7 syllables;
Line 3: 5 syllables
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2. Lesson Materials
Katsushika Taito II
Japanese, active ca. mid-1810s-1850
Carp and Water Weeds (from an untitled harimaze series)
Edo period, mid-late 1830s
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
14 5/8 x 10 1/8 in (37.2 x 25.7 cm)
Mary A. Ainsworth Bequest, 1950
Students holding completed fishprints ready to display on Bulletin board
Student's finished fish print cut out and decorated with embellishment.
Director Stephanie Wiles giving Eastwood Open Room students a tour of the exhibit
Turmoil & Tranquility: Japanese Prints from the Collection
Student's finished fish print cut out and decorated with embellishment


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A parolee suspected of kidnapping a 10-year-old Los Angeles girl was recorded on a border security camera entering Mexico, the Los Angeles Police Department chief said Friday.
"Tobias Summers was seen via video surveillance crossing a footbridge into Tecate from the United States. We have no way to know whether or not he has returned since that journey, but we are focusing our efforts on that region," said LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, who did not disclose when the video was recorded.
Tecate, Mexico, is located about 30 miles east of Tijuana, just across the border from San Diego.
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"Summers is unlikely to blend in to the general population," Beck said. "We assume that he is hunkered down, hiding someplace and we need the public to be aware of what he looks like and what he's done so that we can get cooperation."
Police confirmed they have obtained the video, but are choosing not to release it to the public. Police also declined to discuss how Summers got to the border, or whether he got assistance; however, Chief of Detectives Kirk Albanese said, "Anybody that has aided or will aid Summers will be subject to arrest."
An official with Baja California state police confirmed Friday that they are investigating a lead that Summers may be hiding out with a girlfriend who lives in Tijuana, but so far, that has not panned out.
"We might be getting bogus tips, but we still need to check them out just to make sure. We're taking every tip seriously and we're checking every tip that we get," he said.
Summers, 30, allegedly entered a home in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles and kidnapped a girl on March 27. The girl was found alive about 12 hours after her disappearance.
A second suspect, 29-year-old Daniel Martinez, was arrested last week and has since pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and burglary charges.
Summers previously served three prison terms, has a history of substance addiction and allegedly has been active in a San Fernando Valley White supremacist gang.


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Authorities were at first dispatched on Monday morning to save a wayward sailboat off the northern California coastal city of Pacifica. But hours into the odd rescue, the three aboard a sailboat named the Darling were arrested after the 82-foot boat was reported stolen from Sausalito, an affluent city about 20 miles away.
Two men and a woman were arrested about noon, following about five hours of drama and mystery that spanned 20 miles from Marin County to the shores off the San Mateo County coast.
The suspects eventually surrendered and were brought to shore by foot or jet ski. Police later identified them as: Leslie Gardner, 63 of Gillette, Wy.; along with Dario Mira, 54 and Lisa Modawell, 55, both of Aptos. They were booked into San Mateo County jail on suspicion of grand theft and conspiracy.
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State park water rescue lifeguards said when they went aboard, they found a couple cases of Pale Ale beer and cardboard boxes of pizza. One of the suspects had a prosthetic leg.
The owner of the stolen sailboat arrived on scene Monday afternoon, but declined all media requests, saying that he didn't want the notoriety.
Their arrests capped a harrowing morning for the Coast Guard, Department of Fish and Game, San Mateo County sheriff's deputies, as well as Pacifica and Sausalito police.
The sail boat was first reported being in distress at about 5:30 a.m. at the Linda Mar Beach in Pacifica with two men and a woman on board. The boat was about 20 yards from the beach.
But surprisingly, the trio did not want to be brought to shore; instead they were hoping to sail back out to sea at high tides, authorities said during the early morning hours.
That's most likely because Sausalito police said that a sailboat had been reported missing about 1:30 a.m. The owner of a boat spotted what looked like his craft on television news. Police said that the boat may have been stolen out of Sausalito.
Sausalito Sgt. Bill Fraass said that the sailboat is registered out of the Cayman Islands but docks at the Sausalito Yacht Harbor.
The Coast Guard, the San Mateo County Sheriff and Pacifica police were all on hand trying to get the passengers to come to shore. By 11 a.m., authorities had surrounded the edge of the beach near the sailboat. One of the passengers was heard saying, "Not gonna happen."
For full U.S. news coverage, visit NBCNews.com.
The scene began though as a simple rescue of a stranded sailboat on a sandbar at Linda Mar Beach. About 5:30 a.m., cameras caught the trio on board trying to rock the sailboat loose from the sand bar. The Department of Fish and Game was keeping an eye on the boat, which was carrying fuel, and the agency wanted to make sure that none of it seeped into the water. None did.
The U.S. Coast Guard had arrived by 7 a.m. in order to help. The Coast Guard sent in a 47-foot life boat crew to reach the passengers, but couldn't because of the surf. And the boaters apparently did not want to be pulled ashore, but were considering trying to float back out to sea.
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter lowered down radios about 8 a.m. But the people on the boat chose not to communicate with authorities.


