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Front gates open at 4:30pm, hot laps at 6:00pm with racing following hot laps. General admission is $15.00 and kids under 12 are FREE.
Felker, Daum bring POWRi Midget championship fight to Belle-Clair for Arnie Knepper Memorial
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (Aug. 6, 2013)—Andrew Felker and Zach Daum are locked in a two-driver battle for the championship at midseason in the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series going into the 22nd annual Arnie Knepper Memorial on Sunday (Aug. 11) at Belle-Clair Speedway.
Felker owns an 80-point lead over Daum, 2,310-2,230, with 14 of 30 events remaining on the schedule. Jake Blackhurst and Tyler Thomas are tied for third with 1,625. Under the POWRi points structure, which awards 200 points for winning the feature down to 10 for 20th through last and five points to drivers that run the semi-feature and don't advance, Felker and Daum could miss the next three features and still be ahead of Blackhurst and Thomas.
Felker has advanced to the feature in 48 straight POWRi National Midget events over the past three seasons. The 20-year-old from Carl Junction, Mo., has eight top-fives including one win and six more top-10s this year. Daum drove a partial POWRi season in 2012, running 13 features, and in 16 this year has two wins, six additional top-fives and three more top-10s.
They're not taking anything for granted, but the champion for 2013 seems likely to be Felker or Daum.
"When Zach made his deal with Toyota to run for the POWRi championship, we know it would be a dog fight with him," Felker said. "There are a lot of guys who can win races, but Zach and I are pretty consistent and that's what wins championships."
Felker had two victories, nine top-fives and 17 top-10s in 29 races in taking his first POWRi championship in 2012. He's on a pace to better those numbers this season in his Fontana-powered Spike.
Daum took his first POWRi triumph a year ago. The 22-year-old from Pocahontas, Ill., had seven top-fives and nine top-10s in 13 features. If he maintains the same level of consistency in the second half of the season, he'd double those numbers. Daum drives a Toyota-powered Eagle.
"That's fun, what the championship needs to be about," Daum said. "Andrew has been very consistent. He's been running good and we've been running good. I hope all the bad luck is out of the way for both of us and it comes down to who can win the most races and have the best finishes."
Daum chopped 260 points off Felker's lead in the last three events. Felker had rear end problems in two and didn't start either feature, but bounced back to finish second at Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Mo., on July 27. Daum won at Valley, finished second at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, Ill., on July 25 and was ninth at US 36 in Cameron, Mo., on July 26.
The POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micros Series are also part of the Arnie Knepper Memorial.
POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series top-10 points standings (after 16 of 30 events): 1. Andrew Felker 2,310, 2. Zach Daum 2,230, 3. (tie) Jake Blackhurst 1,625, Tyler Thomas 1,625, 5. Austin Brown 1,515, 6. Brad Kuhn 1,430, 7. Parker Price-Miller 1,125, 8. Garrett Aitken 1,110, 9. Terry Babb 830, 10. Colten Cottle 735.
POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series feature winners: Jacksonville, Ill.—Shane Cockrum; Belleville, Ill.—Chris Bell; Macon, Ill.—Brady Bacon; Sun Prairie, Wis.—Michael Pickens; Jacksonville, Ill.—Kyle Larson; Lincoln, Ill.—Michael Pickens; Macon, Ill.—Andrew Felker; Sun Prairie, Wis.—Rico Abreu; Bloomington, Ind.—Zach Daum; Belleville, Ill.—Darren Hagen; Belleville, Ill.—Bryan Clauson; Wilmot, Wis.—Brad Kuhn; Sun Prairie, Wis.—Darren Hagen; Pontoon Beach Ill.—Terry Babb; Cameron, Mo.—Austin Brown; Grain Valley, Mo.—Zach Daum.
For more information, go to www.POWRi.com.
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April 12, 2011
An Evacuation Information Center set up last weekend to provide information to Serene Lakes residents and property owners regarding leaking propane issues will be moved, beginning Wed., April 13, 2011. The Center will now be located upstairs at the Summit Restaurant and Bar, 22002 Donner Pass Rd., Soda Springs. The Center will be staffed Monday through Friday, from 10 AM until 4 PM. Placer County officials are accepting calls at 530-886-5310.
A community meeting is being scheduled for residents and property owners for the Serene Lakes community. That meeting will be on Fri., April 15, and details will be released later.
A voluntary evacuation order for the Serene Lakes community remains in effect. The order was issued by the Placer County Sheriff's Office, in consultation with the Truckee Fire Protection District, on Sat., April 9. The order will remain in place until further notice, and public safety officials are encouraging residents and property owners in the area to leave until the order is lifted.
Placer County is making available to the public a regularly updated map of areas affected by propane leaks within the community. The map does not identify specific parcels, but rather, notes areas within the development that have active propane issues. That map is available by clicking this link: April 12, 2011 MAP
The Placer County Sheriff's Office will maintain a presence in the area for the duration of voluntary evacuation.
The explosion Friday night was at an unoccupied cabin and completely destroyed the three-story structure. The 10:19 p.m. blast sent debris flying hundreds of feet. The source of the ignition has not been identified, and no one was injured.
The Placer County Board of Supervisors approved a proclamation of local emergency at its meeting on Mon., April 11.
The situation remains active as new leaks are detected, however, there have not been any additional confirmed leaks in the past 48 hours. The warming weather is causing snowmelt, which is actually adding to the weight on propane plumbing. Propane vapor is heavier than air and seeks the path of least resistance while flowing downhill similar to water. The thawing and freezing snow causes the snow to crust over making it harder for the propane to find a path out of the snowpack.
The weight of the extraordinary snowpack this year has damaged pipes, valves, regulators and tanks. While there are no street closures currently in effect, there are individual residences that have been closed off with snow berms and entry into those areas is prohibited until propane levels dissipate.
Anyone who smells propane or natural gas inside or outside a building should immediately exit the area to a safe distance of 300 feet and then call 911. They should avoid, starting engines or motors, turning on cooking appliances, using heating or air conditioning systems or using other ignition sources. Even flipping a light switch on or off might ignite propane.
Property owners should seek assistance in getting their propane tanks and plumbing dug out. Some propane vendors are helping property owners with this activity. Property owners are encouraged to contact their propane vendors for assistance.
Safety tips for the proper care of propane tanks during severe weather are on the county website at http://www.placer.ca.gov/News/2011/March/Propane.aspx.
Placer County will continue to issue updates as the situation dictates.
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Practice Location
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Houston, TX 77030
Education - Eric Peden, M.D.
Medical School
- University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX
- Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
- University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
- University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
- Rush-Presbyterian, Chicago, IL
Areas of Excellence
- Aneurysms
- Aortic Disease Management
- Limb Salvage
- Dialysis Access
- Visceral Revascularization
- Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Varicose Vein Treatment
- Arterial Occlusive and Aneurismal Disease Advancement
- Advanced Venous Disease
Biography - Eric Peden, M.D.
Dr. Eric K. Peden received his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas in 1993. He completed his residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and a subsequent vascular surgery fellowship in Vascular Surgery at the Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Peden also went on to do an additional Endovascular Fellowship at Texas Tech in Houston.
In July 1999, Dr. Peden accepted a position as a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. In 2004, Dr. Peden accepted a position as an Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine. In May 2007, Dr. Peden accepted a position of Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center and subsequently named Chief of Vascular Surgery in 2008.
As both a surgeon and clinical instructor, Dr. Peden has received multiple awards including the A.O.R.N. Distinguished Surgeon Award in 2008 and Attending Teaching Award (Vascular Surgery Fellows). Prior to joining Methodist as an Assistant Professor in 2006, Dr. Peden was an Assistant Professor of Vascular Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. In 2008 he was appointed Chief of Vascular Surgery at the Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, The Methodist Hospital Houston, Texas.
