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Mosque Demolition in Israel
THE FIRST mud and straw-bale built mosque in Israel received demolition orders on Aug. 21, 2008 in the "unrecognized" bedouin village of Wadi al Na'am. Mud and straw-bale building is a sustainable method of building, and the mosque was set to be the biggest building of this kind in Israel.
The project began three months earlier under the direction of Mahmoud Jarbea, a local bedouin sheikh who grew up in Wadi al Na'am and served in the Israeli army for nine years. Local bedouins, Israeli teenagers, as well as Christian, Muslim and Jewish volunteers from the United States, Europe, Latin America and Africa had built a steel frame and lined it with straw bales for insulation. The first coat of mud was almost completed when the demolition orders arrived. The community hopes to finish the mosque by winter, assuming it is not demolished before it can be completed.
Seven thousand years ago, well before the establishment of the Israeli state, the bedouins first began settling in the Negev Desert. They lived a semi-nomadic lifestyle until the Israeli government removed them "temporarily" to the northeastern Negev and restricted them to Siyag (which means fence in Arabic and which resembles an Native American reservation). The Siyag is a triangular region between Arad, Dimona and Beersheba. Since Israel considers this area state land, its bedouin residents are unable to legally own the land on which they live, even though their "temporary" removal has lasted more than 60 years.
Approximately 160,000 bedouins in the Negev live in a combination of "unrecognized" villages and "recognized" townships. In the 36 unrecognized villages where approximately half the bedouin live, the residents live in conditions vastly inferior to those enjoyed by Jewish Israeli citizens. Because Israel will not issue building permits to anyone building in unrecognized villages, bedouin are not allowed to build permanent structures. They have no running water, sewage service or electrical connections, and their roads, healthcare and education are severely limited.
The same day the demolition order for the mosque was delivered, Mahmoud Jarbea, whose family has been living in the Negev since before 1948, also received a demolition order for his sheep pen. The industrial complex of Ramat Hovav, across the street from his sheep pen, sits on their former lands.
Recently, Jarbea decided to build a mosque for his community. Khalid Al-Ubra, who currently is taking the permaculture course offered by Bustan (Sustainable Community Action for Land and People), then got involved in the project and proposed using the sustainable mud and straw-bale construction method.
Jarbea said he hopes that when it is completed, the mosque will serve as an example of sustainable construction for the village. Currently, most homes are built from tin, primarily because of the ease and speed of building with this material, especially since the community is constantly faced with demolitions. However, tin homes provide no insulation from high temperatures in the summer and low temperatures in the winter. The mud and straw-bale method of building, on the other hand, is an excellent insulator. Additionally, it uses locally available sustainable materials.
The demolition order means that the Israeli government plans to destroy the structure any time it chooses to. The demolition crew may come with their trucks and bulldozers in a matter of hours or of years. The community's reaction to the demolition notice was surprising. Not only did the building of the mosque continue as if it would survive for many years to come, but some of the volunteers leapt into action to protect this mosque the best they could.
For more information, or to see how you can help, please visit <www.bustan.org> or contact Mahmoud Jarbeau at 011 972-57-466-2331 (Hebrew, Arabic); Raed Al-Mickawi at <[email protected]> 972-52-371-1800 (Hebrew, Arabic); Carlos Diaz-Mateu at <[email protected]> (Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan); Victor Gorgels at <[email protected]> (German, Dutch); Dana Lazarus at <[email protected]> (English); Gily Nadan at <[email protected]> (English, Spanish, French); or Lisa Schindler at <[email protected]> (English).
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Maximum likelihood estimation of an extended latent markov model for clustered binary panel data
AbstractComputational aspects concerning a model for clustered binary panel data are analysed. The model is based on the representation of the behavior of a subject (individual panel member) in a given cluster by means of a latent process that is decomposed into a cluster-specific component, which follows a first-order Markov chain, and an individual-specific component, which is timeinvariant and is represented by a discrete random variable. In particular, an algorithm for computing the joint distribution of the response variables is introduced. The algorithm may be used even in the presence of a large number of subjects in the same cluster. Also an Expectation-Maximization (EM) scheme for the maximum likelihood estimation of the model is described showing how the Fisher information matrix can be estimated on the basis of the numerical derivative of the score vector. The estimate of this matrix is used to compute standard errors for the parameter estimates and to check the identifiability of the model and the convergence of the EM algorithm. The approach is illustrated by means of an application to a dataset concerning Italian employees illness benefits.
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- Bartolucci, Francesco & Nigro, Valentina, 2007. "Maximum likelihood estimation of an extended latent Markov model for clustered binary panel data," Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 51(7), pages 3470-3483, April.
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Espionage charges filed against Snowden last week
The espionage charges filed against the surveillance scandal's whistleblower Edward Snowden were filed on June 14, the unsealed court document has shown.
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Mills, A. and Hazafy, D. (2009) Nanocrystalline sno2-based, uvb-activated, colourimetric oxygen indicator. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 136 (2). pp. 344-349. ISSN 0925-4005Full text not available in this repository. (Request a copy from the Strathclyde author)
Nanocrystalline SnO2, ncSnO2, is used as a photosensitiser in a colourimetric O2 indicator that comprises a sacrificial electron donor, glycerol, a redox dye, methylene blue (MB), and an encapsulating polymer, hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC). Upon exposure to a burst of UVB light the indicator is activated (photobleached) as the MB is photoreduced by the ncSnO2 particles. In the absence of oxygen, the film stays bleached, but recovers its original colour upon exposure to oxygen. Unlike its TiO2-based predecessor, the HEC/glycerol/MB/ncSnO2 O2 indicator is not activated by UVA light from white fluorescent lamps, but is by UVB light. This feature provides much greater control in the activation of the indicator. Other work shows the rate of activation depends upon I0.75, where I is the UVB irradiance, indicating a partial dependence upon the electron-hole recombination process. The half-life of the recovery of the original colour of a UV-activated film, t50, is directly proportional to the ambient level of oxygen. The advantages of using this indicator in modified atmosphere packaging as a possible quality assurance indicator are discussed briefly.
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If you've ever had a migraine, you're probably all too familiar with the symptoms: throbbing, disabling head pain, often accompanied by light sensitivity, fatigue, nausea and even vomiting.
As it turns out, people with celiac disease suffer from migraines at a rate far higher than the general population -- several studies have found nearly 30% of celiacs also have migraines.
And, it appears that a gluten-free diet can help to control or even eliminate migraines in some sufferers, although not all celiacs see relief from their migraines once they adopt a gluten-free diet.
Like Celiac Disease, Migraine Affects More Women
Women suffer from migraine headaches more frequently than men -- in fact, about 43% of women (compared to 18% of men) will have at least one migraine in their lifetimes. Meanwhile, celiac disease affects twice as many women as men; overall, it occurs in about 1% of the population.
Like celiac, migraines seem to run in families. Some women experience fewer migraines during pregnancy, just as some women with celiac see a reduction in symptoms while they're pregnant.
Scientists believe migraines are caused by abnormal brain activity. A wide range of factors, including stress, visual stimuli such as blinking lights, odors, and particular foods, can trigger a migraine attack in someone who's susceptible.
Migraine Symptoms Include Pain, Brain Fog
When you're suffering from a migraine, the blood flow in your brain and the surrounding tissues changes, causing a pounding or throbbing pain, generally just on one side of your head.
