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Paulsen Thought Paper Captures Industry Attention
Paulsen Marketing's latest thought paper, "How Multi-Generational Farming Operations Make Major Purchase Decisions" has been creating a buzz in the agri-business industry since its release in November.
Mark Smither and Heather Covrig, Paulsen's co-authors of the paper, shared insights they learned from interviewing 14 multi-generational farm families throughout the Midwest to find out how older and younger producers make important purchase decisions. The responses from these farming families offered a snapshot of what goes on around the kitchen table when "experience" meets "enthusiasm."
Agri Marketing Magazine featured the Paulsen thought paper findings in its November/December 2011 edition. Smither and Covrig were also invited to host a National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) webinar in December for agri-marketers to learn more on how farming generations come together to make decisions. Important findings revealed in the thought paper included:
The consideration cycle leading up to a purchase can last well over a year.
The need to increase production is a continuous cycle and causes farmers to be in a constant state of consideration.
Major purchase decisions require several different perspectives.
Traditional ag media is still highly valued between both demographics, especially when it comes to creating awareness and identifying a purchase need. Online channels, however, are becoming more important for comparing and evaluating possible purchases. Peer recommendations and positive word-of-mouth are some of the most significant influencers when it comes to actually making a decision.
Younger producers may be willing to take more risks…to a degree.
The most noticeable difference in purchase philosophy between older and younger producers is younger producers are more comfortable making a purchase decision based on maximizing return or profitability; older producers are more comfortable making purchase decisions based on minimizing costs. As a result, younger producers seem to be more willing to adopt a new piece of technology or try a different planting strategy.
To read the complete thought paper and view video clips of producer interviews, visit www.agribranding.com/paper. The NAMA Webinar featuring Smither and Covrig is available online at www.nama.org/programs/webinars.htm.


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Andrew Moore is best known for his richly colored images of architectural and urban scenes. He has had eight solo shows in New York as well as numerous exhibitions in the U.S. and internationally. His photographs are represented in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Yale University Art Gallery, the Library of Congress, the Israel Museum, the High Museum, the Eastman House and the Canadian Centre for Architecture. Moore has been the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, The New York State Council on the Arts, and several private foundations.
Chronicle Books published his photographs of Cuba, Inside Havana (2002) and Russia, Beyond Utopia (2005). The Public Art Fund published a catalogue of his pictures from Governors Island in 2004. In the fall of 2006 he was artist-in-residence at Dartmouth College. Recent exhibitions include being featured at The Queens Museum, Columbia University, and The Museum of the City of New York as part of their three parts retrospective on the legacy of Robert Moses, The Museum of Russian Art in Minneapolis, and works from his series in Cuba, Russia and Vietnam shown at the Moscow Arts Center.
Moore also began making experimental short films in the late 1980s, several of which were broadcast on MTV and PBS's New Television series. Since then he has collaborated on film projects with David Byrne and Lee Breuer, and shot documentaries for The American Experience, The Discovery Channel, and WNET's City Arts program. Moore was the producer and cinematographer for How to draw a bunny, a documentary feature on the artist Ray Johnson. The film premiered at the 2002 Sundance Festival, where it was awarded a Special jury prize. It is released on DVD by Palm Pictures, and was voted by New York Magazine as one of the 10 best films of 2004.
Moore was one of the founders of the Art of Science project, a university wide competition that celebrates the aesthetics of research and the ways in which science and art inform each other. He also teaches in the Photography M.F.A. program at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
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|Sommer changes tune on local control stance
Dear Editor:
Susan Sommer wrote a letter in the Oct. 23 Vilas News-Review "Citizens are losing local control again."
The letter criticizes Sen. Tom Tiffany's draft legislation, the Regulatory Certainty Act. The bill would establish uniform standards for nonmetallic mines statewide. It is still in it's early stages.At first glance, I wondered why all of a sudden Ms. Sommer is championing local control. She has always advocated for unlimited government control over our lives. Why the change?
As I see it, the draft legislation would prevent a very small number of extreme environmentalists from enacting legislation with standards so unrealistically tight that they would make industrial sand mining used in fracking nearly impossible. Businesses would be reluctant to open here not knowing what standards they would have to adhere to. This could even effect the 90 mines that have started since 2006.
Sand fracking (hydraulic fracturing) is used to extract natural gas from shale rock. We will be able to produce 9% of the world's natural gas needs. Natural gas is a very clean alternative to other fossil fuels. It has created many, many, good jobs.
Without the energy from fracking, our fragile economy would go into another deep recession as energy prices skyrocketed. Due to increased dependence on energy from unfriendly countries, conflict would increase and many more lives would be lost.
Sadly, there are many extreme environmentalists who would stop all fracking at any cost, by any means. I hope Ms. Sommer is not one of them and that isn't the reason for her sudden change.
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Family Weekend 2014 September 19th - 21st
Family Weekend is a weekend's worth of events and activities that give families a chance to spend time with each other and show their Cougar Pride! You can count on being able to see the football team in action on Saturday afternoon and the opportunity to see some of the sights in Chicago in the evening. In 2010, Family Weekend participants saw famous architectural landmarks while on a cruise of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan shoreline and in past years participants toured downtown Chicago in a double-decker bus. Family Weekend concludes with brunch and Resurrection service in the Chapel on Sunday.
Learn more!
Homecoming: Be a part of a weekend celebrating students, alumni and families. This year's homecoming week is October 5th - October 12th, 2014. Attend the tailgate, cheer on the football team or join in Sunday's worship service. Enjoy plenty of activities where your family will create lasting memories. And get don't forget to mark your calendar for next year!
VIP Weekend: Held in the spring semester, all very important people in the life of your son or daughter are invited to campus. Parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins are all encouraged to visit. Games, special excursions and activities galore will ensure a weekend of fun. Athletic/Arts Events: Connect with your son or daughter beyond Homecoming and Parents weekend by attending one of special events on campus. If your child participates in one of the choirs, is an actor or student athlete, cheer them on from box seats or the sidelines.


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Four semi-trucks crashed overnight on eastbound I-10 near milepost 43, shutting down the freeway for several hours, according to the Department of Public Safety (DPS). The freeway has been re-opened.
DPS said that there were injuries involved but are not sure how severe they were.
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Sprint finally shutting down iDEN network Sunday to make way for LTE
This Sunday, just after midnight, Sprint will finally pull the plug on the legacy push-to-talk iDEN network it inherited when it purchased Nextel. The move is designed to free up spectrum and cell towers for the carrier's growing LTE network. That means the last full day of iDEN service, for those still using phones running on the network, is Saturday. After that, iDEN devices won't work — even to make 911 calls.
Sprint pulled all iDEN phones from its stores shelves last year, and has been warning of the impending shutdown since 2010. The carrier has been pushing its CDMA Direct Connect network as the replacement for iDEN, because it features push-to-talk service and has about three times the coverage area of iDEN. At its peak, iDEN was used by about 6 million subscribers in the US. Sprint hasn't said how many are still connecting to the lame-duck network. But if you're one of those out there with an iDEN handset and haven't yet gotten the message, it's time to head into a Sprint store.


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The Idaho Falls Buzz win the Falls Classic Softball Tournament
Offense comes through in 12-1 Victory.
POSTED: 11:09 PM MDT Jun 29, 2013
The Idaho Falls Buzz won the tournament in their hometown on Saturday, beating the Idaho Surge 12-1. On a hot day, the Buzz's bats were even hotter as they cruise to the Falls Classic 16-U Championship.
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If you had seen that headline a year ago when the trade deadline was approaching, you'd think it was from another planet. The Red Sox were headed to the playoffs, Josh Beckett had just been on the All-Star team, and he was heading for one of his better years.
Much has happened since then. You don't really need a recap. But Beckett is having an awful year -- in just about every way -- and that has led the Red Sox to this:
The Red Sox have had exploratory trade talks with teams involving right-hander Josh Beckett, but nothing appeared close as of Monday morning.
One team that Boston definitely spoke with regarding Beckett, according to a source, is the two-time defending American League-champion Texas Rangers, who are without valuable rotation member Colby Lewis for the rest of the season.
The Atlanta Braves also were contacted, according to another source, but they expressed far more interest in left-hander Jon Lester. However, the Red Sox aren't compelled to trade Lester, who is four years younger than the 32-year-old Beckett, and have made that clear to inquiring teams.
Beckett, as noted, is 32 and having a bad year, with a 4.57 ERA and 1.274 WHIP in 17 starts. He's also owed about $36 million for the rest of this year and the two years remaining on his contract; Boston would likely have to eat much of that money to make a deal.
It doesn't seem likely to happen, but then, many rumored deals this time of year don't. It's out there, though, so don't say you're surprised if it does.
For more on the Red Sox, please visit Over The Monster and SB Nation Boston.