Dr. Peden's clinical expertise is in limb salvage, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Dialysis Access, Aortic Disease Management, Aneurysms, Varicose Vein Treatment, and Visceral Revascularization. Dr. Peden also focuses time and attention to research in various areas including Dialysis Access, Arterial Occlusive and Aneurismal Disease Advancement, and Advanced Venous Disease.
Publications - Eric Peden, M.D.
- Davies MG, Saad WE, Peden EK, Mohiuddin IT, Naoum JJ, Lumsden AB., Percutaneous superficial femoral artery interventions for claudication-does runoff matter? Ann Vasc Sug. 2008 Nov;22(6):790-8. Epub 2008 July 21
- Peden EK, Ricks, F, Vascular Care of ESRD Patients. Endovascular Today; 2009 Feb; Vol 8, No 2.
- Garami Z, Bismuth J, Charlton-Ouw K, Davies M, Peden EK, Lumsden AB. Feasibility of simultaneous pre- and postfilter transcranial Doppler monitoring during carotid artery stenting. J Vasc Surg. 2009 Feb., Vol 49 No 2.
- Davies M, Saad Wael, Bismuth J, Peden EK, Naoum JJ, Lumsden AB. Outcomes of endoluminal reintervention for restenosis after percutaneous renal angioplasty and stenting. J Vasc Surg. 2009 April, Volume 49 No 4.
- Davies M, Saad W, Bismuth J, Naoum JJ, Peden EK, Lumsden AB. Endovascular revascularization of renal artery stenosis in the solitary functioning kidney. J Vasc Surg. 2009 April, Volume 49 No 4.


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Bizarre Burgers That Are Super Trendy
When is a burger not a burger? Kitchen mad scientists are pushing the limits of this American favorite and coming up with bizarre variations on the classic beef patty on a bun. Last weekend, foodie fans of culinary innovation (weirdness?) lined up to try to one of only 100 ramen Burgers available at Smorgasburg, a food-based flea market in hipster heaven, the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. Brought to the United States by chef Keizo Shimamoto who previously worked in Tokyo, the dish consists of soy-basted ground beef between two fried ramen cakes. What does it taste like? "Imagine chomping into a burger and slurping a bowl of ramen at the same time. I call it 'chlurping,' Shimamoto told Yahoo! Shine.
So, what does make a burger legit? The meat? The bun? The fixin's? Here are some oddball burger variations currently on offer. You be the judge. [Additional reporting, Lauren Tuck] --Sarah B. Weir, Senior Writer


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The Idea of North in YoungConcert
Young Town HallNSW, Australia
All ages
Winners of the 2010 and 2013 ARIAs for 'Best Jazz Album' The Idea of North defies categorisation. As a quartet of musicians, their voices are their instruments: soprano, alto, tenor and bass, with a bit of vocal percussion thrown in. They take songs you know and songs you don't and create songs you'll love.
What started out as four students from the Canberra School of Music at the Australian National University kicking around as friends, resulted as a group that has won international recognition and taken home awards such as the USA's 'Harmony Sweepstakes' and Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (USA) for Best Jazz Album & Best Jazz Song, top 10 albums on the Australian jazz and iTunes charts, as well as mesmerised fans across Australia and the globe.
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You hear that? It's my phone not ringing.
The Summer of Recovery hits a brick wall
The nation's economy continues to sputter in the wrong direction. The latest ADP (Automatic Data Processing) National Employment Report released this week has stunning news that private sector jobs declined by 10,000 from July to August of this year. The decline was seen throughout major employment sectors, a sign the projected economic recovery is in the pause mode. Prior to the August decline, there had been employment increases from February through July.
The ADP National Employment Report calculates employment using an anonymous subset of approximately 500,000
The erosion of private sector jobs is placing incredible hardships on American families. New figures from the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) show the number of consumer bankruptcies filed during August 2010 declined nationwide by eight percent. However, the August 2010 filings are six percent higher than the filings made one year ago, and the total number of bankruptcies is now the highest it has been since 2005. The ABI indicates consumer bankruptcy filings could surpass 1.6 million this year.
These developments are a clear signal that
Intervention 102
Last week I covered approximately .001% of my experience regarding alcoholism. The reason for me sharing is because I believe we are all affected in some sort of fashion. We are all connected throughout this life by a loved one's choice to consume this type of beverage in an excessive manner.
Although I would love to solve the world's problems, my job first and foremost is to help individuals take steps regarding their own personal health. Unless we take care of ourselves, there is no way in heck we can help anyone else.
Rising veteran's home rates under review
The Legislative Audit Bureau (LAB) completed the first phase of its evaluation of
The state currently maintains two facilities for veterans in need of nursing home or assisted living care: the Wisconsin Veteran's Home at King, and the Wisconsin Veteran's Home at Union Grove. King provides nursing home care for up to 721 eligible veterans. Union Grove provides nursing home care for up to 120 veterans and assisted living care for up to 123 eligible veterans and spouses.
Expenditures for the two facilities increased from $54.6 million during 2004-05 to $89.7 million during 2008-09, a 64 percent increase in four years. During the same period, revenues increased by 49.4 percent, resulting in operational deficits that are paid using a one-time $20 million federal payment to King during 2005.
Both facilities receive Medical Assistance payments for the majority of nursing home patients. During January, 2010, King received an average of $199.86 per nursing home resident per day, while Union Grove received an average of $252.
This discrepancy occurs in private pay rates as well. Since offering nursing home care for the first time during 2007, rates have been significantly higher at Union Grove than at King, with the exception of a period during 2007 and 2008 that the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) required Union Grove to set its rates at the same level as King.
Since then, private pay rates for King residents rose 17.5 percent, while private pay rates at Union Grove rose 45.8 percent.
Since 2007, DVA has attempted to keep Union Grove's rates from rising so much faster than King's, first by simply requiring that Union Grove's rates be the same as King's, and then by deliberately setting rates lower to "limit the size of the rate increase."
According to the LAB, these rate limitations are part of the reason Union Grove has an operations deficit in recent years. They are also part of the reason Union Grove's rates have risen since 2009, to make up for the gap between revenues and expenses.
The LAB identifies vagueness in the rules regarding rate-setting as a culprit. DVA staff members used varying methods of calculating rates. However, the vague rules do not explain higher costs at Union Grove taking in more money per patient every year and recording deficits unlike King. It could simply be that King, a much larger facility with far more residents, has an economy of scale advantage.
An effect that must be considered is the higher rates rise, the fewer residents will be able to afford the rates. LAB estimates that at least 12 residents left Union Grove during 2010 due to rate increases.
The LAB is recommending the Board of Veterans Affairs develop a formula to determine private pay rates for nursing home and assisted living care at the Wisconsin Veterans Homes, that the Board of Veterans Affairs formally review and approve all rate-setting proposals developed by DVA staff, and DVA report back to the Legislative Audit Committee during January 2011.
This was the first phase of the LAB's examination of veteran's home operations. I look forward to the next audit release and commend the best state government auditors in the country for another outstanding analysis on behalf of
Wisconsin government keeps growing
While the private sector struggles across the state and country, state and local government in
According to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained by the Wheeler Report, state employment accounted for 70,457 full time employees during 2009, up from 69,019 during 2008. Local government employment was 222,214 during 2009, up from 214,332 during 2008.
I ran some errands today
On my way back from lunch I was heading west on I-94 from downtown. By the time I got home, I had compliled these words of advice for our friends at the Harley Davidson festivities this weekend.
- If I am behind you in the center lane on the freeway, and neither of us is going 45 MPH, then you are not just one lane too far left, but about one mile from where you should be. Get off the freeway and use Bluemound Road
- If I am in the left lane (getting around dufus number one) and you get so close to my rear bumper that I can count the mosquitoes in your teeth, you may be in the wrong country.
