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ALEC HOGG: Upper Echelon is brought to you by Deloitte - for innovative thinking and thorough strategic planning turn to Deloitte. Kevin Hedderwick, chief executive of Famous Brands is in our Upper Echelon today and it's such an interesting story, yours Kevin, hailing from East London, way back. You certainly weren't born with a silver spoon in your mouth.
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: No not at all. I come from a small seaside resort, a seaside resort those days and ja I am the product of two civil servants.
ALEC HOGG: What got you motivated to do the entrepreneurial stuff that you've done over the past 30 or so years?
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: I think I've been pretty fortunate to have worked in some wonderful organisations that have prepared me for the job that I do now. I often talk to people and say that what I do now I have been practicing for all my life. I've been very blessed to have worked in two magnificent organisations of which one was Distell which is part of the Rembrandt organisation and I was there in the early days and then of course I always talk about SA Breweries being my alma mater, and I suppose probably still is today the finest business school you can go to in South Africa.
ALEC HOGG: Certainly was in the 1980s when you were there.
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: No, it was, even though we used to tease ourselves about SAB was never a monopoly it was a temporary soul supplier which is a big difference. That business certainly … there was a spirit of continuous improvement that was woven in the very fabric of that business all the time.
ALEC HOGG: You probably read Tony Manning's book called "World Class" where he said at the time of democracy in South Africa, there was only one world class company in South Africa and that was SAB. So it was not surprising, I guess, in your eyes to see how well it has done internationally.
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: It's a remarkable organisation and if you look at how they have ramped that business up globally and if you go to most of the foreign countries probably all of them are being headed up by South Africans and so I think Graham Mackay had the vision in those days to say that South Africans don't need to have an inferiority complex about being leaders in big business and that's why they have been successful. They've transplanted that SAB culture into foreign companies and they've done well from the beginning.
ALEC HOGG: If there was one thing that you took from your time at SAB...
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: Process … fanatical about process. You would go into a meeting and present to the leadership of SAB and they would very soon see whether you've gone through a process or not. The question would be what process have you used. They are a process-driven business and I think that's probably one of the things if you walk around Famous Brands today … people who have subsequently joined me there from SAB can say we can smell a sniff of SAB here, and that's true.
ALEC HOGG: What processes did you introduce in Famous Brands or Steers as it then was... because it's an interesting story which we will get into in a moment... but what processes that you brought across from SAB are still existent.
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: Probably the single most important one that we've tried to wash across the entire organisation at Famous Brands these days has been performance management. I think that in SAB there was never a place to hide. In that business, if it moved it got measured, and we've done a lot of that work in Famous Brands in terms of making sure that everyone in our organisation is attuned to the macro strategic plan in the business and that's done by virtue of a performance management mechanism.
ALEC HOGG: Let's get into your story now. You were involved after SAB with a couple of guys who started a brand called Keg and then went back home to East London to start your own Keg, so have you literally served behind the bar and made sandwiches.
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: I have. In fact my wife and I went back to East London. I'd got to a point in time where I thought I was fed up with the corporate world and I was going to go back home and own this pub and restaurant and park off at the beach.
ALEC HOGG: How old were you at that stage.
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: Probably about 45. Yes I have done that, I've cleaned toilets, I've scrubbed floors, and I've washed dishes. I've certainly been around the counter.
ALEC HOGG: How long did you spend doing that?
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: I spent 18 months there and it was then that the two chaps who found the business, Robbie Mitchell and Derek Myers approached me and said, Kevin this Keg business is out of control. We are just two guys who are chefs by nature, you're a guy from a corporate background, why don't you join us as a partner and run this business for us, and ja we had the time of our lives. There were four of us. There was myself, Rob, Derek and a financial director. We had offices in Durban and we grew that business to 67 pubs and restaurants for the footprint even in Australia. So we had a lot of fun.
ALEC HOGG: And then Kingco came along. It's well known by JSE investors as a stock that was between 1c and 2c for most of its life. How did you get sucked into that?
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: Rob and Derek had an intention to want to emigrate. They were going to live in Canada and so they were looking to exit and it's an ironical story because at the time Allen Ambor from Spur was very interested in our business but from left field came Kingco with a chap by the name of Dennis Finch and Allen's attitude to acquiring businesses was that he would prefer to give a lot more paper so people like myself, who were staying behind... it was something to work hard for. Robin and Derek of course wanted to get some liquid out of it so they would prefer cash. So the reason we actually ended up in Kingco was because Kingco was prepared to put cash on the table while Allen was talking about paper.
ALEC HOGG: Didn't take you long to see that that was perhaps not headed for the stars.
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: No it was a business that we worked out two year profit warranties through and a business really that had some wonderful intellectual property in it but just really was a business that was misdirected.
ALEC HOGG: That certainly isn't the case with the next business that you joined which is Steers, listed on the Stock Market a couple of years, six years before you went across there, had done nothing in those six years. I guess though the Halamandaras family thought they needed somebody, almost like your two chefs, might have done at Keg and you were the man.
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: Not from the outset. From the outset when I met them they effectively asked me to look after the Steers brand and I think the reason being for that is that McDonalds had just arrived in South Africa and had literally almost came guns blazing and I think they were petrified about the impact that McDonalds might have on Steers being the mother brand which it still is today, so I spent the best part of 12 - 18 months working on the Steers brand and during that time we got to know each other very well and it wasn't long before they asked me to take over the chief operating officer role and when we did that the conversation very quickly turned to what are we going to do to unlock value. You had this family who had been in South Africa for the best part of 40 years; had worked their bums off and had a business with the market capital of about R45m. They were saying to me that this is bizarre because we've got friends who own two or three spars who earn more money than we have and we have been working at this for 40 years and so yes, we got together and said if we are going to unlock some value here, we might have to take some risks and it was really a question of, if you are going to unlock value, do we take the staircase or do we take the elevator. Bear in mind though if we take the elevator, once you push go there's no stopping and to their credit they had a belief in me and collectively we've done very well. But I often say I would never have been able to do it without them in the background all the time, they've been amazing shareholders and fantastic mentors to me personally.
ALEC HOGG: But you had the processes in place before you hit the elevator button?
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: Yea we spent... my early days - even in the Steers brand which we then washed across the business were two things, it was about process and people and I learned a very harsh lesson – is that I went into that business and tried to put process in but the business had unfortunately not been mature enough to absorb those processes because the people weren't mature. The people weren't being developed, so we stuttered a bit but once we matched the people and the process together, we've done exceptionally well. Today Famous Brands has some magnificent people working for them.
ALEC HOGG: Including the people who were at Keg which was – is that part of your group now – Keg?
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: Yes, we've subsequently about 18 months ago taken back the Keg business, taken back a business that was certainly not without its challenges, it's problematical, its shrunk to a network of about 27 – 30 pubs now but the good news is that the category hasn't developed. So what we're saying is that working for the likes of SAB who have been remarkable to us in giving us insights into that particular part of the market and the consumer, is that we think there's an opportunity for us to reinvent the category again.
ALEC HOGG: I like that in you. There are lots of things as an entrepreneur that is to like in you, but that you go back to – you just mentioned SAB that you have a history with, Keg that you helped to co-start – do you do that with people too? Do you bring people across perhaps who you have worked with in the past?
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: Ja I'm surrounded with some wonderful people. Most of the leadership at some point in time I've worked with before. Probably of the leadership team in Famous Brands which is about seven, I'd say four of them have worked with me before, two of them are ex-SAB guys – in fact it's our HR director, she's a lady and ex-SAB. Our supply chain executive is an ex-SAB guy and the guy who heads up our development team has actually worked for me – he was a draftsman in Keg many years ago. So I think there's a lot to be said for networking and keeping in touch with some of the people that made an impression on your life in the early times.
