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Skoda is getting serious about SUVs and the core of the company's Crossover range is found with this mid-sized Qashqai-class Karoq model. It gets all the latest Volkswagen Group engineering, now including the brand's latest TDI technology, plus there's a hi-tech MQB chassis and cutting-edge safety and infotainment features. Everything in fact, that you'd want from a modern family-sized SUV of this kind.
Brand identity is everything in the automotive world, so it seems hard to understand why back in 2017, Skoda wanted to abandon one of their most recognisable name plates, that of the Yeti. Yet the Czech maker did just that, replacing that model line with this one - the Karoq. The reason why was that the company wanted to emphasise that this car is a different, larger and more sophisticated SUV than the Yeti ever was - or could be. The Yeti couldn't ever quite decide whether it wanted to be a Juke-shaped supermini-sized SUV or a Qashqai-shaped family hatch-sized model. This larger Karoq has no such dilemma, firmly targeted at the Qashqai sector - and offering a larger boot, amongst other incentives, to tempt buyers away from Nissan's market leader. If you're wondering if the word 'Karoq' has any meaning, then we'll tell you that it's taken from the language of an Alaskan tribe and, roughly translated, means 'car arrow'. Make of that what you will.
Driving Experience
Under the skin, this Skoda uses much the same MQB chassis as you'll find in the Volkswagen Group's rival SEAT Ateca and the Volkswagen T-Roc. The set-up with this Karoq is deliberately more comfort-orientated than it is in the Ateca. The various powerplants on offer are all familiar from other Volkswagen Group models. There are six turbo-charged direct injection engine options. Things kick off with a 110PS 1.0-litre TSI petrol unit but most choose the 150PS 1.5 litre TSI powerplant. There's also a 190PS 2.0 TSI variant. There are also three 2.0 TDI diesel engines, offering either 115PS, 150PS or 190PS. The two more powerful diesel drivetrains can be ordered with a 6-speed manual gearbox or 7-speed DSG auto transmission. The 1.5 TSI petrol variant (which is auto-only) uses cylinder deactivation for an exemplary combination of performance and efficiency. Only the top 2.0 TDI diesel and 2.0 TSI petrol variants are available with 4WD; in fact you have to have AWD with these flagship versions. These derivatives are also fitted with a special 'Off Road' mode and hill descent control so that you can more easily slither down slippery slopes. In general though, this Skoda's limited ground clearance makes testing off road forays fairly inadvisable. The Karoq is much happier being used for tarmac use and an option worth considering here is the 'DCC' 'Dynamic Chassis Control' adaptive damping system that can considerably improve the ride over poor surfaces. It works through the settings of the standard 'Driving Mode Select' system.
Design and Build
The Karoq is a slightly bigger car than its Yeti predecessor and much better able to square up to the market-leading Nissan Qashqai in the family-sized part of the volume Crossover SUV sector. This Skoda certainly has a much bigger boot than its Japanese rival, with 521-litres of cargo space, extendable to 1,630-litres if you fold forward VarioFlex middle bench made up of three separate seats that can, if required, be taken out completely. If you do that, a van-like capacity of up to 1,810-litres is freed up. View the car in profile and the longer-than-average wheelbase by class standards is very evident and the side aesthetics are also characterised by short overhangs and a sloping roofline that's visually extended by a contour in the D-pillar. At the front, the headlights flanking the distinctive grille can optionally be ordered with full-LED beams. Inside, for the first time in a Skoda, a digital instrument panel is being offered. And, as usual, there are a range of 'Simply Clever' features, including an electrically-retractable tow bar. And a 'Virtual Pedal' option that allows you to open the power-operated tailgate with a wave of your foot beneath the bumper.
Market and Model
Prices start from around £23,000 but if you go for the flagship 2.0 TDI 190PS 4x4 model and add a few well-chosen extras, you'll probably be looking at close to around £37,000. There are five trim levels - 'SE', 'SE L', 'Scout', 'Sportline' and 'Edition'. Well worth having is the optional 'Skoda Connect services' package. This consists of two things; 'Infotainment Online' gives you online traffic information and can update you on things like fuel prices, parking spaces, current news and weather. Then there are the so-called 'CareConnect Services' which allow you to monitor your car from your smartphone, plus the set-up includes a breakdown call function and will automatically alert the emergency services if the airbags go off in an accident. In terms of camera-driven safety features, the Karoq can offer far more than the old Yeti ever could. Every model comes equipped with autonomous braking - a combination of the brand's 'Front Assist', City Emergency Brake' and 'Predictive Pedestrian Protection' systems. Buyers can also add in Blind Spot Monitoring, Traffic Sign Recognition', a 'Rear Traffic Alert' feature that'll warn you of oncoming traffic when you're reversing out of a space and a 'Driver Alert' system that watches for signs of drowsiness at the wheel. There's also 'ACC' 'Adaptive Cruise Control' and 'Lane Assist' and if you have both these features fitted, you can also have an 'Emergency Assist' feature whereby the vehicle will be brought to a safe, controlled stop, should the driver be in some way incapacitated. A 'Side Assist' system is now optional.
Cost of Ownership
The old fashioned image of SUV vehicles being somewhat profligate when it comes to fuel economy certainly doesn't really apply to the Skoda Karoq. Let's get to the WLTP figures. The 2.0 TDI 150PS front-driven diesel variant that many customers will want manages up to 52.3mpg and up to 143g/km of CO2. Go for the 150PS 1.5-litre TSI petrol unit and you should be able to get up to 44.8mpg and up to 144g/km. The base 1.0 TSI petrol unit manages up to 44.8mpg and 142g/km. Whatever powerplant you choose, as you'd expect in this day and age, all models get a start/stop system that cuts the engine when you don't need it, stuck in traffic or waiting at the lights. And the DSG auto transmission is equipped with a 'coasting' function that at cruising speeds, will disconnect the gearbox, leaving the engine to idle until you next need it. Like most modern diesels, all the TDI units on offer get a selective catalytic reduction filter to cut down on nitrous oxide and have been designed around the use of a urea-based solution called AdBlue. This is injected into the exhaust gas stream to help clean up emissions, the liquid used being stored in a 12-litre tank mounted at the rear beneath the boot. This will need topping up as part of regular servicing and you can monitor its status via dashboard display.
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Key Standard Features*
- Bolero radio with 8 speakers and voice control
- Non Smokers pack
- Solid - Energy blue
- Manual lumbar support for front seats
- Driver seat height adjust
- Heated front seats
- Solid paint
- Boot net
- Microsuede cloth/leather upholstery
- Sunglasses storage compartment
- 2 spoke leather multifunction steering wheel
- Amundsen satellite navigation with 8" touchscreen display with maps Europe, WLAN and web radio
- Cruise control + speed limiter
- Electro-mechanical PAS
- Front and rear parking sensors
- Auto dimming rear view mirror with light and rain sensors
- Electrically adjustable heated folding and auto dimming door mirrors
- Dual zone climate control
- Tyre repair kit
- Microsuede cloth/leather - Black
Body Glass
- Heated rear windscreen
- Aero front windscreen wipers with intermittent function
- Privacy glass
- Acoustic glass
- Black electric window control buttons
- Brake energy regeneration
- Emergency rear braking signal
- ESC including ABS, MSR, ASR, EDS, HBA, DSR, RBS, MKB and traction control
- Front assist radar scanning of the space in front of the car with automatic braking
- Electronic parking brake with auto hold function
- Hill hold control
- Voice control system
- Care connect
Driver Aids
- Rear view camera
- Driver alert system
- Driver profile selection
Driver Convenience
- Stop/start system
- Start/stop system with regenerative braking
Driver Information
- Driver fatigue sensor
- Outside temperature gauge
- Service interval indicator
- Multifunction colour trip computer
- SmartLink + wireless for Apple and wired for Android
- USB C Port x 2 in front centre console
Embellishment Trims
- Chrome framed air vents
- Gesture control for infotainment system
- DAB radio with Bluetooth
- USB Connection
- SD card slot
Exterior Body Features
- Body colour door mirrors and handles
- Safety reflectors on front doors
- Body coloured bumpers
Exterior Lights
- Third brake light
- Light assistant (coming/leaving home/tunnel light)
- LED rear lights with high functionality
- Automatic headlight control system
- Headlight washers
- Full LED headlights + adaptive front light system + LED daytime running lights and front cornering fog lights
- Pollen filter
Interior Features
- Pen holder
- Ice scraper
- 4 foldable roof handles with rear coat hooks
- 1.5 litre bottle holders in driver and front passenger door panels
- 2 Folding hooks and nets in boot
- Storage box in upper central dashboard closed
- Umbrella under passenger seat
- Rear boot cover
- Net programme in boot
- 12v socket in front centre armrest with storage compartment and rear air vents
- Retractable parcel shelf attachable to tailgate
- 12V socket in boot
- Illuminated and cooled glovebox
- Storage compartment below the passenger seat
- Height/reach adjust steering wheel
- Folding tables on the front seat backrests
- Chrome inner door handles
- 4 lashing points on luggage floor
Interior Lights
- Cargo elements in boot
- Safety vest holder
- Rear reading lights
- 2 Front readings lights for driver and passenger
- Illuminated luggage compartment
- Chrome roof rails + chrome pack - Karoq
- Pedestrian monitor
- Driver airbag
- Three point seatbelts rear
- Automatic fuel cut off in case of crash
- Passenger airbag with switch-off function
- Airbags - Front side, head, knee and curtain
- Automatic door unlocking in case of crash
- Tyre pressure display
- Two tone horn
- Tyre pressure monitor
- Rear seats fixed folding and divided 60:40
- Height adjustable front three point seats belts with tensioners
- Seatbelt reminder signalisation and pretensioner for all seats
- Isofix child seat preparation outer rear
- VarioFlex seats with retractable parcel shelf
- Front seatback pockets
- 3 rear height adjustable headrests
- Backrest release
- Front head restraints
- Remote central locking with 2 remote folding keys
- Keyless entry and keyless start with safe system
- Electronic engine immobiliser
- Alarm with interior monitoring, back up horn and tilt sensor with safe function
Vanity Mirrors
- Sunvisors with illuminated vanity mirrors
Wheels - Alloy
- 19" Crater alloy wheels with anti theft wheel bolts
Wheels - Spare
- Storage on wheel cover
- 0 to 60 mph (secs)
- 0 to 62 mph (secs) 8.9
- Engine Power - BHP 150
- Engine Power - KW 110
- Engine Power - PS
- Engine Power - RPM 5000
- Engine Torque - LBS.FT 184
- Engine Torque - NM 250
- Engine Torque - RPM 1500
- Top Speed 126
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Sean Dyche claimed his fifth taste of promotion was the sweetest yet after guiding Burnley back to the Premier League with a 2-0 victory over Wigan Athletic.
As a player Dyche was promoted four times with the likes of Chesterfield, Bristol City, Millwall and Northampton.
But now he is celebrating promotion as a manager after first-half goals from Ashley Barnes and Michael Kightly saw off Wigan at Turf Moor.
The result means Burnley can finish no lower than second, and while Leicester can secure the Championship title on Tuesday with victory over Bolton, Dyche insists everyone at the Clarets should be proud as they return to the top flight.
Dyche said: "It feels marvellous and feels like the destination at the end of a long journey: an impressive journey from a group of people who are totally motivated and committed to stand the test of what a season is.
"I was promoted four times as a player and I know what it feels likes and what it takes as a player but doing it as a manager is an incredible feeling.
"To guide a group of people, when I am still learning and developing, is a major achievement for me, the staff, the players and the club.
"When I came here, I made it clear that managers can only guide players to what they think is appropriate.
"Despite what people think, I don't scream and shout at them all the time. I talk to them about what I think is important for them as individuals and the team.
"If they realign then fantastic; if they don't we talk some more and if they don't then, they disappear out the building.
"I think what we have done is historic. The challenges of the Championship are getting harder and harder because clubs that get relegated are getting richer.
"So to do it automatically is the thing that is getting harder. To do it automatically, having amassed the points we have, with a low budget, and using 22 players is incredible. I don't think those markers will be hit again. I think it is a marker in history."
Burnley's fast start was rewarded when Barnes turned home Dean Marney's low cross after 22 minutes.
Marc-Antonie Fortune responded by heading a Jordi Gomez cross against the bar just after half an hour, but Wigan headed into the break two goals behind after Kightly's free-kick from the left side of the box evaded everyone and flew into the corner off Ali Al-Habsi's far post.
Danny Ings almost added to Burnley's lead after half-time but saw his effort from a tight angle hit the post, while Fortune and Emmerson Boyce both wasted chances to grab a goal at the other end.
A third goal did not materialise for Burnley but the fans were happy with any kind of victory and flooded onto the Turf Moor pitch come the final whistle.
Kightly said: "It's a great feeling. It's been a long season but we thoroughly deserve it. We'll enjoy this, then crack on next year.
"We never got complacent, we always stuck to the job. The boys have been different class and the fans have been magnificent."

