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Pampanito left for the shipyard in February, 1987. It had taken us five years to arrive at a plan of action and to accumulate the funds necessary execute it. We knew that there would be additional work to be done in the shipyard and we had funding available to go over the bid amount by about forty percent.
Once Pampanito was up on the blocks and the marine growth was removed, a survey was conducted to determine the extent of the additional work to be performed. It was found that some of the problems we thought would be extensive were not as bad as had been anticipated. There were virtually no wasted weld seams, less than twenty linear feet, and the underwater body was in very good condition. The submerged portions of the superstructure were just as we had thought and repairs were needed. However, we found some problems we had not anticipated. The screws had been removed and the protective covers placed on the shaft tapers had deteriorated, our off shore mooring system was chaffing the hull and the free flooding chain locker had a few tons of mud that had accumulated when the flood ports at the bottom were blanked off. The additional work was estimated and we were still within the resources of our hull fund and the additional work was authorized.
We also took the opportunity while Pampanito was in dry dock to plan for future work that would need to be done in subsequent shipyard visits. Several critical areas were identified that would be monitored to evaluate the measures we were taking. Association staff took advantage of the time to have the submarine all to themselves and carried out several projects that could not be worked on while the vessel was open to the public.
Extensive documentation, in the form of written reports, photographs and video tape, was done during the shipyard period. Shift-by-shift work reports were kept in a log that contained a description of the work accomplished, the weather conditions, materials used and a record of the shipyard work force. An added unexpected benefit of the video taping was that while the shipyard workers were being taped they were proud to display their best work.
The shipyard period went very well. The job had come in on time and on budget, and we had a much clearer idea of Pampanito's condition and what her future needs would be.


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Mr. Herbert Martin Schuette: ObituaryObituaries August 27, 2014
The Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces Funeral Services for Mr. Herbert Martin Schuette, Jr., age 72 of Blairsville who passed away on Tuesday Morning, August 26, 2014.He will be warmly remembered by all who knew him, but especially missed by his family: sons and daughters-in-law, Tom and Erin Schuette and Tracy and Shawna Schuette; loving companion, Mary Jo Shirer; brother and sister-in-law, Richard and Donna Schuette and sister and brother-in-law, Emily and Lawrence Williams. Also, sharing in his legacy are 7 grandchildren: Sylvan and Emma Schuette, Anthony Johnson, Mason Mills, Stacia Williams, and Robert and Zane Schuette.
Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, August 30, 2014 at Providence United Methodist Church with Rev. Jim Aiken officiating. Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery.The body will lie-in-state at the church from 10 until the service hour. The family will receive friends at the Funeral Home on Friday evening from 6 until 9 p.m.
Arrangements entrusted to the care of Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville.

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We're happy to feature one of six concert posters Louise designed for a new contest to commemorate the release of Miles Davis' Miles At The Fillmore. Continue reading
Category Archives: Art
The Miles Davis Online Interview: Jorge Armando
(Artist Series II, Volume 3) Part two of the Artist Series is moving right along with the latest installment – illustrator Jorge Armando. Anyone who blends 3D technology with an illustration of Miles Davis is going to get my attention. And the talented Armando did just that. The original – and quite awesome – design … Continue reading
The Miles Davis Online Interview: Tobias Hall
(Artist Series II, Volume 1) We begin the second collection of the Artist Series with the wonderfully talented Tobias Hall, an illustrator/designer/muralist based in London. Among his exciting collection of artwork is a fantastic Miles Davis illustration (above). You can also view an absolutely gorgeous mural here featuring Miles Davis, Oscar Peterson and Max Roach. … Continue reading
Miles Davis Part Of Showcase Of Illustrated Portraits
Not really 'new', but still worth mentioning considering the terrific illustrations – especially Jorge Arevalo's Miles Davis artwork. via Brain Pickings / Maria Popova Illustration Now! Portraits is a stunning new showcase of illustrated portraits by over 80 of the world's most exciting artists, culled from Taschen's previously published Illustration Now! volumes, in addition to … Continue reading
The Miles Davis Movie: A New Unofficial Teaser Poster To Enjoy
Our friend Michael Stadtlender has designed seven really outstanding unofficial teaser poster designs for Don Cheadle's Miles Davis Biopic. It's a pleasure for me to publish the work on Miles Davis Online. If I'm the person down the road charged with marketing the film, I would absolutely seek out talents like Stadtlender, along with Julien … Continue reading
The Miles Davis Online Interview: Jose Mardi
(Artist Series Volume 18) I cannot say I know much about collage art. But after viewing the delightful work of Jose Mardi, I definitely want to know more, see more. And there is no better place to start enjoying sensational collage artwork than on Mardi's Flickr page, which features dozens and dozens of brilliant, jazz … Continue reading
The Miles Davis Online Interview: Jesse Watson
(Artist Series, Volume 17) Stumbling across the Internet and discovering a talented artist and author like Jesse Watson really makes my day. Sure, he features outstanding Miles Davis paintings, which is what led me to his official website in the first place, but all of his artwork – which includes wonderful collections like Jazz & … Continue reading
Miles Davis, Sketched
(pt. 2) I was fortunate recently to make the acquaintance of talented actor and artist Chris R. Wright. The London-based Wright features a terrific collection of sketches on his website, each produced with a ballpoint pen on watercolour paper. Biro is the word commonly known to describe this type of artistic sketching. Among the collection … Continue reading
The Miles Davis Online Interview: Michael Stadtlender
(Artist Series, Volume 7) Before I delve into my introduction of Michael Stadtlender, I just want to say that if I were running the show on the Miles Davis Movie, I would absolutely run a contest to have people design the movie poster. Maybe the winner gets his or her design published in a magazine, … Continue reading
The Miles Davis Online Interview: Yuriy Shevchuk
(We have featured 16 amazing artists so far in the Artist Series. Here is a re-post of the first one – featuring the talented Yuriy Shevchuk) Yuriy Shevchuk's artwork is wonderful; modern art so full of charm, sophistication and style blended with a delightful harmony of color. Among his excellent gallery of oil, watercolor and … Continue reading
Miles Davis, Sketched
Here is a wonderful sketch I found of Miles Davis at Ruth Mowry's artistically excellent Synch-ro-ni-zing blog. Her sketch design of the jazz legend is clean and decisive; it's a strong visual. © Ruth Mowry Continue reading
The Miles Davis Online Interview: Jamie Parslow
I had an instant reaction to Jamie Parslow's photography: the work is honest and immediate. In my search for Miles Davis art and photography, I found Parslow, and with him not only three, marvelous photographs of the jazz legend, but a lovely assortment of photographs taken throughout a long, exciting career; presently residing in Norway, … Continue reading
Miles Davis Sculpture Donated To Youngstown State University
Harry Meshel, a member of the Youngstown State University Board of Trustees, former president of the Ohio State Senate and a long-time fan of jazz, has donated sculptures of three legendary musicians to the Jazz Studies program in the Dana School of Music. The sculptures by artist Ed Dwight depict Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and … Continue reading
Discover Jazz Festival Launches Contest To Re-Imagine Miles Davis' Bitches Brew Album Art
Attention artists and/or Miles Davis fans! The Burlington Discover Jazz Festival (June 3 – June 12) is issuing a request for submissions from visual artists for artwork re-imagining the original album cover for Miles Davis' Bitches Brew. The artwork will be displayed in conjunction with the Bitches Brew Revisited performance on June 3 and throughout … Continue reading
Miles Davis: In Just Four Icons
Madison, WI-based designer Kyle Tezak has a great website. One of his ongoing projects is The Four Icon Challenge. The goal is to use just four icons at a time to represent some of his favorite films, books, etc. It's minimal, it's cool and it's awesome! I think 'The Great Gatsby' is my favorite of … Continue reading


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Strung Out's latest album, Agents Of The Underground, is not only their 7th full length, but it also marks the band's 20th anniversary and is a true testament to their relevance and longevity. Think about it: two decades. Two decades in the underground with thousands of live shows, tours on five (5!) different continents, over a million records sold… and they've managed to do it all while on an independent record label. More striking than their massive sales, which is a notable for any artist in this day and age, but the fact that the band that has never had help from "the industry". They may not have household name status, but they do have a colossal worldwide following and a loyal fan base that has been with them since the very start. Such is Strung Out's true legacy: devotion to the music, devotion to the band, and devotion to the fans.