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J. Elizabeth L. Cox, 85
A service for former township resident J. Elizabeth L. Cox will be held Saturday, Jan. 5, at 1 p.m. at Christ Church, 66 Highland Ave, Short Hills.
Visitation will be held Friday, Jan. 4, from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Bradley Smith & Smith Funeral Home, 415 Morris Ave., Springfield.
Ms. Cox, 85, died Dec. 27 at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston.
Born and raised in Short Hills, she resided in Summit.
Ms. Cox received a bachelor of arts degree in romance languages and political science from the University of Vermont in 1949. She spent the summer of 1949 abroad in a foreign study program on the "Marshall Plan in Action."
In 1952, she received a master's degree in international organizations from New York University and went on to receive a doctorate degree in the same subject. She later received a master's degree in library sciences from Pratt Institute.
She began her early career in journalism, working from 1952 to 1957 as an information analyst for the Free Europe Committee in New York and moved from there to various other jobs in journalism, before eventually working in New Jersey state government.
Ms. Cox served as chairwoman of the Summit Republican Committee for 13 years. She served in the state Assembly from 1971 to 1972. Ms. Cox served as an alternate delegate to three Republican national conventions
She was the founder of the Union County Women's Political Caucus and the National Statewide for New Jersey Women's Political Caucus. She also led the work which resulted in the creation of the New Jersey Division on Women.
Ms. Cox founded New Jersey Research and Information Services in 1994.
Ms. Cox was a former vice chairwoman of the board of trustees of the Summit Free Public Library, a member of the Rent Commission of the Substandard Housing Board and chairwoman of the Civil Rights Commission.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Union County Women's Political Caucus of New Jersey.


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Stonehenge at Lake Tahoe in South Lake Tahoe
- bedrooms 5
- baths 4
- sleeps 14
- pool no
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed yes
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This spectacular, prize-winning executive home is on Lake Tahoe's South Shore. To reach the front door, one must enter into a great stone cavern formed by massive granite boulders under a sod roof. "Stonehenge" is a beautiful vacation home built on a rocky ridge overlooking the woods and meadows of Tahoe Valley and the crest of the snow-capped Sierra Nevada. It is located at the edge of the El Dorado National Forest and no house or rooftop, nor street or wire, mar its magnificent view.
The end of the 50 by 35 foot living room is formed by a single stone. In the center of this great room lies another boulder and a mossy trout pond, bringing the natural beauty of the surrounding landscape, patio and lawns inside. Opposite the living room's glass solarium is the dining room, breakfast corner and tiled kitchen. Two gigantic fireplaces rise and pass through the room's 23 foot ceiling. Overlooking all of this are two sweeping, curved balconies which provide additional views of the mountain peaks and green forests that have made the Tahoe Basin world famous. Each bedroom is decorated with a unique and distinctive decor, the Greek Myth room, the Timberline room, Tyrolean, Mediterranean and Wildlife room. The unusual Austrian-styled "Strube" has its own stucco fireplace and provides a separate hideaway for games or intimate conversation. A library contains books and memorabilia gathered in travels to distant parts of the world.
Mountain climbers who sometimes scale the boulders near "Stonehenge" acclaim its distinctive setting, intimate and blending with the environment, isolated, yet only five minutes from the center of town, elegantly styled but with a homespun sort of warmth.
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Rosmarie Twining 530-544-1920
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2 decks
2 Gas Fireplaces
2 car Garage
Grand Piano
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Rosmarie Twining 530-544-1920
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Do You Eat Chicken Skin?
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AmberHoney 4 years
NEVER - I can't even bear to take it off the breast when I prepare it, it makes me gag, literally. Hubby does it for me. I had tried it and I do not like it at all. Aside from that chicharones rock!
msshellokitty 4 years
I love eating the skin on chicken.Fried chicken is the best.I was a vegetarian for over 5 years but I kept having dreams about fried chicken so I started eating it again.I don;t feel guilty.It's good.
Baby-Girl 4 years
Fried, roasted, or BBQ means the skin is the best part!
betty-kraker 4 years
gotta love the crispy skin
4 years
I love, love the crispy skin on a roast chicken or turkey. I don't eat the fatty part just the thin crispy skin.
shannzu 4 years
I'll only eat skin on rostisado style chicken from Juan Pollo. It's so good, crispy and chewy at the same time, yum!
dani17731 4 years
No. I'm one of those wussy meat eaters. I never eat the skin and the meat always has to be well done. I even tell the servers when I eat out that the cook can burn it a little lol. I don't wanna think about the skin, because you know what has skin? Something that used to be alive. *sad face* But it tastes so good...
yoiebear 4 years
From a lemon roast chicken, whether my own made or from a restaurant, I can't resist. So yummy and so bad for me.
SPritchett1 4 years
If it's from a fresh roasted bird and crispy, then I cannot resist it.
POPSUGAR-Food 4 years
Always :D
mermei 4 years
Well, I currently live in China, so I'd be hard pressed to find a part of a chicken I don't eat. In the US, I rarely eat meat at all. (But amen on the Peking Duck. Many a nominal vegetarian has met her fall on a Peking Duck dinner.)
Pampire 4 years
Not usually, but sometimes I might eat a little bit if its crispy or well seasoned.
victork 4 years
Adore it. That said, I was raised to eat every part of the chicken, every scrap of meat, and even the small bones (e.g. the wings when they're roasted and crispy).
Spectra 4 years
No, I think it's gross. I prefer chicken with no skin on it.
shannonkay 4 years
No. It's gross!
Kimpossible 4 years
mek123 4 years
As long as it's crispy but not deep fried.
Eleuthera 4 years
I just remembered that the classic way of preparing Peking (Beijing) Duck is that while the duck was carved tableside, only the skin was served with very little meat, if any, attached. I was introduced to this as a teen in San Francisco...and became enamored with the subtle flavors of this classic dish. You could have the duck meat, of course, and most people did, but the dish was made so that the delicate flavors of the skin might be savored.
AlexisSF 4 years
only if it's super crispy, and only a few bites!
simplyfab87 4 years
Yes, love crispy chicken skin.
Frenched 4 years
Most of the time, yes :)
AMP 4 years
Don't eat meat, but even when I did, I never ate the skin. My mom taught us very early on that the skin was not healthy.
Runnergirl13 4 years
Only as a huge treat - like on roasted chicken or while out! It's sooooooo good, but so unhealthy. Sad.
Chica8a 4 years
if its crispy yes ... but no fat on it like sometimes when its fried! yuck ...It all depends on how its cooked
tarabara1229 4 years
Usually I eat boneless, skinless chicken breast when I prepare chicken at home, but if I eat out at certain places (I'm looking at you, Roscoe's House of Chicken & Waffles), I will definitely treat myself to some crispy skin. Nom nom nom!
HoneyBrown1976 4 years
Yes, especially if it's crispy.
darc5204 4 years
Not a fan, not even when I was little and didn't care about fat content
rach716 4 years
No, I actually just don't like it
Katiecroft 4 years
As long as it's crispy crispy!
Eleuthera 4 years
I always have to have at least a taste when I make something like Greek chicken, flavored with lemon juice and oregano and garlic. Still I avoid it as a general rule simply because it's too fatty. Even things I am not supposed to eat at all, I always take a taste and then I don't crave it...if I have any will power left:)
Soniabonya 4 years
Was just dicussing this last night with my family. I used to to eat the chicken skin when it was crispy and crunchy, in other words, fried. But now, there's something about eating the skin that makes my stomach flip and I'm rather disgusted by it. :( Sad too because I remember how much I used to like it.
CoconutPie 4 years
If it's crispy, then yesss! :feedme:
partysugar 4 years
I know its so bad, but I love chicken skin. I feel guilty eating it, but yum!
mamasitamalita 4 years
typically if I'm making chicken for myself I get boneless skinless, but if I were out at a fancy dinner and the chicken I ordered were prepared with skin on, I would certainly eat it, what a treat!
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Diverse Federation in Star Trek XI?
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The Federation is, according to Picard, "spread across eight thousand light years". If we assume that Earth is roughly at the centre, then that'd mean that many - or perhaps most - Federation worlds are several years away, at the highest sustainable warp speeds. If we assume that all Starfleet cadets study on Earth, then that'd mean a very long trip for most of the aliens who're interested in enroling. Hence the preponderance of humans, Vulcans, and others who live close by.
Having crews comprised mainly of one species could be a matter of biological practicality: each species would have different heat and cold tolerances, a different circadian rhythym, and an innate biological preference for a particular atmospheric composition and gravity. In short, by having a crew that's mainly human, you can tweak the ship's environment and schedule and optimise it for human preferences. Members of other species who are really keen to mix with an alien crew still have that option, but they'd have to acclimatise themselves, or endure a certain amount of hardship.
For instance, I believe Deep Space Nine functioned on a 29-hour Bajoran day, which would've been a challenge for its human crew at first. Whereas the Vulcan-crewed ships could have the hot, dry, thin atmosphere and greater gravity that Vulcans are used to.
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|Fulbright > Information Guide > Application > Letters of Affiliation
Fulbright Grant Information Guide
LEtters of affiliation
The most competitive candidates will include documentation of contacts with potential host affiliations with the application. This could be of a letter of invitation from the host institution/organization/individual indicating research support or allowing access to facilities to the applicant; or, it could be a letter indicating that the admitting institution provides courses in the applicant's areas of study. IIE refers to these letters synonymously as: letters of support, letters of affiliation, letters of invitation and/or letters of admission.
There are no specific requirements for the letter of support from the host institution. Every affiliation relationship will be different depending upon the candidate's project. In general, letters of affiliation on institutional letterhead are preferred. The letters should state how the supervisor/host institution will help the applicant to facilitate the project (i.e., what resources will be offered, what kind of supervision will be given, etc.). Some applicants propose to do independent research, so these letters of support are more crucial to establishing the feasibility of a project. Other applicants propose study projects, so letters of support are really a complement to the overall application, but attest to its feasibility. Therefore, you should try to get a letter of support that is as detailed as possible. Ultimately, it is up to your host affiliation as to the level/kind of support that they are willing to offer you.
In the U.S., we have become accustomed to rapid response, especially in electronic communication. Many cultures do not have this expectation, and many people do not enjoy the reliable connectivity or easy access to the Internet that we do. Therefore, be advised that you may not receive a response to your inquiries as quickly as you might hope. Applicants are advised to begin their search for an affiliation as early as possible.
Letters of affiliation are uploaded by the applicant into the online application. For complete instructions on uploading letters of affiliation, please refer to the "Affiliation" section in the online application.


