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August 2014
Welcome to the official website of the Code 3 for a Cure Foundation. I want to thank all of you who have been sending your positive thoughts and prayers to Code 3 for a Cure, and for those who have said prayers for me as well as others who are fighting cancer. It is that type of positive energy and power of prayer that keeps myself and others going. Thank you.
We had another productive Board meeting on July 18, and we have some exciting events that are in the planning stages, as well as some that are on the horizon. The Mo-Hawk Less Cancer Motorcycle Benefit Ride and Jam will take place once again this year on Saturday, September 6, at Jesse Oaks in Gages Lake, Illinois, in loving memory of Firefighter/Paramedic Kevin Oldham (Waukegan Fire Department). The annual event was initiated by Kevin and his family during his battle with pancreatic cancer (see flier in upper right corner). Proceeds from this event will go to Code 3 for a Cure and pancreatic cancer research. During the event, organized by Kevin's parents, Theresa and Dan Oldham, and family, there will also be a silent auction, live band, and poker run. Auction items will include a roll cart/tool chest valued at $1,800 donated by Snap-On Tools in Gages Lake, IL, and a fire helmet autographed by Howard Stern, as well as many more great items. The C3FAC firefighters will have the Code 3 for a Cure booth set up and will display the memorial fire bell that is carried across America on our Annual Mission of Hope & Honor.
On Wednesday, August 27, the Fallbrook Firefighters Association will host its Annual Charity Golf Tournament at The Golf Club of California at Sycamore Ranch in Fallbrook (CA). Code 3 for a Cure is one of three charities who will benefit from the event. There will be lunch, dinner, a ceremony with prizes, raffle, and auction which will include a fire helmet signed by William Shatner, as well as many other great items. Golfers can register here. Local businesses can get involved as well. Click here for more information. We will have our booth set up and look forward to this great event.
A special salute and thanks to Phenix Fire Helmets for all their support in providing great helmets which serve as very effective fundraising tools for Code 3, as well as for their support in initiating and carrying out the Cold Water Challenge recently for our cause. We thank all of our supporters, including Brindlee Mountain Fire Apparatus, Fire Velo, and PowerTest. A big thank you to all the athletes across the nation who are putting forth tremendous efforts to raise funds for, and bring attention, to our cause, as well as to all the individual donors who have given so generously.
Once again, I would like to bring to your attention "Katie's Corner." There, you will find valuable monthly articles containing words of wellness from Katie Oldham, creator and writer on Happily Whole (www.livinghappilywhole.com). Thank you, Katie!
I ask that you continue to check this website, including our Updates page, and our official Facebook and Twitter pages, for updates on exciting happenings coming up in the weeks and months ahead. And if you haven't done so, please like our page on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. We appreciate your support.
Blessings of good health to all of you,
Lorenzo Abundiz
Firefighter/Engineer (ret.),
3-time Cancer Survivor and
Code 3 for a Cure Foundation

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EVERETT, Wash. – The Spokane Indians' post-season dreams came to crashing halt after falling to the Aquasox 3-2 on Sunday.
The Indians led the game 2-0 heading into the bottom of the 8th inning, but that's when Everett took over. Lonnie Kauppila drove in a run on a fielder's choice to make it a 2-1 game. The Aquasox pinch-hit with a man on sending Chantz Mack to the plate. Mack made the most of his at bat as he crushed two-run home run out to right center, giving Everett the lead and eventually the game.
The Indians' lone chance of getting into the playoffs was for Vancouver to lose their remaining games to Tri-City. However, the Canadians ended that dream quickly, by beating the Dust Devils 2-1 Sunday night.
One bright spot in the game was Spokane's Eric Brooks. Brooks pitching six innings of no-hit baseball with 11 strikeouts.
Spokane finishes the regular season Monday night in Everett.


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From the first days of reality TV—narrative, character-driven storytelling that uses real people and real lives as its subject matter—the genre has left a trail of human wreckage. Its stars have been arrested for DUI, assault, drug possession, sex with minors and domestic violence. An MTV Road Rules alum and Challenge cast member who was arrested for public urination later smeared the walls of his jail cell with his own feces and then bragged about his misbehavior on Twitter. Survivor's first winner is in prison—again—for tax evasion, the same charge a recent Big Brother winner eventually pled guilty to, in addition to possession with attempt to distribute oxycodone as part of a drug ring the government says he funded using his $500,000 prize from the CBS reality series.
Another Big Brother contestant morphed into a hard-core gay porn star, and he's not alone. Familiar faces show up in adult films with surprising regularity. The first celebrity reality-TV show took cameras into the home of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne for MTV's The Osbournes. Two of their kids went to rehab for drug addiction, and Sharon went on to appear on other reality series, including VH1's Rock of Love: Charm School, which ended with an out-of-court settlement following Sharon's physical confrontation with a cast member, a woman who got her own series, which featured her dating millionaires and which was pulled off the air because one of them killed his wife and later committed suicide. His death was one in a series of suicides that received media attention in 2009 because the dead people had all once appeared on reality-TV shows.
These are just a few examples. Eleven years since reality programming came to prime-time network television in the United States, thousands of people have been featured on unscripted series across nearly every channel. Does reality TV attract or prey on people who are more likely to engage in horrific or illegal behavior? Does the experience send once-sane people down a path that ends in jail, where they proudly shit in their hands? Or does it attract media attention because these people are now familiar to us or worked on familiar shows, like the co-creator of Pimp My Ride and former Survivor producer who was arrested for murdering his wife in Mexico? What are the consequences of bonding with people we get to know on TV, of commercialized voyeurism?
While tens of thousands of people regularly apply for a chance at fame and new experiences, some who have appeared on television have publicly and privately complained of its impact. "I don't think the cast or the producers knew what we were getting into that first season of The Real World," executive producer and co-creator Jonathan Murray explains. Nineteen years after his MTV series debuted and defined reality television, it's difficult to recall a time when real people's lives were not prime-time entertainment. That first group of seven, he says, "had no way of knowing how exhausting it is to have a camera on you 24-7."
And they certainly had no way of knowing what it would look like once they saw fragments of their lives in half-hour episodes.
The retracted red-and-white-striped awning on the former Woolworth's in Wildwood, New Jersey is tattered, but inside everything is perfect—except no one can go inside.
Inside is Randyland. Randyland is a maze of fascinating things, including Fascination games, an early-1900s combination of Skee-Ball and bingo. And in between rows of old pinball machines are many more games, including boardwalk games, handcrafted and patented by Randy Senna, in which players shoot water at a urinal or toilet that has a mechanically flapping lid.
And there's Randy. Not just the one Randy Senna but hundreds of Randy facsimiles: mannequins with blue eyes open with childlike wonder, plastic curls of brown hair and faces frozen in wide smiles. Some are just heads peering quietly out of ice cream cases or perched amid Enchanted Tiki Room memorabilia from Walt Disney World, where Senna once worked. Many of the Randyquins wear his old Disney costumes, their name tags still attached.
