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In particular, I want to examine my sensual and sense-making experience of The Piano 's inaugural two shots. Although my body's attention was mobilized and concentrated throughout a film that never ceased to move or touch me in the most complex and various ways, these first two shots, at least to me, foreground the issue "at hand" (so to speak) in our engagement not only with this film, but, to varying degree, with all others. (38) These inaugural shots also foreground the ambiguity and ambivalence of touch as it has been evoked here as being and making meaning in both its literal and figurative sense. Elaborated slowly and on a primarily dark screen, the very first shot we see in The Piano seems–in visual and figural terms–an "unidentifiable" image. Carol Jacobs describes and glosses both this shot and the significant one that follows it with some precision:
Long, uneven shafts of reddish-pink light fan out across the screen, unfocused like a failed and developed color negative of translucent vessels of blood. . . .Yet it is nearly no view at all–an almost blindness, with distance so minimal between eye and object that what we see is an unrecognizable blur. . . .The image we first see is from the other side, from Ada's perspective, her fingers, liquid fingers. . . .We see Ada's fingers pierced through with sunlight, apparently from her perspective, as we hear the voice of her mind, but then, immediately thereafter, we see them from the clear perspective of the onlookers that we are, as they become matter-of-fact-objects to the lens of the camera.
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Now, as I watched The Piano 's opening moments–in that first shot, before I knew there was an Ada and before I saw her from my side of her vision (that is, before I watched her rather than her vision)–something quite extraordinary (and yet also, I would argue, quite common) happened. Despite my "almost blindness," the "unrecognizable blur," the resistance of the image to my eyes, my fingers knew what I was looking at –and this in advance of the objective "reverse" shot that followed and put those fingers in their "proper" place (that is, where they could be objectively seen rather than subjectively looked through). What I was seeing was, in fact, from the beginning, not an unrecognizable image, however blurred and indeterminate in my vision, however much my eyes could not "make it out." From the first (although I didn't "know" it until the second), my fingers comprehended that image, grasped it with a nearly imperceptible tingle of attention and anticipation and, off-screen, "felt themselves" as a potentiality in the subjective situation figured on-screen. And this before I re-cognized my carnal comprehension into the conscious thought: "Ah, those are fingers I am looking at." Indeed, initially, prior to this conscious recognition, those fingers were not understood as "those" fingers–that is, at a distance from my own and objective in their "thereness." Rather, they were first known sensually and sensibly as "these" fingers and were located ambiguously both off-screen and on–subjectively "here" as well as objectively "there," "mine" as well as the image's. Thus, it is not surprising–although it should have been given my "almost blindness" to the first shot–that the second and objective "reverse" shot of a woman peering at the world through her outspread fingers really came as no surprise. Instead, it provided a pleasurable culmination and confirmation of what my fingers–and I, reflexively if not yet reflectively informed by them–already knew.
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In response to daylighting technology, daylight harvesting systems have been developed to further reduce energy consumption. These technologies are helpful, but they do have their downfalls. Many times, rapid and frequent switching of the lights on and off can occur, particularly during unstable weather conditions or when daylight levels are changing around the switching illuminance. Not only does this disturb occupants, it can also reduce lamp life. A variation of this technology is the 'differential switching or dead-band' photoelectric control which has multiple illuminances it switches from so as not to disturb occupants as much. [9] [42]
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4) Remember: Conformity is not required: sometimes your daughter is going to want what other kids have, just because they have it. Giving in to this pressure is easy to do. Help guide your daughter to understand that being an individual is good. Encourage her to embrace her differences and even celebrate them! This will only help her as she grows up and develops a strong sense of herself, her likes and dislikes and in how she determines what she will or will not do.4) Remember: Conformity is not required:
Throughout your daughter's development, she will be pulled in lots of directions to act, think and behave in certain ways. As her parent, it is important to use your influence to help direct her towards choosing things that will promote her ability to find her best self, and fight the allure of the princess syndrome. Getting her into some "princess recovery" might be the best way to help your daughter grow into the heroine you know she can be.
I think "Princess Syndrome" is just this generation's name for narcissistic personality disorder. And its not exclusive to girls. In China and Korea, and I think in Japan too, they have what's called "The Little Emperor" syndrome that occurs in male children for the same reasons: being treated like you're a mini-god or goddess who can do no wrong from babyhood on. Its a pretty horrible thing to do to a child, really: making the child think that everyone will defer and cater to them their whole life because they are so magnificent and superior to others that they deserve special, preferential treatment.
The real world comes crashing down on Little Emperors and Little Princesses who discover to their dismay that nobody will fawn on them, cater to them, give them preferential treatment or defer to them outside their immediate family. (Unless they are super-mega rich or astonishingly good looking, or both. That's the way our culture works.)
There is a world of difference between healthy self-esteem and narcissism or narcissistic personality disorder, and inflicting narcissism on a child is just unconscionable, in my opinion. Its child abuse, and the parents need to be called on the carpet and reamed out for creating yet another narcissist. Like we don't have enough of them already.
Actually Annie, you are not completely right. Little Princesses who grow up still get treated (to a certain extent) like they are oh so special by the government, the media, the justice system, and by a bunch of beta white knights either in person, or through social media. They continue to feed off this for the rest of their life, although it gets harder and harder the older (and less attractive) they get.
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Twelve Goffstown High School seniors will travel to Florida during April vacation to participate in a Habitat for Humanity building project. Pictured are, front row (from left): Nicole Tremblay, Leslie Stamp, Shayla Fontaine and Stasia Swiadas; back Row (from left), Jacob Mount, Riley Ellis, Tyler Gagnon, Robert White, Samuel Carbonneau, Aleksander Holm, Nathan Hoffman. Missing from photo: Abby Hines. (Courtesy)
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GOFFSTOWN - For some Goffstown High students, a research project on the topic of poverty in America spurred them to action. Twelve seniors in Jennifer Beauchemin's English class and three chaperones will travel to Florida during April vacation to participate in a Habitat for Humanity building project.
Looking critically at the issue of poverty was an eye-opener for at least two of the students, Shayla Fontaine, 17, and Tyler Gagnon, 18, both of whom have been the Habitat for Humanity project leaders at GHS, helping to get the trip organized and conducting the fundraising necessary to make the trek to Florida.
"I never realized how big the problem was in the U.S.," said Gagnon. "Living in New Hampshire, we don't see a lot of poverty because we live in one of the richest states."
For Fontaine, gaining an understanding of the issue meant delving heavily into statistics about poverty, which she incorporated into the essay that she and her other classmates had to write in advance of the Florida trip. Fontaine noted that 15 percent of the U.S. population lives below the poverty line, described as an annual household income of $22,314 for a family of four.
"When you think of Florida you think of tourists and the beaches," Fontaine said. "But when you go inland, away from the tourist places, that's where there's a lot of it."
When in Florida, Fontaine and Gagnon and the other GHS students will most likely be assigned to put the finishing touches on the home, as the framing, plumbing and electrical work has already been done.
"We'll probably paint or do some work in the garden," Fontaine said. "The house is mostly finished."
Planning for this project began in October, and it included doing the math to figure out how much it would cost to fly 12 people to Florida for a week, and then feed them. Gagnon and Fontaine determined it would cost $8,000.
"At the beginning we planned on driving down, but we ended up making enough money to fly down," said Gagnon, who added that some teachers voiced skepticism over whether the group would ever reach its goal. But when Gagnon and Fontaine told their teachers at their most recent planning meeting that they had raised nearly all of the money necessary, the teachers expressed surprise.
"They had no idea we raised that much," said Gagnon. "They didn't think we were able to do it, but we did."
After seven months of raffles and manning donation tables outside local retail shops, the group is close to meeting its goal. Students plan to hold a yard sale this weekend in the parking lot of what used to be the former D'Angelo's in Pinardville.
"They did it all themselves," said Beauchemin. "I think it's inspiring what these kids have done, and I would love to see young people doing this kind of thing more often."
The students have learned a little about the family that's going to benefit from living in a new home. Gagnon said it's a family of three, with a 19-year-old son, and one of the parents is a pastor.
"They were living in a neighborhood where the crime rate is high," Fontaine said. "They just wanted to live in a safer place where there aren't so many shootings and murders."
Under Habitat for Humanity rules, new homeowners have to contribute some labor to the construction, so Gagnon and Fontaine said they expect to have some interaction with the people they're going to be helping. When not working, the students said they will be put up in a local church, where they'll sleep and eat their meals.