The pain may or may not be preceded by a migraine aura, which can involve seeing stars, feeling as if you're looking through a tunnel, or a classic half-moon-shaped section of bright spots in one eye.
Nausea is common with migraines, and many "migraineurs" vomit during their attacks. Other common symptoms include chills, sweating, increased thirst and urination, fatigue, loss of appetite, light and sound sensitivity and "brain fog," or less-than-optimal thinking and concentration.
Incidence of Migraine High In People with Celiac
Celiac disease has been associated with several different neurological disorders, including nerve damage (known as neuropathy). Recent research also has associated migraine with celiac disease, especially celiac disease that's not causing major gastrointestinal symptoms.
For example, researchers at Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italy, reported in 2003 on a study in which they looked at 90 migraineurs along with 236 control subjects.
The researchers used celiac blood tests to test each of their subjects, and confirmed the results with endoscopies looking for villi damage.
They found that 4.4% -- a total of four out of 90 -- of their migraine subjects had celiac disease, compared with just 0.4% of their control group.
Gluten-Free Diet Helped With Migraine Frequency, Severity
From the study results, it appears that the gluten-free diet can help people with migraines reduce the number and severity of their attacks.
In that study, everyone who had celiac disease started the gluten-free diet, and the researchers followed them for an additional six months.
During those six months, one person had no migraines, and the others reported their migraines decreased in frequency, intensity and length. Brain scans confirmed the findings.
Other studies have duplicated these results. For example, clinicians in Israel looked at 111 celiac disease sufferers and found headache to be the most common neurologic disorder in the group -- nearly 30% reported migraines and other forms of headaches.
In 16 of the headache sufferers, nine of whom suffered from migraines, the gluten-free diet either eliminated or significantly improved their headaches.
Does A Migraine Diagnosis Warrant Celiac Testing?
Despite the potential connection between migraine and celiac disease, most physicians do not advocate testing for celiac disease in migraineurs unless you also suffer from celiac disease symptoms.
But you should consider getting tested if you do have symptoms of celiac along with your migraines. If you test positive, there's a good chance that a gluten-free diet may improve or even eliminate your headaches.
Some celiacs who get migraines have found that they need to adhere very strictly to their diets in order to get their migraines under control. In fact, cheating on the gluten-free diet can bring on a very painful attack.
In addition, it can take some time on the diet to get the migraines to die down completely; I've spoken with people who saw an immediate improvement in headache severity and frequency, but who continued to have less-frequent migraines during the first year or two of their gluten-free diets.
If you don't cheat on your diet and you still have frequent migraine attacks, you may be someone whose migraines don't improve gluten-free. If that's the case, speak with your physician about trying one of the medications that can help reduce the frequency and severity of migraines. You may need to try more than one drug before you find the best option for you.
Burk K. et al. Neurological Symptoms In Patients With Biopsy Proven Celiac Disease. Movement Disorders 2009 Dec 15:24(16):2358-62.
Gabrielli M. et al. Association Between Migraine and Celiac Disease: Results from A Preliminary Case-Control and Therapeutic Study. American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2003 Mar;98(3):625-9.
Migraine. Consumer Information Sheet. PubMed Health. Accessed July 22, 2011.
Zelnick, N. et al. Range of Neurologic Disorders In Patients With Celiac Disease. Pediatrics 2004; 113:1672-76.


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Matthew Thomas wanted to go to USC, but mom wouldn't sign LOI
Josh Newberg: At what point did you know you were going to sign with Florida State? Matthew Thomas: Well I decided that morning (Signing Day). The night before I was honestly thinking USC. I was trying to get the LOI and everything ready and signed first. But my mom didn't want to sign it. She didn't want me to go to USC. JN: So if your mom would have signed the papers you'd be a Trojan right now? MT: Yeah, I would have been a Trojan. JN: Are you upset about that? MT: No I think everything works out how it's supposed to. I'm going to make the best of my situation. It's not like I'm unhappy, I really like Florida State. It's not a problem, I'm happy with my decision. JN: Tell me more about you and your mom's discussion. Did it get heated when she wouldn't sign the LOI? MT: No we just talked and stuff. We couldn't agree, but it's my mom, I just did what I had to do. JN: What was your feeling after your signing ceremony? MT: I had butterflies. I was like, 'wow I really just did it'.http://floridastate.247sports.com/Article/5-Star-LB-Matthew-Thomas-details-his-recruitment-and-decision-116622 Good get by Newberg at 247. It's free, so go read.


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Paine College hosted singer, Janelle Monáe on today at the Peters Campus Center. Monáe made an appearance to
encourage voting among students for the 2012 presidential election in
November. Student groups at Paine have rallied together to
celebrate "National Student Day, which is a day promoting student
volunteerism and social responsibility through a variety of events. The
Paine College Student Government Association, Wesley Fellowship, LIONS
Activity Board and Greek organizations have hosted voter registration
drives since August to ensure all students, faculty and staff exercise
their rights in November. "Exercising our right to vote is extremely
important," said Keyla Connie, president of Wesley Fellowship. "We
appreciate celebrities like Janelle Monáe lending her support towards
events like this to uplift the importance of voting."
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: The triumphant Royal National Theatre production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! has arrived on Broadway, and I'm betting that you will never see a better production of this classic musical. Trevor Nunn's direction reveals the essential seriousness at the show's core, as it depicts a frontier society struggling its way to maturity. Choreographer Susan Stroman's work has sometimes been too busy and filled with gimmicks--here, it is sublime, and her staging of the Act I dream ballet is the best work of her career. The solid cast is led by three first-rate performances, by Patrick Wilson, Josefina Gabrielle, and Andrea Martin. And need I point out that the score is simply stunning? Anthony Ward's set design emphasizes the emptiness and desolation of the Oklahoma territory, and plays some tricks of visual perspective that will remind you of the work of Bob Crowley. Ward's costumes are fine, unfussy, and meticulously detailed. The real story here is David Hersey's lighting, which uses a huge range of color tones and subtle cues to underscore the action--his lighting of the ballet should be studied by aspiring designers. The only minus part of the design is Paul Groothius' sound design, which is rather boxy on the reinforcement side, although he does add some evocative sound effects. This long-delayed production has arrived in New York at the perfect time. For one thing, this is Richard Rodgers' centennial year; for another, terror-scarred audiences will never be more receptive to Oklahoma!'s surprisingly mature and tender consideration of the American pioneer past.--David Barbour
Seen Elsewhere in This Dirty Town: One need only look to the new Broadway musical Sweet Smell of Success to see evidence of the current identity crisis of the form codified by Rodgers and Hammerstein. Based on the 1957 film, a box-office dud that has grown in stature year by year, Sweet Smell features a book by John Guare that preserves movie writers Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets' most pungent dialogue ("The cat's in the bag and the bag's in the river") while adding surprisingly little to match it. The first act is essentially back story: lowly, grasping press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis in the movie, Brian d'Arcy James here) is taken under the wing of powerful Walter Winchell-style columnist J. J. Hunsecker (John Lithgow, in for Burt Lancaster), while Hunsecker's much younger sister is romanced by a poor but honorable jazz musician. The second act closely follows the action of the film, as Hunsecker enlists Falco to break up the lovers, or suffer a press agent's worst fate—the column blackout.
