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"My musical and cultural interests and the collaboration with friends who are musicians have lead me at firs to manufacture Celtic harps, afterwards to be interested and gradually to develop a passion for ancient instruments, in particular harpsichords and spinets. Thus I have started my activity as an harpsichords maker, supported by study, professional education and an intense cultural and technical research, pursued also as a self-taught person, among the collections of ancient musical instruments of European museums. In 1991 I used my expertise as professor of restoration of ancient keyboard instruments in the classes for training specialists of restoration at the Piano Academy of Imola. The teaching experience was enriching and rewarding from both the professional and the human points of view but I gave up additional assignments to devote all my time to manufacturing and research..
From 1988 to 1994 my instruments were sold by "Il Laboratorio Musica ed Antichi Strumenti" of Milan, an organization that in those years was active in the music field (exhibitions of ancient musical instruments, restoration, classes, concerts…).
From 1995 I have looked after the sales personally and with satisfaction. This allow me to have a direct relationship with my clients, so as to comply with their specific requests and to give them a continual attention aimed at their particular technical needs.
Along the years I have verified, with professional proud, that my clients recognized the patient and skillful care of the working process, the worthiness reached through experience and scrupulous work, the very good quality-price ratio.
In this way collaborations that are going on since years were born and often they have became friendships founded on reciprocal esteem and the direct and clear understanding that is established between people that work with passion and dedication.
Some of my instruments have been played for CD recordings. Especially Master Marco Vincenzi has recorded the "Opera Omnia" of Bernardo Storace with an Italian instrument of mine, copy or "Grimaldi 1697". ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Webside greetings! As you can see I've been building keyboard instruments based on original historical instruments for almost thirty years. I try to determine the type of music my client will play, and present to them optional solutions. A few of my recent clients have specialized in music of the renaissance which requires smaller, more colorful instruments. Although I've built the following double manual harpsichords: Dulcken #1 lives in Toronto. Dulcken #2 lives in Austria. My two manual Zell lives here in Seattle and has been recorded and my two manual Bellot also lives here.
If I build more doubles they will be like my copy of the 1667 anon. French in the Boston museum. I also very much like the Tibaut and the Denis doubles. There are far too many makers who turn out the 18th century Blanchet, Hemsh, and Dulckens for me to complete with and I personally like building small practical instruments that most people can afford.
I am passionate over small extrovert Italian instruments which are easy to maintain and move about. I feel strongly that the true musician should seriously explore the Clavichord since it is so challenging to play well. I love turning wonderful woods into lasting objects of beauty. My home workshop is a fascinating must see for anyone visiting the Seattle area. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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The Harpsichord Clearing House contains the most comprehensive inventory of early keyboard instruments for sale in North America. HCH has been building and brokering since 1969, and, today, represents instruments from virtually every builder. Our Gallery, located between Boston, MA and Providence, RI houses over 45 new and used harpsichords, clavichords, fortepianos, and organs for you to play and compare.
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"Kennedy Harpsichords is a small workshop in Tuscany, Italy building harpsichords and clavichords after 17th and 18th Century historical models.
Our instruments can be found throughout the world and heard on more than 100 recordings. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Early keyboard instruments are the focus of the R.J. Regier workshop where we:
- design and build new fortepianos and harpsichords based on period samples
- repair, restore and maintain old instruments
- lease instruments for concerts and professional use
- tune and maintain instruments for performance and recording "
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Yves Crétinon, Harpsichord Maker. Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Welcome to the Harpsichord Services of London Website. We have a variety of top quality harpsichords and a small chamber organ available for hire for concerts and recordings. We are also happy to tune, repair, or transport your harpsichord, clavichord, virginals, spinet, or fortepiano in London or the Southeast of England. "
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"In our workshop we have the facilities to repair or overhaul both historical and 20th century harpsichords. We hold a good stock of parts and accessories for repairs and upgrading of most harpsichords throughout the world.
We are pleased to give quotations on labour costs for work and services carried out in our workshop with a guarantee that no extra expense is incurred on any repairs or restoration work unless the customer is in full agreement.
Please ask about our facility to fit any of our Harpsichord or Spinet parts or accessories to your instrument, including cutting-in of the plectra if we install our HCH Jack Conversion Kit. "
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"PianoGrands is an antique piano dealer that carries an unrivaled collection of antique grand pianos and antique upright pianos renowned for their superb sound, skillful construction and refined aesthetics. The combination of the finest materials, responsive actions and old-world craftsmanship of famous makers results in a rich, rewarding sound and exhilarating playing experience.
To complement our antique grand and upright pianos, we also carry a fine line of contemporary harpsichords, clavichords, fortepianos and kits. These superb instruments are replicas of historic keyboards. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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" Harpsichord, virginals, spinets and clavichords based on the historical traditions and European national schools. Entirely hand made by the author , starting from the technical drawings to the decoration.
Making of my instruments is based on the classical tradition. This means that, even if inspired by the national schools of harpsichord making or by single makers of the past, my instruments, generally, are not close copies of any historical instrument.
Anyway, my wiews on remaking instruments is inscribed within the rules of this craft as we know reading the old treatises, examining the survived instruments of the past and studing the tradition of this art between XVI and XVIII centuries. ..." Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Over 5 generations, the Austrian family company has enjoyed a high level of product diversity. This ranges from traditional to modern wool fabrics as brand-name clothing labels well-known to trendy home accessories such as blankets and pillows."
