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A majority of the Daily News’s grizzled, Rizzo-revering readership probably choked on their scrapple this morning after the paper’s front page featured a pair of shirtless young black men — twin gay-porn stars, no less — following the duo’s arrest yesterday on a string of burglary charges.
The “People Paper” thoroughly enjoyed itself, using the so-bad-it’s-good headline “Breaking & Entering” on the cover, and then even less subtly calling the pair “hardened” criminals inside. The story’s already an online blockbuster, as numerous gay websites are salivating over the boneability of Taleon and Keyontil Goffney (stage names: Teyon and Keyon) and their numerous stealthy violations.
Media Take Out has published the most disturbing images so far, depicting the brothers locked in various erect chocolate embraces that thankfully didn’t make the DN’s cover.
But remember how successful the splashy coverage of a coconut-bosomed Jocelyn Kirsch worked out for the paper? Maybe in an attempt to broaden their readership, they’ll plop the humping brother burglars on the front page again tomorrow. We’ll see.
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A few days ago, I wrote a column with these lines in it: "Anti-Semitism is completely extinct in our society's respectable mainstream. Canada is probably as close to a post-anti-Semitic society as has ever existed in any nation in Western history — including modern-day Israel." In response, I got a surprisingly large volume of email from readers who thanked me for saying what they'd long been thinking.
But not everyone was applauding. One correspondent sent me this note:
"Mr. Kay: Re your recent article on anti-Semitism (or its absence according to you): Perhaps the communique below will change your mind.
HILLEL OF GREATER TORONTO, CJC ONTARIO REGION CONDEMN HATEFUL GRAFFITI
TORONTO - Hillel of Greater Toronto and Canadian Jewish Congress Ontario Region condemn the hateful, antisemitic graffiti discovered on a York University library desk yesterday. The racist graffiti included a swastika and a number of threats against Jews, including: "Kill da Jew," "Zionist Jews will burn in hell," and "Hitler had the right idea." Hillel @ York promptly alerted Campus Security, requesting an immediate investigation … Eva Zucker, President of Hillel @ York, called on the York Federation of Students, other campus groups and the university administration to join Hillel in condemning this act and instituting a more aggressive anti-racism strategy at York University … 'Sadly, this graffiti clearly shows us that antisemitism has not, as some believe, vanished in Canada, particularly on our campuses," said Fredelle Brief, chair of the community relations committee of Canadian Jewish Congress Ontario Region. 'We have much work to do to ensure hatred finds no home either on campus or in the larger society.' she added. Hillel @ York is pursuing a meeting with the York Federation of Students to ensure any future anti-racism strategy will adequately address the needs of Jewish students on campus."
(The full press release can be found here.)
The note from my correspondent — a certain Sheryl D. — was meant to persuade me that antisemitism is alive and well. But if this is the best she can come up with, doesn't that prove the opposite? The fact that we live in a society where some idiot's bigoted desktop musings can elicit a press release from no less an organization than the Canadian Jewish Congress should tell you all you need to know about the true scale of the problem.
The same goes for anti-black racism. Last year, a Toronto-area store unknowingly sold a piece of furniture whose incompetently anglicized Asian-origin product tag contained the N-word. The Toronto Star deemed this such a major travesty that it played it as a huge news story. They even sent a photographer to take pictures of the distraught victim. In recent days, a certain anti-racist has become so desperate for shock fodder that he's been conducting impromptu investigations of public bathrooms in a search for offensive graffiti to photograph.
Do I wish I lived in a Canada where not a single one of our 33-million people wrote or said anything bigoted? Yeah. But that's not a realistic goal. There will always be a few mentally unbalanced nutbars out there who believe that someone — the Jews, the blacks, the freemasons, the CIA — is plotting against them. And then there are those people who simply like to shock — and since racism is now the ultimate taboo, it provides a conveniently easy shortcut for eliciting that shock. I'd rather put up with these isolated kooks than succumb to the sort of nanny-state censorship rules encoded in Canadian human-rights legislation.
Notice, too, how the racists and anti-racists have lapsed into an unconscious co-dependancy, even as they pose as adversaries. Those adolescent-minded graffiti artists looking to shock mainstream society score a jackpot every time some student federation or community group stages a collective freakout over their doodlings. Note, too, the demands contained in the hyperventilated press release that Sheryl D. sent me, which include " an immediate investigation"; that "authorities … pursue this investigation and subsequent actions in a timely, vigilant manner"; "instituting a more aggressive anti-racism strategy at York University"; and "a meeting … to ensure any future anti-racism strategy will adequately address the needs of Jewish students on campus."
All this because of one insulting message left on a desktop. Does it sound to you like there might be a few folks at the CJC and Hillel who have a lot of time on their hands?