If you're in New York, you can go to the Film Forum and see a beautiful new print of Sweet Smell of Success, which was directed by Alexander Mackendrick, through March 28. (If you live elsewhere, you can readily find the film on VHS or DVD.) You can be enthralled by the great James Wong Howe's cinematography in shades of silver and charcoal, and at the time-capsule tour of 1950s Times Square and '21', the Brill Building and the Flatiron, the dives and the swankier nightspots. You can appreciate Lancaster's air of polished menace, and marvel at how good an actor—how smarmy and yet somehow sympathetic--Curtis could be.
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Or you could go see the Broadway version, which features generally bland if occasionally catchy music by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Craig Carnelia, often delivered by a Greek-by-way-of-Stork Club chorus that swarms around Falco ("Whatcha gonna do, Sidney, whatcha gonna do?"). The initial stage picture is certainly striking: Bob Crowley has designed a towering city skyline that wraps oppressively around the action on three sides. The dark building cutouts are backed by a perpetually stormy cyc lit by Natasha Katz in tones ranging from chiaroscuro to angry red. The designer's work leans dramatically to the hard-edged side, with performers caught in smoky shafts of light; the nastier things get, the more lurid greens and purples Katz introduces. It's obviously a matter of taste, but Sweet Smell is one of the ugliest looking things I've seen on a Broadway stage. And lacking the movie's organic grounding in time and place (and, one could say, smell), the story is robbed of a point. Lithgow and d'Arcy James do their best, but they obviously don't know and love "this dirty town" the way Lancaster and Curtis so obviously did. The show's muted costumes are also by Crowley, and the unobtrusive sound design is by Tony Meola.--John Calhoun
Seen in a Slightly Different Light:I too went to the Martin Beck Theatre to see Sweet Smell, but was more impressed with the production than John Calhoun. Katz's lighting was, in my opinion, garish where it should have been, dizzyingly vertical in keeping with Crowley's steep building sets, and menacing and sharp when needed. While my companion found the lighting "too rock-and-roll," primarily due to color choices on Katz's part (acid greens and purples, an almost UV look at times), I found it vivid. Crowley's sets fit the bill, but his costumes lacked a certain pizzazz. There were some pieces that stood out--a Chinese red ensemble on a chorus member and a simple black 50s evening gown on Kelli O'Hara as Susan, J. J.'s sister--but mostly the palette was drab, and the fit, especially on Jack Noseworthy as Dallas, Susan's love interest, and Stacey Logan as Rita, Sidney's put-upon girlfriend, was unfortunate. A slightly higher point wardrobe-wise was a sharkskin suit, gift of J. J., that Sidney wears after his rise to the top of the slime heap. The program notes that Lithgow, James, and Noseworthy all wore suits custom-designed by Oxford Clothes, "the American brand of tailored clothing headquartered in Chicago since 1916." So two out of three (Lithgow and James) looked good in their bespoke threads.
I also found the choreography, by Christopher Wheeldon, inventive and striking. A scene that combines Dallas' beatdown by corrupt cops with a lame vaudeville number executed by Hunsecker and chorus, was deft. So I didn't hate Sweet Smell on Broadway, but now it's time to head to Film Forum and savor the film version. Match me, Sidney.--Liz French
Heard on the Strip: It's been pretty quiet in Las Vegas since the last round of hotels, casinos, and shows opened a few years ago. But not to fear, the entire town seems to be ramping up for the next wave of projects, all set to open in 2003 and 2004. In fact, now that the city has redefined itself (again!), word is that family fun is out and sex and sin are back in. Two new shows, Les Femmes and Tease, certainly confirm that trend. Steve Wynn is also back in action, with a new building recently opened to house the Wynn art collection while his new hotel, Le Reve, revs up. Looks like entertainment is high on his radar screen again, with Franco Dragone of Cirque du Soleil fame reportedly on board to create a new water show at Le Reve, and Rick Gray, another Cirque veteran, handling the technical aspects. Sceno Plus, the Montreal-based architectural and theatre consulting firm, is designing the 2,000-seat in-the-round theatre, complete with swimming pool. ProSound and Spurgeon Design Group are also involved in Le Reve.
Busy as beavers, the French Canadians from Sceno Plus are also designing the 4,075-seat theatre at Caesar's Palace for Park Place Entertainment and Celine Dion. Word on the street says that the singer has signed a 10-year contract to join the Las Vegas galaxy of long-running star acts (how long did you say Siegfried and Roy have been in town?) Vegas-based ProTech is providing what may be the world's largest fire curtain for Celine's theatre, as well as LinkLift stage machinery. At Bally's Jubilee Theatre (where show girls and feathers have never gone out of style), the old Kliegl dimmers were finally taken out and replaced with 25 racks of ETC dimmers with DMX and Ethernet networks, a Pathfinder system, and an ETC Obsession console. The system was installed by Four Wall.
Four Wall's Bill Larrimore and Buddy Pope are also involved in the lighting system for the new convention center at Mandalay Bay; Keith Bennett is project manager. Kent Corbell is the project manager for phase two of the Fashion Show Mall, which will feature a retractable runway for fashion shows. Things also seem to be hopping over at Production Resource Group (PRG), with lights just coming back from the Olympics (where Vegas-based Bill Brennan and sister Barbara Brennan lit curling and ice skating events), and Mike Long's Sin City Grips hard at work.
Fashion Show Mall
With all these new projects on the drawing boards, it looks like we'll be in for a wild Backstage Las Vegas tour in 2004. In the meantime, next time you are in Las Vegas, don't miss Rain, the incredible new club at The Palm, a beautiful new hotel. Rain has a large rig of Martin automated luminaires (in fact, all moving lights; no dimmers), two round Tomcat trusses with articulated wings on the outer truss, a rain curtain, and flame effects using natural gas. If you stop by, ask Adam Wuertz, the technical director, for an inside look. I met him last week on a Vegas club crawl led by Adam Steyh of Fourth Phase: from Sheena Easton at the Las Vegas Hilton, to Studio 54 at the MGM Grand, and drinks at Rum Jungle at Mandalay Bay, we did it all!--Ellen Lampert-Greaux
Heard in New York: The New York City-based architectural firm of Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates (HHPA) has announced that Douglas Moss, AIA, has become a principal of the firm. Since HHPA plays an important role in the design and restoration of performing arts facilities, it stands to reason that Moss, who has been with the firm since 1990, would do so as well. Some of his theatrical credits include the Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center, the Charlotte Learing Center, which includes the Charlotte Children's Theatre, a master plan for Long Wharf Theatre, and the new RiverCenter, a performing arts center in Columbus, GA. HHPA has also named a new crop of appointments including senior associate John Fontillas, AIA, and associates Gregory Baker, Brad Carpenter, Michael Connolly, Stephen Epstein, Mahasti Fakourbayat, Nina Freedman, Arthur P. Kipel, Bradley Lukanic, Juan Minaya, Phillip Templeton, and Debra Waters.
BAM's new facade
HHPA has also just announced that it as been selected to restore the historic exterior of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, aka BAM. Slated for completion in 2004, the project includes restoration of the terra-cotta ornamentation on the façade and reconstruction of the parapet and cornice (which were removed almost 50 years ago; the building itself is almost 100 years old). Perhaps the most controversial, albeit exciting, element is a 130' undulating glass entrance canopy which was not part of the original design, but will add a nice flourish. A look at the architects and their other projects can be found at www.hhpa.com.