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"These panels are good when panelists disagree," said Mark Wiedman, global head of BlackRock's iShares, the world's biggest provider of exchange-traded funds.
He laughed as he said it, and so did Paul Hatch, vice chairman of Morgan Stanley, the largest wirehouse advisor employer in the United States.
And so began a Thursday afternoon panel, "The Changing Advisor Landscape," at Morningstar ETF Invest 2012, when Wiedman faced off against Hatch in a packed session at the Radisson Blu in Chicago, where hundreds of advisors, investors and providers met to keep up with the latest developments in the ETF industry.
Clearly, Hatch and Wiedman enjoyed their discussion about just how fast the world is changing for advisors. While Hatch stepped forward to promote the idea of "rep as portfolio manager" and long-term client relationship building, Wiedman talked about the inevitable change that technology, transparency, beta exposure and price efficiencies are bringing to the advisor universe.
"The role of an advisor is far more challenging than it was 30 years ago," said Hatch, pointing to increased regulation, single-digit returns and loads of investment products that keep pouring into the market. "The growth of the fee-based advisor over the last five years has been remarkable, and it was probably keyed off of the events of 2007 and 2008. It's not a temporary trend, it's a permanent change in the way advisors view themselves."
Hatch: Wirehouse Reps Look More Like RIAs
Hatch said that today, wirehouse reps look more like the RIA community, "and it's a good thing." And he ventured an opinion about where advisors are headed: "I would be happy if the industry went to nothing but fee-based. It's right for the client."
Wiedman, whose firm came up a winner in Morningstar's recently announced ETF awards program, asserted that the ETF market will grow to $2 trillion over the next 10 years while third-party managers will grow to $200 billion.
"These forces throughout the West are inexorable," Wiedman said, pointing to the rise in the U.S., U.K. and Europe of the fee-based advisory business. He identified a "value migration" going up toward portfolio construction and asset allocation or downward toward broad-based beta exposures.
When panel moderator and Morningstar's fund research director, Scott Burns turned to the issue of the fiduciary standard, Hatch and Wiedman agreed that excessive regulation is a waste of time, though they came to that conclusion for very different reasons.
"I think it's a lot of hot air," said Hatch of the fiduciary debate. "All of the advisors in this room who don't think they're a fiduciary, raise your hand."
Nobody at the Radisson Blu, of course, raised a hand.
"Advisors care about their clients first. I'm all for what Congress is doing if it helps consumers, but it doesn't help advisors because they all already think they're fiduciaries," Hatch said.
Wiedman: Fees and Transparency Will Resolve the Fiduciary Issue
As for Wiedman, he believes that the fiduciary issue will be resolved as behavior changes along with fee structures.
"I think it's about fee structures and transparency. It's much more important than legal structures," Wiedman said. "If you want to know what happens to ETFs, look to what happens in the fee-based world. Wherever fee-based arises, ETFs follow."
As Wiedman predicted a fee-based future, Hatch concluded with the thought that "the death of the wirehouse community is not upon us." Wirehouses provide liquidity and a training role for the industry, he said, along with an important source for technological change.
"That said, the indie space will continue to grow, and to grow faster than the wirehouse community itself. They will be the innovators and I think that's a good thing," Hatch said. "But anyone who thinks the wirehouse space will disintegrate is just unrealistic."
For more on Hatch and Wiedman's conversation, read Morningstar ETF Invest Live Blog, Day 2: Morgan Stanley vs. iShares on the Future of Advisors at AdvisorOne.
Check out complete coverage of Morningstar ETF Invest Conference 2012 and in-depth ETF news at AdvisorOne.