Company has been mentioned as possible supplier of fortepiano cloths.
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"From muskies to marlin now anyone can make their own single strand haywire twist leaders stronger than the pros. Our E/Z Twist is available in three sizes and comes complete with easy to follow instructions. For 3-8 gauge wire (.012 - .020 dia. wire) or 32- 86 pound test. " Can also be used to make the helix loops on harpsichords (at the hitch pin). There is a video that accompanies the item on the site's catalog. Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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Welcome to Zuckermann Harpsichords International, the world's leading maker of historically-based keyboard instruments. A harpsichord is more than simply an instrument upon which one makes music; it is also a decorative object, a visual as well as an aural feast. Our superior-quality harpsichords, clavichords, spinets and virginals are closely based on the best extant antiques from the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. We seek not to copy them as much as to recreate their baroque and early-classical motifs. The results are instruments of ageless beauty and sound.
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"Richard Kingston has produced over 300 instruments, all grounded in the best of the styles and techniques of the historic makers. Kingston and his instruments have been featured in articles published in Southern Living and Southern Accents magazines. The Best Report surveyed harpsichord makers and ranked the work of Richard Kingston with the top few of all extant makers. He has lectured on harpsichord construction techniques and styles, has served on numerous workshop faculties and has been the subject of an interview by the award-winning radio news magazine All Things Considered broadcast by National Public Radio. In 1991, Richard Kingston received the Spivey Award for Excellence in Instrument Building. The jurors were unanimous in their decision to award him top honors. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"- New instruments and repairs to keyboard instruments including square pianos
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"If it has to do with harpsichords, clavichords, fortepianos, or antique pianos, I probably do it. Stringed keyboard instruments are my passion and my world. In addition to my hands on work, I am a dedicated player, researcher, writer and lecturer. Research, performance, building and repairs all come together to inform one another. Each instrument has to rise to my playing and historic standards.
Whether you would like to acquire an instrument, new, used, or antique, or restore, repair or decorate one you already have, get an appraisal or evaluation, schedule a tuning or concert services, I am happy to be of service. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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At Michael Johnson Harpsichords we create instruments that suit all periods. Superb craftsmanship has made our instruments renowned for their reliability and stability. They are hand-crafted from air-dried timbers, using the same traditional methods as makers in the 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries. We build harpsichords that the finest musicians and academies throughout the world choose for solo, continuo and orchestral work. ...
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"I first became interested in harpsichords in the late 70s. In 1980, I built my first instrument, a Flemish Single from Zuckermann Harpsichords Inc. I then studied with San Francisco teacher and performer Kathy Roberts Perl, who continues to be my teacher and valued adviser to this day.
I went into business in 1984 and shortly thereafter, began a professional relationship with David Way of Zuckerman Harpsichords, becoming his agent for the San Francisco Bay Area. This relationship lasted until 1992 when I left ZHI to pursue my own building from historical designs.
I have also been active with several West Coast arts organization. From 1985 to 1995, I worked with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra serving variously as stage manager, harpsichord technician, and tour manager. I also worked with Carmel Bach Festival from 1988 to 1997. And I served on the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Early Music Society including Board President from 1989 to 1992. " See website for more information. (ed.)
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" Early Keyboard Instruments - for more than forty years we have made early keyboard instruments based on original 18th century instruments and constructed under the direction of John Morley. Instruments are built using traditional techniques and materials including Bavarian pine soundboards, English sycamore or beech bridges and wrestplanks combined with the highest quality of craftsmanship to produce the quality and tone which ensures the continuing success of John Morley instruments. London's largest stock of classical keyboards " See website for more information. (ed.)
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"I provide a service of harpsichord and fortepiano hire for concerts, recordings, rehearsals and tours.
Tuning of hire instruments, or your own instrument, for events in any location and to any temperament specified.
Transport of modern or antique instruments by road to any location in the UK or Europe.
I can also provide advice for people wishing to buy or sell new or second-hand instruments, or with any aspect of looking after early keyboard instruments. " See website for more information. (ed.)
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Marc Ducornet & Emmanuel Danset have developed an extensive range of instruments suitable for amateur to professional builders. Each instrument is offered in several versions, according to how much work you would like to do yourself. Every model is pictured in our Gallery, from where there are links to the detailed specification pages. on our site you can also find information about orders & deliveries, and spare parts & accessories ...
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"A comprehensive service for players and owners of harpsichords, clavichords & early pianos
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"... I'm Herwil van Gelder. I live in the northern village of Groningen Warfhuizen where my instrument workshop is in the former village school.
Since leaving 15 years regularly newly created harpsichord, clavichord, organ and sometimes even related instruments like the lute. Also maintenance and restoration have been important activities. On these pages I put in brief my vision of building and restoration of baroque instruments.
The instruments that I construct are regularly used in CD recordings, such as the CD's' The Complete Works of Keyboard JP Sweelinck '(label: NM Classics 92119) and the Orland Lassus / Chansons (RIC 154149). They are also often live to hear in many concert at home and abroad.
I invite you in my workshop to my own instruments to play and my practice to learn. ... " (Google and editor translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Andrew Garlick has been building harpsichords, spinets and virginals in Somerset since 1972 and has gained an outstanding reputation for the quality craftsmanship, clear tone and fine appearance of his instruments. Built to order using authentic materials with accurate historic detailing, they can be decorated to suit individual requirements.