There's an industry at work here — a well-intentioned industry, but an industry no less. Every time an anonymous idiot uses the N-word or praises Hitler, the anti-racists torque it into an excuse for more sensitivity sessions, racism-awareness programming, endless meetings with school officials, and all the rest of the diversity industry's outdated, oversold offerings. A generation ago, when bigotry really was a major social problem, this sort of outrage was reserved for episodes in which people were killed or beaten up because of who they were. Now, all it takes is a few strokes of a pen on a university desk.
It's a blessing that our society has become so tolerant. It's a curse that we have simultaneously become so whiny in the process.
One desk in a University and they want the entire Student Union to "Stop the Presses!"
Do they get this carried away when someone carves "God is Dead" and anti-Christian saying into one desktop?
They need to find something else to do, I suggest working on reducing class sizes so that the Professors can actually interact with their students and they won’t be so bored that they have time to carve desktops.
… The true success of Canada is the degree to which we do not consider ourselves and others divided into groups, but recognised and respected as individuals- despite the best efforts of those who personally profit from furthering these tribal divisions.
Yet another story about your total and complete obsession with the Jewish community and anti-Semitism. In the past couple of weeks I have counted close to 15 stories on this subject. I know its important but between your need to constantly critisize the Canadian Jewish Congress and your focus on trying to prove that anti-Semitism no longer exists one must begin to wonder if the man he doth protest too much. Perhaps it is your latent fear of anti-Semitism that drives you to opine on it three days a week. Can i humbly suggest you take a much needed rest. Perhaps a few days in the sun? Whatever you need to get over this mindset where it seems you are indeed trying to convince yourself that anti-Semitism doesnt exist.
And a word to the wise from a person who has lived through both quiet and active times of bigotry; it never really goes away. Chew on that for a while.
It is hard to see how one can argue that we live in a tolerant society if we tolerate explicit state sponsored religious discrimination (in faith-based education funding) in open violation of binding international human rights law.
The 2007 Ontario election was turned into a referendum on the continuation of such discrimination, and continuing discrimination against small distinctive religious minorities won the referendum hands down.
It appears to me that respect for real diversity is clearly on the decline.
Mr. Foulds writes: "… At this point, Israel could slowly sink into the sea, and it would be more of a relief."
I assume you mean slowly enough that everyone could safely relocate, but the small piece of geography that is so hotly contested would end up deep under water.
Such an "act of god" might even make a believer of an atheist like me!
If the suggestion is that the conflict in the Middle East would somehow be altered from a small piece of geography sinking into the water, then I question that proposition.
There is secular anti-semitism and then there is religious anti-semitism. Religious anti-semitism is probably unextinguishable.
What foments the conflict in the middle east is religious anti-semitism propped up as a land dispute. Although a majority of commentators equivocate on who is to blame, there is one undeniable fact that, were the land issue settled, most Jews could live next door to others who do not share their religion. I cannot believe the same is true of those who oppose them in the region.
*There’s an industry at work here — a well-intentioned industry, but an industry no less.
Every time an anonymous idiot uses the N-word or praises Hitler, the anti-racists torque it into an excuse for more sensitivity sessions, racism-awareness programming, endless meetings with school officials, and all the rest of the diversity industry’s outdated, oversold offerings.*
I’m too certain about how `well-intentioned’ this industry is - an industry it well is, though.
And, it isn’t `every time’ some idiot praises Hitler, that there is a `collective freakout’; it is only when *certain* people praise Nazism that it results in a freakout; *other* people are able to praise Hitler to the skies and yet, there is only collective silence from the usual suspects.
Guess which one is which?
… The great hope is that the Post will put aside it’s small, selfish obsession with it’s own apparent religious grouping, and begin to act in a constructive, universal context in promoting a recognition of each other as individuals- both socially and economically.
… Of course, we would hope that any potential global geographic adjustments would be achieved in a safe, secure, and pleasant manner.

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That phony “rock” guy on American Idol can’t even grow rock hair*link*
TMZ has a video that combines two of my favorite things about American Idol: clips of Paula Abdul spewing random, possibly violent nonsense and making fun of Robbie Carrico, the idiot who used to back up boy bands, but grew stubble and long hair, bought a bandanna and now is totally “rock, dude.” But TMZ is saying that even his flowing grungy locks are fake. Dude has a weave! Judging from this photo from americanidol.com, I’m inclined to believe them. (Also, make sure to watch for Paula Abdul’s creepy comment towards America’s Sweetheart Danny Archuleta at the beginning of the clip).
New underwear for guys doubles as a butt corset*link*
Fashion-forward, but lazy guys the world over now have a friend in the undergarment industry: The Andrew Christian Flashback Butt-Lifting and Contouring Brief. I’ll give you two guesses as to what it does.