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How SDPD caught movie theater gunman
When San Diego police got the call Saturday afternoon of a man holding his ex-girlfriend at gunpoint at a busy Carmel Mountain shopping center, officers swarmed the area.
That the incident ended inside a movie theater with the gunman wounded and no one else hurt is a credit to the officers being "on top of their game," police Capt. Dan Christman, the commanding officer for the Northeastern Division, said Monday.
At least 18 officers from two different divisions were dispatched to the area on Carmel Mountain Road and Rancho Carmel Drive within five minutes of the first call at 2:22 p.m. When the incident ended about 90 minutes later, more than 50 officers had responded, including SWAT and K-9 teams.
"They were ready for the challenge and it showed," Christman said.
The gunman, identified as Tom Billodeaux, 22, of Escondido, had accosted his ex-girlfriend outside a Chipotle restaurant where she worked and had pointed a handgun at onlookers before running across the street, police said. He disappeared into a large commercial area that includes the Reading Cinemas Carmel Mountain 12, the U.S. Post Office Processing and Distribution Center, and Costco.
He told the ex-girlfriend he wanted to die and planned on committing "suicide by cop," Christman said.
"That does not mean that they are going to stand there and be killed," he said. "Usually that means there's going to be a shootout of some kind — that they are going to do down in a blaze of glory."
Officers immediately set up a perimeter around the shopping center and extended it some six blocks up Rancho Carmel Drive past the post office and a Costco and back down the other side of Carmel Mountain Road.
"No one in, and no one out," Christman said.
They then began a systematic and coordinated manhunt as a police helicopter assisted from overhead. Officers stopped cars, looked in back seats and trunks, and checked each business for the gunman.
At the same time, officers spoke to several witnesses about Billodeaux and got his picture, which they shared with one another on their cellphones, Christman said.
When two women leaving the movie theater asked officers what all of the activity was about, they learned that a gunman might be in the cinemas, police Capt. Terry McManus said Monday.
They told the officers that about an hour into "Lincoln" — the movie they were seeing — a man came into the theater. When the film ended, he was "hanging out and acting suspicious," McManus said.
Officers determined the man the witnesses were describing was likely Billodeaux, and they worked with the staff at Reading Cinemas to lock down the business, McManus said, so a methodical theater-by-theater search could be done.
All of the films were stopped and the lights went on, which led some patrons to leave their seats to find out what was happening.
Two officers went into a theater where "Les Miserables" was showing and spotted Billodeaux, McManus said. He wasn't sitting near the 15 or so other moviegoers.
As officers approached him, they ordered him to show his hands. Billodeaux complied but then lowered his hands into his lap, raised a handgun and turned it toward the officers, police said. One officer opened fired, hitting Billodeaux in the arm and chest.
Police later learned he had bought a ticket before entering the cinemas.
The Police Department is expected Tuesday to release the name of the officer who shot the gunman, McManus said. He said the officer has been with the department less than two years.
Billodeaux, who had several criminal cases against him out of Maricopa County, Ariz., is hospitalized at Palomar Medical Center in Escondido in serious but stable condition, police said. Once he is released, he will be booked into jail on various felony charges.


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Fraternidad de Iglesias Evangélicas Menonitas de Nicaragua
In 1966, after thorough investigation of mission needs in Central America, the Evangelical Mennonite Conference (EMCon) Board of Missions sent its first missionaries to Nicaragua. Bible colportage, Christian literature distribution, home visitations, and Bible studies in Morozan, a suburb of the capital city, Managua, resulted in people responding to the Good News. By 1969 there were eight baptized members in the emerging church and many other people were attending the regular church services. In 1970, with a membership of 18, the Morozan church, in partnership with personnel of the Board of Missions (EMCon), started congregations in Ciudad Sandino and La Paz.
The three local churches that had emerged by 1973 organized the Concilio Nacional (national council) for the purpose of evangelism and establishing churches in Nicaragua. This resulted in legally incorporating the national church, which was named La Fraternidad de las Iglesias Evangélicas Mennonitas (Fraternity of Evangelical Mennonite Churches of Nicaragua). Before 1979, when the Sandinista revolution overthrew the Somoza government, missionaries served on the Concilio Nacional. The Fraternidad de las Iglesias Evangélicas Mennonitas de Nicaragua is an autonomous church, working in partnership with the Board of Missions. In 1987 the conference was served by a monthly magazine, El Mensajero (The Messenger), published by Evangelical Mennonite Conference missionaries in El Paso, TX.
The conference administered programs in community development, leadership training, and Christian education. It also operated bookstores. A camp and retreat center facilitated the church's training program. The public health program, which opened a number of communities to evangelism and church planting, was administered by the church and mission from 1974 to 1981. Theological training has been emphasized by the Fraternidad. Students have been and are receiving training in Bible schools in Managua and the United States, in theological education by extension, and in SEMILLA, an inter Mennonite seminary in Central America (Consulta Anabaptista Menonita Centroamericana). The conference was a founding member of SEMILLA.
According to the 1986 report of the Concilio Nacional, the conference had six locally organized congregations and eight unorganized preaching points, with an active baptized membership of 290. The church continues to seek to reach new areas and plant new churches. In 2003 there were 28 congregations with 1200 members.
Kraybill, Paul N.,ed. Mennonite World Handbook. Lombard, IL: Mennonite World Conference, 1978: 233-35;
Mennonite World Handbook Supplement. Strasbourg, France, and Lombard, IL: Mennonite World Conference, 1984: 89.
Mennonite World Conference. "MWC - 2003 Caribbean, Central & South America Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches." Accessed 23 January 2006. <http://www.mwc-cmm.org/Directory/carcsam.html>.
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Klassen, Henry. "Fraternidad de Iglesias Evangélicas Menonitas de Nicaragua." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1987. Web. 26 Oct 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Fraternidad_de_Iglesias_Evang%C3%A9licas_Menonitas_de_Nicaragua&oldid=87556.
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Klassen, Henry. (1987). Fraternidad de Iglesias Evangélicas Menonitas de Nicaragua. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 26 October 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Fraternidad_de_Iglesias_Evang%C3%A9licas_Menonitas_de_Nicaragua&oldid=87556.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 5, p. 311. All rights reserved.
©1996-2020 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.