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Port Washington voters continue to head to their assigned polling places, with some reporting there was no power at United Methodist Church.
Readers said there were no lines and experienced short waits through the afternoon at Sousa Elementary School, Flower Hill Hose Company No. 1 and other polling locations. Still, some indiviudals reported assorted issues, including a lack of pens for marking ballots, and an inoperative scanner that required the ballot to be put into a slot so it could be scanned at a later time when the machine was operational. And some voting at United Methodist Church did report chilly temperatures within the building.
To learn more about these experiences and to read what local voters are saying, visit the Port Washington Patch Facebook page.
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Does Reading Recovery Matter? An Analysis of the Longitudinal Efficacy of Reading Recovery in Maine
Authors: Brian Doore
This study's results further document the long-term benefit of the Reading Recovery intervention by examining the performance of participating students on the Maine Educational Assessment. Planned analyses include the documentation of the average placement rate of students into special education services who participate in Reading Recovery. The impacts of socio-economic status, median family income and per pupil expenditures are considered in a multiple regression modeling procedure featuring orthogonal rotation of hypothesized factors to maximize explained variance. For this study, the independent variables are the use of the Reading Recovery intervention (RR), socio-economic status of school communities (SES), and parent level of education (EDUC). The dependent variable is student performance on the 4th grade Maine Educational Assessment (MEA).


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Yes, "stealing" is sort of a loaded word? But what else would you like to call this? Via Deadspin (doing the Lord's work, as they sometimes do):
The Nationals and Orioles, each of whom went the distance in their division series and lost (the Nats in particularly heartbreaking fashion), had league championship series presales. So they're refunding their fans for the face value of those seats, but they're not refunding the $6 "service charge" that was tacked on to each order.
As if the holdouts weren't odious enough, the Orioles initially tried to pass the buck on their free money, claiming they were handcuffed by an MLB policy that requires non-refundable service charges. After hearing from MLB, and being told that this is obviously a lie, they changed their story and admitted the choice was theirs and theirs alone.
Barry Petchesky calculates that both clubs cleared an extra $500,000 apiece with this blatant ripoff job.
Great p.r., guys. Really, really great.
Update: Okay, so apparently some of the, umm, "facts" in the Deadspin piece aren't actually, umm, facts. Sort of like most of Mitt Romney's stump speech. But service charges are still a huge ripoff. Can't we all just get along, and agree that nobody's got a good plan for addressing the deficit?