I'm inside only because a TV crew is here to film Senna (the human one) for the A&E reality-TV show Hoarders, which debuted on the cable network in 2009 to record ratings, probably because it featured a refrigerator full of gag-inducing liquefied rotten food that its owner wanted to keep because she thought it was fine. On a typical episode, two people whose hoards have created some kind of crisis, such as the threat of eviction, get help from an organizer and a team of workers who help clear the mess while a psychologist works with the hoarders to deal with the emotions that inevitably arise. It is obvious, as many of the Hoarders crew will say during my three days there, that hoarders' brains work differently than ours. These reality-show cast members are mentally ill, and Hoarders illustrates that visually and viscerally. If someone says he loves cats but his cats are dead and petrified in the shape of the box they died in, something is very wrong.
Unlike other spaces that have been featured on the show, Randyland has no dead animals and no animal or human feces. There is just Senna and, behind a never-opened door, his parents, who have declined to be included in the five-day production. Upstairs, above the museum-like presentation of Randyland, is storage—the hoard of antique games, piles of stained napkins, Priority Mail boxes, batteries, scattered quarters, buckets of tokens and box after box of VHS tapes. There are also slices of birthday cake, still under the plastic dome that protected the full cake in the grocery store, and a collection of Senna's own hair, saved from haircuts past.
Like so many people featured on this show, Senna does not think he is a hoarder.
The possibility of a horrific outcome haunts reality TV. The first person voted off Expedition Robinson, the Swedish series that gave Survivor its format, threw himself in front of a train before the show ever aired because he worried about public humiliation. When producer Mark Burnett brought the format to the U.S. in 2000, his team turned to a psychologist, Gene Ondrusek, to help prevent a similar outcome. "We will put people through some potentially demeaning, degrading, stressful, humiliating experiences," Ondrusek says producers told him. "They wished to not have someone who was psychologically vulnerable or fragile be damaged by that process."
After signing a contract and consenting in writing to every possible outcome, including disease and death, potential contestants on many shows are now subject to medical exams, psychological testing and background checks. That is "so it's clear they're going to be able to handle the situation," says Bravo executive vice president Andy Cohen.
The industry's pursuit of compelling characters and stories has led some shows to cast people who may not be able to handle it, such as those who are in the middle of once-private crises. Alan Keck, a psychologist who practices in the Orlando area, says, "The harm for a lot of folks in that kind of position is that they're already psychologically vulnerable." Still, like the B-list celebrities who get paid and receive free treatment (never mind the attention they crave) on VH1's Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew, people willingly sign up. "There are some addicts who are pretty narcissistic and who love that kind of attention," Keck says. "That doesn't mean it's necessarily good for them." They will be affected to varying degrees. "To somebody with a good, strong ego it may not be a big deal. But most of these people don't have good, strong egos. They're already suffering. And this is just one more addition to that."
On one episode of Hoarders the young son of a hoarder broke down and cried when he realized the show's crew was leaving. Reality-show producer Chris Cowan says cast members can experience "a form of postpartum depression" when the show ends, because the attention evaporates and they are faced with watching the show and dealing with the fallout.
"I went through a lot, man," Ben Wade tells me. "I really feel like they damaged me, and if I weren't a Christian, I'd be screwed, man."
Wade is a delusional liar. At least, that was the consensus when he first appeared on Survivor in 2009. I've been covering reality TV for 12 years and publicly called him "impossibly arrogant" and a "liarface idiot douche," and those were some of the nicer things people wrote about him. We first met in Brazil before the 39-day production of Survivor's 18th season began, when I was on location to interview contestants and observe the first episode. He went by the nickname Coach, compared himself to Jesus and told his college soccer team that he was being tested for brain cancer. After my interview was published, someone posted on a fan message board, "Ben needs to go DIAF"—that's "die in a fire." He soon became the most infamous reality-TV show contestant in the country, thanks to his over-the-top personality and the nonstop attention editors gave him. He called himself the Dragon Slayer and claimed to hold the world record for the longest solo kayak ocean expedition, a claim the editor of Canoe & Kayak Magazine disputed. He told fantastic stories, including one about his escape after being kidnapped and tortured by Pygmies while kayaking on the Amazon. He was ridiculed, on the show and off.
Day and night on reality-TV shows, cast members are pushed physically and mentally. Often sleep-deprived, they're cut off from friends, family and the outside world, then asked to do things they wouldn't do in real life. Survivor, with its $1 million prize, is a simple game complicated by starvation and exposure to the elements, and the experience is brutally real, with the exception of inconsequential cheats: During challenges, helicopter shots are of stand-ins, for example. In Brazil, Wade's weight dropped from 205 pounds to 149 pounds as he participated in challenges that tested physical strength and mental acuity, all while competing to outlast fellow competitors in votes that took place every three days. He also had to answer producers' interview questions. "When you're out there, audience members are the producers, and you want to please them," he says. But pleasing them turned him into a joke.


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The accident happened near the Roosevelt Avenue Bridge around 11:30 p.m.
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The Traffic Bureau is investigating the accident.
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Dave Dameshek explores how the Chicago Bears and New York Giants could've swapped Super Bowls had their backup QB situation been different. Animation courtesy of Bindledog.com.
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MPI experts unveil the findings of new research that provides estimates of the numbers of unauthorized immigrants who may benefit from potential approaches to administrative relief.
MPI Webinar
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.
MPI researchers and representatives from London and Detroit discuss the policies and strategies used—both at national and local levels—to attract immigrants into local economies and the challenges faced in doing so.
A discussion of MPI's estimates on the size of the DACA population nationally and for 25 key states, as well as application rates and analysis of the program's challenges and achievements.
This telebriefing by Doris Meissner and Marc Rosenblum of MPI examines factors behind the flow of unaccompanied children from Central America and Mexico to the United States, which has surged 90 percent since last year. The talk also previews a policy brief on unaccompanied minors that MPI will release in July.
A discussion on policies regarding immigrant parent detentions and deportations, related child protection issues, and the implications for the immigration enforcement and child welfare systems. This event is also the release of a related Women's Refugee Commission toolkit for detained or deported parents and those who work on the issue.
This event marked the release of MPI's final project report on international cooperation for the mutual recognition of foreign credentials. Report authors were joined by government professionals and the CEO of Upwardly Global.
This awards ceremony honored the 2013 winners of the E Pluribus Unum Prizes, which provides $50,000 prizes to exceptional U.S. immigrant integration initiatives. The awardees took part in a panel discussion with White House and state officials, followed by remarks from Congressman Luis Gutierrez and U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar.
UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees T. Alexander Aleinikoff joined MPI's Kathleen Newland for a discussion of UNHCR's work, the Syrian refugee crisis, and the situation of IDPs and refugees from Somalia.
A book discussion on the management of labour migration and the various options policymakers can employ to address the needs of migrant workers while, at the same time, contributing to fiscal sustainability and social cohesion.