Heard in the Wings: Auerbach + Associates, the San Francisco-based theatre consulting firm, will be working on the new 2,000-seat Atlanta Symphony Center (new home for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) in Atlanta, GA, in collaboration with acoustical consultants Kirkegaard Associates of Chicago, IL. The Auerbach-Kirkegaard team just finished the $11 million renovation of the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, home of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra…Elsewhere in the acoustics world, Victor Gotesman has been appointed managing director of the Norwalk, CT-based Jaffe Holden Acoustics. Gotesman had been with Theatre Projects Consultants since 1997…New York City-based Fisher Dachs Associates have been named theatre consultants for some interesting clients in Boston, MA, including the MIT Media Lab/Experimental Theatre, Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatre, and the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art…Across the pond in London, England, the Unicorn Theatre Company has announced that it will build a new children's theatre on the south bank of the Thames.--Ellen Lampert-Greaux
Seen on New York Screens: Tonight the New Directors/New Films Series, co-sponsored by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art, opens at MOMA with Real Women Have Curves. This very likable first feature by Patricia Cardoso centers on Ana, a smart, amply figured 18-year-old Mexican-American girl (Amerca Ferrara) in East Los Angeles who is torn between enrolling on a full scholarship at Columbia University and working in her sister's sweatshop. Not much of a choice, you say? Just ask Ana's mother (the wonderful Lupe Ontiveros), who has her own ideas. The film gets a huge boost from DP Jim Denault, who shot last year's Our Song with a similar sensitivity to non-movie-star faces and settings that are vivid but not necessarily pretty. Unfortunately, Real Women Have Curves is not scheduled for a theatrical release, but will go straight to HBO in the fall.
The fraught relations of mothers and daughters is also one of the subjects of Kissing Jessica Stein. Co-writer Jennifer Westfeldt plays the title character, whose mother (Tovah Feldshuh) just wants her to find the right (preferably Jewish) man. Instead, Jessica finds Helen (co-writer Heather Juergensen), the right woman. The movie, which is directed by Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, starts out too broadly, but after Jessica and Helen meet it develops considerable charm. The New York locations are attractively photographed by Lawrence Sher. Kissing Jessica Stein is no groundbreaker, but you couldn't find anything better right now in the romantic comedy department. --John Calhoun


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Goalie gets 2nd chance from St. Cloud
Bobby Goepfert had finished listening to the national anthem at a St. Cloud State-Northern Michigan game this season when a fan yelled, "Bobby, do you want me to write your paper for you?" Hardly surprised, Goepfert couldn't help but chuckle inside.
Goepfert's dismissal from the Providence College hockey team for accusations of plagiarism is no laughing matter. It caused him to sit out last season, and it soured his reputation. But Goepfert, a junior goaltender, takes solace in the "breath of fresh air" he has discovered since he transferred to St. Cloud State. Most St. Cloud State fans are aware of Goepfert's dismissal, which came in May 2004 after Goepfert didn't include a bibliography in a 16-page English paper about the assimilation of immigrants. Few have questioned Goepfert, who ranks second in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association with a 2.06 goals-against average and is third with a .926 save percentage. Goepfert (16-12-4) is the primary reason No. 6 seed St. Cloud State could challenge No. 5 seed Colorado College in a best-of-three, firstround WCHA playoff series that begins Friday at World Arena. Chances are Goepfert would have left Providence if he hadn't been kicked off the team. He said he wasn't happy, and he started doing "some uncharacteristic things," such as skipping study sessions and slacking off in classes. Goepfert pulled an all-nighter to finish the paper in which he was accused of plagiarism. Two days after he e-mailed the paper to his professor, former Providence coach Paul Pooley, who is now an assistant at Notre Dame, dismissed him from the team. "My cell phone rang, and it was coach Pooley, and he told me, 'I'm tired of your stuff. We're revoking your scholarship.' It was a big misunderstanding," Goepfert said. "I really didn't have a chance to speak my case." Goepfert maintains he didn't intend to plagiarize. "It wasn't like I was going to use all these guys' works for my own," Goepfert said. "Most of the stuff I provided were numbers, but they were from Web pages. The only attachment I sent was the paper." After Providence prohibited Goepfert from transferring to another Hockey East school — Goepfert wanted to attend Boston University — he contacted several WCHA coaches, including CC's Scott Owens. Owens said Goepfert likely wouldn't have been a good fit at CC. Former St. Cloud State coach Craig Dahl saw potential in Goepfert, despite his off-ice issues. "We didn't feel it was a big problem," said Dahl, who was replaced by Bob Motzko after he retired last summer. "I knew he was a pretty smart kid. He just had to apply himself." Goepfert said he's glad St. Cloud State gave him a chance. "Maybe it is a blessing in disguise," Goepfert said of his dismissal from Providence. "This year has been great. I've enjoyed every second of it." Slap shots CC left wing Brett Sterling (injured leg) practiced Tuesday in a nocontact jersey for about 35 minutes. He will attempt to practice with contact today or Thursday. . . . Owens turned 50 on Tuesday. He wore a 50th birthday button on his warm-up jacket, and the players sang "Happy Birthday" after practice. CONTACT THE WRITER: 636-0256 or email@example.com


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Conservatives retain council control after a close fight (From This Is Local London)
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Conservatives retain Barnet Borough Council control after a close fight
Updated 1:48pm Tuesday 27th May 2014 in News By Anna Slater and Natalie O'Neill
It was a close fight, but Conservatives retained power in Barnet, with Labour wrestling nine seats from the Tories.
After an anxious wait at Allianz Park, the Labour group missed out on taking control of the council by just two seats.
Assuming Labour retains its three seats in Colindale, the party will have a total of 30 councillors – topping its current record of 26.
Colindale's election was postponed owing to the death of Green Party candidate Jessica Yorke earlier this week, and will take place in June.
Labour and Tories went neck and neck after 18 ward results were announced, but the Conservatives went on to hold all three seats in High Barnet and took two seats from the Liberal Democrats in Childs Hill, giving them an unbeatable total of 32 councillors.
Conservative council leader Richard Cornelius said: "It's a brave new world for Barnet in so many ways. I'm very pleased.
"It was looking quite close for a bit. It took us a long way to get there, but eventually we did.
"We're back in action, we look forward to delivering all those services."
Labour leader Councillor Alison Moore said she was "disappointed" with the result.
But it was not all doom and gloom for Labour, who gained nine seats including three in East Barnet, two in Underhilll, one in West Hendon, one in Hale, one in Brunswick Park and one in Coppetts.
Cllr Moore said: "We fought a hard campaign, and we have elected some brilliant new councillors who will contribute to Barnet. There was a chance we could have won, and we are disappointed but it's certainly not a ringing endorsement for the Conservatives.
"Tonight's result is testament to our manifesto and out pitch to people about restoring the fairness and democracy in Barnet after an administration that have not engaged with local people and dismissed their views.
"We will continue to fight and be on the side of local residents and making sure their voices are heard. We will also fight to ensure that One Barnet is not selling residents short."
Councillors Alon Or-Bach (Lab), Alison Moore (Lab) and Arjun Mittra (Lab) celebrate after being elected in East Finchley ward
The youngest person to be elected to the council is 19-year-old Rebecca Challice, one of three new Labour councillors in East Barnet.
Although typically a Tory ward, it shifted drastically with Cllr Challice and her new colleagues, Lawrie Williams and Philip Cohen, wresting it from Tory hands.
It also meant Cllr Robert Rams was ousted from his seat, having previously been cabinet member for customer access.
Cllr Challice said: "I didn't want to assume – but now I'm so happy to have been given this chance.
"I can't wait to see what I can do for the people of East Barnet."