ALEC HOGG: The other thing that's interesting is the way that you've dealt with a family-controlled business. Sean Summers and Nick Badminton would love to ask you I'm sure, how you've managed to get not only a very successful company, but also a family-controlled company, and to flourish both on the stock market, which again we'll get to in a moment, but personally.
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: Ja I think that they were smart enough – and I don't mean it in a derogatory sense – to have almost stood back and think that they were at a point in time where I don't think that they had the belief that they could take the business to the next level and it wasn't simply just a question well here's this Smart Alec from corporate, let's see what he can do. It's been a process of seeing the whites of my eyes in particular, and there's been a remarkable trust built up between the two of us. Today I'm very privileged – they almost regard me as part of their family and so our relationship is one of absolute trust, we trust each other implicitly and that has grown as we've delivered results obviously, and today the bond is phenomenal between myself and this Greek family.
ALEC HOGG: But it must have come with its challenges as well.
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: Yea it was - especially in the early days because when I arrived at Famous Brands, or in those days Steers Holdings, there's a story in itself. There were a lot of people that they had surrounded themselves with and a lot of those people we had to move, shift, and put in different places in the business. Some of them we even said goodbye to and those people had been in it a long time and when those decisions had to be made, they would say, Kevin that's why you're here. And so it was tough and just even when we started to ramp the business up and we'd outgrown the name of Steers Holdings, it was not an easy sell to get them to change the company's name Steers Holdings to Famous Brands – still very emotional, very passionate but those guys believe in hard work and honest endeavour and I think they saw that in me. And as we've grown the business so the bond has just got stronger and stronger.
ALEC HOGG: Market cap from around R45m, as you said earlier, to R4.6bn – that's an extraordinary 100-bagger. There are not too many of those that you see on the JSE, but you've taken some risks along the road with the acquisition of Wimpy – today a huge success story. At the time what you paid for Wimpy was greater than the market value of the company that you were running?
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: At the time our market cap was about R85m to R90m and we acquired Wimpy at R125m – everybody thought we'd lost our marbles and that we would suffocate on the acquisition. But it was in fact the silver bullet – it was really what transformed the business in its entirety.
ALEC HOGG: How did you know – or did you know inside yourself that this was going to be the one?
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: You looked at the equity of the brand, universal appeal, a network with high average turnover per restaurant, a brand that was a strong South African icon and a brand that at the time was doing very well. One of the lads that are with me today is a chap called Darren Hele – he was the managing director of Wimpy at the time. He'd done a phenomenal job in turning a business around that was also going through a tough time at some point in time and I just thought that with a guy like Darren and with a brand that had so much equity in it, we could only do better. In fact I think we surprised ourselves. When we acquired the Wimpy business the network was of the order of about 285 to 300 restaurants and we've built it to over 500 over time and put a footprint down in the UK. So it was certainly the silver bullet that transformed us, but subsequently we've also surrounded ourselves with some other amazing products.
ALEC HOGG: It's been an interesting development from there because up to that point in time it was almost cookie-cutter type of approach – very similar markets that you were serving. And then you went into tashas which we know well here in Melrose Arch downstairs, of course Mugg & Bean, again head-scratching when you did that acquisition. What drove you to believe that those could fit in well to perhaps different types of brands that you had?
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: When we started our journey at Famous Brans, our very first vision we articulated for that business was to be the leading quick service restaurant franchisor in South Africa and that took us four years to achieve. When we'd done that by virtue of businesses like Steers, Debonairs and FishAways, we said to ourselves and again it's about process, is that how do we rearticulate the landscape so that we don't just get ourselves locked into what was classically called fast foods in those days. And we said that what we would be about now would not just be quick service restaurants, but also casual dining. And along came Wimpy and that fitted that definition. Then the next thing we looked at was well how do we get a strong presence in the coffee category because South Africa was and still is going through an explosion in terms of coffee consumption. The Mugg & Bean story is interesting – Ben Filmalter I'd known all my life almost in terms of being a customer of mine when I was at the Distillers Corporation because Ben has a long history in the hospitality industry. I'd made contact with Ben probably two years before we did the acquisition, and just kept on being persistent and saying Ben I think we should do a transaction – let's do a transaction. And to my surprise one day out of the blue, he phoned me up and said Kevin we're ready to do the transaction and it's you we want to do it with. That was remarkable and as we've gone, so we've embroidered on the landscape in terms of how we play. So, right now we've got all those boxes ticked and 18 months to two years ago we said well, we've got to expand that landscape further, and now it's about leisure. So we're now in the leisure market but we'll always say its food service and we'll always say its franchising... there's a good DNA in our business that we put most things to the test before we go in and acquire them.
ALEC HOGG: You like biographies?
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: Yea I do, I joke sometimes and tell people I have a 'boere' matric but let me tell you I read as much as I can. I have a study at home which is probably the size of this room and the shelves are filled with business books and biographies, especially biographies about political leaders, business leaders, sportsmen... yea I'm fanatical about reading them.
ALEC HOGG: Have you read Isaacson's biography on Steve Jobs?
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: Yes I've just finished it.
ALEC HOGG: And your take?
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: He's a remarkable man – a difficult man but in fact we've taken some leaves out of his book more recently. The three things that Jobs can teach businesses like ours are about great marketing, great product development and great design in terms of retail. And if you look at those three take-outs... those three take-outs is what we've simply now about three months ago we've created a division in Famous Brands which has called itself the Mad Lab... and the Mad Lab really is responsible now for delivering now on those three deliverables and those three deliverables are straight out of Steve Jobs' book.
ALEC HOGG: Are they going to keep up with Whacky Wednesday and those kinds of innovations?
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: They certainly... the team that is together are there to think long-term so they're not talking about what's going to be the next promotion for Steers, but some of the work we're doing in terms of - if for example how do we improve our manufacturing capability. We have a business in Baynesfield in KZN which is a juice factory and up to now, and all that factory has produced has been 250ml glass bottles and 5ℓ bag-in-the-box pasteurised juice. I'm saying that's a business that works on a single shift, five days a week and we've got to be able to ratchet those assets up. So we've had a very big brainstorm with this Mad Lab team and we're looking at some exciting other products that we can extract out of that... it's more long-term stuff than what's the next promotion.
ALEC HOGG: How do you keep yourself enthusiastic and motivated?
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: I love what I do. I get up every morning of my life and I look forward to going to work and I'm surrounded by some amazing people and fantastic brands. I'm in a business which touches the lives of South African consumers every day of our lives. And the other thing that's really given me a rev more recently – you spoke about tashas. We've primarily up to now, whenever we've done an acquisition we've wanted to own the brand outright. And then you find an entrepreneur like Natasha Sideris and her brother Savva Sideris with two little tashas restaurants – one in Bedfordview, where I live, and I look at the passion and the energy of these two kids... I call them kids, they're almost like my own kids and say what is your dream for this business. They say Kevin all we want to do is grow. And so we go along and we acquire a 51% stake in a little business like tashas, we provide the back of our support to these young entrepreneurs and we unleash them. the results of tashas in particular have been phenomenal. We opened tashas in Hyde Park this morning – its flying from what I hear and we're about to open store number 10 in Nicolway Bryanston. And if you speak to the two of them and say two years ago would you think you'd have 10 tashas, they would have said never. So it's very rewarding for me to be able to find young entrepreneurs like those two people, invest in their business and just watch them fly. And we've done that with another business called Vovo Telo which is also an artisan bakery business founded by a guy that I found in Port Elizabeth who was a surfer and thought he could get into baking and done a good job of it. So all those kinds of things – they keep me busy.