The 10th annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference featured keynotes by U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, and panel discussions on the prospects for legislative action, policy options, and political mobilization; lessons learned from past immigration legislation and programs; and an assessment of current conditions at the U.S. border and considerations for future policy.


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Earth - Belgian Style Chocolate Milk Stout - Midnight Sun Brewing Co.
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Ratings: 23 | Reviews: 21 | Display Reviews Only:
Reviews by HopasaurusRex:
New Hampshire
4/5 rDev +1.3%
The Earth has been eyeing me for a while from the beer fridge. Truth be told, it's been hiding behind a forest of bottles. Last night it peeked out . . .
The 22 ounce bomber pours a burnished black into my imperial pint glass topped with a creamy tan head. Good looking.
Not much of a nose, but some roasted malt and chocolate notes apparent. No Belgian funk.
Smooth, creamy, and milk chocolatey. There's definitely some sweetness and dark roast coffee. The Belgian quality is more in the chocolate than the yeast.
Could be a winter session beer. It was a great after-dinner drink shared with a friend.
Cheers to Jeager for the Midnight Sun LIF!
05-12-2009 14:06:23 | More by HopasaurusRex
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4.05/5 rDev +2.5%
22oz bottle shared with my buddy Matt. Pours a thick viscous black, almost like a milkshake with a big, billowing creamy dark tan head. Aromas of roasted dark malts off the bat with a nice bitter cocoa as well. Lactose cream is there with a touch of licorice as well. Belgian yeast afterthought. Quite a nice mix of aromas!
First sip brings a dark, roasted malt flavor upfront with a touch of sweetness. Cocoa moves in with hints of licorice as well. Spicy Belgian yeast adds a nice twist to the brew. It flows down with a mellow lactose creaminess. Bitter chocolate on the finish as it ends with lingering roast. Good stuff.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied with a nice creaminess. Goes down easily. It's a little on the lighter side with tons of carbonation, maybe brought on by the Belgian yeast. My only real complaint is I wish the carbonation was tuned down a bit. Otherwise, tasty brew!
07-18-2008 17:45:09 | More by orbitalr0x
3.75/5 rDev -5.1%
22oz beer poured in a snifter. Thanks to mikesgrove for this extra!
Pours a dark creamy black with a small brown head that fades. Nose is a bit sweet and a bit milky.
Taste is strong and dark and it's a bit sharp. It's got some awesome chocolate tastes as well. Basically the chocolate milk o beer! Very tasty!
09-19-2009 03:18:46 | More by kingcrowing
3.9/5 rDev -1.3%
The second of the new planet series.
Pours a thick black with a big fizzy tan head. Nose is of dark and bitter chocolate with an almost olivey akwardness. Taste is quite thin. Mostly thin malts with some bitter cocoa nib flavors. fairly underwhelming in the milk department. Next to no bitterness on the finish. Mouthfeel is on the thin side, but with a name including chocolate, milk, and belgian style, one must try to remember that this is NOT imperial. Drinkability is good, but I can think of some others of the genre I would much rather session (namely kalamazoo). Overall I am a bit unimpressed with this one. A good beer, certainly better than many, but I expected just a bit more out of the boys at m sun with this one. Like I said its not bad, but they have been making some great stouts for the last few years, and this one just doesn't seem up to Midnight Sun Caliber. Would much rather see mammoth back in bottles. Try one, its worth the experience, but as far as the planet series is concerned, Mars shines much brighter so far.
05-31-2008 04:47:24 | More by AKBelgianBeast
3.53/5 rDev -10.6%
(sampled at Dak's Memorial Day tasting. Thanks Dak!!). Pours dark brown with a red hue and khaki head. Aroma is soy, coffee and milk chocolate. Taste is sweet malts with some roasty bitterness. Thin bodied with an oily texture. Smooth finish. A pretty good beer that is big on chocolate
06-08-2011 05:15:35 | More by trappistlover
South Carolina
4.83/5 rDev +22.3%
Big thanks goes out to Frank for sending me down this gem. I had been dying to try another planet series. A Belgian milk stout, what more could I ask for! Very nice twenty two ounce bomber was served cold and allowed to warm up inside the glass to cellar temp. Poured into an oversized wine glass and consumed on 09/29/2008.
The pour was very nice, a rich and very deep dark brown, pretty much completely opaque with a ton of rich and thick, creamy side glass lacing. Almost a three inch head of tan coming up over the top before settling down to a thin layer that covered the top while keeping the sides thoroughly coated.
The aroma was rich with chocolate. Super sweet milk chocolate aroma coming off this one, with hints of sugar, light vanilla and a touch of molasses. The flavor was more of the same. Super sweet and creamy stout here. The feel and flavor defied the low ABV in this case. I had no clue that this was as low as it was. It was utterly shocking to me to be honest. It was magnificent it was so good I was beside myself to be honest. Thick as hell and creamy like a milkshake this was one of the fullest beers I can remember coming across. The taste was just super sweet and loaded won with chocolate from the very first sip. Just ripe with dark fruit as it starts to warm, this one was about as close to the complete package as I have come with regards to the style. Super enjoyable as I found myself taking bigger and bigger sips as time went on. The flavor almost had a somewhat barrel like taste to it at times. I just could not believe that they fit this much taste into this beer. The carbonation had the velvety like fine bubbles that really just could not quit. Every part of this one was just top notch.
Overall I really thought this one was outstanding. One of the better stouts I have ever tried and one of the best beers I have had from Midnight sun hands down. I was in love with Mars but I think I will marry Earth. This was a superior beer that others need to seek out.
10-01-2008 10:39:14 | More by mikesgroove
4.5/5 rDev +13.9%
From notes...
Much thanks to TomDecapolis for sharing this 22 oz bottle.
Appears an opaque black with a small, tan cap that slowly fades into a mild film and collar. Spotty lacing is left around the glass.
Smell is lightly tart, cocoa, caramel, ripe, dark fruit.
Taste is of the mentioned aromas in an interesting, yet enticing flavor that mixes complex flavors of chocolate, fruit, and caramel together.
Mouthfeel is full bodied, sweet, dry, and fruity. I really enjoyed this one and kept coming back for more. Thanks again, Tom.
12-04-2008 02:40:46 | More by weeare138
4.43/5 rDev +12.2%
22oz bottle shared courtesy of TomDecapolis.
Poured a dark black color with brown edges and a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of malted milk balls, cocoa, roast, and vanilla. Tastes of roast, cocoa, some dark fruits, and vanilla.
Notes from 8/13/08
11-09-2008 02:41:32 | More by hopdog
2.05/5 rDev -48.1%
Another fine Midnight Sun beer from Bobby.
Pours dark brown color with a huge khaki head. A definite acetone aroma to this one. Some weird green apple notes to go along with roast and some mild coffee. There is a little bit of sweetness of malt and chocolate, but there's too much acetone and green apple. Medium body with high carbonation. Blech.
01-13-2012 20:04:52 | More by womencantsail
4.13/5 rDev +4.6%
On tap at the brewery the other day.