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Beach Dreams Cottage*** Perkins Cove Village Unit 200 *** in Wells
- bedrooms 2
- baths 1
- sleeps 6
- pool yes
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed no
- type Cottage
- community Beach Dreams
rates (USD)
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$ 700 - $ 1,100 / week
$ 2,000 - $ 3,500 / month
vacation rental description
Our Cottage located within the gated resort of Beach Dreams. Our cottage is in historic
Wells which is the perfect family vacation on the Southern Coast of
Maine. Beach Dreams is conveniently located near the long sandy beaches of
Wells, Moody and Ogunquit. Our cottage features 2 bedrooms with room
to sleep 6. The master bedroom has a full bed. The second bedroom
has 2 twin beds (no bunk beds). A new sleeper sofa allows for additional sleeping options. Our cottage has a spacious living area. A newly applianced full kitchen and dining area. There is a covered deck for relaxing outdoors. Beach dreams resort has activities that can meet the needs of all family members including two heated pools, a kiddie pool for children three and under, and a 20 person Jacuzzi. The club house is a large air conditioned room for playing games and gathering with friends to watch sporting events on the large flat screen.
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Cathleen Desautels 508 829 3322
cottage rental amenities
Our cottage has Air Conditioning, Heat, Cable TV, DVD, VCR, surround Sound
Home Stereo System, Dishwasher, Stove, Refridgerator, Microwave,
Coffee Maker, Toaster Oven, All cookware, Lobster Pot, Washer and
Dryer and Gas Grill. A newly updated conversational set for relaxing outdoors.
Extra chairs and beach toys are available for your use.
activities and attractions in Wells Maine
Beach Dreams Resort has many on site activities including a two heated pools,
a kiddie pool, and alarge hot tub. Through the resort there are
beautiful gazebos, plenty of room for walking and bike riding. There are tennis and bocce courts, a basketball hoop and fitness center.. The "Dream Club" a large central area for
families to spend time with others and watch the "Big Game" with friends or relax near the hot tub. A game room which includes air hockey and other games. The main pool area has outdoor showers/lockers which is great for cleaning up the kids after a day at the beach.
Many offsite activities
include riding the Wells Trolley line, Kayaking, deep sea fishing, Whale Watching," Breakfast with the Seals" cruise, Rachael Carson Natural Estuary Preserve, antique shops, , mini-golf, golf, day trips to Kittery, Freeport and Portland shopping, fishing charters, Yorks Wild Animal Kingdom Zoo and Amusement Park.
vacation rental rates
Memorial Day-June $700/weekly or $100 per night-2 night minimum
July -August $1100/weekly
Labor Day Weekend $130 dollars per night 2 night Minimum
Sept 10, 2014 - Oct 31, 600 weekly
7% Maine tax will be charged for each rental
Cathleen Desautels 508 829 3322
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Top things to do in Wells
- Arcade
Top things to do on a budget
- Walk the Marginal Way in Ogunquit
- Bike Riding
- kayaking
Top things to do with a family
- Make your own sundae bars
- mini golf/arcades
- Breakfast with the Seals cruise
- trolley rides
- outlet shopping
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The highly-acclaimed documentary film "Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love" opens in Los Angeles and Irvine. It runs Friday, July 3 through Thursday, July 9 at the Laemmle's Sunset 5 theater in LA and in Irvine at Edwards University Town Center 6.
Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love
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8000 Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90046
Phone: 323-848-3500
Show times: 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:45pm
Q&A Sessions with director/producer Chai Vasarhelyi:
According to the Laemmle's website, Chai Vasarhelyi, will do Q&A at Laemmle's Sunset 5 on:
Tickets: $10.00
Location: The Theatre is on the corner of Sunset and Crescent Heights on the South side next to the Virgin Megastore.
Parking Info: Underground parking is available at the 8000 Sunset Complex. Three hours of parking is free with a validation from the theatre (ticket purchase required).
Film Summary:
A music-infused cinematic journey about the power of one man's voice to inspire change. Youssou N'Dour is the highest selling African artist of all time and has collaborated with musical superstars Bono, Neneh Cherry and Peter Gabriel. At home in Senegal, the Grammy-award winning artist is an inspiration for generations. The film—which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September and has won Audience and other Awards throughout the world— chronicles N'Dour, a Sufi Muslim, as he releases a deeply personal and religious album called Egypt in the hope of promoting a tolerant face of Islam. Director Chai Vasarhelyi follows N'Dour for over two years – filming in Africa, Europe, and America – to tell the story of how he faces these challenges and eventually wins over audiences both at home and abroad.
Film Trailer:
Along with his music, Youssou is known for his humanitarian work and his businesses. Youssou has his own charity, the Youssou N'Dour Foundation, he's an ambassador for UNICEF, he's on the ONE campaign policy advisory board, and through his organization and others, he has assisted in the fight against malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and poverty in Africa. For more info, click on the website and then click on About the Film and then on About Youssou.
Other showings/opening dates – check local listings to confirm dates, check times, ticket prices:
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Visit our website: http://www.ibringwhatilove.com/ and join our email list
Join us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20862148780
Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/YoussouNdourDoc%20 for exclusive videos and music!
Cost : $10.00
Laemmle's Sunset 5Tel: 323-848-3500
Sponsor(s): , Laemmle's Sunset 5 and Edwards University Town Center 6. Information is posted for informational purposes only and does not reflect opinions of or endorsements by African Studies personnel.
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Waterview 3BR/2BA-Shell Cottage, Harbour Island in Narragansett
- bedrooms 3
- baths 2
- sleeps 8
- pool no
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
- type House
- community Harbour Island
rates (USD)
/ night
$ 1,500 - $ 1,500 / week
$ 6,000 - $ 6,000 / month
vacation rental description
Newly renovated waterview cottage in family neighborhood - 3 Bedroom, 2 bath, sleeps 8. Approximately 1200 square foot home.
Private neighborhood beach one block from the Cottage. Major ocean beaches (Narragansett Town, Scarborough, Roger Wheeler/Sand Hill Cove and Salty Brine) are all about 4 miles away. Block Island ferry and charter fishing boats also 5 miles away.
The open kitchen was just renovated and is fully applianced, as well as filled with pots, pans, dishes, glasses, utensils etc., everything to make your vacation cooking easier. The living room adjoins the kitchen and has a bay window with a partial waterview. There is a screen porch off the kitchen for enjoying the evening breeze, or shade of the large maple trees on a hot summer day. The dining room overlooks the over-large backyard and opens through the large glass slider door onto a deck.
The white bedroom has a daybed that opens into a king or two singles. The blue bedroom has a queen-bed with a brand new mattress. The green bedroom also has a queen-bed with a brand new mattress. The bathroom on the main floor has a full tub-shower.
Downstairs, the recreation room was just totally renovated ceiling to floor. This room has a futon couch that can sleep two, and an entertainment center with flat screen TV and DVD player. There is both a bathroom with stall shower and laundry facilities adjoining the rec room. Walkout to the patio area and the very large backyard from here.
The house has central air conditioning, and oil forced hot air heat. Plenty of off-street parking.
Shell Cottage is available as a summer vacation, weekly and weekend get aways, as well as student rentals for the URI and other school academic year.
We accept credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, & PayPal debit) as well as checks/cash via PayPal.
Visit our website directly at ShellCottageRI dotcom for more details and links to area events, activities and places of interest.
vacation rental location
property availability
- dates with deals
- unavailable dates
Last modified on 08-30-2014 at 5:15 PM.
email owner view full calendar
Trudy and Karen
house rental amenities
- stove and oven
- refrigerator
- freezer
- dishwasher
- coffee maker
- toaster
- blender
- pots and pans
- cooking utensils
- spices
- eating utensils
- dishes
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Summer Season: May 24, to September 3, 2013 - $250 per night, $1500 per week (7-nights). A minimum of three (3) nights are required during the summer season.
Rest of the Year: September 4, 2012 to May 23, 2013 & September 4, 2013 to December 31, 2013 - $200 per night, $1200 per week (7-nights).
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White Sox finalizing deal with Barnum
High-school first baseman selected with No. 48 pick
CHICAGO -- Keon Barnum, selected by the White Sox in the Compensation Round A portion of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft as compensation for free agent Mark Buehrle going to the Marlins, will sign with the White Sox for $950,000 according to a baseball source and MLB.com's Jonathan Mayo.
That $950,000 is just below the assigned pick value of $1,052,500 for pick No. 48. The left-handed Barnum, who checks in at 6-foot-4 and 225 pounds, will be looked at as a first baseman but possibly could see time in the outfield and was in Arizona on Monday for his physical.
This talented high-school player has drawn comparisons to both Fred McGriff and Ryan Howard. During a conference call last week to talk about Barnum and Courtney Hawkins, the organization's top pick at No. 13 and also a high-school selection, White Sox director of amateur scouting Doug Laumann indicated Barnum's negotiations would be quick.
"I believe so," said Laumann, when asked if he thought Barnum was close to signing. "There's a lot that plays into this, but we've done quite a bit of homework and quite a bit of foundation has been laid."
Barnum verbally committed to Miami and also was recruited by South Florida, Florida International and Central Florida, setting a school record with a .491 average as a junior for King High School in Tampa, Fla.
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The 'Cascadecomplex' in the city of Groningen. The orange tower is the "De Regentes" and 55 meters high, left from this tower the sculpture 'Ultra' by Silvia B. is visible. Behind this sculpture, the Cascadeplein is situated with the building of the Historical Archives of Groningen.
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WinterWelVaart is an annual event in the city of Groningen (the Netherlands). During this event, 17 h...
Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.
The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.
Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".
Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights.
In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states.
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Research Tools for Canadian Studies
Use bibliographic tools like these to either focus or broaden your research:
Archival Collections and Primary Sources • Article Databases and Indexes • Bibliographies and Subject Guides • Book Review Sources • Dissertation and Theses • Canadian Libraries • News Databases, Indexes and Web Sites
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Archival Collections and Primary Sources
Use these web sites, print reference sources, or library databases to find primary sources, such as manuscripts, diaries, letters, firsthand accounts, or historical documents on a subject, person, event or issue. See also the library guide Finding Primary Sources and List of Archival Collections on the Berkeley campus.
*Blue asterisk indicates that the resource was recently added to the guide.
- Archives de Montréal
- Bibliothèques at archives nationales du Québec
- Canadian Archival Resources on the Internet
- Canadian History Gateway (Academic Info)
- Canadiana
- Early Canadiana Online (within Canadiana)
- National Archives of Canada
Library Databases
The complete list of databases is available through the Library's Electronic Resource Finder.
Ad*Access Project
Images and information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. Ad*Access concentrates on five main subject areas: Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II, providing a view of a number of major campaigns and companies through images preserved in one particular advertising collection available at Duke University.
David Rumsey Map Collection
Contains to date over 8,000 maps online and focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America cartographic history materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia and Africa are also represented. [Note: This collection is also part of the UC Image Service and can be viewed in two ways: the Insight Browser allows users to view the collection using a web browser; the Luna Insight software provides greater functionality but must be downloaded.]
European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750
Contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.
Gerritsen Collection, Women's History Online, 1543-1945
Indexes over 4700 publications including books, pamphlets, and periodicals in 15 languages from Europe, US, UK, Canada and New Zealand that reflect the revolution of a feminist consciousness and the movement for women's rights.
Periodicals Index Online (formerly PCI)
Indexes millions of articles published in over 4,700 periodicals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. A sister database, Periodicals Archive Online, provides a full-text archive of some 475 journals published between 1802 and 1995.
Visual Collections: Images of Art, History and Culture
Includes more than 30,000 images from some 35 image collections from museums, universities and private collections throughout the world in the areas of cartography, fine arts, architecture, and photography. Some of the collections included are free and open to the public; others are restricted to educational use only or on a subscription basis only. Among the collections included are: USF Rare Map Collection, MOAC (Museums and Online Archive of California), Japanese Historical Maps Catena Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive and many more. [Note: This collection can be viewed in two ways: the Insight Browser allows users to view the collection using a web browser; the Luna Insight software provides greater functionality but must be downloaded.]
Article Indexes and Databases
Listed below is a broad selection of article indexes recommended for research in Canadian Studies. For additional resources, please consult the Library's Electronic Resource Finder.
- érudit (select titles only)
Library Databases
America: History and Life
Indexes over 2,000 journals published worldwide on the history of the US and Canada from prehistory to the present. Includes all key English-language historical journals; selected historical journals from major countries, state, and local history journals; and a targeted selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (Web of Knowledge)
Indexes over 1,000 of the leading arts and humanities journals, and provides searching of footnoted citations.
CPI.Q (Canadian Periodicals)
A comprehensive list of Canadian and international journals, magazines, selected sections of the Globe and Mail, Canadian biographies, and other reference content from Gale, all with a Canadian focus.
Offers the most comprehensive collection of French and Belgian journals in the humanities and social sciences available online. UC Berkeley subscribes to the "Bouquet Sciences sociales" which includes the full text of more than 167 peer-reviewed academic journals. It also provides citations and archival access to more than 60 open access scholarly journals. For many of the OA titles, the current issues (generally the most recent 3 years) of the journals are not yet available.
CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)
Indexes journals, books, policy briefs, working papers, and conference proceedings from research institutes worldwide related to international affairs analysis and advocacy materials. Also includes links to international affairs Internet sources.
Elsevier Geography
Indexes over 2000 journals, monographs, books, conference proceedings, and theses covering the international literature in physical and human geography, as well as international development issues. Platform change: this database recently changed to the Ovid platform.
Ethnic News Watch
Indexes over 200 ethnic, minority, and native press publications. Contains news, culture, and history searchable in both English and Spanish. Also includes a retrospective backfile of titles (1960-1989).
Film Index International
Indexes almost 100,000 international feature films and shorts, Hollywood entertainment shorts, documentaries, and television movies from all over the world. Includes references to critical and industry articles on films, articles on personalities from approximately 260 international film/TV journals, information about film awards and prizes, and searchable plot summaries with cast and crew lists. This database is produced in collaboration with the British Film Institute.
Indexes over 3,000 journals, books, dissertations, and other American and European sources covering the humanities, social sciences, and economics. Produced by the Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique, most records are in French, with about 33% in English.
Historical Abstracts
Indexes over 2,000 journals, as well as historical book reviews and dissertations, published worldwide about all aspects of world history (excluding US and Canada) from 1450 to the present. Articles covered were written from 1954 to the present.
Humanities International Complete
Indexes thousands of journals, books and other published sources from around the world, with full text of over 770 journals.
Literature Resource Center (LRC)
Indexes biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers by providing access to content of numerous print counterparts including Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography.
MLA International Bibliography
Indexes journal articles, series, monographs, dissertations, bibliographies, proceedings and other materials supporting critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. Sponsored by the Modern Language Association.
