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My favorite memory involving candy goes back to when I was six years old. It was a few weeks before Halloween, and I remember my Mom coming home from the grocery store with the candy that she was going to pass out on Halloween night--Hershey's Miniatures! I was all excited and would have torn right into the bags, but my Mom stopped me and said that I could have whatever was left after I got back from trick-or-treating on Halloween night.
This was a major disappointment for three reasons. First, I was crazy about Hershey's Miniatures (especially the Krackel). Second, to a six-year-old, a few weeks is obviously a LONG time, and third, so many kids trick-or-treated in my neighborhood that there was almost certain to be little or nothing left.
About a week later, my older brother was watching me while my Mom was out. He had me come into his room and told me to crawl under his desk with him. He told me to reach behind one of the drawers, and I pulled out a Krackel! Somehow, he'd managed to get a hold of some and had a small stash hidden in his desk! We lay there eating the candy and laughing until we'd finished it.
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Two out of three sub-Sarahan Africans — 600 million people — lack access to electricity, forcing them to spend significant amounts of their income on costly and unhealthy forms of energy, like diesel to run factory generators and smoky and scarce wood for indoor fires for cooking.
On June 30, 2013 in Cape Town, South Africa, President Obama announced Power Africa — an initiative to double the number of people with access to power in Sub-Saharan Africa. Power Africa will achieve this goal by unlocking the substantial wind, solar, hydropower, natural gas, and geothermal resources in the region to enhance energy security, decrease poverty, and advance economic growth.
Power Africa works with African governments, the private sector, and other partners such as the World Bank and African Development Bank in six focus countries — Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria and Tanzania — to add more than 10,000 megawatts (MW) of clean, efficient electricity generation capacity. By expanding mini-grid and offgrid solutions and building out power generation, transmission, and distribution structures, Power Africa will make electricity access available for 20 million people and commercial entities. At the same time, Power Africa will enhance energy resource management capabilities, allowing partner countries to meet their critical energy needs and achieve sustainable, long-term energy security
The level of funding needed to electrify the continent far outstrips the capacity of African governments and foreign donors. As a result, Power Africa has developed an innovative model based on transactions with private investors and policy support to governments to focus and enable key projects. By leveraging U.S. strengths in energy technology, private sector engagement, and policy and regulatory reform, Power Africa will galvanize collaboration, make quick-impact interventions, and drive systemic reforms to facilitate future investment.
The Power Africa model is part of President Obama's new approach to development, which builds local capacity and supports innovative ways to make traditional assistance programs more effective and sustainable. Power Africa also is partnering with Uganda and Mozambique on responsible oil and gas resource management.
For the first, five-year phase, through 2018, the U.S. Government has committed more than $7 billion in financial support and loan guarantees, in addition to the expertise of 12 U.S. government agencies. Power Africa also works closely with development finance partners, such as the African Development Bank and the World Bank, to enhance the availability of energy sector resources.
Every dollar the U.S. Government has committed to Power Africa has already leveraged two dollars in private sector investment commitments. Power Africa's financial partners have committed to providing over $14 billion in project finance through direct loans, guarantee facilities, and equity investments.
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By ROBIN CAUDELL, Press-Republican
---- — BEEKMANTOWN — Author Douglas Kashorek spliced the Bible, "Beowulf" and Adirondack history in his novel "Kin of Cain."
The story begins with Inez Phoenix Crandall's disturbing interior accounts of life and death in Nod (also called Silver Lake in the book), where she is stalked by the omniscient Beast.
As biblical history goes, Cain fled from Eden after he killed Abel and settled in the Land of Nod, to the east. Cain's son, Enoch, was also born there. Cain named the city he built — in defiance of God's curse for him to wander the earth — after his son.
Grendel, the beast or monster slayed in "Beowulf," was condemned by God as "kin of Cain."
In Kashorek's novel, Cain has lived the last 200 years in the mountains of Silver Lake for his refusal to wander as God decreed.
"Beowulf," an Old English epic poem by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet, was penned during the Dark Ages when Christianity was pushing into northern Europe.
"I think probably, in a very figurative sense, the monster took after Cain and the type of sin he did," said Kashorek, who also pastors the Church of Christ in Plattsburgh. "I took that in a more literal sense that the monster was directly descended from Cain. So, where does he fit in Genesis for genealogy?"
Cain's lineage is articulated in Genesis 4.
"It's the story of Cain and his descendants. It focused on a descendant called Lamech. He also kills a man. He has a very interesting expression that could be taken as he's glad he's killed this man, he's cursed because of it, or he's showing some repentance. It's kind of enigmatic," Kashorek said.
Inez Phoenix Crandall, once Zillah, wife of Lamech, weds Alexander Crandall, heir to Henry Crandall's fortune and Crandall Hall in Glens Falls. "Kin of Cain" evolves through her bloodline.
"Sarah Crandall, her part of the story is 1933," Kashorek said. "She's escaping her abusive mother in Hawkeye, near Silver Lake. She's heard of her family's past in Silver Lake/Land of Nod. She goes to Lyon Mountain to learn how to mine. She knew her family had a silver-mining past, she wants to grab hold of that legacy."
Sarah is
befriended by a family in Lyon Mountain.
"There, she's exposed to love for the very first time. It confuses her, and she realizes she needs to escape that and go on her own but ends up taking the son in the family with her. They are about the same age. He secretly loves her, but she doesn't understand that yet because she doesn't understand what love is. Once they get to Nod from Lyon Mountain, then things really begin to happen. This is the land that is Cain's inheritance," Kashorek said.
