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Walking through life enjoying the best of every moment.
Let me share them with you.
People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it. Frank Sinatra
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Automobiles are not ferocious…. it is man who is to be feared.
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i heard these guys at warped tour . They are so steller i pretty much love em. There song hold on for your dearest life is totally rad. I wouldnt even be able to tell how old these guys were. not to mention, they are pretty hot. Anyway.. this is some good shit
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International Search Summit keeps expanding in cooperation with SMX
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One event which has been growing rapidly is the International Search Summit (ISS). The conference originally started of in London but it has been organized in both London, Berlin...
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Man rescued from house fire
Kent Fire & Rescue Service have led a man to safety after a big fire broke out at his home.
Fire crews were called to the address on Kingsley Avenue in Dartford at 00.41am this morning. Four fire engines were needed to tackle the flames - the ground floor was well alight.
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WYSO will broadcast Dr. Martin Luther King's 1965 commencement speech at Antioch College on January 18, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It will air at 7 p.m. EST. WYSO is at 91.3 FM for those in the... › MORE
On Saturday, January 23, 2010, Antioch College's Morgan Fellows will host the second in a series of monthly symposia focusing on issues in higher education and society. The topic of this event... › MORE
-- One of the three surviving, original historic buildings on campus, South Hall to serve as headquarters of new Antioch College -- Yellow Springs, OHIO – On Thursday, January 14, 2010... › MORE
Yellow Springs, OHIO – December 9, 2009 —The Antioch College Board Pro Tempore announced today the appointment of Matthew Allen Derr '89 as the newly independent college's... › MORE
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I recently bought a new computer. And... I cheaped out on the RAM. Bought 2x4GB 1333Mhz Kingston Value RAM. I have the exact same build as someone else on YouTube coincidentally, but he's playing a game about 1.5x or 2x my FPS with the same settings. Everything was the same. I'm pretty sure my PSU is not the problem. I'm using a HDD, but he is too, so that's not the problem either. That leaves me with the RAM... It is because of my RAM that bottlenecked my PC performace. If so, which RAM do you recommend for gaming (for other uses, my current RAM is okay)?


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---- — By RICK firstname.lastname@example.com. VERNON — In less than two weeks, bidders from near and far will converge on the grounds of the former St. Mary Good Samaritan Hospital for a huge auction.The auction is being conducted by Cat's Liquidation Co., whose employees for nearly a month now, have been collecting and sorting various items in preparation for the three-day sale which commences on April 18 and continues through the 20th.Catfish Russell, the owner of the liquidation company, said he has received many telephone inquiries about the sale, including bidders from as far away as Pennsylvania and Texas."When you get into this medical stuff, there are people who deal with this and know what it is," Russell said. "Everything at the hospital is more than what you can buy at Walmart."Russell said bidders will be able to purchase a wide price range of items, with nearly 600 soap dispensers on the auction block to equipment in the cafeteria.On the 18th, items on the first floor and outside will be sold, including 49 flat televisions, 43 old CRT televisions, 114 hanging televisions, microwave ovens, chairs and 36 hospital beds.On the 19th, everything on the second and third floors will be sold, including kitchen equipment and appliances, and several medical-related items.The final day will be reserved for items at the former Sister Joanne Building."We pray that we get is all sold in three days," Russell said. "There's more and more all the time."Russell added that a special viewing of the items to be auctioned off will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17."We think it all will eventually be sold," said Stephen Shores, vice president and general manager of the Shores Builders, the company which purchased the facility. "There are some items that won't be in the auction, like the major mechanical items, that will be sold through the Internet."Shores said the hospital building is currently being surveyed and tested for asbestos.Once that has been completed, he said, "We'll be taking bids for abatement in the next few weeks and demolition will start sometime this summer."Shores said company officials are considering all options on what to do with the property."Our future plans are undetermined at this time," Shores said.For a full listing on items included in the auction you can go to the web site www.auctionzip.com or to www.AuctionAFarm.com for photographs.


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The Hot Baked Apple Toddy is a classic Apple Toddy recipe I've adapted from a recipe in the 1937 The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book. This toddy not only has a rich apple flavor against an apple whiskey base (apple brandy is a fine substitute) and it is worth the little extra effort to make baked apples . The cinnamon stick garnish is optional, but it adds a nice touch that adds a little depth to the warm apple drink.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Yield: 1 Cocktail
- 2 ounces apple whiskey
- 1/4 baked apple
- 1 teaspoon honey
- Hot water
- Cinnamon stick for garnish
- Place the baked apple into a warm Irish coffee glass.
- Add whiskey and dissolve sugar in the mix.
- Top with hot water and stir.
- Garnish with a cinnamon stick.
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Unified exploitation? Saudi Arabia introduces standardized wage for temporary domestic workers
The Ministry of Labor is planning to unify the wages of domestic workers hired on a temporary basis, the Makkah daily reported. Deputy Minister of Labor Ziyad Al-Sayegh said the ministry will publicize a list of approved wages to be paid to different categories of workers.
He said the ministry will also publish a list of companies that offer such services and the commission they are entitled to.
Al-Sayegh noted that the ministry has taken this step to combat the black market for domestic workers, especially during Ramadan when domestic workers and companies supplying them exploit the increasing needs of families for domestic workers by inflating their fees.
He also explained that the ministry's "Ajeer" system is linked to recruitment companies and will allow the ministry to monitor the recruitment deals between the companies and their clients.
Al-Sayegh added that some companies have already begun their activities to provide the public with suitable domestic workers at reasonable fees.
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- It's a good time to be job hunting in the UAE
- Getting the jobsworth: New challenges faced in the UAE employment market
- Teachers' strike divideds Jordan's educators as students seen as main victims
- Profits in the name of education: GCC reeking in $6 billion worth of international school fees
- A blessing in disguise? UAE unemployment pushing youth towards entrepeneurship
- Saudi labor ministry records 13,000 post-amnesty violations
- Expatriates to be required to hold Saudi bank accounts
- New regulation requires expatriates to hold Saudi bank accounts
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Under normal circumstances posts and/or comments will not be deleted or censored in any way, shape or form unless it is a blatant violation of these guidelines. However, in such cases, Litter Box Cats reserves the right to delete posts without notice.
Since LBC is a community, you should know that free speech does not mean the right to say what you want, when you want, and how you want without being sensitive to, and respectful toward, individuals and the community as a whole. In a community, speech is not completely free as it comes with personal responsibility. Yes that really does still exist, and it expected of our members.
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The government shutdown is having an impact on military veterans across the country, including some University of Nevada students.
Many of them rely on the GI Bill, which could be delayed as long as the federal government is closed.
The Department of Veterans Affairs only has funding through October and they haven't commented on anything past then.
Thomas Green is a sophomore at the University of Nevada, majoring in Elementary Education.
He's also a member of the Army National Guard and veteran of the war in Afghanistan, receiving about $1,400 a month on the GI Bill.
But he could see those payments delayed, come November 1.
"I've taken the initiative to start applying for scholarships, just in case," Green said. "That way, I can pay my rent and everything that I use that money for."
As part of the National Guard, Green has drill one weekend a month and gets $200-$300 for it.
But that was canceled, in October, because of funding.
But he says he's not worried about the government shutdown lasting through this month.
"I have faith that everything will work out," Green said. "I can't possibly see it where it really, honestly, affects everything."
Jonathan Weseloh is a junior at Nevada.