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Out amongst the community bake-ovens and lush gardens of Toronto's Dufferin Grove Park, Clay & Paper Theatre has been changing the world. Completely. Irrevocably. Medieval mystery plays, Punch and Judy shows, African myths, Indonesian shadow puppetry, Native Canadian masks – all these and more have been influencing Clay & Paper Theatre since its birth in 1994. This is theatre on the ground, for the groundlings, in the park and on the street. This is theatre of exaggeration, of giant puppetry, of satire and wit gone awry. This is a little theatre company asking big questions with humour and irreverence. This is Clay & Paper Theatre.
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I dont' think it's hard to guess who I voted for... The Rebel Troopers all need done this way in my eyes, and army builders are an ideal format for these 3-packs of "definitive figures" if you ask me.That said, I didn't see a character on that list I WOULDN'T want done in this Evolutions series. To me, this is something I hope that Hasbro continues till everything is done this way.I'd dig another set as well, for classic Imperial troops...-Imperial Stormtrooper (basic)-Imperial "Hoth" Storm"Snow"Trooper-Imperial ScouttrooperI'd take that evolution assortment in droves. I can only dream of what the Snowtrooper would look like too, with the softgoods. That would kick so much ass, I can see it now.My dream from the list is the Rebel Troopers set though... A new Endor soldier would suit me fine, the Fleet Trooper I'd of course like to see redone that way, and the Hoth Trooper was an abysmal failure in the Saga line because Hasbro copped out on him so much. All 3 would be an ultimate army builder assortment to me if they put as much heart into that as the Clone set that is coming up.
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They just don't make them like they used to, do they? "Them" includes Steve McQueen, Honda's CR250M Elsinore motorcycle from 1973, and this ad, which shows nothing but McQueen frolicking in the desert on his two-stroke Honda for five whole minutes. It's just…magnetic!
And I'll bet you'd already done a search for plane tickets to Arizona by the time minute number two was over.
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In my previous post on how Web Components should inform the Mozilla Webmaker roadmap I make mention of 'widgets, buttons, and badges.' The context behind this grouping of things is Kin Lane's exploration of 'Embeddable API Strategy' contributing to his work on defining API Building Blocks.
When Twitter first came out with their suite of embeddable widgets, it occurred to me that this was a way in which web services could be democratized for hacking by the masses. I haven't seen very many web startups build comprehensive widget offerings on top of their APIs, but the ones I have seen often tweak my personal vision for what the web can be.
I also haven't seen very much written on the best practices of building an embeddable API strategy, and I think this is because we're still in the early days of the practice. I also think Web Components finally landing could be the catalyst that changes this. Every consumer facing company with an API will want to make their users data available for mixing into the web. And if they don't, their users may very well do it for them. Either way, Apps with APIs will be growing veins into the rest of the web more and more.
Last week Mozilla's Atul Varma wrote up some thoughts in a post titled 'Building Bridges Between GUIs and Code With Markup APIs' which not only upgrades our use of 'widgets, buttons, and badges' with the fantastic term 'Markup API,' but adds some serious clarity to how Markup APIs can preserve the accessibility of a read/write web as the web continues to Appify. This is some seriously important stuff!
A few weeks ago, I sent an email to Kin Lane and some people at Singly to talk about some of these ideas and how Webmaker could be an opportunity to define an embeddable API strategy for the entire web. I targeted Singly specifically because of how their dedication to personal data ownership is leading the development of their 'API Fabric' platform which generalizes an increasing number of APIs into a single sane API for developers to work with. A Singly Markup API would lower the learning threshold for anyone interested in remixing all of their personal information together in new ways.
Check out all the web services accessible via Singly's API explorer: https://singly.com/explore
Now imagine if personal data from all of these services were available within Webmaker via Markup APIs.
I think Singly would make an excellent partner on Webmaker for this and many other reasons. Kin Lane and I are going to keep developing these ideas to see if this is a real opportunity.
In my previous post on this topic, I suggested that the x-tags registry could be thought of as a prototype for a Thimble Widget Directory. I stand by this idea.. but seeing as things keep evolving, I'm now going to call it a Webmaker Markup API Gallery prototype. We'll see how long this moniker sticks around.
Speaking of ideas continuing to evolve, the Webmaker team got together this past week for some intensive hacking and yielded some exciting new prototypes which you can check out on Brett Gaylor's blog! They are all extremely exciting, but the thing that stuck in my head was the 'Save for Later' experiment which provides a potential vector for integrating Webmaker with Firefox through the collection of web content intended for remix. Markup APIs should definitely be a collectible content type!
Furthermore, it would be super cool if there was a way for a Markup API to declare an interface for being hacked on within Webmaker. Imagine for instance if the Popcorn Maker timeline UI element was a hidden part of every Popcorn video or webpage with Popcorn content. Webmaker wouldn't necessarily need to have Popcorn Maker code within the core application because the UI module for editing temporal based web content would come with content.
In this way, the content itself, once collected, extends the UI of Webmaker within the editing interface for ease of editing. Webmaker's UX could be infinitely extensible this way, and it defines an avenue for getting everyone with an API in on the Webmaker vision for an accessible read/write web!
Aside from integration with 'Save for Later' prototypes, there's another area where Markup APIs can help integrate Webmaker with Firefox: through Apps.
If a user installs an App with an API into their web browser, that user should have automatic access to their personal data through that API. And if an installed App has a Markup API, those widgets should automatically be a part of that users Webmaker experience.
The implication is that with every single App you install in your browser/OS, your ability to learn and make the web should grow.


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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
I don't know why, but it's not as endearing.
I have one of those body leashes for cats (and ferrets and tiny dogs). I tried it on my cat and it just didn't happen. I basically just mopped the linoleum with their fur. I tried it outside, and they practically walked me.
I asked Victor, "So if I get a kitty stroller, will you walk them too?"
He was hesitant.
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omg - stop being so adorable! i get so excited to see your new posts!ReplyDelete
ps: I totally walk my one cat. My neighbors think I'm insane.
I knew from the beginning that my cat would be an apartment cat and I have no desire to take her out. The poor thing is always so scared when I have to take her to the vet or to my parents that I don't want to put her through that more often than it's necessary. She's quite happy watching the birdies from the inside :)ReplyDelete
Mine just velcro'd themselves to the rug. I've often thought about a kitty stroller or backpack - it would be fun to take them with me.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 27, 2010 at 10:49 AM
My cats love to be outside! They go outside on small dog leashes and spend hours lazing around, eating grass, and chasing bugs..sometimes birdsReplyDelete
When I was a kid, I took my jump rope, tied it around my cats collar and tried to walk her. Basically, I dragged her a few steps and my mom yelled at me. This totally reminded me of it! Great stuff!ReplyDelete
LOL! The facial expressions... they always keep me coming back to this blog for more. XDReplyDelete
My BF's cat acted somewhat like Pinkey (the "very loving cat") on leash, so he never tried that again. >.>
HA!!! i have never heard of a kitty stroller before ... thats great!ReplyDelete
Cats are absolutely adorable, in harness and leash, stroller, or indoors! (dogs)? NEVER!ReplyDelete
My ex bought a harness and leash so we could let our cats experience snow. Let's just say it was not a roaring success. I still have it, in a drawer, here where it never snows. And my cats? Indoors only, safe, sound, and dry. ;)
Estorbo strangled himself in his leash. I guess if you train them from kittenhood, it works.ReplyDelete
learnings from comments: cat leashes are useless.ReplyDelete
oh and i don't think my cats would like kitty strollers. i let them roam around the yard supervised. i don't want them running away or climbing trees where i can't reach them.
I asked Victor about the kitty stroller. His response: "Yeah, that's crazy cat lady talk."ReplyDelete
My friend once tried to put her cat in one of those Baby Bjorn things - clawed the hell outta her.
I prefer being a housecat who never leaves the house. No leash for me, and I don't think I would like being put in a kitty stroller. I don't even think I would like it if you put wheels under the house and rolled it around.ReplyDelete
My cat is walkable both on-leash and off. I discovered this one day when I was leaving my house and decided to let him out as well (he is an outdoor cat). I discovered that he follows me everywhere like a kitten follows its mother, whether or not I want him to. He also does well on a leash.ReplyDelete
Then again, he was originally a stray who wandered into my house one day after I'd left my door open. Ex-strays and outdoor cats are quite different creatures than indoor cats. It's actually not that unusual for cats to follow their owners like this, if they are cats who are used to being outside.
- AnonymousOctober 27, 2010 at 8:53 PM
My sister has a cat stroller. I have taken her cats out on walks with it. I don't live in her neighborhood anyway so it was fine - no shame came out of it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 27, 2010 at 9:18 PM
I think you watch too much Disney Princess movies LOL!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 28, 2010 at 1:51 AM
I love love love love those kitty strollers! I want one but my partner says "NOOOO!" hahaReplyDelete
I covet those kitty strollers but they're way too expensive for my budget. If I had the DIY skills I'd buy an old baby stroller for the frame, and strap the cat carrier to it. That way I'll be able to remove the cat carrier and fold up the frame, so it won't take up much space. My cat's vet is within walking distance of my home so I could walk there and back.ReplyDelete
My cats have leashes and harnesses, but don't get out much. I was in an apartment, and let them roam (leashed, of course) on the balcony, which they enjoyed. But now that I've got a house and yard, they aren't as interested. Plus, my non-smart Siamese tried to hang herself by leaping off the deck with her harness/leash attached. Yikes.ReplyDelete
When I got my first cat (as a kid), my parents bought me a snuggli-type thing for her, and we used to strap her in and cart her along on walks with the dog. She loved it - even in winter, I would wear it under my coat and let her peak her head out.
I actually walk my kitty very sucessfully. He has a harness which is more secure than a lead you attach to their collar. It may be because he doesn't like being outside without us but although he walks he doesn't drag.ReplyDelete
He was however hilarious the first time we put the harness on him. We think he didn't like how it felt around his tummy as he first tried to walk backwards out of it, then he went stiff as anything and fell over like he was playing dead. We just let him be, ignored him because we knew it wasn't hurting him and after half an hour of being silly he just accepted it and we had no problems since then. Now he asks for walks when it is sunny and warm only. He got out of the house when we moved once, we left the bathroom window open in the new house and he had gotten 3 feet from the house and was sat there crying out because he didn't know where we where and why we werent with him and he wouldn't budge until we where there with him and then he just went back inside and hid.
- AnonymousNovember 25, 2010 at 3:49 AM
I tried the harness with my cat. didn't take. At some point it did, so we went downstairs.ReplyDelete
He took a peek at the world outside, saw a car drive by, and I could not let go of the leash fast enough for him to frantically run back upstairs. So no walks for us (instead he just attempts to dash outside when I get back home)
i bought my friend a kitty stroller this past august. her cat LOVES it! you should really get one. :)ReplyDelete
I started training my oldest cat to a harness and leash when he was 4 weeks old (he was an orphan-yes it was too soon to be away from mom) He really got used to it and loved going out on the leash, but when her turned about 7 he stopped really having the patience to go to events (picnics, Renaissance faires, street fairs) and just wants to stay in the yard or around the block. At 17 he still likes going out, but not crowds. But he is never allowed out without the leash on, just to be safe. It is nice to hear that someone else has wanted to do it. My other 3 cats were too old when I got them and never would get used to the leash.ReplyDelete
I started out Cali as a tiny kitten, as soon as she got big enough for the harness. Now she loves riding in the car and visiting the campus where I work. I hope to get her certified as a therapy animal soon.
Pictures of her latest visit.
Your blog ís great. Congratulations from BrazilReplyDelete
Best wishes with you book
- AnonymousAugust 19, 2012 at 9:23 AM
cats are great but i prefer mermaids considering that im 11ReplyDelete