Kashorek began the book in 1993 and worked on it steadily until it was published by Beside Books, an imprint of American Books Publishing.
"There's a great need for Christian literature out there that is not preachy and can deal with the deep spiritual needs people have for redemption and forgiveness. The consequence of sin is a subject we don't like to deal with. This book really hits at the heart of struggles that we all deal with as far as dealing with sin and the side of us where our spirit wars with the flesh and will do what will make us powerful by the world's standard," he said.
Sarah struggles with the emotion
of love and sees it as a weakness.
"But in reality, it is humanity's greatest strength," Kashorek said. "The principle behind the book is Cain, in his rebellion against God's decree to wander the earth, establishes the City of Enoch and settles down. Everything that Cain and his descendants have done have been in rebellion to God. We all have the monster in us to be kin of Cain if we choose to give in to the same things that Cain and his descendants have done."
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Cellar/Tasting Notes "The dense plum/purple-colored 1999 offers up aromas of truffles, underbrush, espresso, black cherries, and roasted meats. The wine is powerful and muscular with high extract and mouth-searing tannin, it is an atypically backward effort for the vintage. Patient connoisseurs who admire wines with..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "The second wine, the 2009 Le Clarence de Haut-Brion, is almost as large a cuvee as the grand vin. This 7,000-case cuvee is a blend of 46% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest small quantities of Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. Once again the burning ember/scorched earth characteristic that..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "For the year, this is a big wine, a success. New wood flavors and tannins blend well with the weight of fruit, depth of flavor and concentration. The wine has freshness to give with the structure, solid and intense. Certainly for aging—five years and more."
Cellar/Tasting Notes "The dark ruby/purple-hued 2009 Pavillon Rouge de Chateau Margaux offers a big, sweet kiss of spring flowers intermixed with blueberries and blackberries, a silky texture, and a dense, concentrated, but seamless mouthfeel. This glorious wine should drink well for 20 or more years. (Tasted once.)"
Cellar/Tasting Notes "One of the stars of the vintage, this deep plum/ruby-tinged 2007 offers a big, sweet kiss of black cherries, blackberries, licorice, and earth. Round, generous, and medium-bodied with an intensity of flavor and silkiness that are endearing, it should drink nicely for a decade or more."
Cellar/Tasting Notes "Big and bold for the year, the tannins quite solid with a tight character. The fruit flavors are rich and intense, spiced with toast and acidity. Through it all goes the tell-tale 2007 streak of acidity."
Cellar/Tasting Notes "The brilliant second wine, the 2006 Les Forts de Latour, a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot, possesses a dense ruby/purple color, a beautiful bouquet of asphalt, cassis, cedar, truffles, and earth, and a full-bodied, dense, beautiful style that is similar to a 1996 Pauillac. It will..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "The second wine, the 2007 Carraudes de Lafite, is nearly equal parts Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon with tiny dollops of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. A sleeper of the vintage, it offers sexy, ripe berry fruit intermixed with hints of cedarwood, forest floor, and underbrush. This plump,..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "A serious wine, filled with firm tannins, spiced with wood, and layered with bitter coffee as well as fruit. It certainly has power, the structure ready for long aging, firmly anchored in the dense character of this wine. It is a medium aging wine, 5–10 years."


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The four-year building plan the Board of Regents approved last week for the University System of Georgia is good news for Columbus State University.
The board's construction plan, which seeks to allocate about $250 million expected to be in the state budget each year for building and repairing classrooms in the system, includes $17.4 million for renovations and additions at CSU's Lenoir Hall and Schwob Memorial Library next year. The plan also includes an additional $2.4 million for furniture, fixtures and equipment at CSU the following year.
All of this is pending approval from the Georgia Legislature.
"As they have so wonderfully done in the past," said CSU assistant vice president for university relations John Lester, "we expect full support from our legislative delegation to get this through the system."
If the legislature passes the request, CSU would use the money to build a laboratory addition onto Lenoir Hall and a new learning commons onto the library.
"If it gets through the legislature and governor," Lester said, "it will be the first major capital building appropriation we have had since the one that led to the Center for Commerce and Technology, which opened in 2001."
This also would continue CSU's funding momentum. In the past two fiscal years, the state has allocated about $9 million to CSU, including $4.95 million to renovate Arnold Hall and $3.95 million to renovate Howard Hall. The renovation of Howard Hall is scheduled to start this summer and be finished in time for the fall 2015 semester.
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Trader Joe's is recalling its Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter following its link to 29 cases of salmonella from 18 states.
On Saturday the Food and Drug Administration and the federal Centers for Disease Control issued a statement urging consumers to stay away from the peanut butter, especially children under the age of 5, elderly adults and anyone with weak immune systems.
According to the statement, the FDA, the CDC and the state of California briefed Trader Joe's on the status of the investigation on Thursday and the company agreed to remove the product from store shelves immediately.
The recalled Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter was distributed to Trader Joe's stores nationwide and on the Internet. The product comes in a 16 ounce, plastic jar with an expiration date of stamped below the lid. Production and distribution of the item has been suspended while the FDA and the Valencia Peanut Butter supplier continue their investigations.
Salmonella can cause fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain and in rare cases can be fatal to children, the elderly and those with weak immune systems.
Consumers are encouraged to dispose of the peanut butter or return it to any Trader Joe's for a full refund. Customers with questions may contact Trader Joe's Customer Relations at 626-599-3817.