§ Dog + baby goat = awwwwwwwwwdorable*link*
§ Blind father get’s son’s tooth inserted into his eye and can see again. Yeah, I dont follow that logic either.*link*
§ While we’re on the juicy topic of eye surgery, how about an eye tattoo? Bonus: The first recipient’s name is Pauly Unstoppable.*link*
§ American teenagers: Congratulations, you’re “Stunningly Ignorant”*link*
§ Look to your left. Look to your right. Repeat 98 more times. In the United States, one of those 100 people will be in prison.*link*
§ That Will Ferrell basketball movie comes out tomorrow and looks, at worst, passably funny. In honor of Semi-pro , here’s a guy trying (and failing) a double flip dunk.*link*
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ScienceDaily (Feb. 29, 2008) — Environmentally friendly hydrogen gas fueled vehicles can dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lessen the country’s dependence on sources of fossil fuel. Though several hydrogen vehicles exist on the market today, there is still much room for improvement in the way that hydrogen is stored on-board the vehicle. With current technologies, hydrogen gas storage tanks have to be as large as or larger than the trunk of a car to carry enough gas to travel only one to two hundred miles.
While liquid hydrogen is denser and takes up less space, it is very expensive and difficult to produce. It also reduces the environmental benefits of hydrogen vehicles. Widespread commercial acceptance of these vehicles will require finding the right material that can store hydrogen gas at high volumetric and gravimetric densities in reasonably sized light-weight fuel tanks.
Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, with the use of molecular dynamics simulations, have solved a decade old mystery that could one day lead to commercially practical designs of storage materials for use in hydrogen gas fueled vehicles.
In 1997, it was discovered that adding a small amount of titanium to a well-known metal hydride, sodium alanate, not only lowers the temperature of hydrogen release from the material but also allows for an easy refueling and storage of high density hydrogen at reasonable pressures and temperatures. In fact, the weight percent of stored hydrogen was instantly doubled in comparison with other inexpensive materials.
"Nobody really understood what the titanium did. The chemical processes and the mechanisms were really a mystery," said Vidvuds Ozolins, associate professor of material science and engineering, a member of the California NanoSystems Institute, and lead author of the study.*
With computers and the power of basic physics, chemistry and quantum mechanics, Ozolins’ group decided to take a step back and analyze the sodium alanate in its pure form, without added titanium. The group analyzed the atomic processes occurring in the material and what happens to the chemical bond between the hydrogen and the material at the temperatures of hydrogen release. The computation gave the researchers information that would have been very difficult to obtain experimentally.
The computation suggested a reaction mechanism that is essential for the extraction of hydrogen from the material which involves diffusion of aluminum ions within the bulk of the hydride. By comparing the calculated activation energies to the experimentally determined values, Ozolins’ group found that aluminum diffusion is the key rate limiting process in materials catalyzed with titanium. Thus, titanium facilitates processes in the material that are essential for turning on this mechanism and extracting hydrogen at lower temperatures.
"This method and this knowledge can now be used to analyze other materials that would make for better storage systems than sodium alanate. We are still on the fundamental end of the study. But if we can figure this out computationally, the people with the technology in engineering can figure out the rest," said Hakan Gunaydin, a UCLA graduate student in Ozolins’ lab and another one of the study’s authors.
"Sodium alanate in itself is a prototypical complex hydride with a reasonable storage density and very good kinetics. Hydrogen goes in and comes out quickly but it wouldn’t be practical for a car simply because it doesn’t contain enough hydrogen. So that’s why we are so interested in understanding how the hydrogen comes out, what happens exactly and how we can take this to other materials," said Ozolins.
What Ozolins’ group, along with UCLA chemistry and biochemistry professor Kendall Houk, also a member of the California NanoSystems Institute, hopes to do now is to apply the methods and lessons learned to those materials that would make for a commercially practical hydrogen gas storage system. They hope their findings will one day facilitate the design and creation of an affordable and environmentally friendly hydrogen vehicle.
*The study appears on the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences web site on February 27.
The study was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation.

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Now that you’ve read, discarded or re-gifted all those music books you got for Christmas, maybe you’re up to mulling over some upcoming volumes, including an anxiously-awaited biography of Willie Nelson.
Veteran Texas writer Joe Nick Patoski has been writing about Nelson for 35 years and conducted more than 100 interviews with the American icon and his family, band musicians and friends to compile Willie Nelson: An Epic Life (Little, Brown and Company), scheduled to hit the shelves on April 21. Among the topics covered is Nelson’s long-running and well-publicized love of marijuana.
Nelson is also prominent in the just-released Pat Green’s Dance Halls & Dreamers (University of Texas Press), which highlights 10 legendary music venues in Texas. Working with Green, who shares his memories of each nightspot, author Luke Gilliam and photographer Guy Rogers III also focus on several Texas musicians, including Nelson, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Robert Earl Keen, Jack Ingram, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Cory Morrow, Kevin Fowler, Randy Rogers and Wade Bowen.