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Students accused of vandalizing Milford schools
Six juveniles face 23 charges
Six students are accused of causing thousands of dollars in damage at two Milford schools.
Miami Township police said the students, all juveniles, set fires, damaged cars and buildings at Milford Junior High and Milford Senior High and the surrounding sports fields on Nov. 10, 20 and 22.
Officials said the damage estimates equal several thousand dollars.
The juveniles were arrested recently and face eight felony and 15 misdemeanor charges between them, ranging from breaking and entering to criminal mischief.
"The crimes committed were senseless. During our interviews, none of the perpetrators mentioned any ill will toward the school," Principal Mark Lutz said in a news release. "It seems that they felt like it was just something to do."
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It's been more than 16 years since a flood swept through the homes of Spencenia Sims and her neighbors in East Palo Alto, and the day rarely strays far from their minds come winter time.
After the flood in February 1998, Sims's house was one of about 1,700 in East Palo Alto, Palo Alto and Menlo Park to suffer water damage after San Francisquito Creek overflowed in the largest ever recorded spill. She was displaced for three months. In December 2012, a smaller flood forced her out of her home for the night.
Sims was one of more than 60 residents from the three cities who brought their passionate, frustrated and at times angry pleas on Wednesday to a meeting of a state agency that some have blamed for standing in the way of an urgently needed solution. The San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority, which includes elected officials from the three cities and two counties on either side of the creek, has been trying for more than a year to get a permit from the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board so that it can begin widening levees, building flood walls and restoring marshlands as part of the long-planned flood-control effort. In March, staff from the water board rejected the creek authority's permit requests and requested more information and design modifications. The creek authority reapplied on July 31.
During a long and emotional meeting in Oakland, dozens of residents, elected leaders and senior staff from the three cities appealed to the board to approve the project, which aims to protect the particularly flood-prone area in the downstream section of the watershed.
"We are asking you to help us," Sims told the board. "We need your help."
Dennis Parker, who lives in the Gardens neighborhood of East Palo Alto and was one of many attendees to wear "Permit our Project" buttons to Wednesday's meeting, echoed her plea.
"We are here to put a human face on something that might seen like a engineering project or a wildlife project," Parker said. "There are human beings here at risk.
"We're here to look you in the eye and let you know that we need help and we need it soon. We need for everyone involved in this thing to move the project forward with a deliberate speed."
In rejecting the project in March, the water board asked for a host of new information, including a broad request for "a complete set of technical reports and corresponding data." It also called for the city to re-examine alternatives that had already been analyzed and discarded, including one that would use land at the Palo Alto Airport. The board also raised flags about a proposal to lower levees near the marshy Faber Tract, a habitat for two endangered species, the clapper rail and the salt marsh harvest mouse. In its revised application, the creek authority leaves the levees intact in most places and raises them in one section.
The Wednesday hearing was designated as a "workshop," so no vote took place. The only decision that the water board made was to affirm the authority of Executive Officer Bruce Wolfe to make a ruling on the application. The board's other option was to reserve the approval authority for itself.
The vast majority of the meeting was comprised of public testimony and staff presentations from the water board and creek authority. Len Materman, executive director of the creek authority, recapped the project's long timeline, which traces back to the 1998 flood and included extensive cooperation between the three cities and the gradual winnowing down of design alternatives from nine to one.
Action is needed now, Materman told the water board, to ensure funding is not jeopardized from the state and that work is completed between the 2016-2017 rain season. Delaying the permit "prolongs the known risk to life and property," Materman added, and also means polluted water will continue to flow into Faber Tract.
"There's too much urgency here," Materman said. "We've got to get going on this."
Mayors and council members from the three communities also addressed the board. Palo Alto Councilman Pat Burt noted that the water board didn't make its concerns known during the environmental-analysis project for the project. Menlo Park Councilwoman Kirsten Keith said the cities have already lost one construction season because of the permitting delay and called the project a "very serious matter for us." East Palo Alto Councilman Ruben Abrica -- who, like Burt and Keith, serves on the creek authority's board of directors -- called the permitting process a "nightmarish situation."
"Just like you have a responsibility to protect the waters of the state, I ask: Who protects people from flooding? No one really does. The federal government doesn't. The state government doesn't," Abrica said.
The five communities have made a commitment, he said, to protect each other from floods and they have stuck together over the course of the long planing process.
"Now we're poised to really do something and we'd really appreciate your support," Abrica said.
East Palo Alto Mayor Laura Martinez called the project "critical to the health and safety of our community."
"Flooding has cost our city and residents too much ... We must construct a flood-control project to protect our city and our vulnerable residents," she said.
Among the angriest speakers was Palo Alto City Manager James Keene, who lashed out at water board staff for making the permitting process longer and more difficult than it reasonably should have been.
He said he was disappointed by the behavior of water board staff, who he accused of excluding the creek authority from stakeholder meetings; exceeding authority and "continuing to promote project alternatives that are off the table because they're not practicable, necessary or possible." One staff member, he said, has been "acting more like an activist and not a regulator, a citizen and not a professional staff person."
"It's my belief this project will never be permitted as long as this staff behavior continues on this project," Keene said.
John Doughty, an East Palo Alto community developer, also spoke passionately about his city's recent flood history. He recalled responding to the flooded homes, including Sims', in December 2012. He described the experience as "very, very scary." While acknowledging the board's concerns, he maintained that the project would enhance the environment.
"Any statement to say that we didn't follow the right process or go through a good process over the last decade is frustrating and something we don't find acceptable as the JPA, as a city, as residents," he added.
Wednesday's meeting was a rare opportunity for the board to consider a project that so far has been reviewed exclusively at staff level. After hearing from the speakers, all five board members said they would like to see the project move forward quickly. Several stressed, however, that their responsibility is to make sure the project doesn't have a negative impact on water quality.
"Although we really care about people and we want everyone to be safe and sound and protected, our mandate is to protect the waters of the state," board member Newsha Ajami said. "We need to make sure we follow the law and think abut these permits in a way that impacts the waters of the state. That is within our limits."
She also said the board "doesn't appreciate making this personal."
"This is a professional matter and we need to deal with this in a professional manner."
Board member Jim McGrath also said he didn't appreciate speakers making the issue "personal" and argued that it's unfair to blame the delays entirely on environmental issues. Funding, he said, was the big concern for many years.
"I'm sure that there will eventually be approval of this board," McGrath said. "I think we all sense the urgency."
McGrath said he has "an interest in a resolution that is as quick as possible."
Board members Margaret Abe-Koga and William Kissinger both concurred.
But Chair Terry Young stressed that the board cannot simply approve the project "at any cost."
"I'd love it if all the pieces can fall into place and if he (Executive Officer Bruce Wolfe) can do that at earliest possible date," Young said. "But we cannot rush to judgment if facts come to bear, or if one of the agencies brings something up."


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I have immense pleasure in announcing the new version of HMG.
In deed, this version has a radical change of almost all the source code files. Thanks to Claudio Soto, now most of the compiler warnings are vanished. Mass cleaning up of code helps to optimize the library, I think.
Again thanks to Claudio, HMG_HPDF is now complete, as you can include in the PDF any image (jpg or png) from resource also.
HMG 3.0.46 (2012-11-06) can be downloaded from here (40.70 MB)
Alternatively you can download from sourceforge.net too.
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- Desktop Make Shortcut for file/dir and URLs in HFCL. See sample at hfcl/samples/makeshortcut folder. (Contributed by B.P Dave and Esgici)
- buildalllib.bat in the base directory to build all the libraries including hmg, hfcl, hmgsqlbridges, crypt, edit, editex, ini, graph, report etc with a single call.
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(Reuters) - Spectators injured when they were hit by wreckage from a crash at a NASCAR race on Saturday face a significant obstacle if they want to pursue injury lawsuits against Daytona International Speedway, its owner and the sport's governing body NASCAR: the fine print on their tickets.
Lawyers say that in the event of litigation arising from the pile-up at a second-tier Nationwide race, NASCAR (the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), Daytona speedway and its owner, International Speedway Corporation, would likely point to the disclaimers displayed on auto-racing tickets, which are designed to inform buyers of potential dangers and waive any personal injury liability.
Spokespeople for Daytona International Speedway, International Speedway Corporation and NASCAR did not respond to requests for comment for this story.
About 30 spectators were injured when the crash propelled debris, including at least one tire, through and over the fence meant to protect the crowd. Two spectators who were originally listed as critical on Saturday were described as in stable condition on Sunday. Others were either in stable condition in hospital or had been treated and released.
The disclaimer on a Daytona ticket says: "The holder of this ticket expressly assumes all risk incident to the event, whether occurring prior to, during or subsequent to the actual event, and agrees that all participants, sanctioning bodies, and all employees, agents, officers, and directors of Daytona International Speedway, its affiliates and subsidiaries, are hereby released from any and all claims arising from the event, including claims of negligence."
It has become common practice for sports businesses to place the disclaimers on the back of ticket stubs for admission to a variety of venues, such as ski resorts, hockey arenas and baseball fields, lawyers said.
Lee Kaplan, a trial lawyer who has defended Chrysler Group and Toyota Motor Corporation in product liability cases, said he felt the language in the Daytona disclaimer should be enough to cover possible claims arising from the Daytona crash. He said spectators understand the risk they are taking by buying a Daytona ticket.
"They are held to the knowledge that racing is inherently dangerous and spectators can be injured," said Kaplan, a Houston lawyer, noting that the word "risk" in the disclaimer captures that sentiment.
But one question that might arise could be whether the disclaimers are enough to offset any questions about whether the organizers provided strong enough fencing and appropriate seating arrangements to keep fans safe from danger, personal injury lawyers said.
If it were proven that Daytona knew that the fans were in harm's way and opted against taking action such as changing the fans' seating arrangement or setting more distance between the safety fence and the track, then potential injury claims were more likely to supersede any so-called "buyer beware" ticket disclaimer, Dan Kirschner, a Chicago personal injury lawyer.
Oakland-based attorney Bob Eassa, who has defended the Oakland Raiders in a variety of personal injury lawsuits by NFL players, said the disclaimer only covers "normal risk" and that the notice cannot remove claims of negligence if the company were proven to have acted inappropriately.
He said other legal claims that a ticket disclaimer would not waive are related to product liability. The injured could claim, for instance, that International Speedway Corp and the construction company it used to make the safety fence did not use strong enough materials to prevent debris from flying into the stands and injuring spectators.
"You're attacking the fact that they didn't do it right," Eassa said.
By Monday morning, there were no reports of lawsuits being filed over the crash.
Saturday's wreck happened after driver Regan Smith, who was leading the race, attempted to block another driver as they were nearing the checkered flag in the final lap of the race and hit the other car, a report on NASCAR.com said. This led to a pile up that sent driver Kyle Larson's car airborne and ripped out its engine, sending the debris into the crowd. He walked away from the wreckage unhurt.
NASCAR has required tracks to have $50 million in insurance to cover spectator injuries, money that would be used to cover lawsuits against it, according to SEC filings.
International Speedway Corp has rarely defended itself in public lawsuits against NASCAR fans over personal injury claims arising from accidents at its racetracks.
Recent accidents at NASCAR racetracks include last year's lightning strike at Pocono Raceway, which killed one fan and injured nine others, and a 2009 crash at Talladega Superspeedway when a car hit the catch fence and flying car debris flew through the fence and broke an 18-year-old's jaw.
No disclosures of any lawsuits related to either instance could be found in International Speedway Corp's SEC filings, nor any other personal injury claim over the past three years. An online and federal court search of the Pocono and Talladega incidents didn't turn anything up either.
Justin Reiff, an expert in amusement park litigation, said that large companies at risk of injury lawsuits typically quash personal injury claims by offering victims a large, upfront confidential settlement before they file a public lawsuit.