ALEC HOGG: What makes Natasha and Savva and the surfer from PE different to lots of other wannabe's?
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: They have an unbelievable passion for their business. They have so much energy. People say to me with regard to both of those entrepreneurs, what is it that you're doing with these people? We're doing a lot of stuff if you go and cut through the corporate thing about making sure that their numbers all stack, because they're generally very good in terms of the food side of the business, but not great business people. But what we really do with them and I often joke about them, I say what we do is we bottle their energy and we sell it. That's what we do and my goodness, have they got energy.
ALEC HOGG: Mid-50s now Kevin, you've got plenty of energy as well. Are you in the Warren Buffett school – they'll have to take you away from Famous Brands when you keel over, or are you looking to retire at some point?
KEVIN HEDDERWICK: Retirement doesn't cross my mind right now, I'm having too much fun and as I said earlier, I love what I do and the marketplace often asks me – Kevin what are your plans, and my plans are really that I'm very fortunate, I feel like I've been practicing to do this every day of my life. So I have a great relationship with the shareholders, the family that have 42% equity and I almost feel like I'm there to safeguard their jewels for now, for that matter. But I'm very mindful of the fact that this is not a family business, it's a public company and we have other shareholders to keep happy and talking about the subject of happy – I'm very happy doing what I'm doing right now.


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Prague, Czech Republic
My Rating
The guide did not provide a lot of information as we drove by some major sites in Vienna. We also had a couple of nasty outbursts at other drivers on the road. It was a long trip in a small mini van. I don't know if this is the accepted mode of transport.
Prague, Czech Republic
My Rating
Nice commentary on the bus, but it was overfilled , standing room only and the open air roof was clanking all the time making the guide hard to hear. The closed bus would not run the AC while we waited for other passengers and it was quite hot.
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-Raymond J. Ebbert III, 22, of 795 Garden Street, Meadville, was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge William Chisholm and bound over to the next term of court on charges of retail theft, theft by deception, criminal conspiracy and criminal attempt. Meadville police filed the charges for an incident on March 10. He was released on his own recognizance.
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-Shawn P. Powell, 40, of Jamestown, was traveling north on Terrace Street Extension in West Mead Township when a dear ran onto the roadway at 12:05 a.m. March 22, according to state police. Powell reportedly applied his brakes and slid across the snow-covered roadway into a guardrail. He was taken to Meadville Medical Center for minor injuries, police said.
-Krista L. Gorman, 19, of Meadville, was traveling west on Route 77 in West Mead Township when she lost control of her vehicle on the snow-covered roadway at 9:53 p.m. March 21, according to state police. She reportedly traveled off the roadway and struck a tree. Gorman and was taken to Meadville Medical Center for minor injuries, police said. Passenger Danielle McKay of Meadville reportedly sustained minor injuries but refused treatment at the scene. Passenger Shane Edwards of Union City was uninjured, police said. West End Towing assisted on scene.
-Josh Shoaff, 25, of Transfer, was traveling east on Conneaut Lake Road in Vernon Township when Martin J. Woodcock, 33, of Meadville, pulled out of a parking lot into Shoaff's lane of travel at 2:14 p.m. March 22, according to state police. Shoaff's vehicle reportedly struck Woodcock's vehicle along the passenger side. No injuries were reported. Charges are pending against Woodock, police said.
-Andrew A. Wright, 25, of Titusville, was traveling east on State Route 77 in East Mead Township when he looked away from the road and drifted off the south berm, impacting a guard rail at 2:13 p.m. March 22, according to state police. The vehicle reportedly damaged a large section of the guardrail before traveling across both lanes, coming to a rest in the westbound lane facing east. He was arrested for DUI, police said. No injuries were reported for Wright or his 6-month-old passenger.
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Two days after giving birth ... Jwoww arrived home from the hospital Tuesday carrying her precious cargo -- but she let her fiance carry the baby.
Jwoww held tight to her breast-feeding pillow ... while fiance Roger Mathews toted their newborn daughter, Meilani, in a baby carrier.
They were greeted by "Jersey Shore" co-star Snooki ... who's preggo with her 2nd bambino.
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7:00 PM PT -- Solange claims she does not know TaQoya, and her rep says the pic is a "random fan photo."
Mathew Knowles' alleged baby mama was tight with Solange Knowles ... but Solange had no idea her friend was banging her dad.
TaQoya Branscomb has sued Mathew, claiming he got her pregnant in 2010 ... around the time Beyonce's mom, Tina Knowles, filed for divorce.
We're told TaQoya met Solange in 2008 through a stylist. They hung out together on multiple occasions in nightclubs and bars in Houston.
Now here's where the plot thickens. We're told Mathew knew his daughter was hanging out with TaQoya. But Solange was in the dark.
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Mathew probably shouldn't take an elevator ride with Solange anytime soon.
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Levi Johnston proved he's one of the most fertile men in all of Alaska by impregnating a girl for the third time ... and they announced the baby in the most Alaska way possible.
TMZ obtained the picture Levi and his wife Sunny Oglesby sent to their family and friends to announce they were having another kid ... and well, lets just say there's a lot of cheese on that spaghetti.
Sources close to the couple say they're early in the pregnancy ... but extremely happy with their second kid together (Levi's third) because they always planned to have more.
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Hide ya placenta ... formerly gay and formerly famous YouTube star Antoine Dodson is presently a father ... his baby mama just gave birth to their son.
Dodson posted a pair of photos on Twitter announcing the arrival, writing ... "He's here, I'm officially a dad, 6lbs 7oz 19in long!!"
Antoine's come a looooong way since 2010 when he famously helped his sister fend off an attempted rapist ... and told a reporter, "Hide ya kids, hide ya wife, hide ya husbands ... cause they rapin' everybody out here."
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She adds, "The fact that the domestic violence restraining order was issued after a family court judge heard Ms. Schreiber's and Mr. Patric's testimony speaks for itself."
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Jason appealed for public sympathy and enlisted the help of a number of celebs. An appeals court has just given him a shot at winning some custody.
But baby mama Danielle Schreiber sees Jason as anything BUT sympathetic. In legal docs filed with the court and reviewed by TMZ ... she claims Jason was a monster, slamming her head into a wall and hitting her in the face with a telephone receiver.
And she says he was awful to her, regularly referring to her as ""Jew C**t" and "Ms. C**t Schreiber." She says Jason's anti-Semitism continued when he went to their son's preschool, and in front of everyone ... called her "Ms. Jew Lawyer" and "Ms. Jew Schreiber." She says he also accused her of being "c**tish" -- in front of everyone.
Schreiber got a restraining order in November, prohibiting him from contacting or harassing her.
For Patric's part, his lawyer, Fred Silberberg, calls the allegations "categorically untrue." He tells us, "These disclosures are a last gasp attempt at disparaging Gus' father ... [They] are desperate comments from a desperate woman."
The lawyer adds, "If Ms. Schreiber is telling the truth, which she is not, then she should explain how it is that she chose to have a child with Mr. Patric, why she engaged in years of fertility treatments with him, lived with mr. Patric ... [and] maintained a relationship with [him] for over 10 years."
Kendra Wilkinson
Gives Birth ...
But She's a Hospital Scofflaw!