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BRIDGEPORT -- A jury will decide if Richard Roszkowski gets the death penalty for the murders of a 9-year-old girl, her mother and a Milford landscaper, a judge ruled Friday.
Although the state Supreme Court may end up forever eliminating the death penalty for anyone, Superior Court Judge Robert Devlin agreed to move the case forward after the prosecutor, C. Robert Satti Jr., complained: "I don't think we should be sitting on our hands doing nothing."
The hearing will begin next September before a 12-member jury.
Roszkowski, a Trumbull drug user who lived with his mother in a senior citizen complex, was convicted in 2009 of forcing his former lover to drive him to the city's East End with her 9-year-old daughter, where he then shot her in the head in front of the horrified girl.
A landscaper who was nearby sought to intercede, and he, too, was coolly gunned down by Roszkowski, who then chased the girl down the street, shooting her in the back of the thigh, the face and finally the side of the head at close range as she begged for her life in September 2006.
Although the same jury that convicted Roszkowski of the crime subsequently found he should get the death penalty, the verdict was overturned on a technicality and a new penalty phase hearing was ordered.
Then last May, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed a law repealing the death penalty for any new cases.
The law leaves in place the nine men now on death row, including Russell Peeler Jr., who was convicted of ordering the murders of a mother and her young son in Bridgeport in 1999.
However, defense lawyers, including Roszkowski's public defender, Michael Courtney, claim the law is unconstitutional and have asked the state's highest court to hear their appeal. Courtney said a decision could come as soon as next fall; about the time the Roszkowski case is starting.
Bridgeport lawyer Michael Fitzpatrick, an expert on death penalty law who is now defending a man against the death penalty in Rockville, said he is confident the state Supreme Court will declare the current death penalty law unconstitutional.
"The fact that the state legislature passed a law that says it can't be applied retroactively doesn't make it constitutional," Fitzpatrick said. He said he believes the state Supreme Court will conclude that the law violates the 8th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution barring cruel and unusual punishment.
Dr. William Petit has been the state's strongest opponent of death penalty repeal, and was the main reason the new law was not made retroactive.
Petit is the lone survivor of a 2007 Cheshire home invasion that resulted in the brutal murders of his wife and two daughters. The two men convicted of the crime, Joshua Komisarjevsky and Steven Hayes, are on death row.
"There is no such thing as closure when your loved one is savagely taken from you," he testified previously in hearings on the repeal. "There can, however, be adequate and just punishment, and that is the death penalty."
Friday marked the first time Roszkowski had nothing to say in the courtroom. Dressed in a bright-orange prison jumpsuit, his hands and feet shackled, he calmly sat beside his lawyer at the defense table. Behind him sat several grim-faced, flak-vested corrections officers.
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Pianist Carol Mellors studied with Mary Grapentin, Dr. Lillian Upright and Frances Scragg. She also studied organ with Hugh Bancroft. Carol has participated in master classes with Kendall Taylor, G. Sebok, Anton Kuerti, Jane Coop, Janine Fialkowska, Angela Hewitt, Angela Chang, Jon Kimura Parker, Quartetto Gelato, the Gryphon Trio, Boris Berlin and theorist William Andrews. She has also been active as a member of ARMTA and CFMTA, having served on several board positions. Ms. Mellors was an adjudicator for the Western Board of Music and was instrumental in the start up of the piano camp at MusiCamrose. She is a percussionist with the Edmonton Schoolboys Alumni Band and has been teaching at Alberta College for a number of years.
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When we actually experience our interconnectedness ,first with the divine within , and then with all creation, we can come to a new understanding of our potential, as channels of God's love, to take part in the self healing of the world. As John Main said "We find Christ in our hearts and then we find ourselves in Him, and in Him, in all creation"
More and more we see the failures of politics and global powers to deal with the issues of creating a more peaceful, just and sustainable world. More and more we understand that transformation needs to begin within and that the spiritual dimension is often lacking in debates as to what can bring about transformation.
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We are facing challenging times, and as a spiritual community we are called to a new consciousness as we encounter the problems of the world- to offer hope in a new creation based on love and our common unity, to be prophetic witnesses to gospel truths. To ask the radical questions of quality of life, sharing of resources, inequality, our common good, our oneness with all of creation. Facing our need to address sustainability on a finite planet as a social justice issue as well as an environmental one adds a further dimension to issues of peace and justice.
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An eastern Missouri woman is facing charges for allegedly taking nude pictures of her middle school-aged daughter, posting them on the Internet and allowing men to have sex with the child.
The Washington Missourian reports that the woman from Steelville, Mo., was charged Wednesday with endangering the welfare of a child and promoting a sexual performance by a child. She is jailed on $50,000 bond.
Police say the mother took photos of the child and sent them to men she met online. Investigators say the woman allowed men to have sex with the girl in exchange for money.