The beer pours a blackish brown color with very good head retention and lacing. On the nose one gets cola, coffee, light cherry and licorise. However, the combination of aromas gives this beer an interesting earthiness, which I'm assuming is intended and not a coincidence (hence the name of this beer). In fact my friend, who does not like beer very much, indicated she thought this beer smelled like dirt. I would agreed that one could pick that out as an aroma component in this beer. Flavors on the palate generally replicate the nose, except the flavors were a bit lighter then I had expected. That was before I realized that the abv. is right around 5%. Mouthfeel is pretty light and dry, with drinkability pretty good. Alcohol is barely even detectable in this beer.
While not one of the best beers I've had from MS, this was nevertheless pretty solid.
07-05-2009 17:48:31 | More by John_M
4.15/5 rDev +5.1%
Had this once before when it was first released almost a year and a half ago. It seemed pretty young at the time, and I was a bit underwhelmed. The time has done it some good.
Black, 1 finger tan head lingers. Minimal lacing. Inviting. SMELL is malty sweet, milky. Mild but pleasant. A bit like root beer. Some vague roastiness as it warms. TASTE Funky, earthy yeasty character, malty sweetness, creamy, vanilla, bitter chocolate, faintly boozy, nutty with some mild roastiness. FEEL medium carbonation, very smooth and creamy, medium body feels bigger than it is. Clean finish and a hint of warming. OVERALL way better than at the realease party in May of 08. More complex, balanced, nuanced. Feels much bigger than it is. At 5.3%, this may be the smallest MNS brew I've had.
09-26-2009 16:38:50 | More by sprucetip
4.38/5 rDev +10.9%
Secret Santa treat from jtrockchalk. Deep black color with a huge cocoa head that goes on for quite a while. Deep chocolatey aroma with a lingering sort of lactic wang. Velvety smooth cocoa malt flavors. The more I get into it the smoother it gets. Had a sort of Belgain sour flavor at first glance but that is quickly gone. Somewhat grainy flavor. Nice mellow bitterness to it. Smooth and creamy mouthfeel-like a milkshake. A great beer and an even better belgian stout. Lacks the off Belgian flavors that I dont like in those types of stouts. The sweetness and creaminess really smooths this puppy out.
12-26-2008 02:36:01 | More by lackenhauser
3.35/5 rDev -15.2%
Thanks to timmcd64 who included this as an extra in an awesome trade.
Pours an elegant black with a modest tan head. The smell is outstanding - I was salivating from the roasty nutty goodness.
The taste didn't do so much for me though. There's some chocolate and roastiness, but more modest than expected. There's a metallic lacticity, which I guess is the "milk" bit. I know they weren't intending a sweet beer, but I think this still could stand to be a bit sweeter. Also, make sure you drink this one warm. I had to let it warm up more than most beers to get the real flavor profile.
The beer seems thin and watery to me, yet still slick. And too carbonated for these kinds of flavors.
I didn't quite manage to finish the bomber -- I just wasn't that into this beer. But it's such an odd mixture. And it makes my stomach feel fairly full for something of fairly low gravity.
I give Midnight Sun credit for trying things out here. I like how they push the envelope. This beer is interesting, but in my opinion not up to many of their other outstanding offerings. If offered the opportunity, I would say you try it. It's commendably interesting and unique, but it just didn't really impress me.
05-28-2008 01:26:28 | More by urwatuh8
4.2/5 rDev +6.3%
While chocolate beers normally are dessert or dessert beers; this one is not. However, the chocolate is very apparent and delicious except it's a drier chocolate experience than other chocolate beers. Earth flows out dark brown with a sturdy, tall, hot cocoa colored head. Cocoa nibs with a cocoa powder dryness are prevalent in the aroma. There is also some slight sweetness to add balance. Very inviting. The mouthfeel is amazing. The belgian in this beer seems to come from the relatively light body but firm and billowy head that rollicks around my mouth. While this is going on, the lactose adds slickness which contrasts wonderfully with the head.
The flavor is full of cocoa. It's got a medium body with high CO2 and quite low hop bitterness. (13 IBUs according to the label) It is one of the driest chocolate beers I've ever tried. But, the lactose presence again adds great contrast to the otherwise light and fluffy beer. Very tasty and unique.
05-12-2008 07:54:18 | More by beersabound
4.33/5 rDev +9.6%
Bottle courtesy of jw347 poured into a snifter.
A: Pours almost black and completely opaque out of the bottle with a huge, dense dark tan head that shows great retention and leaves sheets of lacing. It's a wonderful looking beer.
S: Smell is very sweet with milk chocolate and roasted malts dominating. There is a very strong lactose undertone in the aroma with some licorice and vanilla as well.
T: The taste follows the smell and the complexity is really surprising given the low ABV. Bitter bakers chocolate and lactose are present up front with a big roasted malt backbone. The finish is a mix of vanilla sweetness and the bitter cocoa.
M: Like the taste, the mouthfeel is much thicker and creamier than I could have ever expected in a low ABV stout. Lots of carbonation add to the lingering creaminess.
D: This may not be the most drinkable milk stout I've had, but it's definitely the biggest and most complex session stout I've had in recent memory. Highly recommended!
10-08-2008 02:17:06 | More by gford217
4.33/5 rDev +9.6%
On tap that the MSBC loft - dark brownish black with a creamy tan head, decent last to the thick skim, leaving sheets of foamy lace.
Smell is big lactose and some roasted malt, not to strong.
Taste is good, more robust then the nose, with heavier roast then lactose, which I'm happy to see, as I find a little lactose goes a LONG way. Not getting a ton of character from the Belgian yeast though, some dark, cured fruit, that comes out more as it warms.
Mouthfeel is creamy, but with a sharp bite to it, medium bodied, with a lingering, roasty finish.
Drinkability is really good. A much better beer then I was expecting, as I normally don't care for milk stouts.
07-23-2009 02:32:36 | More by ccrida
4.25/5 rDev +7.6%
Many thanks to AKBelgianBeast for this brew.
A - Pouring it into a chalice glass gives a good inch of dark brown head. The head is very thick and almost looks like a melted milkshake. The head has great retention and leaves a ring of lacing. The beer itself is a deep black with no light making its way through whatsoever. It looks heavy and appetizing.
S - Chocolate is the most prominent aroma, there is also a cappuccino-like smell.
M - A medium bodied beer. It feels nice and creamy. Maybe a tad too much carbonation, but just about right.
T - The roasted malts hit first, then the milk chocolate flavor takes over the middle. At the end are the Belgian spices which finish well with the beer. A chocolate flavor lingers on your tongue after you swallow. I found the combination of ingredients to be very delicious.
I have to give a hand to Midnight Sun for making such a unique brew. It's very easy to sit back and enjoy.
09-09-2008 01:34:16 | More by boralyl
New Hampshire
4.22/5 rDev +6.8%
22oz bottle at 56 degrees.