Kendra Wilkinson just had a girl ... and in the process broke a Cardinal hospital rule ... TMZ has learned.
We're told Kendra has just given birth via C-section to a little girl at Cedars-Sinai in L.A. But precious moments in Kendra's world are not meant to be private, so a bank of cameras were in the hallway rolling away when Nurse Ratched laid down the law -- NO SHOOTING in public areas.
We're told there were other snags as well. Kendra and hubby Hank Baskett had asked for a deluxe suite but they were shut down because a mega-wealthy Russian lady locked it down -- we're guessing she paid in cash.
So Kendra -- who literally just delivered --- will be pressing that morphine button in cramped, ordinary digs.
Lil' Kim
I Don't NEED Baby Gifts ...
But Here's Where I'm Registered!
Lil' Kim probably didn't invite you to her baby shower -- but she'll still accept a ridiculously overpriced baby gift ... if you've got an extra grand or so to spare.
Kim posted her baby shower announcement on Instagram to let everyone know she has registries at luxury spots like Tiffany & Co. and Petit Tresor -- generously giving fans a chance to buy her items like a hamper for $1,385 ... or a cradle for $1,648.
If you're on a budget, try the piggy bank. For $125!!
Looks pretty tacky for a celeb to beg for gifts -- but sources close to Kim tell us she was simply responding to fans who've been asking what they can get her.
We're told Kim already has everything she needs ... and she just thought this was a good way to involve fans in her pregnancy.
A $7,899 baby carriage is also a great way to get involved in credit card debt.
The-Dream's Baby Mama
Photographed Injuries After Alleged Attack
The-Dream's baby mama photographed her injuries immediately following her alleged fight with him last year and the graphic pics are now part of the police investigation.
As TMZ first reported, Lydia Nam is accusing Dream of punching, kicking and strangling her during an argument when she was pregnant with his child.
Now TMZ has obtained the photos, which show giant bruises on her arm and leg, as well as scratches on her neck and face.
According to the criminal complaint, Dream pulled and dragged her by her hair, choked her with a necklace she was wearing by twisting it tightly around her neck, kicked and punched her in the head and then grabbed her by the neck, pinning her to the wall and choking her again.
The complaint also alleged that when Nam tried to call 911, he violently twisted her arm and said he would kill her "like O.J. Simpson killed Nicole Brown."
Nam says she waited seven months to report the incident out of fear for her safety. The-Dream denies the whole thing.
I Definitely Never
Hit My Baby Mama
The-Dream didn't say much as he walked out of court Wednesday night following his court appearance for allegedly hitting his baby mama, but he did make one thing clear ... he says he never laid a hand on her.
As TMZ first reported, Dream's baby mama, Lydia Nam, claims he punched, kicked, and strangled her one year ago when she was pregnant with his child.
Dream was arraigned in a Manhattan court Wednesday night on charges of assault, strangulation, harassment and reckless endangerment. He posted $20,000 bond and was ordered to stay away from Nam.
On his way out of court, Dream dodged all questions ... but said he "definitely" never laid a hand on her.
My Alien Ex Falsely Accused Me of Strangulation ...
To Stay in the U.S.
Poor Canada -- The-Dream's ex-girlfriend would rather see him rot in jail than return to Canuckistan ... and that's exactly why the producer believes she has falsely accused him of strangling her.
Dream is telling friends, the reason he was charged Wednesday with felony assault and strangulation is all because Lydia Nam was about to be kicked out of the U.S.
Here's the deal. Her visa is set to expire shortly. Dream says she found out there's a special visa that allows immigrants to remain in the country if they're crime victims and they're needed in the prosecution of the perpetrator.
So, Dream says, that's why she FALSELY accused him of punching, kicking and strangling her while she was pregnant with their son.
For Nam's part, sources close to her tell us, Dream didn't just attack her once ... he had a history of physically abusing her. She admits she waited 7 months after the strangling incident to file a police report, but she says the reason for the delay is simple -- she was terrified of him.
ARRESTED For Felony Assault
Allegedly Attacked Ex-GF
6:00 PM PDT -- Dream just posted $20,000 bail and was released from custody. He was ordered to stay away from Lydia.
10:35 A.M. PDT -- A rep for Dream just told TMZ, "Dream voluntarily surrendered to the Midtown North Precinct this morning in order to responsibly address the false allegations filed against him by Lydia Nam. He is innocent of the charges filed against him today."
The-Dream turned himself into cops this morning for an alleged attack on his ex-GF ... and TMZ has learned he's been booked for 2 felonies -- assault and strangulation.
Law enforcement sources tells us Dream walked into an NYPD precinct at 8:30 A.M. ET -- he had been wanted by police for questioning in connection with an alleged assault on his baby mama, Lydia Nam in April 2013.
TMZ broke the story ... Nam claims he punched, kicked, and strangled her while she was pregnant with his son. For some reason she didn't report the incident to police until 7 months later.
According to law enforcement sources ... Dream's been booked for the 2 felonies as well as 3 misdemeanors -- assault, reckless endangerment, and child endangerment.
He's still in custody.
Wanted by NYPD
After Allegedly Attacking Pregnant Baby Mama
Police in New York are on the lookout for music producer The-Dream after he allegedly punched, kicked, and strangled his ex-girlfriend, who was pregnant at the time, law enforcement sources tell TMZ -- but the producer insists the allegations are bogus.
According to law enforcement, the alleged incident took place in April 2013 at the Plaza Hotel, roughly three months before Dream's ex-GF Lydia Nam gave birth to his infant son.
It's unclear what prompted the alleged attack and if Nam ever sought medical attention -- but for some reason, she didn't file a police report until November, which is when she described the alleged assault to police.
Law enforcement sources tell us, Dream (real name Terius Nash) is now wanted for questioning by police in connection with Nam's allegations -- which means if they find him ... he'll be taken into custody.
For The-Dream's part, he not only insists Nam is lying -- sources close to the producer tell us, he thinks she's a vengeful woman who's plotting to use this alleged crime as a way to extend her visa in the U.S. (Nam is Canadian.)
According to law enforcement sources, Dream was already arrested in connection with a separate domestic violence incident (also involving Nam) last June in Newport Beach, CA ... but Nam refused to press charges, so the D.A. rejected the case.
We reached out to Nam for comment -- so far, no word back.
'Southern Charm' Star
I Gave Birth (For Real)
To My Co-Star's Baby
So much for reality television ... the 21-year-old star of "Southern Charm" who had a pregnancy scare on the show -- but said her test came back negative -- just had a baby.
Sources close to the show tell us Kathryn Dennis gave birth to a healthy baby girl 2 weeks ago -- the very day the pregnancy-scare episode aired on Bravo. And the baby daddy is her mega-rich 50-year-old co-star Thomas Ravenel.
The hookup between Kathryn and Ravenel was one of the big storylines on the show ... but at the time, pregnancy tests showed Kathryn was NOT pregnant.
But after filming ended, we're told Kathryn and Ravenel began shacking up in Palm Beach, FL -- where they now live as a couple -- and Kathryn got pregnant for real.
Fun Fact: Ravenel is a former treasurer of South Carolina who was was forced to resign and served 8 months in prison ... after he was convicted in 2007 of cocaine distribution.


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Roger Cohen joined The New York Times in 1990. He was a foreign correspondent for more than a decade before becoming acting foreign editor on Sept. 11, 2001, and foreign editor six months later.
Since 2004, he has written a column for the International New York Times, until 2014 known as the International Herald Tribune, first for the news pages and then, from 2007, for the Op-Ed page. In 2009 he was named a columnist of The New York Times.