After more than eight years in the Marine Corps and tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan, he's focusing on getting a degree in Social Work.
He says the GI Bill is vital to his education, especially with a wife and daughter at home.
"Half of my income comes from the VA benefits," Weseloh said. "So, that could directly impact me as far as having a place to stay or making payments for my car and stuff like that."
Weseloh says he doesn't think our leaders in Washington are serving the public correctly and wants the shutdown to end soon, but only if they do it right.
"Men and women have served numerous amounts of years, defended during Iraq and Afghanistan wars," Weseloh said. "And to come home and have to fight another war, just to go to school, to get their life back on track and be successful is something we don't want to do."
The director of Veteran's Services at the university, says they are doing what they can to keep their students up to speed and letting them know there are still VA resources available, including social work and outreach programs.
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In today's world, e-commerce has taken shape as an economic juggernaut, which makes it impossible to reach target customers due to the increasingly difficult competition. We understand that a presentable appearance and ease of navigation could go on to mark the difference between a sale and a lost customer. Our custom Magento development solutions aim to fine-tune every aspect of your e-commerce portal to have a lasting impact on your business.
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The markets have been making surprise gains today, with the benchmark Sensex rallying about 400 points and the rupee strengthening to below 61 against the US dollar in intraday trades.
Here's what could be driving the rally in both currency and stock markets.
Good economic numbers from China
China GDP rose 7.8 per cent in the third quarter year on year, up 2.2 per cent quarter on quarter. September industrial output rose 10.2 per cent year on year. Retail sales for the same month rise 13.3 per cent year on year. The country's stats bureau said the economy is showing trend of steady improvement.


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Mt Hutt 'all systems go' for 40th season opening
Immaculately groomed slopes and a genuinely warm welcome await avid skiers and snowboarders.....
Queenstown's Coronet Peak ski area first to open in Australasia
Queenstown's Coronet Peak ski area today (June 8) celebrated in style as the first Australasian ski field to open for winter....
Coronet Peak first ski area in Australasia to open on Saturday
Queenstown is officially open for winter as the 2013 season kicks off at Coronet Peak on Saturday (June 8).
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort: # 1 Snow in the Rockies Opened 4,139', Top to Bottom Today.
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Competition Underway At The 2008 Burton Australian Open (02-Sep-08)
PERISHER BLUE, AUSTRALIA (September 2, 2008) – Today saw the second day of the Burton Australian Open
Today saw the second day of the Burton Australian Open go down at Perisher Blue Resort, where men's and women's halfpipe qualifications took place. Athletes from all over the world were vying for a coveted spot in Thursday's semi-finals and a chance to grab a piece of the $50,000 AUD prize purse.
The men were first to drop into the pipe this morning under cloudy skies, where 14 men were boiled down to six. Sage Kotsenburg (USA) took the top spot in men's halfpipe qualifications by putting down a solid run that started off with a frontside 900 melon into a backside 540 mute, followed by a frontside 720 indy, into a switch frontside 720 mute, finishing with a stylish melon to fakie. Aussies Scotty James, Samuel Murphy and Charlie Steinbacher, in addition to Chris Sörman (SWE) and Marco Grilc (SLO) advance on and will be competing against invited riders Mason Aguirre (USA), Danny Davis (USA) and Kevin Pearce (USA), among others.
1 Sage Kotsenburg USA QUIKSILVER 90.00
2 Chris Sörman SWE BURTON 85.17
3 Marko Grilc SLO BURTON 80.17
4 Scott James AUS --- 74.50
5 Samuel Murphy AUS --- 73.67
6 Charlie Steinbacher AUS FORUM 55.67
The women's field was dominated by Paulina Ligocka (POL) who stuck an extremely strong run, outscoring her nearest competitor by over 20 points. Ligocka, riding in her first competition after an injury set her back last year, proved that she is still a force to be reckoned with. Her second run, which scored her a massive 89.17 points, started off with lofty frontside air, followed by a method air, into a 540 tailgrab, followed by a backside indy, finishing with a 720.
Joining Ligocka will be two Aussies, Erin Tanner and Lauren Staveley who advance on to Thursday's semis and will take on the likes of NZO halfpipe winner Jamie Anderson (USA) and Olympic gold medalist, Hannah Teter (USA).
"The men and women's halfpipe qualifiers showed a glimmer of brilliance with the inspired riding of Sage Kotsenburg of the US and young Scott James of Australia leading the way," said Competition Director, Greg Johnson. "Paulina Ligocka showed that she is back in a big way by locking in the top spot, truly an outstanding effort."
1 Paulina Ligocka POL BURTON 89.17
2 Erin Tanner AUS BILLABONG 68.33
3 Lauren Staveley AUS --- 47.83
The Burton Australian Open continues tomorrow with the men's and women's slopestyle qualifiers. For further information visit www.opensnowboarding.com.
If you can't make it to Australia, watch the semi-finals and finals live on Go211.com, where webcasts and highlights of the competitions will also be available for on-demand viewing once the event is over.


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Hi all,
I am a newbie in Symbian world, so maybe my question is stupid.
I have an application that uses network to send data. When sending these data, i would like to put the application in background, and let the user do what he wants. But to inform the current state to the user, i would like a little progress bar (or somethingelse) in a corner of the idle screen.
I know how to put my app in background, but i do not know how to create the little window (or progress bar, or scroller-text, ...).
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Children's Choir is for all kids currently in 1st through 6th grade. Kick off night is September 7!!
Choir for 1st-6th graders involves singing, choreography, music theory, drama, and learning to worship. The Children Choir participates in various worship services, Christmas programs and a winter & spring musical. For our Preschool (age 4 - K) choir, please click on the "Praise Makers" tab to the right of your screen.
Choir runs simultaneously with the 6:00 p.m. Sunday evening worship service. We will be meeting in the basement ("Great Room") of the Mountain High Kids Building. Please note, there is no charge for being in choir.
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St. Regis Hotel Tower
Opening September 1, 2014, the St. Regis Cairo draws guests to the heart of Egypts modern metropolis on the north end of Corniche Road. With sweeping views of the Nile River and proximity to fine shops, restaurants and the pyramids, the hotel reigns as Cairos finest address.
Michael Graves contemporary design embraces traditional architectural flourishes and graceful geometric lines throughout the hotels restaurants and lounge, pools, spa and 23,000 square feet (2.155 square meters) of meeting and conference space.
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Wish there was more updates of this project. I guess we have to wait.
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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - A Fort Pierre man has been sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison for bank fraud.
Forty-year-old Wyatt Rasmussen was accused of using fraud to obtain a business line of credit from Dakotaland Federal Credit Union in Huron, then using the money for personal purposes. He was indicted in May and pleaded guilty in August.
U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson says Rasmussen was sentenced to 33 months in custody, three years of supervised release and nearly $239,000 in restitution.
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FRIDAY, Sept. 13 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. nursing homes with a high proportion of black residents appear to deliver poorer care and perform worse financially than homes with no or few minority patients, a new study suggests.
In long-term care facilities without black residents, revenues and profit margins are higher, and health care outcomes seem to be better, according to the study of more than 11,000 U.S. nursing homes.
The two-tiered system is partly due to the fact that black residents rely on Medicaid -- government-funded coverage for the poor -- for long-term care more than others do, and reimbursement rates under Medicaid are lower than private pay or self-pay rates, the researchers noted.