Pours opaque black with a dark brown head that at first reluctantly built, then rushed to the rim. A full three inches in a tulip glass of porous foam sank somewhat quickly to reveal a placid surace and some spongy lacework.
Loads of dark chocolate lead off the nose, with cocoa powder and Oreo shells following through. Hints of espresso grounds, brownie bits, and Hershey's syrup finish up.
Thick, chewy, and tongue-wrapping mouthfeel.
A very soft and lush body.
Rich chocolate, malted milk, and fudge chunks start the palate. Black forest cake batter and espresso dusted cocoa nubs follow through.
Finishes with lingering dark chocolate, and a drying yet sweetish goodbye.
A very rich brew. Almost like a chocolate malted milkshake reduction.
No Belgian character to speak of though.
More mega-ups to Tim in Alaska for another great "wild ale".
12-12-2008 01:42:59 | More by brewandbbq
3.63/5 rDev -8.1%
22oz Bomber
My neighbor Dave brought me this bottle from the brewery on a recent trip of his throughout Alaska, thanks again Dave!Earth is a self titled Belgian-style Chocolate Milk Stout, should be interesting. A slow pour produces a dark dense mocha head of three fingers. As the head slowly drops it crackles and pops leaving behind some moderate but sticky lacing. All this sits atop a black hole of a beer which is a surprise from the lower abv. There's not a hint of light coming through this bad boy and you can see the carbonation colliding with the head along the glass. That dark head eventually falls to a skimming with a thick ring around the glass.
There's an interesting aroma on this Belgian-style stout with roasted malts with a very nutty aroma right off the bat. The roastiness follows through the finish while milk chocolate flashes here and there but only after each swirl of the glass. The cocoa nibs are noticeable on the backend and actually take over the aroma along with a touch of clean alcohol. I really enjoyed the aroma of this beer after the pour but as the head fades the aroma, unfortunately, follows.
The flavor follows the aroma closely at first. Roasted malts lay down a foundation for the peanuttiness and milk chocolate which reminds me faintly of a peanut butter cup. Cocoa nibs make a strong showing mid palate and create a rich and somewhat spiced cocoa quality. The swallow is where the Belgian aspect of this beer comes in. The yeast used throws of fairly heavy spices that would be found in BSDA type beers and they just seem to fight against the other flavors of this beer.
The carbonation is a little too aggressive for the style of beer and creates an airy fast moving mouthful of beer. The body is on the lighter then medium side and flows through quickly. The carbonation isn't that far off, just being picky I guess.
This bomber is going down easily and the high level of carbonation really pushes it through but a bomber in a sitting is enough for me. The out of place spicing on the finish keeps this beer from going down any easier.
Earth is a solid beer from Midnight Sun but there are just some strange components to it that just don't work for me, the spiciness and carbonation being two. I'm glad I got the chance to try this beer because there is some interesting ideas that went into it but it's just not my thing. Thanks again Dave!
08-27-2008 00:02:00 | More by joe1510
4.18/5 rDev +5.8%
22 ounce bottle acquired in a trade with AKBelgianBeast, thanks to Frank for the opportunity, split with my friend tonight, poured into a pint glass
A-Looks quite black but a small shed of light through the top, very dark though, big one inch soapy medium brown head that stays around for five minutes, nice retention, very good lacing
S-Sweetness, milk, dark chocolate, roasted malts, lactose, cream, vanilla, black licorice, and light sugar
T-When I first opened it and it was chilled, roasted malts dominated the flavor and I did not see many if any Belgian qualities, once it warmed sweet chocolate and milky cream came to the surface, then this one started to taste great, only downfall is that it is more malty than milky, this would have benefitted from being a little sweeter and less roasted, by the end there was some nice complexity with the sugar and the malts, the milk played a big role but could have been stronger, very enjoyable overall
M-Thick, creamy, roasty, sweet, and milky mouthfeel, carbonation is slightly high but that keeps it from being too syrupy, body is medium but on the fuller side, taste lingers well
D-Fairly heavy on the stomach, cannot taste much alcohol but that is expected in a five percent beer, more of a dessert or sipper but still went down pretty easily, nice drinkability appropriate for the winter
This was my third beer from the planet series and my favorite so far, much more complex than other Belgian-style stouts I have had in the past, Midnight Sun represented our planet well with this one, would like to drink again, recommended
12-01-2008 03:05:36 | More by Floydster
4.5/5 rDev +13.9%
11-19-2011 02:08:05 | More by lakersfan16
2.25/5 rDev -43%
10-29-2012 00:41:02 | More by t0rin0
3.98/5 rDev +0.8%
Appearance: Pours a black body supporting a full, foamy, tan head.
Smell: Roasty coffee with a Belgian yeast profile. Hints of cocoa. Lactose character smelling of half-n-half approaching the expiration date.
Taste: Milky cocoa and dark caramel with a mild sweetness. Light roastiness. More dairy products. Slight yeastiness. Grows a bit more roasty. Creamy, semi-sweet chocolate finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Smooth, creamy mouthfeel.
Drinkability: Rather tasty, rather creamy, very drinkable. Tons of flavor for such a low-ABV brew. Way to go, Earth!
06-12-2008 23:31:34 | More by ChainGangGuy
Earth - Belgian Style Chocolate Milk Stout from Midnight Sun Brewing Co.
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Andover — Alma Kirchhof, 92, of Andover died on Sunday December 23, 2012 at her home. Alma was born in Passaic, New Jersey and raised in Garfield, New Jersey. She was a 1938 graduate of Garfield High School. She worked as head bookkeeper in various textile mills in New Jersey. From 1970 to1985, she worked in accounting at The Andover Insurance Companies. Mrs. Kirchhof was a member of The Redeemer Lutheran Church, Lawrence.
The widow of Victor W. Kirchhof, her family members include her daughter, Kristine and her husband, Russell Hertrich of Methuen and her grandson, Christopher and his wife, Rebecca Hertrich and her granddaughter, Amy and her husband, Jeff Pellerin. She also leaves her great granddaughters, Haylie and Jenna Hertrich and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
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In addition to a restaurant, Emerald Lake Lodge features a spa tub. Other amenities include a bar/lounge and a 24-hour front desk.
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Emerald Lake Lodge features a spa tub and a sauna. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink.
Event facilities measure 6997 square feet (650 square meters). This eco-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, gift shops/newsstands, and concierge services.
Emerald Lake Lodge is a smoke-free property.
- Spa tub
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- Number of floors - 2
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- Patio
- Access via exterior corridors
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Emerald Lake Lodge has a restaurant on site.
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a spa tub and a sauna.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Snowshoeing nearby
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- Mountain biking nearby
- Cross-country skiing on site
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
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When you arrive
Minimum check-in age is 19
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
When you leave
Check-out time is 11 AM
How you can pay
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, MasterCard, Visa
Your pets
Pets allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
No elevators
- Pet fee: CAD 25 per pet, per night
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Children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section).
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- Emerald Lake Lodge is listed in the 2012 Condé Nast Traveler Gold List of the world's best places to stay.