Andrew specialises in French and Flemish harpsichords and examples of his work can be seen all over the world. Many are owned by well-known performers and are often featured in concerts, radio broadcasts and recordings. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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The independently owned Roxy Stadium 11 regales patrons with the flickering pictures and digital sounds of the latest blockbusters and the sizable snack bar. A colorful lobby greets guests as they meander past towering pillars that stretch toward an arched ceiling swathed in neon lights and bold swaths of royal blue. Aisles of cushioned auditorium seats allow moviegoers to choose the spot closest to the screen or furthest from the person sobbing emphatically during coming attractions. High-tech projectors digitally unspool films in each theater, with RealD 3-D technology transmitting some flicks in three vibrant dimensions. To silence distracting mid-movie hunger pangs, staffers in the concessions area whip up fresh batches of Orville Redenbacher popcorn and Nathan's hot dogs alongside other traditional theater fare.
More than 2 miles above the Russian River, a skydiver jumps from a plane, quickly accelerating to racecar speeds of 120 mph before a canopy opens above and glides the diver to earth amid views of neighboring clear waters, sprawling vineyards, and the San Francisco skyline. Located in the heart of wine country, NorCal Skydiving's professional staffers make it their mission to pass on these thrills to each customer regardless of skill level or ability to fly his or her own plane. During tandem jumps, experienced instructors and novice divers conjoin and jump together from a plane 13,000 feet in the air. Once students are hooked, instructors can coach them on advanced techniques, such as canopy flight, and then help them become licensed skydivers. Additionally, NorCal Skydiving's staff regularly parajumps into the U.S. Parachute Association to work as safety and training advisors.
Named for the iconic director of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, the Francis Ford Coppola Winery gratifies grape groupies with a wide array of virtuosic vinos. Pirouette your way into the Bottling Ballet Mechanique tour for a chance to examine the winery's bottling process, which is exactly the same process used to bottle model ships. From the huge barrels of grape soup in which wines are born to the priceless glass containers into which they're packaged, the 45-minute tour—which takes its name from the way each bottle shimmies and pirouettes down the line—gives guests the chance to see and more fully comprehend how wine comes to take its uniformly bottle-like shape. Visitors also learn the back-stories behind the winery's labels and take part in a palate-expanding tasting, completing the beautiful circle of libationary life.
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Lady Slipper Orchids with Scott Durkee
Martha Stewart and Scott Durkee share how to make soil to best grow Cypripedium lady slipper orchids in your own backyard.
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Martha Stewart visits Poulsen Roses and learns about the hybridization process that creates easy to grow varieties.
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Martha Stewart highlights aliums in her garden and explains that they are cousins to onions and leeks.
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Martha Stewart and Kathleen Gagan of Peonies Envy explain the differences between the eight types of peonies, the national flower of China.
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Martha Stewart and deputy gardening editor Tony Bielaczyc plant seeds in trays of peat pop up pellets, and build garden beds with corner braces.
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Martha Stewart presents a video tour of the peony garden at her Bedford farm.
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Frozen Mocha Marbled Loaf Recipe
- 2 cups finely crushed Oreo cookies (about 20 cookies)
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream, whipped
- 2 tablespoons instant coffee granules
- 1 tablespoon hot water
- 1/2 cup chocolate syrup
- Line a 9-in. x 5-in. loaf pan with foil. In a bowl, combine the cookie crumbs and butter. Press firmly onto the bottom and 1-1/2-in. up the sides of prepared pan.
- In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add milk and vanilla and mix well. Fold in whipped cream. Spoon half of the mixture into another bowl and set aside. Dissolve coffee in hot water; fold into remaining cream cheese mixture. Fold in chocolate syrup.
- Spoon half of the chocolate mixture over crust. Top with half of the reserved cream cheese mixture. Repeat layers. Cut through layers with a knife to swirl the chocolate (pan will be full). Cover and freeze for 6 hours or overnight.
- To serve, lift out of the pan; remove foil. Cut into slices. Yield: 12 servings.
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This is a delicious dessert! Tastes so rich and yummy! I like to keep several in the freezer for unexpected guests. Love that it can be made ahead.
Just made this last night. I used a Hazelnut flavored instant coffee and cut up chocolate covered almonds on top of it. Turned out amazing. I was really careful folding in the whipped heavy cream and not just stirring it. Also had to make sure that the cream was fully whipped. After I added hot water to the instant coffee I let it sit for a few minutes to cool so it wouldn't melt the cream mixture. I used a 9x5 loaf pan and it filled right to the top. Tasted incredible the next afternoon ( I kept it in the freezer overnight). Will definitely be adding this recipe to my favorites. Thank you Cheryl for another amazing Taste of Home recipe!! :)
FANTASTIC! Especially for a coffee flavored dessert with chocolate - try it with espresso powdered coffee... YUM!!!!!
This sounds very good; I need to buy instant coffee soon!
Very disappointing. I made this recipe because I needed something that was egg-free. The chocolate sauce was not a good thing - the overall chocolate taste was very synthetic. The mixture was more runny than I had imagined making the layering very difficult. And, despite using the same size pan the recipe called for, the was no way all the mixture would fit in it - the caution that 'pan will be full' is major understatement. '2nd pan will be almost full' would be better! So no, I won't be making this again. It was very messy and did not taste all that great at all.