- You and your bretheren are the only ones who want to hear your potato-potato-potato. Today is one of the first car window open days in weeks, and gunning your motors under the overpass impresses nobody. All it does is make me wish that the roadway loses its integrity.
NFPA Study: Nearly all structure fire deaths happen in home fires.
NFPA study: Nearly all structure fire deaths happen in home fires.
Home fires cause annual average of 2,840 civilian deaths.
Revenge of the Nerds LIVE
(Subtitled: The Second Most Wonderful Day of the Year)
Who's really running the medical marijuana business?
During the previous general legislative session, there was a push by legislative democrats to legalize medical marijuana in
At a December 2009 hearing, Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Kevin St. John said, "Compassion centers (medical marijuana dispensaries) become targets for criminal activity."
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca tells the Los Angeles Times that criminals have actually taken over the medical marijuana industry. An illegal sale of medical marijuana in
Sheriff Baca is heading up a campaign to defeat a medical marijuana provision on the November ballot in
Wisconsin AAG Kevin St. John was right. Medical marijuana in
Puppy Mill Law - State wants public input about dog seller licensing regulations
A new state law creates a system of regulation of dog breeders, dealers, and certain animal shelters. A person involved in any of these activities is required to secure a license from the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) by June 1, 2011. DATCP is required to inspect the premises where activities are conducted before issuing a license. License holders must adhere to specific procedures outlined in the new law that was approved by the state Senate, 32-0 and the state Assembly, 96-0.
This month, state officials are holding five public hearings about proposed regulation designed to protect dogs and dog buyers. A hearing in
Here is a Legislative Council memo about the new law and a news release about the public hearings.
School Time
It's back to school time. Parents are cheering, kids are griping, and the Greenfield Police are going to help get those kids to school in a safe manner. It's time to give yourself a little extra time to get to work because of school busses, school crossings, and school zone speed limits.
-School zone speed is 15mph
-Pedestrians have the right of way if they are in the crosswalk, especially if being escorted by a crossing guard
-You must stop 20ft from the front and rear of a stopped school bus displaying its' flashing red lights and you may not proceed until the flashing red lights have stopped. If it is a divided highway, vehicles traveling in the opposite direction of the school bus do not have to stop.
Violations of these laws can not only be costly but can injure or kill. Every year kids are injured or killed by violators of these laws when they are trying to get to or from school. Let's keep our kids and roads safe by following the laws and being attentive drivers.
Identity Theft-Part Three
"Identity theft is a crime. Someone wrongfully obtains and uses another person's personal data in some way that involves fraud or deception, typically for economic gain."
The U.S. Justice Department
"Every 3 seconds another identity is stolen."
Javelin Strategy and Research
Identity theft victimizes about ten million people annually, blasting our economy with a $50 billion hit according to Laurie Green of the Milwaukee Post Office. Green spoke at a special summit at the Milwaukee County Sheriff's
Internet use and identity theft correlate. Your personal ID is at greater risk the more you surf the Net. Lost or stolen wallets loaded with credit cards and checks are gold mines to identity thieves who could be co-workers, friends, or even family members.
The keys to your ID that thieves desire are name, address, date of birth, driver's license, Social Security number, mother's maiden name, and any account numbers. Credit cards, financial transactions, stolen mail, and computer information are common targets. However, identity thieves have become quite sophisticated.
Special Agent Wayne Ivey of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement was the main presenter at the
An increasing number of identity thieves are funding terrorists in other countries. Remember, the September 11, 2001 hijackers used phony IDs to board planes. Thieves forge military IDs, threatening national security. They pile up traffic tickets in a victim's name without intending to pay. They obtain passports in attempts to bring people into the country illegally.
The typical victim according to Ivey spends 400 hours straightening out a case, a period of 12.7 months transpires before an investigation even starts. By that time, all critical evidence could be gone.
Ivey told me at the summit he is very impressed with
If you are a victim:
1) Call the police.
2) Check your bank accounts
3) Contact the credit reporting agencies Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion.
4) Work with your creditors.
5) Report your case to the Federal Trade Commission.
To prevent identity theft:
- Don't put outgoing mail, especially bill payments, in personal curbside mailboxes
- Make sure no one is standing right behind you when you're using an ATM machine.
- Pay your bills online using a secure site if available.
- Don't give out your credit card number on the Internet unless it is encrypted on a secure site.
- If you have to give out personal or financial information from a public phone or by cell phone, make sure no one is listening or wait until you're in a more secure location.
- Shred all financial statements, billing statements, and preapproved credit card offers and the like before tossing in the trash. Use scissors to cut documents if you don't have a shredder.
- Examine all of your bank and credit card statements each month for mistakes or unfamiliar charges.
- Pick up new checks at the bank.
- Commit all computer passwords to memory.
- Don't give out your financial or personal information over the phone or Internet, unless you have initiated the contact.
- Don't exchange personal information for "prizes."
- Destroy the hard drive of your computer if you are selling it, giving it to charity, or otherwise disposing of it. Physically remove it.
- Keep your wallet in your front pocket so a pickpocket can't take it. Hold your purse close against your body through its straps.
Greenfield School District AGAIN Wants To Increase Property Tax Levy!!!
Proposed School District Tax Levy Increase...............
The Greenfield School District will present its increase in the property tax levy to electors at the September Annual Meeting on Monday, September 13th, at 6:30 p.m. at the Greenfield High School Performing Arts Center located at 4800 S 60th Street.
Walk in the Park Registration
A Walk in the Park, Community Walk is schedule for October 2nd at 9:30am. There will be 3 routes to choose from a 1 mile, 2 mile, or 3 mile for your family to enjoy. Pre-Registered participants will recieve a t-shirt, gift bag, popcorn, apple, & water. Register by Sept. 20th to ensure a shirt in the size requested. A special registration form is linked below. Hope to see you at Konkel Park :)
Dear John*:
The poker gods were not happy
You know, even I am tired of going on vacations. It started when My-Sugar-Na didn't come along to Reno with me in May, so I treated her to a few days in Manhattan in July. But I couldn't let the poker boys down in September now, could I?
Greenfield mayor wants resale ordinance rescinded
Greenfield Mayor Michael Neitzke will ask city aldermen tonight to rescind ordinances they passed this spring that require resale stores to make daily reports to the police on transactions, and to pay fees on them.
"Passing this ordinance places us in a position where leases for these enterprises are not renewed, commercial properties lay vacant, and commercial property value declines (raising taxes for everybody else). That's a bad thing," Neitzke said in a e-mail to a constituent that he shared with me.
Audiobooks and Ebooks
Did you know that the library has free audiobooks and ebooks that you
can download to your home computer and transfer to many portable
devices such as an iPad, iPod, or Nook?
What you need:
An active Library Card
Windows or Mac computer, some smartphones also work (iPhone, Blackberry, Android, or Windows Mobile)
Internet connection
District Attorney Kratz
The recent story regarding District Attorney Kenneth R. Kratz may ring a bell with more individuals than not..
Zumba - A - Thon
People are doing more than burning calories in Greenfild. They are exercising and dancing for a good cause. The City of Greenfield will host a Zumba Thon to raise funds for the renovation of the Greenfield Community Center.
To learn more about information/ details about the Greenfield Community Center renovation project and sponsorship - check out the Greenfield Parks and Recreation Website at www.greenfieldwi.us/theu 100% of the procedes will be applied towards the renovation of the Community Center - no tax dollars are to be used.


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How to fit any engine/tranny/'case combo
You'd think small-block Chevys came in Jeeps from the factory, but people swap with way more than just Jeeps and Chevys these days. Hardcore 'wheelers are concocting all-new ways to come up with the ultimate purpose-built rigs-there are more tasty parts, more custom-building talent, and more gnarly need than ever.