But money doesn't tell the whole story. "It isn't only the financial performance [of nursing homes] that affects performance," said Latarsha Chisholm, assistant professor at the University of Central Florida and lead author of the study published recently in Health Services Research. "There has to be something else affecting quality," Chisholm said.
"I want to understand what management practices promote improved care in nursing homes with high proportions of minorities that don't have disparities in care," she added.
For the study, the researchers reviewed quality and financial data from 1999 to 2004 for about 11,500 freestanding Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes. Government facilities were excluded. Data were pulled from Medicare cost reports, so facilities without any Medicare beds were excluded. Financial data included operating profit margins, net income, revenue and operating costs adjusted for the number of patients per day.
Quality data included the ratio of nursing staff to patients, success in preventing pressure ulcers, help with walking and getting out of bed, prevention of urinary tract infections, and the incidence of medication errors, citations by governmental agencies and related factors.
The study found that nursing homes with a high proportion of black residents had lower costs, but also had lower revenues and tighter operating margins. Pressure ulcer prevention and help with walking were less common in nursing homes with a high proportion of black residents, while quality-of-care deficiencies and deficiency citations were more common.
While the research shows that black patients are at greater risk of being in nursing homes with lower financial performance and a lower quality of care, the authors noted that they were not able to show a cause-and-effect relationship between racial composition and nursing home performance.
Greg Crist, senior vice president of public affairs for the American Health Care Association, which represents the nursing home industry, said skilled nursing care centers are committed to quality care for everyone, regardless of ethnicity. "We remain focused on ensuring person-centered care for each individual's unique needs, even despite chronic Medicaid underfunding," he added.
One expert believes the study simply confirms what has been known for a long time. "There is an association between a high proportion of black residents and a facility being of low quality," said Helena Temkin-Greener, a professor in the department of public health sciences at the University of Rochester School of Medicine in New York.
On a positive note, Temkin-Greener added that studies have found that within facilities there aren't apparent differences in how black or white residents are treated. "That seems to suggest that it's not biases in the attitudes of health care workers in treating people who look different, but something about the facility, and perhaps where you are located," she said.
"Many years ago we talked about lack of access of African Americans to nursing homes, and we no longer are saying that," said Temkin-Greener. "Maybe, reflecting on the larger society, whites are moving to assisted-living and blacks are going to nursing homes. Maybe blacks are financially and geographically constrained as well, but I don't think it's a reflection of the entire nursing home industry. It's an issue of having anyone concentrated disproportionately in a certain type of facility."
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Like their World Series opponents, the San Francisco Giants will probably boast, in addition to a league pennant, their league's Most Valuable Player. But an MVP isn't necessarily a team's Player of the Year, as I've defined him: the player who best symbolizes his team's season. And in this case, what a season ...
In the first half of the season, the biggest story with the San Francisco Giants was Melky Cabrera. The Giants got him for Jonathan Sanchez! He was the MVP in the All-Star Game! He was going to win the batting title. And then he got suspended in the middle of August and didn't play any more.
Blogger Perspective: McCovey Chronicles
by Grant Brisbee
In October, the biggest story with the San Francisco Giants was Pablo Sandoval. Well, the biggest story was the Giants winning the World Series. But the biggest story within the story was Panda hitting six home runs in the postseason, including three in one game.
The biggest story with the Giants during all of it, though? Well, that was most certainly their baby-faced catcher, Gerald D. Posey.
You know him as Buster.
Posey, as you might recall, opened the 2010 season in the minor leagues and, when he did finally join the big club in late May, played first base for a few weeks. Because someone thought Bengie Molina was better. Ultimately, sanity did prevail and Posey played a big part in the Giants winning their first World Series since moving to the City in 1958.
As you might also recall, Posey's sophomore season ended in late May when a runner went out of his way to steamroll the catcher on a play at the plate; there was just a tiny bit of collateral damage, as the catcher suffered a catastrophic leg injury.
Would Posey be all healed up in time for the 2012 campaign. Would he ever be all healed up? Had we already seen Buster's best? We didn't know.
Now we know. Buster Posey was healthy enough to play in 148 games, and start 111 behind the plate. He was healthy enough to blast 24 home runs, which was (and this is one of my favorite things) twice as many as any of his teammates. He was healthy enough to drive in 103 runs, which was (this is another good one) 40 more than anyone else on his team. And he was healthy enough to bat .336, which was -- thanks to a favorable ruling from the Commissioner's Office and the Players' Association -- good enough for the National League batting title.
Buster Posey might not always have that baby face, and he might not always hit .336, and he might win a World Series every even-numbered year. But he'll always be the symbol of the World Champion 2012 San Francisco Giants.
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How have you done? Are your accounts recovering or still quivering? Economic recessions are painful events for everyone. While the unemployment rate has risen dramatically and this is impacting many families in our area and across the country, those that are still employed are also impacted. Recessions are often the catalysts for companies to streamline their operations, bring expenses back into alignment with revenues, and increase profitability. Accomplishing these outcomes though often include pain for employees and investors alike.
According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the investments markets generally recover a significant amount in the six and twelve month periods following the recession lows. This recession tossed just about everything at the investing public. Based on the S&P 500®, the index hit a low on November 20, 2008, of 752.44. Unfortunately, not all of the pain has been distributed and while the markets rallied from this low until early January 2009, this was more of a setup for the next low which occurred on March 9, 2009 when the index reached 682.55. From the peak in October 2007 of 1,565.15, these low points clearly represent a significant decline in value.
From the March low, the markets will have to recover 129 percent to reach its past high value. As of the 27th of this month, the S&P 500 has moved 43 percent toward its recovery. Those investors chased out of the markets may have avoided some of the declines, but they may also have missed one of the most significant rallies occurring in recent decades.
Of the last six recessions, they all lasted less than 16 months and in most cases in the year following the market's low point had recovered 20 percent to 60 percent. Only in 2001 was the market still lower after 1 year. Since recessions often provide the worse investment performance for the markets, these periods provide the low values for what makes average returns. The periods following recessions often provide higher than average returns, thus providing the high values that make for average returns. Based upon the recovery thus far, this recession is no different. It is unfortunate, many investors are chased out of the markets during the recessions and they miss much if not all of the recovery following the recession.
From the low, the S&P 500 has gained 299.63 points of the 882.60 needed to reach it prior high value. Those investors waiting for the markets to be "safe" once again, will miss the boat and will be forever chasing the value they once had. When the markets reach extreme 'oversold' positions like it did in March, generally the markets will recover part of the losses very quickly. While the markets have moved significantly, a review of many of the fortune 500 companies will indicate many are still trading 30, 40, and even 50 percent below their past highs. Thus indicating the markets still have room for gains, although future moves higher may and should come at slower paces. If you as an investor are unsure what to do, find a CFP that manages investments for guidance and assistance.
For help with managing investments contact me at Quality Financial Concepts or one of the other Certified Financial Planners in our area. To continue a personal quest for education, you can also view our website, www.goqfc.com. There you will find articles on a variety of topics, on-line seminars, calculators, as well as a host of other tools all available for free.


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The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating after a man was killed in a rollover accident in Hawthorne early Friday morning.
Troopers say it happened around 1:35 a.m. on Armory Road. An initial investigation revealed a red Ford F-350 driven by 22-year old Spencer Allen Hinton of Hawthorne, was going southbound on Armory Road.
Troopers say he drifted off the road and then over-corrected. He was ejected from his truck as it rolled over.