Periodicals Index Online (formerly PCI)
Indexes millions of articles published in over 4,700 periodicals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. A sister database, Periodicals Archive Online, provides a full-text archive of some 475 journals published between 1802 and 1995.
PAIS International
Indexes books, journals, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, and web sources related to public policy, politics, economics, and social issues worldwide. Includes publications from over 120 countries. Some of the indexed materials are published in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. The Archive covers English-language material only. (Search all CSA/Illumina Social Sciences databases.)
Bibliographies and Subject Guides
Selected lists of materials in any format organized around a common theme or topic.
Library Databases
- *Oxford Bibliographies Online - Medieval Studies, Renaissance and Reformation, etc.
Online Resources
- Canadian Literature Archive (University of Manitoba)
- Canadian Poetry (University of Toronto Library)
Print Resources
Bibliography of Canadian Bibliographies / editor and compiler, Ernie Ingles; principal... 3rd ed., updated, rev. and enlarged. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994. Doe Refe F1008.A12.I64 1994 Read at Google Read at Google
Bibliotheca Americana : a dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time. ACLS Humanities E-Book. Restricted to UCB IP addresses.
Canadian Fantasy and Science-Fiction Writers / edited by Douglas Ivison. Detroit: Gale Group, c2002. Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 251 Doe Refe PS129.D5 v.251 Read at Google Read at Google
Canadian History: A Reader's Guide. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, c1994. Main Stacks F1026.A12.C36 1994 v.1-2 Read at Google Read at Google
Canadian Reference Sources: An annotated Bibliography: General Reference Works, History, Humanities = Ouvrages de réferénce canadiens: une bibliographie annotée: ouvrages de référence généraux, histoire, science humaines / Mary E. Bond, compiler and editor; Martine M. Caron, co-compiler. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, c1996. Doe Refe F1008.A12.B66 1996 Read at Google Read at Google
Canadian Writers, 1890-1920 / edited by W.H. New. Detroit: Gale Research, c1990. Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 92 Doe Refe PS129.D5 v.92 Moffitt PS129.D5 v.92 Read at Google Read at Google
Canadian Writers Before 1890 / edited by W.H. New. Detroit: Gale Research, c1990. Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 99 Doe Refe PS129.D5 v.99 Moffitt PS129.D5 v.99 Read at Google Read at Google
History of Literature in Canada: English-Canadian and French-Canadian / edited by Reingard M. Nischik. Rochester, N.Y: Camden House, 2008. Main Stacks PR9184.3 .H56 2008 Read at Google Read at Google
The Oxford Companion to Canadian History / edited by Gerald Hallowell. Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press, 2004. Doe Refe F1026.O93 2004 Online via Oxford Reference Read at Google Read at Google
The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature / edited by Eugene Benson and William Toye / 2nd ed [Oxford]: Oxford University Press, 1997. Doe Refe PR9180.2.O94 1997 Online via Oxford Reference Read at Google Read at Google
The Oxford Companion to Canadian Theatre / edited by Eugene Benson and L.W. Conolly. Toronto; New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. Doe Refe PN2300.O94 1989 Read at Google Read at Google
Quebec National Cinema / Bill Marshall. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001. Main Stacks PN1993.5.C2 M27 2001 Online via ebrary Read at Google Read at Google
Writing in Our Time: Canada's Radical Poetries in English (1957-2003) / Pauline Butling. Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2l005. Main Stacks PR9190.5 .B88 2005 Online via ebrary Read at Google Read at Google
Book Reviews
Listings of book and film reviews in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. included in article databases and indexes, book review indexes, or review journals.
Library Databases
Book Review Digest Plus
Indexes book reviews of English-language fiction and nonfiction books for children and adults, from over 8000 leading magazines from the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. Includes several thousand full text reviews. For book reviews published from 1905 to 1982 go to Book Review Digest Retrospective which can be searched separately or simultaneously.
Book Review Digest Retrospective: 1905-1982
Some 1.5 million reviews of more than 300,000 books. For access to book reviews written since 1983, search Book Review Digest Plus which can be searched separately or simultaneously.
Book Review Index
More than 5 million citations to book reviews from thousands of publications.
Google Scholar
Lists journal articles, books, book reviews, preprints, and technical reports in many subject areas (though more specialized article databases may cover any given field more completely). Some listings include links to related articles and to other sources that cite the item. Includes content from free resources (such as ArXiv.org and university websites) as well as subscription resources (such as electronic journals from selected publishers). Use the UC-eLinks option, when available, to find the UCB access to a publication.
Historical Abstracts
Indexes over 2,000 journals, as well as historical book reviews and dissertations, published worldwide about all aspects of world history (excluding US and Canada) from 1450 to the present. Articles covered were written from 1954 to the present
MLA International Bibliography
Indexes journal articles, series, monographs, dissertations, bibliographies, proceedings and other materials supporting critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. Sponsored by the Modern Language Association.
Periodicals Index Online (formerly PCI)
Indexes millions of articles published in over 4,700 periodicals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
Dissertations and Theses
Find dissertations by searching Proquest Dissertations and Theses (PQDT), which indexes graduate dissertations from over 1,000 North American, and selected European, graduate schools and universities from 1861 to the present. Dissertations published since 1980 include brief abstracts written by the authors and some feature 24-page excerpts. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and some full text coverage for older graduate works.
Also see Find Dissertations and Theses for other specialized sources. Dissertations completed at UC Berkeley can be found in OskiCat, using the feature allowing you to limit to dissertations/theses:
Older dissertations not available full text may be obtained through Interlibrary Loan or using the "Request" option in Melvyl.
For more extensive indexing of doctoral dissertations and theses from Western Europe, here are a few other resources to consult:
- Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze - Italy
- Center for Research Libraries - more than 800,000 dissertations from universities outside the U.S. and Canada
- DART: Europe E-theses Portal
- Dialnet - Spain
- Dissertações e Teses Digitais (DiTeD) - Portugal
- The European Library
- OPAC SBN - Italy
- Portal de tesis digitales de REBIUN (Red de Bibliotecas Universitarias) - Spain
- TESEO - Spain
- theses.fr - France
News Databases, Indexes and Web Sites
Listings (may include abstracts or full text) of articles in newspapers, newsmagazines, broadcast news transcripts or wire services. Also includes web sites of these media, or directories of such sites.
- Cable Public Affairs Channel (CPAC)
- Canadian-based Publications Online (Carnegie Mellon)
- Canada.com
- Canadian Newspaper Association
- The Canadian Press
- Canoe.ca
- CBC Front Page
- CBC Radio
- Le Devoir (Montréal)
- The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
- Radio-Canada Nouvelles
- Radio Canada International
- Le Soleil (Québec City)
- Toronto Star
Library Databases
ABYZ News Links
A portal to online news sources from around the world. The database is primarily composed of links to online newspapers, but also includes many broadcast stations, internet services, magazines, and press agencies. ABYZ News Links does not contain actual news content but only links to other news sources.
Access World News
Provides full-text information and perspectives from over 600 U.S. and over 700 international sources.
American Journalism Review News Link
Links to more than 3,400 U.S. newspapers and 2,000 foreign newspapers. U.S. and Canadian newspapers are cross-indexed by category, state and province.
Center for Research Libraries Online Catalog
CRL acquires and preserves newspapers, journals, documents, archives, and other traditional and digital resources from a global network of sources. UC Berkeley Library students, faculty, and other researchers have liberal access to these rich source materials through interlibrary loan, electronic delivery, and a growing collection of digitized material.
Ethnic News Watch
Indexes over 200 ethnic, minority, and native press publications. Contains news, culture, and history searchable in both English and Spanish. Also includes a retrospective backfile of titles (1960-1989).
Provides general and business news and information from more than 9,000 sources in 22 languages, including influential local, national and international newspapers, leading business magazines, trade publications, and news wires.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Electronic Index
Indexes the FBIS Daily Reports issued by the US Government covering political, economic, scientific, and cultural issues and events throughout the world. Translations of broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from various nations are the sources of this information. Reports since 1996 can be found in WorldNews Connection.
French Language News and Newspapers
A list of freely available French-language newspapers and news magazines. Compiled by the MIT Libraries.
iCON Newspaper Database
A database of more than 20,000 newspaper titles from over 150 countries dating back over 350 years. A useful source for identifying the titles of newspapers from a region during a given time period. (The source does not link to full text.)
LexisNexis Academic
Includes over 6,000 individual titles of international, national and local newspapers and wire services; radio and television transcripts; and business, medical, industry, and legislative magazines, journals, and newsletters.
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Thumbs up for agility foundations classes
I know, I know most of you already know all this but seriously if you are doing agility DO FOUNDATION CLASSES FIRST!
Okay so my first two trainers were not terrible trainers but they both implemented the typical agility class schedule which is where you start the dogs on equipment right away. We started out in my very first agility class putting our dogs on leashes and then walking them over the jumps. Both these trainers seemed to follow the pattern of teach the equipment first then work on speed and handling skills. I thought nothing of it at the time.
I was lucky because my dogs are naturally pretty drivey and fast and wanting to work.
Okay so now we got to a foundations class. At first I was rolling my eyes because I can direct Mia to equipment already and she did pretty good. We had been building speed up and I thought that we didn't need target work or any of that because she already knows it. But the club here requires you to take a foundations. The foundations class had pretty much no real equipment at all, just poles, targets, boards, etc. It was all drive building games, race to a target, crate games, circle work, mat work, etc.
We are at the end of our foundations course and now on the first week of actual agility. Today we started teaching the dogs jumps.
Oh my word, I had NO idea how different it would be teaching jumps to dogs who have good foundation work on them already! It was amazing watching these completely green dogs who have never seen a jump not only take a jump on the first try but take it with a ton of speed off leash. We had them already moving out from the handler and driving forward, taking up to three jumps in a row... on the first day. I think back on how silly it was to be dragging our dogs over jumps and coaxing them over on their leash like my first class did....
And even more amazing to me was seeing what happened with a dog like Mia who has seen this all before. It was incredible how much better I communicated with her and how much easier things went for us. Also how FAST she is. She already had drive and has had drive but now... it's no comparison. She and I were perfect today. Absolutely no bobbles. It was awesome.
Anyways, moral of the story is take foundations classes. If they have you on day one coaxing your dogs over jumps and dog walks then I would look for a different trainer.
Mia CGC
Summer TG2 TBAD
And yeah I started Kim in one of those "other" classes. And spent the next 2 years learning on my own and trying to fix all the stupid that happened as a result of that class.
ARCHX U-CD Kim MX MXJ NF CL3-SF RL3/2X/1X-COE CGC -- Golden Ditzhund, b. ~Mar'07
MACH ARCHX U-CD Webster MXB MJB RL3/2X/1X-COE CGC -- Flying Houdini, b. ~Jun'07
Mira CD JH MX MXB MXJ MJB CGC WCX -- Princess Cheeseface, b. Jul'09
Lodin -- Crazy Monkeybean, b. Dec'13
The trainer was very very complimentary of Mia. She told me Mia is a little pistol. I said, Yeah pretty much.
Mia CGC
Summer TG2 TBAD
Hey "a little pistol" is way way better than a demon child or whatever the other trainer called her lolol
And yeah the "nice" thing about Kim's early class was it was so astronomically bad that it forced me to drop out of the class series and learn on my own. Sorta what happened when a "trainer" grabs your noise and world sensitive dog and shoves her across a teeter she's never seen before and causes total shutdown. Good times!
ARCHX U-CD Kim MX MXJ NF CL3-SF RL3/2X/1X-COE CGC -- Golden Ditzhund, b. ~Mar'07
MACH ARCHX U-CD Webster MXB MJB RL3/2X/1X-COE CGC -- Flying Houdini, b. ~Jun'07
Mira CD JH MX MXB MXJ MJB CGC WCX -- Princess Cheeseface, b. Jul'09
Lodin -- Crazy Monkeybean, b. Dec'13
The other was 'the Deviant'
Pistol is definitely a step up.
Lol, I really think our first trainer had no idea how to train a dog like Mia. She had giant schnauzers that were slow and not that biddable and a lot less hyperactive.
I do wonder though how better training would have helped the dogs in that class. The one sport bred collie that would redirect on her owner all the time is one I wonder about a lot. (I heard she died recently Saw her this past fall and she was still as out of control as ever. Makes me wonder what happened...) Or how drive building would have helped the dog that walked the course....
Mia CGC
Summer TG2 TBAD
Yeah it always makes me wince to wonder that sort of thing. But I am very very glad you and Mia have found a trainer/training group who is letting you guys really explore your full potential.
'cuz Knowledge is Power!
ARCHX U-CD Kim MX MXJ NF CL3-SF RL3/2X/1X-COE CGC -- Golden Ditzhund, b. ~Mar'07
MACH ARCHX U-CD Webster MXB MJB RL3/2X/1X-COE CGC -- Flying Houdini, b. ~Jun'07
Mira CD JH MX MXB MXJ MJB CGC WCX -- Princess Cheeseface, b. Jul'09
Lodin -- Crazy Monkeybean, b. Dec'13
I so totally agree, and it is great you found a class doing legitimate foundation stuff.
Having now found a phenomenal trainer, I keep kicking myself for starting him in a normal class. It's caused several issues for us that are now difficult to fix, like a poor jumping style (lots of knocked bars ) and awful weaves. Oh well, live and learn! The next dog will get proper foundations, no doubt about it.
I <3 my trainer. She uses the Derrett system and really emphasizes strong foundation stuff. She knows so much and is really good at picking out the things I do wrong. Before seeing her I never knew how technical agility really was. It really makes a world of difference to have a great trainer.
Foundations are SO important! We too were in "one of those" classes and that's what caused Izzie to shut down, too much too fast with little explanation through training games.
But look at her now! We should be in all masters classes by the end of the year! =)
I never ever want to leave my agility club, they're really the best group ever. Very diverse and my instructors are experienced with all different types of dogs so they can tailor an exercise to the individual dog-handler team. Love love love them!
Izzie the Wonderpug RA AGIS AGJIS MADC AGDC MSDC CGN
The Proudest Pug
That is one great thing about the main trainer at my club. She has malamutes (her first agility dogs), a lacy, a terv, and a BC. My trainer (one of the assistants) has BCs but she's very good with all the dogs.
Mia CGC
Summer TG2 TBAD
Those classes actually sound more fun to me than possibly dragging your dog over equipment. Who cares how long it takes to get over the jumps? If horses taught me anything a good foundation and flat work is super important for success.
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7. SSDs
Solid-state disks (SSDs) have been around for years but, two things may move SSDs to a more central role in IT. The first is the capability of a number of systems to use SSDs as cache, effectively giving an entire storage system the performance of SSDs while retaining the low cost of hard-disk based storage. The second factor is the destruction of hard-disk manufacturing facilities from flooding in Thailand in 2011. Hard-disk prices will probably remain high throughout 2012. At the same time, SSD prices are dropping and capabilities are improving.
8. IPv6
The Internet Protocol version 6 numbering system replaces decades-old IPv4. Address blocks for new domains are no longer available for IPv4. This doesn't mean that you can't get an IPv4 address any longer. However, IPv6 is beginning to be adopted more widely, and it can yield substantial advantages -- such as unified communications or remote access using Windows 2008 R2, where a user can easily access corporate resources from anywhere in the world.
9. Linux
Linux is nothing new, and has been used for many years in specialized roles such as Web servers and application servers. Now, however, the open source OS is making inroads into production environments, with database servers, file and print servers, and even workstations running on Linux. Its great customizability, capability to run on much less expensive hardware than Windows can, and the availability of mature open-source applications for nearly any enterprise application mean that it can be much less expensive to run than competing operating systems.
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Rolex Rankings #2
Rolex Rankings #30
Will Lydia Ko defend her title?
Will Suzann Pettersen defend her title?
Park putting her way up the career Majors list
The Social Scene for August, 2014
Yani Tseng was Up to the Challenge presented by Prudential during the second round of the Kraft Nabisco Championship.