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September 14, 2020Reviewer: Nancy in Illinois* Nothing better than Duncan Hines!
April 28, 2020Reviewer: Barbara in Florida* This stuff is really good! Low cal, low sugar and taste great.This review is specific to No Sugar Added Pie Filling & Topping, Apple
August 24, 2019Reviewer: Crystal in Florida* Excellent taste, low carb n sugar. Husband could not tell the difference when I made apple cobbler and it was so easy to make....This review is specific to No Sugar Added Pie Filling & Topping, Apple
October 15, 2018Reviewer: M M in Virginia* I really love cherries, and when they're not in season, the Cherry flavor of this pie filling makes a reasonable substitute. I don't make it as a pie but eat it as dessert. Like the fact that it isn't high in calories. Would give it a 5-star rating if it were a little less sweet.This review is specific to No Sugar Added Pie Filling & Topping, Cherry
August 29, 2017Reviewer: laura in Illinois* An awesome product to assist our Low Carb Lifestyle!
August 25, 2017Reviewer: laura in Illinois* My Hubby & I LOVE this as well as the SF Cherry! I make a sugar free bake in an 8x8 & it's fabulous!
February 19, 2017Reviewer: Cinthia in Washington* Can't tell the difference from the sugar loaded one!This review is specific to No Sugar Added Pie Filling & Topping, Cherry
June 17, 2013Reviewer: brenda in Illinois* I tried the apple and the cherry, they are so good, bought some for my mom as she is diabetic. Loved them both, keep coming back for more.This review is specific to No Sugar Added Pie Filling & Topping, Apple
1 of 1 people found the following review helpfulNovember 25, 2012Reviewer: A customer in California* This stuff is delicious. I'm only an occasional dieter - maybe once a year for a month or so to keep everything in order, but I now use these whenever I would use normal pie filling.
The cherry is delicious and tastes identical to the sugar versions - it has a lovely sweetish tart flavor - if it's not sweet enough for you add a bit of splenda (or your preferred sweetener) and it's perfect. I've baked turnovers, pies, put it on cheesecake and waffles, but my most common use is as topping on greek yogurt. Honestly, I've eaten it straight from the can :-) Super yum!
I'm not generally partial to canned apple pie filling (with or without sugar), as most have nutmeg and I can't stand nutmeg. But this has no nutmeg (unlike the Lucky's one sold here) and tastes awesome! I personally prefer to add a bit more cinnamon (but I love a lot of cinnamon in anything that takes cinnamon, like rice pudding) and a bit of liquid splenda or honey, but it's great on its own too. I really like it on pancakes, in crepes, with cottage cheese and once again with greek yogurt.
Honestly try it and you'll never buy regular filling again.
March 06, 2012Reviewer: B in Oklahoma* I'm ordering again. I've used the Cherry with low carb cheesecake and recently even baked a cherry pie that was so good. I shared it with friends and it was gone in a flash. I love that it tastes so decadent without a load of sugar. The crust is a bit of a splurge but I'm going to try some crisps as some of the other reviews have recommended. The apple is okay but needs some cinnamon or something to spice it up a bit. I'm just partial to the Cherry.
November 20, 2010Reviewer: Carolyn in California* By now I must have purchased a case worth. These are soooo good. Lots of fruit and not overly sweet just right. Being diabetic one almost has to watch Carbs,Fats and Cholesterol course sugar also. Great as a pie,side dish or spread on toast. Either way they are good, both the Apple and Cherry. Yummy good with a very natural flavor to them. For sure I'll keep buying more from Netrition and I'm sure you will also.
July 27, 2010Reviewer: Cindy in Florida* Absolutely the best!! I use it daily with either fresh fruit, cottage cheese, or yogurt. The apples are also great warmed with cinnamon!This review is specific to No Sugar Added Pie Filling & Topping, Cherry
July 24, 2009Reviewer: Mary Beth in California* Love it! Use with Splenda Brown Sugar , a little Lemon Time and its good for "pie" or Sugar Free Ice Cream topping.This review is specific to No Sugar Added Pie Filling & Topping, Apple
2 of 2 people found the following review helpfulDecember 07, 2008Reviewer: Barry in Washington* This pie filling, combined with non-fat Greek style yogurt, could be the perfect dessert. I like the great cherry pie taste (lots of cherries!) and no added sugar. It's sweetened with sucralose (Splenda). Only 35 calories in 1/3 cup, which is too much to use for my little dessert. A couple tablespoons will easily flavor the yogurt. I use Greek style yogurt because it's higher in protein (about 20 grams per 8 ounces!!) and it's nice and thick so you get good texture. Just scoop some pie filling, stir into yogurt, add walnuts and you've got great protein, some good fat and no added sugar. A huge find for a sweet tooth guy like me! Apple is good too. I buy 2 cans of each at a time.This review is specific to No Sugar Added Pie Filling & Topping, Cherry
October 03, 2008Reviewer: Jane in Pennsylvania* It is wonderful that Comstock has a no sugar added product. I use both the Apple and Cherry Pie fillings and they are very good.This review is specific to No Sugar Added Pie Filling & Topping, Apple
1 of 1 people found the following review helpfulJuly 13, 2008Reviewer: A customer in California* This is a wonderful product. I added it to Pillsbury reduced sugar yellow cake mix and made an apple crisp. DELICIOUS!
July 11, 2008Reviewer: MARGARET in New York* Being a diabetic, I'm always on the lookout for Splenda only sweetened products. This product fits in well with my diet. It is chockfull of fruit and not overly sweet. I dearly love cherries, so the cherry product is my absolute favorite. A portion of this with a dollop of sugar free whipped topping is heavenly. I'm sure its just as delicious in a crust.This review is specific to No Sugar Added Pie Filling & Topping, Cherry
July 10, 2008Reviewer: Terry in Pennsylvania* I am looking forward to trying the cherry some year !!! Right now the hubby is Soo happy to be eating apple pie again, he has not wanted to try the other one !!!YET!This review is specific to No Sugar Added Pie Filling & Topping, Apple
April 23, 2008Reviewer: Donna in California* This stuff is great! A spoonful on top of no-bake cheesecake is wonderful. To make it mix till smooth in one bowl: 8 oz cream cheese (slightly above room temp), 1 Tbspn lemon juice. Then in another bowl whip: 8 oz whipping cream, 1/8 t salt, 2 t vanilla, 16 drops sweetzfree. Then mix together, dump into clean plastic bag, cut off one corner and squeeze out neatly into plastic storage cups. Store in frig. At serving time top with generous spoonful of the cherry topping. Store the remaining topping in another plastic bowl (not in the tin or it starts to taste funny).This review is specific to No Sugar Added Pie Filling & Topping, Cherry
4 of 4 people found the following review helpfulMarch 04, 2008Reviewer: Jessica in California* I would recommend this product, but with a warning. They used too much Splenda. I have only tried the cherry filling so far, and while it was really nice to have Comstock cherries again (my favorite!) I could not get over how much Splenda was used in the product. Most fruit stuff is fine with only a little, so I'm not sure why companies feel the need to match sweetness to the regular products. Anyway, I will probably try the apple to see if it is any better, but the cherry might only be good minimally as a topping, for low-carb cheesecake or pancakes.This review is specific to No Sugar Added Pie Filling & Topping, Cherry
March 01, 2008Reviewer: Rebecca in California* Love the cherry pie filling and am going to try the apple this time.This review is specific to No Sugar Added Pie Filling & Topping, Cherry
January 09, 2008Reviewer: Carol in Pennsylvania* Just used this product last night with Carb Quick as a topping. I can't believe how many cherries are in this pie filling. It is not too sweet. I love this product. I can see making low carb crepes, and use this filling. I can't wait to try other recipes using Comstock Pie Filling.This review is specific to No Sugar Added Pie Filling & Topping, Cherry
5 of 5 people found the following review helpfulDecember 21, 2007Reviewer: Betsy in North Carolina* "Crepes" & turnovers are easy! We use low-carb wraps of almost ANY kind to design our own oven-heated/baked desserts since we don't eat traditional pie crusts. Could probably make fried turnovers if you can "seal" edges with an egg-whites wash (bake a bit 1st, then fry.) Add butter spritz, cinnamon & Splenda on outside, or Joseph's brand s-f pancake syrup (VERY thick! THE BEST without question, in our opinions). Or top ice cream or low-carb, high-fiber toast with filling, drizzle with s-f choc. syrup, add roasted pecan bits, whipped cream, etc. DELICIOUS possibilities! DEF. try with CarbQuick bake mix (w. melted butter, Splenda.)for true baked apple or cherry crumble. Google "Bisquick Apple Crumble" for adaptable ideas. Crush blueberries, raspberries, etc. in for extra nutrition & variety. THE THICKENING agents in Comstock can withstand most other added fruits. DELICIOUS!