Mr. Cohen has written "Hearts Grown Brutal: Sagas of Sarajevo" (Random House, 1998), an account of the wars of Yugoslavia's destruction, and "Soldiers and Slaves: American POWs Trapped by the Nazis' Final Gamble" (Alfred A. Knopf, 2005). He has also co-written a biography of General Norman Schwarzkopf, "In the Eye of the Storm" (Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1991). His family memoir, "The Girl from Human Street: Ghosts of Memory in a Jewish Family," (Alfred A. Knopf) will be published in January, 2015.
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ASHTABULA — The Children's Theater Production Class presents "Mirror Image: A Real Enchanted Musical" tonight through Sunday.
Fantasy comes face to face with reality in this pop musical where the best — and the worst — of both worlds meet. In the fairy tale world, princes are charming and the stepsisters are wicked and the woodsman dreams of being a hero. When the stepsisters get zapped into the real world and into a real school, the woodsman jumps at the chance to rescue them. But the stepsisters do not want to be rescued, for in the "real" world mean girls are popular.
Times for the shows are today at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.
The show is directed by Aaron Drews, and the members of the cast are: Alex Smallwood, Claudia Smallwood, Cassie Burnham, Allie Perry, Matea Kanicki, Finley Morris, Ali Kiphart, Sydney Gilbert, Caitlyn Burnham, Ben Anservitz, Kiden Housel, Dennis Dixon, Katie Stouffer, Corrina Severino, Sadie Drozd, Hannah Kile, Broden Orr, Arianna Hernandez, Keira Varckette, Sophia Licate, Toni Moyers, Macy Seymour, Sarah Riley, Taylor Cotton, Skylar Nettles, Amelia Riddle, Kylie Klug, Jarod Emerson, Broden Orr, Ben Anservitz, Jonah Anservitz, Maria Hanson, Sadie Nejbauer, Julianne Sheldon and Rachel Tackett.
Walk in ticket prices are $14 adults, $12 seniors/students and children under 12 $11. Save $2 per ticket when you purchase tickets in advance. Advance sale tickets must be purchased prior to 4 p.m. on Friday or by noon on Saturday for the Saturday and Sunday performances. For tickets or more information call 964-3396.


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Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage: 2009
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
Appellation: Napa Valley - Oakville
Vineyard: Beckstoffer To Kalon
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This may be the most transcendent wine we've ever crafted from this iconic vineyard. The fruit was harvested on October 11 and sorted at the winery before undergoing native yeast fermentation over 19 days. After pressing, the wine experienced full malolactic fermentation in barrel. We aged the wine in New Taransaud and Darnajou French Oak for 20 months.
The nose on our 2009 Knights Bridge To Kalon Cabernet Sauvignon is drenched in dark, ripe blackberry, blueberry, and violets. The quintessential To Kalon pedigree exposes itself on the palate with complex layers of creme de cassis, briar fruit, and spice box framed by well-integrated tannins. As big and rich as this wine is, it displays tremendous elegance and an almost supple quality. Generous tannins come across as smooth, dense and rich with a long, sweet finish. Accessible upon release, this wine will evolve gracefully for decades.
Average Age of Vines: Fourteen years
Harvest Dates: October 11, 2009
Cases Produced: 196
Food Pairings: This is a versatile wine that can pair with a range of foods such as herb marinated lamb or oak plank grilled salmon.
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Over the years, Los Angeles and the surrounding cities have passed some pretty interesting (for a lack of a better term) laws. I thought they were too funny and obscure not to share with all you Patch readers out there.
Enjoy these from the LA Almanac :
- Peacocks have the right of way to cross any street, including driveways.
- You cannot leave your car on the street overnight without the proper permit.
Baldwin Park
- Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool.
- It is illegal to wash your car in the street. (Passed 1995).
Hollywood (when it was an independent city)
- It is illegal to drive more than two thousand sheep down Hollywood Boulevard at one time.
Long Beach
- Cars are the only item allowed in a garage.
- It is illegal to curse on a mini-golf course.
City of Los Angeles
- It is illegal for a man to beat his wife with a strap wider than 2 inches without her consent.
- You cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time.
- You may not hunt moths under a streetlight.
- It is illegal to cry on the witness stand.
- Toads may not be licked.
- It is a crime for dogs to mate within 500 yards of a church. Breaking this law is punishable by a fine of $500 and/or six months in prison.
- Zoot suits are prohibited.
- Illegal to stage a bullfight in your backyard.
- Illegal to blow snuff in another's face.
- Illegal to bath in someone else's bathwater.
- Illegal to fly a balloon more than five feet off the ground.
- Illegal to wash your neighbor's car without permission.
- Illegal to sit on an outdoor restaurant table.
- It is illegal for a secretary to be alone in a room with her boss.
Santa Monica
- You may not play percussion instruments on the beach.


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Two people were taken to Rapid City Regional Hospital Wednesday after a motorcycle/pickup truck collision.
It happened just after 12:00 p.m. on the Interstate 90 Service Road in Box Elder. South Dakota Highway Patrol Trooper Michael Bock says the motorcyclist stopped to watch a billboard being hung. The driver of the pickup didn't see the biker stop and crashed into the rear end.
Bock says the biker was thrown about 20 feet.
Both drivers were taken to the hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
The motorcycle driver was cited for an illegal stop.
The pickup truck driver was cited for careless driving.


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Original recipe yields 3 dozen
- In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and white sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. Cover dough, and chill for at least one hour.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease cookie sheets, or line with parchment paper. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/4 inch in thickness. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters. Place cookies 1 1/2 inches apart onto cookie sheets.
- Bake for 6 to 8 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove cookies from baking sheets to cool on wire racks. Cool completely before frosting.
- In a small bowl, beat the butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Mix in the milk one tablespoon at a time until a good spreading consistency is reached. Stir in food coloring to desired shade. Decorate cooled cookies, and set on waxed paper to harden.
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Yum! These cookies a fabulous. Not only is the dough wonderful to work with, the frosting really does dry hard so you can plate them in layers and they do NOT stick together because of the frosting! I am very pleased with these. I just made footballs with brown frosting and white laces for Superbowl Sunday! When you bite into these, the outside is crisp and they are extremely soft and almost cakelike on the inside. Really, really great recipe! I did add a little imitation butter flavor and a bit more milk to the frosting to get it to the consistency I wanted. Glad I found this one! It's a keeper!
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FANTASTIC recipe! Yes, the dough is somewhat delicate to work with but I had no problems, and I only refrigerated the dough for an hour. Use plenty of flour on your board, and you can softly brush off the excess with a basting brush. Just flatten the dough with your hands a little, and gently roll over it a few times. (Make sure you don't roll too thin) Something I feel makes these cookies so good is the butter flavored SHORTENING. Those who use real butter are not going to get the same results in texture, and it's not really fair to judge a recipe poorly if you change a main ingredient. Butter and shortening don't bake the same. These cookies baked wonderfully, tasted terrific and were easy to make. The texture is perfect, not too soft yet not crunchy. The frosting is delicious as well. Another tip- Use parchment paper and your cookies won't burn on the bottom (or brown much at all for that matter). I never make cookies with it!
I really liked this recipe. The only thing though, is I put mine in the freezer for 3 hours and it STILL wasn't firm enough to work with. Once it was, I pulled off a small hunk and rolled out 1 dozen, while keeping the rest in the freezer. Make sure your surface is well floured, as well as the butterknife or whatever you use to scrape it up to put it on the cookie sheet. The cookies held their shape well and taste good, nice and soft. Oh also don't chill your dough in the mixing bowl, scoop it out onto a sheet of plastic wrap and press into a disc shape, so it chills evenly and is easy to roll.