This issue's special drivetrain section proves it with tons of overkill: You'll see the latest gear splitters, crawler boxes, max-beef drivetrain parts, and even old Mopar musclecar axles for Toyotas. It's all boffo trick, opening up tons of powertrain possibilities. Multiply the number of today's available axles times the number of transfer cases, crawler boxes, trannies, adapters, and engines, and you can see that potential drivetrain combos are in the thousands. Get creative, and even a small-block Jeep swap becomes a one-off custom job.
And this story will give you the drivetrain-placement considerations required when dropping any drivetrain into any 4x4. The example? A small-block Jeep built by Joel Snyder and Joe Schaff at Stage West. It's a standard swap made complicated by a Scrambler/CJ-6 long wheelbase, a short pre-'72 front clip, an NV4500 trans, and a 4-to-1 Crawler box. By installing all these components at once, Stage West shows that you can gain the best performance by considering the engine/trans/'case combo as a whole. Sure, most swaps involve changing just one member of the drivetrain combo, like a new tranny onto an existing engine. Even so, look at the big picture-if the new trans is longer than the old one, do you move the transfer case rearward or bump the engine forward? Any swap is an opportunity to place the components to your advantage. Once we give you an overview of the parts Stage West used, we'll outline your drivetrain-placement concerns in five categories.
Fore And Aft
Driveshaft length: On short-wheelbase vehicles, the problem is getting the transfer case far enough forward that the rear driveshaft is not too short. Generally, fullsize trucks with short trannies or tall lifts have the opposite problem: The front driveshaft is too short. In either case, you may be able to move the engine/trans/transfer case fore or aft to cure driveshaft-length problems.
Front-axle clearance: Unless you have a very tall lift, very stiff suspension, or IFS, it's likely that the front axlehousing will move upward far enough to hit the oil pan or possibly the vibration damper and pulley. Careful analysis of suspension action versus clearance to the engine is crucial; if the engine can't move rearward, can you move the axle forward?
Radiator-to-fan clearance: You want at least 1 inch from the fan blades to the radiator to prevent contact during frame flex. In our case, a short-style water pump helped gain about 1 inch of clearance versus the '69-and-later long style, as did trimming the stock radiator support from the military M38 A1 grille, cutting out the back of the headlight buckets, and spacing the lights forward so the radiator could be moved forward. If all else fails, electric fans can be the savior.
Distributor-to-firewall clearance: As you move the engine aft, a rear-mounted distributor is always the first obstacle. Firewall bashing is an option, but for Chevys, MSD's PN 8570 small-diameter distributor can help. It's 7/8 inch shorter and 3/8 inch smaller in diameter than conventional non-HEI distributors. Keep in mind that frame flex can push the firewall into the cap and crack it, so at least 1/2 inch clearance is best.
Shifter location: If the engine is far rearward and the tranny is long, or if you have an Advance Adapters Ranger Overdrive between the engine and trans, the shifter can get pushed too far rearward. Bending the stick is an easy answer, but even the base of the shifter may get close to the seat or console. With an automatic, an aftermarket cable shifter is the solution.
Clutch linkage: Some swappers wish to use the stock mechanical clutch linkage and position the engine so it will line up. We'd say that's a bad compromise considering the other issues with engine placement. If the mechanical linkage won't line up, use a hydraulic clutch-it's better for twisty trails, anyway.
Weight bias: This is rarely considered, but it can help in hillclimbs to put weight on the front end by moving the engine forward, especially with a light V-6. Conversely, mud trucks often want more rearward weight, and place the drivetrain farther back to load the rear wheels.
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This has always been an interesting topic for me Denny.
Here's some songs I would have liked to seen used in particular spots.
I Got My Mojo Working
High Heal Sneakers
Big Boss Man (did use to open 1 time)
Johnny B. Goode
Promised Land
Guitar Man
Mystery Train/Tigerman
Wonder Of You
I'll Remember You
Let It Be Me
My Way
American Trilogy
America The Beautiful
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Latest Projects
An Intervention
One of them went on the anti-war protest, shouted their lungs out, then got horrendously and staggeringly drunk. The other stayed at home, watched TV for a bit, and thought about the future. A touching, funny play about what happens when you hate your best friend.
The Bletchley Circle
The original three-part mini-series is set in 1952 and focuses on the reunion of four women — Susan, Millie, Lucy and Jean — who had formerly provided crucial intelligence during WWII. Rachael Stirling plays Millie, a streetwise bohemian type. The Bletchley Circle originally aired in the UK on ITV1, in September 2012, then on PBS in the USA and Canada in Spring 2013. It has been released on DVD worldwide. A second series has recently aired in the UK and is due to air in the USA in Spring 2014.
A British feature film released in Autumn 2013, Sixteen tells the story of an African former child soldier, Jumas, who is now living in London with his adoptive mother, Laura, played by Rachael Stirling. Jumas struggles to cope with witnessing violence in London as it brings back memories of his violent past. The film aims to convey an important message at a time when child soldiers are very prominent in the media. The film used KickStarter to raise the funds needed to complete. It premiered in Leicester Square, London on 14th October 2013 and was selected for the London Film Festival. The film was also nominated for The Sutherland Award at the festival; an award which aims to recognise the most original and imaginative directorial debut.
Variation on a Theme
Inspired by La Dame aux Camelias, and set amidst the glamorous and exotic society of the 1950's French Riviera, Variation on a Theme revolves around the tempestuous love affair between Rose, a beautiful and worldly socialite, and Ron, a young bisexual ballet dancer with a keen eye for social advancement. The first production of this play anywhere in the world since its original 1958 premiere. Concluded at the Finborough Theatre, London on 25th March 2014.
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16th April 2014An Intervention opens tonight at the Watford Palace Theatre
The new play "An Intervention" — starring Rachael Stirling and John Hollingworth — opens tonight (16th April 2014) at the Watford Palace Theatre. It's just 20 minutes away from Euston train station, so book your tickets now!
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It wasn't long ago that Vegas popped out new nightclubs faster than Octomom did children. With clubs opening every other week they didn't need to stand out from the crowd to be successful.
Nowadays, though, it takes a little more ingenuity.
So when the folks at Tao Group set out to add another nightclub to its already impressive stable (Tao and Lavo) they knew it was going to have to stand on its own legs. A few years and $60 million later, comes Marquee at The Cosmopolitan. And if Tao and Lavo are any example, Marquee should have no problem living up to its name.
While its sister nightclubs have made a living off of being culturally themed with attached fine-dining restaurants, Marquee puts the emphasis back on the music that made nightclubs to begin with. With three different rooms and three different musical genres played in each of them, the impact will be obvious.
But this much is clear: Marquee is more than just music.
Once you get through the masses and up the elevator to the 17th floor, you are immediately greeted with a bar. By this time you've probably lost someone in your group so remember this spot when you want to come back together.
At other nightclubs you might feel the urge to game plan your night, but at Marquee you should fight that feeling. With three distinct rooms and an attached day club with outdoor gaming, your night could be limited by imposing a game plan.
OK, back to the bar. From here you have a choice: Go left into the main area of the club where the 40-foot LED screen will surely entice you or go right to the Boom Box room.
This is where your musical senses (or curiosity) can take over. The music in the main room will almost always be house music, while Boom Box will mostly be Hip-Hop. And since you plan on spending more than a few minutes at Marquee we recommend you go wherever your heart (or eyes) takes you.
If you choose the Boom Box, odds are you'll think of Lavo as soon as you walk in. The dark tones in the room and faux-crocodile skin flooring make for a close resemblance to the popular spot at the Palazzo. But the smallness of the room, lack of a dedicated dance floor and interesting silhouette paintings on the wall make this room stand on its own.
When you do make it to the main room you'll be inundated with a number of booths, both around the dance floor and near the walkway. If you haven't sprung for a booth, odds are, right about now you're going to start to feel jealousy coming on. The spacious leather booths are inviting and give guests the rare chance to sit down in the club.