text: Two churches are struck by simultaneous grenade blasts in the town of Garissa, near the Somali border. Masked attackers killed at least 17 people Sunday in gun and grenade attacks on churches in a Kenyan town used as a base for operations against al Qaeda-linked insurgents in Somalia. At least 45 people were wounded.


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The Security for all "I'm Shocked, Shocked!" award goes to Symantec, who according to this article in MacWorld has uncovered an underground cyber economy. In case you are very young or not into classic movies, the award name comes from this classic dialog in Casablanca.
Rick: How can you close me up? On what grounds?
Captain Renault: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!
[a croupier hands Renault a pile of money]
Croupier: Your winnings, sir.
Captain Renault: [sotto voce] Oh, thank you very much.
Captain Renault: Everybody out at once!
That's right folks, I'm shocked, shocked to find that there is an underground cyber economy! In any case here is some of the big news that those crack Symantec investigators uncovered in their year long study.
Stolen credit cards topped the list of items for sale, and made up 31 per cent of all the goods on offer, while bank details were second most popular with 20 per cent.
While stolen credit card numbers sell for as little as between $0.10 and $25 per card, the average advertised stolen credit card limit observed by Symantec was more than $4,000. Symantec has calculated that the potential worth of all credit cards advertised during the reporting period was $5.3 billion.
The research also found that credit card information is often sold to fraudsters in bulk, with discounts or free numbers provided with larger purchases.
Yikes! Say it ain't so Symantec! You mean that all those stolen credit card numbers end up for sale on the internet. I'm shocked, shocked! But wait there's more.
During the 12-month period Symantec found 69,130 distinct active advertisers and 44,321,095 total messages posted to underground forums. Many are invitation-only forums, while IRC chat channels are also a popular way for cyber criminals to sell and share information.
Underground forums? On the internet? I'm shocked, shocked!
Seriously though, this study by Big Yellow is definitely valuable in that it puts some real numbers to stuff we all know has been going on for a long time. I'm hoping that CSOs can use these numbers to scare thier C-level cohorts into ponying up for programs to protect customer data – especially those credit card numbers. But what I'd really like to see is a study that correlates specific batches of bank card numbers for sale to specific breaches. Yeah – we already know where the stolen goods are being fenced, what we'd really like to know is who are the negligent bozos that lost them. When that happens I will truly be shocked, shocked.