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Admiral Kitten will take on familiar foes Stormy Len, Jack Milton, and War Dancer when he aims for his second Grade 1 win in the $500,000 Jamaica Handicap on Saturday at Belmont Park.
The Jamaica, a 1 1/8-mile turf race for 3-year-olds, attracted 13 entries and 12 betting interests, with Admiral Kitten coupled in the wagering with Get In Line. It was carded as the 8th race with a 4:40 p.m. scheduled post time and precedes the Grade 1 Frizette and Grade 1 Foxwoods Champagne.
From April through July, Admiral Kitten finished second in four straight races: an allowance at Keeneland, the Grade 2 American Turf at Churchill Downs, and the Grade 3 Arlington Classic and Grade 3 American Derby at Arlington Park.
Admiral Kitten picked a good spot to post a breakthrough win, sustaining a steady run from 10th to win the Secretariat by 1 ¼ lengths on August 17, one of two Grade 1 wins that day at Arlington for owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey, who also took the Arlington Million with Real Solution.
Mike Maker trains both Admiral Kitten and his entry-mate Get In Line, who was claimed for $50,000 out of a fifth-place finish in May at Churchill Downs. The front-runner enters the Jamaica off a fifth in an off-the-turf edition of the Grade 3 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame on August 9 at Saratoga.
Rosie Napravnik will ride Admiral Kitten from post 4, with David Cohen set to ride Get In Line from post 11. The entry was tabbed as the 7-2 morning line favorite.
Stormy Len and Jack Milton, second and third, respectively, in the Secretariat, will try to turn the tables on Admiral Kitten in the Jamaica.
Trained by David Donk for Leonard Leveen and Michael P. Shanley, Stormy Len has made an additional start since the Secretariat, finishing third, beaten one length, against older horses in the Grade 1 Northern Dancer on September 15 at Woodbine. He was third by a head in the American Derby prior to the Secretariat.
"I've always felt he was going to make a better 4-year-old than a 3-year-old," said Donk of Stormy Len. "I'm really happy with the progress he's made since early summer. Last time, it was a lot to ask of him to race a mile and a half against older horses. He was little bit rank because the pace was so slow, so it turned out to be a really good effort. There's still a maturity he needs to reach, but it's a big field and there should be pace in the race. He stands as good of a chance as anybody."
Alex Solis, aboard Stormy Len in the American Derby and Secretariat, will be back aboard the colt on Saturday. Stormy Len drew post 7 and was installed at 8-1 on the morning line.
Gary Barber's Jack Milton, winner of the Grade 3 Transylvania in April at Keeneland, finished 2 ½ lengths behind Admiral Kitten in the Secretariat. He also was third in the Penn Mile in June and in the Grade 2 Virginia Derby in July.
Todd Pletcher trains both Jack Milton and New York-bred Notacatbutallama, who has won five stakes, including three at Belmont. Notacatbutallama captured Belmont's Grade 3 Hill Prince in June and the Solar Splendor overnight stakes in July, then added a win in the Grade 3 Hall of Fame in the slop at Saratoga in August. In his most recent start, the Repole Stable color-bearer was second to Jamaica entrant Five Iron in the Grade 3 Saranac on September 1 at the Spa.
"Both horses are very consistent and always run well," said Pletcher of Jack Milton and Notacatbutallama. "In turf racing you need a good trip, and, hopefully, we can maneuver one of those in a full field. A mile and an eighth is a little bit of a tricky race from a position standpoint. The 'Llama' has run well here on numerous occasions. Jack Milton has not [raced at Belmont], but he has run well at Gulfstream and Keeneland and Arlington and Virginia, so he doesn't seem to be particular about his courses. I think both would benefit from a legitimate pace."
Jose Lezcano has the call aboard Jack Milton, 6-1, from post 5. Notacatbutallama, 8-1, will depart from post 13 with Javier Castellano in the irons.
Magdalena Racing and Diamond M Stable's War Dancer got up to win the Grade 2 Virginia Derby by a head in July at Colonial Downs, then was sixth when switched to the dirt for the Grade 1 Travers on August 24 at Saratoga Race Course. He received a Beyer Speed Figure of 98 for his Travers performance, four points higher than his previous best, achieved on the turf in the Virginia Derby.
Prior to the Virginia Derby, War Dancer was third behind Noble Tune and Admiral Kitten in the Grade 2 American Turf in May at Churchill and second in the Centaur in June at Indiana Downs.
"We were confident he'd run well in the Travers, and it doesn't surprise me he ran his best number in that race," said trainer Ken McPeek. "If the race had set up a little better for him, he might have finished better. We could have run in the Secretariat at Arlington or stayed in New York for the Travers, and we felt like he deserved a chance to run on the dirt. The timing of the Jamaica makes it a really good next spot for us, but we're not opposed to taking him back to the dirt at some point."
Junior Alvarado will ride War Dancer, the 4-1 morning-line second choice, from post 1.
The 5-1 third choice on the morning line is Balance the Books, who garnered the Stroll overnight stakes by a neck on August 14 at Saratoga. It was his first win in four starts so far in 2013. As a 2-year-old, Balance the Books won the Grade 2 With Anticipation and Grade 3 Bourbon, and was third in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
"[The Jamaica is] obviously a really tough race. We'll just take our shot in there," said Chad Brown, who trains Balance the Books for Klaravich Stables and William H. Lawrence. "The distance of the race looks right for us, and he's in good health and is training well. [In the Stroll] he found himself closer off a slow pace, and he still kicked. He obviously needs to step up and come with a career-best race to make an impact on this field, but he certainly is capable of it. It looked like he had a big 3-year-old year ahead of him, and he got sidetracked in the first part of the year. I'm hoping he's rounding back into the form he had going into the Breeders' Cup last year."
The field includes four other stakes winners: Five Iron, Joha, Michael With Us, and Up With the Birds. Mills and Global Asset complete the field.


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With hope of having better luck this year, Gov. Martin O'Malley went before the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday to pitch his plan for boosting offshore wind energy projects off Maryland's coast.
Appearing more than 20 mintues late, the governor urged the panel to act on his bill, which he said would help fight climate change, stimulate clean energy and make Maryland the hub of a new renewable industry.
"This legislation is important to our energy future, to our jobs future and therefore important to our children's future," he said.
He predicted construction of wind turbines 10 to 30 miles off Ocean City would support 850 temporary jobs and 160 permanent ones. The bill would require electricity ratepayers to subsidize a 200-megawatt wind facility, but O'Malley stressed that the bill sets a "very narrow strike zone" for the size of that subsidy, limiting costs to residential ratepayers to no more than $1.50 a month. The governor also noted that the bill calls for a $10 million fund to be used to encourage participation in the project by minority contractors and businesses.
A similar bill failed to make it out of the Finance Committee last year, but the membership has been juggled so that it's considered likely to make it to the full Senate, where supporters believe they have enough votes to pass it. The House has previously approved offshore wind legislation.
Whether any turbines get built off Maryland's coast if the legislation passes is an open question, however, as low natural gas prices and uncertainty about lucrative federal tax credits could affect prospects for any projects to move forward. The federal Department of the Interior is expected to move ahead with leasing sites off Maryland's coast later this year.
Before the hearing began, environmentalists and wind energy advocates rallied in Lawyer's Mall at the State House, where they heard from Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, who's signaled his support.