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Amount Per Serving (36 total)
- Calories
- 133 cal
- 7%
- Fat
- 5.2 g
- 8%
- Carbs
- 20.6 g
- 7%
- Protein
- 1.3 g
- 3%
- Cholesterol
- 13 mg
- 4%
- Sodium
- 82 mg
- 3%
Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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A full-service marina on the Cedar Creek branch of the Powell River tributary of Norris Lake. The dock features a restaurant and general store.
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The YWCA Bucks County Women's Empowerment Program is holding a Job and Career Fair for women in Bucks County on Wednesday, December 5, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at the Inn Place (formerly the Courtyard by Marriott) at 3327 Street Road in Bensalem. The Inn Place is located directly adjacent to Parx Casino and offers abundant free parking.
There is no cost for women seeking employment or job search assistance to attend this event. A number of Bucks County businesses and organizations will be available for on-the-spot job interviews. In addition to hiring organizations, women seeking employment will have access to experienced job counselors who will assist with resume-writing, job search information and a variety of other aids to help build job search skills. Participants are encouraged to come "dressed for success" and to bring ample copies of their resumes.
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Opensource GSM - Intro
As every walk has his first step, here is the first post on this blog. The title is self explanatory, I'll focus mainly on the recents development of opensourcing GSM.
The recent releases of Openbts, OpenBSC and the Airprobe projects are openning new area of technological study. More than the political considerations of free the more than widely spreaded GSM technology, it's just an amazing playground of protocols and devices.
Among the networking parts, there's also an effort on opening the handset, as demonstrated by Openmoko and Android platform. I'll sometimes play with these "toys" that are most visible part of the "opensource mobile movment".
PS: I'm not an engineer of these topics, just another geek hobbyist, so I may omit things or do some mistakes. Sorry in advance.


text: Almost all Gospel harmonies are arranged in four columns showing parallel passages from the four Gospels. In Armonía de los Evangelios, the text of the four Gospels (Reina-Valera 1960 version) has been woven into a single narrative. This narrative enables the reader to see relationships within the four Gospels that are difficult to see when the Gospels are separated and even when they are arranged in columns. Those who preach any of the four Gospels will never want to be without this insightful and time saving tool once they discover it. Armonía de los Evangelios contains notes, which illuminate the text and sidebars which highlight significant themes in the Gospels.


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Niagara Gazette — For those who have always wanted to learn how to play a table game but never tried due any number of reasons, help is on the way — Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel has announced an ongoing free opportunity for guests to get comfortable with some of the liveliest games on the casino floor.
Curious about blackjack, roulette, craps, baccarat and brand-new offerings like Mississippi Stud Poker and Blackjack Switch? Now available for two Wednesdays each month are learn-to-play sessions that help players learn the rules, ask questions and try table games with "play money." There is even a monthly $10 match play incentive for attending.
Sessions will be held every other Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m. and 3 to 4 p.m. in the table games pit directly in front of the main casino cage area. Dealers will feature blackjack with the Blackjack Switch option on March 20 and April 3. A new game will be featured each month.
Registration is simple and free. Attendees simply need to sign up at the table games pit starting one hour before each session. As an added incentive, those who participate in a learn-to-play session will receive one $10 match-play coupon per month that can be used to bet at a table game after the training.
Multiple dealer demonstrations and opportunities to try the particular table game with "play money" will take place during each one-hour session. Players are able to stay for as little or as long as they would like, until they determine they have gained enough of a comfort-level and knowledge about the particular game.
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The University of Akron continues to creep upward in the nation's major college basketball polls.
In this week's USA Today Coaches Poll, the Zips have 19 votes and are a couple of slots away from making an appearance in the Top 25, a survey in which UA coach Keith Dambrot votes.
They're further back in the AP Top 25, but with 16 votes, they continue to make gains toward an appearance among the nation's elite programs.
What does it mean? Everything and nothing.
"Yesterday for the first time, my girlfriend saw it on Twitter and showed it to me," point guard Alex Abreu said after Monday's light practice. "It's going to be huge if it happens for the school. It doesn't really matter to me. If we're in the Top 25, I'm going to hear about it. There's been some noise around. To me that's not what's important to me, it's how we play in March."
Dambrot confesses that he's not one to pay too much attention to rankings, but he's very much aware of their tangible benefits.
"The only reason I would watch is that it helps us recruit," he said. "It means nothing other than that, unless you get in there, then that helps you get into the NCAA Tournament also."
Indeed, an appearance in one or both polls could make a difference in whether the team has a shot at receiving an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament in March. It is still better that the Zips control their destiny by winning the MAC Tournament than relying on a selection committee which has never been able to live without a smidgen of controversy in the process.
Considering the Zips did themselves a favor by beating Bowling Green on Saturday, giving them an automatic spot in the MAC semifinals, the road to the NCAA's party has been made just a little bit easier.
What they have to do is play.
That means putting together complete games.
"It's better for the team aura so that we get more confident. But Top 25 doesn't make us a better team," Abreu said.
Scoring a TKO
Dambrot and his staff recently added a scoring system that awards points based upon several defensive criteria that's ultimately meant to help the Zips clean up parts of their game.
They used it for the first time against Bowling Green and the Zips won 8-of-10 rounds. The other two were a tie and loss respectively.
Whether the new system is the reason they came out with more energy and focus to open the game is debatable. What isn't debatable is that they didn't get into an early hole against the Falcons.
"The [round] we lost, they cut [the lead] down to six points," Dambrot said. "It kind of played out like we thought. If we win most of those rounds, we're going to win most of those games."
After Saturday's game, forward Nick Harney and guard Brian Walsh offered their support of the new system. Abreu said that it can increase awareness of what they need to clean up heading into March.
"We're trying to fix everything that we have," he said. " There are little things — step-by-step — that we're emphasizing. We're coming out with more defensive energy and trying to get off in the beginning, especially for the crowd."
RPI watch
The Zips rose in almost every relevant RPI survey released this week.
The Ken Pom RPI had them in the same spot as last week at No. 49. They rose two to 47 in the ESPN BPI. They jumped five spots to 48 in the Real Time RPI, up three to 48 in the NCAA RPI and up two in the ESPN RPI to 52. Many experts believe the Zips would have to get to the low 40s to get an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
"I'm pretty much a basketball fanatic. I know where we are," Dambrot said. "If we win out, I know where we will be. Those are just things you do more as a fan than a coach."
This is the seventh UA senior class that will enjoy a 90-win career. Six of those classes have come under the guidance of Dambrot. It was erroneously reported as 70 wins in a previous report.
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By GARY POPP
A group of area children got their hands dirty Saturday afternoon as they were exposed to the often forgotten art form of printmaking.
The Carnegie Center for Art and History, along Spring Street in New Albany, hosted the workshop that let the children draw, carve and press materials into unique pieces of artwork. The two-hour class, open to children ages 9 to 14, was taught by artist and printmaker Julie Yoder, who works in education at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft in downtown Louisville. Yoder was asked to instruct the workshop as she has a print featured in the Carnegie Center's current exhibit.
Yoder led the class of young artists through each step of basic printmaking, and when the workshop was over, each child went home with a personalized creation of ink on paper.