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I first met members of the Steep Canyon Rangers in 2001 at a party on Durangos Southside.
They were in town for reasons unknown to me, fresh off winning the Rockygrass Band competition. Since then, theyve played several shows in Durango, including a few appearances at the Durango Bluegrass Meltdown.
All the while Ive watched them move further away from that night of picking in that front yard. If theres such a thing as a ladder to success, then this North Carolina band has done everything it can to climb to the top. Theyve won band competitions, performed at every major bluegrass festival in the country, got a Grammy nomination for backing comedian and banjo-picker Steve Martin on a record and tours, and in February they won a bluegrass album of the year Grammy for their most recent release, Nobody Knows You.
The Steep Canyon Rangers will play Thursday at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College. Returning to familiar environs are Woody Platt on guitar and vocals, Graham Sharp on banjo and vocals, Mike Guggino on mandolin, Nicky Sanders on fiddle and Charles Humphrey on bass. Opening the show will be the local bluegrass quartet Wild Mountain.
The rise to success has been everything theyve thought it would be.
Being in L.A. and winning a Grammy is the pinnacle of the award you can get in music, Platt said from his North Carolina Home. For bluegrass to get recognition in that setting is really good for the music. Playing with Steve (Martin) raised our profile, but I think it was nice to win the Grammy on our own, to reinforce that its not all been about what Steve has brought to the table. Its been about us as well. Whats next for us is to capitalize on the momentum and continue to make good music.
Making good music is a task the Steep Canyon Rangers do in overdrive. Theyre about to head to the late rock icon Levon Helms studio in Woodstock, N.Y., to record their next record, something The Band drummer requested when the Rangers played one of his Midnight Ramble concerts. Theyre also playing shows on their own in addition to shows with Martin. Some of the shows with the comedian/musician are standard concerts; others have been a series of shows playing in front of symphony orchestras. Theyre also on the lineup for the Telluride Bluegrass Festival this summer.
Its so fun because everything is so different. It keeps us on our toes; we have about three different bodies of work. Its been a challenge, but its been really great for our band, Platt said.
Despite the growth, the Grammys and the symphony shows, the Rangers humbly recall the early days and places like here as being special for the band.
We love Durango. From the beginning of this band, I can remember busking on the streets to get a hotel room. That led into meeting some folks, playing some places and the Meltdown, Platt said. The town and people have always been supportive; we have a fond place in our heart for Durango.
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Mass. gas, cigarette tax hikes felt at NH border stores
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Chris Murphy, a cashier at Rogers State Line store in Hudson, said customers were talking Wednesday about the jump in Massachusetts' taxes on tobacco and gasoline. (APRIL GUILMET PHOTO)
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Walter and Sue Kimborowicz of Lowell, Mass., are accustomed to crossing the border into the Granite State for most of their shopping excursions.
"We buy everything in New Hampshire," Kimborowicz said as he filled his pickup truck at the Hudson Haffner's gas station. "So for us, the tax increase won't make much of a difference."
Wednesday marked the first day of significant tax hikes on both gasoline and cigarettes in Massachusetts.
Gas taxes jumped three cents, increasing to 24 cents per gallon, while excise taxes on cigarettes increased by $1 to $3.51 per pack, part of a transportation finance bill approved by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.
Excise taxes have also increased the Bay State's prices for cigars and smokeless tobacco — a 30 percent increase on cigars and a 90 percent increase on smokeless tobacco.
New Hampshire's gas tax is 18 cents a gallon, while cigarette taxes are well under $2 a pack.
Business appeared brisk at the Route 102 gas station in Hudson Wednesday as clerk Alex Rivera restocked shelves with Marlboros, Pall Malls and Camels.
"Don't know if it's due to the tax changes, but it's definitely been busy this morning," Rivera said.
"The customers have definitely been talking about it," said Duane Morency, manager of Two Guys Smoke Shop on Route 28 in Salem.
While Morency said it's too soon to know for sure if the tax hikes will improve his business, he's guessing they will.
"Yes, I think it will definitely bring more folks our way," he said.
At Rogers State Line convenience store in Hudson, customers already come from as far away as Boston to purchase their cigarettes, cashier Chris Murphy said.
"Some people are saying it costs an extra $10 per carton in Massachusetts now," Murphy said. "We've been somewhat busier today and I think that's only going to increase once the word gets out."
Filling up his work truck at the Mobil station across the street from the Mall at Rockingham Park in Salem, North Andover resident Mike Solverio said the fuel hike in his home state wouldn't likely affect his regular gas purchases.
Though he was working in Salem today, Solverio said he regularly works in Boston and surrounding towns, which means it's not always worth his while to cross the border.
"Sometimes, by the time I drive to a New Hampshire gas station, I've already spent the three cents (a gallon) I'd save," he said.
Pumping her gas nearby, a Lawrence, Mass., woman disagreed.
"I'm here right now because of the gas tax," she said.
Located within steps of the Methuen, Mass. town line, the Salem Stateline Paysaver store already caters to many Bay State customers, said manager Steve Dardas, who has worked 14 years at the store.
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RIDGECREST — Communication cost the Coyotes.
RIDGECREST — Communication cost the Coyotes.
The Cerro Coso volleyball team lost in three sets — 18-25, 21-25 and 11-25 — against Southwestern College Friday at the Ray McCue Center.
"We've been stressing to follow the game plan," Coso head coach Kim Young said. "That includes communication. We need to know who gets the ball in certain situations and who will be the setter in other situations. That's all part of the game plan."
The Coyotes (1-2, 1-1 Foothill Conference) trailed 1-0 after one set, but came out in the second set ready to even the score.
Outside hitter Ashley Sherrick and middle hitter Liz Gammett helped the Coyotes get off to a quick start. Coso grabbed a 7-6 lead during the pivotal second frame, but disaster struck soon after the Coyotes took the slim lead.
The Jaguars went on a 7-1 run then came back with a 5-2 run before the Coyotes recovered.
Cerro Coso ran into each other, made setting errors and made serving errors that let Southwestern take a 21-14 lead.
"I feel like we're better than what we showed (Friday)," Young said. "Communication and unforced errors hurt us a lot."
Young called a timeout to settle the team down.
The strategy worked. Coso answered with a 6-2 run that saw Sherrick start to find her rhythm with two kills. The run cut the Jaguars' (1-3) lead to three at 23-20.
However, the Coyotes couldn't overcome the huge deficit from the mistakes midway through the set, which ultimately led to a 25-21 second-set loss.
Young switched up the lineup in the final stanza, but to no avail as the Jaguars looked to close out their win. Southwestern jumped out to a 6-0 lead and never looked back.
The Jaguars closed their three-set win with a 15-3 run, which left the Coyotes ready eager to get back on the court to avenge the loss.
"The girls were disappointed because they know that they can hang with this team," Young said. "We left the locker room with a positive attitude and with the understanding that we're going to come back to practice and work hard. It was a good learning experience for us because the girls were not happy with how we played tonight. They were in the locker room upset and that's good. It's good to have that bad taste in your mouth. We better come back to practice ready to fix some of our issues."
Sherrick had seven kills and 11 digs. Gammett had six kills. Laura Metcalf added five kills, while Adrianna Volentine had 10 digs.
"I'm hoping to find some type of rotation where I can always have Adrianna in the middle. She does a great job there for us. She serve received 23 times for us and made only one error. That's really good," Young said.
The Coyotes are back in action at 9 a.m., Sept. 14 in Imperial Valley College Tournament.