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For over 10 years, world-renowned Israeli-American cellist Amit Peled has taught at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University. Having studied with many of the major cellists of the 20th century, including Bernard Greenhouse, Laurence Lesser, and Isaac Stern, Peled passes his unique knowledge to the next generation.In collaboration with the pianist Hui Chuan Chen and students Yotam Baruch, Andrea Casarrubios, Jan Fuller, Jong Bin Kim, Jacques-Pierre Malan, and Javier Iglesias Martin, Peled presents works by Händel, Haydn, J. S. Bach, Boccherini, Ligeti, Mark Kopytmann, and the world premiere of a new work by the American composer Joel Friedman.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are on track to close out the month with a strong gain, confounding the Wall Street adage of "Sell in May and go away."
The Dow Jones industrial average is on track to advance for a sixth straight month. The Standard & Poor's 500 index is set to gain for a seventh straight month, its longest winning streak since 2009.
On Friday, there was both encouraging and disappointing news on the economy.
Stock indexes started the day lower after the government reported that Americans cut back on spending. They were moving between small gains and losses in afternoon trading Friday.
Consumer spending fell 0.2 percent in April, the first decline since last May, the Commerce Department said early Friday. That news was offset by a report released later showing that a measure of U.S. consumer confidence jumped to the highest level in almost six years in May, lifted by rising home prices and record-high stock prices.
The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index rose to 84.5 in May, up from 76.4 in April and the highest since July 2007. Investors are hoping that increasingly confident consumers will step up their spending, which would contribute to U.S. economic growth.
The Dow Jones industrial average was down six points, or 0.04 percent, to 15,318 as of 2:09 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index was down three at 1,651, or 0.2 percent. The Nasdaq composite lost less than a point to 3,491.
In government bond trading, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.19 percent from 2.12 percent late Thursday. The yield has risen by half a percentage point since the start of the month and is the highest it's been since April 2012.
Rates have risen on concern that the Federal Reserve is considering easing back on its purchases of $85 billion in bonds every month.
The sharp rise in Treasury yields could be trouble for the market if it continues unabated, said David Bianco, chief U.S. equity strategist at Deutsche Bank. The yields on Treasury notes are benchmarks for setting interest rates on many kinds of loans to consumers and businesses. If they rise quickly, lending rates would rise too, holding back the economy by discouraging borrowing and spending.
"I'm not bearish, but I'm a little bit cautious," Bianco said.
The Dow is up 3.3 percent this month and is on track to record its first gain in May since 2009. The S&P 500 index has risen by 3.5 percent.
The S&P 500 has only fallen in one month, October, over the last year.
The "Sell in May" tactic is part of the Stock Trader's Almanac's "Best Six Months" strategy, which recommends investing in the Dow between Nov. 1 and April 30 each year and then switching into fixed income for the remainder of the year.
The Dow rose an average of 7.5 percent between November and April between 1950 and 2011, according to this year's Almanac. The average gain over the six-month period from May 1 to Oct. 31 was only 0.3 percent.
In commodities trading, oil fell 77 cents, or 0.8 percent, to $92.84 a barrel, close to its lowest in a month, after OPEC oil ministers said they would keep their output targets steady. Gold fell $17.30 to $1,395 an ounce, a decline of 1.2 percent.
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-- Lions Gate Entertainment rose $1.51, or 5.3 percent, to $19.52. The company reported net income that topped Wall Street's expectations as it benefited from home video sales of the finale to its hit franchise "Twilight."
-- Palo Alto Networks fell $5.38, or 10 percent, to $48.97 after the network security company posted a quarterly loss and predicted lower profit and revenue in the current quarter than analysts were expecting.
-- OmniVision Technologies, a maker of mobile camera sensors, jumped $3.22, or 21 percent, to $18.72. The company reported that its net income doubled in its fourth fiscal quarter as revenue rose sharply.


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Chicago: Gussied Up Burgers at The Peasantry
The Peasantry
2723 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60614 (map);773-868-4888; thepeasantry.com
Cooking Method: Grilled
Short Order: Upscale twists make for some very flavorful burgers
Want Fries With That? The pre-cut waffle fries are just not good enough for this restaurant
Price: Beef and bone marrow burger, $13; lamb burger, $12; waffle fries, $3.50; triple truffle fries, $6
Chef Joe Doren brought fine dining to the proletariats a little over two years with his menagerie of homemade sausages at Franks 'n Dawgs (covered on Serious Eats: Chicago). Now the alum of highfalutin spots including Blackbird and Sixteen is expanding his reimagination of common fare at The Peasantry. From Pigs in the Blanket made with housemade chorizo to a pork belly gyro to a few favorites borrowed from Franks 'n Dawgs, the menu is loaded with enticing options billed as "elevated street food." When it comes to the humble burger, the elevation consists of three different meats, each of which is topped with a combination of flavors I've never seen anywhere else.
The Peasantry's beef burger features a patty made from a blend of hanger steak and bone marrow. This combination of a woefully underappreciated cut of beef (at least in the U.S.) and an increasingly celebrated fatty treat makes for a seriously beefy burger. Mine came medium rare as requested and came with a truly impressive crust. Although the meat was a little dense for my liking, it wasn't a big deal considering the intense beefiness present, and the texture may have been necessary for incorporating the marrow.
I suppose the inclusion of bone marrow is enough to qualify this burger as "elevated," but where Doren really steps up his game is in the topping, which include a mound of shallot marmalade along with arugula, manchego cheese, and some pickled cauliflower. The bits of pickled cauliflower are the standouts among this bunch, but the sweet, soft marmalade provides the necessary balance for the tangy and crunchy vegetables. Throw in some nutty manchego and the peppery freshness of the arugula and this makes for mixture of flavors and textures that improve an already delicious patty. Add in a soft, toasted bun and you've got a very, very good burger.
The other two burger choices at The Peasantry are lamb and duck. While the duck burger (with coriander, dried apricot, orange marmalade, mustard greens, tarragon and foie gras torchon) sounded good, I went for the more savory onion lamb burger. As was the case with the beef and bone marrow patty, this one was delivered at the medium rare requested and featured a tremendous crust and some intense flavor from the protein. The toppings, a combination of olive aioli, green garlic and asparagus pistou, and red onion, were not as varied or exciting as the mixture on the beef burger, but they complemented the rich lamb nicely.
The ciabatta bread the burger was served on was a fine piece of bread, but it was not something I liked as a burger bun. The tough and chewy bread is a challenge to incorporate in any sandwich, and I didn't think it worked here. This was not a bad burger by any stretch, but it paled against the beef and bone marrow option and isn't something I'd order again.
If top-notch waffle fries exist, I haven't had them. Sure, when cooked properly as they are at The Peasantry, they can have a great texture thanks to the extra surface area that crisps up. But these Yukon Gold potatoes, cut long before they arrive at the restaurant, were not delicious. The fries come plain and in a triple truffle version (borrowed from Franks 'n Dawgs), which are coated with truffle oil, truffle butter, and truffle salt as well as some freshly chopped herbs. For truffle fans, I suppose these could be a winner, but the fancy stuff does not elevate the mediocre potatoes to being worthy of inclusion on the menu.
"Elevating street food" is a trend that Serious Eats fully embraces. And it's nice to see a restaurant in a part of Lakeview where, frankly, there aren't many great dining options of any variety, that devotes itself so thoroughly to celebrating some of America's favorite and most basic foods. I already started planning a return trip with my dining companion for a communal meal that would give us the ordering power to try out a substantial portion of the rest of the menu.
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14 February is the 45th day of the year. There are 320 days remaining (321 in leap years) until the end of the year. It also known as Valentine's Day.
- 1993: Harry Potter receives a singing love letter[1] from Ginny Weasley, although she never revealed her identity.[2] Later, he looks at a memory of a sixteen-year-old Tom Riddle through his old school diary.[1]
- 1996: Harry Potter and Cho Chang have their first (and only) date, at Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop in Hogsmeade. After Harry tells her that he has to go see Hermione Granger, Cho gauges his feelings for her and tried to discuss about Cedric Diggory's death, only for a huge misunderstanding and quarrel to breakout, with Cho leaving out of jealousy. Harry then gives an interview Hermione arranged with Rita Skeeter about the night Lord Voldemort returned, which is subsequently printed in The Quibbler.[3]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Chapter 13 (The Very Secret Diary)
- ↑ 16 July 2005 Interview with J. K. Rowling
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 25 (The Beetle at Bay)
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CHICAGO -- Outfielder David Murphy, who was hitting .160 going into Tuesday's game, was out of the Rangers' lineup for the first time this season. With left-hander Travis Wood on the mound for the Cubs, Jeff Baker made his first start in left field for Texas.
"I'm trying to get everybody a break," manager Ron Washington said.
Adrian Beltre is the only Rangers player to start in the field for all 14 games. Nelson Cruz has started every game, but was used once at designated hitter. There is no DH in the National League park so Murphy got the day off.
"We obviously had a day off [on Monday], so physically I don't need it and I don't want a day off," Murphy said. "But I can see where it would be beneficial, so I'll use it to take a mental break and be ready to play late in the game and be ready to play tomorrow."
Lance Berkman was also out of the lineup against the Cubs, so Beltre hit in the third spot and Cruz batted cleanup. Cruz has a career OPS of .777 in the cleanup spot. He has an .809 OPS batting fifth, an .847 OPS batting sixth and a .928 OPS in the seventh spot. Those are the four spots where he has at least 150 at-bats during his career.
"The only thing that matters to me is to be in the lineup," Cruz said. "What the manager thinks is the best spot to help the team win, that's where I want to be. They are going to pitch me the same no matter where I'm going to be."