In a related book, Gary Hartman covers country music and considerably more in his The History of Texas Music (Texas A&M University Press), scheduled for release in April. The founding director of the Center for Texas music history at Texas State University in San Marcos, Hartman includes musicians’ profiles from a wide variety of styles, including rock, blues, jazz, gospel and native American.
But those are just three titles. We’ve gleaned plenty of others from Publishers Weekly’s annual spring roundup of music books.
Fans and students of pop/country music will no doubt savor River of No Return: Tennessee Ernie Ford and the Woman He Loved, written by the singer’s son, Jeffrey Buckner Ford (coming in May from Cumberland House). It focuses on Ford’s relationship with his wife, Betty. But the title refers to the Robert Mitchum-Marilyn Monroe movie of 1954, for which Ford sang the theme song. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1990.
Parrotheads — and you know who you are — are the target audience for Elizabeth and John Encarnacion’s The Jimmy Buffett Concert Handbook: An Unofficial Guide (June, Cider Mill Press). The manual provides instructions for staging tailgate parties, including a recipe for a perfect margarita.
Taking his theme from Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues,” Graeme Thomson offers up I Shot a Man in Reno: A History of Death by Murder, Suicide, Fire, Flood, Drugs, Disease and General Misadventure as Related in Popular Song (May, Continuum Publishing). You can bet there’s a preponderance of country songs here. And with a nod to Merle Haggard’s 1967 Death Row ditty, Dana Jennings examines country music from 1950 to 1970 in Sing Me Back Home: Love, Death and Country Music (May, Faber & Faber).
Books on other musical acts and formats arriving in March include: Fear of Music: The Greatest 261 Albums Since Punk and Disco (by Gary Mulholland, Orion); The Book of Salsa: A Chronicle of Urban Music From the Caribbean to New York City (Cesar Miguel Rondon, Universal of North Carolina Press) and Follow Your Heart: Moving With the Giants of Jazz, Swing and Rhythm and Blues (Joe Evans with Christopher Brooks, University of Illinois Press).
Also 1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die (edited by Matthew Rye, Universe) and Berlioz: Scenes From the Life and Work (edited by Peter Bloom, University of Rochester Press).
Among the April releases are The Peel Sessions: A Story of Teenage Dreams and One Man’s Love of New Music (Ken Garner, BBC Books, about British disc jockey John Peel); Pretty Vacant: A History of UK Punk (Phil Strongman, Chicago Review Press); The Future of Modern Music (James L. McHard, Continuum); Bob Dylan (Keith Negus, Indiana University Press) and Alias Bob Dylan (Jeff Bench, Reynolds & Hearn).
Also Elvis Costello (Dai Griffiths, Indiana University Press); Guns, Cash and Rock ‘n’ Roll: The Managers (Steve Overbury, Mainstream Publishing); My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem (Debby Nelson, John Blake); Victoria Beckham: Queen of America (Julie Aspinall, John Blake) and The Lost Supreme: The Life of Dreamgirl Florence Ballard (Peter Benjaminson, Lawrence Hill Press).
And Baseball’s Greatest Hit: The Story of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” (Andy Strasberg and others, Hal Leonard Books); Opera and the Morbidity of Music (Joseph Kerman, New York Review Books) and Rock ‘n’ Roll 39-59 (Peter Guralnick, Greil Marcus and others, Steidl).
May entries include The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars, Heroin, Handguns and Ham Sandwiches (Jeremy Simmonds, Amber Books); Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture (edited by Paul D. Miller, MIT Press); Play: The Nylon Book of Music (the editors of Nylon magazine, Universe); Guitars (David Schiller, Workman) and Pink Floyd (Marcus Hearn, Reynolds & Hearn).

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by Matt Prieur
LEXINGTON, Mich. — The ASA Late Model Series Challenge Division Presented by GM Performance Parts is gearing up for a very exciting 2008 racing season.
The future looks bright for

West Fargo's Cassie Beckerleg spent four successful years playing for the Fargo North-West Fargo high school girls hockey cooperative. So Beckerleg admits to some unease when she found out the Packers were going to field their own team for the first time this season.
She would be leaving a powerful program that won two North Dakota state titles during her time there to one that was starting from scratch.
“I wasn't happy about it right away. I didn't want to get a new team my senior year,” said Beckerleg, a defenseman who was the only West Fargo athlete to play with North last year. “But when I found out that it was a lot of girls that I knew, friends of mine, then it was a lot better. Things have turned out great.”
Winning has a tendency to put that shine on things. The Packers are 18-3-0 this year and enter their first state tournament as the second seed behind North. West Fargo plays seventh-seeded Hazen-Beulah (10-10-1) in the first round today in Purpur Arena in Grand Forks.
West Fargo's only losses have come to North (twice by 2-0 scores) and Fargo South.