Information provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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MORE than 200 residents of council-owned properties in Darlington can look forward to improved heating and new external doors as part of a £350,000 investment.
The properties, in the North Road area, comprise mainly of flats for older people and many are part of a sheltered housing scheme but residents have complained about cold damp hallways and staircases.
In some cases the residents have been forced to use their own portable heaters in an effort to reduce condensation and mould growth.
Darlington Borough Council's cabinet agreed at its meeting on Tuesday that it would use money from the energy efficiency budget in its Housing Capital Programme to install new external doors and extra radiators in the areas affected by damp in the 248 properties.
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By Lisa Byers
Meadville Tribune
Stephanie Martin has lived in a few different places during her life — from Iowa to Minnesota to Colorado to Pennsylvania. But the Allegheny College associate professor of economics admits when moving to Meadville in 2005, she had difficulty adjusting.
"I actually didn't really feel at home in Meadville until I started working with my students," Martin said. "My classes do a lot of civic engagement. They are getting involved in nonprofit organizations. They're considering public consequences of our area.
"At that point was when I starting feeling that I belonged and Allegheny College and Meadville were my home," she said. "I tell my students all the time, they need to get off the campus and experience the town."
Martin has taken the initiative herself to get involved in the community and is now involved with one of Meadville's more unique nonprofit organizations: Roller derby.
Martin is one of two Allegheny College professors on the Rink Assassins Dolls of Doom derby team, which practices at Canadohta Lake and in Meadville at the Meadville Area Recreation Complex and is in its first year of competition.
Associate professor of biology Lisa Whitenack is also on the team. She is currently on leave awaiting the arrival of her second child.
"I've been roller skating ever since I can remember," said Whitenack, who originally hails from Chicago. "In 2005, there was a show on A&E about the upstart roller derby in Texas called Rollergirls I believe.
"I thought it looked awesome and looked like it would be a lot of fun to do. When I was in grad school in Tampa a league had started there, but before I could try out, I became pregnant with my first child. Then I got the job at Allegheny and moved. So I just thought, 'So much for that roller derby thing.'"
A merger in Meadville
Thankfully for Martin and Whitenack, a merger was forming in Meadville.
In 2011, roller derby made its appearance in the Meadville area with the Lake Erie Derby Dames and Crammer Girls Roller Derby teams. But in May 2012, Lake Erie Derby Dames co-founder Maria Davis retired from competitive roller derby shortly after suffering a minor injury at the Ice Break-Her Scrimmage at the MARC, according to LEDD coach Armand Wertz.
The team continued on for a while but eventually teamed up with some former teammates who were getting involved with RADD.
"As we continue to recruit, we have aspirations of one day fielding two teams — one under each banner," said Wertz, now the coach for RADD. "But for now we have just enough skaters trained up to compete.
"So we are competing as a whole under the Rink Assassins name and plan to continue on until a time when our numbers dictate otherwise."
For now, RADD is home to about 14 players, said Kathy Knapp, one of the team's seven founders, including Martin and Whitenack, who are doing exactly what roller derby is intended to be all about, feeling empowered.
"The very tenets of all the rules and the founding organizations," Martin said, "it's about helping other women to get involved in something that makes them feel strong."
"You get to connect with all these fabulous women from all walks of life," Whitenack said. "It's educational; broadens the horizon.
"My daughter is three-and-a-half and thinks roller derby is the best thing ever," Whitenack said. "She has oven mits and a hat and skates and runs around and tackles her stuffed penguin."
But just what do Martin and Whitenack's students think about their professors' involvement in RADD where they are known as Smartin Sassy and Stingrayge, respectively?
"I don't think most of my students know," Martin said. "A couple of my students have been to some bouts this summer. They think it is cool that Meadville has this derby team. And they get to see us outside of teaching."
"They are a little surprised," Whitenack said. "But overall the response has been pretty positive. I have a poster right out in front of my office."
Final 2013 home bout
RADD hosts its final home bout of the season on Saturday. Action begins at 3 p.m. at the MARC. It is RADD's second bout in Meadville. Knapp said attendance at the first bout back in June was decent, but that the team is hoping for an even bigger draw on Saturday.
Cost is $5. All proceeds benefit RADD, a self-funded organization, which is looking to contribute dollars to community organizations in the near future, Martin said.
"We've done some stuff up in Erie," she said. "We've done some guest bartending. Every time we do a bout, they try to donate money somewhere, but we definitely want to get more into fundraising and building community relations."
You can go
The Rink Assassins Dolls of Doom women's roller derby team, which features two Allegheny College professors, hosts its final home bout of the season on Saturday at 3 p.m. at the Meadville Area Recreation Complex. Cost is $5.
Skaters get fresh start with PURR
Lake Erie Derby Dames isn't the only roller derby squad to undergo changes in the last year.
Crammer Girls, started in 2011 at the Olympic Fun Center in Hermitage, is also no longer active under the same name. Following some differences amongst members as to what direction the team was headed, some players opted to leave and embark on new endeavors, according to one of the original players, Shawna Strautnieks, also known as Sophonda Drama.
The remaining players chose a fresh start. So in March 2012, Pennsylvania Underground Roller Rebellion, also known as PURR, was born.
"We continued to practice and before Christmas we had a new name, logos and a USARS (USA Roller Sports) charter," Strautnieks said.
PURR has participated in a number of bouts already. It hosts its first bout at Olympic Fun Center on Aug. 24.
You can participate
Area roller derby teams, Rink Assassins Dolls of Doom and Pennsylvania Underground Roller Rebellion, are accepting new members.