LA alt-rock outfit The Darlings are on a roll lately, and they're only just getting started. After beating out hundreds of bands to win 2010's Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands, the band garnered attention from influential LA modern rock station KROQ, which added their songs "Broken Hearts Still Beating" and "Let's Roll" into steady rotation on DJ Kat Corbett's weekly Locals Only show, resulting in them becoming a Bud Light Band of the Month on the station.
"Whats up we are a pop punk band from Harrisburg Pa. We believe in hard work and having fun. We don't have famous friends we are not critically acclaimed and no one in this band was ever in some famous band who's name we could drop or coat tail we could ride. But we will get up earlier than you and work longer and harder. That has to count for something. If it doesn't then at least we had a hell of a good time trying and made some amazing friends along the way."
During the early and mid-2000′s La Armada established themselves as one of the most influential bands in the Hardcore/Punk scene in their native Dominican Republic where they played countless shows and notched 2 releases under their belt. In 2007, after making a tough but groundbreaking decision to leave a land where even DIY culture is a commodity and very limited platforms existed to present their music, the band decided to relocate to Chicago.
After becoming immersed in the city's infamous music scene and touring extensively around the country, the band became exposed to distinct subgenres including grindcore, powerviolence, crust-punk and traditional hardcore & metal sounds. These influences, fused with the band's native tendencies towards the intricate percussion lines present in Latin music, have developed into their first proper release, a self-titled 11 song vinyl, which delivers crushing bursts of what the band has affectionately coined "Latino Hardcore Fury". Released in late March 2012 on behalf of the Memphis, TN label Fat Sandwich Records this album successfully manages to possess the brutality and energy that bleeds out of their live shows night after night. Recorded, mixed and mastered by longtime friend and collaborator, Juan Carlos "Kanky" Lora (Marc Rizzo, Kingdom of Sorrow, Cavalera conspiracy, Jasta), the record will have you raising your eyebrows and fists with its aggressive riffs, intricate song structures, piercing vocals, and driving rhythm section.
Backing up their musical delivery are sharp witted lyrics that touch on a variety of pertinent social issues such as immigration rights, globalization, and class struggle in general, the band takes on a cynical perspective on governmental authority and phoney corporate "first world" activism. Along with many of their Chicago predecessors La Armada is unwilling to compromise their native Spanish language in their music; the band addresses this usually recognized linguistic barrier by taking their live set on the road. With an extensive touring background that has taken them to every corner of the US, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic; and now with an album that truly personifies the band's sound, La Armada will now be touring full time visiting the rest of Latin America, Mexico, Canada and Europe.


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With Theme Park season right around the corner and King's Island's new 24 million dollar Banshee coaster set to open April 15, I thought it would be cool to get everybody's take on their favorite rides and coasters. I'll list a few and you continue:
Millennium Force-Cedar Point(300 some foot first drop of awesomeness)
Flight Of Fear-King's Island(love that indoor coaster)
Diamondback-King's Island(one of the most comfortable coasters I've ever ridden)
Any "Drop Zone" type free fall ride I absolutely love
Still have yet to ride Top Fuel Dragster at Cedar Point.
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Disney bans employee headscarf
A Muslim woman who works as a hostess at Disneyland Resort's Grand Californian hotel has accused the park of discrimination for refusing to let her wear a religious headscarf at work. Disneyland Resort says no discrimination took place and that the employee was offered a behind-the-scenes role until the matter could be resolved. Does it make a difference if Imane Boudlal's was hired as a cast member, like most Disneyland employees, subject to "costume" restrictions? Should we be free to wear religious garb at work?


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Chilean priest accused of abusing daughter
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SANTIAGO, Chile — A Chilean priest has been charged with eight cases of sexually abusing minors, including his own daughter, and his diocese says he was suspended from his duties in the Roman Catholic Church early this year.
Ricardo Munoz Quinteros, 55, is accused of paying young girls for sex. State television broadcast video Tuesday night that it said shows the priest entering a motel with a young girl he paid for her services.
Prosecutors in Curacavi, on the outskirts of Santiago, formally charged Munoz on Tuesday with crimes dating back five years, expanding the initial sex abuse charges for which he was jailed in January.
Prosecutor Cristian Caceres said investigators are looking at whether the diocese tried to cover up Munoz's activities, noting a series of transfers of the priest among four parishes within a few years, according to Radio Bio-Bio. According to the charges, the priest abused girls between 16 and 18 years old, as well as his daughter, who was 5 at the time.
Prosecutors are also processing charges against the girl's mother, Pamela Ampuero. They say she facilitated the abuse of their daughter and other young girls. Ampuero offered $60 to the girls to accompany Munoz to motels, prosecutors say.
Another woman, who did not give her identity, accused Munoz on the state television report of being the father of her son.
Caceres said Munoz also was found with stores of child pornography that he has been charged with producing.
When the scandal broke in January, Munoz was serving in the parish of Melipilla, a rural town 55 miles west of Santiago, and the bishop expressed "shock and dismay'' at the priest's alleged double life.
In an interview yesterday, a spokeswoman for the diocese said Munoz had been suspended from his official duties until his legal and religious status could be resolved.
"As soon as the bishop found out in January about the situation reported in the press, he suspended the former priest. So in addition to being a prisoner, he cannot deliver the sacraments,'' spokeswoman Jessica Gomez said.


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It's the type of opportunity the Grand Island Fire Department says it only gets three to four times a year: live fire training.
"A training like this is invaluable. Anytime we can get real-life fire training in a live structure like this. It's an actual house so it behaves just like our other structural fires," said fire training division chief Tim Hiemer.
A local church wanted to demolish a house they own at the corner of Eighth and Oak streets and offered to let GIFD burn it down. They used it to teach two of their newest firefighters what couldn't be taught in the classroom.
"Until they can get out in the field and actually see it, feel it, it's really hard to understand the power of fire. And this gives them a lot better understanding of how a fire grows and how to best put it out," Hiemer said.
Probationary firefighter Michael Spreng said the training taught him "how fire reacts, how the different types of ventilation affects the smoke and working as team."
Hiemer took full advantage of the opportunity, divising various scenarios to maximize hands-on training.
"[It] gives our captain that's with us an opportunity to get in there and really educate us, instead of just telling us where to go and what to do. He's telling us this is why this is happening, this is what we need to do to accomplish our goal," said probationary firefighter Dan Goeke.
Hiemer said that the most important part is allowing rookies a chance to gain confidence and trust in themselves and their fellow firefighters. And the controlled, live trainings also serve to inspire future generations of public service people like David Romero. The 10-year-old woke up bright and early to make sure he saw the training, which he said helped affirm his desire to work in public safety.