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Some expectant moms take break from antidepressants for fear of side effects
FARGO – Marisa Gabel, of Fargo, has been on Zoloft since she suffered a major depressive episode 10 years ago. With the added help of her spirituality and counseling, the 31-year-old mother of two has done well on the medication.By: Meredith Holt, INFORUM
FARGO – Marisa Gabel, of Fargo, has been on Zoloft since she suffered a major depressive episode 10 years ago.
With the added help of her spirituality and counseling, the 31-year-old mother of two has done well on the medication.
But when Gabel became pregnant with her first child four years ago, she had to decide whether to stop taking it.
"From a clinical perspective, I witness countless women struggling with this very quandary – to be or not to be on medication during pregnancy and/or while breast-feeding," Dr. Jessica Zucker says in a Q-and-A for The Huffington Post.
The Los Angeles psychologist who specializes in maternal mental health has written on the topic for Every Mother Counts, former model Christy Turlington Burns' nonprofit organization founded in 2010.
"While there is no definitive answer, the most central consideration is taking the mother's symptoms seriously and proceeding with sensitivity and care regarding the mental and physical health of mother and baby," she says.
The good news is the risks appear to be very small, says Dr. Stephen Linn, an OB-GYN with Fargo's Essentia Health, but small and zero are not the same thing, so women have to make a judgment call – with the help of their psychiatrist or physician – whether they can manage their depression or anxiety symptoms without the help of medication.
"When you talk about drugs and pregnancy, as well as breast-feeding, there's a handful that are 100 percent absolutely safe, there's a handful that are 100 percent absolutely dangerous, and then there's the other 99 percent of drugs that are somewhere in between," he says.
Dr. Laura Musteti-Oprea, a psychiatrist with Fargo's Sanford Health, lists miscarriage, preterm labor, low birth weight, and developmental and congenital anomalies among the possible side effects associated with SSRIs, the most commonly prescribed category of antidepressants.
"Generally, patients prefer to be off medication, at least for the first 12 weeks of pregnancy," she says.
Much of the decision depends on the severity of the illness.
"Like every spectrum of life, you have the extremes, and most people are somewhere in the middle of two extremes," Linn says.
Obviously, he says, those with severe mental illness who may be a danger to themselves or others should remain on medication.
For others, the answer may not be as clear.
"I think philosophically, whether you're pregnant or not, you shouldn't take any medicine unless you really need to. The question is, how do you define the word 'need'?" he says.
In Linn's experience, the divide is about 50/50 between women who stay on and women who go off medication, with a slight leaning toward going off.
"I would say the majority do go off. It's not like a 90 percent majority, but I think a small majority do go off, and most of those do well without the medications," he says.
For Kelly Barbot, of Fargo, the answer was easy: no meds.
"I read different articles that depression and anxiety meds could cause birth defects; even though there was a very slim chance, my husband and I didn't want to risk it," says the 28-year-old mother who just had her baby boy on Wednesday.
Some opt to reduce their dosage rather than stop taking their medication completely.
"Generally, the ones who are stable for at least six to 12 months can consider tapering their medication if they feel comfortable with that," Musteti-Oprea says.
However, when you look at the research, it's all or none, Linn says.
"They don't stratify it based on dosage. There's no 'proof' that a lower dose is less risky, but theoretically, common sense would say yeah, that might be the case," he says.
Ideally, the discussion should start before conception.
"The 'perfect' patient would come in before they get pregnant and say, 'Hey, I'm on this medicine, what do you think about it? I'm thinking about getting pregnant soon,' and then we can kind of talk about the pros and cons and make an educated choice up front and then go with it," Linn says.
Gabel talked about her decision with her doctor and psychiatrist, and together they decided she should go without medication right before she got pregnant and during pregnancy.
"I wasn't anti-medication, and I think it's every person's or family's choice of what they do, but for me, I didn't want to be on medication during the pregnancies," she says.
She suffered from postpartum psychosis after her first child was born, so with her second, she restarted her medication three or four weeks before her due date.
"With Annika, I knew what I went through with my first, so I was very prepared," Gabel says.
She says she would tell women trying to conceive to get as much information as they can about their options before they make a decision.
"I do know women that have been on antidepressants during pregnancy, and their children have been healthy," she adds.
Women who choose to go med-free during pregnancy can focus on other ways to manage their symptoms.
Barbot relied on the right combination of exercise and rest.
"Exercise was key; I forced myself to go on days I felt really down or buzzed up on anxiety. Whenever I was done, I felt like all the pieces of the puzzle were there and I could think clearly," she says.
OB-GYNs like Linn encourage enlisting the help of a psychologist or counselor for "talk therapy" during – and often after, since women with pre-existing depression are more likely to experience postpartum depression – labor and birth.
"There are studies that show that cognitive-behavioral therapy works really well for this group of patients," Musteti-Oprea says.
She encourages women to seek emotional support from family and friends, especially since they're the ones who are likely to be among the first to notice any mood or behavioral changes.
Gabel relied on her family, friends and faith to help her through her two pregnancies without antidepressants.
"I reached out for support and any resources I could get my hands on," she says.
She tried to take care of herself, stay in touch with her feelings and communicate what she needed to her husband.
"Speaking up and asking for help reveals strength of character and courage – two core ingredients that we should all aspire to model for our children," L.A. psychologist Zucker says.