-More information: Visit Rink Assassins Roller Derby and PURR (Pennsylvania Underground Roller Rebellion) on Facebook.


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SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- SmartDrive Systems, a leader in driving performance solutions that reduce collisions and improve fuel efficiency, today announced that Adam Kahn, senior director of marketing, will speak at the Roadnet Technologies User Conference, Perform 2014, at a session focused on the value of timely and actionable video data for improved fleet safety and operational performance. This year's conference, taking place May 12-14 in Bonita Springs, Fla., will educate attendees on ways to increase future success through new strategies, solutions and practices.
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The session will focus on the value of time and the power of actionable data when it comes to assessing driver performance and risky driving events. Attendees will learn how integrated vehicle safety systems can help reduce collision rates and costs through timely and effective coaching, and protect themselves from vicarious liability in the event a collision does occur. Kahn will share examples of how SmartDrive's video-based safety programs have helped its customer fleets lower collision frequency, manage CSA scores, reduce shipper liability, and develop a cooperative driver culture, helping retain, protect and exonerate drivers.
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LAKE WYLIE – A man traveling to York County with his girlfriend and a baby was airlifted to a Charlotte hospital after a gunman known as "ATL" shot him while parked at a Lake Wylie Burger King, deputies say.
At about 6 p.m. Sunday, deputies were called to the Burger King on S.C. 557 after receiving reports of a shooting, according to a York County Sheriff's report. While en route, they learned that the victim had been moved to the Buster Boyd boat landing, and received a description of a suspect vehicle: a silver Ford Explorer with a Browning Deer sticker and heart sticker on the rear glass windshield.
Deputies spoke with the man's girlfriend, 23, while her boyfriend sat in the front passenger's seat, and a baby and another man were in the back, the report states. The girlfriend told police they had come from Gastonia, N.C., and were preparing to move into a new house in Clover when they decided to stop at Burger King for food.
As they pulled into the drive-thru, a silver Ford Explorer pulled alongside them, the report states. A man wearing a blue hoodie got out of the car and went to the passenger's side where the victim, 27, was sitting.
The two exchanged words before the suspect shot the man, the report states.
The girlfriend drove away and headed towards Carolinas Medical Center Steele Creek, but pulled into the boat landing and called 911, the report states.
The girlfriend identified the shooter as "ATL," a moniker that sounded familiar to police who had past dealings with the gunman, the report states. Clover Police identified the assailant as Kevin Allison.
The victim was airlifted to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, while deputies spoke with witnesses, the report states. Deputies found a marijuana pipe in the victim's car.


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By Jay Rendall
I have many vivid memories of mornings in the marsh with my son, daughter, friends, and yellow lab watching the sun come up over a spread of decoys. On some mornings, the day's first light on clouds, cattails, and water appears as if a stage manager made the call to light the scene. Duck wings whistle in the air. And flocks of migrating blackbirds fly by, synchronized, undulating, and making a racket. A spread of a few dozen decoys on the water, thoughtfully placed with canvasbacks and bluebills negotiating the waves, as well as feeding mallards and teal closer to the blind, completes the scene.
The concept of deceiving waterfowl using decoys has a long history. American Indians were the first to create and use decoys in North America. They wove reeds into duck shapes and stretched bird skin and feathers over ducklike frames. In 1924 archaeologists discovered 11 decoys in Lovelock Cave in western Nevada. They are believed to have been crafted about 2,000 years ago by the predecessors of contemporary Paiutes who hunted waterfowl in marshy areas of the Great Basin.
From the late 1800s to 1918, market hunters (also called gunners) -- who provided waterfowl for butcher shops and restaurants in Minneapolis, Chicago, Boston, and New York -- created strong demand for decoys and decoy carvers. In his book Wild Fowl Decoys, Joel Barber boldly states: "The market gunner, more than any other, is the father of decoys." After market hunting ceased due to state laws and the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act, recreational hunters -- who pursued birds to put on their own table, continued to play a significant role in creating demand for decoys.
Decoys have been crafted from wood, cork, metal, and canvas -- in many styles, from floating to flying, and many levels of quality. Around 1950, plastic decoys began to replace those crafted from other materials. Not surprisingly, handcrafted decoys became more sought after as collectables -- attracting people instead of ducks. Many people enjoy them as a hobby because of waterfowl decoys' connection to hunting. Some collectors recognize handcrafted decoys as American folk art. And some aim to invest in decoys that appreciate in value.
The first decoy in my collection was a gift received more than 25 years ago. It was quite primitive -- a drake mallard crudely carved from a fence post. Its blockish head was sawed rather than carved. It lacked elegant curves and the touch of a renowned carver, but it sparked a new hobby that complemented my passion for waterfowl hunting.
Collecting and displaying old decoys allows me to recall -- throughout the year -- past mornings in the marsh. On my shelf, a favorite canvasback decoy from the 1930s belonged to my grandfather. Looking at its dark red head, cracks in the wood, and worn paint reminds me of stories my aunt told about family hunts years ago, when flocks of canvasbacks and American black ducks visited their decoy spread.
The wide variety of decoy styles and materials caught my attention as I added decoys to my home collection. Within Minnesota one can find considerable variability in decoy styles, owing to the diversity of waterfowl species that visit our prairie potholes, farm fields, rivers, and large lakes.