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Industry experts say there's plenty of chatter in the independent broker-dealer space about the likelihood that NEXT Financial is next on the "to buy" list of real-estate mogul Nicholas Schorsch.
Schorsch leads RCS Capital Corp., which just gobbled up independent broker-dealer Investor's Capital (ICH), and American Realty Capital, which recently announced plans to buy Cole Real Estate Investments.
"I spoke with someone at another IBD who was in touch with at least one [advisor] at NEXT who had mentioned the possibility of NEXT being purchased" by one of Schorsch's firms, said Jon Henschen, president of the recruiting firm Henschen & Associates.
In September, Larry Roth — formerly head of the AIG-owned Advisor Group of IBDs — became president and CEO of Realty Capital Securities (RCS), owned by Schorsch's RCAP Holdings. This executive appointment was made on the heels of RCAP's purchase of another IBD, First Allied Securities, from Lovell Minnick Partners.
Talk about a lot of wheeling and dealing.
"I think the fact that Larry Roth went to [RCS to] run the broker-dealer business means we should suspect more deals are in the offering," said consultant Chip Roame, head of Tiburon Strategic Advisors, in an interview with ThinkAdvisor.
"First Allied and Investor's Capital got them about 2,000 reps," Roame added. "It seems to me that they need more [reps] to have the expected impact."
(RCAP declined to comment on the matter, and NEXT Financial did not return calls as of publication time.)
IBD Movement
Recruiters in the independent broker-dealer space say they have seen advisor movement out of NEXT, a rep-owned IBD, over the past year, as well as earlier.
This industry conjecture that NEXT was a ripe target began about two weeks ago, Henschen says, while "poaching" of its reps has been fairly aggressive for the past year. "NEXT's sale makes sense," the recruiter said, "as I believe the IBD is in need of capital."
Also, for advisors who have chosen to purchase shares of the IBD, "this would present a liquidity event for their holdings," he noted.
NEXT had 773 reps as of June, down from about 1,000 several years ago, industry experts say.
The IBD and its reps have had their share of regulatory issues. For instance, in 2009, FINRA fined NEXT $1 million for failing to supervise its 130 office of supervisory jurisdiction (or OSJ) branch managers, which resulted in clients losing about $768,000 in 2005 and 2006.
An entity run by Schorsch could buy NEXT "and then clean house, raise standards, which some firms do after they buy a BD," said Henschen. "And they could use this issue as a way to negotiate on price."
For the moment, Schorsch has his hands full with the Investor's Cap purchase, which is being bombarded by lawyers investigating its sale on behalf of shareholders.
Last week, for instance, former SEC attorney Willie Briscoe of the law firm Powers Taylor said he was looking into this issue of whether shareholders are receiving "adequate compensation for their shares in the proposed sale, whether the transaction undervalues ICH stock, and whether ICH's board attempted to obtain the highest share price for all shareholders prior to agreeing to the deal."
Other law firms making similar moves include Levi & Korinsky, Brodsky & Smith and Joshua Lifshitz.
"We have no comment on investigations that have no basis or active inquiry," Investor's Capital said in a statement. (RCAP declined to comment on the issue.)
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Is it the ailing economy, or the stress and cost of travel? Maybe it's the nesting instinct, or perhaps it's a combination of all three.
These days, more and more people aren't heading to Honolulu or Paris or Istanbul for the big once-a-year getaway. Instead, they are doing what is known as the "staycation"— they are staying home, relaxing and kicking back in their own familiar surroundings.
In recent years, never has the phrase "home, sweet home" been hipper, or truer. And fueled by this wacky notion of staying home as if it were a vacation—necessity is the mother of invention—more and more people are calling landscape contractors and spending some of their disposable income on making their home into a much more interesting, entertaining, and more beautiful place to be.
Does the entryway lack invitation and pizzazz? Does the front yard seem blah and ho-hum? Is the backyard boring and forgettable? Well, one simple and quick way to transform the monochromatic backdrop of the green grass and green shrubs and evergreen trees surrounding the property is with the use of color.
"People are drawn to color," says Alrie Meadowbrook of Meadowbrook Gardens, San Jose, California.
She has designed more than 400 landscapes and co-authored the book Designing California Native Gardens. "A lot of people like a riot of color in the spring and summer."
Installing beautiful flowers is the fastest and easiest way to add seasonal variety and color accent to a humdrum landscape. Perhaps you've already gotten the call to action? Since springtime will be upon us shortly, once again it's the time of year to start planting annuals in order to have a riot of color come summertime.
"The color trend for this year— and all years—is 'high visibility,'" says Jeff Gibson of Ball Horticulture Company, Chicago, Illinois. "Or, the '55-mile-an-hour color' (color you can see from the highway). This is still the rule."
Some of your clients may want to go traditional. In these instances, you have quite a few choices of different varieties. For starters, think about using snapdragons. These Mediterranean natives produce dozens of blooms on long flower stalks, in single and bi-color shades of pink, red, purple, yellow, orange and white.
Periwinkles are another variety to consider. They display white or pinkpurple flowers. Sweet alyssums show dense clusters of tiny snowwhite flowers that bloom continuously throughout the growing season, and ageratums have a deep blue that colors its fuzzy leaves. Asters come in annuals and perennials, and some have petals painted in pale pink, as well as shades of blue, lavender, crimson, rose and peach.