The second youngest person on the council is fellow Labour councillor Amy Trevethan, 23. She is next year's Labour parliamentary candidate for High Barnet.
Cllr Trevethan said: "Together with Rebecca Challice, I hope to be a strong voice for all the young people in Barnet who have been so badly let down by the Tories."
After the Mill Hill vote was announced, Conservative Cllr Sury Khatri said: "I feel elated. I thought the Liberal Democrats might get it, I thought my time on the council was numbered.
"I can't wait to continue serving the residents of Barnet, it shows they've got faith in me. I always try to do better than I have done, and improve on myself."
The Liberal Democrats lost two out of three seats on the council, with stalwart Jack Cohen retaining his seat in Childs Hill.
He said: "He said: "I'm stunned. The way it was going, I didn't expect this at all. It's unbelievable really. It just shows if you've got a good reputation you can beat the trend.
"I believe in working for the people, and I'll continue to do that.
"I don't know how it will work yet because as the only Liberal Democrat I'll be on my own."
The Green Party and UK Independence Party did not win any seats.
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12:56am Sat 24 May 14
Jon10 says...
You mean EAST Barnet, but hey, it's late, and you have done a blinder of election reporting for hours!
Well done the lot of you.
11:05am Sat 24 May 14
dawboy says...
Secondly I trust that our Conservative councillors have had a wake up call. I believe that far too often they have given the impression that they are arrogant and disrespectful of local people opinions and requirements. I would like to think that it is just an impression, but unfortunately I do not think it is just an impression.
Hopefully with the closeness of the election result the Conservatives will take note and have received a wake up call. They should now start to act a little more democratically with their allocation of committee chairmanships to other parties and listen more and dictate less. If they done this in the past then they would have made far fewer mistakes financially and upset less businesses and local residents.
As I have said, I hope that this is a wake up call for the Conservatives, but somehow when the initial upset passes I have this uneasy feeling that they will have learned nothing and just revert back to business as usual. If they do, then I do not see them being in power after the next local election.
11:59am Sat 24 May 14
Tamer37 says...
10:15pm Sat 24 May 14
Andrew Haynes says...
First, we should all celebrate the fact that Totteridge voters have finally come to their sense and realised that Brian Coleman is a complete wazzock.
Secondly, I agree that the election result is a wake-up call for Barnet's Tory councillors. If they do not pay more respect to public opinion they will surely be ousted next time.
1:41pm Sun 25 May 14
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7:36pm Wed 28 May 14
Mr E Dance says...
There are also volunteer librarian shifts to be covered. You do believe in Big Society (sic) don't you?
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Charlottesville City Council debates redevelopment plan
Residents address concerns over "forced gentrification"
City Council discussed a contentious proposal to adopt a Strategic Investment Area plan Monday night. The body voted 4-1 in favor of the plan, which outlines goals to redevelop a large plot of land just south of the Downtown Mall.
The land is bound by Ridge Street to the west, Avon Street to the east, Elliott Avenue to the south and the CSX railroad tracks to the north. The area is primarily residential, and includes both public and private housing units. It faces troubling issues of concentrated poverty, housing decay, crime and poor health.
"We looked at this area — there were no parks, no safe streets, no street trees," councilmember Kathy Galvin said. "We asked, 'Why isn't it possible for poor children to have quality neighborhoods?'"
Council stressed the SIA was just a set of guidelines for how to approach developing the area, and anything which required city funding or code changes would be brought before Council at a later date. The plan was presented by Jim Tolbert, the City's director for neighborhood development services.
"The SIA gives suggestions for ways [the city and private companies] might invest," Tolbert said. "It also recommends that we might want to make changes to zoning code … [though] that would be a whole [other] public process."
The plan recommends rebuilding public housing units, improving infrastructure, promoting the development of higher-income housing and other private business ventures, and constructing public parks and libraries. Ideally, councilmembers said the SIA would lower crime and provide increased long-term economic opportunities for Charlottesville's lowest earners.
Prior to the meeting's discussion of official business, several citizens addressed the Council with their concerns about the plan. Most complaints centered around the fact that neighborhoods would be displaced through the creation of a "mixed" housing neighborhood, which would combine low-income and higher-income housing.
No current plans exist to decrease the amount of public housing available.
"You dilute a community if there is a geographic deconcentration," one Charlottesville resident said. "The idea is to just thin them out a little bit … disperse those neighborhoods. This is a problem and not a way address poverty."
Councilmember Kristin Szakos responded to those concerns, saying she was sympathetic to the arguments against pulling apart neighborhoods, but noted the compelling reasons to institute mixed housing.
"A lot of these concentrated neighborhoods are a result of racism and Jim Crow laws, not because a lot of people without a lot of money decided to live on the same block," Szakos said. "We looked at studies [concerning] children who live in neighborhoods where only other poor people live … and we found they are downwardly mobile, [or] earn less income than their parents. To [say] that's the way it is — to me, it gives glory to a system that was really evil."
Other concerns centered around plan's flexibility, with some positing the City would take over private property and sell off public property for adverse use. This discussion also addressed the issue of diminishing access to affordable housing, but councilmembers held strong in their claim the area would remain affordable.
"It just says there's more opportunity for more public housing," Tolbert said to address some of these concerns. "Those decisions aren't made yet. [The plan] offers suggestions."
Councilmembers agreed these concerns about low-income residents and gentrification warranted attention, as a result amending the original resolution to include the phrase "flexible guide without being binding" to reach Vice Mayor Dede Smith's standard of clarity.
Councilmember Bob Fenwick was the only councilmember to oppose the resolution. Throughout the meeting, Ferrick warned low-income residents to be skeptical about what was happening, expressing concerns the plan was constructed with disproportionate input from property owners and minimal input from the residents themselves.
Szakos contested Fenwick's claims and praised the plan's implementation of public engagement.


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Salesforce.com is set to unveil new products for employee performance management and rapid website development on Thursday during the Cloudforce conference in San Francisco.
The first announcement concerns a product Salesforce.com gained through the acquisition of startup Rypple in December. The deal caught some extra attention, coming shortly after SAP and Oracle's moves to purchase cloud-based human-resources software vendors SuccessFactors and Taleo, respectively.
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Salesforce.com had originally said Rypple's software would be rebranded as Successforce, in a seeming jab at SAP, but those plans have changed. It will now be marketed as Salesforce Rypple. In a statement, Salesforce.com said it decided to keep the Rypple brand name due to its ample supply of "goodwill and equity."
Rypple's approach to employee performance tracking does away with the notion of periodic reviews, instead applying a social networking milieu that allows co-workers as well as managers to give feedback and recognition for jobs well done on an ongoing basis.
"Traditional performance management applications were consistently disliked by people who used them," said John Wookey, executive vice president of social applications at Salesforce.com and a former key executive overseeing SAP's cloud software strategy. "They didn't help people work better together."
Since closing the Rypple deal, Salesforce.com has created integrations between it and its CRM (customer relationship management) software as well as the Chatter social collaboration platform.
The CRM integration, which will be available in April, enables users to interact with Rypple "in the place where they're doing work every day," Wookey said. For example, a salesperson looking at accounts in the CRM system could send a thank-you to a customer service representative through Rypple, according to a statement.
Meanwhile, the Chatter integration with Rypple allows users to create special "badges" denoting special achievements and then post them into Chatter conversation feeds for others to see and comment upon, according to Salesforce.com.