Readers can reach Forum reporter Meredith Holt at (701) 219-9728
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Student Nurse's Organization
This club promotes the interests of students in the academic field of nursing. We hold blood pressure clinics at various health fairs, go into elementary schools and teach the children how important it is to have proper hygiene to help prevent the spread of germs while demonstrating proper hand washing techniques. We raise money and participate in various walks in the area including Making Strides, Heart Run/Walk, Alzheimer's Walk, Relay for Life, and in 2012 we hope to sponsor the areas first Hemophilia Walk. We plan a trip to the Annual National Student Nurses Association Convention. We support/sponsor the EBO mixer that takes place at the beginning of each semster. We sell apparel and various items through out the year both benefitting the nursing students, nurses at area facilities, and friends of nurses to help raise money for the various events that we have through out the year.
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Spend more time with children
My family and I read with dismay in the Readers' Hotline regarding the Grayson County High School and Fries Middle School students whose parents took them out of school due to bullying and harassment.
Our hearts go out to these families.
The time a child spends with his or her parents has a direct impact on the child's character and moral fiber.
If you're one of those people who feels better after indulging in some retail therapy, then you should know that you're shopping practices can help others, too.
By visiting SWVTC Cottage Crafts at the Southwest Virginia Farmers' Market in Hillsville, you will support vocational pursuits at the training center.
The booth set up in the retail building at the farmers' market is the logical extension of the Southwest Virginia Training Center's handicrafts and gifts made by those who live there.
Brit says old-time band jams
Your readers may be interested to read that we Brits are being treated to some excellent old-time mountain music courtesy of one of your local bands.
The Whitetop Mountain band from Southwest Virginia have been touring the United Kingdom for a couple of weeks now.
My son and I had the pleasure of opening the show for them last week at the George Hotel in South Molton Devon. This venue was full to capacity to welcome the band to this town.
There's a lot of talk about how to make our area more attractive and marketable for new employers. Local leaders talk about upgrading utilities, Internet service, infrastructure and power to accommodate a new industry.
But our greatest resource is our workforce, and it's in need of an upgrade, too, after years of being trained to work in the textile and furniture industries.
Don't just complain, get active
I read the Readers' Hotline to determine if misinformation exists that I may have to correct in my job.
Mostly, I hear negative comments from readers about the Hotline — a likely result of the generally negative content. Yet, it creates an engaging drama that attracts readers who support its existence.
Unfortunately, the Hotline hinders economic development and state support when business executives or Richmond policymakers read about our problems and bickering, leading to a poor community image.
It is with great pride that I write this letter on behalf of the Grayson County Recreation Park's policy board.
Nearly 18 months ago, our board successfully bid to the Virginia State Dixie Youth Association for the honor of hosting not one, but two state tournaments simultaneously in Grayson County.
These tournaments had never been hosted in Grayson or Southwest Virginia, and winning the bid was an honor within itself.
At the Carroll County supervisors' meeting Sept. 8, The Gazette's reporter asked for more accountability in county meetings involving closed sessions.
Carroll officials have heard concerns about this topic before.
Citizen Mike Goldwasser has made appearances as recently as this month before the Carroll supervisors and the Industrial Development Authority to share public misgivings about use of closed sessions and the lack of public hearings in regard to disposition of county land.
Opry project destined to fail
A Gazette editorial made some important points in promoting the potential for tourism in our area, but in spite of Mr. Garrett's praise and despite the fact that it is an exciting idea, there is no evidence to suggest that a Carroll Opry would succeed.
Learn from others' mistakes: within the past year there have been at least two opry failures not far from Carroll.


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The Eden Valley-Watkins fourth-grade boys' basketball team placed second at the Kimball Basketball Tournament Saturday, March 2.
In front row, left to right are Hunter Weiss, Randy Meyer, Blake Marquedant, and Ben Ruhland. In back row are AJ Rasmussen, Luke Christians, Joshua Streit, Nathan Becker, and Jared Geislinger. Coaches are Rich Streit and Jacob Streit. Submitted photo.
The Eden Valley-Watkins wrestlers matched up in the Section 5A individuals Friday and Saturday at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle High School. Faring quite well, the Eagles send Zach Blonigen, first place; Cain Renner, second place; Austin Peterson, second place; and Luke Kuechle, second place, on to the state tournament, Feb. 28-March 2, at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
"As a team, we finished the year strong, but I thought we could have placed a couple of more kids and maybe gone higher with those who did place, but that is the nature of the beast. When you have a great section like ours, it's tough to place or to make it to state," said Eagles Coach Dan Berg. "I was happy for Grant Winter, Tyler Donnay, and Hunter Mathies, for placing in the top six, because they worked hard all year and deserved those medals around their necks at the end of the year."
Coaches Forcier and Berg showing their excitment over senior EV-W Zach Blonigan's win in the championship 120-pound weight class that gives him the chance to go to state. Photos courtesy of Vanessa Schlueter.
Despite the all-out team effort by the Eden Valley-Watkins Eagles hoopsters Saturday night,
Feb. 23, the Pierz Pioneers ultimately emerged with a 63-59 win at home. A back and forth, exciting battle was the theme of the night, as the two clubs posted a 27-27 tie at the half. The second half action didn't disappoint, and though the outcome could have gone either way, the Pioneers slowed down the soaring birds just long enough to run out the clock.
The Eden Valley-Watkins Eagles scoring attack included senior guard Brent Stenger, 20; senior forward Kirby Knutson, 4; sophomore guard Bret Mattice, 22; sophomore forward Jared Streit, 9; senior guard Austin Pelkey, 2; and senior forward Mitchell Lease, 2. Eden Valley-Watkins remains at 4-10 in the Central Minnesota Conference, and 11-12 overall. The Eagles close out the season on the road March 1st, as they pay a visit to Minnewaska Area High.