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A 16-2 first quarter set the tone for Friday night's Heart of America League game between Moundridge and Inman, with the Wildcats blasting the Teutons 56-23.
INMAN — A 16-2 first quarter set the tone for Friday night's Heart of America League game between Moundridge and Inman, with the Wildcats blasting the Teutons 56-23.
Moundridge only allowed nine first half points in the win, though the Teutons did try to fight their way back in with a 19-13 third quarter. The comeback was not to be, however, as the Wildcats held Inman to a single free throw in the final quarter.
MacKenzie Suderman led a trio of Wildcats in double digits with 17 points. Brooke Holloway had 14 and Michelle Schrag added 12.
Kaitlynn Goalden was the lone Teuton in double digits with 12 points.
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Canton-Galva 24
CANTON — Sedgwick dominated the Lady Eagles from buzzer to buzzer, leading 27-10 after the first half on their way to a 52-24 win over Canton-Galva.
The Eagles never managed to score double digits in a quarter, the closest coming in the third, where they were able to make nine points.
Erika Smith led the way for Canton-Galva with seven points.
Annabelle Little led the Cardinals with 13 points.
Elyria Christian 46
Solomon 35
ELYRIA — A 16-6 second quarter gave the Elyria Christian girls the boost they needed, as they downed Solomon 46-35 at home Friday night.
Elyria led 22-12 after the first half, and kept the momentum going throughout the second, though Solomon made a push in the fourth quarter, but it wasn't enough.
Rachel Adamyk led the way with 13 points for the Eagles.
Hope 29
Little River 18
LITTLE RIVER — No one would mistake it for an offensive showcase Friday night, but the Hope Lions escaped Little River with a 29-18 win.
Samantha and Kasey Zeller led the Redskins with six points each.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:
ABC's "This Week" — Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Paul Rieckhoff, founder and chief executive officer, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America; former Gov. Jon Huntsman, R-Utah.
NBC's "Meet the Press" — Pre-empted by Formula One auto racing.
CBS' "Face the Nation" — Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and John Thune, R-S.D.; Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill.; Steven Silverman, lawyer representing a group of retired NFL players who accuse the league of supplying them with powerful painkillers and other drugs that kept them in the game but have led to serious complications later in life.
CNN's "State of the Union" — Gov. Mike Pence, R-Ind.; Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla.
"Fox News Sunday" — Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H.; Derek Bennett, chief of staff, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.


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NH College Notebook: Mabry, Jean-Guillaume earn All-America hoop honors
March 30. 2013 7:52PM
One led his team to a conference title, another took his to a regional championship. Combined, Roy Mabrey of St. Anselm and Eric Jean-Guillaume of Franklin Pierce University helped their teams win 47 games.
Such accomplishments rarely go unrecognized, so it's not surprising that both guards landed on the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II All-America team.
Mabrey was the Northeast-10 Conference rookie of the year a season ago and was even better this year as a sophomore. He averaged 17.4 points and helped the Hawks go 23-6, win the NE-10 regular season title and reach the second round of the NCAA East Regional tournament.
Jean-Guillaume becomes a two-time All-America after averaging 16.3 points as the Ravens went 24-9, won the NCAA East Regional and reached the Elite Eight for the first time in program history before losing to Metro State. The senior was also named the NE-10 player of the year for the second straight season.
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BIG GREEN ALERT: By this time next week, the Dartmouth baseball team will have played games in six states. So far, Big Green's barnstorming tour has been impressive.
Going into this weekend's games at Penn and at Columbia, the Big Green had won 12 of their first 13 games. They swept three games at the Minnesota Dairy Queen Classic, took eight of nine during a trip to Winter Haven, Fla., and came back to Hanover to batter Siena, 15-7, in their home opener on Wednesday.
Dartmouth has been doing it on offense and defense, batting a collective .321 going into the weekend, while its pitching staff had an impressive 2.87 earned run average.
Nick Lombardi was batting .386 with 18 RBIs in his first 11 games, while Nick Rupert (.395), Matt MacDowell (.366) and Ennis Coble (.348) all had gaudy batting averages. Cole Sulser (2-0, 1.00 ERA), Kyle Hunter (1-0, 1.50), Michael Johnson (3-0, 1.89) and Mitch Horacek (3-0, 2.57) were a combined 9-0 on the mound.
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DRAFT TRACKER: Put Zach Mathieu of Derry high on the list of players from New Hampshire to look for when the MLB first-year player comes around in June.
Mathieu, the junior first baseman at Franklin Pierce University, is off to a hot start for the Ravens. He was recently named the NE-10 player of the week after going 10-for-24 with three home runs in six games. He was also 4-for-4 on stolen base attempts. Overall, Mathieu went into the weekend batting .341 with four homers and 14 RBIs.
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MAKING COUSIN PROUD: Corinne Baita of Rochester (Spaulding). Jonathon Papelbon made his career finishing games, but his cousin prefers to go the distance. Baita, a sophomore pitcher for the Norwich University softball team, went into the weekend having completed five of the first six games she started. She walked one, struck out six and gave up two hits over seven innings as the Cadets opened their conference season with a sweep Johnson & Wales. Baita is a cousin of Papelbon, the former Boston Red Sox closer.
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Winter's final storm could break bank for Manchester plow budgetBy MICHAEL COUSINEAU
New Hampshire Union Leader
March 19. 2013 9:13PM
MANCHESTER - Winter's last snowstorm Tuesday could be the one that plows the city's snow budget into deficit spending.
"We're hoping that this won't push us over budget, but we'll have to keep our eyes on it," Public Works Director Kevin Sheppard said Tuesday.
"No storm is ever welcomed by us, especially late in the season like this," he said. "Our snow budget is tight."
His department prior to Tuesday had a little less than $100,000 left of its $1.2 million annual snow budget. Sheppard won't know for a few days how much this storm will cost. If the snow budget is exceeded, Sheppard will look at other areas for savings. The city's single-stream recycling program has boosted recycling and reduced garbage tonnage, providing some savings he could tap, he said.
Last winter's snow removal cost of $550,000 compared to $1.2 million in 2011, $900,000 in 2010 and close to $1.8 million in 2009.
"We try to budget for an average winter, but I'm not sure there is such a thing as an average winter," Sheppard said.
Overtime and salt roughly split the $1.2 million budgeted, with fuel for trucks coming from a different budget line item.
Mayor Ted Gatsas said Sheppard manages his department well.
"There's been some big ones," Gatsas said of the parade of winter storms. "I think if we see another big storm like this, that would make me worry."
Sheppard said the city had more than 40 pieces of snow-removal equipment out Tuesday to clear more than 400 miles of roads as well as downtown sidewalks.
"We just ask people to keep their vehicles off the streets during our plowing operations," he said. "That allows us to clean up quicker and keep the roads safer."