The children were first given a 3-inch by 3-inch block of rubber, about a half-inch deep. They then used pencils to draw images on the rubber blocks. Yoder then passed out hand-held carving tools for the children to carve out their drawings. Small rollers were then used to spread a water-based ink over the carved images, and the blocks were then carefully pressed on a heavy-gauge paper to complete the projects.
Sisters Annmarie and Ella Tichy, of New Albany, both said they were happy to have attended the class. Ella Tichy, 9, a third-grader a St. Paul Catholic School, titled her work, an image of a tree, "A Peaceful Day."
"I started with a sprout, but decided to do a tree," she said. "I named it 'A Peaceful Day' because it looks like there is wind blowing through the tree."
Ella Tichy said she was going to hang her print on a miniature bulletin board in her bedroom.
Annmarie Tichy, 12, a sixth-grader at St. Paul, made a print of vines with over-sized leaves.
"I just like the idea of it and the way it looked," Annmarie Tichy said of her project that she titled "Stems."
She said the printmaking class was "very different" from the time allotted for art work she receives once a week at school.
"I don't think I have ever done anything like this before," she said.
After the two-hour class, Annmarie Tichy was able to give a bit of advice to other kids interested in printmaking.
"Don't get frustrated if it is not what you hoped it would be," she said, adding that she thought her project came out "really good."
While printmaking has a long history of mass producing text and artwork, Yoder said the creative process has become not a lost art, but a lesser-known art outside of the art community.
"[Printmaking] certainly does not get the attention that paint and sculpture and traditional art forms get, but I think it is quite vibrant still," Yoder said.
She said her attentive class of young artists did a wonderful job, and she was pleased with their final projects.
"I think [printmaking] is a difficult concept to grasp," Yoder said. "Until you have actually seen the whole process, it can be hard to understand what you are trying to make."
Yoder, who has experience teaching all ages of inspiring artists, said working with children offers challenges and benefits.
"Kids don't necessarily have the motor skills as adults do, but they don't come with preconceived notions." She said. "So they can be more open to trying something they don't quite understand."
Go to carnegiecenter.org to learn about upcoming exhibits, workshops and family-oriented programs.


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Chickasha High School wide receiver, powerlifter and sprinter Shaq Oliver was named to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes 2013 All-State team.
The all-state athletes and coaches will be honored at the 39th Annual FCA Honors banquet at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum on Tuesday, April 9.
Speaking at this year's All-State banquet are 2 current NFL players: Gerald McCoy and Billy Bajema.
Gerald is from Southeast (OKC) High School and played college football at OU. He has played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for 3 seasons and was named to his first Pro Bowl this past season.
Billy Bajema is from Westmoore High School and played college football at OSU. He has been in the NFL for 8 seasons, playing this past season with the Baltimore Ravens and helping them win the Super Bowl.
These men are outstanding athletes who are committed to Christ and the ministry of FCA.
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Tourette's Syndrome
Tourette's Syndrome Overview
Tourette's syndrome is a complex neuropsychiatric condition characterized by the presence of tics, which are usually associated with other disorders such as:
This tic disorder was first described by Georges Gilles de la Tourette in 1885.
The first signs and symptoms are seen most often around the ages of 6 to 8; however, in some cases the first signs are seen at an earlier age, and in other cases they start in adolescence.
Tourette's syndrome occurs in about 0.5% of school age children, but when chronic tic disorders are included, the prevalence increases to 2% of the general population.
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Nebraska Head Coach Bo Pelini has confirmed that Sophomore running back Aaron Green has been given permission to look at other schools to continue his college career.
The 5'-foot-11, 190 pound Green and Ameer Abdullah were battling for playing time behind All-Big 10 running back Rex Burkhead.
Green was one of the country's top ranked running backs coming out of high school.
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In the past, I've heard others say they've used a can of Coca-Cola to cook roasts. In my rush to leave the house a couple of weeks ago, I had less than 5 minutes to get something into my slow cooker. I had a roast in the freezer, some potatoes and carrots, and then, I saw an empty can of Coke sitting on my counter. That's when I had a stroke of genious! I ran and got a full can of Coke and the rest is, well.....history!
Not only is this quick to throw together, but it's easy and inexpensive, too. Chances are, you'll have most of the ingredients laying around your house. (That's always so satisfying when that happens!)
Coca-Cola Chicken
3-4 lb. boneless bottom round steak (or whatever kind of roast you want)
5-6 small potatoes, cut if you'd like
4-5 medium sized carrots (or more) peeled, cut in half or thirds
2 tsp. chopped garlic (about 2-3 cloves)
salt and pepper to taste
1 can Coca-Cola
Directions: (I used a 6 Quart Slow-Cooker for this)
Place your roast in the crock (mine was frozen) with your carrots and potatoes. Sprinkle it with salt, pepper and garlic. Pour the can of Coke over the top. Cook on LOW for 8-10 hours or on HIGH for 5-6 hours. ENJOY!
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In 1903 a mysterious young woman flees alone across the West, one heart-pounding step ahead of the law. At nineteen, Mary Boulton has just become a widowand her husband's killer. As bloodhounds track her frantic race toward the mountains, she is tormented by mad visions and by the knowledge that her two ruthless brothers-in-law are in pursuit, determined to avenge their younger brother's death. Responding to little more than the primitive fight for life, the widow retreats ever deeper into the wildernessand into the wilds of her own mindencountering an unforgettable cast of eccentrics along the way.
With the stunning prose and captivating mood of great works like Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain or early Cormac McCarthy, Gil Adamson's intoxicating debut novel weds a brilliant literary style to the gripping tale of one woman's desperate escape.
Chapter One
It was night, and dogs came through the trees, unleashed and howling. They burst from the cover of the woods and their shadows swam across a moonlit field. For a moment, it was as if her scent had torn like a cobweb and blown on the wind, shreds of it here and there, useless. The dogs faltered and broke apart, yearning. Walking now, stiff-legged, they ploughed the grass with their heavy snouts.
Finally, the men appeared. They were wordless, exhausted from running with the dogs, huffing in the dark. First came the boy who owned the dogs, and then two men, side by side, massive redheads so close in appearance they might be twins. Dabs of firefly light drifted everywhere; the night was heavy with the smell of manure and flowering apple and pear. At last, the westernmost hound discovered a new direction, and dogs and men lurched on.
The girl scrambled through ditchwater and bulrushes, desperate to erase her scent. For a perilous moment she dared to stop running, to ...
Mary Boulton's intense psychological transformation is augmented by Adamson's crystalline prose. Nothing is too minuscule for Adamson's notice: the mud at the bottom edge of Mary's hem, the glint in the brothers-in-laws' animal-like eyes, the color of the sky, the smell of the trees. Each sentence and paragraph is worth the contemplation of any great poem. The pacing is deliberate and perfect. Adamson's dark, yet delicate descriptions take this story from mere western escape story to a gothic fairytale. Mary's deepening madness, complete with hallucinated ghosts, plus the spare elements of romance, add to this perception.
(Reviewed by Sarah Sacha Dollacker).
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Frank, Alberta was a small Canadian mining outpost that was inaugurated as a town in 1901. On April 29, 1903, 74 million tons of limestone slid from the top of Turtle Mountain and blanketed nearly three-square kilometers of the valley floor. The slide removed the entire top of Turtle Mountain, dammed the Crowsnest River, which formed a lake, blocked the Canadian Pacific Railway, buried seven houses and other buildings near Frank, obliterated the majority of the mine's exterior infrastructure, and killed 70 people. ...
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10:00pm Thursday 2nd January 2014 in News
COUNTRYSIDE campaigners have pledged to maintain conservation efforts for the South Pennine moors - after the end of a three-year campaign.