Local fans witnessed a pre-Valentine's Day massacre on the
Feb. 12, as the Eden Valley-Watkins Lady Eagles captured another victory, beating the Rockford Rockets 42-26. The game was really never in doubt, as the Lady Eagles led by a dozen at the break, and glided to a 16-point final margin.
The Lady Eagles team box score: senior center Courtney Dilley 8; sophomore forward Greta Stommes 5; senior guard Holly Schumacher 4; junior forward Dani Nelson 10; senior guard Missy Kummet 6; sophomore guard Mikayla Kummet 2; junior guard Jamie Scherere 1; sophomore guard Brook Stang 3; sophomore forward Bella Cromwell 3.
The Eden Valley-Watkins Eagles boys made it three straight Tuesday night, Feb. 19, beating the Rockford Rockets 54-49. Jumping out to a 10-point halftime advantage, the Eagles gave the friendly fanatics plenty to cheer about. "It was a great game. We were up
10 at half, got into some foul trouble, and Rockford cut it to one," said Coach Adam Langer. As has been the case lately, the Eagles persevered when the Rockets tightened up the deficit.


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http://www.smugglerscovesf.com/trapdoor/ You don't need a treasure map to get to Smuggler's Cove, but you might feel like you're in The Goonies or Pirates of the Caribbean once you arrive: this Hayes Valley rum emporium is decorated with enough insta-kitsch pirate style to make you wonder if Captain Jack Sparrow were the interior designer. The specialty cocktail menu comes in leather-bound book form and the bar boasts a selection of over 200 rums, so it would take many return voyages to try them all; with specialty drink prices starting around $10, however, you'll need to bring a few extra gold doubloons as well. And even with its upper mezzanine level and a basement cave, Smuggler's Cove fills up fast, so be prepared to cut through crowds - a cutlass might come in handy on those cramped, steamy weekend nights, but allow a frosty, sweet tropical drink to calm your overheated buccaneer spirit instead. Read more about this San Francisco bar or club >>
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Both of Frank Zappa's grandfathers had close ties to the Baltimore waterfront. Just before World War I, one of them ran a barbershop near the old city fish market around Pier Five, while the other, Charles Colimore, owned a lunchroom called Little Charlie's at 122 Market Place. Those two businesses—a pre-Roaring '20s shave-and-haircut joint and a workingman's diner near the Fallsway, neither visited by Frank—are the only historical connections between Zappa and the waterfront.
But it's the waterfront, somewhere around the square at the foot of Broadway in Fells Point, that has emerged as a likely spot for a proposed statue of the Baltimore-born composer, who recorded 60 albums and influenced legions of followers—including film director Terry Gilliam, actor/writer Eric Bogosian, and Simpsons creator Matt Groening, who claimed, "Zappa was my Elvis"—before his death from prostate cancer in 1993.
The statue, a bronze bust by artist Konstantinas Bogdanas, is a gift from zealous Zappa fans in Lithuania, where one just like it sits in a public park in the capital city of Vilnius, reportedly the second most toured landmark after the local KGB museum.
The gesture was enthusiastically received last year in Baltimore—the Public Art Commission voted last May to accept the gift—and made international news for more than a week. In the U.K., The Guardian reported that the statue "will perpetuate the memory of one of the greatest artists of the [20th] century"; a spokesman for Mayor Sheila Dixon told The Los Angeles Times that "it's a big deal that Zappa is from Baltimore"; and Dixon herself declared December 21 "Frank Zappa Day in Baltimore."
The Public Art Commission recommended that the sculpture be in place by the end of 2009. But until a site is officially approved, the sculpture will sit dockside on the Baltic.
No matter where Crabtown decides to put the no-strings-attached gift from Vilnius, one thing is for sure: Legions of Zappa fans from around the world will come here to pay homage, and the statue will become one of the city's most visited landmarks. With that in mind, is Fells Point the most suitable spot for it?
A visit to the handful of dots on the Zappa map of Baltimore reveals deep family ties, but a more tenuous personal connection to the city than most people assume—his family had moved to California by the time Frank was 10—and a few other possible sites for the statue. It also dispels some of the falsehoods generated by decades of urban mythology that have surrounded Zappa since he became a rock icon.
Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of Baltimore's relationship to Zappa is how baby boomers from across the metro area are convinced that he's a homeboy from their ZIP code. Any Baltimorean with even glancing knowledge of local music history has heard such talk.
"No kidding, man, Frank grew up in Dundalk."
"Frank went to Fallston High School with my cousin."
"He's Jewish. Didn't he grow up in Pikesville?"
The misinformation endures to this day.
In 1986, I conducted a series of interviews with Zappa focusing solely on his Baltimore roots, double-checking Frank's memory against those of his first-grade teacher, third-grade girlfriend, and relatives like his mother's sister, the late Mary Colimore Cimino.
Frank Vincent Zappa (not Francis as he long believed) was born to Italian-Catholic parents at Mercy Hospital on Dec. 21, 1940. But it's doubtful that the good Sisters of Mercy would welcome a Zappa statue on St. Paul Street, given the guitarist's stated views on Catholicism, the impure lyrics of his 1979 song "Catholic Girls," and his contempt for religion in general.