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The Ministries of Science and Technology, and Industry and Trade have agreed in principle that they will remove 83 octane gasoline (A83) from circulation because of safety concerns.
83 octane gasoline may be taken out from the Vietnamese market soon
Tran Van Vinh, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Science and Technology's Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality (STAMEQ), said that these ministries will send an official proposal on the issue to the Prime Minister soon.
Once their proposal is approved, they would work out a roadmap to gradually take out A83 from the Vietnamese market, Vinh noted.
Several scientists have pointed out that A83 has been banned in many countries for years, and that Vietnam should do the same because of its environmental impacts.
Dr. Hoang Manh Hung, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Public Security's Institute of Criminal Science, said, "A83 contains a high amount of sulphur and other contaminants. Among other pollutants, this fuel emits a large amount of sulphur dioxide (SO2)."
Hung, because A83 is low-octane, it should not be used for modern vehicles, but only for those with old technology, such as military vehicles or the older gas-powered boats in the south.
"If A83 is mixed with 92 or 95 octane gasoline, it would actually lower octane of fuel, which would cause more heat and quickly erode engines," Hung stated.
Le Canh Hoa, former Deputy Director of Additives & Petroleum Products Company, said petroleum traders often adulterate A83 with A92 and A95 in order to increase profits because A83 is cheaper.
A recent inspection by the Branch for Standards, Metrology and Quality under the HCM City municipal Department of Science and Technology showed that 11 out of 55 inspected petrol stores in the city had illegally mixed A83 with A92.
Currently, only two petroleum wholesalers in Vietnam, Saigon Petro Limited Company and PetroVietnam Oil Corp (PV Oil), are authorised to produce and trade in A83, for a combined output of over 400,000 cubic metres per year.
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Olive Garden Coupons 2015
Craving Italian and heading over to Olive Garden for dinner? Then make sure to grab some Olive Garden coupons and save some money!! Typing this all I can think about is all you can eat soup and breadsticks LOL.
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Denver, CO (March 4, 2013) — Cactus, a Denver-based full-service advertising agency has hired Jeff Strahl as associate creative director.
Prior to joining Cactus, Strahl was an associate creative director for Karsh & Hagan, focusing on tourism clients. Over the past 15 years, Strahl has been the creative force behind clients like Colorado Tourism Office, Colorado Lottery, University of Colorado Hospital, Colorado AIDS Project, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, and a few other clients without Colorado in their name. His work has been recognized by Communication Arts, Lurzer's Int'l Archive, Graphis, Print, AdCritic, AdAge, AdWeek and Art Director's Club of Denver where he's received the Best in Show award twice. His responsibilities at Cactus include all aspects of brand development, strategy and implementation.
Cactus is a full-service brand communications agency providing business solutions for companies and causes through brand strategy, advertising, design, interactive and media services. Cactus has been nationally recognized for its breakthrough creative executions by The One Show, Communication Arts, The Webby Awards, South by Southwest, Favourite Website Awards, Advertising Age, Creativity and Print's Regional Design Annual. To learn more about Cactus, visit http://www.sharpideas.com.


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Push remains for chlorine-free water trial
Some Mossman and Port Douglas residents say they will continue to lobby for a chlorine-free water supply in their towns.
The Cairns Regional Council last month refused a proposal for a chlorine-free trial, after receiving advice from consultants.
The area's councillor, Julia Leu, says she expects residents to make their views known at a council meeting in Mossman today.
"People are very disappointed with the council decision not to proceed with a chlorine-free trial," she said.
"Everyone's entitled to have their viewpoint and we've never been shy in Douglas."
Meanwhile, the Cairns council will discuss a proposal for a new nursing home next to the Mossman Hospital today.
The Mossman District Nursing Home Committee has been lobbying the council to donate the land for the development.
Cr Leu says the proposal will be considered in a session closed to the public.
"The council decision has not yet been made but certainly I know that the community very much supports the nursing home committee in their efforts to develop and actually make this aged care facility a reality," she said.
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The Massachusetts Senate voted unanimously to repeal the controversial tax on software services just two months after it was adopted. The House voted to repeal the tax Wednesday.
The debate provided a chance for Republicans to gloat. They didn't want to pass the tech tax in the first place.
"Madame President, today is correction's day," said Senate Republican leader Bruce Tarr of Gloucester. "We can correct this mistake of trying to impose a tax on our innovation economy, trying to impose a tax on one of the most promising sectors as we seek to recover from a recession."
Tarr's message? The Republicans were right, and the Democrats were wrong.
Democrat Steven Brewer of Barre, the Senate Ways and Means Chairman, said even a broken clock is right twice a day.
He then recited newspaper headlines about positive economic developments in the state.
"I know the party in opposition would like to make sure that everything is really bad so they can get to the corner office," Brewer said.
The tax was part of a major transportation funding bill.
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Residents of Canton, Ill. (pop. 14,000), regulated their lives according to the seven blasts heard each day on the town's whistle, perched on top of the local International Harvester plant. They awakened to the first morning whistle at 6 a.m., set their watches by it, and moved in steady, sure steps throughout the day, alert to the whistle's sound. The Environmental Protection Agency heard in the whistle not the sound of a community ordering its hours but a D.B.A. (for decibels adjusted) measurement of 89, 28 points higher than the limit allowed by a state noise-pollution law slated to go into...
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In some occupations, such as technology and sales-oriented occupations, non-compete agreements are common. In essence, the employer is requiring you to promise that if you leave the company, you will not hire on with a competitor within a certain period of time. (Some are not so much time as distance focused. For example, it may say that you will not work with a competitor within a fifty mile radius of your current employer.) However they word it, the purpose is to keep you from taking ideas, sales leads, and clients to a competitor. They hope that by the time you're allowed to work again that those things will no longer be relevant. It also keeps competitors from poaching each others' employees. If a company knows that the employees won't be able to work for them, there's no reason to poach.
The argument against non-compete agreements is that they overly restrict a person's right to pursue an income. If you're locked into one of these agreements, you may find yourself literally unable to work in your field for a period of time. All of the protection is on the employer's side.
So, should you sign one of these agreements? Like so many things in career and finance circles, it depends. If it's the standard in your area/industry, you may not have a choice. And if you really need a job you might not have much choice, either. It's either sign or not work. That doesn't mean, though, that you can't try to negotiate for more favorable terms. And, as with anything legal, you should at least have your own attorney look it over and explain it all to you before you sign. Here are some things to consider before you agree to a non-compete clause.
Is it enforceable?
Some states do not recognize non-compete agreements, but employers still try to bind employees with them. Consult an attorney to find out if such a clause is even enforceable in your state. Some states also restrict the type of wording that can be used, in essence rendering very specific/harsh non-compete agreements illegal. Again, consult an attorney who specializes in these things to find out whether the agreement you're being offered is legal as written.
Is there an exemption if you are laid-off or fired
Many non-competes are only enforced if you leave voluntarily. Some are enforced if you are fired for cause because the employer doesn't want you to "try" to get fired so you can dodge the non-compete agreement. Some offer an exemption, however, if you are laid-off through no fault of your own. It is unfair of a company to lay you off and then expect you not to work, yet some employers still try to enforce the agreement. Find out if that's what you employer intends or if such a prohibition is legal in your area.
How long is the agreement?
How many months/years are they requiring you to remain out of your field. Six months? Two years? Decide if you can live with the length or not. Two years out of your field is a long time and you may find yourself so far behind that re-employment is very difficult. On the other hand, if you want to change fields anyway, it may not matter.