Hinton received life threatening injuries on scene and was taken to Mt. Grant General Hospital in Hawthorne where he later died.
Troopers from the Major Accident Investigation Team (M.A.I.T.) will be completing the investigation. If you know anything about this accident, you're urged to call Trooper Chris Kelly at (775) 687-0400 regarding case number: NHP-130502168.
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If only for logistical reasons, this is the season of ultimate communal feasts. Between the Thanksgiving turkey, lacy latkes, cookies, and Christmas ham, there's only so much gastric real estate to go around. But with the right ingredients (e.g., alcohol and juicy gossip), there's usually as much fun to be had within the kitchen as without. In the December issue (on newsstands next week!), Cecconi's chef Andrea Cavaliere shows us how to feed a small Italian food-loving army with a step-by-step photo guide to his Stanley Tucci-approved Timpano. Cavaliere's version is based on an authentic recipe of the Italian dish made famous by the 1996 movie Big Night. Egg-washed dough browns around a dense, seven-layered center, while cubes of salty salami and provolone top off the meat-heavy bounty. Get your friends and family to help out, and let the stories, and the spirits, flow freely.
Timpano by chef Andrea Cavaliere of Cecconi's and SoHo HouseServes: 12Notes: Ragu bolognese and meatballs can be prepared 3 days in advance. Outer dough must be refrigerated for two hours before assembling timpano. Ingredients:Outer shell dough:4 eggs3 tablespoons olive oil½ cup water4 cups all purpose flourDirections:1. Whisk 4 eggs, 3 tablespoons olive oil, and ½ a cup water into 4-cups flour. Form dough into ball and refrigerate two hours.2. Roll dough into sheet large enough to fill dutch oven, with excess. You'll need enough dough to fold over the top of the timpano. Filling:8 cups ragu bolognese (see recipe below)18 cups cooked ziti, prepared al dente 12 eggs, not quite hardboiled, quartered3 cups salami, chopped3 cups provolone, chopped35 each small meatballs (see recipe below)1 cup pecorino romano, grated 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil6 each eggs, whisked1/4 cup butter for coating dutch oven Ragu Bolognese:2 pounds beef 3 pounds pork 1 cup each, onions, carrots, celery, finely chopped 1/4 pound bone marrow with bone or 1.5 ounces with just the marrow 1.5 cups red wine 4 tablespoons tomato paste3 cups whole plum tomatoes, milled 3/4 cups veal jus1 each bouquet garnet (bay, rosemary, thyme, sage)Directions:1. In hot sauté pan brown beef and pork, put aside to rest.2. Using same pan, sauté onions, carrot and celery, browning evenly.3. Deglaze the pan with portion of red wine, then stir in the tomato paste to briefly toast.4. Return vegetables and meat to large pot with remaining ingredients, and allow to simmer 3 hours, stirring constantly.4. Remove marrow bones and bouquet garnet.5. Chill briefly, then refrigerate. The bolognese will keep up to 5 days in fridge Meatballs:1 pound beef1 pound pork 2 cups parmigiano reggiano, grated2 cups dry bread, soaked in enough milk to cover2 tablespoons rosemary3 tablespoons thyme 6 tablespoons parsley 7 each lemons, zested4 eggs (for 2 pounds meat)4 each cloves garlic, minced1 1/2 cups San Marzano tomatoes, milled1/2 cup veal jus or half of veal beef demi3 calabrese chilis2 each basil stemsWhite wine, to deglaze the panDirections:1. Squeeze milk from bread.2. Combine the wet ingredients - beef, pork, eggs, bread, parmesan.3. Combine the dry ingredients - rosemary, thyme, parsley, lemon zest.4. Fold the wet and dry ingredients together.5. Roll into marble-sized balls, then chill.6. Roll the meatballs in flour, then sauté in olive oil until golden brown on all sides.7. Delgaze the pan with white wine, then add veal jus and the tomatoes.8. Top with chilis, basil stems, then cover with aluminum9. Bake 35 minutes at 375 degrees. 10. Remove foil, allow to cool. Meatballs will keep for 3 days in the fridge.Assembling the Timpano:1. Remove outer dough from fridge.2. Butter dutch oven.3. Gently mold pasta dough into dish.4. Layer ingredients in this order: Cooked ziti pasta tossed with tomato sauce, bolognese, grated pecorino romano, braised veal and pork meatballs, and quartered hard boiled eggs.5. Continue layering with cubes of salame and provolone piccante. Repeat all seven layers until dish is full.6. Pour 5 beaten eggs into mix. Fold dough over top and cut off excess. From the excess cut a round piece of dough and place on top of timpani.7. Seal with dough round and egg wash.8. Bake, uncovered at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Cover and bake another 15 minutes.9. Remove from the oven and let rest for 30 min10. Carefully flip finished timpano onto cutting board and let rest 30 additional minutes.11. Cut, serve and enjoy.Notes: The leftover timpano can be stored as slices in the refrigerator for several days. The timpano can also be frozen whole, but allow a full day to defrost.


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to me, this is part of what BBQ is all about. Agree? Comment below. the Lyrics are below for Mr. Charlie. Enjoy.
(Spoken, without accompaniment:)
Once in the country there was a little boy; every morning that he would go to the table with his little two sisters and brothers, you know, he would go there, he couldn't talk but his mother didn't know what was wrong with him so… she would go to the table in the morning, she would fix for breakfast, she'd fix toast and coffee, enough, coffee for the tin, toast for the eggs for the church, then she would ask and say, "what you want this morning?" Oh mama, toast and milk, you know things like that you know. But the little old boy he couldn't talk good, so she asked him say "what you want son"? Said "sa-sa-a I want-t t-t-t-" She said "Hush". Say "I tell you what to do. You just hush, I just go bring you what I bring the rest of 'em, cause one of these days I'm gonna learn you how to talk."
She goin' back and she fixes, the next morning same thing. "So what would you children want this morning?" "Butter 'n toast mama." Get around to the little old boy, say "What you want"? He say, "bu-bu-bu- bu-bu-bu…" she say "Lord, have mercy," that's what mama said and she walked away, say "wonder what's wrong with my child?"
He heard her. But you know the little boy couldn't do no better. So after he'd find out that mama couldn't understand him, and he couldn't understand the way his mama was doin' him, he packed up his little flower sack, and he decide that he would leave.
So when he left, on his way, he run up on a old rollin' mill, what they call Mister Charlie's. So he walked up to mister Charlie, mister Charlie was workin' round in his rose bushes 'n things… so he taps him: "mi-mi-mi…" say "Mister!" But he didn't know his name that time. The man straightened up and said "my name is mister Charlie". He say "mi-mi-ch-ch-ch-ch-" He said "but boy I ain't got to fool with you, you can't work." He said, "me-me can work!"
So the man went on workin' and he'd tap him again. He said "me-me-me wanna home". He said "look, boy, I've got a old bunk house out in the back," said "and if you promise me that you will stay in this bunk house, and watch my mill, and keep the fire from burning my mill down," say "I live two blocks up the road," say "and if you see the mill's on fire, say you run up and tell me the mill's on fire, you got a home and meal as long as I've got it." "Ta-ta-ta-ta-thank you mister Charlie." So the little old boy went to bunkin' that night.