Zappa considered himself a devout Catholic until his late teens, when he rejected all of the dogma and theater he'd embraced as a kid in Baltimore. "I think the most stunning memories [of Baltimore] he might have had, would be [related to] the influence of the Catholic church," says his widow, Gail Zappa, adding that a statue marking Frank's religious roots is unthinkable, "unless it's barring the entrance."
Zappa spent his first year of life with his mother's family, the Colimores, at 2019 Whittier Avenue near Monroe Street in West Baltimore. There, he was doted on by his Aunt Mary. And after the Zappa family moved West, Frank visited Aunt Mary—after he graduated high school, in 1958—at her home on Loch Raven Boulevard.
Over that summer, Aunt Mary wrangled an introduction for her nephew with Massimo Freccia, then conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. At the time, Zappa believed he had "invented something new in the way of music" and showed Freccia a score he had written.
"I was naïve and thought [Freccia] could play it," Zappa told me in 1986. "He looked at [my greaser] appearance and couldn't believe I was writing orchestral music."
Instead of commenting on the composition, Freccia peppered the kid with technical questions—"What's the lowest note on the bassoon?" was one, Zappa recalled—and the conversation ended.
When Zappa's grandfather Colimore died in 1941, Frank and his family moved to a rowhouse apartment in the 4600 block of Park Heights Avenue. Zappa remembered there was "an alley in the back and down the alley used to come the knife sharpener man—you know, a guy with the wheel. And everybody used to come down off their back porch to the alley to get their knives and scissors done."
Though they were poor—"I don't remember receiving a single Christmas present," he said—the Zappa family scraped up the money to eat at Haussner's a few times during Frank's childhood.
About the time Zappa was ready to start first grade, the family moved to Harford County. Because the folks in Vilnius are adamant that the statue be located in Zappa's "born place," it won't land in Edgewood, where the family lived in military housing while Frank's father worked for the Army at the nearby arsenal and proving grounds.
As a youngster, Zappa suffered near-constant childhood illnesses, including asthma. He spent a lot of time in bed, surrounded by stacks of books, inventing things in his mind.
Confessing that he had a seldom-acknowledged soft spot for his hometown, Zappa said in 1986 that his memories of living here were "connected mostly to ill health. My best friend growing up was a DeVilbiss vaporizer with a big snoot blowing steam in my face . . . all my life I'd been seeing things in black and white while living in Maryland."
But after the family moved, said Frank, life "was in Technicolor."
During an area show in 1981, Zappa performed the song "What's New in Baltimore?" which included the lyric: "Better go back and find out . . ."
But except for that cross-country train trip to visit Aunt Mary, Zappa only returned to Baltimore to perform at the old Civic Center, Towson University, Painters Mill, and, early on, Eastern High School. (He did, famously, travel to Annapolis in 1986 to testify against the inclusion of music recordings in an anti-pornography bill before the State Legislature.)
Whenever he was in town, his longtime bodyguard and Baltimore native John Smothers would point out landmarks such as the Parks sausage factory near Camden Yards and Mt. Vernon's George Washington Monument. Zappa said Smothers often noted that the first president's extended arm made it appear that "George was [urinating] on the city."
A suitable site for the Zappa statue lies around the corner from the Washington Monument. Because Zappa was a self-taught musician and constantly promoted independent thinking, Gail Zappa notes that it would be poignant for the statue to grace the lobby of the Enoch Pratt Free Library headquarters on Cathedral Street.
"Frank was a fanatic about libraries," says Gail. "He felt libraries were a great resource because they're free and a fabulous place to find out about stuff."
Gail, who lives in Southern California, also has no objection to Fells Point, where three decades of gentrification have not reversed the magnetic pull of the eccentric and the bohemian. "It sounds perfect," she says. "A lot of tours went off from that point, different kinds of tours over the ages."
In Fells Point, aging freaks, their offspring, and people outside the "excentrifugal forz" of the Zappa universe will encounter a musician they are unlikely to stumble upon on the radio. And a man of a certain age will be able to put his arm around his grandson as the kid licks gelato on a Sunday afternoon and say with pride: "Sonny boy, there stands a great Baltimorean."
But the plaza across from the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, reportedly on a short list of sites considered by the Public Art Commission, might make an even better site. Zappa's symphonic compositions—such as "The Perfect Stranger," conducted by David Zinman a week after Zappa's death—have been performed there and some members of the BSO count themselves fans.
"It fascinates us that there are some out there who think at a level so far beyond our own—Zappa was that to the music world," says Christopher Dudley, the BSO's principal trombonist. "Zappa's brilliance was composed, performed, and recorded in a medium that can be conveyed to anyone with ears who cares to listen."
Early on, Zappa didn't consider himself a rock musician. "Until I was 20, the only stuff I was writing was chamber music and orchestra music," Zappa told me, "but I couldn't get any of it played."
He turned to rock 'n' roll, not only because he loved the R&B groups of his youth, but because he reckoned that if he wrapped his adventurous compositions in a rock motif, he might find an audience.
He most surely did, one that has spanned the globe and—to gauge the recent success of his son Dweezil's Zappa Plays Zappa concerts in the last several years—is holding fast more than 15 years after Frank's death.
A recording from the Zappa Plays Zappa tour, a performance of the wondrous 1970 composition "Peaches en Regalia," won a Grammy this year for best rock instrumental. Dweezil, who spent two years relearning the guitar to do justice to his father's challenging music, dedicated the award to his old man, who received a posthumous "Lifetime Achievement Award" Grammy in 1997.