Will you receive money in lieu of being able to work?
Some companies offer severance money if you are laid off while under a non-compete agreement. They can still enforce the restrictions on your employment, but at least you are getting money. Find out how much money you will get and for how long. Will the package cover the entire term of the non-compete clause, or only the first six months, for example?
What about self-employment?
Is the agreement enforced if you leave to start your own business, or only if you go to work for an established competitor? You may want to leave to gain your freedom but if the agreement prohibits it, you may find yourself stuck.
How specific is it?
For example, does it say that you cannot work in sales for two years, or does it say that you cannot work in computer sales for two years? Even better does it say that you can't work in computer sales for companies X and Y, leaving any other company as fair game for you? There's a big difference between the wording and the less restrictive the wording, the better off you are.
What if the company goes out of business?
In some fields, companies go out of business at an alarming rate. If your company goes out of business, are you still bound by the agreement or are you free to do as you please?
What happens if you break the agreement?
Find out what will happen to you if you break the agreement, whether intentionally or not. Will you be sued? Forced to stop work? Will your new employer be sued? It's best to know the consequences ahead of time.
Is it enforceable for your job?
Non-compete agreements are usually for employees who have access to trade secrets, or who are responsible for generating client leads and sales. They're not usually for receptionists, janitors, and other employees who are on the periphery of the company's main business. However, sometimes non-competes are standard boilerplate in the contract for all new hires. If you're going to be working at a job where you aren't dealing with secret information, business strategy, sales leads, or other crucial aspects of the business, ask if you can be exempted. It's really unfair to tell a janitor at a computer company that he can't be a janitor at another computer company and many judges won't enforce such restrictions. However, get your lawyer to look it over or have the clause removed.
If you find anything objectionable in the agreement, you can try to negotiate it down or away. Some employers don't bat an eye when you refuse to sign. Others may be willing to adjust the terms somewhat, particularly if you have a lawyer on your side who is telling them that clauses "X" and "Y" aren't enforceable. If you're not comfortable, simply explain why and then ask if it can be changed. If the answer is no, you'll have to decide if you can live with it or not.
In some industries these are so common that people don't even blink when asked to sign even the most restrictive agreements. It's just the price you pay for working in that industry. You sign and hope you never have to butt up against it. In an economy where jobs are less common, you have to ask yourself if you want to sign. If you refuse you may be giving up the only job offer you'll get for a while. At the same time, if you do sign and the economy improves or you become more in demand, you'll be seriously limited if you want to hunt down a better offer.
Regardless of whether you ultimately sign or not, don't do so without thinking it over. Don't get so caught up in the new job excitement that you don't take the time to read the agreement and understand what you're agreeing to. Failure to think things through and/or negotiate better terms can have long term ramifications for your career.
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A wise person once told me that editing is the most important exercise of design.
Sometimes, not editing can result in a finished work that "reads" like a woman who has on too much make-up or a man who has on too much jewelry – in both cases, neither the women nor the man fully understand their natural beauty. I guess they feel the extra's somehow make them enough.
I believe the same is true for architecture and interior design.
Recently my husband and I spent a weekend at a boutique hotel in a city outside of Albany, GA for our baby moon (short vacation before the arrival of our 2nd baby). In its attempts to be hip, cool and fresh, every square foot in the lobby of this hotel was "designed" - which, to me, resulted in a visually noisy and jarring atmosphere. A catalogue of materials – carpet, stone, concrete, metal, glass, silk, boucle, plywood, bamboo, velvet, resided in this lobby hotel (see below). The issue here is not to focus on the name or location of this highly styled hotel, but rather the question the hotel caused me to ask myself - when is design in general just too much?
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Comprehensive design at its best can be quite a sensual experience – calling attention to sight, sound and touch. I believe the best designers are generalists and agile in their approach to design. At the same time, they are connoisseurs of things that are of particular interest to them. seamless is a blog intended to document my investigation towards the type of practice I want to build: a practice where the lines of architecture and interior design are blurred or, shall I say it? seamless..


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Shoddy defensive play puts Fleury, Penguins in a bad spotApril 14, 2012 4:45 AM
The Penguins haven't been a responsible defensive team for much of the season, but Marc-Andre Fleury bailed out his teammates with some spectacular goaltending. The shaky defense has continued in the first two games of the first-round playoff series against the Flyers, but Fleury hasn't been able to make those timely saves.
As a result, the Flyers are taking a 2-0 lead and a stranglehold on the series back to Philadelphia for Games 3 and 4.
The inability to protect multiple goals leads once again came back to haunt the Penguins Friday night. They held 2-0, 3-1, 4-3 and 5-4 leads before losing 8-5.
"It's execution, realizing what we're doing wrong," defenseman Brooks Orpik said. "We have to execute better. They're taking advantage of every mistake we're making. We're hanging our goalie out to dry, that's for sure."
It was a shooting gallery on Fleury, who faced 31 shots, perhaps half of them quality scoring chances. There were bad giveaways, bad puck management and bad decision-making.
Defenseman Ben Lovejoy accepted the blame for the loss. It was Lovejoy's giveaway early in the third period that allowed the Flyers to tie the score 17 seconds after Tyler Kennedy scored to give the Penguins the momentum.
Instead of passing the puck up the boards on the outside, Lovejoy tried to throw a cross-ice pass. Sean Couturier knocked it down and cruised in on a breakaway, beating Fleury to tie it up at 5-5.
"I feel horrible," Lovejoy said. "That's a game that will stick with me for a long time. That's called the flood play. I tried to make the hard play. It hit [Couturier] in the shaft. It's my fault. I need to make a smarter play."
Lovejoy was hardly alone in his shoddy defensive work. With the Penguins up 2-0, Sidney Crosby mishandled the puck at the point on a power play, leading to an odd-man opportunity for the Flyers. Claude Giroux burst in alone on Fleury, who gave up a rebound that Max Talbot banged home to cut the lead in half.
Later, with a 3-2 lead and again operating with a man advantage, Evgeni Malkin left his feet in an attempt to win a faceoff and took himself out of the play. That led to a 3-on-2 for Philadelphia, and Talbot fed a pass to Giroux to tie the score, 3-3.
After Couturier tied the score, Jaromir Jagr scored the winning goal on a rebound after two Penguins failed to clear the puck out of the zone. Jordan Staal and Deryk Engelland both had opportunities to clear the puck before Jagr scored with 10:47 remaining.
It's the second time in as many games the Penguins have surrendered multiple-goal leads to the Flyers and the fourth time in the past five games against their cross-state rivals.
"It's been frustrating," Staal said. "We're trying to get back to [a better defensive posture]. The game has been too open. They're a very fast team and they jump on opportunities when they can. We're doing our best to keep them off the scoreboard."
The Penguins have scored eight goals in two games and have nothing to show for it. If they don't figure out a way to slow down the Flyers, a season that once appeared so promising will end with bitter disappointment. Perhaps the most bitter disappointment in franchise history other than in 1993, when the Penguins won the President's Trophy and were eliminated in the second round by the Islanders.
"It's a good team over there," Staal said. "We're a good team as well. ... We have to find a way to win one of these games [in Philadelphia]. We're going to keep playing as hard as we have been and we're going to get that bounce and find a way to win."penguins
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LAGOS—THE Synod of the West of The Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, PCN, has warned against the politicization of the abduction of the Chibok school girls in Borno State, by the terror sect, Boko Haram.