But, on the bright side, this is a club so who really sits down anyway?
The sea of bodies near the DJ is the dance floor. And thanks to the oversized LED screen and high-tech sound system, this is definitely the center of the party. Each of the impressive resident DJs has their own electronic signature on the screen, while go-go dancers shake on the catwalks above.
The sound system is loud enough for everyone to hear the music, but stays at the right decibel level to pick up that conversation with the hottie dancing with you without screaming in their ear.
Outside of the main room is the day club. There are two large pools along with cabanas that feature their own private plunge pool. To the right is outdoor gaming and beyond that (if you're lucky enough to get one) are private three-story bungalows with rooftop pools.
By this time you may already be exhausted, but there's still more to Marquee.
The Library is almost a secret room that you have to venture upstairs and behind the LED screen to get to. With hundreds of Vegas-centric books stacked around the room it resembles a library -- well if your library had a billiards table and a bar.
All this information doesn't even include the day club that will likely be the talk of the town when the warm weather comes rolling back in.
In order to live up to a name like Marquee, the folks at Tao Group were going to have to outdo their own nightclubs along with the hordes of Vegas' other clubs. And although we've had the chance to walk through the club we still don't think we've seen everything Marquee has to offer.
-- Review by Justin Lawson
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Country star Randy Travis has sued two agencies to block the public release of patrol car video of his 2012 DWI arrest in North Texas.
The Austin American-Statesman on Thursday reported the lawsuit filed in Austin names the Texas Department of Public Safety and the state attorney general's office.
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Why We Euthanize
In my first year working at a grossly substandard animal shelter in Maryland, I forced myself to go in early to euthanize dogs by holding them in my arms and gently helping them escape an uncaring world without trauma or pain and to spare them from being stabbed haphazardly—while they were fully conscious, terrified and aware—in the general vicinity of their hearts with needles blunt from reuse and left to thrash on the floor until they finally died by the callous people who would arrive later to do the job.
I always wonder how anyone cannot recognize that there is a world of difference between painlessly euthanizing animals out of compassion—aged, injured, sick, and dying animals whose guardians can't afford euthanasia, for instance—as PETA does, and causing them to suffer terror, pain, and a prolonged death while struggling to survive on the streets, at the hands of untrained and uncaring "technicians," or animal abusers.
Diamond was suffering from a painful facial tumor that was slowly eating away at his face
Sasha had a severely infected bite wound
It's easy to point the finger at those who are forced to do the "dirty work" caused by a throwaway society's casual acquisition and breeding of dogs and cats who end up homeless and unwanted, but at PETA, we will never turn our backs on neglected, unloved, and homeless animals—even if the best we can offer them is a painless release from a world that doesn't have enough heart or homes with room for them. It makes it easy for people to throw stones at us, but we are against all needless killing: for hamburgers, fur collars, dissection, sport hunting, the works. PETA handled far more animals than 2,069 in 2012. In fact, we took in more than 10,000 dogs and cats and work very hard to persuade people to spay and neuter their animals and to commit to a lifetime of care and respect for them. We go so far as to transport animals to and from our spay/neuter clinics, where they are spayed or neutered and given vet care, often for free! Since 2001, PETA's low- to no-cost spay-and-neuter mobile clinics, SNIP and ABC, have sterilized more than 50,000 animals, preventing hundreds of thousands of animals from being born, neglected, abandoned, abused, or euthanized when no one wanted them. And on a national level, PETA is focusing on the root of the problem through our Animal Birth Control (ABC) campaign.
Big Girl was still alive when a field worker found her
If anyone has a good home, love, and respect to offer, we beg them: Go to a shelter and take one or two animals home. The problem is that few people do that, choosing instead to go to a breeder or a pet shop and not "fixing" their dogs and cats, which contributes to the high euthanasia rate that animal shelters face. Most of the animals we took in and euthanized could hardly be called "pets," as they had spent their lives chained up in the back yard, for instance. They were unsocialized, never having been inside a building of any kind or known a pat on the head. Others were indeed someone's, but they were aged, sick, injured, dying, too aggressive to place, and the like, and PETA offered them a painless release from suffering, with no charge to their owners or custodians.
Every day, PETA's fieldworkers help abused and neglected dogs—many of them pit bulls nowadays and many of them forced to live their lives on chains heavy enough to tow an 18-wheeler—by providing them with food; clean water; lightweight tie-outs; deworming medicine; flea, tick, and fly-strike prevention; free veterinary care; sturdy wooden doghouses stuffed with straw bedding; and love.
What we see is enough to make you lose faith in humanity. One pit bull we gained custody of, named Asia, looked like a skeleton covered with skin when PETA released her from the 15-pound chain she had been kept on for years. Asia suffered from three painful and deadly intestinal obstructions, which prevented her from keeping any food down. She faced an agonizing, lingering death, so our veterinarian recommended euthanasia to end her suffering. We pursued criminal charges against those responsible for her condition, leading to their conviction for cruelty to animals. That is just one of the dozens of cases we see every week.
The majority of adoptable dogs are never brought through our doors (we refer them to local adoption groups and walk-in animal shelters). Most of the animals we house, rescue, find homes for, or put out of their misery come from miserable conditions, which often lead to successful prosecution and the banning of animal abusers from ever owning or abusing animals again.
Santana had facial injuries so serious that his right eye was swollen shut and his jaw was ripped and hanging
This dog was suffering from advanced cancer
As long as animals are still purposely bred and people aren't spaying and neutering their companions, open-admission animal shelters and organizations like PETA must do society's dirty work. Euthanasia is not a solution to overpopulation but rather a tragic necessity given the present crisis. PETA is proud to be a "shelter of last resort," where animals who have no place to go or who are unwanted or suffering are welcomed with love and open arms.
Please, if you care about animals, help prevent more of them from being born only to end up chained and left to waste away in people's back yards, suffering on mean streets where people kick at them or shoo them away like garbage, tortured at the hands of animal abusers, or, alas, euthanized in animal shelters for lack of a good home. If you want to save lives, always have your animals spayed or neutered.
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I'm working on my Argumentative Research Paper (ARP) for my Midterms. I have seen your video about euthanasia and have decided to have it as my topic. I am currently working on it now. More power to your organization. I'm an animal lover and I always read your posts on Facebook and I share them too.
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Thank you for your compassionate work. There is not enough compassionate euthanasia in animal rescue. A feral kitten with both eyes so severely infected that they had to be removed before the burst, is not completely blind- an still feral. Another dog in the shelter has bitten numerous people and must be an "only" dog… what quality of life do these poor creatures have? When a cat cannot be a cat, or a dog cannot be a dog- end their lives humanely.
IIIIIIIIII want to work here! Save the frogs and stop buying frog o spheres and boycott Brookstone stores!
I'm all for euthanizing an animal that is suffering from advanced disease or trauma but not just for space…AND NOT BY GASSING THEM. BAN THE USE OF THE GAS CHAMBERS NOW PLEASE. SPEAK UP AGAINST THOSE SHELTERS THAT USE GAN CHAMBERS OR DECOMPRESSION NOW, PLEASE, IT'S INHUMANE, IT'S TORTURE.A long torturous death. Thank you, Haydee Torres what can I do and how please advise now!
it is important to note that the reason many animals must end up being killed is because of the actions of people. animals cannot be used as commodities carelessly, slotted in somewhere between designer coats and designer everything else without the natural order being hurt and things going haywire, like the number of abused or abandoned dogs sky rocketing. i think people made the problem so we should fix it. our town has two shelters one of which is no-kill. there is a waiting list months long to leave an animal there. taking in a few animals until a home is found is not an effective way of solving the problem.