Sho' enough, late one Sunday morning, mister Charlie's mill caught on fire. Which he'd forgot about what he had told the little boy. The little boy run up to him, he was cleaning out his front yard, makin' it beautiful with them rose bushes, you know with them red rose bushes you know how to keep 'em red those rose bushes, and the little boy run up there, tapped him on his back, and he raised up and said "Hey son, why here's you again."
"Ye-ye-ye-ye-ye-ye-ye" and he was pointing back toward the mill, tryin' to tell him his rollin' mill was on fire. So mister Charlie said, "I ain't got time to fool with you." So the little boy stuttered too bad for him to understand. So mister Charlie stooped over him again, he pat him on the back, said "ye-ye-ye-ye-your ro-ro-" he said "Wait a minute." He said, "if you can't talk you must sing", and he hollered:
Whooooooa Mister Charlie, do you know your rolling mill is burnin' down?
Mister Charlie, do you know your rolling mill is burnin' down?
Mister Charlie said if you ain't got no water boy, just let that old mill burn on down
Little boy was lonesome, he walked off and cried, he said",
He walked back and he said it one more time
Whooooooooa Mister Charlie, I won't have no place to stay
Mister Charlie, I won't have no place to stay
Mister Charlie said Boy, you'll have a home with me, just as long as there is a day
Little boy sighed and he tell it one more time
He hollered at him:
Whooooooa mister Charlie, do you know your rolling mill is burnin' down?
Mister Charlie, do you know your rolling mill is burnin' down?
Mister Charlie said, "If you ain't got no water boy, just let that old mill burn on down"
for more Madness, Mayhem and BBQ Eating - Ribs, Pulled Pork, Brisket and Chicken - and beans, come to the Kentucky State BBQ Festival Danville KY
Kentucky School for the Deaf (KSD) will be holding the Pig in a Polk Fall Antiques Show in Thomas Gym on KSD's campus.
Friday, Sept 7th. - 4:00pm-7:00pm - Preview party with refreshments provided ($3 per person donation to foundation for admission.
Saturday, Sept 8th. - 9:00am-6:00pm - Antiques Show
Sunday, Sept 9th. - 10:00am-4:00pm - Antiques Show
Sponsored by Not Just Antiques in Danville.
Join WeldQuip and Master Chef from Big Green Egg, Jeff Raymond, Saturday Sept 8th at the Kentucky BBQ Festival for a fabulous menu of cooking demonstrations and samples on the Big Green Egg. They are:
Come watch and try what the most versatile grill and smoker can do for you at home!
says our good friends Amy and Mike Mills. Amy and Mike Mills won't be at the festival in 2012, but we are going to do our best to get them here next year. Super people - with a superstar BBQ business.
Here's what Mike says, "Through the years, here's what we've learned: Barbecue soothes the soul. It's simple in philosophy and rich in tradition. It's an art and a craft, a love and a passion. It's provided us with a life full of friendship and love." We love you Mike.
Read more…. click here http://eat17bbq.com/
To buy one of the Best BBQ Recipe Books and the Best BBQ Stories Book ever, click here http://www.17thstreetbarbecue.com/PLB.aspx Barbecue Food Family Love BBQ
TLC's BBQ Pitmasters here in Danville Kentucky at KY State BBQ Festival – Moe Cason Ponderosa BBQ, Melissa Cookston Memphis BBQ Co, Shelly Hunt Desperados BBQ, Craig Kimmel Firehouse BBQ, Carey Bringle Peg Leg Porkers and Cindy and Brad Simmons Lucky Dog BBQ
Carolina, Kansas City, Memphis or Texas. All great barbecue and all have legions of fans. Which do you prefer? Or are you like me and like all styles of barbeque as lon as it is prepared with love?
Vote your your favorite or "all of the above" at KYBBQFestival.com
All of these fine styles and more have their own armies of fans and lovers. There are other regional styles, too. But in this poll, we are concentrating on the Big 4.
Vote for your favorite style today.
In some parts of the country, barbecue means more than simply pouring a bottle of sauce on a slab of meat and grilling it up on a hot summer day â rather, itâs a way of life. And naturally, there's an ongoing battle about which region produces the best 'cue. We talked to five renowned BBQ chefs across the country about why their specific style reigns supreme. Get ready for some smack talk!Â
Have some of your own? Have at it in the comments.
North Carolina
In Raleigh, NC, chef Darrell Brown dishes out his own regionâs style of barbecue at The Pit restaurant, which he says is far superior. âHereâs the secret â the salt and vinegar give the slow-roasted pork some âpop,â while the peppers add spice and heat, and the sugar mellows things out a bit.â In NC, they also cook over coals rather than wood, heat up the whole hog at once, and then chop it all together.
How You Make It: âFirst you butterfly a whole hog, salt it and place it on a grate meat side down over a bed of 225 to 250âdegree hardwood and charcoal. We cook them for about 12 hours, or until the meat is falling off the bone and the skin is crispy with a deep reddish-brown color. After pulling the meat from the pig, we chop it and season it with salt, apple cider vinegar, black pepper, red pepper and a little sugar.â
Tips: âTouch the top of the cooker â if itâs just right you can lay your finger on it for a second, any longer and itâs too cool, any shorter and itâs too hot. Also, be sure to build a fire without lighter fluid so you wonât taste it later, and itâs best to use hickory or oak for the wood."
Why It's the Best: âEastern North Carolina is not only the first barbecue produced in America, but itâs the best barbecue in the country, hands-down. If you canât get the flavor of the meat right, then you bury it in tomato sauce. Thatâs what most everyone else does in the country except for us, where our vinegar-based sauce is simply the best. In South Carolina, they take perfectly good, mostly whole-hog barbecue and turn it baby-poop yellow with a mustard-based sauce.â
South Carolina
To get the skinny on barbecue in South Carolina, Jimmy Hagood, owner of Food for the Southern Soul and founder of the award-winning BlackJack Cooking Team in Charleston, SC, explains what makes it so darn good. âWe think of barbecue as a noun,â he says. âAnd in its truest form, it come in classic cuts of pork or the whole hog, which is smoked low and slow.â First, he says, pork rules the scene. After that, itâs a three-step process of local meats, abundance of natural ingredients like pecan, hickory, peach and applewood, and the regional spicy vinegar and mustard sauces.
How You Make It: âYou start with slow cooking the meat at 225 degrees over a selection of indigenous wood for many hours. On the exterior of the meat, you use a dry rub that caramelizes into a mahogany color, while continually basting with barbecue sauce. Having the regional table sauce completes the layering of flavors unique to South Carolina.â
Tips: âFor pork shoulder, whole hog and ribs, the proper cooking temperature is important. One hundred ninety degrees is an optimal internal temperature.â
Why It's the Best: âGet a South Carolina pulled pork sandwich with all the sides, and I guarantee you wonât find a better meal anywhere in the country. After all, we've been smoking meat around here for 250 years, and it's ingrained in our DNA. We have exported the art of cooking barbecue throughout the country, and the origins of other regional styles can be traced right back to the low country of South Carolina.â
You donât have to actually go to Texas to get some awesome Texas-style 'cue; at Hill Country in New York City, chef Elizabeth Karmel is doing it right. âIt's all about the meat,â she says. âItâs simply seasoned and smoked slow and low.â But the best thing about it, she adds, is that Texas is a no-sauce zone, leaving the meaty goodness to shine through.