Many Salesforce.com customers are already invested in core human resources systems, many of which are installed on-premises, that cover areas like payroll and benefits. Rypple is now integrated with Workday's cloud-based HR software, Wookey said. Over time, Salesforce.com will look to tie Rypple into more "HR systems of record," he added.
Rypple has been viewed as a logical first step for Salesforce.com into the world of HR applications, since performance management isn't subject to the same level of regulation as other areas.
Also Wednesday, Salesforce.com will announce Site.com, an update to its website-building tools that have also been sold under the names Siteforce and Sites.
New features include "template-driven styling" that provides for a consistent look and feel over a series of sites.


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Knot Inc. Stock Downgraded (KNOT)
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Knot (Nasdaq:KNOT) has been downgraded by TheStreet Ratings from buy to hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the growth in the company's net income has been quite unimpressive. Highlights from the ratings report include:
- The company, on the basis of change in net income from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500 and the Internet Software & Services industry. The net income has significantly decreased by 535.1% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, falling from -$0.11 million to -$0.71 million.
- This stock has managed to rise its share value by 26.28% over the past twelve months. Looking ahead, however, we cannot assume that the stock's past performance is going to drive future results. Quite to the contrary, its sharp appreciation over the last year is one of the factors that should prompt investors to seek better opportunities elsewhere.
- KNOT INC's earnings have gone downhill when comparing its most recently reported quarter with the same quarter a year earlier. This company has reported somewhat volatile earnings recently. But, we feel it is poised for EPS growth in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, KNOT INC turned its bottom line around by earning $0.10 versus -$0.16 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($0.16 versus $0.10).
- KNOT has no debt to speak of therefore resulting in a debt-to-equity ratio of zero, which we consider to be a relatively favorable sign. Along with this, the company maintains a quick ratio of 4.98, which clearly demonstrates the ability to cover short-term cash needs.
- KNOT's revenue growth trails the industry average of 21.0%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 3.9%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displayed by a decline in earnings per share.
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City Brewing Company Holyoke, MA
If you visit Paper City during one of its popular Friday night tour and party sessions, you'll usually see a man off to one side, quietly building and filling beer containers for his departing guests. With his prodigious work ethic, it's no surprise the man turns out to be a big Jimmy Carter fan. As unusual a statement as that may be, I promise the two subjects are related. It can be said that if it wasn't for the former President and Senator Alan Cranston of California, Paper City and a host of other craft breweries might not exist today.
In 1978, President Carter signed legislation introduced by Senator Cranston that legalized homebrewing in America. After his government performed this patriotic act, Paper City's founder, Jay Hebert, started brewing beer for his own personal consumption. Until that time, Hebert had been disturbed by the state of domestic beers. From the start, Hebert knew he wanted to eventually own his own brewery and bring good beer to his home city of Holyoke.
In 1995, Hebert incorporated the Paper City Brewery Company and then spent most of his time in transforming the fifth floor of the warehouse into a functional, federally and state approved micro-brewery. Paper City's attractive brewery often flies under the radar of beer enthusiasts in New England. It produces a diverse selection of flavorful ales and lagers, along with some quirky beers in its Limited Brewer's Offering specialty series.
Paper City does a variety of wild ales, but none can top the Hop Monster's explosion of flavor. The aroma is a sharp smack in the nose with earthy hop and hugely sweet malt notes. The beer is gloriously unbalanced, with the ultimate battle for control waged between citrusy, bitter hops and an almost cloying malt sweetness. As it warms, the Hop Monster tames a bit and shows some lighter flavors, including passionfruit. With its gloriously rough, unpolished edges, the Hop Monster bears great similarity to Dogfish Head's flagship 6O Minute IPA and it clearly breaks out of the mold set by other IPA's in New England.
Brewers Nantucket, MA
When Wendy and Randy Hudson started Cisco, which was actually located outdoors except for the cold-conditioning room, they called it a nano-brewery because it wasn't big enough to qualify as a microbrewery. Faced with tight surroundings, a new structure was soon required to house both operations. Construction was delayed, resulting in a complete absence of Cisco's beer for a two-month period of time. The black time led to the brewery's humorous motto: 'nice beer, if you can get it.'
In 2OOO, Dean Long, who owns the Nantucket Vineyard located on the same property as the brewery, secured a distilling license which allowed him to open the Triple Eight Distillery. The company's first product, a whiskey aging in 63 oak barrels, took five years to hit the market. To raise money to support the distillery, Triple Eight sold futures to the public on each barrel of its whiskey. To make up for the delay, the distillery decided to produce the Triple Eight Vodka, the release of which has been a business-altering event for the three operations. Made from organically grown corn blended with sand-filtered island water from well #888 (thus the name), the triple distilled vodka has proven wildly popular with consumers and very lucrative for the owners.
Due to the popularity of the Triple Eight Vodka, there has been some concern about the future of Cisco as a brewery. Much of the company's promotional energy and attention are directed at the growth of the liquor operation. Since 2OO1, a marketing team has been seen around Boston promoting the liquor in a souped-up, pale blue 1975 VW camper van. The brand is now available at more than 2OO accounts and is a mainstay liquor in Boston-area bars. Triple Eight also remains busy branching out with new products, including an orange vodka, a rum and a gin.
The brewery's Captain Swain's Extra Stout is named for one of the brewer's ancestors who originally settled on Nantucket in the 16OOs, this beer is most often found in Cisco's signature 75O-milliliter bottles. It possesses a very rich and creamy flavor, a beautiful tan head, and loads of roasted malts. Dry-hopped with Chinook hops, there is an earthy aroma that translates to a slightly piney finish balancing the dark malt flavors.
Brewing Company Portsmouth, NH
From the ruins of a closed microbrewery, Peter and Janet Egelston, the brother-sister team behind the Northampton Brewery and the Portsmouth Brewery, teamed up with the Ipswich Brewing Company to open Smuttynose in 2OOO. Ipswich left the partnership a few months later and in December 2OOO, Peter Egelston assumed control of Smuttynose in a deal with his sister, who now solely runs the Northampton Brewery.
Named after a local island in the rugged archipelago of nine small islands known as the Isle of Shoals, Smuttynose started by brewing and bottling recipes from its sister brewpubs, including the Shoals Pale Ale and the classic Old Brown Dog. For me, every Smuttynose beer evokes very vivid memories and feelings. The delightfully hazy Shoals Pale Ale tastes like summer, especially when sampled directly from the bottle. This style-bending English pale ale uses ample doses of both Cascade and Chinook hops to complement its decidedly yeasty flavor. As I've said in reviews for Smuttynose's sister establishments, the Old Brown Dog is one of the first craft beers I can remember trying and loving. With their low bitterness and sweet malt flavors, brown ales are often a very comfortable, approachable style for beer novices to tackle. The Old Brown Dog remains a classic example of this traditional style.
In 1998, Smuttynose fired one of the earliest rounds in the nascent extreme beer movement. With the start of its Big Beer Series, Smuttynose dedicated itself to releasing specialty beers with more aggressive flavor profiles. While some releases, including a barleywine and an imperial stout, indeed were big beers, some of the other selections, such as a simple kolsch, seemed wildly out of place in a series dedicated to pushing the limits of beer.
Although Smuttynose's beers were always respectable, the brewery really stepped it up with the addition of brewer David Yarrington in August 2OO1. A graduate of the master brewer's program at UC-Davis, Yarrington continually retools Smuttynose's bigger beers, playing with the recipes in simple or substantial ways. The bottles in the series now include vintage dating and the brewery encourages beer lovers to age the beers.