I live by one simple rule do onto other as you want done to you. In other words be kind and show love have faith that there is a better place for animals(Rainbow Bridge)and human(Heaven)where there is no pain or suffering just peace,love,an happiness.Yes KARMA is well known and it will get the bad ones in the end. I am a cancer surviver but one round 5 with terminal this time and pray that God takes me in my sleep if not that someone would do the same for me and not let me suffer because they don't want to let go.God Bless
Thats why I like shelters like PETA and Dogs Trust. Putting animals out of their misery is a last resort
With all my heart I am for freeing these animals from pain and suffering , I just wish it could have been sooner they went through so much. Thank you for bein kind to them at the end. God bless you
When an animal is in pain, like the ones shown above, euthanasia is definetely a good thing. I don't believe that letting living creatures suffer is right, and sometimes the only way to elevate that suffering is to put them to sleep.
I know what it takes to make the decision to euthanize an animal AND to stay with the animal until the very end when it gets "put down". Often even animals who lead a good life in a nice family suffer badly when they get ill or/and old, because their keepers don't want to let them go. I often experienced this and tried to help the animal by talking to their keepers. Believe me more than once in my life I cried because I lost an animal (dogs, rats, birds) and still after many years remember and miss them, because they were part of my life. But always I prefer better me suffers from the loss, than the animal (=friend and family member) suffers just because I can't let go. It's always a tough decicion, when theres hope and a realistic chance for the pet to live on happy, it's perfect. Buit if there is no chance or just a minimum chance but the animal lives in constant pain and would have to undergo endless stressful treatment, it is like gambling with a living creature. No good. Better release the animal from the pain and an unhappy life. Better WE cry instead the poor helpless soul. – MY RESPECT to those who chose to stay with suffering and dying animals, to help them this or the other way. YOU KNOW WHAT LOVE REALLY IS ABOUT.


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Colin Sheehan, a native of Southport, Conn., succeeded his own coach and mentor David Paterson as Yale's men's golf coach in June of 2008. Having received a B.A. in history and political science from Yale in May of 1997, Sheehan has been a devoted student of the game. In January of 1998, he became an editor at The Golfer magazine, a leading lifestyle magazine with a national and international audience. During that time, he traveled the world from Iceland to Scotland to South Africa, and in the process played more than 500 courses. Sheehan authored the first history of the U.S. Amateur golf championship, which was published by the The Classics of Golf in 2006.
In addition, he worked on the planning, construction and design of Castle Stuart Golf Links in the Scottish Highlands in 2006 and 2007. Ron Whitten, writing in the December 2010 issue of Golf Digest, stated that "Castle Stuart might be the most perfectly conceived and executed design ever built." The course is currently ranked #56 in the world by Golf Magazine.
Now in his fifth season, the team has won numerous tournaments since he began coaching: ECAC Championship (October 2008), The Macdonald Cup (October 2009 & 2011, and September 2012), The Yale Spring Opener (April 2010), The Princeton Invitational (April 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013), Century Intercollegiate (April 2013), The Doc Gimmler Hosted by St. John's (September 2013) and the Ivy League Championship (April 2011). In addition, the team won the only two Harvard-Yale-Princeton Matches in the past six years, in September of 2010 & 2011, as well as the The Ivy League Match Play (Co-Champs with UPenn October 2009, outright October 2013) and the Yale-Notre Dame Challenge Cup in March 2011. In June of 2011, Sheehan was named one of 12 finalists for the Dave Williams Award, given to the Division I coach of the year. In July of that year, he was named Division I Northeast Region Coach of the Year by the Golf Coaches Association of America. Following the 2012-13 season, in June 2013, Sheehan was again named Division I Northeast Region Coach of the Year by the GCAA.
"I am very proud of the team's academic and golfing achievements during the past five years. They earn a team GPA among the highest in the nation while establishing themselves as one of the strongest programs in the northeast. Most recently, the players completed the most successful fall campaign in the recent era. They went 37-4 with three of those loses coming to Texas A&M, Illinois and Houston. Because we have elevated our strength of schedule and recorded such a strong head to head record thus far, the team could be in the running for an NCAA at-large bid if we have an equally good spring," Sheehan said.
Sheehan lives in New Haven with his wife, Amy Terry Sheehan '98, who played lacrosse for the Bulldogs, and his daughters Lucy (born July, 2008) and Annabel (born January, 2011).
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Stories of Gospel Renewal from Hope for New York ClientsMay 2012
Clients from Hope for New York affiliate organizations shared stories of Gospel restoration and hope at nine Redeemer services over Palm Sunday and Easter. We praise God for the work He is doing through Hope for New York's affiliate organizations, and we are so grateful to those in our church who gave generously and sacrificially to this work through the Easter Sacrificial Offering. A few of the Hope for New York stories are excerpted below.
God worked on me from the inside out! I began to understand God's love for me: that I didn't have to live a perfectly righteous life, but I could accept the righteousness that He offered in Christ. My changed life didn't happen overnight. But He started to replace the bitterness with love, the fear with peace, and the desperation with hope.
– Debra, Former Client (and now staff), Brooklyn Teen Challenge
One day, someone called the shelter where I was staying and told me to get in touch with my family. He said the family was planning my funeral. The police had found someone dead of a drug overdose in the Bronx—a Hispanic male, 40-45 years old, 5 feet 4 inches tall. The guy had my ID in his pocket. The body had decomposed. Since my family had not heard from me in months, they thought it was me. They thought I was dead. That was a wake-up call. I felt like God was sending me a message: "That could have been you. You are not exempt from consequences. But you have a chance at something better."
– Domingo, Client, Bowery Mission
I've heard people say that life really begins when you turn 50. Well, I can genuinely say that's true because, after spending 22 years struggling with a life-controlling addiction to crack cocaine, God has given me another shot at a new life! And how incredible is the timing? Today is Easter—the day that we celebrate God's triumph of life over death in the resurrection of His son Jesus Christ! I really can appreciate this because I've experienced Jesus' victory in my own life.
– John, Client, The Relief Bus
When I walked through the doors of the Women's Center home, I felt freedom for first time in a long time. Through the program at the Bowery Mission Women's Center, Christ has been changing me. I have had my guard up for most of my life, but I am learning how to be secure in Christ, and now I'm learning to open up to others. I have always lacked focus and the ability to complete things, and today I'm learning self-discipline. I want my life to be a blessing by sharing Christ with others. I am learning that God has a bigger purpose for my life than I ever realized. I feel hopeful about what God is doing in my life and what He has in store for me!
– Eunice, Client, The Bowery Mission Women's Center
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Cellar/Tasting Notes "This is big, rich and long. Still tastes like must. Hard to taste, but should be fantastic. I love the richness and spice."
Cellar/Tasting Notes "Very intense aromas of ripe fruit and fresh-cut flowers. Turns to nectarine. Full-bodied, with very polished yet abundant tannins. Long and caressing. Balanced and pretty." The Wine Spectator
Cellar/Tasting Notes "The 2007 Brunello di Montalcino Tenuta Nuova saturates the palate with masses of super-ripe dark fruit, tar, licorice and new leather. The Tenuta Nuova is an especially full-bodied, seamless Sangiovese deeply influenced by the Mediterranean climate of this warm site in the south of Montalcino...
Cellar/Tasting Notes "An intense, tight wine, with stalky black currant fruit. It exhibits delicacy and elegance rather than power. Fresh fruit with an attractive smoky element make this a wine that is going to develop further, and it has a fresh, vibrant finish."
Cellar/Tasting Notes "The 2009 Les Pagodes de Cos is also a remarkable offering. Composed of 69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, and 1% Petit Verdot, it tips the scales at 14.5% alcohol, and is better than most Cos d'Estournel vintages produced in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. It is a full-bodied, opulently concentrated..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "Intense aromas of blackberry and smoke. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and long finish. Solid and tight. As it should be."