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Philip Fontaine bio
Philip Fontaine was born on June 3, 1947, in Rowan County, Kentucky. His father Harris did various odd jobs while simultaneously working one or more extra-legal schemes that brought in the bulk of his income. Philip's mother Bess raised the family and occasionally took in wash or seamstress work to earn some extra money.
Philip grew up quickly, intelligent but short-tempered and brimming with his father's ambition for social climbing. Also like his father, Philip didn't mind bending the rules a little to make a dollar. He often accompanied his father on moonshine runs up into the mountains, and he soon started his own card games for high school boys.
Although Harris and his son shared many personality traits, Philip had the added questionable strength of a very strong stomach when it came to violence. Harris Fontaine was known to break the law, but he was still thought of as a good man. Philip Fontaine was quickly becoming known as someone who would break the law and whom you shouldn't cross.
After finishing high school, Philip migrated to the Central Kentucky region where he began working on horse farms in the Lexington area. He became enamored with the money and glamour of the race horse business, and worked his way up through the ranks on the farms.
By the mid-1970s, Philip was managing Grunwald Farm, a very well-respected horse farm with a long history of excellence. Philip's willingness to do whatever was needed to get out of a bind made him indispensable to the owner.
During his heady ride as manager of Grunwald Farm, Philip married his first trophy wife. Rebecca Ford was a debutante from a local wealthy family and became the first in a string of doomed marriages.
When Grunwald Farm's creditors could be held off no longer, some say the owner and Philip hatched up a scheme to get some much-needed cash. One morning, Grunwald Farm's top stud was found dead in his stall. Speculation swirled throughout the thoroughbred capital, but nothing could be proven. The insurance policy paid out several million dollars, but somehow the creditors only got pennies on the dollar while Philip and the owner seemed flush with cash.
Philip spent the next several years moving around the South, building his fortune by working in real estate. His marriage to Rebecca came and went, as did his marriage to Serena Howell, along with big alimony payments to both exes.
By the mid-1980s, Philip had settled in Oxford, Mississippi. He found the relative affluence of the town mixed with the overall economic depression of Mississippi to be a good place for real estate development. Some people claim Philip wasn't above cutting corners and allegedly threatening or bribing an inspector or official when it suited his purposes.
His aggressive pursuit of success created some very determined enemies. Chief among those enemies was Bruno Coleman, who never misses a chance to tell people how Philip wronged him in a real estate deal and how he'd ruin Philip one day.
In addition to attracting Bruno Coleman's ire, Philip managed to earn a couple of allies like Joey Beecher, who he hired to do some odd jobs. Joey became Philip's right-hand man, doing everything from overseeing work at Philip's home to allegedly burning out homeowners reluctant to sell.
Philip married his third wife, a woman in her late 20s named Ashley. She moved into Philip's huge home and tried to help his son Grant, who was constantly in trouble because of his drug use.
By late 2011, Philip's marriage to Ashley had soured and he had taken up with a lover in town. Most of his time at this point was devoted to a new development deal and to trying to keep Grant out of jail.


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Drunken driver sues buddy, New Mexico restaurants
SANTA FE, N.M. – A repeat drunken driver convicted in a crash that killed two teenagers has sued his drinking buddy and two Santa Fe restaurants that served him alcohol.
James Ruiz, 37, filed a lawsuit Wednesday in New Mexico District Court and is seeking monetary damages from the friend he was out drinking with as well as Applebee's and the Blue Corn Cafe, the Albuquerque Journal reported Friday.
The lawsuit, filed by Ruiz without a lawyer, claims the restaurants and his friend caused Ruiz emotional distress due to the loss of liberty and enjoyment of life after he was served drinks in 2010.
Ruiz said in his suit that he was convicted and incarcerated due to the chain of events the defendants set in motion.
Police said Ruiz rammed his truck into a car and killed two teenagers -- Del Lynn Peshlakai, 19, and her sister Deshauna, 17 -- from the Navajo reservation.
He's serving a 40-year prison sentence after entering a guilty plea in 2011.
Santa Fe Dining, a restaurant group that includes Blue Corn Cafe, declined to comment. Applebee's did not immediately return two phone messages and an email from The Associated Press.
Ruiz was out on bond on his fifth DWI arrest when the fatal crash took place, authorities said.
Police said he had a blood-alcohol concentration at the time of 0.22 percent, nearly three times the legal limit for driving.
The Peshlakai family has filed a wrongful death suit against Ruiz, the restaurants and others in the case. That suit is pending in state district court.
The Peshlakai sisters and their parents were in town for a high school basketball tournament when the fatal wreck took place. The parents were injured in the crash.


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Submit your entries and you can have your very own snow feature built!
Have you ever dreamed of being an astronaut? An architect? But you're too lazy to do it? Well, here is your chance to redeem yourself.
Analog's Design Unlikely Features Contest invites you to create a unique, custom built jib feature. Come up with a totally new idea, or build upon something that already exists. Draw it by hand, create on your computer, sketch on a napkin, build it out of popsicle sticks…use whatever method you want. Be creative!
Send your entries to Analog via email or standard mail at: [email protected]
Design Unlikely Features Contest
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Entries will be judged based on creativity, rideability, and buildability. We are looking for something fresh and imaginative, and that is also movable.
Analog judges will pick the winner with a little help from you. Twice a month we will post the top five entries on analogclothing.com. These semi-finalists will receive a swag package just for being a top entry!
If you win, you will have your dream creation built and Analog will bring you out for the weekend to the Design Unlikely Features Contest on January 9, 2010. Big Bear Mountain Resort will host the event where you can participate in the first ever contest on your winning feature. No pressure, competing is optional. In addition, the winner will receive:
1st Prize: 2 Round Trip Tickets to/from Big Bear Mountain, 2 Nights Lodging at Big Bear Mountain Resorts, Custom built snow feature at Big Bear Mountain, Contest centered around your creation, Analog Outerwear Kit (Gloves, Jacket, Pants), Analog Clothing Package (Including: Jeans, beanie, t-shirt, flannel, fleece, backpack, and belt)
Visit analogclothing.com for the official rules & regulations, and to find out more about the Design Unlikely Features Contest.


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Darkwood is out of Early Access!
After more than 4 years of development, Darkwood is finally complete. Thank you for being with us.
Early Access has helped this project tremendously, and even though we have stayed in development for way longer than we anticipated, thanks to your feedback Darkwood has grown in scope and complexity in ways we have never imagined possible.
We put our heart and soul into this project. We hope you like it.
Here's the relase trailer, showing a glimpse of what you may expect in the game:
Once again, thank you for your amazing support and patience,
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MTV Bringing Back 'TRL' With Ariana Grande Specialby Thomas Chau | PopCrush
Those of us who grew up in the late '90s and early '00s with MTV will never forget the days of spending afternoons in front of the TV watching MTV's 'Total Request Live' after school.
Now, MTV has announced that it is bringing back 'TRL' for one night only in a special Ariana Grande-themed show, appropriately titled 'Total Ariana Live.' The last 'TRL' episode aired in 2008.
Yahoo! News (via the AP) reports that the show will air July 2 at 7PM ET and will feature Grande performing 'Problem,' as well as the exclusive debut of her next single 'Break Free.' She'll also talk about her untitled second album which is being planned for a 2014 release.
Might we finally learn what the album title and release date will be?
We'll have to wait until July 2 to find out. In the meantime, Grande continues her domination of the charts with 'Problem' currently at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
So what do you think, Arianators? Will you be watching?