In a communiqué issued at the end of its 19th Annual Synod held at the PCN church, Ikotun, in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, the Church urged Nigerians to rise above political and other parochial affiliations and join hands with security agencies to rescue the girls and deal a death blow to the security challenge posed by Boko Haram and other insurgents.
"It is particularly disconcerting," the Church said "that despite the spiritual interventions by churches and mosques and the numerous inter-faith conferences and dialogues, the level of insurgency, religious intolerance, and other criminal activities as well as social vices remained on the increase. Government must be alive to its responsibility of providing security and the freedom of worship to Nigerians."


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A federal judge handed cosmetics company Glow Industries its first no go in a lawsuit against J. Lo.
After hearing arguments on Monday from the small Los Angeles company and defendants Coty, Inc., the worldwide perfume and fragrance conglomerate that markets and distributes Glow by J.Lo perfume, Judge Margaret Morrow denied Glow Industries' request for a preliminary injunction, according to the plaintiff's attorney O. Yale Lewis. Had it been granted, the motion would have forced Coty to remove all boxes of J.Lo's Glow from store shelves nationwide until the trademark dispute had been settled.
In her opinion rendered Tuesday, Judge Morrow didn't find sufficient evidence of consumer confusion between the two brands.
Although both lines of products are available nationwide, Glow Industries' perfume is sold at boutiques, specialty stores and high-end department stores such as Bergdorf Goodman and is more expensive, while J.Lo's line can be purchased at general department stores like Macy's and pharmacy chains.
It wasn't all bad news in the latest round of the small scent maker's trademark infringement lawsuit against Lopez and Coty. Monday's hearing also determined a date for trial. Glow Industries, looking to resolve the matter before next year's holiday shopping season, petitioned the court to start the trial in September, while Coty, wanting to capitalize on consumers' spending surge in November and December, asked to start the proceedings in February 2004. While neither party got exactly what it wanted, Judge Morrow's decision to begin the trial October 21 fell closer to the small company's request.
Glow Industries filed its complaint in Los Angeles' U.S. District Court, Central District of California, in August. In November, Judge Morrow tentatively ruled against the preliminary injunction.
Coty, Inc.'s Lancaster Group struck a licensing deal with Lopez's Sweetface Fashion Co., LLC, in March, which allowed it to develop and market fragrances and cosmetics bearing the J.Lo by Jennifer Lopez brand. In July, the company entered into a similar agreement with singer Celine Dion.


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Paper Flowers – DIY
For anyone who loves making things, DIY paper flowers are time consuming but very rewarding. Any type of paper can be used to make your own flowers – tissue, crepe or standard paper. The paper can be molded by damping then using a bowl to shape and dry, or stretched as with crepe paper. I love this roundup from The House That Lars Built
- white paper roses
- Possibly my favorite paper flowers. So fun!
- Amy Merrick mixed West Elm's paper flowers and real flowers
- Thuss and Farrell
- paper flower tulips
- Watercolor paper flowers
- Crepe paper flowers
- Lia Griffith's rose wedding bouquet
- Carnation paper flowers
- Lia Griffith's roses
- gorgeous water color peony crepe paper flowers
- crepe paper bouquet
- Thuss and Farrell
- My oversized paper flowers
- Lia Griffith's anenome


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The Rebellion of Jane Clarke
Gunning's blazing third historical (after Bound ) takes readers into the heart of Revolutionary War–era Boston, where young Jane Clarke has been sent to care for her great-aunt Gill after refusing to marry the man her loyalist father has chosen for her. Not long after settling into her aunt's house near the British Custom House, Jane is thrust into the milieu of violence and intrigue that eventually leads to a declaration of independence by the American colonists. She befriends the bookseller Henry Knox and meets John Adams, who employs her brother as a clerk. As tensions mount, Jane watches the men around her grow more aggressive in their aversion to British rule, and less concerned with truth. When she is caught up in the Boston Massacre, she must come to terms with the importance of honesty over personal and political passions. There's a history textbook's worth of well-done cameos, but it's Gunning's fluid writing and attention to the larger issues of human nature that really make this move. Good historical fiction offers new perspectives on old stories. This book succeeds handily at the task. (June)
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In the middle of the City Bowl, beneath the majestic Table Mountain, lies an oasis of greenery. Every day this beautiful space acts as a meeting ground for dogs and their walkers, children, picnickers, slack rope walkers, tree and bird enthusiasts, runners and everyone in between.
There is no spot in Cape Town more sacred and loved by those who visit it. We take it upon ourselves to keep our community park clean, safe and functional. Join us in our mission to keep De Waal Park running smoothly, by becoming a member of the Friends of De Waal Park.
Run Rabbit Run Coffee Roastery has recently set up in the bandstand. What better way to enjoy our beautiful park as we ease into Winter than with a hot cup of coffee in hand?
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Chairman's Report
This is our seventh AGM. I am pleased that we did not succumb to external and internal pressures, as predicted. In the past there have been a few attempts at forming a society to protect De Waal Park but they seldom lasted six months, let alone seven years. Do we feel the seven year itch?
When I re-read my report from last year I wondered whether we had achieved anything like as much this year, but when I add up all the small things that have been done I know that we have moved. We have NOT succeeded in finding a contractor to build a robust turning circle, despite numerous attempts. For some unknown reason - perhaps they feel that the job is too small - contractors do not even return our calls let alone quote us for the job. What we want to do is repair the present turning circle, now badly eroded, or make another turning circle further on. We also want to lower the height of the first speed bump a couple of millimetres - but we cannot find someone to do the work. If anyone knows of an engineer who might look at this project please let me know.
There were a couple of opportunities that presented themselves and we have grabbed them with both hands: the Council arranged for the brick path from the Booth gate to the fountain circle to be lifted and fresh bricks to be laid. We managed to get all the half bricks donated to us and Clayton used his initiative to start building attractive slabs under the benches. We supplied the materials for him to continue to do that and paid him a small wage. He went on to build up the approach to the Molteno Road pedestrian gate and eliminate the high step that caused problems for women with prams and some of the older visitors from Berghof.
We then continued to use the half bricks to pave around the fountain pond and so reduce the mud puddles that were created as the dogs leapt out of the pond, soaking wet. More recently a second pathway was lifted and repaved and this gave us the opportunity to retain all the bricks and use them to lay the bandstand plaza. That cost us more money than we had expected but it was a lot more complicated than anticipated and I think you will agree that it is money well-spent. The bulk of that cost will only appear in next year's financials.
So too will the cost of adjusting the wood chip area around the picnic table. Helen Picard generously donated money for fresh woodchips but until the area has been built up a little to hold the chips, we cannot order the woodchips. Thank you Helen for your continued support of the park.
The new PLEASE SHUT THE GATES signs supplied to us by RE/MAX Living have been most effective. I know that they look a bit as though they are shouting at you as you approach, but they have been more effective than the springs - for which we paid so much money. I was a bit surprised when I first saw what you had had made, Susan, but I am very grateful to RE/MAX Living now.
Helen Picard also donated the cost of a picket fence to hold all the bags that are collected and stacked at the double gate on Molteno Road, for Solid Waste to fetch them. The fence needs to be painted a darker colour and we want to line the perimeter fence with shade cloth so that it is less unsightly as you drive up Molteno Road. We also want to ensure that this area is cleaned frequently because it is most unpleasant for the Tennis Club.