How You Make It: âThe rub is as simple as it gets with the sole purpose to enhance the natural flavor of the meat. Our rub is made with kosher salt, butcher grind black pepper and enough cayenne pepper to turn the rub pink. Season the meat with the rub, smoke it slow using sweet post oak wood, use a low heat and lots of love.â
Tips: âHave patience! Also, buy a whole brisket with the fat cap left on because fat equals flavor.â
Why It's the Best: âReally, I enjoy all styles of barbecue. And, actually, I grew up in North Carolina and find their style similar to Texas, though in the latter, itâs all about the beef while North Carolina is all about the pig. Ultimately, if the barbecue is done right, then you don't need to cover it up with a heavy, sweet sauce. Also, liquid smoke should be banned since no real barbecue needs it.â
Kansas City
After 30 years of cooking, Paul Kirk, aka the "Kansas City Baron of Barbecue," and the winner of 500 barbecue competitions, takes his roll in the smoked meat world seriously. âWe cook it all including brisket, ribs, pulled pork, sliced pork, chicken," he says, "and in some places, you even get lamb.â But one thing that really makes Kansas City barbecue unique is the sweet, spicy, tomato-based sauce that they use.
How You Make It: âItâs pretty much the seasoning and woods that we use that put out the best products. The rubs are a balance between sugar and salt, paprika, chili powder and pepper, which give it a little heat without being really salty or really sweet. Next, we smoke it. My preferred woods are oak, hickory and apple.â
Tips: âPay attention to what you are doing and, most of all, have patience. Donât open up the pit to see how the meat is doing â itâs doing just fine.â
Why It's the Best: âIt used to be hard for me to say Kansas City is the barbecue capital of the world until people started competing with our meat and we kept winning. Itâs just better. I donât really know how to compare it. Though I do love all the different types like the vinegar- and mustard-based sauces. As for the ones that donât have sauce, well, thatâs fine too since itâs more an accompanist, not a necessity.â
In the city where dry-rubbed meat trumps saucy brisket and pork reigns as king of meats, we talked to Chris Russell, a barbecue connoisseur who helps whip up the menu at Southern Hospitality in New York, to see why this style won his heart. Russellâs officially the director of operations at the restaurant, although he does a fare amount of barbecuing, and he flocked to the Memphis-style because of its no-mess approach and tender meat that takes on a sweet tang from the spice rubs.
How You Make It: âThough just about any meat can be used, traditional Memphis barbecue is usually smoked pork served in one of two forms: ribs on a slab or pulled. Memphis is probably best known for its dry-rubbed barbecue, which is highly flavorful and is less messy to eat than wet. In this process, first the ribs are coated with a rub made from a special blend of seasonings and then cooked in smokers over hickory and cherry wood until they are tender. After, theyâre smoked and then finished on the grill with another liberal dose of the dry rub.â
Tips: âDon't overcook your 'cue, it's not supposed to fall off the bone.â
Why It's the Best: âIn Texas, they serve mostly beef with a salt-and-pepper rub, which can be……
for the rest of this GREAT BBQ article - click here http://www.zagat.com/buzz/bbq-style-smackdown-which-regions-cue-is-the-best
Rat Rods, Cool Cars, Bands, BBQ - come stay the week with us in Danville, Kentucky. September 1, 2012 Danville KY Hullabaloo - September 8+9, 2012 for the KY State BBQ Festival Craig Kimmel of Firehouse BBQ will be here all week!
Remember (for some of us) the times on Friday and Sat night you would jump up from the dinner table and tell your parents you were going "riding around" and they say something like "be home before midnight" The screen door would slam behind you as you went outside to give the Chevelle a bath before you hit the strip. Everybody was there. Even if you had a date you still went at least a couple rounds. Man…. the memories are flooding back, I better stop there.
For those of you that come a day early, and all of our local "dillehaystreet fan club" We are going to do some serious cruising on Friday night (Aug. 31). Not one of those park on Main St. and get out the chair kind, but a real cruise like us baby boomers use to in the 70's !
Meeting at our host motel Hampton Inn (150 by-pass) at 6pm. Aprox. 7:30 we'll head downtown Danville, turn right on Main, left on Wilderness Trace, right on Lex. Ave to the Bowl-A-Rama circling the parking lot, back to Main street (same route) circle the bank where "Burger Queen" and "Olly's Trolly" use to be. Then do it over and over and over like we use to!!!
If your coming in from outta town there are several great places to eat and things to do along this route. More on all that later.
The story of Dillehay Street (at least our chapter) starts with Kirby's Dad, Everett. In 1956 Everett completed his tour of duty for the U.S. Navy. He was stationed in San Diego with his wife Evona, pregnant with their first child (Kirby) and anxious to return to Kentucky. Close your eyes and you can see it:
A low, black '49 Mercury packed so full the rear windows served no purpose. Glass packs bellowing a tune down Route 66 and behind the wheel is a young, dark haired, handsome man with a mustache. One arm hanging out the window and the other around a beautiful lady with long, red hair. Both are smiling and ready to face their new life, full of hope and excitement.
By 1962 Everett had purchased a piece of property on Dillehay Street, in the middle of Danville, KY. The street had a reputation as a place you didn't want to be after dark. Everett got to know the rough boys and called them "Dillehay Rats". After putting in his 8 hours at the Buick Garage, he would head straight for his shop on Dillehay; banging fenders and spraying cars after hours, until his business grew enough to open full-time.
As Kirby got older, hanging out at the shop became the routine. Playing in the junk cars, collecting gear shift knobs and riding his Stingray. Watching his Dad build rods from the late 60's through the 80's rubbed off on him and somewhere along the way he learned to pinstripe.
In 1976 Everett built on to the back of the shop after acquiring more land. Kirby then had a place to start painting and working on his own cars. Now, fast forward past many stories and top-of-the-line, national-award-winning street rods, to the year 2002.
Richard Sanders purchases property and starts his own chapter of Dillehay Hot Rod history. (By this time, Dillehay Street has seen plenty of changes. Empty lots replaced houses and businessmen replaced the rough boys. But, most of the older buildings are still being used, so you can get a sense of the way things used to be.)
Predictably, Richard and Kirby become thick as thieves. Hours…days…weeks are spent discussing what they would like to build next. They wanted something unique and "road-trip-worthy"; a ride that fellow rodders would get a real kick out of. Next thing you know, Richard and Kirby both purchase Ford trucks. Richard's a 1934 and Kirby's a 1935. The more time they spent hunting down parts together, the more they brained stormed. A goal was set for a 1200 mile round-trip "shakedown" cruise in the spring of 2003 to Myrtle Beach
Two trucks with no paint, wide white wall tires, and loud pipes made the trip with no major problems.
That summer was interesting to say the least. After 3000+ miles, Kirby sold his flathead powered '35 truck at the NSRA Nationals in Louisville to Billy F. Gibbons (of ZZ Top fame). Richard sold his '34, 283, 3 deuce truck in Tennessee at the "Shades of the Past" Rod Run that September. Turning the money over and doing their part to keep rodding alive and well, the duo started building several more "ol' skool" rides over the next 4 years. Every rod had a faded name painted on the doors in old company vehicle fashion by Kirby, stuff like Dillehay Street Garage, Speed Shop, Surf Shop, Drags, Pinstriper, etc. Those rods were sold coast to coast and the name 'Dillehay' started to be recognized and associated with good guys and kool looking, drivable hot rods.
With the great response they were getting and "the Rat" logo going over so well, they thought why not market this stuff to support their habit? "Let's throw a big party, call it a Hullabaloo and promote it through a website." Dillehaystreet.com Dillehay Street was born and the ideas keep coming.