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Jeffrey Sandager 2006-2008
Jeffrey graduated from Saint John's in 2008 majoring in Management and Pre-medicine. He grew up in the tiny town of Scandia Minnesota, along the St. Croix River and graduated from Forest Lake High School. He worked with all of his relatives at the family landscaping business, Abrahamson Nurseries, which is how he became interested in entrepreneurship. Jeffrey was involved in various small entrepreneurial ventures such as selling firewood and bittersweet with his younger brothers. Jeffrey says, "From a very young age my father has instilled that idea of always looking for opportunity." He believes that the on-site experiences and meetings with successful entrepreneurs will be invaluable. He is hoping to someday combine his management and entrepreneurial skills with a medical degree and open a family practice in the rural upper Midwest. At St. John's, Jeffrey was a member of the varsity swim team and is active in various intramurals and the water polo club.


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Golfers know what the 19th hole is; the managers of North Hill Golf Course are interested in creating the 5 1/2th hole.
Golfers know what the 19th hole is; the managers of North Hill Golf Course are interested in creating the 5 1/2th hole.
Representatives of Johnson Golf, which manages the course, want permission to have a drinks cart serving alcoholic beverages out on the course during some events.
Johnson Golf has a license to serve liquor in the clubhouse.
Steve Follansbee, attorney for Johnson Golf, said the cart would only be used for league matches and "outings," which he defined as charitable events.
He explained that having on-course drink service would make North Hill more attractive to groups planning such events.
However, given concerns raised by town counsel Bob Troy, and their own worries, selectmen decided to hold off making a decision.
Selectman Jon Witten, who was spending his last meeting as a selectmen, was opposed to the idea.
Troy warned that the town, which owns the course, does not have immunity from lawsuits if something happens due to drinking on the course.
He also noted that once the cart left a particular location, no one would be there to observe who was consuming the alcohol.
Johnson Golf, Follansbee said, provides "full coverage" for liquor liability under its contract with the town.
Follansbee said the cart operator would be TIPS certified. TIPS (Training for Intervention Procedures) is a program that trains bartenders and wait staff in spotting intoxicated and underage drinkers.
"It's a public course," Witten said. "I'm dubious this is in the public interest."
"I could use a cold beer sometimes on the course," Selectman Chris Donato noted, who questioned how much drinking anyone could do on a nine-hole golf course.
He pointed out that the town received no objection to the idea from the Police Department.
Robert Mustard, of the North Hill Advisory Committee, also didn't like the idea, saying, "Alcohol and golf don't mix. It shouldn't be necessary for an outing."
Resident Phil Tortorella was also opposed. "I can't understand that this is in the best interests of Duxbury," he said.
Witten was concerned with who else might be on the course during a scheduled event. He was particularly concerned that underage players might be on the course. Doug Johnson, of Johnson Golf, explained that when an outing is taking place, the course is usually full of participants.
According to Follansbee, prompted by a question from Witten, a non-alcoholic beverages cart was tried without success.
Though both Witten and Selectmen Chairman Elizabeth Sullivan opposed the idea of the drink cart, the board voted to keep the public hearing open and make a decision at a later date.
Johnson Golf is currently operating the course under a temporary extension of its contract. Town Manager Richard MacDonald awarded the contract to a different company, a decision Johnson Golf is disputing in court.


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London – One city, two faces
The British capital is home to what is perhaps Europe's largest and most significant hipster community. It's also where many old-school types enjoy celebrating aristocratic styles. We show you the cool and discerning side of London.
New Home
Where the wild ones are: They used to live in Camden or in Notting Hill, but not anymore … Real hipsters live in Shoreditch in East London.
Rain stopper
A useful item and a lifestyle statement all in one: the stylish umbrellas they sell at the London Underground boutique.
Hip, hip, hurray!
Food trucks, cupcake stands, vintage boutiques: Broadway Market is very trendy and popular and full of good things to buy, especially on Saturdays.
Look sharp
A full, well-trimmed beard is the ultimate sign of hipsterdom, and the barbers at Jack the Clipper are bound to do justice to your face.
Death by sugar
Kickstart your morning at the Cereal Killer Café, where you can choose from close to 100 different kinds of cereal, 30 kinds of milk and 20 sugary toppings.
Skin deep
If you want to get a tattoo, the well-known London tattoo artists Mo Coppoletta and Nikole Lowe are the people to see. Be warned: There's a long waiting list.
Tea-time treats
Afternoon tea is a fine British tradition that includes elegant sandwiches and scones. Go to Brown's Hotel for the full experience.
Suits you, Sir
A true English gentleman would never buy clothing off the rack but rather visit his tailor on Savile Row for an exquisite custom fitting.
Top notes
For a dignified night out, enjoy some live piano music from the comfort of a leather arm chair and surrounded by candle light at the Kensington Piano Bar.
Members only
Some of the best and most exclusive golf clubs are located west of London, but unless you're a member, they won't let you in.
Hats on!
You see the craziest head gear during Royal Ascot Week, when London's high society come together for a spot of horse racing (June 20–24).
Heady mix
The drinks at Dukes are shaken, stirred and a whole lot more. The bartender also makes world-class martinis. This was James Bond creator Ian Flemings's local bar.


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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee's Pat Summitt plans to coach "as long as the good Lord is willing" despite recently being diagnosed with early onset dementia.
In a statement from Summitt released by the university on Tuesday, the Hall of Fame coach said she visited with doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., after the end of the 2010-11 basketball season ended and was diagnosed with early onset dementia — Alzheimer's type — over the summer.
"I plan to continue to be your coach," Summitt said. "Obviously, I realize I may have some limitations with this condition since there will be some good days and some bad days."
The Knoxville News Sentinel and Washington Post first reported Summitt's condition. The coach did not immediately return messages from The Associated Press seeking comment.
Tennessee athletics director Joan Cronan told the AP that Summitt first thought her symptoms were side effects from medicine she was taking to treat rheumatoid arthritis. She said Summitt appears to be feeling better after beginning to get treatment for the dementia condition and speaking publically about it.
"She's ready to fight this and move on," Cronan said. "She had to come to grips with how she wanted to face it."
Summitt, 59, told the Knoxville paper she plans to rely on medication and mental exercises to manage the progressive condition that destroys cognitive abilities over time.
She said longtime assistants Holly Warlick, Dean Lockwood and Mickie DeMoss will take on more responsibilities with the team going forward.
Summitt met with the Lady Volunteers on Tuesday to discuss her diagnosis with them. Junior guard Taber Spani said the meeting was business-like, with Summitt telling the Lady Vols nothing would get in the way for their quest of a ninth national title this season.
"More than anything she just emphasized that she's our coach and that she wanted us to have complete confidence in her, and we do," Spani told the AP.
Both UT-Knoxville Chancellor Jimmy Cheek and Cronan pledged their support of Summitt's decision to continue coaching.
"Pat Summitt is our head coach and she will continue to be," Cronan said. "She is an icon not only for women's basketball but for all of women's athletics. For Pat to stand-up and share her health news is just a continuing example of her courage. Life is an unknown and none of us have a crystal ball. But I do have a record of knowing what Pat Summitt stands for; excellence, strength, honesty and courage."
As college basketball's winningest coach, Summitt has spent 37 seasons at Tennessee and has 1,071 career victories and eight national championships. The Lady Vols have failed to reach the Final Four since they last won the national championship in 2008.
Summitt said she met with local doctors after becoming concerned about her health, and those physicians recommended she undergo a more extensive evaluation. Summitt told the News Sentinel that her maternal grandmother had suffered from severe dementia.
"Pat came to us with concerns about her health and our preliminary evaluation was suggestive of dementia. Because of her young age, Pat was referred to neurology for formal evaluation," Dr. Amy Bentley, with Knoxville's Internal Medicine Associates, said in a statement. "After extensive testing, a diagnosis of early Alzheimer's was made and appropriate treatment was initiated."
Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma said in a statement he was shocked and saddened to hear the news of Summitt's diagnosis.
"You don't necessarily associate dementia with people our age so this announcement really put things in perspective," Auriemma said. "Pat has great support from her family, friends and staff and I know they will help her immensely. There is no doubt in my mind that Pat will take on this challenge as she has all others during her Hall of Fame career — head on. I wish her all the best."