Charles used his magic to persuade a sponsor to give us sand for the new small sandpit - which has been a big hit with the little ones. We also topped up the sand in the bigger pit, much to the delight of children, dogs and a few frolicsome adults. The problem of the spider web in the children's area has not been resolved. It was given to us by a film company a few years ago but the ropes have now become frayed and need to be removed or replaced. It is something that we need to deal with but it is, perhaps surprisingly, a contentious issue as many people dislike it but others tell me that the older children love it and want it retained.
The toilet block was repainted by the Council (the Council has spent a great deal of money on the park this year and in fact the Parks Department held their annual award ceremony in the park. The park was cleaned to within an inch of its life that day and looked spectacular. Parks Dept were beaming with pride) Back to the toilet block. Council pays for someone to look after it every weekday and for Elizabeth to open it at weekends. Unfortunately she is often left without toilet paper and cleaning fluid so I have been ensuring that she is supplied with these. She keeps the toilets as clean as possible under the circumstances and I have had several compliments from visitors to the park about the state of the toilet block. We pay for the toilets to be kept open every evening until sunset and I know that this is regarded as a very important facility in the city bowl.
Once again the problems of the Homeless and of Criminal Activity have taken up a lot of our time. There have been frequent raids during the day and several at night. I know that there is a general belief that the security guards that drive around the park have little impact on the numbers of people who sleep in the park but they cannot arrest people, and there is no reason to call the SAPS if people are just sitting around - even if their washing in drying on the fence. It may be unsightly but I have not found a by-law forbidding it. When we did have a murder the SAPS arrived in full force and dealt with the crime scene most efficiently. Interestingly, it was a lesson to me to hear the various stories told by people who had been in the park at the time, and to try to find out what the truth might have been. It made me wonder about all those witnesses in the Oscar Pistorius trial.
Our hope of funding a field worker has faded, I'm afraid. And so too has my hope of tackling the problems of the homeless in a constructive way. The field worker I was hoping to fund has moved on and I don't think that the Friends are qualified to introduce and monitor a new one. We did have a few offers to fund the salary for a field worker and I want to thank those who came forward. I believed that it would be a valuable resource for the city bowl but it was not to be and perhaps it would not have had much impact. So we will continue to monitor and deal with the homeless as best we can.
The criminal element that seems to invade the park at night is much harder to tackle. Suggestions that the park be locked at night raise the questions how the park is to be closed, who will lock it every evening and who will then unlock it every morning, and how will the law-enforcement agents get into the locked park to pursue thecriminals. Will the park not just become a really safe place for criminals to lurk about? I have not heard further on this issue. But I can confirm that the SAPS make regular tours of the park both during the day and at night.
Perhaps the most exciting innovation in the park (and I am deliberately avoiding the mermaid issue) is Philip Brink's Coffee Roastery. It took several months of discussions, negotiations and getting direction from the City to get this up and running but so far I have only heard good things about it. The coffee is delicious, Nicky's pastries are on par with the coffee and the atmosphere in the band stand is festive. To top it all the Park scores very nicely from his contributions. And we would do even better if we would buy his special De Waal Park Pavement Special and Outeniqua Geelhout. All of this did not happen without a wonderful team of committee members.
We persuaded Megan to be our Deputy Chairman before she decided to leave the city bowl, and her sage advice, business acumen and foresight has proved to be invaluable. Thank you, Megan. We miss your daily visits to the park but absence makes the heart grow fonder and now we are even happier to see you when you do visit than we were before. She has indicated that she feels that she should stand down but I am hoping to persuade her not to.
Another person who only manages to visit us occasionally is our treasurer, Renate. I am delighted that you have moved back to the city, Renate, and I sincerely hope that you need not go too far away again. Your contribution is most important,Wendy has continued to look after Straatwerk for us and I know that they need your support and direction when they report for duty on a Friday morning, Wendy. Susan also gave the committee a calm centre this year - and daringly climbed trees to put up an owl box. I don't think that any owl has discovered the box yet but I trust that your efforts will not be in vain.
Oliver has been a star. Not only has he cheerfully gone about fixing things but he is an excellent photographer (as this year's calendar attests) and delights in planning the next calendar. He supplies the committee with bubbly at our meetings and his practical approach is greatly appreciated.
Peta, sadly,decided that she could not stay on the committee since starting a new career but has continued to support us through the website, Facebook and all those social media thingy's that I don't understand but which are essential to any modern society. Thank you, Peta, for all your work on the calendar, for your on-going and important input and support.
Jennifer. What can I say about Jennifer that will not sound too gushing? If anyone here has received a letter from Jennifer, a letter of congratulation, support or condolence then you will know that she has an extraordinary talent for caring. She genuinely does care about the people, the dogs and the park. She empathises, celebratesand supports all that we do. She is remarkable.
All these people were involved in putting together the calendar (some more so than others - and with fantastic input from Tracey Bowley, Anna-Maria Valentini, Sally Chapman, Deralene Montagner and Lisa Malcomess) which was such a success. They spent hours ensuring that as many dogs as possible were featured. That the photos were the best/most amusing/cutest/ most appropriate and that the layout looked good and incorporated those suggestions that had been forwarded to us.
With Winnie's help they sold calendars. My thanks to all of you for your input, company and friendship. It is a special bond that we have in the Friends.Other people have contributed; Tielman Haumann has led several tree tours, Margaret Damerell has raffled a beautiful embroidered cushion and a bag to raise funds for us, Charles Geffen and Teresa Droste have been most generous and supportive, Helen Picard finds reasons to give us money, and Anna-Maria Valentini makes us feel good with her enthusiasm and positive remarks. Of course there are the people who write to say that dogs should be on leashes (but have not the courtesy to even acknowledge my carefully worded, detailed response), who complain about the children on their bikes or their skateboards or their scooters, but most of the complaints come from non-members and at the Inaugural meeting of the Friends it was agreed that we need not pay heed to letters from people who are not members.
Clayton has worked hard and creatively. It may not always be your idea of what should be planted where or how but whatever he does, he does with sincerity and for the good of the park as he sees it. Elizabeth in the toilets tries to ensure that the toilets are safe and clean and as functional as she can make them for our visitors. Our visitor numbers grow and I hear some amazing stories of happy picnics in De Waal Park from friends who live far away. They love the park and I am proud of it.
I cannot end this report without thanking the team from the City's Parks Department: Pauline McConney, Valentino Jephta, Charl Marais (who has recently retired) aided and abetted by Charles who manages to assist with all sorts of unusual jobs, roping in Johann to fix a gate, weld a stanchion or supply some necessary tool. Thank you to them all for what they have done and what they do.And to you, our members and regular visitors to the Park. You make it safe and warm and friendly and fun. I hope you will continue to enjoy it. Thank you. And I deliberately did not mention poo. But I want to thank Tilly who surreptitiously restocks our poo bags. She is like one of the wee folk who repair things in the dead of night.


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These three are ready for school
Clara Smith describes her three kids as "Friends forever." Here they are waiting for their bus on the first day back to school. Chelsey, on left, and Annakayla helped Michael find his way on his very first day ever.
Share your back-to-school pictures: E-mail them to firstname.lastname@example.com, then view the photos in our Back to School photo gallery. Make sure to include your name and some info about your cute kids.
Times photographers captured some sweet pictures, too. Times photographer Douglas R. Clifford shot this photo on the right of kindergarten student Hannah Sullivan as she settled into her new classroom today at Curtis Fundamental Elementary School in Dunedin.
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Moving from Windows Mail to Outlook or Thunderbird - importing emails?
My Vista pc recently gave up the ghost and so I'm now using a new Windows 8 PC. On the email side, I used to use Windows Mail very happily and had many emails filed within its folders.