Along with his compositions turning up on the odd symphonic program both here and in Europe and his songs in regular rotation on the iPods and imaginations of fellow musicians—from Alice Cooper to Trey Anastasio of Phish—it adds up to a legacy gaining momentum.
Having a statue delivered to his hometown through the love of fans in Eastern Europe only burnishes that legacy, no matter where the statue sits.
There is, however, one other site that makes sense; one more in demographic and gastronomic harmony with the facts of Zappa's life.
Little Italy.
Italian on both sides of his family, Frank was a regular customer at restaurants in "the neighborhood" after his Civic Center shows in the 1970s.
"When I was at St. Joe [high school], my cousin Mario and I waited in the rain outside of Sabatino's for him to finish eating," says Willie Matricciani, who grew up on South Exeter Street. "The thing I remember most was how soft his hand was when I shook it. I was used to shaking hands with men who laid bricks for a living."
And what did they say to Zappa? "We told him how proud we were that he was Italian," recalls Matricciani.
Matricciani's cousin, Vince Pompa, another St. Joe boy from Little Italy and longtime chef at Chiaparelli's, catered Zappa's May 3, 1975, show at the Civic Center.
Pompa's then girlfriend and soon-to-be wife Susan had no interest in dishing out a buffet of ziti, meatballs, and garlic bread. But she was keen to get backstage and meet the star.
Zappa, she says, was "unfriendly and standoffish . . . he got his meal delivered to his dressing room" and didn't hang out.
As for "Vincie," he had one question when reminded of that evening from 35 years ago: "Frank's from Reisterstown, isn't he?"


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7 U.S. Code § 2483 - Contents and term of plant variety protection
Every certificate of plant variety protection shall certify that the breeder (or the successor in interest of the breeder),
has the right, during the term of the plant variety protection, to exclude others from selling the variety, or offering it for sale, or reproducing it, or importing it, or exporting it, or using it in producing (as distinguished from developing) a hybrid or different variety therefrom, to the extent provided by this chapter.
If the owner so elects, the certificate shall—
In general
Except as provided in paragraph (2), the term of plant variety protection shall expire 20 years from the date of issue of the certificate in the United States, except that—
in the case of a tuber propagated plant variety subject to a waiver granted under section
(a)(1)(B)(i) of this title, the term of the plant variety protection shall expire 20 years after the date of the original grant of the plant breeder's rights to the variety outside the United States; and
Expiration upon failure to comply with regulations; notice
The term of plant variety protection shall also expire if the owner fails to comply with regulations, in force at the time of certificating, relating to replenishing seed in a public repository, or requiring the submission of a different name for the variety, except that this expiration shall not occur unless notice is mailed to the last owner recorded as provided in section
(d) of this title and the last owner fails, within the time allowed thereafter, not less than three months, to comply with said regulations, paying an additional fee to be prescribed by the Secretary.
[1] So in original. The comma probably should not appear.
(Pub. L. 91–577, title II, § 83,Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1551; Pub. L. 96–574, § 14,Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3350; Pub. L. 103–349, §§ 7,
(m),Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3140, 3143; Pub. L. 104–127, title IX, § 913(b),Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1186.)
1996—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–127, § 913(b)(1), (2), inserted heading, designated first sentence as par. (1), inserted par. heading, substituted "Except as provided in paragraph (2), the term" for "The term", designated second sentence as par. (2), and inserted par. heading.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 104–127, § 913(b)(3), which directed the amendment of par. (2) by striking out "except that, in the case" and inserting "except that—", subpar. (A), and "(B) in the case", was executed to par. (1) to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–349, § 7(1)(A), designated first through fourth sentences as pars. (1) to (4), respectively.
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 103–349, § 13(m)(1)(A), which directed the substitution of "(or the successor in interest of the breeder)" for "(or his successor in interest) his heirs and assignees", was executed by making the substitution for "(or his successor in interest) his heirs or assignees", to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Subsec. (a)(2), (3). Pub. L. 103–349, § 7(1)(B), added pars. (2) and (3) and struck out former pars. (2) and (3) which read as follows:
"(2) If the owner so elects, the certificate shall also specify that in the United States, seed of the variety shall be sold by variety name only as a class of certified seed and, if specified, shall also conform to the number of generations designated by the owner.
"(3) Any rights, or all rights except those elected under the preceding sentence, may be waived; and the certificate shall conform to such waiver."
Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 103–349, § 13(m)(1)(B), substituted "the discretion of the Secretary" for "his discretion".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–349, § 7(2), in first sentence substituted "20 years" for "eighteen years" and inserted before period at end ", except that, in the case of a tree or vine, the term of the plant variety protection shall expire 25 years from the date of issue of the certificate".
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–349, §§ 7(3),
(m)(2), substituted "repository, or requiring the submission of a different name for the variety, except that" for "repository: Provided, however, That" and "the last owner" for "he" before "fails".
1980—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–574substituted "eighteen" for "seventeen".
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Amendment by Pub. L. 103–349effective 180 days after Oct. 6, 1994, see section 15 ofPub. L. 103–349, set out as a note under section
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I want to take a moment to wish you a happy and productive new year. I hope the spring 2013 semester is off to a good start for all of our students, faculty and staff. It's hard for me to believe I joined TCC more than six months ago – the time has flown! – and every day I am excited to be here. I expect this year to be very busy for me personally and also for College leadership as we undertake a critical strategic planning process. More