Cellar/Tasting Notes A big, powerful Margaux that should age for 20+ years, this inky purple-colored wine exhibits notes of spring flowers intermixed with blackberries, raspberries and cassis. Some lead pencil shavings and toasty oak are also present in this powerful yet at the same time very pure, textured,..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "A wine that succeeds in combining great depth of flavor and structure with an impressive array of flavors. On top of the tannins is juicy black fruit, cocoa, a welter of spice and ripeness. The acidity and new wood put the wine into a more modern style."
Cellar/Tasting Notes "Good dark red. Black cherry, licorice and herbs on the ripe nose; reminded me a bit of cabernet. Fat and sweet but energetic too, with lovely roundness and balance to the flavors of dark cherry, currant and spices. Finishes with very sweet tannins and noteworthy persistence. A strong village..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "More backward and concentrated, the 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape exhibits a dark ruby/purple color as well as dense, black raspberry, black currant, garrigue, licorice and lavender characteristics. Full-bodied with undeniable elegance, minerality and precision, it needs 2-3 years of cellaring and..


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US Nutrition Assistance ProgramsFederal Nutrition Assistance Programs
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Increases food security and reduces hunger by providing children and low-income people access to food, a healthful diet, and nutrition education.
How to Get Food Help
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
A brochure for consumers to help them navigate social services and FNS nutrition assistance program applications. Also helps consumers identify which programs might be right for them.
American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Federal Food & Nutrition Assistance Programs
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Provides increased funding to Federal nutrition assistance programs to help workers and families.
Loving Your Family Feeding Their Future: Nutrition Education Through SNAP
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Provides educational and promotional materials and techniques to help nutrition educators in their work with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants. Materials are specifically targeted and designed for English and Spanish speaking women with children ages 2 through 18.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides a basic safety net to millions of people by providing monthly benefits to eligible low-income families which can be used to purchase food. Formerly the Food Stamp Program.
WIC - Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Program serves to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, & children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating, and referrals to health care.
Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
CSFP works to improve the health of low-income pregnant and breastfeeding women, other new mothers up to one year postpartum, infants, children up to age six, and elderly people at least 60 years of age by supplementing their diets with nutritious USDA commodity foods. It provides food and administrative funds to States to supplement the diets of these groups.
The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Under TEFAP, commodity foods are made available to States. States provide the food to local agencies that they have selected, usually food banks, which in turn, distribute the food to soup kitchens and food pantries that directly serve the public.
Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR)
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Federal program that provides commodity foods to low-income households, including the elderly, living on Indian reservations, and to Native American families residing in designated areas near reservations.
Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP)
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
The WIC Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) provides fresh, unprepared, locally grown fruits and vegetables from local farmers markets to WIC recipients.
Food & Nutrition Assistance
USDA. Economic Research Service.
ERS studies and evaluates aspects of nutrition assistance programs, including outcomes and effects on vulnerable populations, operations and integrity, role in food security, and relationship with the general economy.
Child and Adult Care Food Program
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
CACFP supports nutritious meals and snacks in child care centers, family child care homes, Head Start, after-school programs, shelters and adult day care centers. Program provides reimbursement for food and meal preparation costs, ongoing training in the nutritional needs of children, and onsite assistance in meeting the program's nutritional requirements.
National School Lunch Program
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Program homepage includes program fact sheet, history, eligibility information, reimbursement rates, guidance materials, regulations, reports, and presentations.
School Breakfast Program
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Program homepage includes guidance materials, program history, regulations, menu planning information, income eligibility guidelines, and more.
Recipes and Tips for Healthy, Thrifty Meals (PDF | 253 KB)
USDA. Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion.
Provides cooking guidance, 40 low-cost, healthy recipes, and a list of best-buys for cost and nutrition. Note: this resource is no longer available in print.
Eat Smart, Live Strong: Nutrition Education for Older Adults
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Designed to improve fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity among 60-74 year olds participating in or eligible for FNS nutrition assistance programs.
Special Milk Program
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Provides milk to children in schools and childcare institutions who do not participate in other Federal meal service programs. The program reimburses schools for the milk they serve.
Summer Food Service Program
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Federal resource available for local sponsors who want to combine a feeding program with a summer activity program.
Eat Smart. Play Hard. Healthy Lifestyle
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Designed for parents and caregivers to provide information to help them eat better, be more physically active and be a role model for their kids.
Older Americans Act Nutrition Program
DHHS. Administration on Aging.
Find Elderly Nutrition Program information, including contact information for State Units on Aging and Administration on Aging Nutritionists and Administrators.
Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP)
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Program awards grants to States, United States territories, and federally-recognized Indian tribal governments to provide low-income seniors with coupons that can be exchanged for eligible foods at farmers markets, roadside stands, and community supported agriculture programs.
WIC Works Resource System (WWRS)
USDA. NAL. Food and Nutrition Information Center.
Nutrition service tools for health and nutrition professionals. The WIC Works Resource System (WWRS) provides on-line resources for staff working with the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).
SNAP-Ed Connection
USDA. NAL. Food and Nutrition Information Center.
A resource system for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program nutrition education providers.
Healthy Meals Resource System (HMRS)
Provides technical assistance support and materials for Child Nutrition professionals. Includes training & education materials, approved Nutrient Standard Menu Planning software programs and also connects schools with chefs willing to collaborate with school nutrition programs.
USDA Food Plans: Cost of Food
USDA. Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion.
Find information on the Thrifty Food Plan (the basis for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly Food Stamp Program, allotments) and three other levels and other resources and reports related to official Food Plans.
Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs Briefing Room
USDA. Economic Research Service.
Program addresses the research needs of the Nation's food assistance and nutrition programs.


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I'd like to remove the brackets ( ) and hyphens - from the numbers I dial, and also need the iPhone to recognise international numbers (or recognise the number/name if the number in the address book contains international strings (+44 etc) but the network just sends the normal number (07xxx xxxxxx)).


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Dead Yet Alive - the top five historical figures mentioned on BBC TV. (From Ladies and Gentleman, this is the BBC at technogoggles, wherein subtitles are grist for data mining.)
Paul Mison's random stuff that doesn't go elsewhere. Is it microblogging, or microactivity?
(Previously known as 'tumblr is my sock drawer', for reasons that are somewhat unclear.)


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MUNISING - Lillian E. Kelto, 84, of 409 Prospect St., Munising, died surrounded by her children on Monday evening, Nov. 19, 2012, at the Harbour View Assisted Living Center in Munising. She was born in Ramsay, Mich., the 10th of 11 children to the late Jacob A. and Kaisa Emelia (Riikonen) Heikkinen. Lillian grew up in Ramsay and graduated from Bessemer High School in 1945.
On Dec. 22, 1948, she married her high school sweetheart Rudolph E. Kelto. Lillian and Rudy spent most of their married lives together in Munising where they raised their five children.
She was an active member of both the Sion Lutheran Church and Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Lillian and Rudy served for two years in a group called, Laborers for Christ. They traveled around the country in their Airstream and helped build churches in Georgia, New Mexico, Colorado, Wisconsin, and also in Ishpeming and Escanaba. Lillian enjoyed many good times and laughs with her coffee klatch over the past 50 years. She was also an avid sports fan, following the Wolverines, Packers, golf, and her grandchildren. Lillian loved being with her family and enjoying her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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Lillian E. Kelto
She is survived by her five children, Janet (Pat) Malone of Twin Lake, Joyce Oas of Prescott, Ariz., Paul (Jill) Kelto of Chatham, Jane (Bill) LaFave of Munising, and Peter (Sharon) Kelto of Munising; grandchildren, Shane (Ali) Malone, Shelby (Frank) Lazeren, Tristan (Jim) Cotey, Colin (Kristin) and Cody Oas, Seth (Jessica) Kelto, Hope (Chris) Bollig, Brad and Brent LaFave, and Abbey, Andrew, and Austin Kelto; great-grandchildren, Josie, Peter, and Audrey Malone, Corey and Kaila Cotey, Griffin and Jillian Oas, Evan Kelto, Maggie and Bennett Bollig, and Tori and Logan LaFave; brother, Art Heikkinen; in-laws, Pat, Mary Helen, Eileen, and Dick (Clarice) Kelto; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Lillian was preceded in death by her husband, Rudy; parents; siblings, Anne, John, George, Eino, Ralph, Carlo, Ed, Wilho, and Don; and grandson, Corey Oas.