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More Media Attention for Music and Memory Study!
Just within the last week, Center Scientist, Dr. Jung Kwak, has been involved in many news stories regarding her Music and Memory study. Locally, Wisconsin Public Radio, CBS 58 News, and TMJ4 News have all done pieces about the Music… Read More


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For anyone who cares about the state of their personal finances and the size of their reserves for retirement, the answer is: A lot. For investors, it's a time of risk and opportunity.
Investors exhaled with some relief Sunday after voters in Greece gave a narrow victory to New Democracy, a party that vows to work with European leaders to keep the struggling country in the eurozone. But the crisis is nowhere near solved. Greece has to find a way to stability while Spain and Italy, much more important economies, show worrisome signs.
When scenarios of "Europocalyspe" and "Eurogeddon" are evoked, you know things are getting bad. Because in today's interdependent and hyper-connected world, no continent can feel secure while another is sliding economically.
What happens in Europe has the potential to determine the outcome of the U.S. presidential election in November. It could trip up America's feeble recovery, create more unemployment and take a toll on the global stock market.
Conversely, if Europe manages to avoid a financial storm, it could remove a huge cloud of uncertainty hanging over the global economy and brighten the outlook -- and the portfolios -- of investors everywhere.
If you doubt that European problems could affect U.S. shores, take a quick glance at history for a chilling lesson.
Prominent economists have drawn an eerie parallel between today's events and those of the early 1930s when, as the world limped in the aftermath of the 1929 Wall Street crash, a banking crisis in Europe took the world economy into another downward spiral and led to an explosion of extremist politics that, ultimately, set the pathway to World War II.
If you don't care about the politics, consider just the stock market in the last 100 years. The Dow Jones Index, which stood at 381 in early September 1929, lost half of its value in the two months after the Great Crash of October. But the worst was yet to come. By 1932, the index had plummeted a breathtaking 90% from the September highs, dropping to just 41.
The years after the 1929 crash brought a stomach-churning roller-coaster ride. The Dow climbed more than 400% from 41 to 194 and then back down to 92, before stabilizing and resuming a relatively steady climb during World War II.
Imagine seeing your savings, your retirement funds, cut to one-tenth their size.
It took a quarter of a century for the market to return to pre-crash levels. Those who bought stocks when the index stood at 41 saw their investment eventually soar to spectacular heights -- especially those who picked the right stocks at the right time. (The tycoon, J. Paul Getty, among others, started building his fortune by snapping up bargain stocks.)
So what do those events in the 1930s, which unfolded when bankers, politicians and investors knew so much less about the economy, have to do with our world, the age of the Internet, the era of unlimited access to information and advanced economic theories?
If European leaders and the voters who elect them glean the right lessons from history and manage to steer their continent away from the edge of the cliff, then we won't see a repeat of that disaster of a global crash. But no one knows whether Europeans will get their economic problems straightened out.
This means that anyone who owns stocks or other investments should take a deep breath and decide just how much risk he or she is willing to accept. Most Americans own stocks through mutual funds. Millions have their money in employee-provided retirement accounts and rely on the stock market for their future without realizing it.
Many top-rated investors are minimizing their stake in the market. The legendary Jim Rogers says he's pessimistic and not buying stocks. He's buying gold and other commodities. The investment giant BlackRock is telling clients to stock up on cash and safe-haven bonds and treasury bonds even though this is not the best strategy in the long run since it provides negative returns when you factor in inflation.
For the more adventurous and optimistic, there's the lure of potentially huge returns, if Europe dodges disaster, or, in the aftermath of a crash.
European leaders are getting strong advice from all directions. While the Greeks suffer, the Spaniards face severe unemployment, and fringe political parties spring up and grow stronger, economists from both sides of the Atlantic are urging German Chancellor Angela Merkel to reverse course from her push for strict austerity, which is choking economies already in depression.
My sense is that Merkel will do whatever it takes to not let the eurozone come apart and will ease up on austerity while the storm passes. But nobody has a crystal ball; not for the market, not for the politicians.
For investors, the most important point to keep in mind is that these are not days like others. It is a time of crisis, of great risk and, as happens when there is great risk, also of potentially great rewards.
Those who wish to take the risk should do it with eyes wide open, not by accident, neglect or inertia. The epicenter of the crisis may be in Europe, but the shockwaves will know no boundaries. Everyone should pay attention.


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I'm really loving my latest cookbook purchase, Make Bake Love by Lilly Higgins and this is the second bake from the book. I haven't made peanut butter cookies in a long time and these, with the addition of sesame seeds, sounded great! This is another straight-forward and quick recipe to rustle up. The end result delivering a very moreish and yummy cookie, with the sesame seeds giving it a gorgeous nutty texture.
Peanut Butter and Sesame Cookies
Makes about 36 regular or 60 bite-sized cookies
125g butter, softened
85g caster sugar
80g Demerara sugar
125g smooth peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
200g plain flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
50g sesame seeds
Preheat the oven to 170oC. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
Cream the butter and both sugars together in a bowl until soft and fluffy. Add the peanut butter and vanilla and mix well.
Sieve the flour and bicarbonate of soda together in a bowl, then add to the peanut butter mixture. Combine well but don't overbeat.
Roll teaspoons of the dough into balls. Roll the balls in the sesame seeds and place on the lined baking sheet. Flatten slightly.
Bake for 10-15 minutes (or 7 for tiny cookies), until golden brown. Leave to cool slightly on the baking sheet, then transfer to a rack.
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Peanut Butter and Sesame Cookies
♥Posted by the goddess Maria♥ at 20:12
5 comments:
- Simplyfood said...
These look delicious and I love the addition of sesame seeds.
- 1 February 2012 at 20:45
- Please Do Not Feed The Animals. said...
Mmmm - they look lovely little bites. The sesame seeds do seem to be a clever wee addition.
- 2 February 2012 at 16:15
- Finla said...
They look so cute and yumm.
- 2 February 2012 at 17:22
- Kelly-Jane said...
They look like just the thing for a nice cuppa.
- 3 February 2012 at 09:37
Second time making them, first batch are in the oven. I don't have a baking tin big enough so I use my pizza tray with baking parchment. I made a mistake and used someone else's recipe which turned out burnt and eggy! Love your recipes xx
- 1 May 2012 at 11:09
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