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An old tractor stands idle in a field in Georgia. The ol;d farmhouse in the middle distance is abandoned and there are small butterflies fluttering around the grasses. This original egg tempera painting is on birch panel and represents the condition of much of the farmland in Georgia. Quiet, peaceful and serene. Many of the farm houses have been abandoned for life in the city or a subdivision.
I was raised on a farm in rural Pennsylvania and whenever I got the chance, I drew and eventually painted. I started learning advanced art techniques in the mid 1960's under Pennsylvania artist Andrew Palencar. He had a mastery of old masters' styles and took the time with a few of his serious art students to help us develop our skill levels. In the 70's I studied painting and illustration techniques under popular animal artists Robert C. Kray and George Luther Schelling. I won 1st place in oils and acrylics for a train painting in the US Navy-wide Juried Art Show in Norfolk VA in 1974 and later was selected to develop murals related to the National Bicentennial in Luzerne County, PA. In the 70's, I received many commissions for portraits...
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Irreverent comedian and bad-girl author Chelsea Handler has turned her popular memoir, "Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea," into a new sitcom that makes its debut tonight. The NBC series, "Are You There, Chelsea?" stars Laura Prepon as Handler, while Handler plays the older sister – who is reportedly based on her real sister Simone, according to People.
A review in the Los Angeles Times said the show "takes the intemperate habits that were long the province of the crazy sidekick and gives them to the lead. The flip side of this emancipation — ewomancipation? — is comedy that seems to celebrate binge drinking and its attendant unintended consequences. ... Much of the rest of what I've seen settles for shooting off rounds of bad and better jokes at the Gatling-gun pace of three-camera comedy. But there is room to hope."
For those keeping score (and Handler certainly does) her other books include "My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands" and "Chelsea, Chelsea Bang Bang." Do you see a pattern emerging here?


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Autopsy reveals JJ's explosion victim died from burns
Feb. 19 blast injured 15 others
Autopsy results for a woman killed in an explosion and fire at JJ's restaurant near the Plaza were released on Friday.
The Jackson County Medical Examiner's Office said Megan J. Cramer, 46, died from a "thermal burn injury."
Cramer worked at the restaurant.
The Feb. 19 blast injured 15 other people.
Workers with Heartland Midwest had been doing underground work near the restaurant on the day of the explosion. Investigators suspected the equipment caused a rupture in a gas line, though the company disputes that.
A separate investigation into the gas line breach is currently under way.
People in the area reported smelling natural gas shortly about an hour before the explosion. Within 20 minutes, a worker for Missouri Gas Energy arrived at the scene, followed later by a backhoe to dig a hole that would allow the gas to vent into the air, MGE Chief Operating Officer Rob Hack said.
Crews recommended that the restaurant close for the night. Customers left, but employees stayed behind to do wrap-up work.
Investigators said restaurant employees were told to extinguish all candles and turn off the stove and water heater. Employees said they had not yet turned off the pilot lights for the stove and water heater.
Firefighters said they left the scene in the hands of Missouri Gas Energy teams.
About 6 p.m., something inside the restaurant's kitchen ignited the vapors.


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Site work is well under way for Moravian Academy's Health and Wellness Center, a $10 million athletic facility for the academy's middle school in Bethlehem Township near Route 22.
Serfass Construction Company of Allentown started the project at the beginning of November and should finish building it by next summer, said Vice President Kevin Serfass.
His company is doing site work and construction, which includes stormwater management, building foundations and paving, said Serfass. The mechanical, electrical and plumbing trades for Moravian's center include Broc Mechanical of South Whitehall for plumbing; JBM Mechanical Inc. of Nazareth for HVAC and Diefenderfer Electric Contractors of Allentown for electric.
The 40,000-square-foot building will include locker rooms, space for health classes, a weight room, a wood court and a rubber court, said Serfass.
Serfass said the project is unique since few buildings of this type are designed for LEED certification, with the goal of achieving the Silver designation from the U.S. Green Building Council. The project would include recycled building materials and specific energy efficient fixtures, said Serfass.
Voith and Mactavish Architects LLP of Philadelphia and Design Lab of Boston served as the architects for the project, he added.


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Article first published in the Newsletter of the Parliament of the World's Religions
According to the Abrahamic traditions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Baha'i Faith, the universe itself was spoken into being. This offers a fitting metaphor for the promise of interreligious dialogue, the promise of a new creation. Like the speaking into being of the universe, for interreligious dialogue to fulfill this promise requires attention to detail. We must be attentive not only to what we are dialoguing about but who is engaged in the dialogue.
This may appear self evident, but ask yourself how many interreligious dialogues you have participated in where race is not discussed even in societal contexts rife with racial conflict and oppression? The silence can indeed be deafening. Can there truly be a full and rich exchange across faiths if the meanings people are making of race and the spiritual resources they draw on to combat racism aren't being discussed? For example, when I participate in an interreligious dialogue, I am never only participating as a Baha'i, but as a Black, male, Baha'i living in the United States. Understanding my faith requires understanding how it is embodied in my experience of being a Black man in America.
For example, I have been invited to interreligious dialogue where participants would walk away having learned a great deal about the life and mission of Baha'u'llah (1817-1892) the Founder of the Baha'i Faith. They may have heard about Baha'i laws and spiritual practices. They most certainly would have heard something regarding Baha'i teachings about social justice. What they may not have heard is that Baha'u'llah compared Black people to the pupil of the eye which is "dark in color but a fountain of light and revealer of the…world." They may not grasp the impact of this metaphor, which subverts centuries of propaganda making darkness an undesirable trait, on my healing from internalized racial inferiority. They might miss the contribution that the multi-racial, international community Baha'u'llah has raised up has had on the salvation of Black men like me. To offer one example, in 2006 I was welcomed along with thirty-one other Black men from the United States to the Baha'i World Center, located in Haifa, Israel. Our recent services, collaborating with Baha'is in Ghana in the process of community-building, were graciously recognized. Men, whom at home were so often the objects of fear and loathing were celebrated like heroes by people from virtually every nation on earth. It was a taste of heaven I will not soon forget. For me to engage in interreligious dialogue and fail to share such intersections of faith and race represent missed opportunities. Others may fail to appreciate an essential aspect of Baha'i teaching and practice. More importantly, they may miss the chance to engage in a dialogue about the role religion can play in freeing humanity from the inevitable consequences of the color line. Surely that is a dialogue worth having.
Thankfully, I've had opportunities to bring my racial reality to interreligious dialogues. One of my fondest memories of being a student at Harvard Divinity School was working with a white, male Unitarian Universalist on a series of dialogues about race and culture for students, faculty and staff. As an alumnus, I was able to participate in a panel discussion about faith-based responses to crisis among people of African Descent that included Baha'i, Muslim and Christian perspectives. These conversations deepened the theological reflection of all involved about the intersection of faith and race and were richer for it. In these conversations, I caught glimpses of the promise of interreligious dialogue, of new worlds of racial unity and justice spoken into being.
Image taken by the author while visiting the Baha'i World Center in Haifa, Israel 2006


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Product DescriptionF3 A-A Sets
Over all other first generation diesel locomotives, EMD's F-units became known as the engines that ended the steam era. Numerous railroads embraced these reliable locomotives, and as a result, the F-units were painted in some of the most famous liveries.
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KC man sentenced in barbershop slaying
Georgio White ordered to serve 20 years in prison
A Jackson County judge has sentenced a Kansas City man to serve 20 years in prison for a homicide and robbery at a barber shop.
Georgio M. White was one of two men charged in connection with the November 2011 slaying of Joe Jackson, 53. The other man, David O. Waters, 24, is scheduled to appear in court in two weeks.
According to court records, Jackson's body was found inside the barbershop in the 3400 block of Troost Avenue. Police said White injured himself when he shot Jackson and officers used blood drops to track White and Waters to a nearby apartment.
White was sentenced to serve 20 years on his second-degree murder conviction, 15 years for the attempted robbery conviction and six years each for his three convictions on charges of armed criminal actions. The judge said the sentences will run concurrently.