Come see their newest rides, hear the stories, and meet all the "Dillehay Rats this year at the Hullabaloo on the street where it all began.
all these cool rat rod photos are from http://www.hotroddirty.com/
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Texans know their BBQ - period. And Texas Monthly knows all the Best BBQ Joints. The best of the best Barbecue Joints are invited to participate in this star-studded BBQ Festival. This is an AMAZING event! you'll want to watch this video - Texas Monthly Magazine puts out the Best BBQ in Texas article once a year. Check out the best of the best at their website. And come to the Kentucky State BBQ Festival in Danville KY.
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Youth Group meets the 1st and 3rd Friday of every month from 7:00-8:30 p.m. in Lankler Hall. Open to all children 5th grade and up. Come check out the fun!
CCOQH is now an official Stephen Ministry congregation - one of over 11,000 churches in the country and throughout the world that offers this care program. Four of our members are in training to become Stephen Ministers. Stephen Ministry is a lay care ministry that provides quality Christian care to hurting people. To find out more click here .
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3 M's of Change: What Makes the Change - Part 3
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Registration for childcare, preschool and latchkey programs is underway at Creative Learning Center. Classes fill fast, so sign up today! Call 810-653-1308.
Fall Ministries
There are many ways to serve the body of Christ this fall. We are in need of:
- C3 Group Leaders
- ROTC Leaders
- Noah's Park Patrol
- Cleaning Help for August
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First and third Thursday of each month from 9am-11:30am - beginning in Sept.
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Missionary Church Global Prayer Network
SLOVENIA. Monthly prayer is going on in the capitol city. Out of this praying the spiritual atmosphere has changed. Drugs and drunkenness are down. Slovenia is a different country than it was 10-15 years ago. (International Prayer Call)
UKRAINE. God has raised up 3 Bible seminaries and 15 Bible Colleges in this troubled country. 300,000 people attend more than 2,800 churches there. (Friends of Israel)
CHINA. The 100 millionth copy of God's Word rolled off printing presses in China this past year. So many Chinese are coming to faith that entire communities are being changed and churches are being established. The demand for Bibles is greater than ever. (American Bible Society)
CHINA. A Christian woman was told by her husband to renounce her Christian faith, and threatened divorce. She replied, "You can leave me, but I will never leave Jesus!" Ask God to strengthen this sister and multitudes like her throughout the world. (Open Doors)
IRAN. Bibles are in very short supply and very high demand. 10 million Bibles would be readily received. It is illegal to print and distribute the Scriptures, yet they continue to slip into the country. Ask God to provide Bibles for additional languages in Iran. (Operation World)
IRAN. Some Iranian believers testify boldly when they stand trial or during hearings. Ask the Lord to empower the testimonies of imprisoned believers before their judges and other officials. (Open Doors)
INDONESIA. A spiritual movement in Jakarta, the capitol, is impacting the whole country. Megachurch structures, some seating 10,000, are going up. Pray that God might use the dynamic Christian presence in Jakarta to impact all of Indonesia. (Operation World)
PAPUA, INDONESIA. The government is urging Muslim families to move to Papua and spread Islam throughout the largely Christian population. Pray spiritual power for the Papuans to have the opposite outcome—incoming Muslims turning to Jesus! (Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin)
ISRAEL. Joel Rosenberg has appealed to Prime Minister Netanyahu to call the nation of Israel to prayer and fasting during the Gaza war. Pray that Israel will follow the examples of Solomon, Jehoshaphat, Josiah and Nehemiah in calling on the Lord. (Rosenberg)
IRAQ. The Islamic Caliphate last week ordered all Christians in Mosul to convert to Islam, pay a high poll tax, or be killed. Pray for more than 200 families who fled in panic, and then were robbed and plundered of all possessions in their escape! (Assist News Service)
JAPAN. The huge recent tsunami has forced Japanese churches to come together and receive help from the international Body of Christ. Pray that Japanese Christians will recognize Christ in outside helpers, and will find hope, purpose and strength in Him to meet coming national crises. (Window Japanese Summit)
NORTH AFRICA. Large numbers of vacationers will travel in the next two weeks from their homes in Europe to their home countries in North Africa. Pray that the Word of God will take root among travelers who receive Gospel packets in ports on the way. (Operation Transit)
GAZA. "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem…" even in these violent times! Psalm 122:6
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April 3rd, 2013
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In 1949, when Shirley Schmitz graduated from Arizona State University, women leaders were an anomaly in business. Now 80, she is charismatic and sharp, and could easily fill a book with insights earned during her own high-octane career. But instead of dwelling only on how she made it, Schmitz convinced 11 other entrepreneurs -- all brash rule-breakers from a range of industries -- to spill the beans, too.
In her book, "Guts, Imagination, Vision; Conversations with Innovators-Changemakers," the 11 tell their stories to Schmitz, sharing instructive mistakes and failures as well as winning strategies.
Luckily, Schmitz chimes in often, contributing lessons from her own "adventure in the people business." The book is the natural outgrowth of her passion for helping others succeed. In 1995, Schmitz founded and provided charter funding for the Center for the Advancement of Small Business, which evolved into the W. P. Carey School's Spirit of Enterprise Center. And in 2003, she established the Shirley G. Schmitz Foundation, which provides scholarships and training to college students interested in starting and opening a business.
"Guts, Imagination, Vision" delivers a series of business cases -- seven of them winners of the W. P. Carey School's Spirit of Enterprise Award. One of the most compelling is told by childhood buddies, Eileen Spitalny and David Kravetz, the 42-year-old founders of Fairytale Brownies.
A sweet fairytale
While most business gurus warn against going into business with friends, Spitalny and Kravetz work so well together that Fairytale Brownies reported revenue of $9.3 million for fiscal 2008. The company was founded 16 years ago in Chandler, a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona.
Throughout the book, Schmitz acts as narrator as well as interviewer, teasing and coaxing introspective answers from her subjects instead of the usual biz-talk sound bites. Asked "what do you believe are your greatest strengths?" Kravetz starts out by answering, "my ability to multi-task."
It's a good answer turned banal by overuse, and another interviewer might have been satisfied with a commonplace tip, but not Schmitz. And so Kravetz keeps talking, explaining the importance of design -- in not just the symmetrical brownie itself, but in picking packaging colors, in developing internal policies. He links design to an overall goal of becoming faster and more efficient company-wide, then introduces another Fairytale Brownie priority: being "user-friendly."
"User-friendly is really important to me now in all aspects of business and my personal life," he continued. In college, his Stanford University senior-class project was designing a toilet-paper dispenser. The dispenser won a prize for best design. A paragraph later, readers learn that Kravetz is an Apple Computer "evangelist" thanks to Apple's user-friendly system.
For their start-up, Kravetz and Spitalny scraped $14,000 together and asked permission to use the Kravetz family brownie recipe. They made small changes, such as replacing regular chocolate with Belgium chocolate.
But why sell brownies? Why not cookies or donuts or miniature pecan pies? "We both liked food, we both wanted to be in business together, we both wanted to offer a product, not a service. We saw Mrs. Fields become famous. We saw Ben and Jerry's become famous. There was no big brownie brand name," Spitalny explained.
Knowing when to transition
Marketed largely through the Fairytale Brownies web site and catalogs, the business peaks around the winter holidays, which means a seasonal labor force that dwindles to 45 workers in the spring and summer, then swells to 175 in the fall and winter.