Local carvers handcrafted many of the decoys produced in Minnesota during the market-hunting era and later. Around Heron Lake in southwestern Minnesota, the site of numerous hunting camps, a distinctive local style emerged among the decoy makers. An article in the Conservation Volunteer in 1966 named Albert Olson, James Dalziel, Abe Nelson, and Herman Becker among the best-known decoy makers there.
The so-called "horse head" design and deep keel of Heron Lake decoys eventually influenced carvers in Manitoba, Canada. As habitat and waterfowl numbers at Heron Lake declined, businessman James Ford Bell -- who hunted there and led an effort to restore the lake in the 1920s -- took his decoys to hunt at the Delta Marsh on Lake Manitoba near Winnipeg. His Heron Lake decoys, possibly carved by Abe Nelson, became models used by several Delta Marsh carvers, who eventually developed a regional style of their own.
After the decline of Heron Lake and the end of market hunting, some local carvers continued their work. According to records of the city of Heron Lake, Albert Olson carved 60 bluebill decoys in 1928 for John P. Upham, a businessman from Minneapolis. In 1929 Olson made 24 bluebill decoys for C.T. Jaffray, then president of Soo Line Railroad Co.
Frugality motivated some Minnesota carvers: They preferred to carve decoys with their own hands rather than buy them in a store. Alfred Moes, car mechanic and owner of the Mosey Inn Garage in Lakeville, carved a rig of 14 or 15 mallard decoys in 1938. Today collectors consider Moes' mallards to be some of the finest decoys crafted in Minnesota. The cover of Decoy Magazine featured them in 2005. But those were the only decoys Moes left for the world when he died in 1969. Like many Minnesota hunters, Moes carved only what he needed for hunting.
Oscar Quam was another well-known Minnesota decoy carver. From the 1920s through 1940s, he advertised in magazines such as Sports Afield and supervised a family operation that churned out several thousand decoys. He initially produced decoys from wood. Later he used cork to make a lighter yet durable decoy. His production grew into a family-based factory, which his children carried on until 1972.
Minnesota has been home to several other decoy factories. Tuf-Skin Decoy Co. of Minneapolis made canvas decoys stuffed with wood shavings. Horne & Danz Co. of St. Paul made a decoy of metal silhouettes above a wooden base (patented in 1881), as well as folding metal goose-silhouette decoys, until about 1915. Around 1920, Specialty Manufacturing Co. in St. Paul produced a "knock down" decoy, which hunters could fold and carry in a jacket pocket.
In the 1920s Carl Tuveson in St. James and in the 1930s George Herter in Waseca founded two of the state's better-known decoy factories. Tuveson produced a flying style of decoy with canvas wings and a pole supported by a wooden float to raise it above the water. Herter's company produced an incredible assortment of gunning decoys -- more than a dozen species of various materials, head positions, and sizes.
Herter's catalog of decoys and other waterfowl hunting supplies served as a predecessor of today's outdoors catalogs. Some have referred to Herter as the P.T. Barnum of decoys because of his promotional talents. The company's long list of products often included catchy names such as the Market Hunter decoy line or superlatives to imply the best such as Perfect, Superior, and Supreme models. Unlike many past decoy suppliers, Herter's brand decoys are still being produced and sold, now under the ownership of Cabela's.
With the prohibition of market hunting and the advent of plastic decoys, demand for wooden decoys declined. In the 1920s people put aside decoys in attics, garages, and other places where they remained out of sight for decades. But today those unused decoys are finding their way to collectors via decoy auctions, shows, antique stores, and online sales by individuals and businesses. Some decoy auctions, such as those run by Guyette and Schmidt Inc. of Maryland, prepare full-color catalogs that feature hundreds of investment-quality decoys. Christie's fine art auctions now include decoys because of their aesthetic appeal and value.
Decoys from some famous carvers fetch prices from $1,000 to $100,000. A few of those made by Elmer Crowell from Massachusetts have sold for more than $1 million.
Among the most coveted Minnesota decoys are those created by Heron Lake carvers because of their unique style.
John Tax, of Osakis, carved decoys from wooden blocks he made by laminating 1-inch-thick boards. Tax died in 1967, and today his decoys are highly coveted by collectors, some of whom consider his work the epitome of the bird decoy as folk art. With patina finish and graceful form, his decoys have sold for more than $100,000.
Today carvers are creating new models as well as reproductions of old decoys. Minnesota has several contemporary carvers, including Marv Bernet, Marv Meyer, Richard Schiebel, Pat Meneely, and Martin Hanson. A master carver from Prior Lake, Hanson crafts decoys of white cedar from northern Wisconsin. He uses a spokeshave, drawknife, and carving knife, just as did carvers in the past. Hanson began carving decoys in 1976, primarily for hunters and hunting clubs. Now he's gained notoriety for his decoys that are being sold as art for several hundred to several thousand dollars each.
Duck season is limited to the fall, but decoy season is year-round. In addition to checking out antique shops and searching online for decoys, collectors hunt for decoys at the annual Minnesota Decoy Show. Held in February in Bloomington, the show is an ideal place to meet carvers, talk with the experts, and enjoy the thrill of bidding in a decoy auction.
Like duck hunters, collectors never know what the decoy season will bring. And like some waterfowl hunters, some collectors find the greatest pleasure is in the pursuit.
Learn more about decoys during the annual Minnesota Decoy Show, Feb. 4-7, 2009, at the Bloomington Ramada Inn. The event is hosted by the Minnesota Decoy Collectors Association each year during the first week of February.
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I think Prept is on again at the end of Jan. Would be up for meeting up early jan in an evening if anyone fancies it?