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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The California Coastal Commission voted Wednesday to delay a decision on allowing one of the two biggest desalination plants in the Western Hemisphere as the company looking to build it withdrew its application while it does further study on how the proposed $900 million project would operate.
The unanimous vote came after an all-day hearing in front of hundreds of people where environmentalists voicing concerns over the effects on sea life faced off with Californians worried about securing a future water supply over the Huntington Beach plant that would procure 50 million gallons of drinking water a day.
Boston-based Poseidon, the company seeking to build the plant, withdrew its application while it does a feasibility study on an alternate proposal that it draw water from below the ocean's surface in order to protect marine life.
The company said in a statement that the delay offers it an opportunity to prove the site is appropriate for the plant.
"We consider today's decision a 'win/win' and look forward to working with the Coastal Commission staff to bring Orange County one step closer to securing a drought-proof water supply," Poseidon's statement said.
Commissioner Dayna Bochco said the proposal would undoubtedly harm marine life and a series of nine interconnected areas designed to help sea critters grow and replenish in the area near Huntington Beach.
"You can be in very strong support of desal as an alternative to other water programs, but you must get it right," she said, "and I do not believe this project is right."
Some commissioners also said they did not see evidence that using a subsurface intake — an alternative recommended by commission staff to reduce the plant's impact on sea critters — was not feasible.
"If Poseidon cannot recalibrate themselves to get into the 21st century, then they need to take their business model someplace else," said commissioner Jana Zimmer.
Poseidon officials said infiltration galleries that draw water from beneath the ocean floor won't work in Huntington Beach because of the volume of water required and the prohibitive cost of the technology. They point out that California coastal authorities have already signed off on a similar plant under construction in Carlsbad that uses an open intake and more than twice the amount of ocean water to produce the same amount of tap.
"It's an unproven technology. It cannot be financed. It would require us to start the entitlement process from scratch, and it essentially kills the project," said Scott Maloni, Poseidon's vice president of development.
Residents at the meeting waved dueling signs reading "Yes on Desal" and "Protect our Coast." Some local elected officials urged commissioners to back the plan while others, citing environmental concerns, pleaded with them to deny the project or force Poseidon to use subsurface intakes and diffuse a brine discharge released by the facility into the ocean.
"It's not appropriate moving forward in the future to use 1950s technology when they can do better," said Susan Jordan, director at the California Coastal Protection Network.
Fifteen years ago, the proposed plant was hailed by many as an environmentally friendly use of an existing intake of ocean water being used to cool a local power plant. In 2010, however, California started requiring power plants to phase out the ocean-based cooling mechanism after finding it harmed marine life.
Environmentalists say Poseidon shouldn't be allowed to extend the damage, especially as the local power plant phases out the technology by 2020.
Local water authorities and a group of federal, state and local officials have backed the project as a way to reduce reliance on water from outside the region.
"This pray for rain philosophy is not responsible planning," said Jim Silva, a former state Assemblyman and city councilman from Huntington Beach.
Desalination has been used in other countries but has been slower to catch on in the United States. A number of projects are being considered for California, and the state is currently drafting a policy for how these facilities should be built.


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Impact of Quality of Education on Cognitive Status of African American Elders
Jeffery B. Allen, Ph.D.
Wright State University
Dayton, Ohio
2008 Investigator-Initiated Research Grant
African Americans who are evaluated for Alzheimer's disease have a much higher rate of false-positive results. At the same time, there is substantial evidence of underreporting of dementia among this population. It is not clear whether the higher rate of diagnoses of Alzheimer's disease among African Americans represents a true difference or if it is the result of bias in the measurement tests.
The number of years of education a person has is a significant predictor of how he or she will perform on a neuropsychological test. However, there is concern that correcting for years of education may not adequately correct for the difference in the quality of education people of different races received. Previous work has attempted to overcome this by assessing the literacy of older adults through reading recognition. But reading recognition is only a small part of overall literacy and some research suggests that reading comprehension is a more accurate measure of the quality of education a person received.
Jeffery B. Allen, Ph.D., and colleagues will investigate the impact of education quality and literacy on the cognitive and adaptive functioning of older African Americans who have a range of cognitive abilities. Researchers will recruit 140 African Americans and Caucasians over the age of 55, including people with dementia and those with normal cognitive abilities. The participants will be formally assessed on reading capacity using both reading comprehension and reading recognition tests. Their cognitive and neuropsychological status will also be tested.
This study may lead to the refinement of tests that will allow for a more timely diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in an underserved population.


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Author visits Hannah Cole
Boonville — Local author Michele Spry (Midway, MO), visited Boonville's Hannah Cole Primary on Tuesday, February 12, as a part of "Kindness Week". Mrs. Spry has recently published her first children's book "Tom T's Hat Rack: A Story About Paying It Forward". The book is illustrated by Peggy A. Guest of Fayette.
This inspiring story follows Shelby Summers, a fourth grade (almost fifth grade) student, through her adventures with her neighbor "Mr. T.". In the story, Mr. T., Tom Tucker, has recently won a fight with cancer, and the two main characters spend a meaningful summer together working on a project to pay it forward in their community. Mr. T. shows Shelby how to stay positive by focusing on being kind to others.
Mrs. Spry challenged the students of Hannah Cole Primary to be kind to their classmates and pay it forward in their community. Two students at the school are currently undergoing chemotherapy treatments. Mrs. Spry hailed these children as "superheroes" who are brave beyond their years. The school is also participating in the Relay for Recess Elementary School Cancer Fundraising Event for the American Cancer Society Relay for Life.
The character of Mr. T. is based on Mr. Tom Trabue, a Columbia businessman who is active in the Columbia community. Mr. Trabue was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma in May 2012, and has been a positive and inspiring influence to many through this struggle with cancer. He is now in remission.
Jennifer Schenck of Boonville has donated a hardcover copy of "Tom T's Hat Rack: A Story About Paying It Forward" to the Hannah Cole Primary and David Barton Libraries in honor of her children, Jamie and Will. The book can be purchased through forms at Hannah Cole Primary, My Favorite Things in New Franklin, or Village Books in Columbia. Michele Spry will have her first book signing this Saturday, February 16 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Stoney Creek Inn in Columbia. Books will be available for purchase at the event, which is open to the public. A portion of the proceeds from Mrs. Spry's book goes to support paying it forward initiatives in the community.


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Man arrested in robbery, beating in Hampton Falls parking lotBY JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
February 04. 2013 10:09PM
HAMPTON FALLS - A Hampton man wanted in connection with an armed robbery and beating of a man outside the Poker Room last week was arrested during a traffic stop Monday night.
Bryan A. Lisio, 26, was arrested around 7:30 p.m. on Route 1 in Hampton Falls by Hampton Falls police with help from the Hampton, Seabrook and Kensington police departments.
Lisio is charged with one count of armed robbery and two counts of second-degree assault.
When he was spotted on Route 1 Monday night, police pulled his vehicle over and arrested him without incident.
Lisio is accused of assaulting and then robbing a 64-year-old man at gunpoint in the parking lot of the Poker Room on Jan. 31 in what police described as a random attack.
Detective Peter Fowler said the victim was walking from the parking lot into the Poker Room when he was beaten and strangled. Fowler said the victim suffered a skull fracture and was hospitalized, but has since been released.
Police Chief Robbie Dirsa commended the officers involved in the investigation and other agencies that assisted for making a quick arrest.
Lisio is being held on $50,000 cash bail at the Rockingham County jail and will be arraigned in the 10th Circuit Court in Brentwood on Tuesday.