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Wildyard..... how did you ever quilt it???? It sure wouldn't have fit on my quilting frame.... and would be pretty difficult to fit under my sewing machine throat. WoW!! Nice job!!
Down to 50, simplelife??? Amazed again!! Keep 'em coming!!
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Wildyard..... how did you ever quilt it???? It sure wouldn't have fit on my quilting frame.... and would be pretty difficult to fit under my sewing machine throat. WoW!! Nice job!!
Down to 50, simplelife??? Amazed again!! Keep 'em coming!!
--- Jean
I'd rather spend money on my quilting hobby than the therapist.... I'm probably $$$ ahead.... and I'm happy!!
Wildyard...that is one ginormous quilt! I'd like to know how you quilted something that size as well. That could keep a whole neighborhood warm!!
simplelife - you're on the downhill slide. Good for you!!!
Like the rest of you, I'm trying to decrease the number of UFO's I have. Then, when I saw that some people were keeping track of the number of UFO's they have and subtracting when they complete them, I decided that this was a good idea. A good idea, yes, but I have made some discoveries.
1. I have entirely too many UFO's!
2. When I was going through and counting, I realized that I have at least two projects that I only have a picture for, and no instructions. This should be interesting.
3. I've had some of these UFO's so long that when I went back and looked at them, I thought, "What was I thinking?" Colors that are no longer in style, etc.
4. I took a project out to start today and realized that I must have been asleep when I cut out the pieces, because what the instructions say I need and what I actually cut out are two different things. The worst part? It's been in my "to do" pile for so long that the fabrics are no longer available, necessitating extra time to figure out how to adapt it to work with what I have.
Do you think, after discovering all of this, that in the future I might not procrastinate so much on getting these projects started? It's possible, but I'll think about it tomorrow...
Michelleoc, all four points well taken. Hi everyone I'm just an ole lurker from the 'Vintage' scene but, I do love to stop and lurk around here a minute. I have a UFO that a cousin gave to me a few years back and I am still wrestling with it. Last week I took it to the community center where a few ladies go and quilt and do what we do. Their opinion on this UFO was to replace some fabric pieces and keep going. I keep wrestling with it. Say a little pray for me while I struggle with this one.
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Great finishes everyone, but Linda how in the world did you quilt that giant T-shirt quilt? I have never seen a quilt as large as that one, geeze I thought I did large quilts because mine are always over 100 x 100!
You all inspire me! I need to get back into my sewing room, but I have been riding everyday I can, horse camping too! Which means I haven't finished a UFO since May's finish! I had all these big plans of finishing one UFO a month when I joined this thread in January! My bad!
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@michelleoc: "think about it tomorrow"
This group really could be called Procrastinators Are Us. Ugh! I can't remember my last finish.
"I don't buy vintage quilts. By the time I finish the quilts I've started they've already become antiques." ~ Mark Lipinski
Link to my albums: http://www.quiltingboard.com/members...85-albums.html
I just joined QB but I already had the goal to finish 12 UFOs this year--I'm up to 5 so I'm a bit behind. I hope to finish 2 when I go on a retreat at the end of the month. I made a spreadsheet and counted 67 projects...but I'm working on them.
Blog: http://quiltfolk.blogspot.com