“I knew we would be competitive, but to do as well as we've done is a little surprising,” West Fargo coach Pat Johnson said.
Johnson's hopefulness came from coaching a West Fargo under-19 youth team that included many girls who would skate for the Packer varsity.
“We won that league last year with mostly eighth- and ninth-graders, and we had played some JV teams from Minnesota, so I saw that we could compete,” Johnson said.
The Packer roster is dominated by young players. The team consists of nine freshmen, six sophomores and four seniors. West Fargo's all-freshman top line of Kacie Johnson (the coach's daughter), Kaylee Lothspeich and Katlyn Springer has accounted for 42 goals and 83 points.
Goaltenders Amanda Olson, the starter, and Alison Sund have combined for a 1.20 goals-against average and a 92.4 saves percentage.
“We might not be the most skilled team. There are more talented teams out there, but we do simple things well and we will outwork other teams,” said Johnson, who's used the same philosophy to build a successful softball program at West Fargo. “That will go a long ways.”
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SHILLONG, India (AFP) — When politician Adolf Lu Hitler-Marak stands for election in an Indian hill state next month, even he may have a tough time standing out in a field of the most unusually named candidates.
Politician and school teacher Frankenstein Momin is also hoping not to scare away the voters in Meghalaya, especially when faced with competition from more benign-sounding candidates such as Hilarious Pochen and Billykid Sangma.
The state in India’s remote northeast goes to the polls on March 3, with more than 331 candidates jostling for around 60 seats in the assembly in the state capital Shillong.
Looking for re-election in his seat is Zenith Sangma, and also trying to outshine their rivals are Celestine Lyngdoh, Starfing Jove Langpen Pdahkasiej, Edstar Lyngdoh Nongbri and Moonlight Pariat.
Romeo Phira Rani and Darling Wavel Lamare are also busy trying to seduce the electorate, while Bison Paslen is locking horns with his rivals in Sutgna Shangpung constituency.
Forward Lyngdoh Mawlong is leading the charge in his constituency, while Admiral K Sangma is also setting sail for battle — as are H. Britainwar Dan and Bombersingh.
Meghalaya is one of three northeastern Indian states voting over the next fortnight.
With a population of 2.3 million, the state is a predominantly Christian area with Khasi as the main language.
English is spoken, but not very fluently — so people often name their children after words and famous people they have little familiarity with or understanding about.
“Often they don’t know the background of the names. They get attracted to exquisite names,” said the conservatively named David Reid Syiemlieh, a professor of history at the North Eastern Hill University in Shillong.
Hitler-Marak — a stocky, balding and moustached figure — said his parents probably had no idea the name was a big no-no.
“Maybe my parents liked the name. But I am not a dictator,” he once told AFP. “My parents did not know who Hitler was.”
In any case, the voters do not seem to mind — Hitler-Marak has been elected to public office before and has served as a state forestry minister, while Frankenstein Momin is a former state education minister.
“It doesn’t matter to us,” said local journalist Geoffrey Kharkongor.
“Parents may christen their children funny names, but as long as the candidates perform their duties, we have no problem.”
And there is a serious side to all this because the elections in Meghalaya and the other two northeastern states will be closely watched as an indicator of national trends.
India’s federal ruling Congress party currently leads the coalition government in Meghalaya — which means the “home of the clouds.”
The results are expected there on March 7.

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Thomas J. and Robin G. VanHelmond to Mario C. and Esther C. Grant, 0.505 acres at 3345 Darby Road, Glenmore, Keswick, $705,000.
Catherine and William F. O’Donaghue to Martha Hamill, 0.040 acres in Branchlands Retirement Village, 1166 Rose Arbor Court, $195,000.
Samuel I. White, trustee, to U.S. Bank National Association, 3.868 acres, Buck Island, $144,600.
Jennifer L. Graham to Daniel L. and Jennifer L. Watson, 1502 Minor Ridge Court, Minor Townhouses, gift.
Daniel L. and Jennifer L. Watson to Weichert Relocation Resources, 1502 Minor Ridge Court, Minor Townhouses, $202,000.
Weichert Relocation Resources Inc. to Deana S. and John Nowell III, 1502 Minor Ridge Court, Minor Townhouses, $202,000.
Weather Hill Builders LLC to Kathy J. Yarmey, 1723 Painted Sky Terrace, Wickham Pond, Crozet, $303,923.
Lorraine C. and Frank J. Albrecht to Tracy R. Lynch, 2.022 acres at 2110 Viburnum Court, North Pines, $339,900.
David and Kimberlee Barrett-Johnson to JK and Stephanie I. Rasamny, 0.300 acres at 526 Fontana Drive, Fontana, $449,000.
James C. and Katherine P. Andrews to Ronald E. and Janet K. Parham, 76.917 acres at 2529 Scottsville Road, Woodlands, $1,250,000.