Services will be held at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Munising on Friday, Nov. 23. Visitation will be from 3 until 6 p.m. with Pastor Paul Kelto conducting Lillian's funeral at 6 p.m. She will be escorted by her grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Lillian's name to the Sion Lutheran Church of Chatham or the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of Munising. Lillian's obituary and guestbook may be viewed and signed at www.bowermanfuneralhome.net
The family would like to give a special thank you to the wonderful staff at Harbour View, North Woods Home Nursing and Hospice, Commission on Aging, and Dr. Said and his staff.


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President Obama's making good on a promise this week to restore solar panels to the White House roof. The installation of an unknown number of "American made" solar panels began this week
President Obama's making good on a promise this week to restore solar panels to the White House roof. The installation of an unknown number of "American made" solar panels began this week
Tags: · 350.org, Bill McKibben, Carter, Green Energy, Obama, solar panels, White House
President Barack Obama delivered a pointed speech on climate change today, which suggested that the Keystone XL pipeline will not be automatically approved and drilled down on the biggest source of carbon emissions, power plants. The highlight of The President's Climate Action Plan, unveiled before an audience at Georgetown University, will be a move by the EPA to set limits on carbon…
Tags: · 350.org, Carbon Emissions, Climate Action Plan, climate skeptics, coal plants, EPA, Green For All, Keystone XL pipeline, natural gas, Obama, speech
Concerned about the heavy toll that carbon pollution is taking on the planet, students across the US are petitioning their colleges to divest from fossil fuels….By clicking on the link to their school, students are connected either to a petition they can sign, or a website for their campus group working for fossil fuel divestment.
Tags: · 350.org, BarbaraKesslerBlog, Biofuels, coal, Fossil Free, Fossil Fuels, Gas, gofossilfree.org, oil, Solar, universities divest, wind
We can probably safely award today's "Most Ironic Story" award to 350.org Massachusetts.
The group had been holding a 24/7 vigil (that may be redundant) to draw attention to the "climate silence" that has characterized the presidential campaign and some races for Congress, such as the contest between Sen. Scot Brown and challenger Elizabeth Warren.
Tags: · 350.org, Boston, Climate Change, Climate Silence Vigil, denial, end climate silence, Hurricane Sandy, Massachusetts, senate campaign
From Green Right Now Reports Thousands of climate activists and concerned citizens rallied all over the world on Saturday for Climate Impacts Day (May 5) to show that climate change is already degrading their communities and to call for solutions. Groups around the world, in Canada, Israel, Germany, Australia, South Africa, Thailand, India and dozens [...]
Tags: · 350.org, climate action, climate activists, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Connect the Dots, demonstrations
Leading US environmentalist Bill McKibben has announced the latest action by 350.org to try to show the public that climate change is rapidly destabilizing the planet, and threatening the future of humanity.
The new worldwide action, called Connect the Dots, will take place on May 5, across the planet, with local groups expressing the urgency of climate change with demonstrations specific to their region.
Tags: · 350 parts per million, 350.org, Bill McKibben, climate activism, Climate Change, Connect the Dots
Activists at 350.org hope to expose the biggest financiers of lawmakers who are stalling on climate change.
Fed up with Congress, where many members deny that climate change exists and fight measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and switch to renewable energy, 350.org is targeting those officials biggest bankroller: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
"For many years, everyone has assumed that if we simply manage to communicate the problem (of climate change), it will lead to action. It hasn't, for one simple reason: there's too much money in the way. A wall of money that separates politicians from the scientific truth that we're in a desperate crisis," said 350.org founder and noted environmentalist Bill McKibben said in a statement today.
Industry groups, McKibben explained, have been raising doubts about climate change, thwarting Congressional action to mitigate it, and now they're also trying to stop the EPA from protecting the air, water and atmosphere from polluters.
Tags: · 350.org, Bill McKibben. U.S. Chamber of Commerce, campaign finances, climate action, Climate Change, climate deniers, Congress on climate action, energy solutions, finance reform, Green Energy, greenrightnow.com, U.S. Congress
'Tis the season for giving, but what how does the environmentally-conscious shopper weave a bit of good stewardship into all that holiday generosity?
Before making a list of energy-efficient gadgets or rushing out to buy your spouse a brand new electric car, consider a little more expanded approach to gifting "green."
For several years now, my wife has given our eco-friendly offspring (and a few friends) a donation to Heifer International. You've probably heard of Heifer: They're the folks who literally provide heifers (young cows), goats, sheep, llamas, rabbits, chickens and geese – among other good chain-friendly creatures — to impoverished families, hoping to help lift them up and enable them to be more self-sufficient.
So how, you may ask, is this green?
These animals help turn dependent people into ones who can provide their own food, which is about as "sustainable" as it gets. In Heifer International's case, that heifer is a source of milk for children and the potential to sell excess milk to pay for food, clothing and other necessities. With proper planning, the heifer can produce offspring that can help the gift keep on giving over multiple generations.
Tags: · 350.org, American Farmland, Audubon Society, Earth Day Network, Environmental Defense Fund, Heifer International, holiday gifts, International Rescue Committee, National Resources Defense Council, National Wildlife Federation, Nature Conservancy, Pacific Ocean, Rainforest Action Network, support environmental groups, World Wildlife Federation
All the photos from 350.org's global, giant art installations created in November are posted at 350.org now. So here's one last one, one of our favorites, of an Indian elephant.
This elephant, with rising seas lapping at its feet, depicts both the literal threat of climate change and how this issue has become, to many, to be the metaphorical "elephant in the room."
The elephant may prove particularly emblematic this week for climate activists as the annual United Nations climate talks kick off in Cancun today.
Tags: · 350.org, Cancun talks, Climate Change, elephant art installation, greenrightnow.com, New Delhi, United Nations
Climate action group 350.org wants us to see, really see, what's happening as the result of climate change here on Earth.
So it's taken to space to get a better view. Satellites began snapping photos of giant art installations, many involving humans forming pictures, last Friday and will continue through this week. The photos include one of a giant eagle in Los Angeles, created to represent the "Earth to Sky" solutions to climate change; a mural in New York City that shows how the area would look after the seas rise; a picture of a girl on a delta in Spain and a flash flood in New Mexico created by humans with blue posters.
Tags: · 350.org, Brooklyn, Climate Change, coastlines, cool roofs, Flooding, global warming, heat island effect, Los Angeles, New York City, rising oceans, rising seas, Santa Domingo, satellite art images, Solar Power
Climate change has been a matter of debate in government circles and a talking point on news channels for many years now. But increasingly, the climate change discussion — the need to slow global warming pollution, deforestation and the loss of wildlife — is becoming a citizens' round table.
This past weekend's 10-10-10 work parties, rallied people of all ages, economic strata and religious beliefs who turned out in groups of 5, 10, or 100 to build gardens, promote carbon neutral transportation, plant trees and protest fossil fuels.
Tags: · 10-10-10 work party, 350.org, climate action, Climate Change, climate mitigation, reduce carbon emissions
Tags: · 10-10-10 work party, 350.org, Bill McKibben, climate action, Climate Change, climate events, global climate action


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