Kravetz defines himself as "curious," while Spitalny says she's "laid-back and easy-going." It's an almost perfect pairing for business purposes, leading to what Schmitz observes as "simply the best interpersonal skills I have seen in my long career." Interestingly, although the friends began as bakers aiming at producing "the best-tasting brownies in the world," neither lasted too long in the kitchen once the basic brownie began selling. Instead, Spitalny plunged into marketing, while Kravetz grabbed strategic planning.
While speaking with a reporter, Spitalny emphasized how important it is to make that transition at the right time, for the appropriate reason. "I needed to go out and sell. David needed to run the business -- working on our Web site, developing a catalog, building the brand strategically. My husband stayed a baker longer," she said. "It's always that way, you stop making the product yourself, hire others to replace you, and focus on expanding and running the business."
Trying to do it all, from production to long-range planning, is a mistake often made by entrepreneurs, Spitalny added. "You must realize you can't do it all yourself. And it's hard to grow if you're fearful, so you must hire and empower others. Be willing to share your knowledge, because everything is shared in a successful business," she continued.
Thanks to their meticulous business tracking and reporting, Kravetz and Spitalny know exactly who their customers are. They are broken into three groups: buyers, inquirers and gift recipients. Since buyers are "bread and butter" return customers, Spitalny designs a circulation plan targeting them. You know how you get four or five catalogs from your favorite stores in a short period before the holidays? That's a deliberate attempt to snag the early-bird shoppers, the on-time buyers and those last-minute, frantic folks.
Different circulation plans target the other buyer groups. Back when Fairytale Brownies was brand new, Kravetz and Spitalny simply couldn't afford to produce a catalog. As Spitalny noted, "you have to watch the dollars to avoid too big a loss if the circulation plan doesn't increase sales. It can bankrupt you easily."
It's been a bucking-bronco ride since their 1992 start, complete with exciting coups (Fairytale Brownies are included in Hollywood award-show goodie bags) to the disappointing splats (packaging the brownies in tins instead of pastry boxes). "We've still got tons of those tins around here somewhere," Spitalny said with a laugh.
Despite "Tingate," and other disasters, Fairytale Brownies has earned a stellar reputation, both for its delectable brownies and the business acumen of its owners. In addition to landing other small-business awards, the company was named a "Spirit of Enterprise" winner in 2005.
Schmitz's book will be officially launched at the 12th Annual Spirit of Enterprise Awards luncheon on September 25.
Bottom Line:
Author Shirley Schmitz was the early champion of the Spirit of Enterprise Center. The center's work includes:
- Assisting hundreds of businesses each year by providing them guidance and connections to key resources. This program is known as SMART (Spirit Mentoring Resource Advisory Team).
- Participating in inter-disciplinary projects such as "Entrepreneurship at ASU," an initiative supported by the Kauffman Foundation.
- Cultivating close involvement with existing programs, including the Edson Student Initiative, ASU Technopolis, and Innovation Space.
- Supporting an academic concentration or emphasis in entrepreneurship that enables undergraduate and graduate students to understand the nuts and bolts of entrepreneurship so that they might chart their own path to making a difference.
- Bringing entrepreneurial business leaders into the classroom to expose students to the mindset, inspiration, and passion of entrepreneurs
- Linking teams of W. P. Carey students with businesses to serve as class projects, case studies, and other learning objectives that result in value-added services for the business. This program is called STEP (Student Teams for Entrepreneurship Projects).
- The annual Spirit of Enterprise Awards, which brings together over 1,000 entrepreneurially-minded individuals each year to showcase leading local and regional companies that best exhibit the cornerstone attributes of Spirit: Ethics, Energy and Excellence in Entrepreneurship.


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Last spring, when President Obama closed the White House to school kids on their spring break trips (while keeping it open for Jay Z and Beyonce) claiming no funds available due to the mean Republicans and their sequestration, I thought he had gone as low as he could (punishing school kids because he didn't get his way). Unfortunately, I was wrong; he could go very much lower.
This past week, he barricaded the Lincoln Memorial (for the first time ever) and the World War II Memorial (both are not buildings, but open air memorials) from 80- and 90-year-old veterans. I'll bet when they were storming the sands of Iwo Jima and the beaches of Normandy, they never imagined that nearly 70 years later they would have to storm the barricades of Obama in Washington, D.C., to see the memorial dedicated to them for their sacrifices and services. And for many of them this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity given to them by grateful Americans.
Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi was cavorting with illegal immigrants on the supposed also closed National Mail and thanking President Obama for making this area available to them (That just goes to show the contempt Obama holds for the "Greatest Generation" as he is trying so hard to create the "dependent generation.")
Also, Army chaplains and priests were forbidden to hold religious services for service personnel, because the government was shut down.
But I think we finally hit the bottom when the Department of Defense said they couldn't pay death benefits or fly families to meet the returning bodies of service personnel killed in action, because they didn't have the funds. The same day a recruiting office spent $57,000 on a mechanical bull for a "recruiting tool." Talk about a lot of bull.


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|Joe McGinn
I've seen this in action and in generates small pockets of creativity, but it strikes me as the wrong approach. It seems like a bandaid approach: "How we do take a small percentage of people out of these massive non-creative environments we've made, so that at least some of them can be creative some of the time?"
Seems like what they really need to solve is why these large teams making games are unable to be creative.


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Questioner: Given that the arms race was a disaster for the Soviet Union economically and of little advantage militarily, why did the USSR engage in it?
What it did to them economically is exactly what Khrushchev predicted, and presumably what JFK and his advisers had in mind when they turned down Khrushchev's call for sharp mutual reduction of offensive military forces, and his significant unilateral steps in that direction: stagnation, and an end to significant socioeconomic progress, in fact decline relative to the vastly richer West.
I think one can make an argument, like yours, that the USSR should have simply let itself fall far behind the US in offensive military capacity, and hope for the best. With their experience, and what they saw happening right then — with the enormous "missile gap" (in US favor), the purposeful humiliation at the missile crisis, JFK's military buildup and sharp increase in intervention and support for military dictatorships — it's not too surprising that they chose the suicidal course of trying to match the US in military terms.
The far more interesting question, both as seen from Mars and (crucially) as seen from here, is why the US leadership, with the applause of elites, continued massive arms build-up, and is now hysterically worshipping the class A mass murderer and torturer who drove it farther forward in the 80s.


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Fairview Park Police arrested a 32-year-old man in connection with both bomb threats at Gilles-Sweet Elementary School.
The first threat came via e-mail on Oct. 8.
The second threat came via text today, Oct. 21. Students were evacuated just after 10 a.m. and classes were canceled for the rest of the day.
The suspect is id'd as Brian Wasko. Fairview Park Police say he was having an argument with a person over a business matter and signed that man's name to the threats.
Wasko was arraigned in Rocky River Municipal Court Monday afternoon and charged with two counts of inducing panic.
Wasko apparently does not have a beef with the schools, but just wanted to get that other man in trouble.
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Tangleweed in Tennessee
Video footage of our performance in Knoxville, TN for the "Blue Plate Special," WDVX's live radio show. In this episode, Paul shows off his Howitzer-bass, Ryan and Scott warm up with "Sandy River Belle," and the band rips through "Logjam" and "The Takeup Medley." All three songs are available on our newly released album, Most Folk Heroes Started Out As Criminals. You can download the entire audio portion of the radio program on our website here.