When I converted to Windows 8, the only (free) email programme I could find which would allow me to import my old emails was Windows Live Mail so, rather reluctantly, I installed it.
I'm now finding it a pain for several reasons and so would like to change to either Outlook (I'm already running Outlook 2002 - no, not a misprint!) or failing that Thunderbird, but so far have not found a way of exporting/importing my emails across from Windows Live Mail.
Does anyone please know a way of doing it - even perhaps using another email programme which would enable me to import my emails and then export them in another more Outlook friendly format?
Any thoughts please? I can't believe it's impossible!
PS Even looked at running the old Windows Mail on Windows 8 but even though some people appear to have managed it, it did not work for me. However, in any case, Outlook or Thunderbird would be better.
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No need to respond. I found my own solution here http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/migratefromoewlm.htm.
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The Greening of the U. of Minnesota
In December, The Chronicle ran a story about the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment, which included a box on four institutions that, so far, had refused to sign.
The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities was one of them. University officials, like those at other institutions that had not signed, were concerned that some of the goals of the commitment — notably climate neutrality — just weren't feasible. The Twin Cities campus gets about 70 percent of its power from fossil fuels, a great deal of which is coal, one of the dirtiest and least-climate-friendly power sources out there. Deborah L. Swackhamer, interim director of the university's Institute on the Environment, was also concerned about the commitment's fuzzy language and its push to include sustainability in the curriculum, which is set by faculty members, not the university president.
It seemed that Robert H. Bruininks, the university president, would never sign.
Yet on January 8, Mr. Bruininks added the University of Minnesota system to the list of signatories, making Minnesota the first Big 10 university to commit. He did so without a lot of fanfare. Although student groups celebrated the signing, the university never even issued a news release about it.
Daniel Wolter, a spokesman for the university, said that after examining the commitment, university officials found that it was "in line with our institutional goals." But he said there has been some "frustration" about the emphasis that people have placed on signing the commitment.
"There is an unusually large focus being put on this one specific agreement," he said. "Our concern is that there are a lot more meaningful things that institutions can do with regards to climate."
For example, the university is a member of the Chicago Climate Exchange, a legally binding climate agreement that has real penalties for institutions and businesses that do not meet carbon-reduction goals. There are no penalties associated with the presidents climate commitment, and colleges can meet goals on their own timeline.
Mr. Wolter also said that advocates of the climate commitment have tried to use Minnesota's signing as leverage to get other Big 10 institutions to join up. "I think every other institution needs to look at [the commitment] and how it fits with their campuses," he said. "We are not making any pronouncements about other campuses and what they should and should not do."
Now, the work begins. Although small colleges have been able to make great strides toward climate neutrality, that goal is more difficult for large institutions. The University of Minnesota's Morris campus, which was among the commitment's charter signatories, gets a great deal of power from wind; Mr. Wolter says university officials believe that the rest of Minnesota likewise will move away from coal in time.
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How the Grinch potted up Christmas
You're wrong as the deuce, And you shouldn't rejoice, If you're calling him Seuss. He pronounces it Soice (or Zoice).
So in spite of his own efforts to keep his name German, Dr. Seuss came to be pronounced to rhyme with goose. And one of his best-known books became a classic movie and play, "How The Grinch Stole Christmas."
Though Christmas is a ways away, you have to plan, and plant, now for Christmas blooms. By faking spring, we can trick bulbs to bloom indoors. Like the Three Wise Men, there are three familiar ways to force bulbs: in water, in pebbles with water and in soil. Choose bulbs that are firm and solid, not mushy or lightweight.
One of the easiest ways to force bulbs is to fill a bowl or tray with gravel or decorative stones, then set the bulbs firmly into the pebbles so the bulbs stand upright.
Next, fill the bowl with water just up to the bottoms of the bulbs. Be careful that you let the water just barely touch the bulbs. Clear glass dishes or bowls work well because you can see the water level and watch the fascinating development of the roots. The idea is for the roots to grow into the water, while the bulb itself stays dry.
Your bulbs will bloom better with stronger stems if you put the planted bulbs in a dark spot for about four to six weeks to form roots before you bring them out into the warmth and light to boom. Pebbles and water is a wonderful way to force crocus, hyacinths, daffodils, and early tulips. Paper whites are delicate forms of narcissus that do not need chilling to bloom.
Another method of forcing for Christmas is water forcing.
Use a glass vase or jar, or even buy a specialty hyacinth glass with a tapered neck and wide lip at the top that holds the large hyacinth bulb in place. With a hyacinth glass, your work is done before you start. Simply fill the glass with water as high as the tapered neck, and place the hyacinth bulb on the broad mouth of the glass so the base of the bulb just barely touches the water. That's it!
Put the hyacinth glass and bulb in a dark area for about four weeks until roots form, then bring it into a warm sunny spot where it will bloom. You can also stick four toothpicks into the hyacinth bulb and suspend it from the lip of a glass or vase. Again, fill with water so the base of the bulb is just barely touching the water.
You can also simply plant up bulbs in potting soil. Clay pots or shallow clay bulb trays work best as the clay lets the soil breathe.
Fill your pots about two-thirds full of commercial potting soil. Set the bulbs firmly in the soil and cover completely with more potting mix.
It's OK if the tops of the bulbs are poking out of the soil. Water well and place the planted pots in an unheated garage or basement where they won't freeze.
Some gardeners bury the pots up to their rims outside, and then cover with a few inches of mulch. After about two months, the potted bulbs will have good root systems and can be taken inside to force their blooms.
Keep your flowering pots on the cool side; higher temperatures can make the plants tall and spindly. Once the bulbs begin to form flower buds you can keep them at warmer temperatures. After the holidays fade and your flowers along with them, you can either just toss the spent bulbs into the compost heap or try putting them outdoors directly in the garden.
Because the bulbs have used all of their saved energy for the forcing, they will not bloom again without a rest and recovery. Pot up some bulbs or put paper whites in a dish with pebbles, and come Christmas you will have fragrant blossoms that no Grinch can steal.
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The Clever Girl – Hungarian folk tale translated by Ibolya Lőrincz
By Ibolya Lőrincz, 12th Mar 2011 | Follow this author
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Long times ago folk tales were told mostly for adults and not for children. Fairy tales are still certain ways of initiation. The following tale is for women teaching them how to be wise enough to rule all sorts of situations a woman might get into. And it is the tale of all persons born under the star sign of Libra.
The Clever Girl
Once upon a time there was a cruel king and this cruel king had a village. One day the king got angry with this village and ordered its people to skin the millstone in the yard of the mill otherwise he would have all the rich farmers' head chopped off.
The people in the village had been having a village meeting every single day for three weeks but they could not agree how to skin the millstone.
Among the villagers there was a poor man who had a seventeen-year-old beautiful daughter. One day this girl asks her father,
'My dear father, where do you go every day? You either eat or not and you do not tell a word to anybody.'
'Where do I go? Don't you know that this cruel king ordered us to skin the millstone in the yard of the mill? This is why we have been holding meetings for more than three weeks. However, nothing got into our minds.
'Listen to me, father, go up to the judge of the village and tell him not to gather the people of the village again. Then go up to the king tell him the following: "Your Majesty, my life and death are in your hands, I was sent to represent this village. We would like to ask you to have the blood of this millstone taken otherwise the people cannot skin it."
Goes up the poor man to the king and tells him what his daughter ordered him. The king asks him,
'Well, you, poor man, who gave you this piece of advice? Confess it right now or you will get fifty sticks at this moment.'