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What he says on air as part of the "Booker Coorigan Show" on 1300 AM is what he believes. Even if his opinion is not popular, or may appear incorrect in hindsight, Cullen is standing by his view.
"If I had any regrets I couldn't keep doing [the radio show]," he said.
Cullen doesn't pull his punches either. Earlier in the year, he said on air the Ravens would be best served by letting quarterback Joe Flacco sign somewhere else next year. Despite Flacco leading his team to the Super Bowl, Cullen isn't walking back his comments.
"In my opinion he's so inconsistent he could never be back [to the Super Bowl]," Cullen said.
This stance is pretty brave for any broadcaster, especially one working in a tough sports town such as Charm City. But what makes his confidence—not to mention the fact he's on air at all—so incredible is that Cullen, a Guilford resident, is only 12 years old.
Stephen Little, Cullen's father, said his son's interest in the NFL developed in the typical way kids develop an interest in sports, by watching the home team with dad.
But Stephen said his son's love of the game was also fostered by his own interest in a rather recent sports phenomena, fantasy football. He said when he watched games on television with Cullen he'd also keep a laptop open so he could track how the players on his fantasy team were performing.
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"By the time he was 9 or so he was pretty much my [fantasy team's General Manager]," Stephen said.
So two years ago, Stephen decided Cullen was old enough to have his own fantasy team, and they created a league for some of his friends from the neighborhood. Although about 70 percent of the time it was the fathers running their kids' teams, Cullen was the exception and called the shots on his squad without any assistance.
Cullen, who plays football, lacrosse, golf and is a nationally ranked squash player, has also developed a love of the Xs and Os of football and the ability to look at nuances of the game that average fans don't pay attention to. When asked about a particular aspect of the game he likes to watch, Cullen said he enjoys watching defensive backs play againt the pass.
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While discussing last week's AFC Championship game during Wednesday's broadcast with Jeff Mohler, who writes for CharmCitySports.net, Cullen tosses out the nugget that the Ravens' ruined Patriot's quarterback Tom Brady's perfect 67-0 record in games played at home that his team led at the half.
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The South Korean director whose movie about a mutant river monster became the country's biggest box office hit has a new film on what might be an even more terrifying subject -- an maniacally obsessive mother.
Bong Joon-ho sat down last week for an interview with Reuters about his new movie called "Mother"that debuted last month at the Cannes International Film Festival and has quickly become one of South Korea's biggest hits of the year.
The movie is about a mother who goes to extremes to protect her emotionally and mentally unstable son after he is charged with murder. It follows Bong's movie "The Host," which was the first South Korean film to make more than $100 million at the local box office.
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Birth Place: Washington, D.C.
Years Active: 2006-present
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Nahum Grymes, (born November 29, 1984) better known by his stage name J. Holiday, is an American R&B singer. His debut album, "Back of My Lac,'" was released in 2007 and reached #5 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and #1 on the R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart. It featured the single, "Bed" which peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart and #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart. The album was certified gold and nominated for Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 51st Grammy Awards. "Round 2," his second album, was released in 2009 and debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200 while reaching #2 on the R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart. The first single was "It's Yours," which peaked at #25 on t... Continue Bio >>
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The Otsego County Conservation Association signed on with Cornell University to represent Cornell's Recycling Agricultural Plastics Project in February, and is ready to reach out to local farmers to help them participate in this statewide effort. OCCA Program Director Travis Sauerwald will lead the local project in conjunction with RAPP coordinators, the Otsego County Soil & Water Conservation District and the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
"RAPP provides an exciting, environmentally responsible method of disposing of agricultural plastics by recycling old products into new," OCCA Executive Director Darla M. Youngs said. "We're eager to start working with the Otsego County agricultural community through this statewide recycling initiative," she said.
According to the media release, farms use a lot of plastic in the growing, processing and storage of crops, and up to the point, the large plastics have been difficult to get recycled, in part because they are cumbersome to manage.
The RAPP program will take agricultural plastics and convert them for use in sidewalk pavers, plastic lumber, oil and other products. The program aims to provide mobile compaction equipment for use on farms and in rural areas to make storage easier. Since 2009, RAPP has coordinated the collection of nearly 1 million pounds of used plastic that would otherwise have gone into landfills, been burned in open fires, or left behind in fields.
Sauerwald will be working directly with Otsego County farmers to develop a recycling plan that meets their needs and the requirements of the program to reroute agricultural plastics from the waste stream.
"When a farm collects enough plastic to make a full 1,000-pound bale, RAPP will arrange to have a plastic baler brought to the site," Sauerwald explained. "For those handling smaller volumes, their plastic can be baled along with plastic from other farms."
Otsego County users of film or rigid plastics in agriculture — including livestock farmers, landscapers, producers of maple syrup and horticultural crops — can call Sauerwald at 282-4087 to learn more about the RAPP program and how to participate locally. Site visits will be scheduled, after which Sauerwald will assist program participants in developing individualized best management plans to prepare their plastics for recycling.
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All of the blood, sweat and tears of startups.
Let's get this straight: If you want to work at Goldman Sachs, McKinsey or General Electric General Electric, an MBA is a handy scrap of paper.
But if you'd prefer to bypass the corporate ladder and actually build something of your own, spending upwards of $140,000 and two years without pay is just about the worst way to go about it. Because looming outside those classroom walls is a creature far less merciful than any b-school professor: the market. Customers, you may be surprised to find, don't give a damn about your degree—and the market will fire you faster than any ungrateful boss.
Want to take the plunge but need a bit of guidance and support? Applying to a so-called startup incubator may be a far better option than business school.