The £3 million Watershed Landscape initiative has reaped a number of rewards for East Lancashire since its inception in 2010.
The efforts of supporters were recognised when the Watershed project was named one of the country's leading environmental project and then qualified to win a European cultural heritage award.
Acres of hay meadow were created near Burnley and across the moors near Bacup to help bolster efforts to preserve threatened bird species the Pennine finch, otherwise known as the twite, with the co-operation of local landowners and farmers.
Ambitious plans for a £300,000 mountain bike trail around Hurstwood Reservoir became a reality, and will be managed by regeneration agency Pennine Prospects.
And an industrial history and geology trail was created across Todmorden Moor, as part of a scheme entitled Riches of the Earth, which also had Heritage Lottery Fund backing.
The three-year heritage drive aimed to give practical support to a diverse area which had inspired the Brontes, Ted Hughes and Henry Moore.
Proposals to carry on Watershed's legacy have already been put in place by Pennine Prospects – including capitalising on the Tour de France as it skirts the edge of Todmorden in July.
Agency bosses also say they aim to focus on natural resources between Burnley, Bacup, Milnrow, Marsden, Huddersfield and Hebden Bridge.
Project manager Robin Gray said Pennine Prospects would look to develop the South Pennine Local Nature Partnership and establish a new regeneration programme.
He said: "During 2014 we will celebrate our woodland heritage, work closer with landowners and farmers and protect our natural resources.
"And then there is the Tour de France coming to the South Pennines in July, which will be a big boost."
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On-tour for the first time outside of their home country in West Africa, The Refugee All-Stars of Sierra Leone will perform Thursday evening in one of only four scheduled concerts in the United States. A film documentary about them titled "The Refugee All-Stars" will be shown at 8 p.m. and the group will perform at 10 p.m. at World Grotto, 16 Market Square.
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Springfield is currently 11-5 in duals on the 2010-2011 season. It is in the number one spot with 139 points and received 13 of 14 first-place votes in the latest poll.
On February 3, in the City Meet, SC first defeated their counterparts from Western New England College, 35-6. The Pride then came back in match # 3 and defeated AIC 28-9.
Currently in second in the NEWA poll is Wesleyan University (15-3-1) with 127 points and the lone remaining first-place vote. Williams College (9-8-1) is in third with 101 points.
The rest of the top 10 in the latest NEWA poll includes Plymouth State (9-3) with 99 points, Johnson & Wales (12-6-1) with 83 points, Bridgewater State (8-8-1) with 71 points, Rhode Island College (10-8) with 65 points, Roger Williams (7-12) with 39 points, U.S. Coast Guard (1-14) with 21 points, and the University of Southern Maine (4-11) with 12 points.
Others receiving votes included Trinity and WPI.
Springfield College will be competing in its next meet on Saturday, February 12 at 12 pm at Johnson and Wales University in Providence, R.I. Also competing will be Plymouth State and Trinity


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Retrovirus testing
The retrovirus status of cats informs both wellness and illness care. The panel recommends testing all cats for feline leukemia
virus (FeLV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infections when they are adopted, regardless of age. Retrovirus testing
can be performed even on kittens a few days old. Cats with negative test results should be retested a minimum of 30 days later
for FeLV and at least 60 days later for FIV. Antibody tests for FIV can detect antibodies passed in colostrum from an infected
or vaccinated mother, which can be mistaken for infection in the kitten. Kittens with positive results for FIV antibodies
should be retested every 60 days up to 6 months of age because FIV tests can detect antibodies passed from an infected or
a vaccinated queen and give a false positive result; if a kitten becomes seronegative, it most likely was not infected. Retrovirus
tests can diagnose only infection, not clinical disease, and cats with FeLV or FIV infections may live for many years.
Cats should be retested after exposure to an infected cat or a cat of unknown infection status before vaccination against
FeLV or FIV and before entering group housing with cats of unknown retrovirus status. Cats living in households with other
cats infected with FeLV or FIV should be tested annually unless they are isolated. Sick cats should be tested even if they
have had negative test results in the past.14
The panel recommends that panleukopenia virus, herpesvirus-1, calicivirus, and rabies virus vaccines be given to all cats.
Administer panleukopenia virus, herpesvirus-1, and calicivirus vaccines to kittens beginning as early as 6 weeks of age every
three to four weeks until they are at least 16 weeks of age. Revaccinate one year later and then every three years. Give rabies
virus vaccinations in accordance with local or state statutes.
The FeLV vaccine is highly recommended for all kittens because of unknown future lifestyle and for cats that go outdoors,
have direct contact with cats of unknown status or that live in high turnover situations such as foster homes or other group
housing, and cats that live with cats infected with FeLV. These cats should be revaccinated annually.15
Dental care
Education about oral healthcare is crucial at all life stages to increase awareness that cats need both home and veterinary
dental care, especially since many owners do not know how common dental disease is in cats, how painful it can be, and how
it threatens their cats' health and welfare.
Emphasize the value of tooth brushing in cats, particularly to owners of kittens since cats are most receptive at this age.
For clients with older cats, show how they can encourage tooth brushing with positive interactions and rewards.
In addition to tooth brushing, a variety of dental products for homecare are available, including diets, treats, and chews.
Efficacy of products is not equivalent, and the only dental products known to be effective are those approved by the Veterinary
Oral Health Council, which requires extensive standards to be met before certification.
Excellent resources are available to facilitate the design of a comprehensive, life-stage-targeted wellness care plan for
each cat. Veterinarians, staff, and pet owners must communicate clearly to promote adherence to wellness plans and improve
the quality of feline healthcare.16 The AAFP-AAHA Feline Life Stage Guidelines may be used as a concise template for this purpose.
C.A. Tony Buffington, DVM, PhD, DACVN Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State University Columbus, OH 43210


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Remember when you were a teenager, blaring music on the boom box while your parents complained that it was "too loud" and "all sounded the same"? Now you probably do the same thing to your own kids — but at least you have science on your side.
Music really isn't what it used to be, according to a report published Thursday in the Scientific Reports journal titled, Measuring the Evolution of Contemporary Western Popular Music.
Scientists in Spain analysed the algorithms of music from the past 50 years and discovered that modern pop is louder and more bland, as Reuters summarizes.
Intrinsic loudness has increased with ramped up volume during the recording process. There is also less diversity in note combinations and timbre, which artificial intelligence specialist Joan Serra referred to a "progressive homogenization of the musical discourse."
The conclusion? You can tell the kids it's official: Today's music is too loud and all sounds the same.
Think back to your teenage years — what did your parents used to say when they complained about your music? What do you say to your kids now? Share your experiences in the comments below.
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Hal Leonard Best of Scorpions Guitar Tab SongbookSku #904355000000000 Hal Leonard 904355 JSAAB Anthologies & Collections Guitar Tablature https://www.esnapw.com/rses/ESnapServlet?MerchantNumberSent=63655
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Guitar Tab for the hard rockers from Hannover.
The Best of Scorpions guitar tab book gives you note-for-note transcriptions for 14 favorites from these Hannover hard rockers. Includes their megahit Rock You like a Hurricane and: Big City Nights, Blackout, Coming Home, Holiday, I Can't Explain, Loving You Sunday Morning, No One like You, Passion Rules the Game, Rhythm of Love, Send Me an Angel, Still Loving You, Wind of Change, The Zoo.
- Includes guitar tab
- 151 pages
- Size: 12" x 9"
- Artist: Scorpions