Inn Station and Brewery North Woodstock, NH
For true beer geeks, the experience of actually working in a brewery is akin to an aspiring parent's first opportunity to babysit a friend's child: While entertaining at first, by the end of the night you're intensely happy to leave it under someone else's control and head home. At the Woodstock Inn Station and Brewery, you can live the crazy life of a brewer, while maintaining a safe harbor at the end of the grueling experience.
On four weekends every year, visitors can enter the brewhouse here, pull on the boots, and start mixing hops and grains for themselves as part of Woodstock's popular brewer's weekend packages. During these events, individuals and couples spend the weekend at the brewpub assisting the brewers in producing beers on the seven-barrel system. The reasonably priced deal includes two nights lodging, several meals, a reception on the first evening, a brewer's dinner, and a t-shirt or hat. If your significant other or traveling companion would sooner spend their vacation walking over hot coals than shoveling spent grain, the inn is happy to suggest a variety of alternate plans, including outlet shopping and hiking. The program, which draws about 2O participants each weekend, welcomes homebrewers and novices alike. You may even get bitten by the brewing bug as Dave Wollner did. Before opening his Willimantic Brewing Company in Connecticut, Wollner spent a weekend here checking out the brewer's lifestyle.
The Woodstock Inn is in the process of expanding its brewing operations. The brewpub's two flagship products, the Red Rack Ale and the Pig's Ear Brown Ale, are contract brewed and bottled by Shipyard Brewing Company and are widely available in New Hampshire bars and package stores. If you enjoy the mainstays and are interested in learning about brewing on a larger scale, or simply want a nice place for a weekend retreat, the Woodstock's got a pair of boots waiting for you.
Art Brewery Morrisville, Vermont
Rock Art stands in a long, red wooden barn just outside of downtown Morrisville. With its tall ceilings, the space is vastly different from the brewery's original home. For its first three years of existence, Rock Art operated as a cottage brewery, producing about 25,OOO gallons of beer a year out of Matt and Renee Nadeau's basement. The owners' talk of adding a pub to this location, but nothing is yet planned. As the staff settles in with the new system, Nadeau also hopes to add some specialty release beers.
A native Vermonter, Matt Nadeau and his wife were living and working in Colorado when inspiration struck. While river rafting, he saw a Kokopelli figure carved into a rock formation. An image familiar to all, even if the name doesn't immediately resonate, Kokopelli is a figure drawn from ancient Anasazi Indian mythology. With his signature hunchback posture, the stick-looking figure dances happily around playing his flute. To his followers, Kokopelli symbolized fertility, replenishment, dance, music, and mischief. The image immediately intrigued Nadeau and he later recalled it when trying to think of an original name for his brewery. The owner didn't simply want to choose a boring regional descriptor; he wanted a standout name. From this desire, and with the help of Kokopelli, Rock Art was born.
Rock Art's beers generally tend towards the malty side of the flavor wheel. The brewers also produce a few lagers, including the special release Mountain Holidays Bock. In a bottle topped with gold foil, this beer tastes of slight fruit and alcohol notes and offers a mild malt balance. While lighter in terms of the style, the bock is an enjoyable seasonal release.
Creek Brewing Company Middlebury, VT
Comprised of two very different beer brands acting in concert, the Otter Creek Brewing Company was originally founded by passionate homebrewer Lawrence Miller. During his time at Reed College in Oregon, Miller watched first-hand the rise of American craft brewing. After researching German-style beers in Europe, Miller returned with a precise recipe in mind for his flagship Copper Ale. He selected the town of Middlebury as his headquarters &endash; not so much for its sleepy, congenial atmosphere and built-in base of collegiate patrons &endash; but for the qualities of its water. The pH levels of the town's water met the exact criteria Miller set for his altbier yeast strain.
In 1998, Otter Creek struck an important business deal to begin producing the Wolaver's line of certified organic ales in partnership with the Panorama Brewing Company. Founded by the Wolaver family in 1997, the two principal owners of Panorama, Robert and Morgan Wolaver, wanted to fuse together a family history of farming, a dedication to environmentally friendly business and a passion for brewing. In order to limit the initial startup costs, Panorama chose to contract its recipes out to seven regional breweries across the country rather than build its own facility. The business plan worked and the beers found a niche in the marketplace.
In May 2OO2, the Wolaver family purchased the Otter Creek Brewing Company and kept its name and products. The mix of the two brands seems to work well here as not much has changed since the brewery merger. Otter Creek remains mainly a regional product, while the Wolaver's line is distributed in select markets around the country. The Wolaver's line is certified organic by the Vermont Organic Farmers and the brewery is likely the largest purchaser of organic malt in the country.
The company's first offering was the Wolaver's Pale Ale, a beer whose malt body is more noticeable than its hop character. While the beer has more in common with less hoppier products than it does with more typical versions of the style &endash; it is a pleasant, refreshing beer. The brewery's Brown Ale, which relies less on hops, is more representative of its intended style. It boasts a slightly sweet, creamy malt base, a deep, reddish-amber hue and a very mild hop balance. The Wit and Oatmeal Stout also allow the brewers to focus more on the flavors of available organic malts than on hops.


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Woman wounded in US shooting miscarries
Mon July 30, 2012 7:01am
THE wounded mother of a six-year-old victim of last week's US cinema shooting suffered another loss as she miscarried her six-week-old pregnancy, according to media reports.
Ashley Moser, whose six-year-old Veronica Moser-Sullivan was one of 12 killed in the horrific attack in a Colorado movie theatre, was wounded in the neck and abdomen in the July 20 shooting.
On Saturday, her family confirmed in a statement that she had miscarried her six-week-old foetus, The Denver Post reported.
The miscarriage does not mean that the shooting suspect James Holmes will be charged with an added murder when he appears in court on Monday for his arraignment.
Colorado law does not allow a suspect to be charged in the death of a foetus, according to local broadcaster 9 News.
"Tragically, the extreme trauma (Ashley) sustained also caused a miscarriage," the family said in its statement.
The family said that Ashley Moser's "lifetime of care will be a long road".


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Exercise is beneficial for people of all ages, but for older adults, regular physical activity can help improve coordination, balance and flexibility – issues often associated with aging. Exercise can also boost memory and mood, prevent bone loss, and lower the risk of heart disease, diabetes and osteoporosis. And these are just some of the health benefits.
When starting an exercise program, many older adults are concerned about overdoing it and the risk of injury. If it's been a long time since you've engaged in regular exercise, it's wise to talk to your doctor before beginning an exercise regimen. Begin slowly, perhaps with just five or 10 minutes of activity at a time. While it's normal to experience minor soreness or stiffness, if something becomes painful, stop exercising. As you become more limber and comfortable, increase the amount of time that you exercise.
Older adults often want to know what types of exercise they should do. It's important to remember that physical activity doesn't have to be strenuous. Health benefits can be achieved with moderate activity on a consistent basis. For stretching and maintaining flexibility, yoga and Pilates are good choices. Both improve core body strength and stability.
Simply lifting hand weights at home will help build strength. If you don't have commercial weights, filling soup cans or milk jugs with sand works just as well. Exercises for balance are recommended for older adults too. One easy exercise for improving balance is to stand on one leg for 10 seconds. Be sure to stand on a flat surface, and if you feel unsteady, use a heavy chair or stable object for support. Tai chi exercises are another good option for balance and stability.