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Milford arson case takes odd twist at hearingBy NANCY BEAN FOSTER
Union Leader Correspondent
February 04. 2013 8:27PM
MILFORD - After an unusual probable cause hearing on Monday morning, Colleen Carr, accused of conspiring to commit arson, was returned to jail on $75,000 cash bail to await possible indictment on the felony charge.
Carr, 50, was arrested last month and charged with conspiracy to commit arson, a class A felony, and witness tampering, a class B felony. Carr, who owns a three-story building on the Milford Oval, is accused of plotting to burn down the building, which includes two apartments and two businesses, in order to get insurance money.
At Carr's probable cause hearing, a formality that requires the prosecution to show that there's enough evidence to send a case to a superior court grand jury, Detective Sgt. Kevin Furlong testified that Carr's tenant, Maureen Riley, who lives in the third-floor apartment, told another tenant that Carr had offered her $7,000 to go away for a couple of weeks because Carr intended to torch the building.
Riley, according to Furlong, then told Rick Fells of Carr's alleged plot, and Fells, who owns a smoke shop on the first floor of the building, immediately went to police.
Furlong testified that an investigation was started immediately and revealed that Carr had been putting everything in place in order to commit arson, including calling her insurance company to make sure she had adequate coverage on the building, moving boxes and personal items from the building to her mother's house, and even checking with Fells to ensure that he had liability insurance. Carr also secured a court order in early January in order to get access to the basement of the building through Fells' business when he wasn't there because the only other access point was blocked off.
Carr assured Riley that the fire would be started while everyone was out of the building, and said she had committed arson once before and gotten away with it, said Furlong. Carr's mother's house in Mont Vernon burned in 1990, said Furlong, and though the cause of the fire was never determined, it appeared that the fuse box in the home had been tampered with.
Police also interviewed Carr's boyfriend, Connie Kelleher, who said Carr told him she intended to "cook the building," according to Furlong. The plan was to set fire to the basement and let it consume the building from there. Carr owes $92,000 on the mortgage of the building, which is assessed at $193,000 but insured for close to $400,000.
Kelleher was contacted by the police during the investigation and in taped phone conversations between Carr and Kelleher, obtained by warrant from the Attorney General's Office, Furlong said Carr tried to convince Kelleher to tell police that Riley had threatened to burn down the building.
Carr's attorney, William Keefe, attempted to show that though the building was insured, the bank or the insurance company could demand that she rebuild and thus prevent her from benefitting from the fire. Furlong also said, under Keefe's cross-examination, that Carr had no prior criminal record.
Then Keefe made the unusual move of having his client testify, something that is allowed under the law but very rarely happens at probable cause hearings. During her testimony, Carr insisted it was her tenant, Maureen Riley, who was plotting to burn down the building. Carr said Riley was angry at her because she wouldn't allow Riley's daughter and children to move into the apartment.
Carr said she would never have plotted to commit arson because her children worked next door at Ralph's Service Station, owned by her ex-husband Ralph Porter, and she knew the vapors from the gas tanks could ignite.
"My son works there, and he's sometimes there until midnight," said Carr. "I never would have done this."
As Carr's testimony ended, Judge Martha Crocker quickly found that the state's burden of proof had been met and ordered the case sent up to the grand jury.
Though Carr's attorney argued for $75,000 personal recognizance bail, Crocker left the original condition of $75,000 cash-only bail in place.
"The danger to the community is pronounced in this matter," said Crocker, because the building is located in a densely populated area next door to a gas station.


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500 attend Conway vigil for Abigail; mom pleads for informationBy DAN SEUFERT
Union Leader Correspondent
October 26. 2013 8:19PM
CONWAY - Zenya Hernandez spoke adamantly and directly as she addressed a crowd of about 500 people who attended a vigil Saturday night for her missing daughter, Abigail Hernandez.
"Somebody knows about what happened" to Abigail, she said, urging crowd members to watch others around them "who may have changed their behavior" since Abigail's disappearance.
"We ask God to help us find her," she said.
Abigail's sister, Sarah, issued a simple plea: "Abby, I really miss you. We really want you back."
Hernandez was last seen leaving Kennett High School on Oct. 9, just days before her 15th birthday on Oct. 12.
FBI Agent Kieran Ramsey said investigators have not ruled out any potential outcome in the case.
Authorities have extensively searched the Cranmore Mountain area, and were back in the field Saturday joining teams of volunteer searchers from The Mission for the Missing.
According to Alan Tate, coordinator for The Mission for the Missing team in Conway, groups of 60 searchers - former law enforcement officers, search teams, and others - used 12 dog teams to search areas of town and parts of the nearby Kancamagus Highway.
Search teams from Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts joined New Hampshire teams in town Saturday.
Local residents and businesses helped the White Mountain Milers running club organize the vigil, said Paul Kirsch of the club. The local Dunkin' Donuts and McDonald's stores provided coffee.
"This community has come together for this cause. It's been really amazing," Kirsch said.
The club is hosting its annual half-marathon in town Sunday. Over the past several years, the club has raised and donated more than $80,000 in scholarship funds for area students, Kirsch said.


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Hassan did fine: The governor's first storm
February 11. 2013 8:07PM
Gov. Maggie Hassan has weathered her first storm. Literally. How did she do? Quite well.
It can be so tempting to overreact when you are solely responsible for making decisions about public safety that could mean the difference between life and death for total strangers. For a recent example, just look south at Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.
With last week's big snowstorm approaching, Patrick first asked the people of Massachusetts to be off the roads by noon on Friday. He later decided more drastic action was needed. He issued an executive order commanding virtually everyone to be off the roads by 4 p.m. The penalty was a fine of up to $500 and up to a year in jail. A year.
For the offense of not getting home by the time the governor decided everyone should be home, it was possible, however unlikely, to have one's entire life ruined. A term of much less than a year in jail can bring job loss, financial ruin and enormous family burdens. The chances of the state actually pursuing such a punishment are less relevant than the fact that Patrick was willing to threaten it - with about three hours' notice. Such is the relationship between citizen and state in the commonwealth whose capital was once the Cradle of Liberty.
Hassan took no such measures. She correctly declared a state of emergency, which sets in motion the mobilization of state emergency management resources. She recommended that people be off the roads by 7 p.m. Friday night. And she kept the people updated as storm conditions warranted without getting in the way of first responders.
If Hassan sticks with the good ole New Hampshire tradition of trusting the people to make important decisions for themselves, she might do OK.