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Canton, NY, Aug 28, 2009 — The Adirondack electric/acoustic band Swimming in Speakers were live guests on The Beat Authority. Chris Clarke and his fellow band member, Meadow, brought a cellist, a viloinist and a drummer into the NCPR studios for a special live set on the show. Hear the whole interview/music segment as they perform "Nevergreen," "Near My Ear," "Mind Does Take," "Ain't No Sunshine" and "Svoboda." Go to full article
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Oct 04, 2007 — Ska, a rhythmically up-tempo precursor to reggae, is a strong musical influence on this band's sound. Like most of the bands we've recorded, though, their songs reflect other musical interests. Shu toured the Northeast extensively in the 1990s, mostly performing for university crowds. Go to full article
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Oct 04, 2007 — Don't be mislead by the name: this is NOT a heavy metal band. Friends Alex Hyatt and Liam Irwin are the songwriting heart of this band that describes its sound as alternative acoustic pop/rock. Sound engineer Joel Hurd was pretty interested in the classic Fender Rhodes keyboard they brought to their session. Go to full article
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Oct 03, 2007 — When he was 15, the band Light House inspired Dan to become a musician. Since then, he has learned to play the guitar and written a lot of songs in the hope that listeners will relate to them in the way that he relates to some of his favorite bands' messages. Go to full article
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Oct 02, 2007 — Ben discovered he was a natural ham when he performed in an opera at age 5. He's been in bands with his brother most of his life. Ben's solo act, often accompanied by piano, is mellower and more melodic than the music he plays in the Boston-based band The Daily Pravda. Go to full article
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Sep 11, 2007 — "All Northern Soul" is the way this group describes its sound. They like to write funky songs about local life, such as standing on line at Stewart's waiting to buy coffee. The band is, indeed, named after the local species of tree. Listen to the interview to learn more about this. Go to full article
Aug 08, 2007 — This act cares a lot about music, and about experimenting with different genres, but most of all they like to have fun when they're performing. Their 2007 CD release Green Pepper Air Freshener reflects the varied musical interests of the band members. Their "home away from home" is the Full Moon Bar and Grill, located between Lake George and Glens Falls. Go to full article


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|2002, 4th round, 16th pick by Dolphins
Chargers re-sign TE McMichael
The Chargers have re-signed TE Randy McMichael, keeping a valuable run blocker and receiver on their roster.
Chargers' veteran roster may see overhaul
The Chargers are one of the league's older teams, but if they don't start winning soon, many of those veteran players will be elsewhere next season.
It's now or never for Chargers
After losing five in a row, the Chargers need to win in Week 12 to have any chance of saving their season.
Jets' Ryan to Chargers: 'Stay classy, San Diego'
Rex Ryan thinks his Jets secondary is second to none, no matter what anyone thinks. And that includes San Diego TE Randy McMichael.
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By signing players like Eric Weddle, Takeo Spikes and Bob Sanders, the Chargers showed on early on in free agency that they aren't looking to the future — they want to win in 2011.
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The Chargers agreed to re-sign TE Randy McMichael to a one-year deal on Tuesday.
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Gwinnett County's newly opened Diverging Diamond interchange, at the Pleasant Hill Road bridge over I-85, proved a bit challenging for its first round of morning rush-hour commuters. Drivers were likely thankful they'd had their morning coffee before navigating traffic signs on the ground, in the air, some green and others red. And, they seem to point in every direction. For first-timers it might have seemed a bit overwhelming.But, despite a little more honking and impatience from motorists than usual, early morning drivers made their way safely along the new path that shifts traffic to the opposite side of the bridge. Georgia Department of Transportation officials say the change is intended to make left turns onto the interstate easier and improve the flow of traffic across the bridge. It also saves the GDOT from paying $60 million to replace the bridge. The redesigned interchange cost $6 million.The GDOT opened the new diverging diamond interchange on Sunday.Drivers who spoke with FOX 5 News said it was a little strange, but transportation officials claim it will help to ease the traffic congestion along the roadway.Construction will continue on the center median and pedestrian facilities while crews finalize the signals, interchange lighting and pavement markings. The project is expected to be substantially complete in September, with landscaping to begin in the fall. Once the project is complete, the bridge at Pleasant Hill Road and I-85 will be Gwinnett County's first DDI and the second in Georgia."We ask that drivers be especially cautious and alert as they drive through this new type of intersection and keep in mind that construction is still going on," Transportation Director Kim Conroy said. "Gwinnett DOT will continue to monitor the corridor over the coming weeks and make signal timing adjustments to keep traffic flowing. Gwinnett Police will also be onsite through Thursday during peak hours to assist motorists with the change."Pedestrian traffic should continue to use the detour route of Pleasant Hill Road to Satellite Boulevard to Steve Reynolds Boulevard to Shackleford Road to Pleasant Hill Road, and the reverse, for at least one month during the construction of pedestrian walkways.
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Communities around the Philadelphia area paused Wednesday morning to mark the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.
Among them was Yardley, Pa., where an honor and remembrance ceremony was held at the Garden of Reflection.
The memorial pays tribute to the 18 Bucks County residents who tragically lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.
Family members were speaking there today.
Among them were Jennifer Reiss, whose brother died on 9/11, and Gary Reiss, who lost his son.
FOX 29's Dawn Timmeney spoke live with the family on "Good Day Philadelphia." You can watch their interview in the video clip above.
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International conflict manager for USAID highlights Institute for Conflict Management event
By Janel Shoun-Smith on 9/27/2012
|Levine pictured at another international conference.
Conflict management is one of the primary tools in use by the United States' foreign aid agency USAID to promote human progress and free societies in 100 countries worldwide, said Neil Levine, the director of the USAID Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation, while visiting the Lipscomb campus Tuesday, Sept. 25, at the Southeast Conference on Conflict Management Conference, held by Lipscomb's Institute for Conflict Management.
Levine was the guest speaker at the conference which hosted local community leaders and businesspeople interested in dealing better with conflict in various fields such as law, counseling, education, health care, business and public service.
He gave the crowd a glimpse of how conflict management is being used throughout the globe by USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) to promote economic prosperity, human rights, food security, education and various other humanitarian goals.
"We survey the national scene. We look at countries at risk for conflict and identify some of the potential emerging issues of conflict, including factors such as climate change, urbanization and the role of violent extremists," he said.
The agency then explores research literature and best practices in the field to develop toolkits for USAID's development program officials to use to defuse potential conflict in that target nation as they implement their improvement programs.
For example, his office currently has field researchers on the ground at the border of Jordan, where Syrian refugees are flooding into the nation. His office will help USAID officers figure out what to expect and how to adjust their development programs to account for the tens of thousands of refugees gathering in Jordan.
Thanks to a World Bank study of unstable nations over many decades, USAID focuses its conflict management efforts on the five factors highlighted in the study, Levine said: establishing legitimate, inclusive politics, enhancing security, justice and jobs, and creating accountability for national budgeting and delivery of goods and services.