Business incubators have been around since the 1950s. Typically attached to universities, these entities offered a proving ground, with back-office resources, for fledgling entrepreneurs.
Now a new breed of incubator, catering mainly to technology types, is springing up all over the country. These startup hubs offer expert mentorship, resources like office space and legal counsel, and even seed money—typically in exchange for a small amount of equity in tiny (or theoretical) companies. More importantly, early-stage investors are paying close attention.
Paul Graham, founder of Y Combinator, is the father of all startup incubators. (Y Combinator birthed Dropbox, a file hosting company valued at $4 billion, among other newly minted tech stars.) Since Graham launched his incubator in 2005, about 100 more have come on the scene worldwide.
Like top business schools, startup incubators are particular about whom they let in. Actually, they're stingier: With acceptance rates typically in the low single digits, your odds of getting a bid to Harvard Business School are about three times greater than nabbing a spot in a premium incubator.
For the lucky few, here are eight reasons why incubators beat out business school:
You Can't Teach Entrepreneurship
The truth is that you'll never be fully prepared to create a business—and no amount of classroom time will change that. Kathryn Minshew, founder of DailyMuse, a career advice and job placement site for young female professionals, is off to Y Combinator in January. Minshew decided to forego an MBA in favor of starting a company because "I felt like I could learn more by actually running a company and by talking to others who are running companies," she says. "There were so many other ways to learn the skills I needed and they didn't come with an MBA's high price tag."
Paul Graham offers a different, but equally persuasive, insight: "I'd tear my eyes out in some of the classes they have in business school."
This is a great post and seems to be the growing trend everywhere. In fact, you may have seen Peter Thiel funding entrepreneurs $100k to drop out of school. If that's not supportive of your argument, I don't know what is!
But what about entrepreneurs who can't get into programs, who don't want to move, aren't looking for big financing, or don't need wholesale help for their business? Are we creating a "one-size fits all" model with the cookie-cutter approach off the back of Y-Combinator?
I think there's a better approach. It's a virtual accelerator for people who "don't fit the model" (Know any entrepreneurs who don't fit traditional models?) with equally strong mentors (but better and more of them), a larger community, self-paced, and you don't have to give up equity.
And it launches in 3 weeks.
We got so close to a powerful, real alternative to traditional education, but instead we just shortened it, prettied it up and put VCs in charge.
Sounds really interesting. What is your virtual accelerator called?
That promising looking virtual incubator is called StartupPlays and after looking at it a little further I really like the pitch.
Hi aparkerddm, just to ask you, did you ever receive the name of such virtual accelerator from Scottannan? If you did, let me know please.
You're definitely right about having your b-school friends all coming from rich families. It is really hard to find poor friends to hang out with which sucks for me..
Business school and incubators does not have to come separately, business people will have an edge to have BOTH classroom and experiential learning opportunities. :D
I stand somewhere in the middle. Without my 4 year engineering education that taught me how to learn new skills and value analytics I wouldn't be nearly as well off to run our startup for startups.
Since I run that I also seen founders from all sorts of different backgrounds. I'd say the one thing that can't be taught (and must be learned) is the required ability to adapt quickly to change and wear several hats.. not just your banker hat.
I totally agree, you can not teach the entrepreneur spirit. Entrepreneurs are a rarity of freedom and expression that can not be contained. The Bill Gate(s), the Steve Jobs(s) that are out there, even the Zuckerberg(s) that just had the intestinal fortitude to come up with an idea, and go with it and look at them; I would say that 2 out of 3 at least were high school dropouts that had just an idea, and at the end of the day, they became the industry tycoons, bigger than T. Boone Pickens, and they did it with ingenuity, energy and zest that can not be taught. The funny thing is when Harvard calls both Gates and Zuckerberg back (whom dropped out of Harvard) and Harvard gives them an Honorary Degree.
This is a great article. I myself feel to be a prime example. I dropped out of college to move to NYC to discover what the hell I really wanted to do with my life. I somehow stumbled into a start up, Mix Bikini. The things that I have learned through this company, could NEVER be taught in a classroom. I've learned PR, advertising & marketing, manufacturing, licensing, customer service, and most importantly the value of trust. I know if I spent the next 6 years or so in a classroom, I would just be miserable… And of coarse in debt!
Not to say this is any easy road being in a Start up. It is a huge risk. But with faith in your product, and passion to show the world- success will find its way.!
Great post indeed. What about an exotic Startup incubator that inspires worldwide entrepreneurs in a balanced lifestyle empowered by incubator services? Entrepreneurs: interested? Visit http://www.startupcitybali.com/ and keep you updated about my amazing new project on Bali !
For all striving business majors:
Gather all information regarding network marketing or "pyramid schemes".
List current successful & starting companies then establish contact & devise plans with all C.E.O.s to assign a number for every participating individual.
Flip it UPSIDE DOWN:
Number 1 out of 1,000 or 1,000,000 people in Pyramid A
Number 1 & number 1,000,000 switch spots in Pyramid B
There will be many of them so the sooner the better.
Change your mindset and be an Entrepreneur
The problem with these incubators is that there is this ridiculous perception that every potential successful start-up HAS to be in the technology field and that it's impossible to do anything innovative that is not technology. (Spanx, anyone?) It seems the popularity of technological start-ups comes primarily from an investors' perspective: relatively low costs, potentially higher and much quicker returns. That is a nice fantasy, but how many of these companies fall flat on their faces and ultimately waste these investors' money?