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The Barnabas Health System is slowly reaping the rewards of a tax fight that covers 18 years.
Through a lawsuit filed in 2009 on behalf of the system's teaching hospitals by Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C., Barnabas has recovered more than $20 million in Federal Insurance Contributions Act taxes paid between 1995 and 2005 on medial residents' stipends.
Mark McMenamy, partner with Bressler, Amery & Ross, said the Barnabas system followed the lead of other top teaching institutions, such as the Mayo Clinic, in looking at whether stipends paid to residents counted as wages paid on the salaries of students, which were exempt from FICA taxes until 2005.
McMenamy said Barnabas' accounting firm, Withum, Smith, & Brown, PC, in 1998 began filing refund requests for taxes on residents' wages from 1995, before a three-year deadline to file. The firm kept routinely filing the refund requests through 2005. However, the Internal Revenue Service did not move on the refunds until a court decided recently the exact amount owed to Barnabas and its residents.
The crux of the case was whether medical residents are considered students; in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, it was argued that residents must supply grades, be formally admitted, interview with faculty, attend lectures and work their way through to graduation.
McMenamy said other hospitals that did not file tax abatement requests previous to 2008, though, would not be able to get FICA taxes returned, because there is a three-year deadline. When the Justice Department issued a statement in 2010 that medical residents were considered students up until 2005, it was too late for many teaching hospitals to apply.
"Although many teaching hospitals did file timely requests for refund and abatement, we believe the overwhelming majority did not," McMenamy said, adding that the early action by the Withum, Smith & Brown as well as the timing of the litigation worked heavily in Barnabas' favor.
In addition to the $20 million returned to the teaching hospitals, nearly $12 million in refunds were awarded to residents at the hospitals from 1995-2005. McMenamy said his firm spent many hours trying to find the former residents, and most of the doctors who will receive refunds trained at a Barnabas hospital from 2000-2005.
The refunds have come in slowly, with each teaching hospital being processed individually. St. Barnabas Medical Center, Monmouth Medical Center and the now-closed Union Hospital have been fully reimbursed, and Newark Beth Israel is in the process or receiving the funds from the IRS.
Barry Ostrowsky, president and CEO of Barnabas, said the refunds that came back to the hospitals are going into the general fund, as that's where the taxes had been paid out from.
"It couldn't come at a better time," Ostrowsky said.
Lead attorney on the case for Bressler, Amery & Ross was Michael Ostrowsky, brother of Barry Ostrowsky.
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Gun homicides: NH over New York City any day
June 11. 2013 4:49PM
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is spending millions to attack Sen. Kelly Ayotte for opposing gun-control legislation Bloomberg likes. Bloomberg says tougher gun laws will reduce gun homicides. Has he ever compared his city's gun murder rate with New Hampshire's?
New York City's gun homicide rate has fallen to 4 per 100,000, very good for a large American city. Boston's rate is 6.2, Washington, D.C.'s 19, and New Orleans' a stunning 62.1, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data compiled in January by Atlantic Cities.
New Hampshire has about 1.3 million people, double Boston's population but a sixth of New York City's 8.2 million. New Hampshire's gun homicide rate was .53 percent last year. Manchester, a city of more than 100,000 people, had just two homicides last year, both by gun, for a rate a little less than half of New York City's.
It is well known that places such as New Hampshire, with less restrictive gun laws, have far lower gun homicide rates than places like New York City or Washington, D.C., which have very restrictive gun laws. It never seems to have occurred to Bloomberg or his fans that the difference in gun homicide rates is largely a product of culture (including gang activity), not gun control. But it is a lot easier to call for more gun control than to do the much harder work of dealing with cultural decay and mental illness.
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Although a handful of published reports suggest that garden-based nutrition education programs are effective in increasing fruit and vegetable consumption, many of these studies have low statistical power because of small sample sizes and lack of long-term data. In this study, we used meta-analytical techniques to examine the efficacy of garden-based nutrition education programs for increasing children's nutrition knowledge, preference for fruit and vegetables, and/or consumption of fruit and vegetables. We confined our analysis to peer-reviewed studies that examined programs that were delivered to children in the United States. We looked at the relative impacts of garden-based nutrition education programs, compared with experimental controls (i.e., no nutrition education) and nutrition education programs without a gardening component. We compared the results of our meta-analysis with those of a vote counting analysis to illustrate the importance of repeated studies and quantitative analysis. In our vote counting analysis, the majority of the outcomes were nonsignificant in the control and nutrition education groups, but positive and significant for the gardening group. Our quantitative analysis of the impacts of gardening education programs on children's nutrition knowledge, preference for fruit and vegetables, and/or consumption of fruit and vegetables was limited by the small number of studies that reported the full suite of descriptive statistics needed to conduct a meta-analysis. Nonetheless, one striking and robust result emerged: gardening increased vegetable consumption in children, whereas the impacts of nutrition education programs were marginal or nonsignificant. We suggest two nonmutually exclusive hypotheses to explain our results: gardening increases access to vegetables and gardening decreases children's reluctance to try new foods. Our results suggest that gardening should be an integral component of wellness programs and policies. A historical lack of funding has impeded both the broader adoption of school gardens and rigorous research on the social, behavioral, and academic impacts of gardening on children. Recently, however, there has been an increase in federal support for gardening and garden-based research projects—a trend that we hope will continue and grow.
Behavioral and dietary lifestyles responsible for weight gain and obesity are often learned at an early age (
Cooke, 2007
). Children (particularly adolescents) who are overweight are more likely to be overweight or obese during adulthood (
Dietz, 1998
) and are at risk for a variety of physical and psychosocial complications during their lifetime (
Ebbeling et al., 2002
). Thus, it is troubling that the prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents in the United States has more than doubled between 1963–65 and 2007–08 (
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How would you respond if the President of the United States looked straight into your eyes and asked, "What should I have done differently?"
Hi there, leaders! My name is General Robert Van Antwerp, a retired three-star general from the Army. Today, I want to share with you a portion of a talk I shared on my top six influential leaders, and specifically what I learned from President George W. Bush. Enjoy this talk, and I'll be back in a few minutes!
This next guy really needs no introduction. I call him 43. So I worked with 41, worked with President Clinton (42), worked with 43, and worked with President Obama. I'm not dropping their names, I'm just telling you that the Corps of Engineers…when there's a disaster in this world, they are a responder.
I was in Indonesia six days after the tsunami. I went into Haiti and just about every place that there's been a disaster. You get the call and you're on a string, and you get on the presidential aircraft, and go. During that time, there is a lot of strategy and things happening. But here's my story on George Bush.
I don't care what your politics is, to me he's an amazing guy. Maligned because he's not that smart? The guy is a brilliant guy. We saw an interview where they were interviewing him. I just had to stand back and say, "What this guy has – and the experience – it's amazing!" But here's what he did. This has stuck with me, and it fits right in with what we talk about here.
We were on the airplane; Katrina had happened two years before. President Bush had said, "By 2010, that system's going to be done at 100-year protection."I was going down there to get an inspection by the President of the United States of what we had done. I mean, this was orchestrated. We knew where we were going to take him. But I also learned this: I'm going to show him the good, the bad, and the ugly. I'm going to show him because he can bring resources to bear. If we owned it and we hadn't done it right, we were going to own it. I wasn't going to hold information back from him.Darren Ross
"Companies are afraid to do this (free items) because they are thinking short-term profits over long-term plans." - Jesse Cole
Jesse recently stayed at the Magic Castle Hotel and was absolutely blown away. On his way out the door to do a show in his yellow tux, Darren greets him and knows exactly who is. Darren searched him on his social media prior to his stay. That's just part of what the Executive Freak does to make his guests' experience over and above what they would get anywhere else.
"Our job is to compel our customers...to scream about us without asking them to do so." - Darren Ross
In the early 2000's, Darren had a secret shopping gig and went to the hotel. His first encounter was a hotel employee smoking at the front desk. The owners were dedicated to the hotel and placed him first as general manager to begin the process of rejuvenating the hotel built in 1957.
"I purposely stay away from technology...it takes away from what our business is, the face-to-face experience." - Darren Ross
The hotel is a renovated apartment complex that's limited by its age and space. There's no bar, room service, spa, elevator, etc., but this does not stop them from creating an amazing experience for the guests.
A lot of the experiences at the hotel come from Darren's personal experiences from childhood. There's a hotel stay, in particular, that's he's fond of. Imagine an unlimited Hershey Kisses fountain and kids. He doesn't remember the hotel and Darren can't tell you the color of the carpet but he does remember the experience and that's what he strives to create for his guests.
"You've got to put yourself in your customer's shoes... (to) experience and realize there are friction points. - Jesse Cole
"I think honesty and accountability are incredibly important. We all make mistakes. I like to run into the problem instead of running away from the problem."
"Be generous."
"Apply hotel principles to your business."
"Generosity and kindness in his personal life and business."
To hear Darren Ross talk about how the demand for his hotel is so high and how he empowers his employees, download and listen to the show!Learn from Darren Ross:
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When Acne creative director Jonny Johansson was asked about the Men's Fall 2011 collection he shrugged and stated "All the tailoring—I thought that was in the moment, something fresh. I'm tired of all this heritage, the older models or whatever. It's time for something young." Here at Brandish we completely agree! The collection includes a series of overcoats paired with …
Rag & Bone 2011 Fall Collection
British design duo Marcus Wainwright and David Neville have just showcased their Fall 2011 collection for the NYC-based label rag & bone. They may be better known for their denim heritage, but as this collection demonstrates they are now attempting to take menswear to a whole new level. Although I am not sure about some of the styling, there is …
Lanvin 2011 Fall/Winter Collection
Lucas Ossendrijver, Lanvin's head of menswear design, recently unveiled a truly unique collection that brings together modern aesthetics and technology, with traditional established staples. From contemporary materials, to unusual fastening systems such as magnets, this collection certainly stands out.
Junya Watanabe 2011 Fall Collection
I am absolutely obsessed with the new fall 2011 Juyan Watanabe collection! From the fabrics to the detailed stitching the Japanese designer has certainly out done himself this time. Watanabe was originally the protege of Comme des Garçons designer Rei Kawakubo. Born in Fukushima, Japan in 1961, he attend Bunka Fashion College in Tokyo, graduating in 1984. It was around …
Style watch: Penny loafers
It's time to dig out your old penny loafers as this classic shoe is beginning to make a bit of a comeback. In 1934 George Henry Bass (a boot maker in Wilton, Maine) started making loafers and called them Weejuns (meant to sound like Norwegian). These had a strap across the upper part of the vamp that was shaped like …
The Fair Isle knit: Get the Look
The past few weeks have seen snow shut down half the country, and unfortunately it is only the beginning of the cold weather. As you know, if you are going to keep warm at this time of year, its all about the layers. From thermals to snoods, they keep you staying warm and staying fashionable. A big trend so far …
Top 5 Gifts For The Gadget Lover
Searching for the perfect gift for the gadget or tech lover in your life this Christmas? Well look no further, here at Brandish we have complied a list of some of our favourite gadgets to help inspire you this holiday season. From Headphones to Cameras here are our top 5 gadgets.
Looking For Winter Coat Ideas? Winter Coats Part Two.
Here we have seven of the finest coats and jackets for this winter. Inspired by the wax jacket and cropped jacket trend these jackets and coats vary in price from £110 to £340 but they are all of the top quality and the majority of these coats are being sold at independent retailers who do a fantastic job keeping us …
Winter Coats Part One.
When it comes to winter jackets there is a fantastic collection this season for you to choose from. Starting with the casual ones focused on in this post, it's hard to overlook Penfield's efforts and with a seemingly expanded line of outerwear and a lot of stockists it is set to be the choice of many in the coming months. …
ASOS Nomad Trend Gallery.
ASOS have just unveiled a new trend for the Autumn and it actually does their own brand collection justice. It's a well thought out, solid collection that's accessible and well styled, continuing the outdoor trend that has lasted a few seasons it seems to have taken the best elements of some them such as Fairisle knits, but left out the …
J.W. Anderson Autumn Winter Rings At Oki-Ni.
After the Love and Hate four finger rings which sold out pretty quick on Oki-Ni, the J.W. Anderson accessories once more appear to be a sought after and build on the contradiction theme that is present throughout the collection. Assassin or saint? Made from horn, these are actually reasonably priced at £56 and I think I might have to purchase …
We like: Stripes
Spots, dots, patterns and checks are all very well, but let's face it, you can't beat stripes. Thick stripes, thin stripes, up stripes, down stripes, black stripes, white stripes…Here are some of the best stripes around. CLICK THE IMAGE TO START THE GALLERY
Parrot Zimku by Philippe Starck
Bonkers French designer Philippe Starck is known for his innovative and interesting designs and these stereo speakers from Parrot are no exception. Available in various colours including Arctic White, Pearl Grey and Sorbet Lime, they are a wireless speaker design intended for hook-up to today's digital devices, such as iPods, PCs and Macs as well as TV/Home Cinema equipment (via a phono input). They will be available in the second half of 2010 for £1000.
Gucci goggles – perfect for the snowy weather!
If the weather in the UK continues to get worse we'll all be skiing into work. So you might be pleased to here about this pair of Gucci skiing goggles – perfect for showing off on the piste this winter or, er, even on the high street. The unisex ski masks come in white and black with a distinct green-red-green …
Party dressing with French Eye
Christmas is here. Time to get yourself a decent suit to impress the ladies (or gentlemen) at the Chrimbo parties. French Eye isn't perhaps a very well known name but it offers a range of suits at affordable prices (typically you are looking at around £150 though suits start at £99).
Their first store opened in Cannon Street in 2004 to fill the gap between high street and designer stores and they've now got five shops in London (Bank, Cheapside, Liverpool Street, Ludgate Circus, King's Road) plus one in Cardiff and one in Birmingham.
Silk gift vouchers from ASuitThatFits.com
ASuitThatFits.com has come up with a novel but stylish Christmas gift idea. It's selling embroidered silk gift vouchers to spend on individually hand tailored garments.
Present buyers can choose the amount they would like to put on the voucher and the vouchers are personalised with both the name of the giver and receiver in a calligraphy embroidery. The gift vouchers are gift wrapped by the team at A Suit That Fits.com in a pearlescent black box, silver tissue and red ribbon and delivered straight to your door via a courier free of charge.
Tees: The Art of the T-Shirt
Tees: The Art of the T-Shirt by Maki, a small design house in the Netherlands, celebrates some of the best T-Shirt designs out there from over 80 of the most creative designers in the world. It's crammed full with some great designs to suit all different tastes and makes a great coffee table book. You can see some of the most interesting designs in our gallery below.
Tees, the Art of the T-Shirt is published by Laurence King Publishing for £19.95. A special limited edition including a T-Shirt featuring a unique collage of designs from artists in the book is available for £30.
The Serpentine Summer Party: Pharrell, Gareth Pugh & Will Young
Over at Catwalk Queen we're swooning over the women at the Serpentine Gallery Summer Party, but for once the guys were holding their own even if you discount Grayson Perry and his dress!
Ron Arad sported a colourful jacket, Gareth Pugh was obviously all in black and the wonderful Bill Nighy showed that blue and grey is great. Surprise of the evening came from Pharell, who sported a pair of knee high boots, still top marks for effort.
Filippa K Pre Fall 09
The delicate interplay between the different colours in the Filippa K pre-Fall collection really make it. A brick shirt, cornflower trousers and a pale dove bow tie, the colours are bright but slightly faded suggesting that high summer haze and intense heat. We particularly love the pleated trousers, rolled up they make looking smart a doddle.
Alexander McQueen Menswear SS 10
Alexander McQueen's menswear collections get more and more interesting by the season. This latest show was a clear departure in mood from his last show, 'The Queensberry Rules'.
There was still a menacing undercurrent, with vibes of tortured artist coming through, but the overall atmosphere was that of a more feminine creativity. McQueen's traditional rustic tailoring the look reminded me of some of the Italian workmen that the Sartorialist sometimes snaps.