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There Are New Hisense Google TVs Coming Your Way
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5973650/there-are-hisense-google-tvs-coming-your-way
We knew it was coming, but today Hisense made the news official by showing off two new Google TVs.
The XT780 line comes in 55-inch and 65-inch models. With these two TVs you get access to an array of Google products like Chrome, search, YouTube, Google Play, etc., as well as other services you'd want on your tube like Netflix and Pandora. It also might solve some of your TV frustrations, with a double-sided remote that includes a full keyboard. On top of that, these televisions want you to multi-task, because you're going to be doing that anyway—it has a multi-screen feature so you can troll Facebook while say, watching Dexter. Not that you need anymore encouragement to do that.
Hisense also served up a glasses-free 3DTV, as well as some incremental updates to its regular old smart TVs, which aren't really all that exciting. But Hisense is doing some interesting things and is a relatively new player in the U.S. market, and it has our attention.


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Master of Science in Healthcare Quality, Safety & Information Technology
The QSIT program is no longer available.
Health care quality, safety and information technology (QSIT) program graduates will be prepared to assume leadership roles in the development, design, implementation, evaluation and sustainability of improvements in performance outcomes. In addition, these individuals may assume key roles in education, research, and public policy. Some of these roles may include directors of quality departments or other leadership roles in quality organizations, research and development scientists, health information management or privacy and security specialists.
Loyola University Chicago graduates receiving a transformative education as engaged scholars will be prepared to transform health care. Health care industry sectors demanding QSIT professionals:
- Provider organizations, including hospitals, outpatient facilities, home health organizations, and integrated delivery systems
- Quality, safety and information technology vendors, including product development and management firms (e.g., electronic medical record suppliers) as well as education and support firms
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- Formulate ethical and socially just solutions to the quality and safety problems confronting health care organizations
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Hoffman superior spy in 'A Most Wanted Man'
PARK CITY, Utah >> Philip Seymour Hoffman's new movie is a psychological thriller about terrorism, but he says it also has something to do with hitting a midlife crisis - and that's what really drew him to the role.
"The story really moved me," said Hoffman.
"A Most Wanted Man," based on John Le Carre's 2008 book, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last weekend, with Hoffman playing a German operative heading up an anti-terrorism team in Hamburg, Germany.
Hoffman recalls reading it a long time ago and being draw to "everything about it."
"There is something about that story that spoke to me about where I am now in my life, though it's not something I could really put into words," he said. "I read it and saw myself in it somehow. It's about being in the middle of your life. It's as much a story about that, than all of the other things. It's about a man really confronted with what he's passionate about pursuing and what that's done to him."
The Anton Corbijn-directed film focuses on a Chechen-Russian immigrant, Issa Karpov (Grigoriy Dobrygin), who's on the run in post-9/11 Hamburg, Germany. Hoffman, as spy Gunther Bachmann, develops Islamic sources. He believes Issa could guide him to more powerful culprits.
Taking a benevolent approach when examining the counterterrorist profession and those thought to be suspects, the film also stars Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright and Willem Dafoe.
"The story is such a tangled web and is very relevant," said McAdams, also at Sundance to promote the film. "I learned a lot about what human rights lawyers are doing in Hamburg and what a difficult position they are in. There are realities to the story that are very disturbing. Every character is dealing with moral questions. That stays with you."
After appearing in over 50 movies, 46-year-old Hoffman says working on "A Most Wanted Man" was one of the most satisfying movie-making experiences he's had.
"Far more than most films I've done," he says. "These espionage-ish stories tend to get lost and I wanted people to be surprised emotionally. Everyone was on board with making this story believable, meaningful and human."


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This article describes how to change the URLs of existing pages on your site with minimal impact on your Google Search results. Examples of this kind of site move include:
- URL changes from
- Domain name changes such as
example.netor merging multiple domains or hostnames
- URL paths changes:
example.com/widget, or
If you are making site changes without visible URL changes, start here instead.
FAQs for all site moves with URL changes
- Should I move everything together, or is it fine to move in sections?
Moving in sections is fine.
- How can I test how many pages were indexed?
Verify data for each property separately in Search Console. Use the Index Status report for a broad look, or the sitemaps indexed count on the Sitemaps report for sitemap URLs.
- How long will it take for Google to recognize my URL changes?
There are no fixed crawl frequencies; it depends on the size of your site, and the speed of crawling that's possible. The move takes place on a per-URL basis.
- Do I lose credit for links when I redirect to new URLs?
No, 301 or 302 redirects do not cause a loss in PageRank.
Migrating from HTTP–>HTTPS
- Review the best practices for HTTPS.
- Be sure to add the HTTPS property to Search Console. Search Console treats HTTP and HTTPS separately; data for these properties is not shared in Search Console. So if you have pages in both protocols, you must have a separate Search Console property for each one.
- Here are additional FAQs for migrating pages from HTTP to HTTPS:
Will this migration affect my ranking?
As with all migrations, you may experience some ranking fluctuation during a migration. However, you should also review the best practices information for HTTPS pages to avoid HTTPS-specific pitfalls.
HTTPS sites receive a small ranking boost, but don't expect a visible change. Google uses HTTPS as a positive ranking signal. This signal is one amongst many others, and currently carries less weight than high-quality site content; you should not expect a major SEO advantage for moving to HTTPS in the short term. In the longer term, Google may increase the strength of the HTTPS boost.
Is it OK to move just some pages to HTTPS?
Yes, no problem! Start with a part, test it, then move more, as you like.
If you are migrating from HTTP to HTTPS in pieces, and you want to avoid early indexing of the staged URLs, we recommend using
rel=canonical rather than redirects. If you use redirects, you won't be able to test the redirected pages.
Which certificate do I need?
For Google Search, any modern certificate that's accepted by modern browsers is acceptable.
Will I see search keywords for my HTTPS site?
This won't change with HTTPS; you can still see search queries in Search Console.
We reference our HTTP sitemaps in robots.txt. Should we update the robots.txt to include our new HTTPS sitemaps?
We recommend separate robots.txt files for HTTP and HTTPS, pointing to separate sitemap files for HTTP and HTTPS. We also recommend listing a specific URL in only one sitemap file.
Which sitemap should map the section in the HTTPS trial?
You can create a separate sitemap just for the updated section of your site. This will enable you to track indexing of the trial section more precisely. Be sure not to duplicate these URLs in any other sitemaps, though.
What URLs should our sitemaps list if we have redirects (from HTTP to HTTPS or the reverse)?
List all HTTP URLs in your HTTP sitemap, and all HTTPS URLs in your HTTPS sitemap, regardless of redirects when the user visits the page. Having pages listed in your sitemap regardless of redirects will help search engines discover the new URLs faster.
Are there any other specific things we need to add to the robots.txt for the HTTPS version?
Should we support HSTS?
HSTS increases security, but adds complexity to your rollback strategy. See HTTPS best practices for more information.
We use a single Google News sitemap for our entire site. What do we do if we're migrating our site piece by piece?
If you want to use a Google News sitemap for the new HTTPS section, you will have to contact the News team to let them know about the protocol change, and then in your HTTPS property in Search Console you can submit a new Google News sitemap as you migrate each section of your site to HTTPS.
Are there any specific recommendations for Google News Publisher Center with HTTPS migration?
Google News Publisher Center handles the HTTP->HTTPS moves transparently. In general you don't have to do anything from Google News perspective, unless you're also making use of News sitemaps. In that case, please contact the News team and let them know about the change. You can also let the team know about changing sections, for example in case you're moving to HTTPS, you can specify that you're moving http://example.com/section to https://example.com/section .
Move your site
- Review basic information about site moves. Know what to expect, and how it might affect your users and rankings. If moving from HTTP to HTTPS, review the best practices for HTTPS.
- Prepare the new site and test it thoroughly.
- Prepare a URL mapping from the current URLs to their corresponding new format.
- Start the site move by configuring the server to redirect from the old URLs to the new ones.
- Monitor the traffic on both the old and new URLs.