Over the years, leaders in many of the developing countries have complained that U.S. foreign aid efforts focus on too many factors, diluting their success, and they also believe that using the existing systems in the nations work better in the long-run than the US establishing new systems, Levine said.
USAID is addressing those concerns by establishing pilot programs that are based on the five factors designated in the World Bank study, he said.
Before becoming director of conflict management in the USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, from 2000-2007, Levine served as the chief of the governance division in USAID's Office of Democracy and Governance where he worked on issues involving promotion of transparent, accountable and effective democratic institutions.
The interdisciplinary, annual Southeast Conference on Conflict Management is open to anyone interested in dealing better with conflict — from professional mediators and attorneys to counselors, teachers, health care workers, businesspeople or public servants. Interactive break-out sessions led by Institute for Conflict Management faculty dealt with conflict in family, health care, business, K-12 education and religious congregations. Other topics include negotiation and mediation trends in Tennessee.


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"Established in 1949, Cottages by the Sea is a quaint, family run and value priced vacation escape, located just south of Frederiksted on a perfect stretch of sandy, white beach on the Caribbean island of St. Croix, in the US Virgin Islands."
Harold J. Benedict came to the island of St. Croix from Hartford, Connecticut in the early 1920s to work for the St Croix educational system at the request of his future father-in-law, Robert L. Merwin, a local businessman who had himself traveled from the United States to the island of St Croix in the 1870's. Not long after his arrival on St Croix, Harold, or "Benny" as most people referred to him, met and married Genevieve Merwin, the daughter of Robert L Merwin and his wife, Harriet Armstrong Merwin, daughter of the prominent Armstrong family.
Soon after their marriage on July 3, 1923, Harold and Genevieve (Ben and Gen) moved to Christiansted, where Harold was employed as principal of the Christiansted High school for 19 years. As their family grew, Harold and Genevieve purchased Hannah's Rest Great House and Estate on Centerline Road near Frederiksted, where they raised their family of four children, Harold Jr., Robert L., Patricia and Thomas (Hal, Bob, Pat and Tommy) until1944.
In 1943, Harold Benedict purchased five acres of undeveloped beach land from a Danish man who then owned much of the Smithfield Estate, just south of downtown Frederiksted. Having lived on the island for most of their lives, Genevieve and Harold knew that the beach they had just purchased was the best on the island. Harold only had one leg as a result of World War I and could only swim on this beach since there were few rocks and calm waters.
In the late 1940s, tourism was just taking off on the island with the development of the army airstrip. Tourists were now able to arrive on the island by airplane. In 1949, Harold and Genevieve, with the help of their son Tom, built the first cottage, Coral. The construction of four other cottages, Caribe, Castaway, Calypso, and Cruzan, soon followed Coral cottage. The new cottages were financed in part by ice cream and shell jewelry Genevieve made at the cottages and sold in the town of Frederiksted at night. Some of the shells for the shell jewelry were collected right off the beach. Some of the beach land was also sold to other property developers and to Genevieve's sister, Martha Shultz.
The original five acres of beachfront property is now the land that spans from north of Sandcastle on the Beach Resort to the vacant fenced in land south of Cottages by the Sea. Gen and Ben sold the land north of Sandcastle to a friend of theirs, Bob Schaff, and the land that is now Sandcastle on the Beach to a couple who eventually built The King Frederik Hotel, which was sold and renamed Sandcastle on the Beach in 2001 by the current owners, Cheryl and Simone. Gen and Ben also sold a large plot of land to Genevieve's sister, Martha, and her husband, John Shultz, who built the cottages that are now Charthouse, Crows Nest, Compass Rose, Caravelle and Commodores Villa. They named their estate Marstrand. We, at Cottages, still refer to those cottages as the Marstrand Cottages. In 2004, the Shultz family decided to sell their cottages to some photographers from New York City who still own the cottages today.
Harold and Genevieve Benedict began to build Cottages by the Sea in 1949 and continued to expand and run the business until1964 when they decided to retire to St Petersburg, Florida with their children. All of the Harold Benedict children were raising their own families in the St Petersburg area, so Harold agreed to lease the property to one of his guests, Mr. Smjeikel. The lease passed to the Little and the McFee families who managed and developed the property for 12 and 21 years respectively. Under the McFee leasehold, more cottages were built and Martha and John Shultz's home, Marstrand, was also included in the lease.
Gen and Ben built a beachfront home for themselves on the land between the Cottages and The King Frederik Hotel in the 1950's. They also built another house next door to that house that was used by the leaseholders of the cottages as their residence and office.
Harold J. Benedict died in 1977 and Genevieve M. Benedict died in 1990. Bob and Tom inherited the two houses and the land that lies under Cottages by the Sea after the death of Genevieve and in 2001, Bob decided to sell his portion of the inheritance, the two houses, to the owners who were then purchasing the King Frederik (Sandcastle on the Beach). The new owners of these houses quickly turned Gen and Ben's house into what is now The Beachside Café', and the other house into what is now their Villa. As children, the building that now houses the Beachside Café' was actually "Grandma's house" to the Benedict grandchildren, where they came to visit with their grandmother Genevieve until just before her death in 1990.
Harold's son, Tom Benedict, moved back to run the family business of Cottages by the Sea in 2001 with his wife, Carol and son, Paul. Tom met Carol on the main patio of Cottages by the Sea in 1958 at a birthday party given for him on the patio by his parents. At the time, Carol was a missionary for the Lutheran church and ran the orphanage in Frederiksted called the Queen Louise Home. They were married in Frederiksted on April 2, 1960 in the Lutheran church. Carol used to take her children from the orphanage swimming on the same beach she later lived on. Carol and Tom also had four children,, Patti, Matt, Ruth & Paul. Unfortunately for the Benedict family and staff at Cottages by the Sea, Carol Benedict passed away on January 13, 2012 and Tom passed away on March 15, 2013. They will forever be loved and missed by everyone at Cottages by the Sea. Son, Paul, continues to live and work at the cottages in the role of General manager. Ruth also works for the business from her home in Washington State via internet and telephone, Patti helps out with the Facebook pages from her home in Atlanta, and Matt helps with the website and anything technical. The four Benedict children, all now part owners in the business, have decided to try their hardest to keep the legacy of their grandparents and parents going for as long as possible at Cottages by the Sea.
Over the past 50 plus years, Cottages by the Sea has been blessed to attract high quality, loyal guests. Many guests return yearly to escape the cold weather of the north in the winter months, while others study the turtle population or just come to relax and enjoy the beach in the spring and summer.
Many church, school, environmental and military groups have also chosen Cottages by the Sea as their base for lodging. Because of the property's natural beauty, it is common to have guests choose to get married on the beach or spend their honeymoon or anniversary with us as well. Many guests have even chosen to have their ashes sprinkled in the Caribbean Sea in front of Cottages by the Sea.
Despite a few devastating hurricanes and the island's cyclical economy, Cottages by the Sea has continued, and plans to continue, making your Caribbean experience a truly special and enjoyable experience.