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Holy hoop skirts and handle-bar mustaches. Nineteenth-century anachronisms are holding up the advancement of the 21st century in Durango.
The citys past is resurfacing as the city rips up sidewalk to lay junction boxes and new conduits for fiber optic and electric services on Main Avenue. The city also is making necessary infrastructure improvements for electric car-charging stations, said city officials during a City Council study session Tuesday.
On Monday, contractors discovered a coal chute under the sidewalk in front of Duranglers Flies and Supplies, 923 Main Ave.
Were running into these situations almost on a block-by-block basis, City Engineer Gregg Boysen said. This is a surprise to us. We thought we knew where the majority of these were, but were finding some built in the 1880s.
Downtown businesses once were heated with coal-burning furnaces or boilers. Suppliers would drop coal down a chute on the sidewalk, which merchants would access from their basements. Some coal compartments were quite big, 5- to 6-feet wide and 30 feet long, Boysen said.
Some businesses have converted the coal compartments into storage spaces, but other compartment doors were apparently sealed off and forgotten, becoming hollowed space underneath the sidewalk.
Engineers and contractors are now looking at resupporting coal-chute areas where some wood ribbing has rotted and fallen down, Boysen said. These beams are old railroad rails.
On Tuesday, an old but still-active 1-inch water line, encased in concrete, also was found underneath the sidewalk in the 1000 block of Main Avenue. Officials were previously unaware it existed because it was not connected to a meter, Boysen said.
All these anachronisms must be addressed as the city races toward a deadline of finishing Main Avenue sidewalk replacement between Seventh and 14th streets before the busy tourist season starts in June.
Officials would like to have most of the work wrapped up sooner, because Memorial Day Weekend and Iron Horse Bicycle Classic festivities will begin May 24, and the Taste of Durango is set to be held the weekend of May 19. The food-tasting street party cannot be moved to Buckley Park because the food booths must be handy to the restaurants preparing the sample dishes, said Bob Kunkel, the citys business development manager.
To meet a grant-funding deadline by June 1, an electric car-charging station on the south side of Eighth Street at Narrow Gauge Avenue and two other electric car-chargers at Durango Transit Center must become operational by the summer, too.
Car-charging stations also would be part of the parking meters at the end of each block on Main Avenue downtown but it is not known when these car-charging stations would be ready for use.
Boysen said the street project should pick up speed as work progresses and makes up for delays.
Were almost on schedule, Boysen said. Were just a couple of days behind.
He said the city had planned to spend two weeks per block to do improvements, but to stay on schedule, it will have to cut that to a week and a half per block.
Kunkel said the city coordinated with downtown businesses such as Carver Brewing Co. and Velorution bicycle shop so they could plan their renovations during the same time as the sidewalk reconstruction.
After the summer tourist season, the citys goal is to finish the sidewalk project with improvements to the side streets off Main Avenue.