Tracy Lynch to Lorraine C. Albrecht, 4741 Wren Court, Briarwood, $235,000.
Ann W. Hamm to Carolyn E. McGrath, 3.320 acres at 3998 Ivy Road, Wynden Oaks, $670,000.
Hobe Sound Management II LLC to Red Horse LLC, 54.64 acres in Rivanna Magisterial District, $890,000.
Thomas A. and Nancy Ginaven to Gene H., Mary H., and Mary H. Harvey, 18.119 acres at 1041 Greenwood Road, $570,000.
Kenneth C. Shiflett to Scott and Caroline Watkins, 1.70 acres at 5168 Rockfish Gap Turnpike, $400,000.
Wallace J. Growney, trustee, to David Campbell Construction Inc., 0.805 acres at 1132 Cambridge Hill Lane, Glenmore, Keswick, $365,000.
Lamarche LLC to Edward D. Hess and Katherine L. Acuff, 2.041 acres at 2210 Camargo Drive, Ivy Farms South, $1,325,000.
James E. Stroh, trustee, to Red Horse LLC, 63.55 acres in Rivanna Magisterial District, $1,175,000.
Liberty Land Ltd. to Donna M. and John Ligush Jr., 179 Lego Drive, Ashcroft, $1,382,300.
Church Hill Development Co. to James J. Casella, 1638 Hathaway Street, Avon Park, $318,000.
Church Hill Development Co. to David B. Rannigan, 1920 Tudor Court, Avon Park, $175,000.
Bonnie M. Martin to Aaron C. Schluge, unit in Turtle Creek condominiums, 122 Turtle Creek Drive, $149,900.
Elsie R. Vest and Caroline J. Reaves to Caroline J. Reaves, 0.468 acres at 3758 Monacan Trail Road, $17,500.
R.D. Wade Builder Inc. to Anthony and Carolyn R. Horka, 0.511 acres at 3333 Darby Road, Glenmore, Keswick, $755,604.
Agnes W. Sandridge, trustee, to Ellen C. McKenna, 0.510 acres at 5728 Hilltop Street, Crozet, $249,000.
Lucille T. Goodson to Martin R. and Jodi B. Flynn, 3.0 acres at 1465 Running Deer Drive, Keswick, $325,000.
Timothy D. and Jessica A. Hockett to Katherine Owen, condominium unit in Claremont at Carriage Hill, 830 Beverley Drive, $180,000.
Prakash R. and Vanessa Hague Kamath to Cherie D. Raines, 422 Wynridge Drive, Minor Townhouses, $239,900.
Oswald and Marlene Bacher to Land Visions LLC, 5.23 acres in Samuel Miller Magisterial District, $17,000.
Margaret T. Johnson to Roy T. and Nora S. Thompson, 24.82 acres at 8038 Scottsville Road, Triangle Farm, gift.
Barry Meade Homes LLC to Karoline and Arthur W. Woolfrey Jr., 2.234 acres at 3520 Foxwood Drive, Foxwood Forest, Barboursville, $605,000.
Evergreen Land Company to J. Michael McMahan and Katherine A. Ralsto, 12.513 acres at 255 Chestnut Oak Lane, Sherwood Farms, $45,564.
Glenmore Associates Ltd. to R.D. Wade Builder Inc., 3056 Berkmar Drive, $250,000.
Tracy Wayne Johnson to Tabitha Johnson, 2.03 acres at 69D Black Cat Road, gift.
Kenneth L. and Lisa T. Wright to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, 0.728 acres at 5078 Green Creek Road, Old Dominion Quarries, $92,994.
Kenridge LLC to Richard and Mary C. Hewitt, two lots in Kenridge, $400,000.
Tribal Properties LLC to NVR Inc., 154 Hansen Road, Abington Place, $359,500.
Federal National Mortgage Association to Saskia M. Bishop-Schaap, 10.5 acres at 10501 Howardsville Turnpike, Esmont, $125,086.
Michael K. Cook and Teresa J. Cross to Peggy L. and Wallace E. Watson Jr., 5.0 acres at 4074 Saddlewood Trail, Saddlewood Farms, $355,000.
Steven L. and Codie C. Peters to Edward L. and Katherine S. Davies, 2.748 acres at 1814 Milton Road, Auburn Hills, $370,000.
Keswick Corporation to DNB Enterprises Inc., 2.1 acres, $795,000.
Michael E. and Linda R. Kenney to Linda R. Kenney, 0.501 acres at 5945 Weston Lane, Weston subdivision, Crozet, gift.
Albemarle One LLC to Mawyer Homes LLC, 5333 Tanager Woods Road, Chestnut Ridge, Earlysville, $195,000.
NVR Inc. to Katty C., Paul C. and Wayne Chu, 0.062 acres in Abington Place subdivision, 2661 Aldersgate Way, $303,990.