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Health Promotion Track
Recommended Prerequisites
The MPH Program students applying to the Health Promotion Track have no specific prerequisites beyond those of the general application, although work, internships, or volunteer work in health promotion, health education, or community public health are highly recommended.
Recommended Sequence of Courses
|1st Year
|MPH-610: Introduction to Public Health Practice (3 credits)
|MPH-613: Principles of Environmental Health (3 credits)
|MPH-767: Introduction to Public Health Project Methods (2 credits)
|MPH-611: Social & Behavioral Sciences (3 credits)
|MPH-614: Principles of Epidemiology (3 credits)
|MPHO-650: Health Promotion Education Methods and Materials (3 credits)
|MPH-612: Introduction to Biostatistics (3 credits)
|MPHE-615: Public Health Administration and Management (3 credits)
|HPRO-660: Program Planning and Evaluation (3 credits)
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|MPH-768: Practicum (2 credits)
MPH-771: Capstone Seminar (2 credits)
|HPRO-670: Cultural Issues in Health Promotion (3 credits)
HPRO Electives: CHOOSE TWO (3 credits each):
Policy and Politics of Public Health, Health Disparities and Social Justice, Grant Writing
|MPHO-630: Social Marketing (3 credits)
Core Requirements (24 Credit Hours)
All MPH graduate students are required to take the following courses:
MPH-610: Introduction to Public Health Practice (3 credit hours)
MPH-611: Social & Behavioral Sciences for Public Health (3 credit hours)
MPH-612: Introduction to Biostatistics (3 credit hours)
MPH-613: Principles of Environmental Health Science (3 credit hours)
MPH-614: Principles of Epidemiology (3 credit hours)
MPH-615: Public Health Administration & Management (3 credit hours)
MPH-767: Introduction to Project Methods (2 credit hours)
MPH-768: Community Practicum (2 credit hours)
MPH-771: Capstone Seminar (2 credit hours)
Track Courses (12 Credit Hours)
Students in this track are required to take the following Environmental Health Track core courses:
HPRO-650: Health Promotion and Education Methods and Materials (3 credit hours)
HPRO-660: Program Planning and Evaluation (3 credit hours)
HPRO-670: Cultural Issues in Health Promotion and Education (3 credit hours)
MPHO-630: Social Marketing for Health Populations (3 credit hours)
Elective Courses (6 credit hours)
MPHO-630: Social Marketing for Health Populations (3 credit hours)
MPHO-650: Global Health Issues (3 credit hours)
MPHO-672: Policy and Politics in Public Health (3 credit hours)
MPHO-687: Legal Aspects of Health Services (3 credit hours)
MPHO-691: Grant Writing for Public Health Practice (3 credit hours)
MPHO-695: Topics – Health Disparities (3 credit hours)
Educational Format
The educational program includes 42 total credit hours. Classes are taught in three Terms per year. Full-time students are expected to take six credits in the summer term and nine credits in the spring and fall terms. With this schedule, the required 42 credit hours can be completed in two years. Part-time students are required to complete the degree within 6 years of their start date, and may take one or more courses per semester, as desired. All students are paired with an Academic Advisor.
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Anna Maria Beach Cottage in Anna Maria Island
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Just minutes down an easy sidewalk to Anna Maria's gulf beaches, this 3BR/2BA Anna Maria vacation unit boasts a large open floor plan with shabby chic cottage style furnishings. Relax on the covered deck with ceiling fans and outdoor living space to enjoy the tropical breezes, overlooking your private oasis with BBQ and deck chairs and private heated pool. The custom kitchen is equipped with a wine refrigerator and stainless steel appliances.
The spacious master bedroom has a king bed and large flat screen TV. The second bedroom with queen bed also has a flat screen TV. Both bedrooms open.onto a large covered balcony overlooking the pool area. The third bedroom has twin beds. Sleeps 8. This is a non-smoking property
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Anna Maria Island has become quietly famous for it's laid back, low rise neighborhood qualities. Walking and biking will get you anywhere worth going on the island in minutes. Free trolley's are available for those who just need to see what's down the road a way. Once on our Anna Maria Rentals Guest House property, your car can take a vacation too because you, literally, won't need it.
Active vacationers have ready access to miles of walkable beaches. Several adventure agencies offer kayaking in nearby nature preserves. The surrounding waters are home to some of the best Tarpon fishing in the world and local guides will take you to both onshore and offshore fishing that will provide immediate happiness on the grill as well as memories for a lifetime. If relaxing on the beach or poolside with a book and beverage is more your style you'll truly be in your own personal paradise as private enclaves and long stretches of quiet beach invite you to do nothing at all. Restaurants and shops are all within walking distance.
Start your day with fresh brewed coffee, espresso or cappuccino from our local barista while reading the paper on a quiet front porch and end it watching the breathtaking sunsets Anna Maria Island is famous for. Just an hour from Tampa International Airport, with easy access to the resources of Bradenton/Sarasota, still Anna Maria Island is a world apart. The perfect, affordable, island vacation is available for booking at the Anna Maria Guest Houses.
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Missouri's governor is sending team from the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to New York to help in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.
According to Governor Jay Nixon, the state of New York emergency management office specifically requested assistance from SEMA.
Part of the team left from St. Louis on Sunday and other members will leave on Monday.
"After the Joplin tornado, our folks helped coordinate the efforts of hundreds of thousands of volunteers who came from all over the United States and from several countries to help," Gov. Nixon said. "That was in addition to the floods, the blizzard, the ice storms and the other tornadoes of the last few years where SEMA has maximized the work of thousands of volunteers. As the Northeast moves forward in its recovery and rebuilding, Missouri is pitching in, in many ways, just as other states have helped us in the past. We are proud to be able to do the same for them."
According to the governor's office, SEMA statewide volunteer coordinator Dante Gliniecki is heading up the team going to New York. Gliniecki has worked extensively with faith-based and other volunteer organizations in Missouri.
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Nepal, Spain | 2013 | Documentary
Run Time: 85 minutes
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This exciting and gorgeously photographed film will keep you at the edge of your seat. It tells the nail-biting and life-affirming story of a dangerous rescue mission in the Himalayan Mountains. The south wall of Mount Annapurna in the Nepalese Himalayas is known among climbers as the most dangerous climb in the world. To reach the mountain's summit at over 8,000 meters above sea level, mountaineers have to traverse a seven-kilometer-long ridge at 7,500 meters – an impossible task, especially for "pure" climbers who brave the thin air without oxygen tanks. So when experienced Spanish climber Iñaki Ochoa de Olza falls seriously ill while crossing the ridge in 2008, his hopes are slim. After his climbing partner Horia Colibasanu sounds the alarm, 12 fellow climbers from all over the world (Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Russia and the United States) mount a highly dangerous rescue operation. We travel the world to let these 12 rescuers tell their stories in their home environments. Why would they risk their lives to reach these mountaintops? Whatever the result of the rescue will be, these 12 heroes show us that the human spirit is alive and well.