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Anthony Hannon
April 18. 2013 12:51PM
CONCORD - A Nashua man wanted for the rape of a 14-year-old is this week's Fugitive of the Week.
Anthony "Tony" Walter Hannon, 44, is wanted on a warrant issued Feb. 7 by Nashua police for his arrest on a charge of aggravated felonious sexual assault.
He is known to have family and friends in the Nashua and Chelsea, Mass., areas.
Hannon is 5-foot-7, weighs 165 pounds, has blue eyes and blond hair with a medium skin tone.
He has many tattoos including one of the grim reaper on his right calf; a woman on his left forearm; a cross and "Mom&Dad" on his right forearm; "Bonds Are Forever" on his right shoulder, and "Memories Last Forever" on his left shoulder.
If you know where Hannon is or have seen anyone who resembles him, please call the U.S. Marshal's Office in Concord at 225-1632, the U.S. Marshals' Fugitive Task Force at 1-877-WANTED-2, or your local police department.


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Desktop users deserve a significant rethink of the Windows 8 gaffes and omissions for the next version of Windows, writes InfoWorld's Woody Leonhard, offering 10 must-have features for Windows 9. From a "Get out of hell" modal dialog to prevent unwanted jumping to Metro, to a Control Panel that actually controls the kinds of things you would want a Control Panel to control, it's 'due time we diehards speak out.' What's your feedback for the Windows dev team as it puts together its Windows 9 (or "Windows Blue"?) specs.


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P02B2 Engine Trouble Code
Meaning of P02B2 engine trouble code is a kind of powertrain trouble code and P02B2 if your catalytic convertor fails completely, you eventually won't be able to keep the car running. Your gas mileage will also be terrible, so you should try and fix it as soon as you can. Unfortunately, the average replacement cost is around $2,140 and you can't do it yourself unless you're an experienced mechanic.
P02B2 Fault Symptoms :
If one of these reasons for P02B2 code is occuring now you should check P02B2 repair processes.
Now don't ask yourself; What should you do with P02B2 code ?
The solution is here :
P02B2 Possible Solution:
The crankshaft sensor signals the fuel injection computer or the ignition control when the cylinders are firing. This causes the ignition coil to provide a spark and the injector to inject fuel into each cylinder at the right time.If either sensor isn't working correctly, the car will run rough and the engine will be less efficient. In later car models, the car's computer can usually keep the vehicle running, but the engine warning light on the dashboard goes on to warn the driver.
P02B2 Code Meaning :
|OBD-II Diagnostic Powertrain (P) Trouble Code For Engine
|Intake Valve Control Solenoid Circuit Low
|Manifold Absolute Pressure/Barometric Pressure Circuit High Input
|Glow Plug/Heater Circuit 'A' Malfunction
The catalytic converter has an oxygen sensor in front and behind it. When the vehicle is warm and running in closed loop mode, the upstream oxygen sensor waveform reading should fluctuate.
P02B2 OBD-II Diagnostic Powertrain (P) Trouble Code DescriptionP02B2 engine trouble code is about Glow Plug/Heater Circuit 'A' Malfunction.
Main reason For P02B2 CodeThe reason of P02B2 OBD-II Engine Trouble Code is Manifold Absolute Pressure/Barometric Pressure Circuit High Input.
P02B2 the main thing to check is to verify the operation of the VCT solenoid. You're looking for a sticking or stuck VCt solenoid valve caused by contamination. Refer to vehicle specific repair manual to perform component tests for the VCT unit.


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Manchester ambulance contract debate roils onBy TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
June 25. 2013 11:00PM
MANCHESTER — The city's fire chief is challenging the accuracy of meeting minutes that indicated strong support for the company he did not back for the city's emergency ambulance contract.
Fire Chief James Burkush last week recommended that the current ambulance company, American Medical Response, win the next five-year contract. Two other companies had responded to the Request for Proposals, American Ambulance of New England and CarePlus.
The comments come as the aldermen prepare to vote on the contract at their meeting next Tuesday. Last week, the Committee on Administration voted to back Burkush's recommendation for AMR, which faced harsh criticism in 2011 and 2012 over its billing practices.
Draft minutes from the final meeting of the contract review committee, which included two aldermen and several department leaders and fire department employees, indicated that a majority supported American. Another sheet included with the minutes showed that American received a higher numerical score than AMR.
Burkush said the draft minutes were inaccurate because no formal vote had been taken on the contract. "The draft minutes were incorrect," he said. "We agreed (at the meeting) that there was no consensus" for one provider or another.
Burkush said the scoring sheet, which gave American 52 points and AMR 43, came from only one member of the panel, and that any other sheets filled out by the committee weren't tabulated.
"It was brought up, not by me, in the committee, that people felt (the scoring) was too subjective," Burkush said.
The revised minutes from the meeting, which took place on June 13, are nearly identical to the draft version, except they don't include a vote tally. That tally showed that six people thought American was the better candidate, including Finance Director Bill Sanders and Public Health Director Tim Soucy. Three people at the meeting backed AMR, as did, according to the document, two fire department personnel "who were not committee members but voiced their support for AMR."
Burkush has since said that the two fire department employees were members of the committee.
Ward 4 Alderman Jim Roy, who backed American and had released the original minutes from the meeting, called the new version "scrubbed."
"It's shocking," said Roy, who is a former city firefighter. "The minutes are the minutes. To sanitize them is above and beyond. Just because someone doesn't like the way it sounds, I'm flabbergasted."
The battle over the high-stakes ambulance contract has generated heated allegations, and has involved the state and national firefighters unions. The International Association of Fire Fighters has been critical of American, a division of a Denmark-based multinational corporation.
Brendan McNiff, American's chief operating officer, said he had "no idea" if union support for AMR, which is unionized and is the largest private ambulance company in the U.S., had swung any opinions in its favor.
But he forcefully disputed the argument that AMR had corrected its billing problems by setting up a local office.
"It's very easy for some people now to say, AMR fixed its ills. I worked for them for 20 years. They have consolidated billing in Ohio. What they proposed here are just to have some customer service representatives," McNiff said, adding that American would be setting up its own office in Manchester.
Until late last year, McNiff was a top executive at AMR. He said after he resigned, the company implored him to come back as CEO.
"I said no. It was a conscious decision. I wanted to join an organization that is privately held, and didn't put making money at its core, but providing ambulance transportation."
McNiff said AMR was highly motivated to win the Manchester contract in order to show it was gaining "market share" as its parent company, Emergency Medical Services, prepares to again go on the stock market.
Chris Stawacz, AMR's general manager for Maine and New Hampshire, maintained that, if the company does go public, it would not hinder its operations. "I think it would make us stronger. It gives us more capital to reinvest in ourselves and provide better equipment," he said.
Stawacz said AMR has greatly improved its performance, since a management shake-up late last year.
"We've worked hard to correct mistakes the previous management team made, and I believe we've made significant progress, and we're proud of it. We're glad to call Manchester our home," he said.
Meanwhile, CarePlus, the other company that bid for the contract, is calling on the aldermen to start over.
In a letter to Burkush and the aldermen, CarePlus CEO Eric Damon, wrote: "Under the circumstances and considering the perception being promoted in the media of a 'tainted bid process,' we would strongly urge that all bids for the current offering be discarded and that the 911 Contract be re-bid at a later date."
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