Aerobic, weight-bearing exercise such as walking, jogging and dancing is also recommended. Some experts recommend 150 minutes of aerobic activity each week for most adults. That's just 20 minutes a day. Walking and light jogging are great options because they benefit the cardiovascular system, work large muscle groups and help manage weight.
Try a variety of activities to discover what you like best. The most important thing is to get moving and find time to exercise regularly.
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Bill Press Compares Palin in Tucson Remarks to Hostage With Guns to Her Head
Yet another example of the pathological left-wing meme in response to the Tucson bloodbath -- do as we say, not as we spew.
Here's Bill Press on his radio show this morning, telling all dozen of his listeners what he thought of Sarah Palin's remarks yesterday on the "blood libel" of liberals blaming conservative rhetoric as root cause of the gunman's rampage (audio) --
To me, it reminded me of those hostage videos we've seen where there's a terrorist on each side holding a gun to a person's head and they're forced to read a script, while she read the script, first of all, yesterday saying don't! don't! let's not criticize each other now.
Since Press said nearly the same thing yesterday on Ed Schultz's radio show -- promptly deflating the conversation -- apparently he thinks he's being clever. Here's the relevant exchange between Press and Schultz (audio) --
SCHULTZ: Excuse me, let's go style points here for a minute. Did she look like a person of conviction?
PRESS: No!
SCHULTZ: Or was this just manufactured stuff today? Did that really seem like Sarah Palin to you?
PRESS: No. To me it just looked like, like a Manchurian candidate basically, right, who is just wound up and put in front of the camera and said, read this. You know, she looked like one of those hostages, right, where they've got a gun to their head.
SCHULTZ (tentatively): Hmm hmm.
PRESS (groping for lifeline): And on the videos, yeah. I, I, I thought it was, uh, was strange. No humanity at all.
Needless to say, if Palin were ever kidnapped and held at gunpoint, God forbid, Press will promptly surrender to authorities for his complicity in the crime.
Also this morning, Press stated his fervent hope that the phrase "blood libel," having been so thoroughly sullied by Palin, is henceforth banished from political discourse (audio) --
Yeah, what she said is what is reprehensible. First of all, you hear what she's saying is, you know, yeah, if you don't like what people say you can criticize it -- except me! You can't criticize me and my map with the bullseyes on it, that is blood libel. And of course, she has stirred up a storm of controversy using that phrase 'blood libel', which has no place in the American political dialogue. You know what it refers to. It refers to the charge back in the Middle Ages that Jews would take Christians, little Christian children, out to the woods and kill them so they could use their blood to make matzo balls for Passover. One of the most scurrilous, anti-Semitic, worst anti-Semitic remarks of all time, and she introduces it into the American body politic? What an idiot. Shame on her, but you just see, you know, the best of us yesterday in President Obama and the worst of us in Sarah Palin. Sick, sick, sick spin.
Press's kneejerk lurch to censor allegations of "blood libel" was demolished from an unlikely quarter -- attorney and legal expert Alan Dershowitz, as reported by Publius at BigGovernment.com --
The term "blood libel" has taken on a broad metaphorical meaning in public discourse. Although its historical origins were in theologically based false accusations against the Jews and the Jewish people, its current usage is far broader. I myself have used it to describe false accusations against the state of Israel by the Goldstone Report. There is nothing improper and certainly nothing anti-Semitic in Sarah Palin using the term to characterize what she reasonably believes are false accusations that her words or images may have caused a mentally disturbed individual to kill and maim. (emphasis added) The fact that two of the victims are Jewish is utterly irrelevant to the propriety of this widely used term.
Then again, Dershowitz teaches at that infamous right-wing bastion known as Harvard Law.
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Bill Depressed
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:05pm.
It's time for all the roaches to scurry out from under the woodwork. Still waiting for Malloy to join the ranks of the brain dead libs.
You know as an unfortunate silver lining to all this is that the American people have wised up to the LSM bull and this will only reinforce how useless they are. So keep it coming fools.
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Apparently Olbermann, Press, and Brokaw and Co. didn't get...
Submitted by PrairieSky on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:09pm.
Obama's message last night to embrace a kinder, gentler political discourse (yeah right)...All the hype and chatter about how the "rally" and Obama's "big" speech last night would impact the unhinged liberal media, had about the effect that I expected...Nothing. Their hate and bile continues merrily along, unabated.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
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Press and Co. won't be satisfied until...well, you know. EOM
Submitted by Wawaashkeshi on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:23pm.
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Since I have never.....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:33pm.
heard or seen the Shultz show and have never heard Bill Press (I've only heard OF him on conservative websites) I can ask with all honesty.........Bill WHO?
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These guys are nuts, do they
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:32pm.
These guys are nuts, do they honestly understand the very words out of their mouths?
So while misquoting another, they commit the very offense they are making accusations of?
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Folks like Bill Press forget important things so often.
Submitted by Ashrak on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:38pm.
All these folks will one day soon be faced by a person they have forgotten in their blinders on attack upon Sarah Palin.
The impression I had of Representative Giffords is that she would not appreciate being used as a tool and would likely stand up tall against it openly.
An "eye opening" moment is afoot and folks like Bill Press would do well to quit while he is behind.
As the realization sets in that she will undoubtedly speak for herself at some point, they might just find themselves wishing she had not survived and the guilt of such thoughts will eat them from the inside out.
This disgrace is something I don't know if the Establishment media will, or even can, ever live down. Ever.
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Keep A Gon', Nutballs!
Submitted by rammingspeed on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:56pm.
Every remark these goofs make adds another layer of discredit to them. The evidence is overwhelming that Americans have rejected them, that American think people like Schultz and Press are acting insane.
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Submitted by NotFondOfLibs on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 3:49pm.
I exchanged e-mails with this mental case 2 or 3 years ago. He is just another liberal jerk that considers facts and truth irrelevent. His audience has to be numbered in the dozens. He and Sargent Schultz should go pound some sand together.
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Bradford Diocese may be scrapped
8:20am Friday 10th December 2010 in News By Jim Greenhalf, T&A Reporter
A Church of England report has controversially proposed the abolition of the Diocese of Bradford.
The proposals contained in the 120-page report by the Dioceses Commission include:
- The present diocese, founded in 1919, would lose Craven, Sedburgh in North Yorkshire and parts of Cumbria.
- Along with two other Yorkshire dioceses, Ripon and Leeds, and Wakefield, it would be subsumed into a larger Diocese of Wakefield.
- Under a diocesan bishop, who would double up as area bishop for Wakefield, there would be four other area bishops covering Bradford, Leeds, Ripon, and Huddersfield.
- There are also fears that if the shake-up goes ahead the administration for the new diocese could be based in Leeds, which could mean cuts in Church of England funding to Bradford and a reduction of the 16 full-time and part-time staff.
The Dean of Bradford Cathedral, the Very Reverend David Ison, pointed out that it was proposed that the Bishop of Bradford would work in the area of the Bradford Metropolitan District, which was "a sign of the importance given by the Church of England to the crucial role played by the Bishop there in interfaith relations and in exercising leadership in an area of particular deprivation".
He added: "The report also underlines the importance of Bradford Cathedral for the life and cohesion of the City of Bradford as well as the importance of the Church's presence and ministry in rural areas."
He said he accepted change was needed and urged people to take part in the consultation process.
- Read more on this story in Friday's Telegraph & Argus