Edward Scharer to Benjamin and Betty Smith, 113.8725 acres, gift.
Evergreen Land Company to Alexander B. and Anna K. Baer, 21 acres in Mountain Valley subdivision, $395,000.
Claudine Swift to NRLL East LLC, parcel in Black Oak, $10,000.
Jodie Anne Stevens, trustee, to Franklin S. Edmonds Jr., 1.1 acres at 31 Old Farm Road, Bellair, $765,000.
590 East Market Street LLC to Dhanvant H. and Devyani D. Goradia, 0.173 acres at 679 Berkmar Circle, Berkmar Crossing, $390,000.
William C. Ketchie to Gerome P. Mott and Miranda Bransom, unit in Turtle Creek condominiums, 112 Turtle Creek Road, $164,000.
R.D. Wade Builder Inc. to Donald H. and Diane H. Cady, trustees, 0.334 acres at 1412 Sunderland Lane, Glenmore, Keswick, $753,024.
Church Hill Development Co. to Melinda A. Burke, 1922 Tudor Court, Avon Park, $175,000.
J. Samuel and Frances M. Biedler to Fredrick L. Stillings III, 0.167 acres at 1278 Millpond Road, Mill Creek, $260,000.
Church Hill Development Co. to Qinyan Yu and Xi B. Tian, 1940 Tudor Court, Avon Park, $269,578.
Cylde R., Carol A., and Rashelle Bowne to Kenneth S. Yates, 0.133 acres at 335 Westfield Road, Wynridge, $234,000.
Woodlands of Charlottesville LLC to Geospatial Properties LLC, 1625 Elmwood Court, Woodlands, $239,900.
Liberty Land Ltd. to Donna M. and John Ligush Jr., 179 Lego Drive, Ashcroft, $1,382,300.
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to office in Stratham
Beech Financial Services, LLC has announced the transition of three of its senior mortgage loan consultants to the home office at 70 Portsmouth Ave., Stratham. Sally Duplessis, Debbie Melanson and Jim Collins had previously worked out of the affiliate, Preferred Mortgage in Rye.
They have all settled into the new location, and look forward to continuing to offer the same products and services as before. The transition gives them access to on-site underwriting and facilitates their commitment to the highest levels of customer service. They can be reached at 778-9238.
Monica Smiley, publisher and CEO of Enterprising Women Magazine has announced that Deborah Osgood, cofounder and CKO of the Knowledge Institute, Inc., in Exeter is a 2008 Enterprising Women of the Year Award winner.
Osgood, a woman entrepreneur and economic development philanthropist, supports small-business development initiatives and creates virtual resource and referral communities that serve more than 2 million small-business owners around the globe. The Enterprising Women of the Year Award honors the country’s finest women entrepreneurs and their remarkable success. The award also recognizes winners as leaders who have mentored and given back to other women in business, and have had a profound impact on their communities. Award recipients will be honored at a gala dinner on Feb. 29 at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa in Florida.
For information, visit www.BUZGate.org.
Churchill’s Gardens joined the ranks of the horticulture industry’s top independent garden centers when it was named one of Today’s Garden Center’s Revolutionary 100.
Churchill’s, owned by David Kirkpatrick, was the Northeast winner of the award, which includes the New England states as well as New York and New Jersey. Churchill’s was established in the Seacoast in 1957 when it began as a farm stand and since has evolved to one of the nation’s premier garden centers.
Today’s Garden Center’s Revolutionary 100 program, now in its third year, surveys garden center owners and managers and culminates in a listing of the 100 most revolutionary garden centers in the nation. It is open to all independent garden centers, large and small, and is based on leadership and innovation, not on size or revenue.
“This company has demonstrated excellence and unique innovation in marketing, retail business practices, and outreach to employees, customers and the community,” said Richard Jones, group editor of Today’s Garden Center. “We are honored to recognize them for their revolutionary achievements throughout the industry.”
Kirkpatrick will travel to the award ceremony that will include the top 100 garden centers owners and managers for roundtable discussions on Feb. 27-29 in Atlanta, Ga. For information, visit www.todaysgardencenter.com.
Come and join us at White Lily Teas for a Morning Mixer Wednesday, Feb. 20 from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Enjoy local pastry, organic tea and coffee plus free chair massage in our cozy Organic Tea Bar & Café. Event is part of the Exeter Chamber of Commerce’s “Morning Mixer” networking series.
Admission is one business card for the prize drawings and one business card to post on the “Look Who’s Here” board. White Lily Teas is at 1 Court St., Exeter. Enter to win a free massage and yoga class.
For information on all of White Lily Teas, visit whitelilyteas.com. Exeter chamber members receive a 5 percent discount on all purchases in the Tea Bar & Café.