Of course it's far cooler and exciting to invest in a tech company. Is that what it comes down to?
What needs to be sought, cherished, and refined are the character traits that make a person capable of executing. Ideas are a dime a dozen, but it's the person willing to do the dirty work and sacrifice themselves entirely that will ultimately succeed in ANYTHING they do.
Do I think business school is worth it? For the knowledge, not really. If you've studied business as an undergrad, it's just more of the same. For the ability to hone your thinking, yes. For the 'value' of the degree in the job market? Definitely.
Do I think start-up incubators are worth it? If you're in tech, yes. Otherwise, good luck.
Hi Mike, the popularity of technology start-ups doesn't come primarily just from investors. It comes from the country itself. Bipartisan STEM initiatives have been passed since the Bush days, with the goal of increasing America's competitiveness on the world stage.
P.S. Y Combinator upped their seed to $150k? Wow, big jump!
And you wont be forced to sit through the intolerant liberalism of most expensive colleges.


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Congratulations to the Terre Haute Salvation Army on its 125th anniversary of service to our community.
As a bell-ringer during the Red Kettle Campaign, I heard countless testimonials of people helped by the Salvation Army. I listened to their stories. It helped me realize and understand what the Salvation Army meant to them and how it has affected so many people over so many generations.
One woman told of her grandfather, a "doughboy" from World War I, and how he remembered his return to the States. His first sighting, as he set foot on the shores of America, was the Salvation Army with coffee, donuts and the warmest of welcomes.
I listened as another person recalled that his father, a Gl in World War II, had been unable to afford the transportation expense to attend his grandmother's funeral. (He was stationed in the States at the time.) There was the Salvation Army with a helping hand.
And there was the elderly woman who has never forgotten the Salvation Army. The death of her father had left the family almost destitute. In their time of need it was the Salvation Army that came to the aid of her family with clothes and toys at Christmas. She was a child at the time. She still remembers.
Need more modern accounts? The Salvation Army was there to help when the 2008 flood and levee damage overwhelmed Terre Haute. Many of the people who got assistance have recovered from the devastation and are now gladly giving to others the help the Salvation Army once gave to them.
Sometimes I would say after a donation. "Thank you, the Salvation Army will sure put that to good use." Their response was simple, but meaningful, "I know."
I'm not embarrassed to write. The accounts of the help of the Salvation Army for our neighbors often caused a lump in my throat.
There will be people who question the need for charitable giving or have heard of charitable scams. There will be some who are aware of CEOs of nonprofits making extraordinary salaries. Some will know of organizations sending donations to Timbuktu, when less-fortunate people in their community are in greater need. The citizens of Terre Haute can be assured that Salvation Army administrative costs are absolutely minimal. The money it donates remains in the community. And its assistance provides basic needs to anyone in need.
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Chapter 1: Joining Plus and What to Do First
Chapter 2: Sorting Everyone into Circles
Chapter 3: Hanging Out
Chapter 4: Streaming
Chapter 5: Sharing Media
Chapter 6: Mobile and Games
Chapter 7: Promoting on Plus the Right Way
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- What is Plus?
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- Why join Google Plus?
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- Other people's posts
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- Editing your posts
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- Who's following whom?
- Adding people to your Circles
- Notifications
- Creating new Circles
- Circles for Friends, Acquaintances, and Family
- Mastering circle maintenance
- Sorting Circles
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- Reordering Circles
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- Circle editing shortcuts
- Private Circles
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- What we learned
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Start your social media experience afresh, having the most fun you possibly can sitting at a computer or holding your smart phone.
Whether restarting your social media participation from another network (doing it right and with a lot more control this time) or just jumping in for the first time, this book leads you triumphantly through Plus. Like Plus itself, the book is fun, exciting, and condenses everything you need for maximizing enjoyment in an easily readable format with tons of informative illustrations.
Google Plus First Look shows you how to join Plus and the kind of initial setup that guarantees a successful and fun-filled experience. The second chapter shows you Circles, Google's innovative bit of genius that has taken social networking to a new level of control over our own interactions. We'll see (and I do mean see) how Hangouts (video conferencing) works, and master Streams (where posts go). Sharing photos and video is the easiest you've ever seen, and you will see it in Chapter 5. Nor do you have to leave Plus at home, in Chapter 6 we take our social networking with us on our smartphones. Photos and videos upload automatically, ready for sharing. Finally, we learn how to promote things the right way, the polite way on Plus. This book serves as an indispensible reference to all that and more.
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Beginning the week of April 1, listeners to KSTX 89.1 FM will hear several exciting new programs on the weekends, as well as an expanded edition of Texas Public Radio's award-winning program, "The Source."
District 4 Councilman Rey Saldaña has his eyes set on his second term, and said the future is in the hands of the people of San Antonio.
"We need to step up to make sure we're controlling the pace of how that happens and the best way is remember that on April 29 we have an opportunity to vote," he said. "Now I'd love it if you voted for me but the one important thing is that you come out and vote."
He waxed poetic at his recent campaign kick-off in the heart of his district.
Julie Pousson took the microphone and shouted that all people should be treated the same. A closeted lesbian for a long time, Pousson said no one should have to hide in the shadows, and her message resonated with the hundreds of people gathered outside the Bexar County Courthouse Tuesday evening.
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Six candidates, including Medina, ironman competitor Shirley Gonzales, insurance agent John Carlos Garcia, businessman Richard Cardenas, attorney Ricardo Briones, and Frank Ramirez are all fighting for the job.
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