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Come Join us for the TNVR Launch of Volume 28, Thursday March 20th. Details Below:
TNVR Artwork Deadline Extended to October 15th!!
We have extended the deadline for artwork submissions. Please feel free to send us your work by October 15th.
Adam Chiles
TNVR is now accepting submissions for Volume 28
Detailed submission guidelines can be found at our website: http://blogs.nvcc.edu/tnvr/
· The deadline for fiction, non-fiction and poetry submissions is October 15th, 2013.
The deadline for photography/artwork is September 15th, 2013.
All accepted work will be considered for our annual contest:
The Northern Virginia Review's annual contest awards cash prizes for best submissions in poetry, prose, and visual arts. Prizes are awarded at our annual spring reception highlighted by notable guest speakers, most recently award winning poet T.R.Hummer and musician Billy Cioffi, former Clinton advisor Sidney Blumenthal, Virginia's former poet laureate Claudia Emerson, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Henry Allen, and bestselling author David Baldacci.
Works by contributors to The Northern Virginia Review have been published nationally and internationally. Among their many prizes are the Redbook Fiction Prize, first prize for fiction from the Maryland Writers' Association, the William Carlos Williams Award from the America Academy of Poets, the Dorothy Rosenberg Prize for Lyric Poetry, and frequent Pushcart Prizes nominations.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Adam Chiles, Editor-in-Chief
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The third Annual NOVA Woodbridge Writers' Retreat
Announcing: The third Annual NOVA Woodbridge Writers' Retreat: May 15th-18th 2013
The 3rd annual NOVA Woodbridge Writers' Retreat. Each student manuscript will be critiqued in a panel workshop by three writers in this unique format. Richard Bausch, Tom Zoellner and Robert Bausch will read and respond to each student manuscript in one large group. Enrollments are limited to 18 students. Workshops begin on the evening of Wednesday, May 15th at the Woodbridge Campus of Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) in Woodbridge, Virginia. The workshop will run from 8:30 am until 1:30pm on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. There will be afternoon craft talks and evening readings in the theater. Cost: $650.00. This includes dinner Wednesday, breakfast and lunch on Thursday and Friday. Hotel accommodations are available at a reasonable cost. Transportation from hotel to the sight of the workshop, NVCC's Woodbridge Campus, will be provided.
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Quarantine by Richmond poet Brian Henry
by Brian Henry
By the time the sun touched the grass
beneath my back where I lay
beside my wife and son who seemed
to be breathing a fog of breath
I thought hung above each mouth
I knew I had died and was dead
though thinking through where I was
as if the thinking could bring me
where death is not an is
instead of where I found myself
watching my wife and son without
seeing them beside me on the ground
but knowing they were there
breathing as I was the air above
the mouths there and perhaps thinking
as I was thinking to keep myself here
where I could not be dead could not be
dead could not be anything but alive
and tracking the sun coming over the trees
even though the moon had not moved
and my wife my son and I were growing
into the grass beneath us and the moon
does not care about the bodies there
in that field on the earth at dawn
the moon cannot see and if
the moon could see it still would not care
The Heavy Light of Shifting Stars by Maryland poet Michael Collier
The Heavy Light of Shifting Stars
Sometimes the nite is the shape
of a ear only it ain't a ear
we know the shape of.
-Russell Hoban
Riddley Walker
The huge magnanimous stars are many things.
At night we lower window shades
to mute the sparkling circuitry of the universe;
at day the sun's clear mist, like a beautiful
cabinetry, shrouds the workings of the sky.
Everything is hidden, everything is apparent,
so that light coming toward us, held
in the faces of our old regrets, is blue;
while the light passing away, blurred
by our stationary focus, is red.
We cannot see these colors with our eyes,
just as we cannot feel the sun pushing the stars
outward or bending the paths of their light.
Years ago when the world was flat, and then even
when the world became round, light was light,
dark was dark, and now, now that the world
is almost nothing compared with all that is-
all that we know-light identified each atom
of the universe, and darkness swallows stars
like a whirlpool at the heart of a galaxy.
The huge magnanimous stars are many things.
We look to the sky and ask, What has changed?
Everything. But nothing we can see, and our seeing
changes nothing, until we move, and moving
we become the light of our atoms moving.
Book Nine by Richmond poet Kathleen Graber
Book Nine
One man prays: How shall I be able to lie with this woman?
Do thou pray thus: How shall I not desire to lie with her?
Another prays thus: How shall I be released from this?
Another prays: How shall I not desire to be released?
—Marcus Aurelius
When we are lost in our longings, Aurelius, already it is too late:
there is already nothing we can do. I have rarely desired an end
to my desires. We are so in love with our wanting. Last week,
though doctors were quick to repair it, a baby in India was born
grasping her own beating heart in her fist. Today, a Dumpster
arrives from Dave's Trash Removal & I begin to fill it. I toss in
a transistor radio that hasn't worked in years. A man walking past
asks if he can take it. Later, he returns & carries off a broken TV.
A neighbor salvages the dented gray fuse box; a girl wants a window,
a paper bag full of tangled cords. All night I listen to the wind
& the echoes of feet kicking through rubbish, like a mouse nesting
inside a drum. My older brother is dead a decade. Yet here
in its enormous gold frame is the familiar, pastel portrait
someone named Maxwell drew for our mother, an inaccurate
rendering of the two of us when we were small. I can't look at it;
I can't throw it away. Every change is a death, you tell yourself,
turn thy thoughts now to thy life as a child. . . . One day, I tell myself,
I will shut all the doors, leave everything behind. The museum
is showing a hundred tricked-out Victorian photographs
of that other world: the hoax of floating fairies, women haunted
by ghostly blurs. Another century & still we want to believe
in what we know cannot be true. Your words, Aurelius, have found me,
but you could not. If we are disappointed, we have only ourselves
to blame: Wipe out thy imagination. We fill out hands when they are
empty. We empty ourselves when we have held too much too long.
Providence by D.C. area poet Sally Keith
by Sally Keith
The restaurant owner opened the doors
to let in the smell from the sea
which stuck on the breeze. On the table,
a white linen, a low candle, a tiger lily bouquet.
The specials chalked in cursive we read
from a slate, while the waiter, starched shirt
and folded apron, explained them and we ordered,
at first, a carafe of a thinner than usual pale colored wine.
My mother sat across from me.
She did not lean into her elbow on the table, did not
slide her weight up her arm to make a leading shoulder.
The light in her eyes was first a pool, then a line.
Outside the skiffs in exit sailed toward us.
On the corner a crushed Diet Coke can.
What she then told me, I remember.
Salt was exploding all over the sea.
Erasers by Baltimore poet Mary Jo Salter
by Mary Jo Salter
As punishment, my father said, the nuns
would send him and the others
out to the schoolyard with the day's erasers.
Punishment? The pounding symphony
of padded cymbals clapped
together at arm's length overhead
(a snow of vanished alphabets and numbers
powdering their noses
until they sneezed and laughed out loud at last)
was more than remedy, it was reward
for all the hours they'd sat
without a word (except for passing notes)
and straight (or near enough) in front of starched
black-and-white Sister Martha,
like a conductor raising high her chalk
baton, the only one who got to talk.
Whatever did she teach them?
And what became of all those other boys,
poor sinners, who had made a joyful noise?
My father likes to think,
at seventy-five, not of the white-on-black
chalkboard from whose crumbled negative
those days were never printed,
but of word-clouds where unrecorded voices
gladly forgot themselves. And that he still
can say so, though all the lessons,
most of the names, and (he doesn't spell
this out) it must be half the boys themselves,
who grew up and dispersed
as soldiers, husbands, fathers, now are dust.


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It wasn't all that intricate, but apparently the handshake Roger Goodell and Melvin Ingram shared just can't be duplicated. On NFL Network, they're trying -- really hard! -- and just can't get it down. Rich Eisen gave it a quick shot, but retreated to his corner after messing up. And then Michael Irvin tried to bait Mike Mayock into partaking in a handshake.
The results of all this were hilarious, and had to be documented.
Irvin may not actually be trying a handshake here. He could just be trolling Mayock, who remains serious as always. Either way, it's amazing.
We're at that point in the draft now. It's time for filler and silliness already.
Note: Irvin and Mayock may fight to the death in the next three days.


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According to the official Twitter account of the 49ers, TE Vernon Davis and RB Anthony Dixon are questionable for Sunday's NFL International Series game against the Broncos at London's Wembley Stadium.
Davis, who leads the team in receiving yards, did not practice Wednesday or Thursday.
QB Alex Smith and C Eric Heitmann are out for Sunday and CB Tarell Brown is now listed as doubtful for the contest. LB Ahmad Brooks, CB Nate Clements and OT Adam Snyder are probable.


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DUNLAP, Ill. -- The Red Cross is assisting a Dunlap family after their home caught fire Monday afternoon.
The Dunlap Fire Chief said flames were showing from the home at 10610 West Brimfield Jubilee Road when crews arrived.
The cost of the damage and cause of the fire is unknown at this time but the chief said he believes the fire may have been caused by a wood burning stove.
Two residents were home at the time of the fire. Both escaped without injury.