For information on Business After Hours or the chamber, call 772-2411 or visit www.exeterarea.org.
To Your Art’s Content hosts the Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours on Thursday, Feb. 21 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. There will be appetizers and a specialty drink. Guests can create magnets, try pottery painting, and more! Admission is one business card for the prize drawings and one business card to post on the “Look Who’s Here” board.
To Your Art’s Content is at 104 Epping Road, Exeter.
Chamber members, their guests, and any business seeking information about To Your Art’s Content or the chamber are welcome. Bring a supply of business cards to exchange. For information, call 772-2411 or visit www.exeterarea.org.
The Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce’s Ultimate Sports Ticket Raffle is under way. Give your sports fan the opportunity to win the ultimate sports gift — premium seat tickets to a game for each of the following: Boston Red Sox (2), New England Patriots (2), Boston Celtics (2), Boston Bruins (2) and four for UNH men’s hockey, plus a limo and/or Downeaster as transportation. Winner takes all. Drawing is April 18.
Proceeds benefit the chamber. To buy tickets, call 772-2411 or visit www.exeterarea.org. Tickets are 13 for $100, 6 for $50, and $10 each.
for Morning Mixers
The Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce seeks businesses to host a Morning Mixer in 2008. The chamber knows the No. 1 thing members are seeking and that is networking opportunities.
Morning Mixers are another way of networking because it gives members a different time of day, also gives members who cannot attend the Business After Hours the opportunity to be involved, and finally it allows businesses with small venues to host and to showcase their business and property.
Proposed time for Morning Mixers 7:30 to 9 a.m. Morning Mixers are held the second week of the month alternating between Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Host fee is $150 plus morning fare and beverages.
For information on hosting a Morning Mixer in 2008, contact Molly McGuire at the Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce at 772-2411 or e-mail at events@exeterarea.org.
blood drive on Feb. 28
Access Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics is hosting a blood drive on Monday, Feb. 28 from 1 to 6 p.m. at its location at One Hampton Road, Exeter. For information on the American Red Cross blood drive and donor requirements visit www.givealife.org.
The Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce is planning for the ninth annual Exeter Area Kitchen Tour scheduled for May 10.
The committee is accepting prospective kitchens for the tour. If you live in the Exeter area and are interested in being considered for the Kitchen Tour, call the chamber at 772-2411 or e-mail events@exeterarea.org.
For information on the chamber, call 772-2411 or visit www.exeterarea.org.
The Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce and the Exeter Area Retail Merchants Association are reminding the community that Exeter Area Gift Certificates are available. They come in a $10 denomination along with a “gift for you” envelope and are valid at more than 30 locations in the area. It is a great idea because it gives the recipient many different shopping and/or service options while supporting local businesses.
Participating locations are The Baker’s Peel, Breakfast Hill Golf Club, Brentwood Machinery & Tools, The Chocolatier, Churchill’s, The Copper Canoe, Coventry Cottage, The Curtain Shop, Cymbidium Floral, Devantery Frames, Embroid Me, Exeter Copy & More, Exeter Day Spa, Exeter Jewelers, George & Phillips, The Green Bean on Water, Head Over Heels, Kingston Video & Tanning Center, La Cave a Vin, The Loaf and Ladle, LunaChics, Santerre’s Stones ‘N Stuff, Serendipity, Tavern at River’s Edge, Top Drawer, Townlyne Grille, Time of Wonder, Travel & Nature, Trends Gift Gallery, Water Street Bookstore and Yankee Food Market.
Gift certificates available at the chamber, 120 Water St., Exeter from Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and at Trends Gift Gallery, 37 Water St., Exeter. The gallery’s phone number is 778-3770. Major credit cards are accepted. Buy online at www.exeterarea.org and gift certificates will be mailed to you.
to improve human health
NORTH HAMPTON — Dr. Mark Arsenault is using revolutionary space-age technology to determine problem areas in patients. He is one of the few chiropractors worldwide to use the advanced instrument, known as the Pro-Adjuster, and its use in the office demonstrates Dr. Arsenault’s commitment to continually advancing his practice to ensure his patients receive the best care possible.
By applying the Pro-Adjuster’s resonant force impulses precisely to the affected areas, patients receive gentle, effective treatment to that specific area. The Pro-Adjuster determines if each segment/spinal vertebrae is in proper alignment, so the nervous system is free to effectively transport nerve impulses throughout the patient’s body.
The information is then charted graphically on a computer monitor, so Dr. Arsenault can detect the problem areas on each and every visit. The Pro-Adjuster is FDA-certified and provides fast and effective relief to patients. Patients have declared that after adjustments with the Pro-Adjuster they have experienced more energy, less fatigue, and are able to perform better at work.
For information, contact Arsenault or visit www.arsenaultchiro.com to view Dr. Arsenault demonstrating treatment with the Pro-Adjuster.

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