'Your Majesty, my life and death are in your hands, I have a seventeen-year-old daughter at home. She gave me this piece of advice.'
Says the king,
'Now, you poor man, you have pulled the thorn out of the leg of the village and pushed it into yours. I will give you trouble if you have not had enough so far.'
So the king turns around and picks up a pot. The side of the pot was cracked.
'Tell your daughter' says the king, 'to mend this pot so that neither the patch nor the sewing should be seen. If she cannot do it, I will have both your and your daughter's head chopped off.'
The poor man takes the cracked pot and goes home in sorrow and sadness. He arrives at his daughter and says,
'Well, my dear daughter, you have pulled the thorn out of the leg of the village and pushed it into yours. The king has sent you this pot.' – and he tells her what the king ordered.
'It is all right, father, therefore do not worry about it. Sit down, eat and drink and have a rest.'
When the poor man wakes up, her daughter says to him,
'Well, my father, take this cracked pot back to the king and tell him the following: "Your Majesty, my daughter was brought up as an orphan without a mother, but she has never seen anybody patching a sack or shirt from outside. If Your Majesty has the pot turned inside out, I will mend it as he wishes."
The poor man tells his daughter's message to the king. The king turns aside and hides his smile.
'You just wait' – he says. 'I will send trouble to your daughter if she has not had enough.'
So he picks up three bunches of hemp and gives them to the poor man.
'Here you are, you poor man, take these three bunches of hemp to your daughter and tell her to spin and weave underwear from them for all my inside and outside servants and for soldiers of a squadron. If not, I will destroy you together with your daughter.'
The poor man leaves for home with a heavy and sad soul. He arrives home and says to her daughter,
'Oh, my dear daughter, here sends the king three bunches of hemp to you to spin and weave underwear for all his inside and outside servants and for soldiers of a squadron.'
The girl says,
'Sit down, my father, eat, drink and have a rest.'
Then she goes into the hovel and picks up two little pieces of wood, not bigger than two pipe stems.
'Well, my father, have you eaten and drunk enough? Have you had a rest?'
'I have already eaten and drunk enough and had a good rest.'
'Then go back to the king and tell her that since I am a motherless orphan, I don't have a loom so I ask him to have a loom made from these two pieces of wood but in a way that nothing should be added or taken away from them. If he makes it, I will spin and weave underwear from that three bunches of hemp not only for his servants but for all his soldiers in the whole country.'
Goes up the poor man to the king and tells it to him. The king turns aside to laugh and then asks,
'How old is your daughter, you poor man?'
'She is seventeen, Your Majesty.'
'Tell your daughter to come up to me on this and this day. She must not come on the road or by the road. She must not come on foot or on horseback. She should and should not greet me. She should bring some presents and she should come without it.'
The poor man takes leave of the king and goes home.
'Well, my dear daughter, I am saved from going to the king. Now it is your turn to go there.'
'What did the king tell you, father?'
'He told you to go up to him on this and this day, but you must not go on the road or by the road, you must not go on foot or on horseback, you should and should not greet him and you should take a present to him and go without it.'
'It is all right, father.'
The girl goes into the village, where he knew a farmer who had a donkey. She asks him to lend it to her. She takes the donkey home and gives it some hay. Then she buys two doves and takes them home, too.
She was eagerly looking for the day when she had to start.
The blessed day when she has to go up to the king arrives at last. The girl starts her journey on the back of the donkey and in the middle of the road. She is carrying the two doves between two wooden bowls on her back.
The king is waiting for the girl outside the palace. When she arrives the king greets her,
'Welcome, you, poor girl.'
But she says no word just jumps off the back of the donkey and bows to the king. Then she says,
'Here I am, Your Majesty for your order. I did not come on the road or by the road. I did not come on foot or horseback. However, I arrived. I have brought you a present and I came without it.'
Saying so, she opens up the two wooden bowls and the doves fly away.
The king gets to like the girl and invites her into the palace.
The king sends for a priest and he marries the poor girl.
When the wedding ceremony is over, the king says to his wife,
'Now, you, poor girl, you are my wife. However, I order you not to give advice to anybody without my intention otherwise you will see bad times.
'I don't intend to give advice anybody, Your Majesty' – she says.
There lived two poor men in the town of the king. One of them had a little cart and the other had a pregnant mare. Since they were friends, they helped each other and went to the wood with the mare and the little cart to carry some wood.
One day, when they were going to the wood, an icy wind was blowing from the wood. The one who had the mare was sitting on its back and the other who had the cart was sitting on his cart. But they both turned their faces backward because they could not stand the wind blowing into their eyes.
Suddenly the one who was sitting on the cart says,
'Hey, my friend, let's stop, because my cart has kidded a colt.'
'Yes, it was my mare' – says the one on the horseback.
'But the colt came from under my cart' – insists the first man.
So they immediately turn back and go up to the king. They can't find the king at home. The queen asks them what the matter is.
The man with the mare starts,
'Your majesty, it is just a small thing. This friend of mine has a little cart and I have a mare. As we were going to the wood, my friend told me to stop because his cart kidded a colt. W stopped, but since we could not decide whose the colt was, we had to come to the king for justice.
After listening to the two litigants the queen says,
'Oh, you, two miserable men, why are you quarrelling over such a thing? The world will laugh at you. I advise you to go home and tie the mare to the cart. If the colt suckles the cart, then it is the cart's colt, but if it suckles the mare, it is the mare's.
The two men try it, but that damn colt suckles the mare and not the cart. The man with the cart gets angry, pulls the colt from under its mother and pushes it under the cart and says,
'Dogs eat you up! If you were under my cart in the wood, be there now, too!
But the colt runs back to its mother.
When the king comes back from hunting, the two men go up to him again and tell him the story in details to the king himself. The king gets angry with the two men because they dared to bother him with such a foolish thing. He scolds the man with the cart and threatens him to have him hung up or his head chopped off if he ever insists on that the colt belongs to his cart. But he also gets very angry to his wife because she gave advice without his permission.
'Now, my darling wife, you trustless poor girl, what resolution did you make when I married you? Did you tell me not to give advice to anybody? And now you did. But from now on you won't eat from the same table as I will.
'Whether I will or not, my darling husband, first I will make you a last dinner then I will leave' – she says.
The queen makes the dinner and the king says,
'After dinner have six horses harnessed into a coach, take whatever is the most precious for yourself and go wherever you like but you won't live with me any longer.'
After dinner the queen has six horses harnessed into a coach. But she had already put some sleeping powder into the king's drink and when he was sleeping fast had him put in the coach because her most precious thing was her husband.
She has been driving for two nights and three days when suddenly the king wakes up. He looks around and asks,
'Where are you taking me, my darling wife?'
'Do you know, my darling husband, what you have told me? You have told me that I can take the most precious thing with myself when I leave your palace. I have not got more precious thing than you, so now I am taking you with myself.'
'God will pay you for it, my darling wife, but let's stop and turn back home. I won't disagree with you and won't horn in your things any longer.'
So the return home safe and sound. The king gives a big feast. Plates and bowls were enough but one was a lucky man who got a drop of soup. The king and the queen still live if they haven't died. Let them be your guests tomorrow!
More Hungarian Tales
If you liked this tale, you probably might like the one which is the tale of the Virgin star sign: The Hard-Working and the Lazy Girl.
If you have children in your family, you might find my other writing interesting: Tell Good Stories to Your Kids.
All your comments and experiences would be useful in my further studies of fairy tales. So, thank you for your contribution.


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